THE GEORGE-ANNE THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022
DRIVER CRASHES INTO CAMPUS POND
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
VOLUME 96 , ISSUE
GS DRAG SHOW
A drunk driver drove herself and another passenger into the pond next to the Education and Engineering buildings Friday night.
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T-PAIN CONCERT SOLD OUT Georgia Southern sold around 4,000 T-Pain tickets to students, faculty, and staff for Friday night.
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT T-PAIN You don’t want to look like a fake fan on Friday night do you?
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These queens tell us how they got into drag.
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CAMPUS LIFE
UPCOMING EVENTS Money Smart Week 2022 April 11-14 | 1 - 2 p.m. Join GS libraries in helping us better manage personal finances through a series of virtual campaign aims. Get the links to the events and more information on Eagle Engage. Zipline and S’mores April 14 | 6 - 8 p.m. Located at the Southern Adventures Center. OSA Spring Concert: T-Pain April 15 | 8 p.m. Located at the Hanner Fieldhouse. UPB Movie Night April 21 | 7 - 10 p.m. Watch “Spiderman: No Way Home” for free at the Russell Union Theater.
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Reflector Rewind
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Puzzle Answers Medium Sudoku
BY ANNA CLAIRE EDENFIELD Reflector Culture Reporter
After dusting off a box and going through a collection of old pictures, the Reflector staff discovered a few forgotten photos of Georgia Southern events, dating from 1993 to 2001.
Difficult Sudoku
Standing in Finley Stadium, Adrian Peterson poses with Georgia Southern fans after securing a NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship win in 1999.
In the late ’90s, a young Steve Hein showed off Georgia Southern’s live mascot, Freedom, the American bald eagle.
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A group of Alpha Delta Pi sisters gather under the Rotunda, participating in a Greek life event in the early ’90s.
Students of the Southern Pride Marching Band walk a parade around Sweetheart Circle in the early ’90s.
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An elderly couple holds hands outside of the popular restaurant, Vandy’s BBQ, that was once located in the Statesboro Mall. The date of the photo is unknown, but is most likely from the early ’90s. Page designed by Kayla Hill
Back in 1993, students held a protest against a few GS faculty members outside of campus. Although the complete cause of the protest is unknown, GS students were not afraid to use their freedom to protest. To contact the editor, email gaeditor@georgiasouthern.edu
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Drunk driver crashes into Georgia Southern pond BY EDEN HODGES Editor-in-Chief
A drunk driver drove herself and another passenger into the pond next to the Education and Engineering
buildings, Friday night. Both the driver and passenger were okay, escaping through the windows of the car and making their way to the shore with some assistance from Georgia Southern Police Officer Katie Hodges. Hodges noticed the driver struggling to swim in the deeper water and jumped in to pull the girl out, according to GSUPD. The driver ran the stop sign coming off of Akins Boulevard and plunged straight into the water, leaving tire tracks in the grass, according to State Trooper Aaron Ramirez. “There wasn’t much to it,” said Ramirez. “This happens at least once a year.” The driver was arrested and taken to Bulloch County Jail for DUI, and the passenger was allowed to walk free after EMS checked the two out.
Softball team in traffic incident, series postponed
T-Pain concert tickets sold out within a week
BY EDEN HODGES
BY RAQUEL UPSON
Editor-in-Chief
The Georgia Southern softball team was in a traffic incident coming home from their game in Charleston Wednesday. “No one on board the bus sustained serious injuries,” senior associate athletics director Bryan Johnston told the George-Anne. “Due to health and safety protocols, we cannot comment on the health status of our studentathletes.” On Thursday GS athletics announced the home softball series against Coastal Carolina originally running through this weekend has been postponed for “unforeseen issues”. The two teams are working towards a makeup date for one or all of the games. The next game for our Eagles is scheduled for Thursday, April 14 in Arlington Texas. Page designed by Kayla Hill
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Doyle Towing spent close to two hours dragging the car back to the surface. Owner Adam Doyle and his son had to leave and come back with their fishing boat so that they could hook the car up to the truck. This was one of three times that Doyle has had to fish a car out of water, but a car has never been so far out in the water that he had to use his boat.
because it is a school sponsored event, and no outside food or drink is allowed in,” said Catherine Bishop, Assistant Director of the Office of Student Activities. “Students have to abide by the clear bag policy the athletics has.” The concert is general admissions and it’s very similar to other events GS has hosted in the past, according to Bishop. More information about the concert’s rules and regulations can be found on the GS events page
Students save $290 per semester after USG change BY VANESSA COUNTRYMAN
increase HOPE Scholarships at some colleges which will go into effect July 1, 2022, according to GBPI. SIF, the largest fee, made up 40% of mandatory fees. Georgia Southern students will save $290 per semester once this goes into effect. The SIF was put into place in 2009 in order to make up for revenue loss from state budget cuts. Students paid $230 million total to colleges and universities in this fee in 2021-2022. Since 2011, HOPE Scholarships and Grants have covered partial tuition for students, but the percentage has differed. This budget includes changes to HOPE Scholarships and Grants, setting awards at 90% of tuition at Technical Colleges and Six USG Schools. The budget awaits the Governor’s signature to become law.
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Georgia Southern sold around 4,000 T-Pain tickets to students, faculty and staff for Friday. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday and seating is first come, first serve. “Students should abide by the Student Code of Conduct at the event
Students will save almost $300 on tuition starting next semester after a USG decision to remove one fee. The Fiscal Year 2023 budget allows The University System of Georgia to remove the Special Institutional Fee (SIF) from students’ tuition and To contact the editor, email gaeditor@georgiasouthern.edu
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First Friday: Downtown art festival
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Photo Story by Briana Corlee, Photographer It may have been April fools, but this first Friday in April held more than just jokes. An art festival was held downtown featuring all kinds of vendors. Art was on display, as well as for sale, by local artists and the businesses that hosted them.
Under the theater lights, handcrafted bowls that came with a free scoop of chili with purchase were being sold. Local musicians played for the crowds as they walked around downtown.
Things like jewelry, dog bandanas, honey, and candles were also spread throughout the courthouse lawn. Even The Garage, a downtown gym, got in on the action and hosted art by students from South East Bulloch Middle School.
Statesboro’s First Friday Downtown events should continue through the year. See you on May 6th!
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DRAG SHOW
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Photo Story by Tamara Tanksley, Deep Dive Editor-in-Chief
TIFFANY C. DUBOIS
Tiffany C. Dubois started drag here at Georgia Southern in 1994. “My friends and I did [drag] for Halloween”, said Dubois. “It stuck for a couple of us to where it was something we enjoyed. Being a theater major it went hand and hand.” Page designed by Kayla Hill
Ravion Starr Alexandria St. James
Ravion Starr Alexandria St. James has been doing drag for 27 years. James started drag based off of a dare. She went to a talent show with her friends and won giving her “the drag bite”. James learned how to do drag makeup through the years from the other queens she met along the way. “I would go help other queens at shows and watch,” said James. “I kind of took bits and pieces from entertainers I’ve seen.” To contact the editor, email gaeditor@georgiasouthern.edu
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Alexiya st. martin
Alexiya St. Martin started drag because of a drunken game of truth and dare 20 years ago and has been doing drag ever since. When asked what is her favorite part of drag, Alexiya said, “Taking it off at the end of the night.” “It’s fun to be up there and raise money for the community, but at the end of the day being able to relax afterwards knowing that you did a good job and made someone happy.” Carla Cox started drag with her friend who she called her life-sized Barbie doll. When asked what was her favorite interaction with the audience, she said, “I had a mother come up to me crying that I had never met. She said that she enjoyed watching me because it gave her hope for the future of her gay son that was underage and coming out.”
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blair williams
Blair Williams has done drag for 30 years and put herself through school doing it. Williams traveled around the country to raise money for the Trevor Project. “It’s a organization that reaches out to prevent suicide for LGBTQ youth and they have a hotline to make the youth feel belonged and that they have alternatives,” said Williams. “I think drag in general raises a lot of money for communities,” she said. “Whenever someone needs something, the first people they reach out to are drag queens. Like in Savannah, they have a LGBTQ center and the drag community often does benefits for them” During the Q&A session, the drag queens gave numerous advice about starting drag. Carla Cox told the audience to “remember that you are doing it for yourself”. Tiffany said that “You have to know who you are before you hit the stage”. For those who would like to find community, First City Pride Center in Savannah has a lot of resources. There is also Statesboro Pride for those who can’t travel to Savannah. To contact the editor, email gaeditor@georgiasouthern.edu
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Caribbean Airways Carnival Fashion Show Photo Story by Tamara Tanksley, Deep Dive Editor-in-Chief The Caribbean Student Association took our campus on a tour of the islands friday night, showing how each country celebrates Carnival.
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CSA member Da’Leiah Smith wanted students to know that Carnival is not just a party and explained each costume has different meanings. Costumes communicate strength, power or identiy, and the many feathers on the costumes represent “feeling free like birds,” Smith said.
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
CSA only gave us a taste of what Carnival is. With all of the feathers, flags, dancing, and flips, the crowd can only imagine how an actual Carnival would go. Throughout the event, the crowd was highly engaged with the models.
“In Trinidad, Carnival first started out as a revolt against the slave masters that they were colonized by at the time,” said Donovan Clayton. They continued the celebration to commemorate, celebrate, [and] pay tribute to the end of slavery”.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO “I would like this to pique the interest of people since some people don’t know what Carnival is or never been to one,” said Clayton. “[And] maybe get rid of a lot of the misconceptions of it might be with the commercialization of Brazil Carnival. People think it just a promiscuous festival and they don’t know how it started”.
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you don’t want to be the only fake fan at the t-pain concert
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Here’s Everything you need to know BY ANNA CLAIRE EDENFIELD Reflector Culture Reporter
If you haven’t already heard, T-Pain is making an appearance at Hanner Fieldhouse on April 15. In preparation for the concert, here is everything you need to know about award-winning rapper, T-Pain.
Who is T-Pain?
Born in 1984, Faheem Rasheed Najm (or T-Pain) is an American rapper, songwriter, singer and record producer. He currently has six studio albums, 21 singles and 19 music videos. His use of auto-tune in songs popularized a new style of rap. The rapper currently has five headlining platinum singles.
Starting a career
Most know T-Pain for his popular songs “Buy U a Drank”, “Bartender”, “I’m Sprung” and “Up Down
(Do This All Day)”. His career began in 2005 when he released his first album “Rappa Ternt Sanga”, which hit #33 on the Billboard 200. While working on his second album, T-Pain made guest appearances in popular songs like “Low” by Flo Rida and “Good Life” by Kanye West. In 2010, he won a Grammy for best rap song for “Good Life”. His second Grammy was awarded in 2010 for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals.
Auto-tune?
Auto-tune is a huge part of T-Pain’s musical style. T-Pain only began using auto-tune on his second album, as a way to set himself apart in a competitive industry. The rapper’s inspiration for autotune came from Jennifer Lopez’s “If You Had My Love”. He was one of the first rappers to use it in his music and it was quickly popularized amongst other rappers like Snoop Dog, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. However, some rappers criticized T-Pain’s use of
auto-tune. In 2009, Jay-Z publicly criticized T-Pain by releasing his single “D.O.A” (Death of Auto-Tune).
Most recently
T-Pain dropped his latest album (“1UP”) in 2019 after winning the first season of “The Masked Singer”. His success in “The Masked Singer” showed his critics that he doesn’t need auto-tune to sing. T-Pain’s appearance on this hit show showed a different side to his talents. Soon after his win on the show, he hosted the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards. T-Pain also stays active on Twitch and has been streaming music and games since 2016. He has over 800,000 followers on the streaming platform and enjoys engaging with his fans during streams. He mainly streams first-person shooter games and creates royalty free music beats during his broadcasts. Fans enjoy his positive attitude and the combination of gaming and music in his streams.
The T-Pain concert will be at hanner Fieldhouse 4/15 8 p.m.
Here’s what you missed at the 2022 Grammys Because we all watched the slap BY ANNA CLAIRE EDENFIELD Reflector Culture Reporter
Although there were no celebrities slapping each other at the 2022 Grammys, here’s what you missed at the 64th annual Grammy Awards. Trevor Noah kicked off the show with an entertaining speech introducing the top-nominated music artists present by cracking jokes, and even alluding to the iconic Will Smith/Chris Rock slap incident. To close out his opening speech, Noah said “we’re going to be keeping people’s names out of our mouths”, giving the audience a good laugh. The Grammys introduced two, new award categories this year, including Best Global Music Performance and Best Música Urbana Album. These additions were exciting for most because they added
inclusion and representation into the award show. The first winner of the Best Global Music Performance was a Brooklyn-based Pakistani vocalist, Arooj Aftab. Bad Bunny received the first Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album for his album, “El Último Tour del Mundo”. At 19-years-old, Olivia Rodrigo was nominated for seven Grammys for her hit album, “Sour”. She was awarded three Grammys for Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best New Artist. Unfortunately, she was only able to bring home two in-tact Grammys after accidentally dropping and breaking one backstage. After Taylor Hawkins’s recent death, an inmemoriam video was played to honor his memory. The iconic Foo Fighter song, “My Hero”, played in the background. Hawkins passed away only nine
days before the band was set to perform at the 2022 Grammys. The other in-memoriam portion of the Grammys were dedicated to legendary composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. Rachel Zegler, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Ben Platt paid tribute to him by performing a medley of iconic Sondheim musical songs. After SZA and Doja Cat won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Doja Cat nearly missed her on-stage acceptance. This was a first Grammy win for Doja Cat and SZA. She was in the bathroom and started her acceptance speech by saying, “I’ve never taken such a fast piss in my whole life”.
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