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THE COLONNADE The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia College March 9, 2012 www.GCSUnade.com Volume 88, No. 20 Single copies free $62 Average cost of new textbooks from 2009-10, according to the National Association of College Stores. INSIDE NEWS FLASH News Student Activity Budget Council............................2 City Councilman and alumna’s feud......................3 A&E Watkins and Ryabinin recital..................................9 CAB Comedy Night.................................................9 Community News........................................7 Sports Men’s tennis defeats Wingate..............................14 New collegiate sport underway ..........................13 QUOTABLE NUMBER CRUNCH Centennial Center Parking Two weeks ago, on Feb. 24, in the Centennial Center parking lot, while the GISA basketball tournament went on, students’ cars were towed. Approximately 65 cars were ticketed and 40 were towed. For more information, log on to gcsunade.com. Leisure...............................................................11 “There are a lot of bunny rabbits that run through. I am the tortoise. I just take one step at a time.” - Newt Gingrich, GOP presidential candidate Textbook costs to decrease LAUREN DAVIDSON SENIOR REPORTER The Student Government Association wants to cut textbook costs for students next semester. To make that happen, SGA has sent out an email and is handing out fliers to faculty members outlining how they can save students money. Teachers are encouraged to comply with four initiatives to help in the effort of lowering costs. They ask that faculty meet their deadlines for textbook requisi- tions, agree to use a designated textbook for four terms, use new editions of text- books only when they are needed for an academic purpose and that they coordi- nate with the library to provide students with classroom textbooks in the reserve section. A proposal by Kyle Cullars, assistant vice president of auxiliary services, notes that 463 requisitions were submitted on time last year, while 640 were turned in after the deadline. According to Cullars, if faculty members get their textbook req- uisitions in on time it will save students money. He says students who sell books back that are needed for the upcoming semester will receive half the retail cost in return. Cullars also said it will increase the inventory of used textbooks. Aside from submitting requisitions on time, faculty members are encouraged to use their course textbooks for four terms. Cullars said that this will cut the cost of textbooks by 55 percent. “If they agree to use them for four terms, it doesn’t even have to be consecu- tive terms, but if they’ll use them for four terms, even if they are not already on the national list of titles that we rent, we will add them to the list here locally,” Cullars said. “So we make those available for rent which you can rent them for about 45 percent of the cost of a new book, so that’s significant savings.” Faculty members are also asked to only use new editions of textbooks only if the books are needed for an academic purpose. According to the National As- sociation of College Stores, the average cost of new textbooks from 2009-10 was $62, while used textbooks cost an aver- age of $52. Cullars said that faculty members are also encouraged to opt out of purchas- ing bundles unless it is needed for the course. “We are really trying to get the word out. Don’t adopt a bundle. Instead adopt pieces separately, so students can decide whether or not to buy them,” Cullars said. Celebrating literacy, Dr. Seuss with Baldwin youth COURTESY OF BRANDY HORNE Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sandra Jordan, clad in Seussian attire, reads to Baldwin County chil- dren in the LITC on Dr. Seuss’ birthday. BOBBI OTIS SENIOR REPORTER On the 2nd of March, in the mid-morn- ing hours, kids were happily sitting and listening to readers spinning the tales of Dr. Seuss. A quarter of the second floor of the Li- brary and Instructional Technology Cen- ter was closed off to about 100 pre-K stu- dents who traveled to Georgia College’s campus to celebrate the birthday of the man known for helping make reading fun for children. “Each child got to wear a Dr. Seuss hat,” Archival Associate for the LITC Kate Pope said. “They got a Dr. Seuss bookmark to take home. We had puppet shows from the Mary Vinson Library, which was really, really cool. We had a display set up in the front and decorations all over the library.” Early College High School students, Dean Emeritus of the College of Educa- tion John Lounsbury and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sandra Jordan read to the children in the LITC. But this event was not solely about Dr. Seuss’ birthday. “It was also Read Across America Day, and so it was just to promote literacy, love of reading and my little goal was to get kids on campus, to just get them com- fortable with campus, get them thinking about college—I know that it’s way too early, but just to get them familiar with our campus, because I feel the campus is an integral part of our community and vice versa,” Pope said. “There needs to be as much outreach and giving back as pos- sible.” In addition to the students who came to GC, over 1,700 other students, grades pre-K through fifth, were able to partici- pate in this reading event thanks to volun- teer readers and organizations on campus who helped arrange the large event. “It was a two-front effort,” Pope said. “About 85 to 90 percent of our students were off campus.” Those readers were all at different sites across Baldwin County reading to students. Textbooks page 4 Dr. Seuss page 3 MARILYN FERRELL STAFF WRITER The Republican presidential primaries hit Georgia earlier this week, but students here didn’t seem very interested in Super Tuesday. Some weren’t even sure what Super Tuesday was. One student asked a Colonnade reporter if Super Tuesday was “the day everyone votes for Ron Paul.” Not exactly. It was more like the day no one did. The results were no surprise, as former Geor- gia Congressman and House Speaker Newt Gin- grich garnered nearly half of the state’s popular vote. Paul, a Texas Congressman, drew barely 5 percent. Voter turnout among GC students was low. In a Colonnade survey, of the 36 people asked only seven said they voted. Twenty-two, how- ever, said they would vote in the November election. “I did not not vote in the Georgia primary,” sophomore pre-engineering major Noel Mankin said. “I’m just not really up to date with poli- tics. I know who all of the candidates are, but I couldn’t tell you what they stand for.” William Strawbridge, a junior history major, did go to the polls on Tuesday. “I wanted to try to buy into the whole ‘your vote makes a difference’ thing, but that was re- ally discouraging considering the results,” said Strawbridge, a Paul supporter. “I will definitely continue voting though.” To win the Republican nomination, a can- didate needs 1,144 delegates. Georgia had the most delegates at stake on Super Tuesday. The 76 delegates up for grabs made Georgia a key state to win. Gingrich won 23. Although, Gingrich picked up the most del- egates from Georgia, he still only has 105 over- all. Candidate Mitt Romney leads the pack with 415. Rick Santorum is in second place with 176 delegates, and Paul trails with 47. “I think Gingrich winning Georgia was ex- pected,” senior creative writing major David Luse said. “The only (candidate) I fully believe in is Ron Paul. He is popular among young peo Tuesday page 4 If you were to vote in the November election, who would you vote for? “As of right now, I will vote for Obama because he is the one I trust the most.” Hannah Pniewski, sophomore theatre major “I don’t like the Obama Administration, so I would vote for whoever the Republican nominee is in November.” Brittany Barron, junior marketing major “I like Newt (Gingrich) because he seems really smart and doesn’t care what people think about him.” Eric Ardoin, freshman exercise science major “ I want to do more research on the candidates because I don’t know the candidates right now.” Hannah Smith, sophomore nursing major “I think Gingrich winning Georgia was expected. The only (candidate) I fully be- lieve in is Ron Paul.” David Luse, senior creative writing SGA Not-so-Super Tuesday Gingrich 23 Santorum 14 Romney 43 Romney 35 Romney 8 Romney 9 Romney 41 Santorum 11 Santorum 25 Romney 32 Source: AP Delegate Count Super Tuesday results: Candidates win states, raise delegate count
