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the compass staff

for more of our stories, visit GSCcompass.org

f r o m t h e e d i t o rthe woNderFuL worLd oF wordS

I was taught at a young age that words were one of the most powerful and inexpensive tools we had.

So when an opinion article from our last issue, “we are not second-class citizens, North Georgia,” gar-nered a mass of comments on our website, I was excited.

It was a wildfire of words! Whether I agree with what was said or not is not what is most important. It was that things were being said at all.

I encourage you to get in on the conversation and throw some words around yourself. Join the news-paper staff next semester or visit our website and comment on the article yourself.

And if you’re curious about the responses we got, see page 14. they’re good.

Audrey williamseditor-in-Chief

[email protected]

the compass xlvii no.3April 23, 2012Gainesville State CollegeGainesville, Georgia

edItor Audrey williamsASSIStANt edItor: brent VanFleet

NewS edItor: Manuel MorenoCoPy edItor: Paku LowrIterS: taylor eastwood, emanuel Fisteag, bryan Jones

CAMPuS LIFe edItor: Angela ruhlmanCoPy edItor: brent VanFleet wrIterS: brittany Poole, Michelle Shellnut, Cassandra Spires

ArtS ANd eNtertAINMeNtEDITOR and COPY EDITOR: Sarah GriffinwrIterS: dominique Gaiter, brittany Lenhart, Nicole Simotes, Katie Kei-ger

FeAtureS ANd oPINIoNedItor: Kaitlin batsonwrIterS: Jeremy bush, Aisha taylor, Michelle wiggle

SPortSedItor: Mike williamswrIterS: Max Griswold, Michael Mullins

PhotoGrAPhy, GrAPhICSdominique Gaiter, Chase Mcevers

FACuLty AdVISer Merrill Morris [email protected]

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Katie Keiger Staff Writer [email protected]

Editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette believes any topic is fair game for his cartoons.

“I don’t think you should shy away from anything if your intentions are virtuous,” Marlette said.

Marlette spoke at GSC on April 3 in Academic 4. He is the editorial cartoonist at the Pensacola News Jour-

nal, and he’s won a number of awards for his work. Marlette showed his cartoons and explained how he got his ideas for them, after the laughter of the students and teachers sub-sided.

Though Marlette’s title is a cartoonist and graphic art-ist he considers himself a journalist, too. His art tells news stories in a way that might seem offensive had they been written.

Marlette worked for his college paper at the University of Florida, where the school paper had a bigger circulation than the local paper.

Cartooning runs in his family. His uncle, Doug Marlette, won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the late 1980s.

Andy Marlette paid homage to his uncle, and said he tries to carry on Doug Marlette’s tradition of fearless edito-rial cartooning.

Like news stories, Marlette’s cartoons can take a while to create, and he usually tries to relate his art to big news events and politicians.

Marlette talked about the ever-changing climate of jour-nalism because of the growing social media. Networks like Twitter and Facebook make news stories free and easy to ac-cess but because of that the newspapers aren’t making much money and the news gets twisted by unreliable sources.

“I always like to take on new media and new culture be-cause I’ve been somewhat skeptical,” Marlette said. “News-

papers today are obsessed with new media so they’ll be able to learn about the coming age of journalism.”

When asked about his drawing technique, Marlette said he still uses pencil and paper though he knows people who use iPads to draw their cartoons.

“People like to have original pieces so I make a little extra money by sticking to the pencil and paper,” Marlette said.

Sometimes it takes him three to four hours to make a drawing but some can be done in 30 minutes, depending on the subject.

“Sometimes it’s like lightning strikes,” he said, “and ev-erything happens, sometimes you have the joke but no art idea.”

Marlette is never afraid of controversy.“I always go for the dirtiest joke possible,” he said.

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Martha Nesbitt, who will be GSC’s last permanent presi-

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During his talk at Oconee, Andy Marlette drew a sketch about the merger of GSC and NGCSU. Special photo

editorial cartoonist likes controversy

To see more of his comics, go to his website, andymarlette.com

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Mediation, debate teams are rock stars GSC’s Mediation Team and Debate Forensics Interpre-

tation Club have won a number of awards in the past two months.

The Mediation Team won eighth place out of 47 teams competing in the International Academy of Dispute Reso-lution’s 11th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament held at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law in March. GSC students Gina Schwartz, president of the club, Will Rigdon, past president, and Madeleine Brox-ton composed the winning team. GSC student Scott Fuller accompanied the team as alternate.

The eighth place award was the only award won by an undergraduate team at this Law School Tournament since Drake’s undergraduate team placed a number of years ago. Ray-Lynn Snowden is the head coach of the club, and Tom Preston co-sponsors it.

Also in March, Preston’s Debate Forensics Interpretation Club attended the National Comprenensive Tournament in Kansas City. GSC took three debate teams to this event with Preston.

The teams included Raeanne Pagliarulo and Andrew Edmondson; Mason Roszel and Fernando Gonzalez; and Will Rigdon and Scott Fuller. Roszel and Gonzalez led the GSC effort by finishing in the elite eight of their division,

upsetting the University of Houston on a 3-0 decision in the sweet 16 before bowing in the next round to Miami Univer-sity of Ohio in quarterfinals. Roszel won GSC’s first speaker award at a national debate tournament.

In February, GSC’s debate program hosted its first high school tournament. The tournament attracted 330 partici-pants from 34 high schools throughout the state of Georgia.

Also in February, the DFI club hosted its awards ceremo-ny for GSC’s intramural tournament in debate and speech which had begun in January. Fourteen debate teams par-ticipated in this tournament, and there were over 50 entries in the individual events.

The team of David Hernandez and Stan Roberts took first place in the debate tournament, and Timothy Brown was top speaker. In the speaking events, Roberts won first Place in Limited Preparation Speaking; Gabriela Panasiuk won first place in Interpretation; and Grant Russell won first place in both persuasive speaking and personal narra-tive speaker.

At the GPDA tournament at Valdosta, GSC fielded a tournament record eight teams. Those eight teams cap-tured the GPDA Travelling Trophy, which is awarded to a school who, by a pre-established point system, has had sus-tained success at the state debate tournament.

Mediation team members Scott Fuller, Will Rigdon, Gina Schwartz and Madeleine Broxton.

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C A M P U S L I F EGSC’s zombie infestation sends humans running Audrey WilliamsEditor-in-Chief [email protected]

GSC’s Gamer’s Guild has launched a game of Hu-mans vs. Zombies, a popular live-action game among colleges all over, including UGA, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech.

“It’s basically an ongoing campus-wide game of zom-bie themed manhunt,” Noam Ben-Avraham, organizer of the game and president of the Gamer’s Guild, said.

He’d wanted to have a zombie apocalypse on campus for a while, but when his friends told him about the rules of Humans vs. Zombies he knew that it would go along with his ideas.

“College kids are not too old to have fun. Something about a zombie apocalypse just seems to appeal to ev-eryone’s interest,” Ben-Avraham said.

The game is currently 300 students strong, requiring students who wouldn’t normally interact to come to-gether. Ben-Avraham wanted to use the game to show that “gamers aren’t these anti-social, stereotypical nerd people.”

Due to initial excitement of students, many humans were turned into zombies in the first couple of days. “I was turned into a zombie pretty early, a day after it started,” student Julian Ramos said.

“A lot of people will get a little too into it when they’re chasing the other team,” Ben-Avraham said. “Mostly for the first couple of days there were people tackling each other.”

Now zombies have complained that the humans are becoming harder to find due in part to the Help Desk Defense Force, or the HDDF.

“All the buildings are safe areas,” Joe Wade, leader and chief of the HDDF, said.

The organization gives out escorts to people that are trying to get from building to building and is a “special operations group comprised of free runners, weight lifters, cross fit athletes, to get people from place.”

“We are a legit fighting force,” Wade said. The HDDF is doing a good job at keeping humans

alive despite what they think is poor weaponry -- socks. “It sucks that there’s such low ammunition. Twenty

socks is the max you can carry,” Matthew Sparks said.

Most other colleges use Nerf guns in Zombies vs. Humans, but they weren’t allowed on GSC’s campus so rolled up socks were the next option.

To make up for low ammo, Sparks said that staying in the safe zones as long as possible is a good way to stay alive.

“Travel with at least three or more people. We have at least five people in a group.”

Zombie Alyssa Browne agreed with his advice since she was turned by a larger a group. “I was turned into a zombie by a horde of seven, and I was only in a group of two.”

In order to turn a human into a zombie, an existing zombie (known by their green headbands) must re-

move the brain-shaped badge off of a human’s arm band.

Once the badge is taken, the strap left becomes the marker of a new zombie.

Ben-Avraham has high ex-pectations for the continuation of the game including mini-challenges, including one with a hidden cure for the zombie dis-ease.

“I want this to be a very com-plex game with a lot of different ways to keep the game interest-ing,” he said.

“I was using this to found future zombie apocalypses. I al-ready have a whole bunch of re-ally great ideas.”

GSC humans band together to hold off a massive zombie attack at the fountain. Audrey Williams

“Something about a zombie apocalypse just seems to appeal to everyone’s interest.”

Noam Ben- Avraham,organizer of

Humans vs. Zombies

Humans, marked by their wristbands, can defend themselves against a zombie attack with rolled up socks.

Leader and chief of the Help Desk Defense Force, Joe Wade, arms himself with socks as a zombie lurks behind him.

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Paku LoNews Copy [email protected]

Many at Gainesville State Col lege are won der ing why the top two posi tions for the new con sol i dated uni ver sity will be from North Geor gia Col lege and State University.

NGCSU Pres i dent Bonita Jacobs, who will be pres-i dent of the com bined GSC and NGCSU, appointed Patri cia Donat to the new posi tion of provost of the com bined school, which will be sec ond in charge after the president. Donat is currently interim vice president for academic affairs at NGCSU.

GSC’s Vice Pres i dent for Aca d e mic Affairs Al Panu’s new posi tion as senior vice pres i dent for uni ver sity af-fairs will be third in com mand under the provost.

“I think some peo ple are a lit tle dis ap pointed,” said Jonas Kauff eldt, GSC asso ciate pro fes sor of history, “because their under stand ing is that it’s more of an acqui si tion than a part ner ship, and that’s the concern.”

Dou glas Young, GSC pro fes sor of polit i cal sci ence

and his tory, wants more input from GSC staff and fac-ulty.

“My con cern is the fact that the con sol i da tion was so secre tive and nobody knew about it until it was decid-ed,” he said. “This could mean that GSC staff may not have a lot of input, but I am hope ful that both schools have equal input in the con sol i da tion process.”

When asked why Panu had not been cho sen for provost, Jacobs said, “I can’t get into indi vid ual per-son nel mat ters, but I can tell you I looked at all of the strengths, and there was not a weak ness present among the group.”

Jacobs explained that she asked for resumes from both vice pres i dents and then chose their posi tions based on the skills needed for the new university.

Over all, five of the 10 top posi tions of the Senior Lead er ship team that she appointed were from GSC and five were from NGCSU.

Jacobs said the provost posi tion will be the senior aca d e mic offi cer for the new school.

“There are some sub tleties between vice pres i dent

for aca d e mic affairs and provost,” Jacobs said.Nei ther school has a provost now, but larger schools,

such as UGA, do. Panu said the provost posi tion often means the per son des ig nated to be in charge when the pres i dent is not there. Usu ally an insti tu tion will split the titles and some one can be the chief aca d e mic ad-viser instead of the provost, which means chief of the insti tu tion, he said.

Donat said the position’s job duties depended on the school.

“The way in which the Provost posi tion is defined or oper a tionalised is dis tinc tive some what based on the cam pus and the president’s desire for how she would like to see that posi tion oper a tionalised at that insti tu-tion,” Donat said.

Donat said the only direc tion Jacobs has pro vided at this time is for all the deans to report to the provost and other than that, each mem ber of the cab i net will have to sub mit posi tion descrip tions for their areas so that she may review them and pro vide feedback.

regents pick Pierce to be interim president

Jacobs discusses her choice for provost

Bryan JonesStaff [email protected]

Randy Pierce, for mer pres i dent of Geor gia High lands Col lege in Rome, will be the interim pres i dent of Gaines-ville State, after cur rent Pres i dent Martha Nes bitt retires in July and before GSC is con sol i dated with North Geor gia Col lege and State University.

Uni ver sity Sys tem of Geor gia Chan-cel lor Hank Huck aby announced the appoint ment last week..

Nesbitt praised Pierce, saying he will help GSC through the consolidation.

“He is well regarded by his peers and the University System and accomplished significant change and growth at Georgia Highlands,” Nesbitt said in an email.

“His experience at access multi-cam-

pus institutions makes him a great choice to serve as GSC interim president.”

Nesbitt worked with Pierce when both were at Georgia Perimeter College.

Pierce served as pres i dent of Geor gia High lands Col lege for 10 and a half years before his retire ment on Decem ber 31, 2011.

Accord ing to the USG press release, prior to his appoint ment as the pres i dent of Geor gia High lands Col lege, Pierce served as provost of the Lawrenceville cam pus of Geor gia Perime ter Col lege from 1996 — 2001. From 1994 through 1999, he served as the direc tor of the Gwin nett Uni ver sity Cen ter. Pierce has held sev eral posi tions at Geor gia Perime-ter Col lege and Geor gia State University.

Pierce earned his doc tor ate in edu ca-tional lead er ship, mas ters in edu ca tion

and bach e lors of busi ness admin is tra tion degrees from Geor gia State University.

He has served on a num ber of boards and com mit tees, includ ing as a mem-ber of the Rome/Floyd County Cham ber of Com merce board of direc tors, chair of the Geor gia Pub lic Broad cast ing – North west Geor gia Advi sory Board and as a mem ber of the Board of Direc tors, South ern Asso ci a tion of Com mu nity, Ju-nior and Tech ni cal Colleges.

The Cedartown Standard reported that Pierce has also been involved with programs such as the African-American Male Initiative, which works to keep mi-nority male students on track to gradu-ate, and the Foundation Camp, a men-toring group for at-risk boys.

He also oversaw the introduction of competitive sports to GHC.

Randy Pierce

Editor’s note: This is a portion of the inteview with Patricia Donat of NGCSU, who will be provost of the new school. We had to edit it for space in the print edition, but please go to our web site for the full transcript, along with transcripts of inter-views with Bonita Jacobs and Al Panu.

Compass: Now Dr. Panu from our college, he mentioned a moratorium that has been placed on college for new degrees, can you explain that a little more?

Donat: Yeah, we’ve had that experi-ence. We had put forward a Bachelor

degree program in Public Health, and the University System has informed or made a response to that, that they would not consider any new programs at this time from the consolidating institu-tions and so we were farther along with our academic planning, so I don’t know how long that will be in place until we’re able to submit new proposals for review again.

So we’re working steadily to focus on kind of the work groups that we have un-der academic affairs so we can get some of that consolidation planning done, so hopefully we can begin submitting

courses and programs that need system level approval as soon as possible.

Compass: What is going to be the central campus if there is one, will it be North Georgia if there is?

Donat: That is part of that institu-tional structure kind of piece, so we’ll need to have conversations about that, the Southern Association of Collegiate Schools, commission of colleges, is our accrediting body and so they have some kind of definitions for establishing branch campuses or instructional sites associated with an institution, and so as we go through some of those conversa-

tions at the cabinet levels we will have some of that discussion about where we would have branch campuses and in-structional site locations, for example, at North Georgia, we do offer some in-struction out in the public school sys-tem, and so we have approval to offer part of our degree programs to those particular locations and notified SACS about this, so that’s part of this planning process, thinking through the kinds of different geographic locations and how they might fit under that structure.

Compass: Do you have any previ-

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With the end of the semes ter in full swing and the dead line for the con sol i da tion set for Jan u ary of next year, GSC fac ulty and staff are flooded with assign-ments for the summer.

Accord ing to GSC’s Vice Pres i dent for Aca d e mic Af-fairs Al Panu, Octo ber 1 is the due date for both schools to sub mit their pro grams for South ern Asso ci a tion of Col leges and Schools (SACS) accreditation.

“The tar get date for the con sol i dated insti tu tion is Jan u ary 2013,” Panu said. “After the sub mis sion (in Octo ber), SACS will vote on it in December.”

The new name may be decided well before then. The com mit tee has sent pro posed names to the Board of Regents, accord ing to NGCSU’s interim Vice Pres i dent for Aca d e mic Affairs Patri cia Donat.

“The imple men ta tion team has looked at the results from an online sur vey and… the Board of Regents has asked them to put for ward three names,” she said.

NGCSU Pres i dent Bonita Jacobs has appointed Do-nat provost for the new university.

Jacobs sent out an email saying that the consolida-tion committee sent four potential names for the new

school to the Board of Regents. They are : University of North Georgia, The Uni ver sity of North Geor gia, University of Northern Georgia and North Geor gia Uni ver sity. The nam ing of the school is entirely up the Board of Regents.

Renam ing can be expen sive, due to chang ing every-thing from signs to let ter heads to busi ness cards. When the Med ical Col lege of Geor gia was renamed Geor gia Health Sci ences Uni ver sity in 2011, the cost was esti-mated at $2.9 mil lion, accord ing to infor ma tion at name.georgiahealth.edu, a site put up to explain that renaming.

GHSU is among the eight BOR schools being con-solidated, so it will likely have to undergo another re-naming.

Accord ing to Panu, other things the imple men ta tion com mit tee will be work ing on over the sum mer are the mis sion, tuition, aca d e mics, admis sion cri te ria, and how to oper ate multi-campuses. He says that the imple-men ta tion com mit tee will be meet ing in May, and once the com mit tee has approved the mis sion state ment, it can be sub mit ted to the Board of Regents for approval.

Panu con tin ued that sev eral work groups have been devel oped under all the depart ments, such as Aca d e-mic Affairs, Busi ness Affairs, Stu dent Affairs and Insti-

tu tional Advance ment to review the admis sion cri te ria, tuition, and how the aca d e mics will be organized.

Jacobs said the next step is to get sug ges tions from the var i ous work teams on how to proceed.

“We’ll bring the imple men ta tion com mit tee back over the sum mer and take a look at what the work teams have come up with,” she said, “and we’ll move for ward from there.”

Donat said one per son from each insti tu tion will co-lead a group of five indi vid u als and review the core cur-ricu lum of both insti tu tions to pro pose a core for the con sol i dated university.

“They prob a bly need to com plete their work by mid-summer,” Donat con tin ued. “If SACS approve us to move for ward based on the prospec tus we sub mit by Octo ber 1, then we need to con sol i date within 30 days.”

Jacobs says they are focus ing on wrap ping up the semes ter, as April is a par tic u larly diffi cult month to get every one together. They worked dur ing Feb ru ary and March to get the imple men ta tion com mit tee to move for ward and then as soon as the semes ter ends they will be start ing again.

“There’s going to be a lot of work to be done this sum mer,” Donat said.

Consolidation means a busy summer for GSC

Consolidation of the two schools will require ap-proval by the Southern As-sociation of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC). This chart shows the timeline for preparing for the consolida-tion and the site visit to the schools by SACS-COC of-ficials.

Get more info at gscngcsu.org.

ous experience as a vice president or a type of, I guess, top-tier university experience?

Donat: I’ve been in university ad-ministrative positions for 14 years, five of those years as an associate vice presi-dent, two years in the vice presidential position, and then the seven years pri-or to that time I served in a variety of administrative roles, you know at the dean’s level, division head, unit coor-dinator, director of general education, academic advising, that kind of thing.

Compass: Can you explain the dif-ference between the provost and the

vice president?Donat: The way in which the provost

position is defined or operationalized is distinctive somewhat based on the campus and on the President’s desire for how she would like to see that posi-tion operationalized at that institution.

In the consolidated institution, the provost will be the chief academic offi-cer, and so the only clear direction that Dr. Jacobs has provided at this time is that her conceptualization of that posi-tion is that all of the Deans would re-port to the provost, but other than that she has asked each of the members of the cabinet to submit position descrip-

tions for their areas and then she will review those and then provide us with feedback about areas of overlap, or areas where we may have a gap in the coverage of functions, and then based on those conversations will work with those individual members to eliminate any overlap areas and cover any areas where there may be gaps.

Compass: Why do you think Dr. Panu was not placed as provost above you?

Donat: That decision was made by the president and so that would be a question for her.

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T he Compass’ Manuel Moreno asked fac-ulty and staff to share their thoughts on President Martha Nesbitt, who retires

as GSC’s last permanent president this summer.

It has been a privilege for me to be a faculty member under the stewardship of Dr. Nesbitt. She has been our “Iron Lady.” She has steered our college through times of change while retain-ing a distinct and strong student focus that has been the hallmark of Gainesville State College. Her greatest legacy is a vast ocean of student suc-cess that will resonate in the lives of those for whom Gainesville State provided a formative ex-perience. Gainesville State College matured into the premier teaching institution in the University System with her at the helm. These traditions will now become a part of a larger incipient regional university. Her efforts to lay a sound foundation for higher education in Northeast Georgia will al-ways be remembered.

JB Sharma, professor and eminent scholar

Dr. Nesbitt has been a great advocate for the Oconee campus ever since the first day it opened 10 years ago, helping us to move toward full staffing and services as quickly as possible. We are all thankful for her leadership and support. She will be greatly missed.

Bob Croft, professor of English

One on the fondest memories I have of Dr. Nesbitt is actually a set of events. Back in July of 2010, I took over as the GSC Staff Council Chairman. As anyone following in the footsteps of a wonderful leader like Betsy Cantrell, I was nervous and a little intimidated. However, Dr. Nesbitt took me under her wing and had several meetings that acclimated me to the job. Her kind words and understanding sprit were a blessing in those early days. Dr. Nesbitt and I have enjoyed a great relationship throughout my tenure as Chair-man. I wish her and Pete nothing but the best!

Charles Bell, academic advisor

I remember how determined Dr. Nesbitt was to make Gainesville College (as we then were) a nonsmoking campus! It took about two years of reminding everyone that people could no longer stand around the entrances to the buildings and smoke, or congregate on the benches in the quad-rangle and smoke, or even walk on the nature trail and smoke, but the message finally sank in. We have a healthier and cleaner campus for it, and Dr. Nesbitt led the effort.

Brad Strickland, professor of English

Dr. Nesbitt asked that I coordinate the first An-nual Part-time Faculty Appreciation Dinner in 2001. Each year at this event I noticed her unique ability to make everyone feel special as she re-membered the names, interests, and achievements of everyone. I was privileged to see her genuine dedication and gratitude to the faculty, staff, and most especially our students. She clearly consid-ered her role as GSC’s president a calling.

On a personal note, when I experienced the loss of my daughter only nine months after I came to work here, Dr. Nesbitt’s genuine sympa-thy touched me more than she could have known. Even some years later during another sad occa-sion she thoughtfully offered just the right words

of comfort. Experiencing this heartfelt concern is some-

thing that a person never forgets and it speaks volumes about the kind of person Dr. Nesbitt is: a distinguished public leader, who has earned many professional awards for her commitment, dedica-tion, and successes, and also that tender-hearted person who cares enough to touch our hearts.

Your GSC family will miss you, Dr. Nesbitt, and please know that we will think of you in years to come as we enjoy Academic IV and all the fruits of your legacy.

Sheree Gravenhorst, administrative assis-tant, Education, Health and Wellness

Within five minutes of meeting Dr. Martha Nesbitt, you know she is the President of Gaines-ville State College and that she loves her job, the students, and the faculty and staff of GSC.

Katie Simmons, associate professor of busi-ness administration and chair

Dr. Nesbitt gave all her Executive Leader-ship Team a laminated statement from the book “Leading Change” by James O’Toole. We got these prior to the consolidation concept. How-ever, since I tend to keep things I really like, I was able to put my hands on the card. It embod-ies many truths, and could be used to sum up Dr. Nesbitt’s views and leadership as well:

“The leadership of change does not depend on circumstances: It depends on the attitudes, values, and actions of leaders. In complex, democratic settings, effective leadership will entail the fac-tors and dimensions of vision, trust, listening, au-thenticity, integrity, hope, and especially address-ing the true needs of followers. What is needed is a philosophy of leadership that is always and at all times focused on enlisting the hearts and minds of followers through inclusion and partici-pation. Such a philosophy must be rooted in the most fundamental of moral principles: respect for people.”

I think of Dr. Nesbitt every time I read it.Mary Transue, vice president of Institution-

al Advancement

Like Jackie Robinson, Dr. Nesbitt spent a good part of her youth in Cairo, Ga. Like the Hall of Famer, her impact has been transformational and enduring. Through good times and bad her focus has remained on GSC’s students, and how to best equip faculty and staff to serve them.

Eric Skipper, dean, Humanities and Fine Arts

Dr. Nesbitt has consistently been a supporter of GSC’s student journalists and their right to print whatever they deem important. Even when the Compass infamously ran nude photos of sev-eral female staff members on the front page of the paper in celebration of Women’s History Month, she expressed her dismay but never threatened to censor the paper.

Under Dr. Nesbitt’s leadership GSC has always been known as a place where students’ opinions are respected and encouraged. Let’s hope that doesn’t change with the coming consolidation.

Dan Cabaniss, associate professor of jour-nalism and English

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Spring Fling 2012

Students tested the weight limit of the giant inflatable chair...

...and ended up knocking it over. No one got hurt.

every year during Spring, GSC’s Campus Activities board hosts Spring Fling.

Spring Fling is the larg-est campus event right before finals get started. this year’s entertainment included sand art, novelty shirts, a photo booth and carnival themed treats.

CAb also invited musi-cian bo bice from Ameri-can Idol’s fourth season to perform.

the weather forced Spring Fling inside, but students were eager to participate.

“ this is why I love col-lege,” said student emily Quinn.

(above) Shauna Carter fills a jar with colored sand for her sand art.

(above) bo bice, who kicks off his touring in April, stopped by to perform at Spring Fling. Still involved in music beyond American Idol, bice said, “My time before the show is what helped me more than the show.”

(left) Students Nick Quinn and emily tal-ley show off their wax hand models.

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Nik Simotes Staff Writer [email protected]

Gallerie 110 is a little local art gallery in the Gaines-ville Square that features nine local artists. They each take turns working and you can even watch them as they paint. All of their art is featured in the gallery.

Each artist has a section in the front and another in the back area of the gallery. Cheryl Hardin owns the gallery.

“I tend to put my larger work back here (in the rear of the gallery),” Hardin said. “And then in the front we rotate everything, probably every eight to 10 weeks.”

Gallerie 110 also features guest artists, “artists that aren’t part of the gallery, but we like their work,” Hardin said.

They’ve been successful at selling the paintings, too, she said.

“A lady came and looked at one of my paintings,” Hardin said. “She came about four weeks in a row, she kept coming back and coming back, and she bought it.

She said she couldn’t get it out of her mind and she finally said ‘I have to have this painting’. So that’s so cool.”

They also accept interns, who change out periodi-cally.

“It’s a good way for you to work on your art, and meet a lot of artists,” Hardin said.

Their current intern, Betsy Cruz, is a senior at North Hall High School and was just accepted into SCAD.

There will be an exhibition through the end of April that features sculptor Mary Hart Wilheit’s pieces. Then starting in May they will be showcasing

students’ artworks.Gallerie 110 also offers art classes for all ages and

levels of expertise.The Saturday morning classes last three hours, and

all art supplies are included in the price, $40.They also have free classes every Friday from 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m., when you can bring your art supplies and enjoy the company of other artists.

“If you love creating art, there is no better way to enjoy it than working with other artists,” Hardin said.

Gainesville art scene flourishes beyond campus grounds

GALLEriE 100 224 Main St.

678-936-5153www.gallerie110.com

hourS: tuesday through Saturday from

11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

they are closed Monday and Sunday.

Nik SimotesGallerie 110 is a local art gallery found in downtown Gainesville, that houses the artwork of lo-cal artists. They also offer art classes that anyone can join.

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With the end of the school year comes the annual Graduating Student’s Exhibition, displaying the work of art student’s whose time at GSC has come to an end.

“The exhibition is a learning tool for the graduating art stu-dents to experience showing their work in a gallery setting,” said GSC art student Carol Peck.

“All graduating art students are eligible to show their work if they chose to do so,” said Peck.

“Once committed to the show, the students bring in their best art work to put on display for the col-lege and for the public.”

As a group, the students col-lectively choose what pieces work

best for the exhibition. The art students are responsi-

ble for matting and framing their art work.

Art professors John Amoss and Jennifer Manzella played a huge role in coordinating this event.

The art students gave a spe-cial thanks to Manzella and the gallery staff for spending hours teaching them the process of proper matting.

Christopher Stowers has three different works in the show that were all inspired by the people around him.

“Everyone is invited to come see the works in the exhibit,” said Stowers, “I would love to see large amounts of people coming out to take a look.”

He said that his professors and

friends have pushed him to create better, and more dynamic works for this gallery.

“I want people to come out and make up their own minds on my work. Art should speak for itself.”

Peck has four pieces in the ex-hibition. Her works include pen, ink, and graphite drawings as well as mixed media.

“I love nature so I find my-self drawing flowers and organic shapes,” she said.

The Graduating Student Exhi-bition is open to the public at no charge.

The exhibit will run until April 25, with a closing reception on the same day at 5:30 p.m.

The event will be hosted in the Roy C. Moore art gallery on campus and will feature the art-ists discussing their work.

Graduating art students prepare with final gallery exhibition

“I would love to see large amounts of people coming out to take a look. I want people to come out and make up their own minds on my work. Art should speak for itself.”

Christopher Stowers,Graduating art student


the soundtrack to your summer, courtesy of Mikey deleasa

A R T S & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

the Compass: how long have you been interested in music?Mikey Deleasa: Since I can remember...I grew up watching Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis specials so entertaining always seemed like fun.

tC: when did you know it was something you wanted to do?MD: I always wanted to make a living out of music but it wasn’t till I was working on a solo record under forever sev-en, that my friend and now manager Reynold Martin showed the super chris out In L.A. Then Superchris then flew me out to L.A. where we wrote and he mentored me about the business. At that point it became more of a reality that I could get out of the garage and turn this into a career.

tC: what kind of music do you like?MD: Let’s see....There is a lot but what’s been on my playlist this week is A Tribe Called Quest, Al Green, Jamiroquai, Butch Walker, The Black Widows and Black keys.

tC: how would you describe your music?MD: My music is supposed to make you feel warm and tingly all over, I just try to keep things fun and natural.

TC: Where can people find your music?MD: I’m releasing a single the first Monday of every month To iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and a whole mess of digital distributors.

tC: how long have you been working on your music that’s going to be released?MD: I have been working on music to release for the last two years and now I’m finally ready to share it with who ever is willing to listen.

tC: would you ever come to Georgia to perform?MD: I would love to come play Georgia, hopefully whatever tour I go on next brings me through!

Brittany LenhartStaff [email protected]

Summer is upon us and people are already preparing their grand plans.

For most people, a great summer is usu-ally accompanied by a great sound track and there’s nothing like adding a new artist to your playlist.

Mikey Deleasa is a new artist, but has a pretty solid following already.

With over 20,000 followers on Twitter who

are a full-fledged force that are vying to get him on the Ellen show, he’s already off to a pop star’s start.

His latest single, “Time In The Day,” is an ideal summer beach song.

The beat is a mixture of reggae, jazz, and pop music. In the song, Deleasa sings,“I wish there was more time in the day, cause I’d spend it with you babe.”

Right off of the release of his single, we had the opportunity to interview Mikey Deleasa about his up and coming album, and about his start in the business.

courtesy of Mikey Deleasa

download Mikey deleasa’s single, “time in the day” on itunes using your smartphone.

twItter: @MikeyDeleasaOFFiCiAL WEBSiTE: www.deleasa.com

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Mike WilliamsSports [email protected]

It's late April. Temperatures are starting to warm up, flowers and trees are in full bloom and there are only a few days left before the semester is over and most students are off for summer vacation.

But more importantly, late April means that the NFL Draft is right around the corner. Yes fellow NFL fans, the event that gives us a brief, yet so satisfying glimpse of football between the Super Bowl and the start of the season is upon us.

Now first things first. Who goes in the top five picks? The draft order goes:

1. Indianapolis Colts: Andrew Luck. QB, Stanford. This is about as big of a no brainer as it gets. Luck would have been the no. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft had he not decided to return for his senior year.

2. Washington Redskins(From St. Louis Rams): Robert Griffin III. QB, Baylor. The Redskins made their “all-in” move on March 12 when they complet-ed the blockbuster trade with the St. Louis Rams to move up just four spots to presumably draft Griffin. The Redskins traded away two future first-round draft picks and a second-round pick in exchange for the no. 2 selection.

3. Minnesota Vikings: Mat Khalil. OT, USC. Last year the Vikings drafted their franchise Quarterback in Christian Ponder. This year, they provide the insur-ance.

4. Cleveland Browns: Morris Claiborne. CB, LSU. The former LSU cornerback scored a record low 4 out of 50 on the Wonderlic exam which tests players basic knowledge skills. What Claiborne lacks in brains, he makes up for in skill. Look for the Browns to have a

lockdown secondary for years to come with Claiborne and former Browns 1st-round pick Joe Haden.

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Justin Blackmon. WR, Oklahoma St. The two-time Biletnikoff Award(College football’s best WR) winner should give Tampa Bay QB Josh Freeman a new toy to play with and give NFC defenses nightmares right out of the gates.

Now to the hometown team, the Atlanta Falcons.The Falcons as you might remember last year made

their “all-in” move on Julio Jones from Alabama. Jones struggled early on but came on strong towards the end of last season which gives Falcons fans hope for the future.

However, as a result the Falcons do not have a 1st or 4th round pick in this years draft.

In terms of needs the Falcons will need a new tight end as future Hall of Fame TE Tony Gonzalez has an-nounced 2012 will be his last season.

Also the Falcons have depth issues on offensive line with the departure Pro-Bowl lineman Harvey Dahl in last year’s offseason

The Falcons pick at slot no. 55 in the second round and look for them to go after former Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen.

Allen, at 6-4, 255 pounds provides a big target as well as a solid run blocker for the Falcons. He might not be a Gonzalez, but he should do just fine

In the 3rd and following rounds look for the Falcons to build up the Offensive Line and Secondary depth.

Amini Silatolu, an offensive guard who originally signed with Nevada out of high school but did not qualify academically, went to a Division II school, Midwestern State University located in Wichita Falls, Texas.

At 6-4, 311 pounds, Silatolu is a powerful yet very nimble lineman who could fall to the Falcons in the

third round. This would be a huge steal.After their first two picks the Falcons have four

more draft picks. One in the 5th and 6th rounds and two in the 7th rounds. Again, look for the Falcons to build secondary depth and pick up a sleeper skill posi-tion player or two.

Whatever the Falcons decide to let’s just hope they can get some players who can make an immediate im-pact and help them get their first playoff win since the

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Shoot hoops, swim or lift at the Fitness CenterMax GriswoldSports [email protected]

Gainesville State College has a fit-ness center on campus that offers plenty of opportunities for students, faculty and even family members of the students.

It is also available to other with an an-nual $250 donation. Ken Harrison, the advisor of the fitness center, even says the center provides opportunities, espe-cially through the student personal train-ers.

The fitness center is open Monday thru Thursday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. de-pending on when classes start, and then from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

It is also open Friday from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dur-ing these times the fitness center offers a wide variety of activities to do.

The center has a gymnasium where students can play basketball, an indoor pool, and outdoor facilities, such as the

running track. The work-out part of the

center offers many machines to use, such as cardio ma-chines, free weights, resis-tance training machines and other equipment.

“The fitness center al-lows opportunities for pa-trons to maintain or develop a healthy lifestyle through physical fitness, stress reduc-tion and a chance to make new friends,” says Harrison. “I’d say it’s one of the most popular venues on the cam-pus.”

There are new programs coming to the Fitness Center that Harrison told me about. The first one is called Workouts to Go, which is weekly workouts designed by the fitness center staff to help patrons reach their personal fitness goals.

The second one is Short Session

warm-ups or cool downs involving stretching and/or isolating a particular muscle group.

They also offer Basic Training and Extreme Fitness. Some of these activi-ties do involve a small fee.

Patrick O’Malley, a student at GSC,

said, “The GSC fitness center is really nice and I feel I can work out there com-fortably. It’s helped me to step up my fitness level and I will continue to work out there as much as I possibly can.”

To find out more you can go to the GSC website under campus life.

NFL draft: Falcons look to bolster secondary

GSC students take advantage of the treadmills the fitness has to offer. Photo by Audrey Williams

Falcons would love for Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen to still be around when they pick in the second round.

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overcome obstacles at the Muddy duck dashMike WilliamsSports [email protected]

On Sat ur day, April 28, at 8 a.m., the Recre ation and Leisure Stud ies depart ment at UGA, will be putting on the first ever Muddy Duck Dash on the Gainesville campus.

The event will be an obsta cle course race, with the main event cov er-ing 3.5 miles, while they will also have a “Duck Dash” that will cover 1 mile for ages 10–12 and a “Lit tle Duck Dash” that is just half a mile long.

The race will take place mostly behind Aca d e mic 4 on the soc-cer fields, through out the trails and along the rail road tracks with many obsta cles throughout.

What makes this event a bit dif fer ent and unique is that all par tic i pants must have on them at all times a rub ber ducky, hence the name. The run ners can carry the duck any way they choose, just as long as it never leaves their per son. There is no kick ing or throw ing of the duck, however.

Par tic i pants will also be allowed to dec o rate their duck if they want and at the end of the race there will be con test to deter mine who has the best

look ing duck. The first obsta cle you will come to will be a

stack of hay bales about 8 feet high that you will have to get over, while the sec ond obsta cle will be a sur prise, accord ing to War ren Caputo, the GSC pro fes sor who is in charge of putting on the event.

Among the many other obsta cles are two brain teasers, where you will have to stop and read a ques tion, run a lit tle fur ther and then give the

answer to one of the vol un teers. Be care ful you don’t get it wrong, because if you do you will have to run back to where the ques tion was, and the ques tion may have changed by that point. So you bet-ter get it right the first time if you want to win, Caputo said.

There will also be mul ti ple obsta cles that re-quire you to get wet and dirty, so dress accord-ingly.

Even though there are many obsta cles there is no need to worry, Caputo says “the obsta cles are set up to be safe and more for fun than challeng-ing”.

Every one who enters will also receive a T-shirt and bag and all of the pro ceeds from the event will go to Friend ship Ele men tary School, which is a part ner school with the edu ca tion depart ment.

three big questions for the NbA playoffs

Professor Warren Caputo (on the left) poses with UGA students Brooke Whitmire (on duck) Jared Massie and Molly Murphy who are helping to put on the event. To find out more about the event and to register for it you can go to www.muddyduckdash.com.

Max GriswoldSports [email protected]

The lock-out-shortened NBA season will end soon, and with it will end the excitement and disappointment in what has overall been a good basketball season.

A few questions remain for the playoffs to answer. Here are three, with my guesses:

1.Who will claim the final playoff spots in both con-ferences?

Both the Eastern Conference and Western Confer-ence playoff races are alive and strong. In the East, the Knicks and 76ers sit tied for seventh and eighth, with the Milwaukee Bucks sitting in ninth place only two games out.

The Knicks have been playing stronger recently and the Bucks, with the acquisition of Monta Ellis at the deadline, have been playing a lot better.

The 76ers on the other hand have really fallen apart at the end of the season after starting off so strong. I give the last two spots to New York and Milwaukee.

In the West, Memphis, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Houston and Utah are all running for the final four playoff spots.

Memphis has all but locked up the fifth seed, but the rest of the spots are up for grabs. Denver has been so-so recently, but seems to come up big when they need to.

Dallas is definitely not the same team they were a year ago when they won the NBA Championship.

Phoenix has been the best team lately out of these, and has fought their way into the eighth seed for now.

I give the final four spots to Memphis, Denver, Dal-las and Phoenix in no particular order.

2. How will the defending champs do, if they even make the playoffs?

As I said earlier, Dallas has just not been the same team. After losing Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler, J.J. Barea, DeShawn Stevenson in free agency and Peja Stojakovic to retirement, the Mavericks have had a rough time replacing the minutes these men brought to their team.

They got Lamar Odom hoping he would help. Turned out he didn’t, he just complained and argued all the time to the point that the Mavericks recently told him to take a hike and find somewhere else to play next year.

They also signed Vince Carter to help. Don’t get me wrong, Carter can still be a dynamic player, but not on a game-to-game basis now that he is 35.

As much as I love the Mavericks, I think we can all expect to see a new champion at the end of the Finals this year.

3. How will our hometown Hawks fare in the play-offs?

The Hawks have been playing stronger recently and just clinched their fifth consecutive playoff berth with

a win over the Toronto Raptors on April 16. I can honestly say I never thought the Hawks would

have five consecutive playoff berths, but every year, they continue to play strong and gritty to the end. Yet, they can never get past the second round of the play-offs, losing in that round the past three years.

This year will be just as tough for them. They are currently set up to play Boston in the first round, which will bring back memories of the 2008 first round se-

ries when the eighth seed Hawks took the first seed Celtics to game seven.

The East is a tight con-ference and it will be tough for the Hawks, especially with the fact that Al Hor-ford is still out. Even with Josh Smith, who is hav-ing his best year ever, Joe

Johnson, Jeff Teague and the emergence of Ivan John-son, I once again don’t see our beloved hometown team making it past the second round…if they even get there.

So, this NBA season started off ugly with the lock-out and then mediocre play.

Linsanity kicked in and made things exciting and other teams started coming to play. The duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook lit up stat sheets every night as the Thunder blew out opponents. And teams like the Lakers and Spurs, no matter how old they get, continue to make the playoffs somehow.

Photo by Audrey Williams

the dallas Mavericks will try their best to defend their NbA title this post season.

Some obstacles at the Dash

The Rocky Steps / Brainiac One / Tree (A)maze /

Pond of Truth / Surprise 1.0 Surprise 2.0 / Rinse Station / Log

Clog / Charlotte’s Web / Stream Ex-treme / Finish Line! (slip and slide)

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Aisha TaylorStaff [email protected]

On Feb. 26, Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla.

Trayvon Martin was black. George Zimmerman is white. Was it a hate crime? Was it a racially motivated killing?

There was no arrest made after the shooting, spark-ing an interest in the case in the African American com-munity, but the media didn’t take notice of the shooting until a month had passed. The police said they didn’t charge Zimmerman because of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, a law that allows people to shoot others in self-defense. Georgia also has a similar law.

Trayvon’s parents were outraged. How could police let this man go after shooting their son?

Clearly, if Trayvon Martin shot George Zimmerman, he would’ve been arrested immediately. This leaves the African American community wondering why race is

still an issue in 2012.When I first heard of the Martin shooting and there

was no arrest made, I was baffled. I mean, how could you kill someone and not be arrested, because it is mur-der, whether or not it was in self-defense.

Zimmerman claims self-defense and that he was the one attacked by Trayvon. But if that’s the case, why was Zimmerman not injured?

And how could someone claim self-defense from someone who is smaller, especially if the other person didn’t have a gun?

Trayvon Martin called 911 and told the operator he was being followed. Zimmerman also called 911 and had been told not to follow Trayvon.

But I have to wonder. How exactly is following some-one who is smaller and weaponless self-defense? Color me stupid, but I just don’t understand. I can’t. I won’t.

If a black man kills someone, especially someone outside the black race, police don’t hesitate to arrest them. No questions asked. As harsh as that seems, it’s a reality.

Hell, police don’t even hesitate to pull blacks over for

driving in a nice neighborhood with a nice car, as if we can’t have nice things as well.

So why was this man allowed to be free until his ar-rest 40 days later?

Why did it have to make headline news, become the hot topic on black radio and gather national attention to get something done about it?

The answer is clear and whether you believe it or not, racism is still an issue and is very alive in this country.

I just find it hard to believe that in 2012, we have a black president and racism is still going on.

Living in the South and being a young black wom-an, I’ve experienced instances of prejudice and racism. Though I can’t compare my experiences to what my fel-low brothers and sisters went through during the Civil Rights Movement, it still stings.

I can’t believe it took six weeks of publicity to have George Zimmerman arrested. Now that Zimmerman’s been arrested, I am curious to see how this will play out in the court of law.

Racism is still alive in the U.S. It’s a sad reality, but it’s the truth.

the unsettling truth of the trayvon Martin case

L e t t e r t o t h e e d I t o r

In our last issue we ran an article called “we are not second class citizens, North

Georgia”, and it got students on both campuses talking. one GSC student sent

us an e-mail with his opinion:

To whom it may concern, Yesterday I came across the article “We are not second

class North Georgia” posted to a friend’s Facebook status. This friend is a student at North Georgia College and State Univer-sity. She also stated in the post “if I was ever to be mad about the merger, it is because of this article.” I think she hit the nail on the head. I believe that the writer of this article took the low road. We are a student body and The Compass represents that student body when it comes to the press. I believe the editor who allowed this piece to be posted on the WORLD WIDE WEB should be ashamed. The blunt truth is North Georgia stu-dents worked harder to be accepted during high school. As for myself, I applied to Gainesville without even taking an SAT. I believe if we as a student body were in NGCSU’s position, we would be a little disgruntled too. I believe we should be grateful and try to prove that we are worth the merger. If North Georgia students are already mad why would we call them “Mountain trolls”? I believe we are getting one heck of an opportunity to merge with a tremendous school. We should not spoil it with an article that comes off as an unprofessional piece.

Thank you,Vinny Saponara

Gainesville State College

...”It’s the same prin ci ple as gov ern ment handouts.…NGCSU does not want to give away what we as a com mu nity has worked hard for to those who are undeserving.”

- Katy, NGCSU student

...”When you’ve worked as hard as we have to get into this school, it’s a big deal when your merge with a school that’s everyone’s fifth choice.”

- Summer , NGCSU student

”Yo Brent, I’m real happy for ya and oma lechu fin ish, but NGCSU has the best Senior Mil i tary pro gram of all time! OF ALL TIME!

- Anonymous

...”Right now we don’t have a choice on the merger or say in what goes on. With this said, the col leges need to focus more on work ing together and act ing more like one insti tu tion.”

- “Saint”, NGCSU student

...”I am proud to be attend ing North Geor gia, but I couldn’t care less what some one has to say about it. I don’t feel bet ter for going to NGCSU over GSC and I don’t feel worse. I’m pay ing $3000 a semes ter for an edu ca tion; the last thing I care about is if my school can out piss yours. Too much “school spirit” makes folks say ridicu lous things and get chewed out for days at a time. It’s not worth it.”

- Josh, NGCSU student

Here are the facts. The merger is hap pen ing no mat ter who gets mad or insulted. It’s not uncom mon for humans to name call. Seri ously folks, all child ish name call ing aside, Grow up and deal with it.

- “GH”- GSC employee

“No one boasts about NGCSU, sub-par school is sub-par.”- Anonymous, GSC student

More CoMMeNtSon our website students left many opinionated comments.

to comment, view more and these in their entirety, visit GSCCoMPASS.orG.

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GSC Police department emergency Line 678-717-1777

Bryan Jones Taylor EastwoodStaff [email protected]@gsc.edu

According to the United States Department of Education 16,226 criminal incidents occurred na-tionally on the campuses of pub-lic four-year colleges in 2009. Although Gainesville State Col-lege’s Police Department report-ed only one on-campus crime in 2010, Harry Chapman urges students employ the three As: awareness, attitude and avoid-ance.

Harry Chapman is an instruc-tor of Physical Education at GSC for the Self-Defense course.

Chapman added that one of the best ways to avoid becoming a victim of a crime is to simply be aware of what’s going on around you. Watch your surroundings and keep an eye out for any sus-picious activity, whether it be a

car tailing someone on a side-walk or a person acting in a sus-picious manner on campus.

“Eye and body language says it all,” Chapman said.

A student’s attitude regarding their own safety, as well as tak-ing measures to avoid potential conflict, is another way to avoid becoming a victim.

Chapman recommends stu-dents do all they can to prevent a situation they cannot escape from, such as not wearing or car-rying high-value items that will draw attention.

“If someone looks like an easy target, they are more likely to be a victim,” Chapman continued.

If the anything happens in spite of the steps taken, simply contact local law enforcement by dialing 911 or the GSC Po-lice Department emergency line. There are also blue phone boxes strategically placed in most park-ing lots on campus with a direct line to the Police Department.

3 A’s that keep you safe

the sexiest (and scariest) rideMichelle WiggleStaff [email protected]

Academic 4 is GSC’s most impressive building on cam-pus, and because it stands five stories high, its elevators are a godsend for lazy days.

What I never expected with our elevators was a sensual-sounding ride. Let me explain.

In my experience with el-evators, I’ve never heard a voice as lustful as GSC’s re-cording. “Going down” takes on a whole different meaning when she says it. Maybe my mind is just in the gutter, but I immediately think of sex.

Aside from her breathy voice, students have experi-enced inconsistencies in her services.

We’ve heard the horror sto-ries of people being stuck in an elevator for hours by some

freak accident; you’ve prob-ably even made a joke about it.

However, to Kaitlin Batson, it is a reality. Her story begins on a lazy school day at GSC. She decided to take the eleva-tor down a floor for her hour lunch break.

The doors shut and little did she know she would be there for longer than expect-ed. She pressed the button for the third floor.

The elevator made no movement, so she hit the but-ton again. Same thing, silence. The third time the elevator jerked a little.

“Great, I’ve broken the el-evator,” she said aloud. She laughed, thinking that would never happen.

After waiting five minutes, Batson was getting hungry, her stomach grumbling. She fumbled with the buttons a little more, but nothing hap-

pened.She looked around for a

plan of escape, and decided to call her mother. To her su-prise, her mother just laughed at her. She hung up and after waiting 10 minutes, started to get a little worried.

Fifteen minutes passed and finally she heard some people talking outside of the elevator doors. Like any normal per-son she began to bang on the doors.

After giving up with that and losing all hope she would survive the ride, the elevator doors opened. “Like magic,” she said.

Wanting to protect her fel-low students, she warned the people waiting to get on to take the stairs.

So enjoy the elevators, but watch out for that sexy voice and the possibility of getting trapped.

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Audrey Williams


F I N A L S ! Manuel Moreno News Editor [email protected]

As we near the end of another semester we don’t want to think about it, but the reality is that finals are just around the corner. Talk about adding another item to our to-do list. Whether we like it or not, it is im-portant to prepare for finals and treat them with the seriousness they require. Here are five in-depth tips that can help you prepare.

tIP #1| CreAte A PLAN oF StudyIn order to successfully learn and understand the material that you will be tested on, you should start by creating a plan and sticking to it.Decide what you will need to study and how much time you believe you’ll need to spend on a particular subject. Cut back on time you may spend texting, talking on the phone, or updating Twitter and Facebook every 10 minutes. Write your plan down. Writing it on a piece of paper is a way to have an outline or a list what you need to re-view next. Execute your plan and follow through with what you have mapped out, or else it defeats the purpose.

tIP #2| StArt eArLy ANd StArt SMALLA common mistake that we tend to make while preparing for finals is trying to make our brain do more work than it has to.We often overwhelm ourselves with trying to learn everything at once and when it comes to the testing day we blank out and we are too tired to concentrate. Preparations for your finals should begin early, not the day before the test. Therefore do not procrastinate. It is merely impossible to fill your brain with an entire unit in just one night. Plan to get started at least a week in advance. Give yourself even amount of times to study for the subjects equally. you will realize that there are subjects that require your attention more than others. Start small. Make it a goal to at least read one chapter by the end of the day. Start-ing small allows flexibility and reduces the amount of stress that may overwhelm you. Studies have shown that stress has ef-fects on memory and problem-solving skills. Heavy stress can a obstruct learning. you want to be as calm and ready as pos-sible to conquer these exams.

tIP #4| eAt weLLEating a good breakfast, having a reasonable lunch, snacks and a healthy meal can do so much for you the day before and the day of your exam. you should eat at regular intervals. This way nutrient and energy levels are kept balanced. Eat powerful veggies and energiz-ing fruits, like blueberries and bananas. Stay hydrated. Caffeine and sugar should be downsized, since too much of both can make you have that jittery feeling. So drink lots of water, fruit juices, and anti-oxidant-rich green tea.

tIP #5| Get A Good NIGht’S SLeeP

During this time the lack of sleep can become your worst ene-my. you will often hear people say that they pulled an all-nighter to prep for an exam. However, what good is it for you to pull all-nighters and desperately overwork your brain attempting to learn information that you should have reviewed several weeks prior to the exam? Get real! We all know that the end result is looking like an exhausted hot mess the next day. It is important that you get a good night’s sleep. your body requires at least seven hours of sleep in order to function.you’re in college now, if you deprive your body from sleeping you will not be able to re-member any of the information that you loaded your brain with the night before. So sleep! Finals can have rough effects on our minds and our bodies, especially having two exams the same day and on top of that back-to-back. While it is legit for you to experience anxiety, it cannot get the best of you if you make sure you are well-prepared.

tIP #3|reVIew oLd MAterIALAt the beginning of every semester professors provide you with syllabi, PowerPoint presentations and study guides. Take advantage of those resources. Look over past quizzes and tests so that you know what to expect. If your final is cumulative this will be a great study meth-od. Make flash cards or rewrite notes.

Audrey Williams

GSC Compass spring 2012 issue3

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