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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

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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

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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

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Editor-in-Chief: Norma Jean Perkins

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keep your eyes open and

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We really do value those

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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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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

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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.

[email protected] or

(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

SPORTS

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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].

Want better grades, contact Student Support ServicesTracey Bakerff Writer

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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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