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GRADUATIONHOTOGRAPHSe Macon State College
e o Student Lie ofersongratulations to thes o 2011. All candidatesraduation are eligible tove a FREE 5 x 7 ramedograph in a cap andn (provided by Student
e Graduation Photot and a light reception
be held Monday, April011 in the Student
Center Lobby (Maconpus). The photographer
be on site 11 a.m. 2and 4 7 p.m. Please478) 471-2710 ortional inormation.
NTERNATIONALFESTIVALhe International StudentStudies Association
A) is looking or peoplearticipate in the ashiontalent shows o thernational Festival on
urday, April 16. you have any culturale and are interested in
ng in the ashion show toesent a country, pleasetact Angela Clayton at
ela.clayton@maconstate.. you are able: to playmusic, perorm aural dance, or prepare aural perormance, pleasetact Neil [email protected] mission, as a club,promote culturalrsity on campus and incommunity. Everyonevited to join ISSA orvening o exotic oods,ion, talent, and un onl 16 at 5 p.m. in the
dent Lie Building. Thisnt is open to studentsthe community. Youricipation in the talent
ashion show would beatly appreciated!
STATEMENTnacon
M
The
Tuesday, April 19th,
at the Warner Robins
Campus, from 10:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m., Macon State
College will hold not
only a blood-drive but anevent so enormous that
its rightful title had to be
Health Expo and Blood
Drive.
So what makes it a
Health Expo as opposed
to simply being a blood-
drive? This event will
include free food all day,
semi-pro wrestling, a
CPR Challenge, Stress
Reduction Workshop, free
messages, a bone marrow
drive, and a blood-driveamong plenty of other
activities.
The Health
Communications class
Warner Robins Campus hosts the Health Expoand Blood Drive
Japans earthquake may have shortened our days
One month after the 8.9 earthquake hits Japan,the quakes continue to devastate the country
Photo courtesy os U.S. Geological Survey
By Jessica SpencerStaff Writer
On March 11 a powerful
earthquake struck Japans
east coast. NASA scientists
have stated that the quake
shortened the length of our
day and shifted the Earths
axis.When the 9.0 magnitude
earthquake struck Japan
it subsequently tilted
our planet and sped up
the rotation causing our
days to become shorter.
Dr. Michael Torbett, a
professor of Physics at
Macon State, agrees that
the quake in Japan hasindeed tilted our axis by
about six inches, but that
this type of occurrence is
not new.
Its a common thing,
he said. Its going
to happen and can be
caused by many other
natural events; not just
earthquakes.Torbett also agreed
that the Earths rotation
has sped up by 1.8 micro
seconds and that most
natural events can produce
this sort of reaction in
our planet as well. Some
natural events he pointed
out were currents in the
By Christina KingStaff Writer
JAPANcontinued on page 12
HEALTH-EXPOcontinued on page 10
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TTERS POLICY:The editor o the Macontement will try to print all letters received.ters should be, at maximum, 250 to 300rds long. The writer must include: ull name,
oessional title i a Macon State employeeGeorgia resident, or year and major i adent. An address and phone number areuired with all letters sent, but this personal
ormation will not be published. The studentwspaper reserves the right to edit letters ore, possible libel, or length. The newspaper
will not, under any circumstance, withholdnames. Please address all correspondence toLetter to the Editor at [email protected]. Where current events are concerned,priority will be given to those letters writtenby students, aculty, and staf o Macon StateCollege.DISCLAIMER:The Macon Statement is therecognized student newspaper o Macon StateCollege and is published biweekly (Mondays)
during all and spring semesters. Opinionsand ideas expressed in the student newspaperare those o the individual artists, authors, orstudent editors, and are not those o MaconState College, its Board o Regents, the studentbody, or the advertisers. The Macon Statementis paid or, in part, through student activityees. For a review o all Macon Statementpolicies, see The Macon Statement Handbookat http://www.maconstate.edu/studentlie/statementmedia.aspx
April 11, 2011 maconstatement.com
Editor-in-Chief: Norma Jean Perkins
Managing Editor: Summer Leverett
Copy Editor: Alexis Meeks
Copy Editor: Marian Brewer
Layout Editor: Lily Billingsley
Photo Editor: Kimberly Waddelton
Sports Editor: Kaleb Clark
Webmaster: Harry Underwood
Staff Writer: Tracey Baker
Staff Writer: Christina King
Staff Writer: Jessica Spencer
Staff Writer: Allison L. Boutwell
our opportunity to speak your mind, and get free food is right around the corner
he Macon Statement
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ourse) in an eight-
stion survey. The
ue of the return on the
mpletion of the survey is
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the street and you can
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It isnt everyday that a
newspaper pays YOU for
just giving your opinion.
The supply is limited so
keep your eyes open and
be ready.The staff of your student
newspaper is serious about
getting your opinions.
We really do value those
opinions and we want to
make sure you realize that.
Every student at Macon
State College is a nancial
supporter of this student
newspaper.
That being said, tell usany question you would
like to have answered.
Do you wonder if Lake
Kneedeep will EVER be
nished?
We can let you know.
Are you tired of walking
all around the new
Education building and
want to know when the
walk ways will nally becomplete so you dont
have to keep getting all
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want? Guess what? We can
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We are limited on
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The Student Mediadvisory Board is nowcepting applicationsr editor o the studentwspaper, The Macon
atement. The list oalications and theplication process is
signed to promoterticipation rommembers o the
udent body and tocure the services oindividual who is
otivated to provideositive leadership to theembers o the staf.Candidates must:* Be enrolled atacon State Colleger a minimum o 6edit hours and have amulative grade pointerage (GPA) o 2.5.* Have successullyited all Learningpport requirements.
* Be willing to completeaining as assigned,cluding the Maconate College Recognized
Student Organizationtraining session andmandatory studentnewspaper undamentalstraining sessions.
* Work with the StudentMedia Coordinator toschedule staf training
sessions in the variousaspects o newspaperproduction.
* Have strongcommunication skills andability to motivate staf.
* Be computer literateand should be willingto learn more computerskills.
* Maintain oce hours
(19.5 hours per week)* Be willing to work
closely with the Student
Media Coordinatorand the Student MediaAdvisory Board.
* Understand that Deano Students will be askedto provide inormationrelated to the candidatesdisciplinary history
It is preferred thatcandidates:
* Have previousexperience with thestudent newspaper orother newspaper (highschool, college, or other)
Application process:* Candidates are
required to submit threeexamples o previouslypublished work. Allwriting samples shouldbe submitted in hardcopy. One sample shouldbe a graded paper rom aclass.
* Candidates mustsubmit a statementdescribing his/hervision or the studentnewspaper.
* Candidates must
submit a current resume.* Resume, copies
o previous work andvision statement mustbe delivered to theattention o MichaelStewart, Assistant Deano Students, Student Lie
Center, Room 112, MaconCampus, by the deadlineo Wednesday, April 13,5:00 p.m.
* The chair o theStudent Media AdvisoryBoard will convene ameeting o the Board orreview and selection othe successul candidate.
The Student MediaCoordinator will advisethe successul candidatein writing o his/herappointment.
The successulapplicant will receivea stipend roughlyequivalent to the salaryo a student assistantworking 19.5 hours perweek.
Lately I have noticed aowing trend at Macon State,SC Facebook groups or pages.
Run and hide people, becauseMacon State has joined thesocial networking world.
Actually, I am quite proud othe MSC students and staf ortaking the initiative to connect
the college to a social medium.By connecting with students
through Facebook, the manygroups and clubs that arealiated with the school canexpress who they are and whattheir goals are.
Face it people, we know thatmany o the students dont payattention to their student emails,MSC Vista or even the News andEvents column on the collegeswebsite.
By using Facebook, not onlyare the students very active inchecking their page statuses,they are also getting updates ona pretty regular basis. Plus, its
just cool in a purely geeky waythat our groups are on Facebook.
So to keep this part short, haveun MSC students and staf, andgo get connected to our school.
Heres a rundown o MSCsgroups, associations, clubs,departments, etc. that areconnected on Facebook:
Macon State CollegeAmerican Society or QualityMSC ARS- Chapter o Sigma
Tau DeltaAssociation o Inormation
Technology Students (AITS)MSC Association o Nursing
StudentsMSC Baptist Collegiate
Ministries
MSC Baseball ClubMSC CIT ProgramMSC Dynamic Expressions
(D.E.)MSC English Studies
Organization (ESO)MSC Fall Line ReviewMSC Gay Straight AllianceMSC International Students
and Studies Association (ISSA)The Macon StatementMSC LibraryNational Society o Leadership
and Success (Sigma Alpha Pi)MSC Oce o Student LieMSC Phi Beta Lambda-
Business ClubMSC Pre-Law SocietyMSC Public Service AssociationMSC Residence LieMSC Gaming ClubMSC School o EducationMSC School o Inormation
TechnologyMSC SGAMSC Skin Divers Club
MSC Soccer ClubMSC (SAAB) ChapterMSC Student Veterans
AssociationMSC Tennis ClubMSC-TVMSC Upper Level English
MajorsMSC Womens Studies (WSA)
I I orgot to mentionsomebody, either your Facebookgroup has disappeared or Icouldnt nd it.
All queries can be emailed [email protected].
Statement Editor-in-Chief applications being accepted
Do you Facebook? Well Macon State College doesAlexis Meekspy Editor
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April 11, 2011 maconstatement.comCOLLEGE LIFE
Shanna DixonUR 3131
he College Storegazine recentlyorted that sales otal textbooks arerply increasing orege stores nationwide;ecially in storesrated by lease
mpanies.
For both all and orter again this year,re seeing tenoldeases in digital sales,e Roth, vice presidentbooks and digitaltegy or Barnes &
ble College Booksellers,, a major player inege store outsourcingions, said.ue Reidman, vicesident o corporate
mmunications or
braska Book Company,ther college storeing company,
agrees, statingt only about 3% odents served by theires purchase digital
tbooks.ary Shapiro, vice
president or intellectualproperties at FollettHigher Education, whosecompany leases collegestores and has investedmillions on their digital
book business model,agrees with Reidman.
Theres still a lot o legslet in print, especially inthe rental business andin custom, too, Shapiro
stated.The only thing the three
major leasing companiesappear to agree upon isthat traditionally printedtextbooks will maintain
marketdominanceor at least thenext year.
JohnCallahan, vicepresident omarketingand sales orNebraskaBookscontractmanagementdivision, ndsthe digitaltextbookbusiness to beinux.
Its onething to put
devices andtechnologyin the handso a student.Its anotherto make thatall adaptablerom a course-material
standpoint to thestudent, Callahan said.
Clayton State Universitystudent Jacquelyn Baileyis not ready to turn digitalor her required course-materials.
An e-reader isntsomething I can aford,and I dont like to read ona screen, Bailey said.
Martha Daley-Weeks,the president o theGeorgia Associationo College Stores, aproessional tradeorganization o which theMacon State Bookstore isa member, concurs.
Right now, moststudents seem to beocused on textbookrentals, which can savestudents money upronton textbooks in theormat they are most
comortable using, statedDaley-Weeks.
The College StoreMagazine is a trademagazine o the collegestore industry, publishedbi-monthly by theNational Association oCollege Stores.
acon Statespartment o Recreation
Wellness will sponsorinking/texting and
ving simulation to takece on April 12 at theeside patio outside o
Proessional Scienceding.ccording to James
gler, the directorhe Recreation andlness Program at
C, the rst hal o thethe simulator willicate drinking and
ving conditions and theond hal o the day willallotted or the texting driving simulation.ost students are well
ormed on the dangersrinking and driving,the simulator provides
dents with insighto the dangers that
distraction o textinges as well, which is ane Hagler remarked
on.This simulator providesdents the knowledge
what can happenen you do either one.
The people who workthe simulator will givecitations to the driver orall their violations, thesame as i an ocer wasollowing the person,and write them up oreverything they did illegalwhile driving under theinuence or texting anddriving, Hagler said.
According to theNational Saety Councilswebsite, 28 percent ocrashes in 2008 were dueto the use o cell phonesor similar mobile devices.
The estimates were basedon a 2003 Harvard Centeror Risk Analysis study.
Driving atalities inGeorgia during 2008mirrored national
estimates o crashescaused by cell phoneor mobile devicedistractions. Twenty-eight percent o drivingatalities involved driversthat were alcohol-impaired according tothe Governors Oceo Highway Saety inGeorgia.
A sample o MaconState students revealed
some students that nevertexted while driving andothers that admittedlytext and drove. Theormer believed it wasnot worth the risk; while
the latter believed theycould saely manage theirattention to driving ortexting accordingly.
One Macon Statestudent spoke adamantly
against texting anddriving. I do hope thatMacon State Collegestudents and drivers ingeneral take it seriously,though. Car accidents cankill and there are coolerways to die than romgetting in a car crash romsending a text message,Catherine Vane, a juniorand a public servicemajor, said.
The event should be aneye opening experience.
The simulation isopen to the public, butpriority will be givento students to try theirhand at the simulator.
Those interested shouldgo stand in line or anopportunity to experience
how drinking and textingimpairs driving responseand judgment.
The Health and WellnessOrganization, UNITEInternational providesthe simulator. Accordingto their website, UNITEInternational believesthat prevention throughawareness is the best wayto combat the epidemico drinking and driving.
Sharp growth in digital textbook sales reported nationwide
Drinking/texting and driving simulation event
R. Todd SmithUR 3131
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he Macon State College
mpany of Players will
sent Rosencrantz and
ldenstern Are Dead, a
y by Tom Stoppard, on
sday, April 12, Wednesday,
il 13, and Thursday, April
and on Tuesday, April
Wednesday April 20, and
rsday, April 21. Doors
n at 6:30 p.m., shows
in at 7 p.m. in the Macon
e Arts Complex Theater.
ected by Jason Levitt. This
duction is sponsored by the
con State Ofce of Student
e. Admission is free and
n to the public.bout the play: Rosencrantz
Guildenstern Are Dead
n absurdist, existentialist
icomedy by Tom Stoppard,
staged at the Edinburgh
tival Fringe in 1966. The
y expands upon the exploits
wo minor characters from
kespeares Hamlet, the
rtiers Rosencrantz and
ldenstern. The action of
ppards play takes placenly in the wings of
Shakespeares, with brief
appearances of major
characters from Hamlet
who enact fragments of the
originals scenes. Between
these episodes the two
protagonists voice their
confusion at the progress
of events of which -
occurring onstage without
them in Hamlet - they
have no direct knowledge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Rosencrantz_and_
Guildenstern_Are_Dead
Cast:
Rosencrantz - Paul
RoadarmelGuildenstern - Julie Allen
The Player - Mark Richter
Alfred - Immanuel Burney
Tragedians/Soldiers -
Faatima Vasses, Madysen
Kovac, Hannah Chandler,
Sabrina McHarg,
Katherine Rugen
Hamlet - Han Htet
Ophelia - Erika Lloyd
Gertrude - Ashley Gordon
Polonius - Wesley Brown
Macon State Company of Players PresentsRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadws Bureau
COLLEGE LIFE
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ew episodes of the
C Network drama
ad Men, a popular
w with college
dents, after running the
t four summers, willair at all in 2011.
winner of three
my Awards for Best
evision Drama, Mad
n is being pushed
k to early 2012.
While we are getting
ter start than in years
t due to ongoing, key
-cast negotiations,
ad Men will be back
a fth season in early
2, AMC said in a
s release on Tuesday,
rch 29.
ccording to The
ly, and other internet-
ed entertainment
s, the term non-cast
otiations refers
isputes between
nsgate, the shows
duction company, and
shows creator and
producer, Matthew Weiner.
Lionsgate sources state
that they want to reduce
each shows running time
by two minutes to allow
for additional revenue from
commercials and to reduce
the cast budget to save on
production costs.
Mr. Weiner was quoted
in The New York Times
as saying that these
proposed changes would
make Mad Men a
different show.
I dont understand why,
with all of the success of
the show, they suddenly
need to change it, Weiner
said.
Clayton State University
student Victoria Jackson
agrees. I was looking
forward to watching
Mad Men again this
summer. Why x it if it
isnt broken? This is very
disappointing, Jackson
said.
AMC has been very
successful with Mad
Men, which, for a cableshow, has had strong
ratings and substantial
critical acclaim.
In a recent article about
how good television
can be better and more
engaging than lm, critic
A. O. Scott cites Mad
Men as an example.
How many lms
have approached the
moral complexity and
sociological density of
The Sopranos or The
Wire, and engaged
recent American history
with the nerve and
insight of Mad Men?
Mad Men stars Jon
Hamm as an advertising
executive in the turbulent
1960s.
CAMPUS & COMMUNITY
New season of popular show Mad Men delayed until 2012R. Todd SmithUR 3131
The annual Macon State CollegeSpring Digital Video Festival 2011
set for april 21-26
The annual Macon State
College Spring Digital
Video Festival will takeplace over two days on the
Macon Campus: from 2 to
3:15 p.m. Thursday, April,
21, in the Learning Support
Auditorium, and from 2 to
3:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 26,
in the Arts Complex Theater.
The festival will feature
nal student video projects
from the spring 2011
Advanced Video Production
class at Macon State.Each student video
runs from 8-12 minutes.
Some of the video titles
for this years festival
are Audition by Robert
Kenny, The Infringement
by Mark Hazen, Writing
Each Others Lives byPaul Roadarmel, The
Challenge by Nathan
Chase, Talking Hands
by Lily Billingsley, Just
a Dream by Christopher
Wright, and The Mountain
by Erma (Kim) Halstead.
This event is free and open
to the public. Please feel free
to stop by at any time during
either of the programs. Light
refreshments will be served.For more information,
please contact Dr. Patrick
S. Brennan at patrick.
(478) 471-5776.
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n April 2-3, the Blue Storm baseball club took on Georgia Southern
uther Williams eld for their nal non conference series of the
son.
mmary
uring the rst game of the series, Blue Storms ace starting pitcher,
ndon Byram, pitched a complete game while shutting out Georgia
thern.
lue Storm took an early lead thanks to third basemen Jake Wood,
o singled in the rst inning to score Devon Crouse.
h a lead of 1-0 in the fourth inning, Dillon Mitchell hit a line drive
ble scoring Travis Grimes who had reached with a single.
hortstop Devon Crouse led off the fth inning with a single and
knocked in by a hard single by Clae Mathis- which increased Blue
rms lead to 2-0. Later in the inning, Wood reached by a single and
red thanks to a throwing error by Georgia Southerns catcher whiched up being the nal run scored in the game.
mmary
hane Smith was Blue Storms starting pitcher for game two of the
es. Smith gave up 7 runs on 3 2/3 innings pitched. He was relieved
Wood, who pitched 3 1/3 innings without allowing any earned runs.
Wood got the ball rolling in the rst inning by reaching rst and by
ring the rst run of the game, thanks to an RBI double by Mathis.xt up to bat, came catcher Tyler Sailors, who drilled a single, which
red Mathis- giving Blue Storm an early lead of 2-0.
o lead off the third inning, second basemen J.P. Mitchell reached
base because of an E-5. Georgia Southern paid for the error, when
chell scored from third thanks to a couple of walks followed by a
sed ball.
he tides turned in the fourth inning when Smith gave up six runs, but
on Mitchell lit up the bottom of the fourth by sending a ball over the
eld wall for a home run.
the bottom of the sixth inning, Dillon Mitchell singles in Sailors to
er Blue Storms decient to 5-7, but no runs were scored afterword
Georgia Southern took the win.
owever, the outcome of the game could have been in Blue Stormsor had the umpires not made a questionable call regarding a possible
lk against Georgia Southern.
mmary
lae Mathis took the ball for Blue Storm in game three of the series.
this allowed 4 runs on 6 innings pitched and was relieved by left
ded Dillon Mitchell who pitched 2 innings, allowing 6 runs which
e contributed mostly by errors. Wood came in to relieve Mitchell in
middle of the ninth inning.lue Storm fell behind in the rst inning, but they showed patience to
t back. After back to back singles by Sailors and Travis Grimes, and
ell placed bunt single by Kurt Thornburg, both Dillon Mitchell and
Mitchell received RBIs by means of walking in a run.
With the score tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the third inning, Grimes
pped up to the plate and knocked in Mathis which pushed Blue Storm
ad by 3-2.
To add to their lead in the bottom of the fth, Grimes singled to score
Mathis making the score 4-2.
Georgia Southern tied the game in the top of sixth with a home run
and a sac y, making the score 4-4.
Blue storm battled to take back the lead in the bottom on the eighth in
the form of Devon Crouses RBI single, which scored Dillon Mitchell.After rallying to regain the lead, disaster struck Blue Storm in the top
of the ninth. Following a throwing error to rst by Sailors, Blue Storm
fell apart defensively and gave up six runs where the score rested at
Georgia Southerns 10 to Blue Storms 5.
Long stretch to nish out spring 2011
Blue Storms nal four series are for all the marbles. Each and every
game won or lost will contribute to whether they advance to the play
offs because every game until the end of the season is a conference
game. Blue Storm has a current conference record of 1-3, so if they
plan to win their conference they can not afford to loose another series
this season.
4/09 Kennesaw State* Macon 1 p.m.
4/09 Kennesaw State* Macon 3:30 p.m.
4/10 Kennesaw State* Macon 1 p.m.
4/16 Emory University* Macon 2 p.m.4/16 Emory University* Macon 4:30 p.m.
4/17 Emory University* Macon 1 p.m.
4/22 Oxford College* Covington 5 p.m.
4/22 Oxford College* Covington 1 p.m.
4/23 Oxford College* Covington 3:30 p.m.
4/30 Chattahoochee Tech* Marietta 1 p.m.
4/30 Chattahoochee Tech* Marietta 4 p.m.
ast series before a long stretch for Blue Storm baseballKaleb Clarkrts Editor
Photo by Kayla Barton
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hind the scenes at Ma-
State: How does Ma-
State stay so pretty?
ave you ever wondered
w Macon State always
ms to look so good,de and out? Its almost
little fairies keep the
rooms and halls clean
ing the day and do lawn
ntenance at night.
terviewed two of these
e fairies, or staff mem-
s, at Macon State, about
r jobs and about them-
ves.
Glenda McGriff, Custo-
dian
Glenda McGriff has
worked with Macon State
for six and a half years.
Her job consists of the
upkeep to the Professional
Sciences and the Jones
buildings, including therestrooms, making sure
the rooms are ready and
presentable, as she put it,
for conferences and work-
shops that will take place
in the PSC building, mop-
ping, cleaning the warming
kitchen in the PSC build-
ing, as well as emptying
the trash cans.
Pretty much, I multitask
during the day, McGriffsaid. Im doing a little bit
of this and that, anything
that needs to be done as far
as whats still here, or an
ofce needs something
[I] check so I multitask
during the day.
McGriff said that as far as
her hobbies go, she simply
looks forward to the week-
ends, when she can relax
with her family, and she
enjoys cooking during the
holidays. She likes learn-
ing new recipes.
When asked what she
has always wanted to do,
McGriff replied: I want
to just be the best person
that I can be. Im a merci-
ful person, Im always acaring, a helpful person,
McGriff
McGriff also mentioned
she wants to make a differ-
ence in life.
When things get a little
overwhelming, and I have
someone to come up to
me and tell me how they
appreciate what I do, well
that makes a big differ-
ence, McGriff said whenasked about what she likes
about her job and working
at MSC. When I work, I
work with a passion; I take
my work seriously, she
added.
I thank Macon State for
allowing me to be a part of
the upkeep of the campus,
McGriff said when asked
if she had any other com-
ments. Im very thankful
that Im making a differ-
ence also. Im one thats
making a difference.
Derrick Catlett, Head
Arborist
Derrick Catlett has worked
at Macon State for six
years come fall. His job
consists of tree and shrubmanagement and tree in-
ventory with a Geographic
Information Systems
(GIS) inventory, which he
describes as a GPS with
database collection behind
it. Catlett oversees the ir-
rigation system and chemi-
cal applications (fertilizer,
insecticides, herbicides,
etc.). Catlett also does
most of the updates on theWaddell Barnes Botanical
Gardens website.
I like listening to good
music. I love camping. I
have a canoe, and a pon-
toon boat and a shing
boat, so its safe to say I
like being on the water,
Catlett said when asked
what his hobbies were.
Other than that, I hang out
with my wife and my pets,
(and) do a little gardening
in my yard. Catlett did
mention, however that he
is a workaholic.
Travel the world, see the
worldI havent been
over the Mississippi River.
So yeah, going over the
Mississippi River hasalways been a real good
goal, Catlett said about
what hes always wanted
to do. If I go that far,
then Im probably going
to make it to the Grand
Canyon and the Redwood
Forest, all in one. Im just
going to do a loop. Maybe
end up skiing in Denver in
the end, y home.
When asked what Catlettlikes about his job and
working at MSC he re-
sponded rather quickly:
Couldnt ask for a better
job, being outdoors and the
fruits of your labor to see
the beautiful landscape,
that says a lot in itself,
Catlett said.
Catlett said that people
may stop and talk about
the plants if they see him.
Paul Roadarmel has a
hobby that you dont hear
about often: he juggles.
Roadarmel said he was
at a conference when he
rst became interested in
juggling. A booth at the
conference was givingaway squishy balls, and
Roadarmel picked some
up. One of the people in
the band at the conference
knew how to juggle and
showed Roadarmel.
It was really kind of a
spur of the moment thing,
Roadarmel said.
Roadarmel said that jug-
gling is more of a hobby,
something he does forhimself right now, though
he did juggle at the Bizarre
Bazaar, a fundraising event
of the Crossroads Writers
Conference.
It took a lot of stick-to-
it-iveness to actually learn
how; it took me about a
solid week ofspending
quite a bit of time working
on it each day, Roadarmel
said. Ive shown people
the pattern, and
people have picked
it up in ve minutes
before it drives
me crazy and Iveshown other people,
and they still havent
gotten it, so I think
it comes down to a
personal aptitude
I think anyone can
[learn to juggle] if
theyre willing to put
the time and effort
into it.
Roadarmel recom-
mends using items that are
heavier and items that willnot bounce or roll away to
learn with.
The most dangerous its
ever gotten has been drop-
ping [pins] on my toes and
hitting myself in the head,
Roadarmel said; although
he did mention a time
when he broke the welding
on a stairwell on the MSC
Macon campus trying to
walk a slack line.Roadarmel mentioned
that he would like to have
street corner performances
in downtown Macon on
First Fridays, maybe with a
friend who plays guitar.
ehind the scenes at Macon State: How does Macon State stay so pretty?
Interesting People: Paul RoadarmelReady, Set, Go
Allison L. Boutwellff Writer
By Allison L. BoutwellStaff Writer
ff Reports
Derrick Catlett
Paul Roadarmel
Ready, Set, Go,
nference to help
w teacher education
duates get ready for
r rst day in the
sroom, will take place
m 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
sday, May 17, in thequet hall of the PSC
ding.
he one-day conference,
nsored by the Georgia
cator Support Alliance
MSC, is designed to
an action-lled day
ractical information
experiences to help
w education graduates
pare for a successful
t to the school yearhey begin their rst
hing jobs. Jadun
Carthy, Bibb Countys
cher of the Year and a
list for state Teacher of
Year, will speak.
The conference is
especially designed for
graduates or soon-to-
be graduates who have
already been placed
under contract for next
school year and those
expecting to be hired. The
registration fee is $35
for Macon State teachereducation graduates and
$65 for teacher education
graduates of other
colleges or universities.
The fee includes a light
breakfast, lunch, and
materials. Door prizes
will be given.
This conference is made
possible, in part, by a
grant from the Peyton
Anderson Foundation.For more information
and to register, contact
Lisa Collins at Lcollins@
etcmcn.org or (478) 471-
5380.
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esigned this event, but
hey reached across
nterdisciplinary aisles to
et help with the event.
Last years blood drive
enerated over 151 usable
nits of blood and this
ears goal is 200 units alood.
So, partnering alongside
tudent organizations
nd with the support of
he School of Nursing
nd Health Sciences the
lood-drive has the ability
o offer more activities
means to educate the
ommunity and make
oming out to the event
ots of fun.
Christopher Tsavatewa,ssistant professor of
ealth administration,
s a faculty adviser for
his event; and when
sked why he felt it was
important to help students
create this event, he
said, As a professor, I
am impassioned to see
students utilize their
knowledge, skills, and
abilities developed during
matriculation towards a
worthwhile community
event like the Health
Expo and Blood Drive.We have very competent
student leaders on this
campus and experiences
like this may give them
opportunities unavailable
to them elsewhere.
The leaders for the
Health Expo and Blood
Drive are members of the
Health Communications
class and being
participants of the course,knowing how to create
health communication
messages and develop
and implement a
health communication
presentations are two
of the goals that are
being emphasized by
Tsavatewa.
The event
is the students in the
class, putting theory and
classroom lectures into
practice in a way that is
fun and serves to reect
their future aspirations in
the health care profession.On April 19th the
event is set to have lots
of activities and free
giveaways.The Health
Communications class
will be attendees of the
event, but outside help is
always needed.
Anyone of any
major who would like
to volunteer to help
alongside the dedicatedstudents already signed
up is encouraged to
contact thomas.cote@
maconstate.edu to
volunteer.
Activities this year
include:
Blood Drive
Bone Marrow Drive
CPR Challenge
Stress Reduction
Workshop
Free Massages
Self Defense Class
Zumba ClassPersonal Health Records
Education
Community Health
Education
Health Screenings
Vision
Skin Cancer
Blood Pressure
Chiropractic
Dental
Allied Health Advising
Health Clinic Information
Honors Nursing
Presentations
Wii/Xbox Tournament
Inatable Activities
Obstacle
Course
Jousting
Giant
Boxing Gloves
Dunking Booth (w/
professors)Soccer Golf
Cheer Demonstration
Semi-Pro Wrestling
Free Food All Day
Food Sponsors for the
event include:
Tasty Crust Pizza
Wafe House
Outback Steakhouse
Marcos Pizza
Butcher Boyz Meats
acon State Studentport Services (SSS) isderally unded TRIOgram that provides
portunities ordemic development,sts student with basicege requirements services to motivate
dents toward thecessul completionheir postsecondarycation.
he goal o the SSSgram is to increasecollege retention graduation ratess participants and
p students make the
nsition rom one leveligher education tonext. Yolanda Petty,
ector o SSS said, I ame or the students. I aming to assist studentsvery way possible top them embrace their
dreams and turn theminto reality.
As director, Petty isin charge o the overallprogram ensuring theyare in compliance withthe Federal program
guidelines as well asMacon State guidelines.Petty came to MaconState in Sept. 2005 as anadvisor in the AcademicAdvising Center. Pettywas asked to be interimdirector or the programand she decided to applyor the position. Petty hasreceived accolades or veyears o service to MaconState.
Kevin Johnson is the
Guidance Specialistor SSS. He providesacademic and careeradvising to students.He also plans culturalevents and assist studentswith academic matters.Johnsons goals areto expand the TRIO
programs at Macon Stateto include Educational
Talent Search and otherTRIO programs, to boostparticipation in SSS tobe a change agent andpromote servility. Johnson
said I will go the extramile or all students andI demand 110 percentrom all SSS students. Myprimary goals are to SSS,but I am available to allstudents. My overall goalis to maximize the humanpotential in all students
Johnson is new to theMacon State aculty. Hewas serving studentsat Middle GeorgiaCollege in Cochran
as the MulticulturalAdvisor coordinatorand Academic Resourceadvisor or the AcademicResource Center. Johnsonis an alumnus o MiddleGeorgia College.
SSS provides tutorialservices, academic success
skills workshops, collegesuccess skills workshops,personal developmentworkshops, mentoring,assistance in securingadmission and nancialaid or enrollment in
graduate institutions,guidance on careeroptions and CollegeCompletion ChallengeGrant scholarships.
Andrew Hill is aparticipant o SSS andsaid that, SSS has actuallygiven me other avenueso where to study, how tostudy in ways that I wouldnot have known about. Italso has helped in makingthe transition rom high
school to a college inbeing a proessionalperson.
Ericka Turovsky saidSSS has enlightenedme, motivated me tocontinue my education,and has been a supersupport group or me. I
have learned rom otherSSS students. SSS hasprovided me employmentto be able to have aChristmas or my children.
The staf has been like aamily to me. They really
have looked out or myinterest as well as otherparticipants.
I you are a Macon Statestudent enrolled in atleast six credit hours ormore, qualiy as a low-income, rst-generationor have a documenteddisability evidencingacademic need, SSS maybe able to help you. 71percent o all participantshave maintained good
academic standing,according to Petty. Toapply or SSS, you canapply directly by stoppingby the ront desk with thesecretary, Versie Rouseor email Rouse at [email protected].
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lack Ops Tournament for spring semester has large turnout
he Association of
ormation Technology
dents (A.I.T.S.) held
r spring semester
rnament on March 29.
players were registered,there was a good
nout of students that just
me to observe.
he Black Ops
rnament kicked off at
m. with a presentation
m a sponsor of the
nt. Elliot Fitzgerald
Ox Planet Media
ductions and Flashover
mes gave a speech
ng participants aboutcompanies, and how he
to be where he is today.
tzgerald and Ox
net Media Productions
e proud to present the
episode of Recon
a new Halo-themed
machinima series, to
players in the tournament
before it was available for
viewing to anyone else.
Fitzgerald also said that
Ox Planet was looking for
interns with experience
in media creation, editing
and production to work on
future projects.
After the presentation,
Chris Hudson of A.I.T.S.
started pairing off players
to get the rst round under
way. The games began and
as each round progressed
players were eliminated.
First round, 24
individuals competed in
six matches. Second round,
24 individuals competedin six matches and some
were eliminated. Third
round, approximately 12
individuals competed in
three matches and six were
eliminated. Fourth and
nal round was a single-
elimination set, and in the
end only six people were
left. This was fortunate in
(that) the number of prizeswe had was appropriate for
the number. The last two
game-sets were a pair of
3-way free for all games to
determine rst and second
place. The last round itself
was a 4-person free for all
to determine the remaining
four winning positions,
Hudson said.
The winning participantsin the nal round, in order
from rst to sixth, were:
Dusty Ennger (1st),
Ken Landry (2nd), Albert
Maine (3rd), Preston
Markert (4th), Bruce
Scruggs (5th) and Tyree
Singletary (6th).
The sponsor, Flashover
Games, gave away the top
three prizes. Ennger gotto pick a free video game.
Landry and Maine each
grabbed a pair of MLG
Gunnar gaming glasses.
The other winners got
Moes Bucks or a 4GB
ash drive.
Kayla Bartonff Writer
Photo by Kayla BartonAll participants in the Black Ops tournament, March 29, 2011.(Back row) Winners: Preston Markert (4th), Bruce Scruggs (5th), Elliot Fitzgerald (sponsor, not winner), DustyEnnger (1st), and Ken Landry (2nd). (Front row) Ocers o AITS: Proessor Yerby, Kevin Commodore, AlbertMaine (3rd), Charles Garrett, and Chris Hudson.
AAB appoints new president Macon State a Tree Campus USA College
Feb. 2011, Deterriousney was appointed
AB President. Sidney
freshman pursuing
egree in Political
ence.
AAB at Macon State
University System of
orgia initiative under
African American
le Initiative (AAMI).
AB Advisors, Kevin A.
nson and Yolanda D.ty appointed Sidney to
Presidents position
This election was
re of an unusual one, I
s more like appointed
called upon to this
ition and I accepted the
llenge, stated Sidney.
s the new president,
ney has stated that
re will be various
nges made. For this
r, Sidney is dedicatedstrategic plan to get
chapter where it
ds to be plus more.
y vision for SAAB is
e the leading force in
mmunity service on and
off campus, Sidney said.
SAAB, which stands
for (Student AfricanAmerican Brotherhood)
has a local chapter located
here on the MSC campus.
SAAB `s mission is to
give encouragement to
students as well as the
community to reach a
higher representation of
African Americans and
Latino males with plans
for graduating college.
Petty, one of the
advisors for the SAAB
council board, has stated
that there will be some
transformations made
now that SAAB has a new
president.
The fundamental
change that we expect to
see in regard to SAABs
new leadership is an
increased presence on
campus. We want SAAB
to positively impactMacon States campus,
Petty said.
If you would like to
know more information
about SAAB at http://
www.saabnational.org/
Macon State College hasearned Tree Campus USA
recognition for 2010 for
its dedication to campus
forestry management
and environmental
stewardship, the nonprot
Arbor Day Foundation
announced. This is the
third year Macon State
has been named a Tree
Campus USA.
Tree Campus USA
is a national programthat honors colleges
and universities and
their leaders for
promoting healthy
management of their
campus forests and for
engaging the community
in environmental
stewardship. Tree Campus
USA is a program of the
Arbor Day Foundation
and is supported by a grantfrom Toyota.
By encouraging its
students to plant trees and
participate in service that
will help the environment,
Macon State is making
a positive impact on its
community that will last
for decades, said John
Rosenow, chief executiveand founder of the Arbor
Day Foundation. One goal
of the Tree Campus USA
program is to help create
healthier communities
for its citizens through
the planting of trees, and
the city of Macon will
certainly benet from
Macon States commitment
to Tree Campus USA.
Macon State met theve core standards of
tree care and community
engagement in order to
receive Tree Campus
USA status. The standards
are: establish a campus
tree advisory committee;
evidence of a campus
tree-care plan; verication
of dedicated annual
expenditures on the
campus tree-care plan;
involvement in an ArborDay observance; and the
institution of a service-
learning project aimed at
engaging the student body.
The Arbor Day
Foundation launched Tree
Campus USA in the fall
of 2008 by planting trees
at nine college campusesthroughout the United
States. Twenty-nine
schools were named a Tree
Campus USA in 2008, and
in three years the number
of schools has more than
tripled.
More information about
the Tree Campus USA
program is available
at www.arborday.org/
TreeCampusUSA. Orcontact Mark Derowitsch,
888-448-7337 or
mderowitsch@arborday.
org.
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he artwork o threedents rom MSC, Lilyngsley (senior, CITor), Kelly Geeslin
nior, CIT major) andy Maichele (senior,
chology major) wassen by a committee toresent Take Back Theht.he artwork or theter, tee shirts and theer o the program a collaboration byngsley and Geeslin.chele designed the
work or the inside oprogram.
ake Back The NightTN) is a national
anization that workstop sexual violence it has many with localiations. Take Back Theht Macon is sponsored
Crisis Line & Saeuse o Central Georgia.pril is Sexual Assaultareness Month. The
mpaign theme oryear or the MaconN is, It Is Time ToInvolved and Dottie
ford, o Crisis Lineae House o Centralorgia, would likenvite everyone tounteer to work on any
o the ollowing teams:crime investigations,hospital, support.
The national website orTake Back The Night.orgdetails when and why theorganization began.
The rst Take Back the
Night event in the UnitedStates or which we havereceived documentationtook place in Philadelphiain October o 1975.Citizens o Philadelphiarallied together aterthe murder o youngmicrobiologist, SusanAlexander Speeth, whowas stabbed by a strangera block rom her homewhile walking alone.
The growth o TakeBack The Night has beenphenomenal. The needto insure unding was animportant part o TBTNsgrowth. In 2001, KatieKoestner led the initiativewith others committedto the mission o TBTN toestablish the internationalheadquarters andcharitable 501 (c)3oundation o Take Back
The Night.According to RAINN
(Rape, Abuse & Incest
National Network), theirwebsite www.rainn.orgreects the ollowing
statistics that give astartling look at sexualassaults. O the assaultvictims, 44 percent areunder age 18 and 80percent are under age 30.In act, RAINN indicatesthat every two minutes,someone in the U.S. issexually assaulted.
Do not think thatemales are the onlyvictims o sexual assault.
Again, according to thepublished statistics byRAINN, About 3 percento American men or 1 in33 have experienced anattempted or completedrape in their lietime.
Events like thecandlelight march tobe held on April 14 in
downtown Macon will beone o many across theU.S. and the world.
TBTN states on theirwebsite Over the last 30years in the United States,
Take Back the Nighthas returned its ocusto eliminating sexualviolence in all orms, andthousands o colleges,universities, womenscenters, and rape crisis
centers have sponsoredevents all over thecountry.
hree MSC students art was chosen for Take Back The NightNorma Jean Perkinsitor-in-Chief
an, the earth itself,
the atmosphere.
He called this event the
nservation of Greater
mentum also known as
wtons Second Law. Its like
en a skater goes into a spinh her arms out and when she
s them in she goes faster, he
lained.
ne NASA research scientist,
hard Gross has stated onthe NASA website that this is
a change that happens all the
time. He said, Over the course
of a year, the length of the day
increases and decreases by about
a millisecond, or about 550 times
larger than the change caused
by the Japanese earthquake.The position of Earths gure
axis also changes all the time,
by about 1 meter (3.3 feet) over
the course of a year, or about six
times more than the change that
Japan quake.
While Gross and Torbett both
agree that these changes are
very natural and should in no
way effect our daily goings,
its interesting to consider the
possibilities. If our planet wasnt
accustomed to these sorts of
changes could we maybe ndourselves walking with a tilt?
Or even nd ourselves living
with unusual day/night times?
Next time youre walking around
Macon State take a moment to
imagine it.
For more information on the
Japan quake you can follow
NASAs further studies on their
website: http://www.nasa.gov.
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