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Luther Williams Field,historic former home tothe minor league teamsof the Pittsburg Pirates,Los Angeles Dodgers,Cincinnati Reds, and theAtlanta Braves, is nowcalled home by the BlueStorm.

Blue Storm baseballclubs rst game of theseason is on Feb. 12starting at 2 p.m. at LutherWilliams Field against

Georgia Tech. To markthe importance of theoccasion, David A. Bell,president of Macon StateCollege, will be throwingout the rst pitch.

The baseball club hascome a long way fromtheir start. In 2010 therst year team began their

season by making a namefor themselves with theirdominating pitching staand a powerhouse line up.

They did not have aeld tocall home,so theycompetedall of theirhomegames atthe localWestsideHighSchoolsbaseball eld. Macon

States rst year baseballclub fought and wonthe opportunity to playball at Point Stadium inJohnsonville, Pennsylvaniaduring the National ClubBaseball Association(NCBA) Division 2 CollegeWorld Series. The baseballclub ended their eye

opening rst season witha trip to the World Series,and ranking number 6 inthe nation with a regularseason record of 17-9.

Becauseof thesuccess oftheir rstseason,Director ofRecreationandWellness,JamesHagler

signed a lease with the

local Macon Pinetoppers.This gave birth to MaconStates rst true homebaseball eld. Like the AllStar players Chipper Jonesand Raphael Furcal, BlueStorm baseball will have achance to make history atLuther Williams Field.

What can we expect

from the baseball clubthis year? According toNCBA polls, Macon StateColleges Blue Stormbaseball club is projectedto be number seven inthe nation during theupcoming season.

Who are Blue Stormstop prospects this year?Starting rst baseman,

junior Clae Mathis, is onmultiple Major League

Teams radars due to hisimpeccable power at theplate. Ace number onestarter, crafty left handed

veteran, junior BrandonBryan is returning afterlast season. Behind theplate, veteran catcher,

junior Tyler Sailorswas recognized in aprofessional combine inAtlanta for having the

Is there a sae way to drink alcohol?By Kaleb ClarkStaff Writer

Do you think that thereis a safe way to drinkalcohol?

No matter how youthink, there is goingto be someone whobelieves dierently. Thisis because everyone hasdierent views of drinkingalcohol, people havedierent experiences, and

people are ill informed onthe eects alcohol has onyour body and your brain.

The media is partiallyresponsible for peoplesview of drinking alcohol.Commercials advertisingbeautiful people havinga fun time can give youan image that thereis a safe way to drinkalcohol. While othercommercials such as thegovernors oce of publicsafetys zero tolerance

advertisements give youan image that there isnt asafe way to drink alcohol.

This article will explainthe positive and negativeeects of drinking alcoholby addressing quotesfrom people with dierentbackgrounds and then

back each of their viewsof drinking alcohol withhard facts from professors,literature, and researchstudies.

How can alcohol afectyour lie?Positively

The peoplewho viewdrinking alcoholpositively takein to account

the depressingaects thatalcohol hason the brainsfunctionsand neuraltransmitters.

Socially- Macon Statestudent, Nicholes Langsaid, Drinking helpspeoples self condence.It helps the sociallyawkward.

According to thetextbook Psychology(edition nine) by David G.Myers, drinking alcoholaects the cerebral cortex,the part of the brain thatprocesses informationfrom the senses andit processes thoughts.

This leads to a decrease

in inhibition, a personbecoming more talkative,more condent, and itmakes people do thingsthey wouldnt ordinarilydo.

This meansdrinking alcoholcan help you tosocialize easier,but accordingto nursingmajor Sarah

Walker, Thereare twodierenttypes ofdrinkingsocially. Sheexplainedthat it is saferto drink at

home with your familythen to drink at partieswhere you are not in acontrolled environment.

Sleep- Health andphysical education major,Lonnie Castellano said,

Alcohol helps you chilland go to sleep.

Myers textbook,Psychology (editionnine), also stated, drinkingalcohol depresses themedulla (brain stem),the part of the brainthat controls your heart

rate, breathing, andtemperature. In smalldoses, alcohol will inducesleep, but in larger doses,alcohol can cause youto loose consciousnessinvoluntarily.

Pippa Sales book titledAlcohol Abuse-Strait Talk-Strait Answers arguesthat drinking alcoholto fall asleep can makeyour later sleeping hoursto be tful, leaving younot feeling rested in themorning.

De Stressor- Historymajor, Leila Beckhamsaid, Drinking can be ade stressor. Accordingto Myers textbook,Psychology (editionnine), after suering aloss, ending a romanticrelationship, or dealingwith other depressingsituations, drinkingalcohol can help bylowering your self

awareness. This loss ofself awareness is becausealcohol slows your neuralactivity and your bodysfunctions.

This positive eect of

Blue Storm Baseball, a history in the makingBy Kaleb ClarkStaff Writer

gyptian citizens areting against theirvernment; will it aectu?he Macon Statementsking readers of this

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n incorrect statements included in the Jan.ssue in the article onforcement of the newoking policy will beginen signs are posted.

cording to the Tobaccoicy eective Jan. 1,1, individuals cank on campus while

oking but the use ofacco is prohibitedhin 50 feet,

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hol should be viewedh caution because,hen you loose control,

meone else will haveopportunity to taketrol, said Charlesson, director of

piratory therapy and

aid responder.gativelyhe people whow drinking alcoholatively attack alcohols

pping of peoplesbitions and theyress the medical sidects alcohol can cause.hibition- Criminalice major, Samanthaan said, There is noitive way of drinkinghol. You never know

at is going to happen.ccording toers textbook titledychology (editione), drinking alcoholresses your inhibitions.can say you wouldntomething or you

nt do something,alcohol alters yourns cerebral cortex,part of your brain thattrols how you processrmation and think. is one of the reasons

y, People do thingsy regret because ofking, said Marshallades, IT Major.

amily andationships - Rhoades

said, Alcohol canss up families andtionships.ephanie Browns

demic book,ating Adultdren of Alcoholics:evelopmental

spective, says thatholism is a familyase. Each member offamily is aected in

me way whether it isotionally, economically,ally, and sometimessically. Alcoholicers are known and

re prone to physicallyexually abuse theirdren while alcoholicthers are more likelybuse their children

ough neglect.the book Alcoholicsnymous third edition,of the anonymousers wrote about hiserience with alcohol started at the age ofHe explained how he

duated high school

as an honor student,joined the navy, startedhis own medical practice,and married a beautifulwife. Then because ofhis drinking he wentbroke, and he lost his wifeand his practice. In theend he joined AlcoholicAnonymous and is nowrebuilding his life alcohol

free.Diseases- Businessadministration major,

Tawatha Berry said,Alcohol can causehemorrhages. AlcoholSourcebook third edition,edited by Joyce Shannon,published in 2010, statesthat drinkingalcohol can causevarious healthproblems anddiseases such as;bleeding from thestomach, fatty liver,sleep disorders,depression,strokes, andseveral types ofcancers.Where domost peoplego wrongwhen drinkingalcohol?

Matson said,There is a safe way

to drink alcohol,but most peopledont know when itbecomes unsafe.

Pacing YourDrinking- WilliamHervey, Chair ofHealth ServicesAdministration,explained thatdrinking alcoholis not like eatingcookies. Youtake one cookieand if you want

another cookiethen you candecide consciouslywhether you willeat a second or athird.

Myers textbook,Psychology (editionnine), explains when youtake a drink of alcoholit lowers your self-awareness, your inhibition,and your thought process.You take your rst drink

and it alters your abilityto decide whether youshould drink a second,then your second drinkfurther alters your abilityto decide whether youshould drink a third drinkand so on.

Matson said, It takesalcohol 30-45 minutes toreach its peak eect onyour body.

Matson furtherexplained that whenyou take your rst drinkyou might feel that it issafe to drink a seconddrink because you dontfeel the full eect of the

rst drink yet. Later, theeects of both drinks willlayer together, increasingyour chance of becomingintoxicated, and your liverwill struggle to processthe alcohol. You canprevent this by spacingout your drinking and by

allowing your body tometabolize your previousdrinks before you drinkanother.

Know Your Limits-When discussing drinkingalcohol, physical therapymajor, Albert Williams

said, You need to knowyour limits.

Most people are underthe misconception thatif their tolerance ofalcohol is higher then itis safer for them to drinkalcohol. Actually if you

have a higher tolerance toalcohol then you are at ahigher risk to become analcoholic.

Information fromAlcohol Sourcebookthird edition explainsthat dopamineneurotransmitters in yourbrain control movement,motivation, and feelings

of pleasure. Drinkingalcohol over stimulatesthese transmitters causingeuphoric eects.

As a person continuesto drink alcohol their brainadapts to the surges ofdopamine by producingless naturally. As a result

you need toexponentially drinkmore alcohol toobtain the sameeects. Then whenyou try to stopdrinking alcohol,your brain isntproducing enoughdopamine, so youcrave alcohol.

This is what leadsto addiction andalcoholism.Can alcoholafect youdiferently?

Hervey said,Is there a safeway for everyoneto drink alcohol,no. According to,Associate Professorof Psychology,Dr. Ervin Briones,some peoplenever developa tolerance toalcohol.

AlcoholSourcebook thirdedition explains indetail how alcoholaects people

dierently basedon their; bodymass, gender,genetics, ethnicity,and the way theyview drinkingalcohol.

Gender- Your genderplays a large role in howmuch alcohol your bodycan handle. When alcoholenters the body it isdiluted by the amount ofuid in your body, since

woman have less uidin their body and theytend to be lighter, alcoholaects them stronger thenmen. On the other hand,men are more prone tobecoming dependent ondrinking alcohol becausethey do not feel the

eects of alcohol as strongas a woman.

Genetics- Research hasshone that people withfamily history of drinkingalcohol are more proneto becoming addictedto alcohol. The exacthereditary genes are stillbeing discovered, but bystudying diseases such

as ADHD and TouretteSyndrome, a correlationhas been discoveredbetween genes and thedeveloping of addictions.

Ethnicity- Comparedto whites, Hispanicshave been shown to betwice more at risk fordeveloping liver diseasewhile drinking alcohol.

This is due to a prevalenceof hepatitis C.

Body Mass- Peoplewith a higher body massabsorb alcohol better thenthose who are lighter.

This leads to a dangerousconcept. If your toleranceis partially dependant onyour weight then yourtolerance to alcohol canchange when you gain orloose weight.

Peoples view ofdrinking can causethem to abuse alcohol.

Tawatha Berry said, InItaly and France, some

people drink a glass of redwine with every meal, butthey dont abuse alcohol.

Briones explained thatthe placebo eect couldlead to addiction andmisuse of alcohol. Whenpeople believe alcohol ishelping their problemsthen they will becomedependent on alcohol.Medical Efects onYour Body and YourBrain

Sex- Briones said,A long term eect ofdrinking alcohol is erectiledysfunction. Accordingto Alcohol Sourcebookthird edition, excessivedrinking of alcohol canharm testicular functionand male hormonalproduction. Alcohol mayhelp lower your partnersambitions or give youmore condence, butdrinking alcohol can

lower your overall sexualperformance.Calories- Alcohol

Sourcebook third editionsays alcoholic beveragessupply an abundance ofcalories, but few essential

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ebruary 7, 2011 maconstatement.comARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ave you ever wentrching for something

w to read and foundook that seemedave a couple

ments in it thatparticularly likedbook? Yet, youe not familiar

h the author and

urn unsure of theok, but you went

ad and purchasedoping it wasth the moneyspent? The Lost

of Gratitude byxander McCallth was just such

ook for me. Itmbined Scotland

mystery all in one,had to give it at. This is the sixth

ok in the Isabelhousie series andth has written

east three otheres.abel Dalhousie isoral philosopher, aophile (lover of words

word play), and justenerally nice person.ng nice is what getsbel involved in so manyblems, but it turns outis only nice becausethinks she has a moralgation to be so. Shestions why she haselp people she does

not like in the rst placeand gets lost in her ownmind pondering wordswhile others are speakingto her. Her anc ndsher distractions cute, butI found it rather rude andannoying to the pointof distracting me fromwhat was supposed to behappening in the book.

The majority of thebook is based on Isabelsdistractions rather than areal solid plot. Isab

ls knowledge ofpaintings, her useof Latin and Frenchphrases, i.e. a chacunson fromage everyonehas their own cheese,and her word power,i.e. funambulistatightrope walker, are allused to indicate a higherlevel of intelligence.However, what it

accomplishes is to distracteven more from the plot.Her use of a chacunson fromage was herway of getting out of anargument over cheesesthat she started withMinty Auchterlonie, theparty host, victim, andvillain.

More than half waythrough the book thereader nds out thatIsabel is a feminist asshe ponders yet another

dilemma andshe determinesthat thebarricades inthis life are inthe wrong place;

but they are stillbarricades, andthey have tobe womanned.With this beingsaid, she isstill a moralphilosopher andthinks that Mintybeing a strong,successfulwoman iswonderful, butMintys villainous

antics are notappropriateand need tobe stopped.Unfortunately,there is nothing

that Isabel can do to stopthem.

In short, if you likephilosophy and constantdaydreaming this is thebook for you. However,if you prefer a book thathas a solid plot, actualmystery, and good writingthen you should probablyskip The Lost Art ofGratitude.

So you want to b e aeenwriterust about everyone, at soment or another, thinks they haveeat idea for a movie, right?

Well, every movie startsh a script and thats whereard-winning journalist Phillipmati comes in. Not only is he arnalist with 15 years and a fewolades under his belt but also, an avid screenwriter whos

ng to help you gure out howet into screenwriting yourself.

Ramati will be presentingthe basics of how to turn youridea into a screenplay or TVseries. Learn story structurefrom Ramati, a 2003 Disney/ABCScreenwriting Fellowship nalist,who has optioned two scripts.

Ramati also was a 2006quarternalist at the Austin FilmFestival, is a former student judgefor the George M. Foster PeabodyAwards and writes The TV Guyblog for The Macon Telegraph.

The workshop will be held atthe Sidney Lanier Cottage HouseMuseum located at 935 High St.,

Macon, GA.To reserve your seat, RSVP to

chris@crossroadswriters.org andsave a little cash in the process!

Early registration $15Student registration $10Day-of registration $20

Bring cash or check the day ofthe event.Doors open at 9:30 a.m., and

the workshop begins at 10 a.m.Refreshments (coee, pastries,etc) are provided.

Visit www.CrossroadsWriters.org for details and a look at otherupcoming events!

The Lost Art o Gratitudet is actually a lost plot

Carrie Ginestaff Writer

ff Reports

Whoever said there is

nothing to do in the Middle

Georgia area?

We have things to do here

any time of the year wheth-

er it is catching a movie

on a rainy day, or picking

some peaches in

the summer sun;

our area is lled

with activities

that are fun for

all ages.

Samuel Neloms,

an informa-

tion technologyjunior, said that

one of his favor-

ite things to do in

Warner Robins

is go see a movie

at the Russell

Parkway Cinema. I like

going to the Russell Park-

way movie theatre because

it is so cheap. I dont like

paying $10 to see a new

movie. I can just wait the

two extra months to see it

at the dollar theatre.

The price to see a movie

at the Russell Parkway

Cinema is $1.99 and it is

usually not very crowded.

Its like going to your own

private viewing of your

favorite movie.

If being outside is more

your thing, then check out

Lane Packing Company in

Fort Valley. Lane Packinghas something going on

any time of the year. Tris-

stina Yarber, a mathematics

graduate of Macon State,

said that going out to Lane

Packing is one of her fa-

vorite places to go because

of their home-made peachand strawberry ice cream.

After a hot summer day

picking my own peaches

and pecans in their orchard

I love going inside their

caf and looking at their

merchandise.

Not only can you pick your

own seasonal produce at

Lane Packing, they also

have seasonal activitiessuch as the ever popular

corn maze in the fall, as

well as other events on

weekends throughout the

year.

So next time you and your

friends nd yourselves say-

ing to each other, theres

nothing to do around here,

be sure to check out some

of the Middle Georgia

activities before jumping

in your car and driving toAtlanta for the day.

Experience MiddleGeorgia on the Cheap

By Katelyn E. LaconteJOUR 3131

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trients. As a result,king alcohol cane it dicult to ingestents within a personscalorie limit.

ur Brain- BrionesYour brainsal lobe is aectede rst 5 minutes byring your reaction

and your ability ofment. Accordingyers Psychologyion nine), alcohol is aessant. It slows down

neural activity of yourn and nervous system.hol can cause memoryand when drinkingssively, alcohol cane the shrinking of your

n.ur liver- Alcoholcebook third editionains that your liver,reas, and brain are

onsible for processinglcohol you drink.n you drink morehol than your liver caness, you can injureliver and cause a

d up of fat cells in yourcalled fatty liver. This

hurt how your liverks down essentialents such as proteins,and carbohydrates.d wine- Alcohol

cebook third editionthat for people overrinking moderateunts of red wine has

wn light increases incholesterol, goodesterol. Resveratrold in some alcoholicrages may prevent

blood platelets fromsticking together.However, the AmericanHeart Association doesnot recommend the useof drinking wine or otheralcoholic drinks to gainthese benets. Theyclaim eating healthy andexercise can give the samebenets.Ways people think

they can makedrinking alcohol saer

1. Eat before you drinkalcohol and drink plenty ofwater beforehand

Myth- Drinking waterwhile drinking alcoholcan dilute the alcohol youabsorb and eating heavyfoods such as; potatoes,pasta, and bread can helpyour body absorb thealcohol you drink thereforemaking it safer to drink

alcohol.Fact- According to

Alcohol Sourcebookthird edition, people whocan tolerate more alcoholhave false pretences thatthey can safely drink morealcohol. When you drinkmore alcohol your bodyproduces less dopaminenaturally. This leads topeople craving alcoholin order to receive thedopamine surges that are

associated with drinkingalcohol. This is one ofthe reasons why peoplebecome alcoholics.

2. Have a designateddriver

Fact- According toAlcohol Sourcebook thirdedition, even one drink

of alcohol can severelyimpair your ability to drive.Having a designated driveris a way to drink with yourfriends lowering the risk ofdrinking and driving.

3. Set a limitFact- Before you drink

set a limit of how manyalcoholic drinks youare going to drink andonly make that much

alcohol available to you.According to Matson, onceyou take that rst drinkyour ability to choosewhether to drink more ornot, is impaired.

4. If you are set ondrinking alcohol, wait untilthe legal drinking age of 21

Fact- According toAlcohol Sourcebook thirdedition, during adolescent,the hippocampus, the partof the brain in charge of

learning new things andprocessing your memoriesis not fully developed.Drinking before the ageof 21 can severely alterthe development of yourhippocampus, causinglong term learningproblems.Conclusion

After reading thisarticle you should havea clearer picture of howalcohol can positively andnegatively aect your lifeand relationships. Youshould know what eectsdrinking alcohol has onyour body and brain, andhow people can go wrongwhen drinking alcohol.Now it is time for you todecide. Is it safe for you todrink alcohol?

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There was a Call Meetingof Macon States AcademicCouncil Feb. 4 at 10 a.m.to decide on the creationof a new faculty senateand the conversion of theAcademic Council into anAcademic Assembly.

The faculty will vote ontwo documents to do withthe Academic Assemblyand the faculty senate.

If the votes go through

on these two documentsand if they are approvedby President David Bell andthe Regents Oce, manyof the responsibilities ofAcademic Council will betransferred to the facultysenate.

The idea behind thechange is to transfer manyresponsibilities from thelarge Academic Council toa smaller faculty senate inorder to more quickly andeectively make decisionsabout important MaconState issues.

Chair of the ExecutiveCommittee of AcademicCouncil, Kevin Cantwell,said that the purpose ofthe faculty senate wouldbe to have a smaller,more deliberate bodythat is more intimate tocoordinate and betterserves students and moreeectively do work for thecollege.

Academic Council hasheld numerous forumsand meetings the last twomonths with SGA PresidentGreg Padgett and SGAVice President Liz Lawto discuss the changesplanned.

If the vote for the senategoes through, PresidentBell must then approvethe changes and then

the Regents Oce mustapprove them as well.Modications of thedocuments can be made aany point along the line ofneeded approvals.

I am optimistic thatthe vote will go through,Cantwell said.

If the proposed changesmake it through theRegents Oce, an electionwill be held in mid-

August of this coming fallsemester to vote on whowill hold the dierentsenate positions based onnominations from eachdepartment or academicschool.

The potential facultysenate is planned toinclude approximately 20senators and eight non-voting members, as well asthe SGA president and vicepresident.

The Academic Assemblyand the faculty senatewould be separate bodieswith the faculty senatemeeting more oftenand taking over moreresponsibilities.

The senate would meeta minimum of two times asemester up to a projectedtwo or more times amonth. All committeeswould report to the facultysenate.

We are excited about

it because it brings anew chapter in sharedgovernment in the college.I think it will be good forthe college, and I thinkit will be good for thestudents because thefaculty senate will beable to better representstudents, Cantwell said.

MSCs AcademicCouncil to vote oncreation o newaculty senate

By Kelly Geeslin

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February 7, 2011constatement.com 7SPORTS

gnups for theamural sport Ultimatebee are taking placeil Feb. 10 on theamural Sports Leagues

bsite for all interested

dents taking six orre hours of collegedit at Macon Stateege.

he season will start onentines Day, Feb. 14,

lasts for four weeksording to Intramuralrts Coordinator Rachel

Hardy.Thats up to the team

captains, Hardy said whenasked when practiceswill be held. She saidthat some teams do notpractice, because theyhave enough experience.

Registration endsFeb.10; students can formteams until that date.After registration, studentscannot form teams, butthey can join an existingteam, according to Hardy.

To register, students mustgo to imleagues.com to

sign up, Hardy said.Id like to encourage

everybody to come andsign up, Hardy said. Ifstudents encounterany problems, Hardyencourages studentsto come and see her. I

want them to have anopportunity to play.If students do not have

a team to with which tosign up, they can signup as a free agent, andthey will be assignedto a team, according toJames Hagler, Director of

Recreation and Wellness.Hagler also said that

there are no requirementsfor playing UltimateFrisbee or other intramuralsports, except that playersmust be Macon StateCollege students taking at

least six credit hours.Its a really simplegame, Brandon

Thomason, a seniorbusiness major fromByron, said. Pretty muchanyone can pick it upand know what to do.

Thomason says he will

play if he can get enoughplayers for a team.

Games will be onMondays from 3-6 p.m.,and on Wednesdays from4-8 p.m., according toHardy. Games are free andopen to the public and

will be held on the trackeld, Hardy said.Playos will be the

week of March 14, andfood will be served onthe 16th; each winnerwill receive an intramuralchampionship shirt,according to Hardy.

Ultimate!!! Intramural Frisbee Sign-Ups Going On

Photo courtesy the Blue Storm Baseball ClubMacon State Blue Storm Baseball Club will be playing its home gameseason at historic Luther Williams Field.

Photo courtesy The Blue Storm Baseball ClubThe 2011 Macon State Blue Storm Baseball Club, is (from left, back row) Brandon Byram, Austin Duckworth(assistant coach), Clae Mathis, J.P. Mitchell (head coach), Tyler Sailors, Jake Wood, (front row) Kody Patrick, DevonCrouse, Shane Smith, Travis Grimes and Kurt Thornburg. Not pictured are players Dillon Mitchell, Elijah Acklin,Blake Burriss and assistant coaches James Hagler, Chris Summerlin, Jeremy Aikin and Steve Wallace.

Help Wantedove to watch sports? Can you tell someone all aboutame and get them excited about it? How aboutcoming a SPORTS WRITER? You can be paid and

blished! Apply at The Macon Statement, in the Mediaom 120 in the Student Life Center.

Allison Boutwellff Writer

t pop time, meaning hethe catcher who was

fastest at throwing out

e stealers at seconde. With all of Bluems talent what is

erent about the teamyear?ne of the mosticant dierencesaseball at Macone is this seasonsnge in competition.man University hasn removed from theirsion to be replaced

h the addition of:ttahoochee Tech,

versity of Oxford,nesaw State University,West Georgia Tech. Tore that the team staysstep ahead of their

mpetition, the teambe increasing practice

sessions from 1-2sessions a week to 2-3.

Another dierence inthis years baseball teamis that the experiencegained from last years

successful season can rubo on the new recruits.New additions to theteam include; junior DillonMitchell (OF, P), freshmanBlake Burriss (third base),

junior Clae Mathis (rstbase), freshman ElijahAcklin (second base, OF),freshman Shane Smith (P,OF), and freshman TravisGrimes (OF).

The upcoming seasonis predetermined by thesuccess of last season, the

increase in competition,and with the addition ofnew players. Bearing thenew name of Blue Storm,playing on a new stage,Macon State Baseball isabout to begin.

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ebruary 7, 2011 maconstatement.comSPORTS FEATURE

The Macon Tracksrunning club is holdinga local race to benetspecial Olympic athletes.

The up-coming race forthe Macon Tracks is theGEICO 5K, which will beheld in Macon on March5 at 9 a.m. Proceedswill benet the SpecialOlympics.

Emily Doebereiner, aMacon State teachingstudent, will beparticipating and islooking forward torunning with my bestfriend for a good cause. Asan avid supporter of theSpecial Olympics, I lovethat the race proceedsare going to sponsor theathletes and the games.

A non-protorganization, the Macon

Tracks Running Clubis open to running

enthusiasts of all levelsand ages. Club membersare provided accessto training aids, injuryforums through PiedmontSports Medicine anddiscounts on local raceentry fees

sponsored by the Macon

Tracks donate theproceeds to local charitiesand causes such as the2010 Macon Labor DayRoad Race, the prots ofwhich went to a $4,000donation to the GeorgiaIndustrial Childrens Home.

Along with the rst-timeracers, there will be thegroup of regular Macon

Tracks members at therace who have

watched the runningclub grow year-by-year,and are pleased with thequality and organizationof their races.

Victor Hunsicker, aregular race attendee, saidI like the new timing clock

for the runners. I like all

the volunteering from theclub and the fact that theygive to charity.

Roughly three times amonth races are held inthe Central Georgia area,thanks to the directorsassociated with the Macon

Tracks. The majorityof these

races counttowards the PiedmontRace Series.

For more information onthe Macon Tracks RunningClub, or to view a racecalendar for 2011 visit

elp Wantedve to watch sports? Can you tell someone all aboutme and get them excited about it? How aboutming a SPORTS WRITER? You can be paid andished! Apply at The Macon Statement, in the Media

m 120 in the Student Life Center.

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reatness emanates fromorgia through all veins of

e. This nod is aimed atorgias most famous womank climber, Robyn Erbeseld-

outou.tlanta born and raised,year-old Erbeseld-outou attained the moxiedistinction of women sport

mbers among the ranks of Lynnand Bobbi Bensman.

rbeseld-Raboutou was ampetitive climber and the

d woman to complete a 5.14mb. During the mid-1990s she

ame a four time World-Cupmpion.

he American ranking system

limbing, for all purposesded here, begins at ve,ch translates to a vertical

face, and ends at 5.15b. Theitional points and lettersne the diculty beyond

tical.

Erbeseld-Raboutou beganclimbing recreationally in NorthGeorgia in 1982, and by 1988began climbing competitively.

She got her break in the U.S.team that would compete inthe rst World Cup Event bybeing recognized in an Atlanta

held competition called theSoutheastern BoulderingChampionships.

Among Erbeseld-Raboutousmost notable accomplishmentswas that she was the rst womanto onsight Overdose, a 5.13cclimb located in Lourmarin,France.

To onsight a climb is toattempt it on a rst try andcomplete it without falling,recreational climber Eric Dixonexplained. Its like the home

run of the climbing world, so tospeak.Erbeseld-Raboutou resides in

Colorado with a summer home inFrance. She married climber andFrench World Cup winner, DidierRaboutou, and they had two

children that developed into avidclimbers as well.

Currently, Erbeseld-Raboutouand her husband coach apromising new generation ofcompetitive climbers,which make up teamAmericas Best Climbers.

Macon State postedan event where studentscould hone in on theirclimbing technique orscale their rst wall. OnJan. 21, Macon State tooka trip to Atlanta Rocks, anindoor climbing gym.

Intramural SportsCoordinator for MaconState, Rachel Hardy,explained that the cost ofthe trip was $25 and theprice included gear rentals

and two hours of climbing.Interested students shouldlook for more opportunitiesnext fall semester to visit aclimbing gym.

Georgia raised: Robyn Erbeseld-Raboutou rocks

Local running club racesbeneft local charities

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