TSPLOST would fund bridge replacement, MARTA UNDER INVESTIGATION Voters will decide this summer on a new trans- portation tax, which would fund several projects near Georgia State’s campus. The one-cent sales tax would fund the replace- ment of the Courtland Street bridge, repairs at near- by MARTA stations and the cost of connecting the Atlanta streetcar system to the Atlanta BeltLine. The Courtland Street bridge, which the state workers repaired with concrete plugs, is slated to be replaced at a cost of $22 million. The Central Avenue bridge would also be replaced with funds from the Transportation Special Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST). MARTA will receive $97.6 million from TSPLOST funds to repair its aging escalators and elevators if the tax is approved. The oldest stations on the original section of the blue line would receive scheduling pri- ority, including the Georgia State station. Construction and repairs could begin as soon as 2013. Other, more complex projects would impact Georgia State in future years. The BeltLine, the single largest Atlanta project, would receive approximately $600 million – includ- ing some for connection and expansion of the Atlanta Streetcar project, which is in the early stages of con- struction. Part of the streetcar route will traverse the Georgia State campus along Edgewood Avenue. The one-cent tax would generate an estimated $7.2 billion, 85 percent of which is dedicated to re- gional projects, according to the Atlanta Regional Commission. The tax would be levied for ten years in the ten-county metro region, including Atlanta. Revenues would be split almost evenly between tran- sit and roads. The TSPLOST vote is scheduled for July 31. BRIAN CROWE Staff Writer SPORTS It’s the last game of the year. Why we think every student shouldn’t miss this one. GRAHAM ROBSON | THE SIGNAL THE SIGNAL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 WWW.GSUSIGNAL.COM VOLUME 79 | ISSUE 23 US! Follow us! ▲ Significance and criticism of heritage months discussed ❚ ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ❚ Scan the code to get daily news updates at www.gsusignal.com WED Hi 67 FRI Hi 59 THUR Hi 68 ❚ SPORTS ▲ Men’s ten- nis follows Valente’s lead to success p. 14 ❚ NEWS ▲ Chancellor Huckaby hopes to see fund- ing restored to University System p. 3 ▲ Down memory lane: through the walking tour of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots p. 7 ❚ ARTS LIVING & Anonymous letter alleges hazing and illegal activity An anonymous letter sent to the Dean of Students last month has sparked an investiga- tion into the Delta Lambda chapter of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority for hazing and other illegal practices. The letter alleges a variety of illegal sorority activities – such as underage binge drinking and marijuana use. However, it also includes sex toy parties and a total chapter retreat where “sisters were peer-pressured into taking their tops off and to get drunk.” The letter also claims one member orga- nized an “iPhone stealing and reselling ring” and implies that she embezzled group funds for a ski trip. The Signal has been unable to indepen- dently verify many of the claims since many of the events listed in the letter appear to have oc- curred off campus, and further Open Records requests have been slow going. Both the Chapter President Megan Lane and the university refused to comment while the investigation is ongoing. Repeated attempts at contact with over 60 present and former so- rority members were unsuccessful. The letter speaks on the consequences for whistleblowers, citing a previous example of when a sorority member reported other girls for “dirty rushing.” “Those sisters plus their friends have made it a point to ignore her publicly and even de- friend her on Facebook,” read the letter. “These same girls [REDACTED] brag about this ac- complishment and warn about ‘going against the sisterhood.’” The supervising officer Province President Dee Wallace also refused to comment on if the local chapter had conferred with her or if the university had contacted her about the alle- gations, although she confirmed that she only meets with the sorority about once a month and does not attend events. “It depends on if it’s physical visits or phone visits,” Wallace said on when she meets with the group. “But I talk with them at least once a week and I meet with them less often than that.” The last time she said she met with them was in mid-January, which would be just after the anonymous letter was sent to the Dean of Students on Jan. 12. National President Keeley Riddle acknowl- edged that the Delta Lambda chapter was under investigation, although she said they have not confirmed the validity of any of the allegations in the letter. Keeley also said Zeta Tau Alpha does not condone hazing, illegal drug use, underage drinking, excessive drinking or drinking on ZTA property or during chapter activities. Last year the chapter was a Georgia State “Five Star Recipient,” which is the system by which the university awards outstanding Greek organizations. The university has stated that it is working on preparing approximately 370 documents re- sponsive to open records requests of all investi- gations into Greek organizations in the last year – many of which it says must be redacted to pro- tect identifying information of students. The university estimated the cost to retrieve, redact and copy these records at just over $407, although they warned costs might exceed their original estimate. Documents that would irrevocably reveal student information and must be withheld, ac- cording to University Legal Affairs, include stu- dent statements, interview notes, student pho- tos, student BANNER records and correspon- dence with students. The entire redacted version of the anony- mous letter may be found online at www.gsusig- nal.com. Full disclosure: Signal Photo Editor Judy Kim was previously a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and has been questioned by the Dean of Students in regard to some of the allegations. CHRIS SHATTUCK News Editor P. 13 GRAHAM ROBSON | THE SIGNAL LEAH JORDAN | THE SIGNAL
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TSPLOST would fund bridge replacement, MARTA
UNDER INVESTIGATIONVoters will decide this summer on a new trans-
portation tax, which would fund several projects near Georgia State’s campus.
The one-cent sales tax would fund the replace-ment of the Courtland Street bridge, repairs at near-by MARTA stations and the cost of connecting the Atlanta streetcar system to the Atlanta BeltLine.
The Courtland Street bridge, which the state workers repaired with concrete plugs, is slated to be replaced at a cost of $22 million. The Central Avenue bridge would also be replaced with funds from the Transportation Special Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST).
MARTA will receive $97.6 million from TSPLOST funds to repair its aging escalators and elevators if the tax is approved. The oldest stations on the original section of the blue line would receive scheduling pri-ority, including the Georgia State station.
Construction and repairs could begin as soon as 2013.
Other, more complex projects would impact Georgia State in future years.
The BeltLine, the single largest Atlanta project, would receive approximately $600 million – includ-ing some for connection and expansion of the Atlanta Streetcar project, which is in the early stages of con-struction. Part of the streetcar route will traverse the Georgia State campus along Edgewood Avenue.
The one-cent tax would generate an estimated $7.2 billion, 85 percent of which is dedicated to re-gional projects, according to the Atlanta Regional Commission. The tax would be levied for ten years in the ten-county metro region, including Atlanta. Revenues would be split almost evenly between tran-sit and roads.
The TSPLOST vote is scheduled for July 31.
BRian CRoWeStaff Writer
SPoRTS
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WWW.GSUSIGNAL.COM
VOLUME 79 | ISSUE 23
US!Follow us!
▲ Significance and criticism of heritage months discussed
❚ ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
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p. 14
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p. 3
▲ Down memory lane: through the walking tour of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots p. 7
❚ aRTS LiVinG&Anonymous letter alleges hazing and illegal activity
An anonymous letter sent to the Dean of Students last month has sparked an investiga-tion into the Delta Lambda chapter of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority for hazing and other illegal practices.
The letter alleges a variety of illegal sorority activities – such as underage binge drinking and marijuana use. However, it also includes sex toy parties and a total chapter retreat where “sisters were peer-pressured into taking their tops off and to get drunk.”
The letter also claims one member orga-nized an “iPhone stealing and reselling ring” and implies that she embezzled group funds for a ski trip.
The Signal has been unable to indepen-dently verify many of the claims since many of the events listed in the letter appear to have oc-curred off campus, and further Open Records requests have been slow going.
Both the Chapter President Megan Lane and the university refused to comment while the investigation is ongoing. Repeated attempts at contact with over 60 present and former so-rority members were unsuccessful.
The letter speaks on the consequences for whistleblowers, citing a previous example of when a sorority member reported other girls for “dirty rushing.”
“Those sisters plus their friends have made it a point to ignore her publicly and even de-friend her on Facebook,” read the letter. “These same girls [REDACTED] brag about this ac-complishment and warn about ‘going against the sisterhood.’”
The supervising offi cer Province President Dee Wallace also refused to comment on if the local chapter had conferred with her or if the university had contacted her about the alle-gations, although she confi rmed that she only meets with the sorority about once a month and does not attend events.
“It depends on if it’s physical visits or phone visits,” Wallace said on when she meets with the group. “But I talk with them at least once a week and I meet with them less often than that.”
The last time she said she met with them was in mid-January, which would be just after the anonymous letter was sent to the Dean of Students on Jan. 12.
National President Keeley Riddle acknowl-edged that the Delta Lambda chapter was under investigation, although she said they have not confi rmed the validity of any of the allegations in the letter.
Keeley also said Zeta Tau Alpha does not condone hazing, illegal drug use, underage drinking, excessive drinking or drinking on ZTA property or during chapter activities.
Last year the chapter was a Georgia State “Five Star Recipient,” which is the system by which the university awards outstanding Greek organizations.
The university has stated that it is working on preparing approximately 370 documents re-sponsive to open records requests of all investi-gations into Greek organizations in the last year – many of which it says must be redacted to pro-tect identifying information of students.
The university estimated the cost to retrieve, redact and copy these records at just over $407, although they warned costs might exceed their original estimate.
Documents that would irrevocably reveal student information and must be withheld, ac-cording to University Legal Aff airs, include stu-dent statements, interview notes, student pho-tos, student BANNER records and correspon-dence with students.
The entire redacted version of the anony-mous letter may be found online at www.gsusig-nal.com.
Full disclosure: Signal Photo Editor Judy Kim was previously a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and has been questioned by the Dean of Students in regard to some of the allegations.
CHRiS SHaTTUCKnews editor
P. 13
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SaMaRia SMiTHStaff Writer
ONE, a grassroots advocacy and campaign-ing organization that fi ghts extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, now holds a place at Georgia State.
Chartered on Georgia States’s campus by Anisa Palmer in October 2011, the ONE organi-zation is in good company on a large scale with cofounders such as Bono and supporters such as Alicia Keys and Ben Affl eck.
ONE promotes its cause by raising politi-cal awareness and pressuring political leaders to support smart and eff ective policies and pro-grams that are saving lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures, according to Palmer.
Palmer, who decided to charter the ONE organization at Georgia State after her transfer out of the military, said that stopping the spread of HIV was her initial inspiration to become a
ONE member and bring it to campus.“I became a ONE member after a ONE com-
mercial on TV I saw with Alicia Keys saying to stop the spread of HIV from mother to child by 2015 with pregnant women,” Palmer said.
The ONE club has started out on the small scale with its offi cial member base, but the orga-nization continues to grow.
“We currently have nine offi cial student members with 1 faculty advisor member, but we keep a member base of over 100 students and faculty that assist in signing petitions to stop for-eign aid cuts, writing letters and making phone calls to our senators,” Palmer said.
Georgia State’s ONE organization is gaining traction across the country, according to Palmer.
“We are in the top 25 ONE campuses of over 2000 across the nation----we went from being not at all included to top 25 in less than a year,” Palmer said.
As for their current projects, Palmer says that the ONE club is trying to increase commu-
nication for medics in Africa in order to improve medical eff orts.
“Currently we are collecting old cell phones to help the medics in Africa save lives,” Palmer said. “We hope to collect 2000 from GSU and send at the beginning of March.”
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Chancellor Hank Huckaby expressed enthusiasm for Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal that would restore funding for the University System of Georgia at a House subcommittee meeting Wednesday morning.
Years of cutbacks coupled with increased enrollment numbers have created challenges for the University System, including a backlog of renovation and state-funded infrastructure projects, ac-cording to Huckaby.
“The last several – three or four – years have been a real challenge for a lot of us,” Huckaby said.
However, Huckaby praised Gov. Deal’s proposed increases towards the University System and the Board of Regents.
“The recommendation from the gover-nor will begin to hopefully build back a lev-el of funding that will refl ect the enrollment growth of the University System,” Huckaby said. “That money is very, very important to us.”
In addition to the $95 million slated to cover the costs of record enrollment growth, the budget requests $4.23 million to increase the number of health professionals through an expansion of the state’s residency train-ing programs, according to the proposal. Furthermore, $5 million would be allocat-ed for cancer research at Georgia Health Sciences University.
Gov. Deal’s proposed budget would also allocate $235 million in bonds for new cap-ital projects and major repairs and reno-vations, according to the FY2013 budget report.
However, members of the House Higher Education Appropriations subcommit-tee questioned Huckaby and the Board of Regents treasurer, John Brown, over a newly reinstated category of requests called small-cap projects, those costing comparatively $5 million or less.
Brown defended Huckaby’s decision to re-include the category.
“A few years ago, we used to have small cap projects that were under $5 million that gave some fl exibility because often times you had some small projects trying to com-pete with these 30 or 40 million dollar proj-ects,” Brown said.
Although Brown said an additional $100 million would help eliminate the pipeline of capital projects, he also said that Deal’s budget would provide funds for four of the six Board of Regents requested proj-ects, including sites at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia, Valdosta State University and the Georgia Medical College.
Lawmakers also questioned Brown on the need for additional residency programs when the state already off ers similar pro-grams at other hospitals.
Brown said that those programs were inadequate because they could only accept three to four more doctors maximum while additional programs would grant access to grant money for a wider range of hospitals.
Georgia State poured over $1.5 billion into the local economy in 2010, according to a study from last year.
Developed by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, the study analyzed the role colleges or universities play in shaping their surrounding community’s economy.
In 2010 the University System of Georgia directly accounted for 3.4 percent of all jobs in Georgia, in addition to the estimated 1.9 off -campus jobs each school created, according to the study.
The study also compared initial spend-ing with output impact spending while es-timating the total value and labor impact
of University System schools. The Georgia Institute of Technology had the greatest over-all output impact into the economy at $2.1 billion, and the University of Georgia and Georgia State each contributed $2 billion and $1.5 billion respectively.
The study estimated that Georgia State created 13,660 jobs in 2010.
Local businesses like Walter’s, an Atlanta athletic clothing and footwear staple located in the middle of Georgia State’s campus, say they appreciate the student business as part of the downtown community.
“It’s important for businesses to maintain a good relationship with students because they make up the majority of downtown Atlanta,” Walter’s owner Jeff Steinbook, who estimates that Georgia State students make up to 20 percent of his total clientele, said.
Still, because customers come from around Atlanta to visit his store, Steinbook
says that it is important to maintain a good re-lationship with all parts of the community.
“The community is where our power of growth originally came from,” Steinbook said. “It’s important for us at Walter’s to connect with the local community on a personal level. We welcome everyone with open arms.”
Students like Darius Sutton, a senior and philosophy major who sometimes shops at Walter’s, agrees that students play a large part in the downtown economy.
“Walter’s is so close to campus and it’s easy for us [students] to spend money at these places,” Sutton said.
“Students keep them in business by buy-ing the latest shoes from them instead of go-ing to other places,” said Cherie Johnson, a ju-nior psychology major.
“If they didn’t have good customer ser-vice, then students wouldn’t care to buy any-thing from them,” Johnson said.
aLeXiS SMiTH anD CHRiS SHaTTUCKStaff Writer and news editor
Universities bring billions to local economy
Chancellor is enthusiastic about budget requests
ONE organization talks activism and awareness
HUCKABY
ChriS ShaTTUCK | The SignalJeff Steinbook, the owner of Georgia State landmark Walter’s, says that students make up approximately 20 percent of his overall sales..
“We went from
being not at all
included to top 25
in less than a year.”--Anisa Palmer
February 16Urban LifeA report was filed for Theft of Lost or Mislaid Property. The complainant, a GSU student stated, at 7:30 a.m. he left a bag containing various items unattended and when he returned at 8:09 a.m. he noticed the bag was missing. The case is being handled by Investigations.Turner Field Parking LotA report was filed for Theft of Lost or Mislaid Property. The complainant, a GSU student stated, at 8:00 a.m. she left her Motorola Tablet unattended on the Panther Shuttle Bus and when she returned at 8:15 a.m. she noticed it was missing. The case is being handled by Investigations.Commons Parking DeckA report was filed for Damage to Property. The complainant, a GSU staff member stated, at 2:00 p.m. she noticed the card reader at the entrance of the deck was damaged. The case is being handled by Investigations.Classroom SouthA report was filed for Theft of Lost or Mislaid Property. The complainant, a GSU student stated, at 1:20 p.m. she left her wallet containing various items unattended and when she returned at 2:30 p.m. she noticed it was missing. The case is being handled by Investigations. M Parking DeckA report was filed for Criminal Trespass. The complainant, a GSU student stated, at 7:00 p.m. he noticed ice cream and coke was poured on the roof of his vehicle. The case is being handled by Investigations. Student Recreation CenterA report was filed for Theft of Lost or Mislaid Property. The complainant, a GSU student stated, at 4:15 p.m. he left various items in an unsecured locker and when he returned at 6:44 p.m. he noticed all of the items were missing. The case is being handled by Investigations.
February 15Urban LifeOfficers arrested four GSU students for Possession of Marijuana Less than an Ounce. At 11:27 a.m. officers observed the individuals smoking marijuana. Officers also confirmed all four individuals were in possession of additional marijuana. They were all arrested, processed and released on a Copy of Charges. M Parking DeckOfficers arrested a Non-GSU individual for Loitering and Prowling and Possession of Tools for the Commission of a Crime. At 1:40 p.m. officers observed the individual walking up the ramp of the parking deck. Officers confirmed the individual did not have a vehicle in the parking deck and located various tools in a backpack. He was arrested, processed and transported to Fulton County Jail. Lanier Parking LotA report was filed for Theft by Deception. The complainant, a Non-GSU individual stated, at 2:45 p.m. an unknown individual took money from her for parking and later confirmed he was not a parking employee. The case is being handled by Investigations. Freshman DormitoryA report was filed for Odor of Marijuana. The complainant, a GSU staff member stated, at 7:15 p.m. she smelled an odor of marijuana. Officers made contact with three GSU students which were in the room and two of the students confirmed they were smoking marijuana. The case is being handled by Housing and the Dean of Students Office. University CommonsOfficers issued a Non-GSU individual a Criminal Trespass Warning. At 7:50 p.m. officers were advised the individual was on the property refusing to show his identification. Officers made contact with the individual and he was issued a C.T.W. and was escorted off campus without incident. Courtland BuildingA report was filed for Terroristic Threats. The complainant, a GSU staff member stated, at 7:33 p.m. he received a threatening phone message from a former employee. The case is being handled by Investigations.
February 14B LotA report was filed for Damage to Property. The complainant, a Non-GSU individual stated, at 2:26 p.m. the parking gate arm struck his vehicle and damaged the tailgate. The case is being handled by Investigations. Dahlberg HallOfficers issued a Non-GSU individual a Criminal Trespass Warning. At 4:33 p.m. officers were advised the individual was loitering in the Welcome Center. He was issued a C.T.W. and was escorted off campus without incident.
TiFFanie SMiTHStaff Writer
After fifteen years on the force, Sgt. Robert Wex of the Georgia State police department has seen his fair share of crime on campus.
On a daily basis, he deals with ev-erything from robberies to bicycle thefts to underage drinking.
Riding with him last week prom-ised a first hand look at what it is like to be a Georgia State police officer. While Sgt. Robert Wex drove, he ex-plained the procedures the police of-ficers go through everyday.
About halfway through our ride-along, a dispatcher issued a call say-ing a Georgia State student was caught smoking marijuana. While I was hoping to that we could rush to the scene COPS-style and observe the conflict, other officers responded to handle the situation.
However, Sgt. Wex did explain the procedure after they apprehend a student in this situation.
“We issue the student a citation, which is a copy of the charges,” Wex said. “From there, they are offered an 8-week program, which is a series of classes. If this is completed, they can have the charges dismissed.”
More serious calls require a dif-ferent response. Although they are rare, Wex said calls about shootings or robberies can be scary and nerve-wracking to officers.
“If you go to a shots fired call, you really have no idea of what you’re go-ing to encounter when you get there,” Wex said. “It’s not always pleasant, and it’s human nature to get scared.”
After that, Wex showed the areas each officer patrolled.
“They patrol three districts,” Wex said. There is the west district (down Decatur Street to the Natural Science
Center), the east district (the main buildings) and the residential zone (the dorms on campus).
Currently 10 police cars, four mo-torcycles and 20 bicycles service the Georgia State campus with at least 60 police officers on campus daily.
With crime increasing each month on campus, Georgia State po-lice are taking new steps to make the campus safer for students. For exam-ple, one concern is students returning to their cars after classes.
The police are cooperating from Turner Field to turn the blue lot lights on earlier so students that get there early have a well-lit area.
University police have also cre-ated a new crime suppression unit with four officers to target high crime areas.
However, Sgt. Kristal Perkins of the Crime Prevention Unit said stu-dents should be cautious while on campus.
“Students should be aware of their surroundings,” Perkins said. “They should also utilize the resourc-es the police have to offer.”
After riding along for about 30 minutes, I started to wonder how of-ficers felt about their job.
Sgt. Wex says he just enjoys being in the city area.
“I enjoy policing, and I’ve been with Georgia State for the last 15 years,” Wex said. “I’ve seen the uni-versity grow, and I enjoy being and working in the city.”
Sgt. Perkins said something similar.
“I love my job and it’s absolute-ly wonderful,” Perkins said. “I’ve al-ways wanted to help people and pre-vent crime before it happens. It’s re-ally an opportunity to educate the community.”
A ride-along with GSUPD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 04 NEWS | THE SIGNAL
leah jordan | The SignalSgt. Robert Wex of the Georgia State University Police Department patrols the streets with two Signal staff writers.
The following is a personal report from a staff writer’s ride-along with a sergeant in the Georgia State University Police Department.
leah jordan | The SignalOver 60 officers police the campus daily.
Georgia State’s Finest
“If you go to a
shots fired call ... It’s not always pleasant”
--Sgt. Robert Wex
azma Kashgari, a 23-year old blogger and
journalist who was arrested this past week for “incendiary” tweets he made during a fi ctitious dialogue with the Prophet Mohammad.
Attempting to seek asylum in New Zealand, he was arrested in Malaysia and returned to Saudi Arabia to face charges of apostasy, a charge that car-ries the death penalty.
So, what is “apostasy?” Simply put, it is when one turns their back on their own religion (or political platform). If you were raised Catholic and now call yourself “recovering,” you are practic-ing apostasy.
So, what did Mr. Kashgari do to fi nd himself accused of such a mundane off ense? He tweeted. He made a series of tweets, talking to Mohammed.
I will attempt to quote Mr. Kashgari from a non-judgmental, subjective perspective: “I have loved things about you [Mickey Mouse] and I have hated things about you [Mickey Mouse] and there is a lot I don’t un-derstand about you [Mickey Mouse]. I will not pray for you [Mickey Mouse].”
Was that really so bad? This young man was without a doubt grab-bing a tiger by its tail, but is that worth the possibility of a public execution?
Is this the worth of a human life?After his tweets were posted and
public outcry began yammering for his head, Mr. Kashgari did what any
sensible person would, fl ee. He board-ed a plane for New Zealand by way of Malaysia. It was in Malaysia where he would be detained for “allegedly in-sulting the Prophet Mohammed.”
Malaysia held him for fi ve days before extraditing him back to Saudi Arabia to face the death penalty. I feel I should reiterate “possibly,” be-cause deep down inside I hope cool-er heads will prevail and a 23-year old man won’t be executed over 140 characters.
But Malaysia, a left-leaning (read moderate) Islamic country, delivered this man back into Saudi custody, knowing the “possible” repercussions.
In general terms, Kashgari’s return to Saudi Arabia would be referred to as an “extradition.” As in, “sir, you’ve been accused of robbing banks in the U.S., and here we fi nd you on this sun-ny Caribbean beach. You had a good run, but we’re gonna take you back.” We’ll attempt to compare this to an “extreme rendition,” which tradition-ally takes the form of someone break-ing into your home, putting a bag over your head and taking you to a prison outside the United States to spend your days being water-boarded and your nights piled in a naked pyramid.
In summation: in the U.S., if you are accused of being a terrorist, you will disappear and the U.S. will in ef-fect give you a reason to hate America; in Saudi Arabia they’ll kill you for dis-agreeing with the status quo.
This is the part of the movie where the villain traditionally says, “We’re not so diff erent, you and I.”
It’s easy to keep pointing fi ngers: Mr. Kashgari should’ve known better; Malaysia should have given him asy-lum; the US and her colonial cousins shouldn’t have rattled the middle east as hard as they have, for as long as they
have. But this is not about religion or
the death penalty; these avenues of thought are clear derailments from Mr. Kashgari’s situation.
This is about Saudi Arabia’s tradi-tional impotence in defending what they hold sacred. This is about all the women killed under suspicion witchcraft and of all the fatwas placed against thinkers and writers; this is about a cycle of violence that will not stop until humanity changes.
This is about Malaysia playing pol-itics to keep their allies happy. This is about America not even following a story like this on the news.
This is a sad, stupid thing, and I am sick thinking not only about how it’s going to end, but how few people even knew it started.
ccording to research done by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Zell Miller Scholarship favors
students from the metro area’s most affl u-ent suburbs – like Alpharetta, Marietta and Lawrenceville.
To state it bluntly, those who could aff ord to attend college without fi nancial help are those benefi ting most from the full scholarship. Meanwhile, those from low-income homes are not especially those who are fi rst in their fami-lies to attend college.
Georgia State itself presents validation for these fi ndings. According to the study, ap-proximately 1/3 of students are fi rst genera-tion college students and about half come from low-income families to qualify for the federal grant program. However, only one percent of Georgia State students receive the Zell Miller Scholarship.
Unfortunately, I can’t say these results are surprising in the least. When Deal implement-ed the Zell Miller Scholarship last year, he in-
troduced a new requirement besides a GPA to receive the scholarship – at least a 1200 SAT score.
Numerous studies in recent years have proven that the SAT is not a fair standardized test for some groups. According to a study by Inside Higher Education, the SAT promotes ra-cial and economic disparities. Therefore, those from lower income households do not perform as well on the SAT like their affl uent counter-parts. This fact is echoed in the statistic above about Georgia State.
To further emphasize this point, about 20 percent of Georgia Tech and University of Georgia students are Zell Miller scholarship re-cipients. As previously stated, only one percent of Georgia State students are. However, Georgia State enrolls more low-income, fi rst generation college students than the other two institutions, according to the study.
In the AJC article, our own Tim Renick, associate provost for academic programs at Georgia State, made an excellent point. He stat-ed that the SAT was a better predictor of the student’s home ZIP code than of their poten-tial college success. As for Georgia State, he says that a student’s high school transcript is more emphasized for this reason.
By incorporating the SAT score as a require-ment, Gov. Deal excluded many students – both
upcoming and current – from earned and nec-essary scholarship money. When the changes to the HOPE Scholarship were made and the Zell Miller Scholarship was created, current students benefi ting from the HOPE were not grandfathered in.
For example, when the changes took place, I was in my last semester as a junior here at Georgia State. I had a GPA well above the 3.3 college GPA required by the Zell Miller Scholarship. I also graduated high school with a GPA above the 3.7 requirement. However, I was denied the full Zell Miller Scholarship for my senior year of college because I was a mere 40 points shy on the SAT that I had taken three years prior.
In my opinion, my college GPA is more cred-itable and a better measurement of my aptitude as a college student than my SAT score was. Grandfathering in current students was a poor choice.
The SAT requirement for the Zell Miller Scholarship needs to be seriously reconsidered. It is limiting capable and deserving students based on both race and their income. In my book, that is discrimination.
The HOPE scholarship was originally de-signed by former Georgia Governor Zell Miller to help these lower income students achieve their dream of attending college. However, the
Zell Miller scholarship is doing precisely the opposite.
Both scholarships are based on merit, not need. The scholarships should stay merit-based as they encourage a reward for hard work and an avenue for advancement which may be out-side of their families’ means. HOPE is not an entitlement. HOPE is something to be earned. However, we should not place limits on the pro-gram for those that have earned it.
It is not lost on me though that some kind of change needs to occur to the scholarship pro-gram in order to keep it alive. Therefore, instead of having the installed SAT requirement, there should be another GPA requirement for the Zell Miller Scholarship in its place.
For example, the 3.0 GPA requirement can stay in order to receive the HOPE scholarship. However to obtain the Zell Miller Scholarship, the GPA requirement could stay at 3.3 GPA or even be raised to 3.5 if a higher standard was seen as appropriate.
Underneath it all, it seems that SAT require-ment was placed in the Zell Miller Scholarship to further weed out possible recipients. However, it inadvertently weeded out the low income students that needed the scholarship the most. For this reason, Gov. Nathan Deal and the General Assembly need to look into revising the program immediately.
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The Atlanta Falcons have begun making motions to build a potential $700 million open-air stadium just over a half-mile north of the Georgia Dome at the intersection of Northside Drive and Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard.
Expecting to send out a formal request for proposals by the end of November, the Falcons could be out of the Georgia Dome and in their new stadium by 2017, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
When the Falcons vacate the Georgia Dome, we would not be surprised if Georgia State tried to move in on the property for its new football team. After all, it might be a smart move fi nancially.
It costs Georgia State hundreds of thousands of dollars to rent the Georgia Dome for each football game. Since the fi rst kickoff on Sept. 1, 2010, the stadium has become the beloved “concrete jungle” home of our Panthers football team. Without any real future plans for building a separate new stadium just for the Panthers, it seems only natural that Georgia State should make a bid to get in the stadium.
Georgia State also rents out the Georgia Dome as the venue for its graduation commencement ceremonies.
Much to the dismay of many students, the university recently canceled its future Fall Commencement ceremonies because of budgetary constraints. If Georgia State purchased the Georgia Dome or came into a partnership with the property owner, the fi nances would no longer be a problem for the graduation ceremonies.
The move to bid for the stadium is not out of the question. The Georgia Dome is owned and operated by the state of Georgia as a part of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. Seeing as Georgia State is a public university funded by the state, it shouldn’t be hard for the two to come up with a reasonable agreement.
Plus, it would provide some revenue for the university as well as the state as a convention center and being able to host other sporting events and concerts.
If these thoughts haven’t been crossing through the minds of the administration and the Athletics, it should be right away. Elbow nudge, anyone?
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“No, it’s ridiculous for somebody to get beat or almost die because you’re trying to be a part of a brotherhood be-cause what does beat-ing somebody have to do with brotherhood? It just doesn’t make sense.”
Ronson Freeman – Finance
“I think that would be a little extreme. I mean, any public uni-versity in Georgia? That would be a little extreme.”
Minh Dang – Undeclared Major
“Well they defi nitely shouldn’t be allowed to practice hazing, but as far as making a law to ban them from all public universities, then that prevents the student from getting help and then being able to fi nish their education. Then they are just a bully that is uneducated out in the world, and what does that say about our soci-ety?”
Megan Hicks – Nursing
“I defi nitely support it because I have an ex-coworker who was actu-ally hazed. They put him in a little cage and they put him in the back of someone’s truck and went up 75-85 North at around 80 miles per hour. They hazed him pretty bad, and this was a guy who always dressed in suits, always nice to others and they did this to him. And he actu-ally told the police and there are some people that are not speaking out, and people can die from this just from being in an orga-nization.”
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The Georgia state legislature is about to propose a bill that would ban any student convicted of hazing from attending any public university in the state of Georgia. Is this something you
would support or do you think Greek life communities should be able to practice hazing?
niversities are organizations that we enter with the
intent of bettering ourselves and becoming upstanding and contributing members of society. It is supposed to be a safe environment where students can develop and grow into the people that they want to become. Many students choose to become part of a student organization in order to meet up with people of similar interest or to network and gain connections to use in your professional life. Perhaps you would like to gain some practical experience helping people in and around your community and have something on your resume. Many students turn to Greek life in order to get this experience.
Greek life at collegiate institutions dates back hundreds of years, with many famous people rising from the ranks of fraternities and sororities. Typically, Greek life off ers students good college experience and connections to use later on in life, but sometimes there is a dark side. Recently, Georgia State hazing rituals have become a topic of conversation and particularly how brutal they can be. There is a lot of myth surrounding hazing, among circles of people who know little to nothing about Greek life, but it’s not all legend. Of course we’ve seen the movies like “Animal House” and “Old School” that portray students going through
trials and tribulations in order to prove themselves and their devotion to the organization and having a wacky fun time the whole way through.
Sometimes those trials are terrible trials and the people aren’t having any fun at all. Young men suff ering horrible beatings at the hands of those who they wish to join as brothers. Only then to be expected to cough up the money needed to be in the organization and maybe then a few teeth and some blood. Often the victims don’t come forward about this violence. This is a university; our organizations should be places of learning and development, not violent semi-secret societies. If you want to get beat up to gain some friends, why don’t you join a gang? That way, instead of spending thousands on fees, you can make thousands shooting people and selling drugs. Let me ask something to everyone: Fraternities are not street gangs, so why should we let some act like it?
Some people might cite tradition, but I say if that’s the case, it’s a tradition that has no place on a college campus and is terrible tradition that should be stopped. The Georgia State Legislature’s House Bill 659 would do just that. Get convicted of hazing, and you get banned from every single public university. This sort of violent thuggish style of hazing needs to be eradicated, and I hope HB 659 will do that.
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It was the turn of the twentieth century. Crowds gathered on the streets of downtown in fall. Tensions ran high as racial problems came to a boiling point, leading to the once blood-soaked streets that we now use to guide our way through campus daily. The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot marked an event in the past that changed the dynamics of racial relationships in the south, with the history of the riot a part of each student’s stomping ground in the university.
Professor Cliff Kuhn led a walking tour of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, which took place from Sept. 22 to Sept. 24, 1906, to show the hidden historical gems that are right under our noses on campus. The tour had a large turnout, with students from other universities even coming to out to attend, each with their own ideas with what they hoped to gain from the tour.
“I’ve done walking tours in New York, and I really just wanted to fi nd out the history,” Brittany McAuley, a senior from Emory University, said.
“I wanted to learn a little bit of history. Of what really hap-pened,” Jovan King, also a senior at Emory University, said. “I didn’t know the race riots happened here so I’m ready to learn.”
The tour started in Woodruff Park, where Kuhn handed out packets, containing pictures of areas that were a part of the race riots during that time, to everyone on the tour. He began to set the atmosphere for the city in the early 1900’s.
“This was really the heart of downtown, Five Points,” Kuhn said. “In Atlanta there were people whose presence of-ten times constituted a threat to other Atlantans of the day.
Atlanta had a large population, relatively speaking of educated and affl uent African-Americans.”
These people included the well-known W.E.B. DuBois and the lesser-known Alonzo Herndon, successful barber and Atlanta’s fi rst black millionaire. Herndon’s fi nancial accom-plishments came partially through his founding of an insur-ance company but also through his extravagant barbershop on 66 Peachtree St., which is now the empty lot that used to be TriBeCa.
Herndon’s barbershop was fi lled with knickknacks that presented it as the height of luxury. The shop was about a block long and chandeliers suspended from the ceiling. It was also one of the most deluxe barbershops in the southeast, ac-cording to Kuhn, which only increased the bitterness between the races that had already developed between black and white barbers.
“At this time we’re talking about in 1906, there was a fair amount of competition between black and white barbers. There was a lot of resentment of black barbers,” Kuhn said. “But there was also resentment because black barbers cut the hair of white women and children.”
On the evening of the race riot, Herndon let his barbers out early because, at that point, Atlanta was at the brink of erupt-ing into chaos and everyone knew it, Kuhn explained. Still, by the next morning the glass of the barbershop was shattered and destroyed.
Further down, Decatur Street was fenced with a string of theaters, pawn shops and saloons, covering ground that now includes Walters shoe store and the Sports Arena. This whis-key-drenched area of the city was called “the melting pot of Dixie” by The Atlanta Journal at the time, adding fuel to the growing threat that presented itself with the crossing of racial lines drawn in the sand.
And it wasn’t long before crowds gathered on Decatur Street to break into hardware stores and pawn shops for weap-ons and demolishing the saloons and shops that had once gar-nished the street.
Marietta Street, between the MARTA station and the Aderhold Learning Center, along with the Forsyth Bridge, were also sites of destruction from the spreading fl ame that overtook Atlanta during the race riot.
“There was a young African-American man, Frank Smith, that was a telegraph boy for the Western Union telegraph com-pany and he was taken off a street car and taken on to what was then the Forsyth Bridge, where he was carved to death by a butcher,” Kuhn said. “Somebody else jumped off that bridge to escape the mob. Someone else was thrown off that bridge.”
After the mob reached another barbershop on Forsyth Street, which is now around the same location as the McDonalds, two barbers were murdered along with Henry Welch, a crippled shoe shine boy that worked there. Their corpses were taken to the very same Henry W. Grady monu-ment that stands in Marietta Street today and left there.
Walter White, a 13-year-old boy at the time of the riot, lived about a block away from the dorms on campus, accord-ing to Kuhn. It was on the night of the riot that he and his fa-ther picked up an African-American woman running from the mob. The morning after, the mob came into his neighborhood, looking for his father, when residents of the neighborhood used weapons for self-defense.
These same streets and bridges still exist today. Every day, a student may step over what could have been the resting place of someone who was victim of past hate. And with all these landmarks covering campus, you never know what his-tory has tucked away under the surface.
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The tale of “The Princess and the Goblin” was created in 1872 as a children’s fantasy nov-el written by George MacDonald. Last week-end, choreographer and director Twyla Tharp brought the tale to the world of ballet.
Tharp has choreographed more than one hundred and thirty-five dances, five Hollywood movies, directed and choreographed four Broadway shows since 1963.
Not only did she bring a huge amount of ex-perience to the production, but she also offered up wisdom to the dancers, according to Atlanta Ballet Company dancer Jackie Nash. “Anytime she comes into the studio it’s a different kind of energy,” Nash said, although she admits the dancers were all “intimidated at first” by work-ing with such a seasoned choreographer.
“She has a lot of respect for dancers,” Nash said.
Tharp’s respect for dance and dancers shone through in the world premiere of her ballet, “The Princess and the Goblin.”
The tale itself is old, but the message of the story is timeless. “The Princess and the Goblin” is a tale about the potential of innocents to re-deem those who have lost their own innocence. In order to represent the contrast between children and adults who have lost their way, the ballet featured several child dancers, who brought a certain playfulness and naivety to the performance.
“They certainly lightened the mood,” Nash said, who performed in the ensemble of “The Princess and the Goblin,” “they were a constant source of entertainment.”
Nash also added, though, that the children
were incredibly respectful to the professional dancers in rehearsals and performances.
The story begins at the king’s party, where his daughter, Princess Irene, witnesses goblins stealing children from the kingdom. No one else seems to notice the goblins, so Princess Irene begins her efforts to save the children herself.
Princess Irene, played by dancer Alessa Rogers, is not the average shy princess that is featured in most fairy tales. She is the coura-geous heroine of the story. Throughout the performance she shows her incredible bravery as she ventures into the forest to confront the goblin king and save the stolen children. Rogers captured the essence of the Princess Irene com-pletely, blending her acting and dancing talents to create a relatable onstage character. The gob-lin king, played by John Welker, also showed a remarkable amount of acting skills. The out-standing acting skills of the dancers made it much easier for the audience to follow the story.
Although some key aspects of “The Princess and the Goblin” were very different from the average fairy tale, Princess Irene does have a ghostly sidekick and a best friend to help her save the children from her kingdom. Her Great-Great Grandmother (and namesake) Irene comes to the rescue, gently guiding Princess Irene’s actions. Princess Irene’s best friend, Curdie, also accompanies her on her mission to save the missing children.
Nash said her favorite parts of the story are the “forgiveness you see in the father of Irene” and the “transformation that Irene goes through with Curdie, it’s a growing up kind of thing.”
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Towering oak trees line the trail from West Wieuca Road to the big, red front door of the City Gallery at Chastain Arts Center. Inside the door is a video installation that exhibits the collective work of photo conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, photographer Chris Johnson, arts educator Bayeté Ross Smith and Atlanta-based artist and producer Kamal Sinclair.
Question Bridge: Black Males is a transmedia, or multi-platform, art project that explores W.E.B. DuBois’ psycho-social theory of double conscious-ness in a contemporary context. Through video-mediated question and answer exchange, its cre-ators attempt to bridge the dichotomies between members of a particular demographic.
“Who are you? What is your purpose?” Malik Seneferu asks as his face appears projected on the back wall of the studio. Suddenly, two other faces are projected on either side of Senefuru’s, while the one to his right begins to answer. The man on his left stares attentively at the camera.
Deceptively simple in its design, Question Bridge is a process made of basic principles. First, developers identify a demographic and consider the significant, clearly defined divisions that exist within the demographic. Next, they create a setting where members on one side of the demographic feel comfortable to ask sincere, poignant questions and those on the opposing side are free to answer those questions.
Finally, developers assemble the questions and responses in a form that both parties can witness, much like a faux conversation.
The exhibit is designed in a similar way. White walls and grainy wood floors create an open atmo-sphere that encourages reflection. Yet black and white still portraits, lighting treatments and clever-
ly placed furniture pieces add depth to the setting.City Gallery’s current display of Question
Bridge is a revival of Johnson’s original concept, which emerged in 1996. He was commissioned by the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego to create a piece relating to race for the Republican convention that year.
“As an artist growing up in New York I real-ized that one of the key issues for the Black com-munity was the division between those whose lifestyles have them focused primarily within the community … and those who’ve really moved into the mainstream, White world,” Chris Johnson said in a Skype interview with Savona Bailey-McClain, executive director and chief curator of the West Harlem Art Fund, Inc. “I tried to come up with a strategy for connecting those two disparate groups of African Americans. That’s how the project began.”
Though moderately successful, the first Question Bridge never made it farther than the Museum of Photographic Arts. Then, in 2007, an eager artist named Hank Willis Thomas breathed new life into Johnson’s idea.
Thomas had been invited to apply for a grant from the Tribeca Film Institute and chose to re-vamp Question Bridge for his submission. He also decided to use black males for the subject of the film, which had previously included both men and women. When Thomas extended an opportunity to collaborate and reinvent the project, Johnson obliged.
“At the same time that a Black man could be-come President of the United States, Black men who make up six percent of our population, make up 62 percent of those in our prisons,” Chris wrote on his blog. He saw working with Hank as a way to facilitate dialogue and confront stereotypes be-tween those in the “most opaque and misunder-stood demographic in our culture.”
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Arielle Wiltshire-Scott be-lieves she was born to be a philan-thropist. She may be right.
Webster’s defines a philanthro-pist as “one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare.” Wiltshire-Scott is living up to that definition. She launched a new charitable venture, one that made the recent Valentine’s Day holiday a happier one for some of the met-ro area’s neediest children.
Wiltshire-Scott, 22, created the “Books and Bears” program, a charity designed to brighten the lives of children in shelters. In conjunction with her fraterni-ty, Alpha Kappa Psi, she collected gently used books and stuffed ani-mals to donate to at-risk children and teenagers.
For some time, Wiltshire-Scott knew she wanted to do something different with community out-reach through her fraternity. She just wasn’t sure what that some-thing different would be.
“I really enjoy being around kids. I knew I wanted to do some-thing for them.”
When she was trying to think of a way to help children, inspira-tion came from her own home.
“I looked around at all the stuffed animals and children’s books I still had. I was a lucky
child,” Wiltshire-Scott said.Wiltshire-Scott realized other
children were not so lucky. She de-cided to create “Books and Bears” as a way of sharing with those less fortunate than she had been as a child.
She pitched the idea to Alpha Kappa Psi in November of last
year. After receiving approval, she began collecting books and stuffed animals on Jan. 16 for donation on Valentine’s Day. Sixty books and stuffed animals were donated to the Calvary Children’s Home.
“Atlanta has a lot of problems with homelessness, but some-times people forget a lot of them
are children,” Wiltshire-Scott said. “Also, people tend to donate stuff around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Nobody thinks of these kids on Valentine’s Day.”
Wiltshire-Scott, a senior, is working toward a double major in finance and marketing. She already earned her marketing degree after
the fall semester and will receive her finance degree in May.
“I enjoy finance. I like help-ing people with their finances. But marketing is my passion,” Wiltshire-Scott said. She said she hopes one day to design print ad-vertising campaigns.
She also hopes to expand her “Books and Bears” program, per-haps making it a citywide dona-tion drive.
“Next time, I’d like to get lo-cal businesses involved along with some of the connections I’ve made through Alpha Kappa Psi,” Wiltshire-Scott said. “I’d like to set up donation collections at restau-rants and other local businesses.”
She is also planning now to do-nate to more shelters next year.
“I’d like it to be an Atlanta program, then maybe national,” Wiltshire-Scott said.
Wiltshire-Scott credits Alpha Kappa Psi with helping her launch her first philanthropic venture.
“A lot of people don’t know that it’s the oldest business fraternity in the country. But it’s not just for business and finance majors. Any student can join,” Wiltshire-Scott said.
Those who would like to do-nate to “Books and Bears” now may still do so by bringing stuffed animals and books to the chapter room of Alpha Kappa Psi, locat-ed in room 448 of the University Center.
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leah jordan | The SignalArielle Wiltshire-Scott works to bring happiness and comfort to children in need.
Sarah woodS | The SignalQuestion Bridge video installation brings history to the Chastian Arts Center.
Throughout their ca-reer, Van Halen has re-mained remarkably consis-tent in their sound. Their new release, A Di� erent Kind of Truth, makes it clear that little has changed in that regard.
Many of these tracks sound like they could have been Van Halen B-sides—most aren’t good enough to qualify as hits, but they’re all unmistakably Van Halen. The record kicks off with its single, “Tattoo,” and it brings forth the same distorted, high-oc-tane rock that they’ve always been known for. “She’s the Woman” is the same way, as is “Outta Space.” “Honeybabysweetiedoll” is spacey, strange and utterly out of character, but the rest of the re-cord keeps in line with the fi rst few.
If this record proves anything, it’s that Eddie Van Halen is an unstoppable guitarist. His machine-gun leads and soaring squeals are no diff erent from the band’s heyday in tone, passion and fury, even after his recent hand surgery. It’s a good thing Eddie’s the real star, because he’s the least changed of any of the members.
This is Eddie’s son Wolfgang’s fi rst recorded eff ort with the group, and he fi lls the void left by Michael Anthony with ease. His chops are pretty outstanding, especially for someone who’s still in high school, but it’s hardly surprising given his dad’s legend-ary skills.
David Lee Roth is the most audibly aged of the group—his voice has a gruff ness about it that wasn’t there in the past, and it’s a little off -putting at times. He certainly doesn’t have the range that he used to, but there are moments on the record that reassure us that he’s not totally burned out.
Van Halen enthusiasts will rejoice with the release of A Di� erent Kind of Truth, but even non-fans should respect the mu-sical prowess that the band brings to the table.
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01 OrganismoAdron
02 Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow LeadsDustin Wong
03 Natural TraitsErnest Gonzales
04 Kitsuné Parisien IIVarious Artists
05 Be the VoidDr. Dog
06 Onwards to the WallA Place to Bury Strangers
07 Have Some Faith in MagicErrors
08 City of Satellites RemixedVarious Artists
09 Le Voyage Dans La LuneAir
10 Paralytic StalksOf Montreal
11 LineageShigeto
12 Honky Tonk MedusaDonovan Quinn
13 By the HedgeMinks
14 Back On TimePlug
15 They SweetheartstammersPigeons
16 Weekendspacifi cUV
17 A Smart Black Boy | The Sonic Inceptionblctxt contxt
18 TrampSharon Van Etten
19 HospitalityHospitality
20 Lilacs & ChampagneLilacs & Champagne
21 EsterTrailer Trash Tracys
22 Gil Scott Heron TributeAmin PaYne
23 CyrkCate Le Bon
24 Rad Times Xpress IVBlack Bananas
25 MaraqopaDamien Jurado
26 A Sleep & ForgettingIslands
27 Yes On BloodMallard
28 Planet High SchoolMux Mool
29 In the YardNeal Morgan
30 Young & OldTennis
Van Halen, A Different Kind of TruthZaCK KRaiMeR associate arts editor
The British vocalist Seal brought in a beauti-ful setting of music from the ‘70s with his new al-bum Soul 2. Filled with complete nostalgia, this album is the sequel to his 2008 album Soul, which was another inspiration-al compilation depicting the ‘60s.
The album contains 11 songs, each one of them having very sentimental values as well as emotions. Within the tracks, Seal brings in soul songs from these earlier eras from celebrated art-ists like Al Green and Teddy Pendergrass. Seal’s passion for this music is very well refl ected in these songs as he adds his own zest of style.
The fi rst song “Wishing on a star” is a great album open-er as Seal tries to interpret his feelings towards a lost love. Seal gets passionate on a beautiful incinerate song called “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” in which you can hear his despair through his vocals. The singer also brought Bill Wither’s ever-famous hymn of friendship “Lean On Me” to us through his new al-bum. However, it lacked the signature gospel hand claps that one would hear in the church. The album ended with “Oh Girl” in which Seal used The Chi-Lites to express feelings about his sor-rows in his love life.
Some of the albums shining moments are “Love TKO” and “Backstabbers.” Seal knew that by selecting ineradicable hits from soul’s golden era and infusing them with his own style and a contemporary polish, he would be crafting an album that not only respects its heritage but also is an imagination of the clas-sics they once were. The great thing about these songs is that they never supersede the originals, but they hardly suff er in compar-ison because they have passion and soul written all over them. Seal’s voice and revelatory skills make the tracks sound smooth thus making them go hand in hand with the original composition.
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The VowREEL REVIEWS
“The Vow,” which was released the Friday before Valentine’s Day, appeared to be another cliché chick fl ick, com-plete with both Channing Tatum (“Dear John”) and Rachel McAdams (“The Notebook”).
Unfortunately, the fi lm lived up to its expectations. Tatum and McAdams play a young married couple, Leo and Paige, who get into a car accident on their way home from a date. The fi lm opens with the pair goofi ng off and fl irting as they stop at a stop sign. They pause to share a kiss and Paige, who was not wearing her seat belt (safety fi rst, everyone), fl ies through the window after a truck rear ends their car, driving it into a pole. Paige ends up in the hospital with a coma. When she wakes up, she learns that the last fi ve years of her life has been completely erased from her memory and she has no idea who her husband is and no memory of marrying him. The couple begins on a journey of waiting for Paige to get her memory back - if she ever does.
Tatum and McAdams actually have a nice onscreen chemistry
and their acting is pretty good. However, the storyline is very bland, as is the writing. The dialogue is extremely uninteresting and gives no room for the characters, who all had extremely rich personalities, to really shine. Both the plot and the writing seemed to put the char-acters in a box. I also wanted to know more about Paige and Leo’s friends (who were called their “family” at one point in the fi lm), who only appeared in the movie to give Leo advice a couple of times.
After Paige realizes she has no memory of the past fi ve years, she goes home to temporarily live with her parents, who she doesn’t re-member fi ghting with. Leo and Paige fi ght constantly, which is un-usual for a madly in love couple. These two events are the only real driving forces of the plot, and while Paige is trying to rediscover who she really is, Leo is frustrated and discouraged. This friction makes viewers tense the entire movie, and while that can sometimes be a good thing, the ending was completely unsatisfying.
If this movie had better script writing and a richer plot it would have been an excellent fi lm. However, because of its fl aws, it can only be deemed mediocre.
If you’re looking for an exhila-rating thriller to attend and keep you on the edge of your seat, “Safe
House” may be just the movie for you. Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington and Hollywood heart-
throb Ryan Reynolds team up in this highly anticipated action fi lm. The movie follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a safe house guard
for the CIA in Cape Town, South Africa who wishes to move up the totem pole in his career. After turning himself in at a U.S. Consulate and being brought to the Weston’s safe house, rogue CIA agent and world’s most wanted criminal, Tobin Frost (Washington), meets his soon to be mentee. While in the middle of an intense interrogation, gangsters break into the safe house looking for Frost and the top se-cret CIA fi le in his possession. During the break-in, Weston takes the time as an opportunity to kidnap Frost which later turns into cat-and-mouse chase between the two while trying to escape CIA agents.
This fi lm defi nitely caters to the action lovers with its constant ex-plosions, shot wounds to the head and lingering suspense and intensi-ty. Washington fi ts perfectly for the role of Frost, never failing to bring audiences that smooth and eff ortless bad guy. Reynolds also does a pretty decent job here, as he is taken out of his common role of lover in a romantic comedy and is being carefully watched next to the pro of action movies.
Overall, the fi lm does well in keeping the audience guessing about Frost’s next move and what’s to come next. The editing is superb and the hazy glow and reddish undertones compliment the story’s inten-sity. But the fi lm may drag in scenes that do not include Frost and to-wards the end you may be aching for the movie to get to the point. Also, it is never crystal clear why Frost decided to turn against the CIA. Despite its minor fl aws, it is still an enjoyable story. This may be no “Law Abiding Citizen” for those seeking mystery and thrill or “Training Day” for those drawn to Washington’s acting style, but it’s money decently spent.
niCoLe HoLManStaff Writer
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February 21Intercultural Relations Goes 3-D: Dinner, Diversity, and
Dialogue DiversityIn collaboration with the Department of Political Science, this 3-D event will focus on diversity issues relating to the 2012 Presidential Election.Student Center, Lanier Suite // 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Campus MovieFest FinaleGSU students had 5 days to write, direct, shoot, and edit a short � lm. Now we reveal the best of the best. Come to this red-carpet � nale event, dressed in your best style. Top winners will be announced from Georgia State University and they will advance to the CMF Grand Finale in Hollywood, CA, in June 2012. � is event is a collaborative e� ort between Campus Events, Spotlight Programs Board, GSTV, SGA, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and the Rialto Center for the Arts.Rialto � eater // 7:30 p.m.
February 22Language & Literacy
Distinguished Lecture Series: Exploring Predictors of Spoken
Language Development in Children with Autism
Spectrum DisorderA reception will follow the presentation by Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg from Boston University.1199 Urban Life Building // 1:00 p.m.
February 23Portlandia: � e Tour @
Variety PlayhouseIf you like the show on IFC, you won’t want to miss their live tour when it stops at Variety Playhouse. SNL’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein make a great comic duo, and the program should translate well to the stage.1099 Euclid Ave // 10:30 p.m. // $30
February 24Manchester Orchestra, Chris
StaplesLocal favorites Manchester Orchestra haven’t shown their faces around town since their � anksgiving bash, � e Stu� ng, so you’ll want to be there when they do it all over again at the E.A.R.L.� e E.A.R.L. // 9:00 p.m. // $18
February 25McCoy Tyner & his Trio
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner bears a pedigree few musicians today can match. As a member of the John Coltrane Quartet, Tyner played alongside the master on original recordings of “My Favorite � ings” and “A Love Supreme,” to name just a few, and changed the sound of jazz in the process. Tyner
would eventually move on and explore new musical horizons on his own both as a composer and bandleader—even experimenting with the harpsichord and celeste in his work. Some 80 albums later, he’s still a leading light of the jazz universe. Now, his Trio returns to the Rialto with a special guest, Grammy-Award winning post-bop jazz saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, whose long and storied career has seen him play alongside the likes of Chet Baker, Woody Herman, and Abbey Lincoln.Rialto � eater // 8:00 p.m.
February 26Black Tusk, Chairleg, Lazer/WulfAre you metal enough to handle Black Tusk, Chairleg, and Lazer/Wulf in Purgatory? � ere’s only one way to � nd out. Only attend if you have an a� nity for sonic brutality.Masquerade [Purgatory] // 7:00 p.m. // $10
February 27Agent Orange, Burns Like
Fire, El Caminos, Bullets Are Good Food
Punk rock legends Agent Orange return for another night of fast-
paced, aging-rebel splendor. Make sure to bring your obligatory Doc Martens and studded leather vest.Masquerade [Hell] // 7:00 p.m. // $10
March 1Dexter Romweber Duo, Orbo
& the LongshotsIf he’s good enough for Jack White to call him a major in� uence, he’s good enough for you, too. Make sure to check out the original brother-sister rock duo when they rattle the E.A.R.L. with their electrifying live show.� e E.A.R.L // 8:30 p.m. // $10
First � ursday Downtown Arts Walk
On the � rst � ursday of every month, visitors can take a self-guided tour through art venues in downtown Atlanta. � ere’s no ticket needed, so come on down and start walking!
March 2Heartless Bastards, the Fling,
Tiger! Tiger!O� en described as a “power trio” (whatever that means), Heartless Bastards return to Atlanta for one of their renowned live shows. It’s a Friday night, live a little.
� e E.A.R.L. // 9:00 p.m. // $15
Shamora Live in Concert 2012� is globally renowned producer, artist and songwriter is coming to the Rialto to play some of the songs that helped launch her career. She’s written for Jennifer Lopez and Blu Cantrell, so if you’re fans of theirs you won’t want to miss this.
March 3One Sunday Morning
� is musical details a family’s struggle with the loss of a member, a man who is also the pastor at his local church. � ere are two showings, so there’s no excuse for not catching one.
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This Wednesday, the Panthers are set to take on Old Dominion at 7 p.m. in the Sports Arena. Here are a few reasons why this is a game that no Georgia State student should miss.
Cheap food: $1 slices of pizza. $1 hot dogs. $1 bottles of soda. Everything is $1! You can’t beat that.
Free Stuff : The only thing better than cheap stuff is free stuff . Georgia State will be giving away 500 red t-shirts and 200 con-cessions coupons. If you sow up early, you have a great chance at walking away with some free Georgia State goodies.
It’s better than TV: Watching the new episode of “Survivor” is important but that’s why they invented TiVo. You won’t get a chance to experi-ence the raucous atmosphere of college basket-ball via a Hulu stream. “American Idol” can wait.
Pounce the Panther: Some sea-sons Pounce keeps it pretty simple. He walks around fi st pumping and giving students dap. This year, he has been no-ticeably more entertain-ing. There is
something about the way Pounce “beefs it up” or does Lil B’s cooking dance that makes games just a little bit more fun. If only the basketball band knew how to play “Wonton Soup.”
Timeout Games: Watching fellow students run full speed in that bulky Airtan
airplane costume never gets old. Where else do you get to cheer your friend on as they struggle to fi nd Pounce while blindfolded? And, who knows, maybe at this game you will get your shot to roll like a Willy’s burrito. Let’s just hope all the action stays cleaner than last week’s hot-dog eating contest.
School pride: There is no feeling like cheer-ing your team on to victory—especially teams like Georgia State (19-9, 10-6 CAA) that have played way above expectations. Whether you scream your head off in the standing-only section or just chime in during the periodic chants of “defense,” you’re bound to have a good time.
Tradition: Georgia State isn’t exactly a school that is rich in tradition. Since coach Hunter has arrived he has done his best to change that. He told The Signal that no matter what hap-pens in Wednesday night’s contest, he plans on joining the student section to sing the school fi ght song after the game as a way to show his appreciation for their support. This could be the start of something special. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?
Last home game of the season: The Sports Arena has played host to a bunch of great basketball games this year. Old Dominion (18-11, 12-4 CAA) is a tough team and this match up has thriller written all over it. To add to the drama, this will be the last time six of Georgia State’s seniors will step foot on Charles “Lefty” Driesell Court. This will be a great opportunity to give players like Jihad Ali and James Fields a “Senior Night” to remember.
You pay for it: Have you seen that athletic fee?!
Tournament implications: Coach Hunter said that he would make sure that Georgia State was involved in basket-ball games with meaning. Since joining the Colonial Athletic Association in 2005, Georgia State hasn’t been much a factor in the confer-ence. The Panthers are on track to earn their best seed in the CAA tournament and the out-come of this game could have a big impact on Georgia State’s seeding.
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Georgia State baseball’s pitch-ing rotation will look to get a big boost from overseas with the addi-tion of 6’7 freshman right-hander Max Schmitz, who hails from Bonn, Germany.
Georgia State head coach Greg Frady was Schmitz’s coach when he played for Germany’s nation-al team, and he was impressed enough by his talent to off er him a scholarship to play in the States.
“When I fi rst played for the German national team I tried out at a big tournament in the Netherlands. He saw me pitch and he off ered me a scholarship, and that’s when I fi rst considered going to college over here in America,” Schmitz said.
Schmitz lived in Seattle, Washington for two years as a young child but couldn’t remember much about that time. But he was excited to return to America to pur-sue a chemistry degree while help-ing out the ball club in the process.
Although he’s only been in Atlanta for about a month, the dif-ferences both on the diamond and in the classroom when compared to home have already become apparent.
“In Germany it’s an amateur
sport,” Schmitz said. “If you attend college here and play a sport it’s professional. You go out every day. You get a routine in what you do, and oh man it’s so much faster. The pace of the game. The understand-ing of the game. Everybody knows
what to do.” In the classroom Schmitz loves
the fact that he can sit down one on one with a tutor or professor and get extra help. This is some-thing that wasn’t ever available to him in Germany. That being said he
wishes he could dive right into his chemistry courses and not have to take care of his core requirements fi rst.
When it comes to his personal performance athletically, Schmitz has tried to stick structurally to
what he did to get noticed by Frady in the fi rst place.
“I didn’t change my style of pitching,” Schmitz said. “I didn’t change really much of my mechan-ics or something. I was just con-centrating on pounding the strike zone, throwing strikes, getting my breaking stuff back again and try-ing to be aggressive on the mound.”
But strategically he’s realized he’ll have to adjust his approach if he wants to be a quality pitcher while facing college-level talent.
“I was a power pitcher in Germany, but that’s because I was throwing way harder than every-body else over there. Here it’s kind of like there’s guys throwing faster than me and I’m surrounded by all other pitchers over here. So I have to fi gure out how to pitch to col-lege guys,” Schmitz said.
Schmitz said the staff and his teammates have been a great help in making these transitions, both athletically, academically and culturally.
Schmitz is focused not on any personal statistic, but on team re-sults and having a good time living out a once in a lifetime opportunity.
“There is no certain num-ber or any statistic or something,” Schmitz said. “I just want to have fun when I’m out there. And I just want to compete. Play good base-ball. Fun it’s all about fun.”
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Valente, Panthers hungry for more success
Georgia State men’s tennis team has a hunger for the top. With a current re-cord of 5-2, the team has no expecta-tions to have another loss anytime soon.
Victor Valente, who is ranked No. 14 in the Southeast region in singles, has been the leading factor for Georgia State’s victories. With his exceptional skill level and experience, he has been the tone-setter of the team this past season.
“[Valente] is our best player and he’s ranked,” head coach Chase Hodges said. “He’s the number one spot who sets the tone for the rest of the team and we al-ways feel we have a shot at winning with him. Overall, I’m pleased.”
As the No. 1 singles seat, Valente has a record of 5-2. His only losses have been against University of South Carolina and Georgia Institute of Technology, who are both ranked in the top 25. He gave both teams a good run, but fell a lit-tle short at the end. The losses have not stopped his competitive drive. Instead, Valente has been practicing at extreme levels to make sure he reaches his goals.
“I expect [Valente] to have 22 wins in the number one spot,” Coach Hodges said. “That was our goal, if he can sur-pass that great, were taking that one match at a time.”
The No. 1 doubles team, Valente and freshman Matias Hatem, has been a lit-tle short on having a successful season
together. Hatem has been playing at a higher level that has helped them learn to cope with their small size, but it still halted them on being consistently tri-umphant. Both players have been us-ing their diff erent abilities at an intense pace to give other teams a hard time. However, there is still quite a bit of room for improvement, as they hold a record of 3-3. Valente still feels they have a little more work to do to become better.
“[Hatem] and I need to learn to re-lax more, keep our control, and not fall to pressure,” Valente said.
Hodges said he has been working the team hard to prepare for the rest of the season. For the past few weeks, the team has conditioned at 7 a.m. for two to three days each week. Also, the team has a strict weight training regiment and the regularly hit the courts to work on their mechanics.
Coach Hodges said he is only a little pleased with the team as a whole so far this season. He craves for more out of each player.
“All in all were shaping up in terms of having a good season,” Coach Hodges said. “We just have a couple of guys that need to start playing better, some win, and some don’t and we need them to step up.”
“We’ve been practicing like crazy. I’m feeling pretty confi dent,” Valente said.
VaLenTina LeeStaff Writer
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georgia STaTe SporTS CommUniCaTionS Schmitz is no stranger to Frady’s coaching style, as the two got acquainted while competing on the German national team.
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Georgia State Womenʼs Soccer wants to start from scratch
After having an unsatisfactory season that re-sulted in Coach Domenic Martelli being fi red, the Panthers are ready to start on a clean slate with a new coaching staff .
Georgia State’s fi rst-year head coach Derek Leader believes that in spite of having a disap-pointing season and fi nishing ninth in the stand-ings, the team has a lot of potential to be a win-ning team.
Leader is very diff erent from Martelli. Leader wants his team to be more structured. He is a lot more demanding and wants things to be done in certain way and Jewel Evans agrees.
“They’re very diff erent. Coach Derek was more strict with structure he wants a lot of order. Coach Martelli was more like go with the fl ow and things will work out,” Evans said.
Evans believes that one of biggest lesson learned from last season is to be more attentive.
“We’re trying to be more focused on doing what we have to get done, so I think there were a lot of distractions, a lot things going on last sea-son with our coach’s job on the line,” Evan said. “This season we’re just trying to get focused.”
Last season, eight of Georgia State’s dozen losses were decided by just one goal, so Leader will be tasked with fi guring out a way to help the Panthers to close out soccer games.
“We learn to play to the very end because a lot times we would get be up one goal and we would get comfortable and then the other team would come back in the last second of the game,” said Evans, “I think we learn to play until the last min-ute of the game.”
Coach Leader wants to be more organized and prepare his team to play their opponents, which includes paying close attention to health and nutrition.
“Basically sustaining a level of fi tness to per-form two weekend matches is vitally important to me,” Leader said. “I learned a lot about nutri-tion and hydration. I learned how to really take
and treat the athletes very well.”Although Leader’s attitude towards nutrition
might be diff erent from what many players are used to, the Panthers seem to be embracing the new culture. Senior Sarah Bennett believes that nutrition can make the team better.
“Eating was more of a privilege with [Martelli] rather than a responsibility,” Bennett said. “With Derek it’s pretty much performance based on the nutrition you put in your body, so it’s very regimented and very serious and very health conscious.”
“We want to make sure to recover the athlete, so we can perform in the next day or training ses-sion,” Leader said. “We want to make sure that from a health and eating standpoint that they’re prepared.”
The Panthers did not put together the season they had hoped for last year with an overall re-cord of 7-12-1 and 4-3-1 in CAA conference play. Coach Leader believes that his coaching style can make a diff erence.
“We’re dealing with accountability we’re holding the athletes to a higher standard,” Leader said. “We’re trying to make the athletes account-able to themselves and to their teammates and we’ll get the soccer later. Right now, we’re trying to make sure self-interest isn’t greater than the team interest.”
The Panthers have set a goal to win the con-ference. Overall, Leader believes his team is com-ing together quite well and his players realize that the team is the most important thing.
“The team has worked hard in an eff ort to build morale and camaraderie but they’re learn-ing how to do it without self-interest,” Leader said. “That’s how we’re going to be successful and until that point we won’t fi nd success.”
The Panthers will get to test their new and improved training methods in this year’s spring exhibition season. The team will take on pro-grams such as Davidson and Ole Miss.
The full Spring schedule can be found online at www.georgiastatesports.com.
ToM TeRRy iiiStaff Writer
GSU Sports Scoreboard:
Men’s Tennis2/19 vs. Austin Peay W 7-0
Women’s Golf2/14 @ UCF Challenge placed
17th of 18
Baseball2/17 vs. Western Illinois L 5-72/17 vs. Western Illinois W 7-02/18 vs. Western Illinois W 11-92/19 vs. Western Illinois W 9-4
Softball2/15 @ Georgia Southern W 1-02/15 @Georgia Southern L 1-4
2/18 vs. Chattanooga W 5-12/19 vs. Eastern Illinois W 7-0
2/19 vs. IUPUI W 1-0
Women’s Basketball2/16 @ Northeastern L 51-76
2/19 @ George Mason L 68-70
Men’s Basketball2/14 vs. James Madison W 67-64
2/18 vs. UTSA W 82-71
Women’s Tennis2/19 @ Winthrop Canceled
graham robSon | The Signal The women’s soccer team got their fi rst taste of spring action this Saturday in a friendly match against the men’s club soccer team.
