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LocalA bill has been !led in the Georgia House of Rep-resentatives that could remove the prohibition on carrying guns on college campuses in Georgia. "is change has been proposed before. However, a campus carry bill has never made it to the House #oor for de-bate. Bills that could eliminate the prohibition on car-rying guns in churches, as well as the license require-ment for carrying handguns are also being proposed.

"ree teenagers, ages ranging from 16 to 19, were shot at a house party in Decatur shortly a$er midnight on Sunday. According to police, the shooting stemmed from a !ght at the home moments before shots were !red. "e teens were taken to local hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.

Last Wednesday Michael Snider of Stone Mountain was accused of driving through two Atlanta-area counties causing 15 wrecks, killing 69-year-old Mint-iwab Woldeyhans of Loganville. Snider was arrested a$er crashing his pickup truck into Johnboy’s Home Cooking Restaurant in Snellville. Police have not yet released Snider’s motive.

NationalAccording to Casey Anthony, she is !ling bankruptcy in Orlando, Fla. as the next step toward closure in the high-pro!le death of her daughter, Caylee. Anthony owes approximately $800,000 and only has about $1,084 !led in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida. Several parties are suing Anthony, including Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez for

defamation, Roy Kronk, the man who found Caylee’s body and Texas EquuSearch, a company who says they spent $100,000 searching for Caylee. In addition, Anthony owed other parties thousands of dollars.

Ground and air rescue teams rescued dozens of stranded hikers along various sections of Bear Can-yon in Arizona a$er heavy rains #ooded trails on Sat-urday. "e !rst group of hikers was led out of Bear Canyon in the Catalina Mountains in the late a$er-noon and the last group was rescued well a$er dark. Rescuers used a technique involving roping them to-gether with #oatation devices to help get the hikers through high water.

GlobalEvents across the globe in Germany, Poland, Hunga-ry and Russia were held on Sunday to remember the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. Interna-tional Holocaust Remembrance Day marked the lib-eration of the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau concentra-tion camp on Jan. 27, 1945. Ben Helfgott, president of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and survivor, lit a candle in memory of the victims at the Millennium Bridge in London.

Dozens of people were killed on Saturday in clashes between inmates and national guard soldiers at the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. "is was the latest in a series of bloody riots during the past year in overcrowded Venezuelan prisons. Newspa-pers reported that more than 60 people, mostly pris-oners, were killed and more than 120 people were in-jured.

January 18Piedmont AvenueA Georgia State student stated that she le$ her purse unattended and then discovered that her driver’s license and debit card had been stolen. She later noticed $1,600 were deposited into her ac-count and several with-drawals had been made. "e case is being handled by investigations.

January 19University Lo!sA student !led a report where she stated that an unknown male knocked at her door. When she opened the door the in-dividual attempted to reach in and she had to slam the door. "is case is being handled by in-vestigations.

January 21Auburn Avenue NEA non-Georgia State in-dividual was arrested for driving under the in#u-ence and for having an open container of alcohol in their car. "e o%cers

observed an individual unconscious under the steering wheel of a vehi-cle at a tra%c light. "e individual was arrested, processed and transport-ed to Fulton County Jail.

January 22Student CenterA report was !led for the$. "e student stat-ed that he le$ his back-pack with his friends and when he returned 20 minutes later his back-pack was missing. "is case is being handled by investigations.

M Parking DeckA student returned to her car, only to !nd that her le$ rear fender was damaged. "is case is be-ing handled by investiga-tions.

January 23University Lo!sFive Georgia State stu-dents were arrested for alcoholic possession un-der 21-years-old. When the o%cers made contact with the individuals, they con!rmed that they were

all underage and intoxi-cated. "e were arrested, processed and released on a copy of charges.

January 24John Wesley Dobbs Avenue & Courtland StreetA student stated that she noticed her driver’s side window had been shat-tered and her book bag which was in her seat had been stolen. "e book bag contained a Nexus 7 tablet, several text books, a Master Card, Visa Card, Best Buy Credit Card, Panther I.D., Mar-ta Card, Georgia driver’s license, Macy’s gi$ card and $35. "is case is be-ing handled by investiga-tions.

Sparks HallGeorgia State police re-sponded to a suspicious person call. Contact was made and the individual became combative and o%cers restrained him. Due to the individual displaying mental illness, he was transported to Grady Hospital for psy-chological evaluation.

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Students responded positively and said tweet-ing offered different perspectives on course ma-terial and added “depth to [their] class discus-

sions.” In a large classroom, where the instructor sometimes seems inaccessible, Twitter “deepened and extended the class’ potential for engagement with course themes.” The average number of dai-ly social media posts increased even for older graduate students over a six-week span.

Studies:“Learning by tweeting: Using Twitter as a peda-gogical tool” by Rinaldo, S. B., S. Tapp,a nd D.A. Laverie

“Microblogs in higher education: A chance to fa-cilitate informal and process-oriented learning” by Ebner, Lienhardt, Rohs, and Meyer

“When talking less is more: Exploring outcomes of Twitter usage in the large-lecture hall” by Elavsky, C. M., C. Mislan, and S. Elavsky

Twitter, once viewed as a dis-traction in the classroom, is now becoming a valuable

learning tool.Social media is one of the main

sources of communication among students and professors are begin-ning to utilize this to their advan-tage.

Matthew Duffy, a Georgia State professor incorporates social me-dia into his Intro to Mass Commu-nication class by encouraging his students to tweet him.

“It is a good communication tool. It also makes me very acces-sible and everyone can see my an-swers to questions,” Duffy said.

Duffy uses the social network as a way to facilitate group discus-sions by administering a special hashtag to his classes.

Under the hashtag “#GS-JOUR1000,” Twitter becomes a fo-rum where students can ask ques-tions, have conversations among other students and present inter-esting ideas to the professor and their peers.

By using Twitter, Duffy trans-forms the social network into an educational experience instead of an idle pastime.

It was very important to Duffy to incorporate social media into his journalism course as the field becomes more centered on it.

He also said there could be some negative outcomes of using Twitter as a means of communica-tion.

“I made the decision recently to discourage students from tweet-ing in class...it can be distracting,” Duffy said.

Instead, the tweeting is done outside of class.

While he said there is a huge advantage to incorporating social media in class, Duffy assures he does not think the regular teach-ing styles other professors may be using are bad.

“Everyone has their own level of comfort...any way we can find to connect with students is good,” Duffy said.

When asked whether or not he felt more professors should start incorporating social media in to their classes, Duffy shared con-cerns of technology changing so quickly and explained how there is always a new social network pop-ping up.

For this reason, Du&y said “pro-fessors should strive to stay relevant.”

Tai Barksdale, a sophomore Journalism major at Georgia State weighs in on the issue.

“I think it’s great [that] profes-sors are incorporating social me-dia into their classes,” she said.

According to Barksdale, so-cial media interaction in the class-room has advantages and disad-vantages.

“The advantage is getting the class to participate more on some-thing they may already use daily,” Barksdale said. “The disadvantage would probably be [for students] to keep in mind they are letting [their] professor into their per-sonal lives.”

The idea of Twitter in a class-room setting could enhance the educational experience.

The 2012 “Twitteracy: Tweet-ing as a New Literary Practice” lit-erary review written by Christine Greenhow and Benjamin Gleason of Michigan State University, re-searches the practice of Twitter in the classroom.

“Twitter has an emerging place in the classroom,” Gleason said. “There are many possible ways that Twitter enhances learning.”

In the literary review, Green-how and Gleason found that the use of Twitter in a course broad-ens opportunities for the students’ “development of standard lan-guage proficiencies” in numerous ways.

The use of Twitter improves the motivation and engagement of students with course material, grows student-student or student-instructor interactions which cre-ate more prospects for feedback and mentoring, and encourage-ment of self-expression and cre-ativity with the casual writing style used on Twitter.

Greenhow and Gleason re-searched the properties of mobi-lization and social protest, real-time social search, conversation and developing or maintaining re-lationships that can enhance edu-cational learning.

Twitter also has the ability to gather multiple views and per-spectives on a single issue, and, in the classroom, Gleason said that is the most important aspect of edu-cation today.

Although Twitter incites posi-tive learning skills, Gleason also believes there are still “learning curves” present in social media within the classroom.

“It depends on the context of the class,” Gleason said. “Some students and professors may not be using technology and feel un-comfortable with Twitter. We’re all learners. If we agree to try this out, odds are there it will be a bet-ter learning experience.”

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CNN education contributor Steve Perry was the key-note speaker at the 30th Anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. !e convocation, held in the Student Center Main Ball-room, also honored Annette Lucille Hall and Barbara Hunt with pioneer awards.

Georgia State re-cently adopted a new policy that will allow students to receive class credit for taking massively open online courses (MOOCs) taken at other institutions. !e university is among the "rst to experiment with accepting MOOCs credit. !e policy will be e#ective im-mediately.

On Friday a$er-noon, Georgia State broke Katie Linendoll’s Guin-ness World Record of 107 high-"ves in 60 seconds by suc-cessfully reaching over 200 high-"ves. Spotlight orga-nized the event and promoted through %iers and a video on Youtube.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will speak at 3 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom on Jan. 30 as a part of the Cen-tennial Speakers Series. !e event is open and free to the public.

!e Arts and Sci-ences Career & Internship Fair will be held on Jan. 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dahlberg Hall. Recruiters from areas of adver-tising, communica-tions, digital media, retail, technology, transportation and other "elds will be present. !e fair is open to all Georgia State students and alumni.

Four Atlanta reli-gious leaders will gather at Georgia State’s Rialto Center for the Arts to have a moderated con-versation, “Moving Atlanta to High-er Ground: How Religion Inspires Positive Change” at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6th. !e conversation will address reli-gion’s role in resolv-ing pressing issues in Atlanta.

Campus Briefs

Lauren Stites, a Ph.D. candi-date who has attended Georgia State since her freshman year,

discovered that 5-year-old children are able to identify time metaphors and explain their meaning by the age of six.

Stites conducted the research by examining three different main spa-tial metaphors for time: moving-ego, moving-time and sequence as rela-tive position on a path.

“Moving-ego is where the self is moving through time, such as ‘we are coming up on Christmas,’” Stites said. “There are also moving-time metaphors where the ego is station-ary and time moves forward in a way, so like ‘Christmas is coming.’ And then there’s a third type where the two points of time are positioned in relation to each other…which I usu-ally call Sequence As Position for short and is something like lunch fol-lows the talk, for example.”

In the study, Stites utilized the puppets Elmo and Grover as one of the research strategies to study her young research subjects.

To help the kids enthusiastically engage in the research, Stites told six short stories and then asked the pup-

pets an interpretation question about the metaphor. Stites constructed one puppet to answer correctly and the other incorrectly, and afterwards asked the children which puppet was correct and the reason for their an-swers.

In addition to using puppets, Stites administrated the Pea Body Picture Vocabulary Test (PBVT) and conducted activities using a 30-sec-ond sand timer with the young sub-jects. After the activities, she asked the children a series of questions to see if they understood that regardless of how they move, time still moves the same way.

This was the first research project that Stites conducted alone.

'eyda Özçalı(kan, assistant pro-fessor of psychology and Stites’ advi-sor, and undergraduate research as-sistant Tyler Hawkins assisted Stites with the research study.

The children were recruited from local schools, the Georgia State Child Development Center and on campus daycares and volunteer research da-tabases.

Once the extensive recruitment stage is complete, the data collection stage follows.

“The data collection takes place in either our lab, at the participant’s house, and at the participant’s school. Recruiting can take some time,” Stites said.

Stites’ research project was con-ducted in a three-year span.

“I started data collection in late 2009 and I finished collecting data at the end of 2010. I had to analyze all the data and that was complete by the middle of 2011. Then it usually takes about a year to publish,” Stites said.

To expand her research, Stites is currently observing whether people gesture differently when they are dis-

cussing the different metaphors for time.

“Gestures are a good window into people’s thinking that you can’t real-ly get just by asking people questions about stuff because you gesture sub-consciously. Another way to further my research would be to do a longi-tudinal study,” Stites said.

Stites’ research articles were pub-lished in peer-reviewed journals and were presented at several national and international conferences.

“[Stites’] success in getting her re-search published both speaks to the quality of the graduate students in the Psychology Department at GSU,” Özçalı(kan said. “It also further in-creases the visibility of the depart-ment within the wider national and international academic community.”

Stites encourages students to get involved with the many opportuni-ties within the Department of Devel-opmental Psychology.

According to Stites, there are many chances to become involved in the department, even during under-graduate studies.

“If you are interested, all you have to do is just talk with your professors. There are always positions for under-grads to come and help…even just to see if this is really what I want to do,” Stites said.

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Flu season is here, and it has ar-rived with a nasty vengeance.

States all across the coun-try have experienced an influx in the amount of people infected with the flu virus. However, what is unique is how severe the cases of the virus have been.

“Boston and New York State have declared states of emergency, vaccine supplies are running out in spots and some emergency departments are overwhelmed,” said Amanda Gard-ner, a HealthDay reporter for U.S. News.

There have also been instances of teen death as a result of the flu virus.

In Texas, a young man by the name of Max Schwolert became sick on Dec. 22, 2012 and eventu-ally passed away from the illness on Dec. 29, 2012, according to reports at CNN.

This came as a shock to many people because Schwolert was only 17 but his untimely death was proof that this new strain of the flu virus going around was not only a serious danger to older elderly people. It can just as dramatically affect the lives of the young and healthy too.

Some academic institutions have begun give out increasing numbers of shots to combat flu.

“The University of Wisconsin-Madison gave out 10,000 free flu shots in the first semester and will give out another 5,000 in January,” said Craig Roberts, the epidemiologist for Uni-versity Health Services at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison.

However, some Georgia State stu-dents seem to feel differently.

“I don’t like them. I think they are good because your immune system can learn to fight [the virus], but they can be bad if your immune system can’t handle the strand of the virus that they give you,” said India Wright, a sophomore at Georgia State.

Wright also voiced concerns about the virus evolving and becom-ing harder to fight with modern med-icine.

Katherine LeBlanc, a sophomore Nursing major at Georgia State also voiced similar thoughts on flu shots.

“I don’t receive them. I stopped getting them because immediately af-terwards I would just get sick,” LeB-lanc said.

LeBlanc also shared concerns about flu shots themselves being a cause of the virus’ rapid spread.

Traditional methods of avoiding the flu like drinking lots of water and orange juice, keeping hand sanitiz-er around and remaining as clean as possible, seem to be more practical to some students. Nonetheless, the flu virus can still be contracted despite the best efforts to avoid it.

In those instances, the best option would be to visit the Georgia State Student Health Clinic.

The student clinic is located on the outside of the University Com-

mons near the MILE. There they of-fer a variety of Primary and Urgent care services such as immunizations, IV therapy, prepackaged medications and prescriptions.

The clinic also offers discounted rates for medical care and Georgia State Health Insurance to all Georgia State students upon the presentation of a Panther Card or photo ID card.

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Three Types of spatial Metaphors of time

Moving-ego Moving-time Sequence as relative position on a path

Moving-ego metaphors recognize a person moving towards time.

Example: “We’re coming up on Valentine’s Day.”

Time-moving metaphors identify events tem-porally ordered with another in the time line and represents time coming towards a person.

Example: “The mid-term exam is coming up.”

Metaphors of “sequence as relative position on a path” refer to two times placed with each other.

Example: “Tuesday follows Monday.”

Boston and New York State have declared states of emergency, vaccine supplies are running out in spots and some emergency departments are overwhelmed.”

—Amanda Gardner, HealthDay reporter for

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science

health

In a recent Reddit thread list-ing the top earners at Geor-gia State for 2012, Dr. Viswa-

nathan Kumar and President Mark Becker were again named the top two earners of the uni-versity.

As No. 1 on both 2011 and 2012 top earners list, Kumar’s sal-ary has increased from $742,008 to $949,419.33 in one year. His travel expenses decreased, however, from $54, 751.94 to $49,815.26 over the year.

“Dr. Kumar is widely regard-ed as one of the top five market-ing researchers and practitioners in the world, and his expertise is highly valued by businesses, cor-porations and executives,” said Andrea Jones, assistant vice pres-ident for communications.

Kumar, Regents Professor of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, holds several positions within Georgia State, including Lenny Distinguished Chair Pro-fessor of Marketing and Execu-tive Director of the Center for Excellence in Brand & Customer Management. Kumar is also the director of the Ph.D. program in Marketing at College of Business, a position that he receives addi-tional compensation for teaching courses, in addition to his uni-versity-contracted base salary.

“This extra compensation, which accounts for the majority of the difference in his compen-sation from 2011 to 2012, comes from the fees that corporations and executives pay to attend Robinson executive programs, and is not funded through the state allocation or normal tu-ition,” Jones said.

Becker’s university sala-ry remained at approximate-ly $550,000.08 in both years; however, his travel expenses increased from $20,661.50 to $49,130.85 in the year span.

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Who comes up on top?

Georgia State’s College of Law received a $557,571 grant from the Robert

Wood Johnson Foundation to cre-ate a fellowship program and ex-pand online resources for students, professors and the community at large.

The grant will help expand pub-lic health law instructional pro-grams and allow greater access to resources for the purposes of public health law instruction. Ten public health law professors from across the nation will attend a

summer institute program, creat-ing externships, clinics and oth-er opportunities for education and hands-on experiences tied to

public health law. The program will include men-

tors, faculty members highly expe-rienced in public health law and will work with multiple outside or-ganizations to allow experiential-learning in a practice setting.

“The summer institute will be like a retreat, but somewhere out-doors or connected to nature, so that the participants can ‘de-stress’ and maintain their focus on the learning of public health law. We are developing an intensive pro-gram that kicks off Summer 2014,”

Law professor Stacie Kershner said.The fellowship program will be

developed and headed by Geor-gia State College of Law professors Charity Scott and Kershner and Catherine C. Henson, Professor of Law and center director. Applica-tions will be accepted this fall and the grant program will run from Jan. 15 through July 14, 2015.

“We are going to have a live cli-ent clinic part of the H.E.L.P. part-nership, where students will work under supervision with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta legal aid on cases that affect children and their families, free of charge. They are able to handle legal issues that could impede children’s health im-

provement,” Kershner said. “We also will develop and compile a vir-tual research library of online re-sources and case studies for profes-sors of other schools as well as our own. This program will help other institutions reach out and be able to expand their own public health programs.”

The Public Health Law program has grown at Georgia State from initially one professor in 2004, to now more than ten professors heading the program, which is now No. 2 in the nation.

The grant will also help expand programs for fellows, affiliates and interdisciplinaries and leverage re-sources furthering a whole-picture

approach to health law. The College of Law will also

continue inviting prominent guest speakers in health law.

The College of Law will be host-ing a seminar called Copyrighting DNA: Protecting Synthetic DNA Sequences as a Work of Authorship, featuring Professor Andrew W. Torrance, Docking Faculty Scholar of the University of Kansas School of Law, Michael B. Landau of Geor-gia State College of Law and Brent R. Bellows PhD, JD of Knowles In-tellectual Property Strategies, LLC.

The seminar will be held Thurs-day, Jan. 31 at 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at State’s College of Law, room 230.

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2nd President Mark BeckerGeorgia State’s seventh presidentEducation: Doctorate in Statistics, Pennsyl-vania State UniversityBachelor’s in Mathematics, Towson State University

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3rdJane F. MutchlerAssociate Dean for Academic Planning and Programs Ernst & Young-J.W. Holloway Memorial Alum-ni Professor of Accounting Education: Ph.D. in Accounting & Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

$450,518.59

4th Arun RaiRegents’ Professor and Harkins Chair of Infor-mation SystemsCo-founder of the Robinson College of Busi-ness’ Center for Process InnovationEducation: Ph.D. Kent State University

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5thSalih Tamer CavusgilFuller E. Callaway Professorial ChairEducation: Ph.D., Graduate School of Busi-ness, University of Wisconsin

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3rdArun RaiRegents’ Professor and Harkins Chair of Infor-mation SystemsCo-founder of the Robinson College of Busi-ness’ Center for Process InnovationEducation: Ph.D. Kent State University

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JUSTIFICATIONS:

� Personality-based theorists argue that our talents and traits belong to us. As Hegel would put it, for human will to take form, to settle in the world, there has to be tangible or intangible objects to which it can attach itself, basically physical and intellectual property. Personality theorists argue that our talents, our abilities belong to us, thus what our talent produces, be it a chair or an idea, is rightfully ours and will be the property through which our personality will take form.

� Utilitarianism takes a much more practical approach: if there is no such thing as intellectual property, then there is no incentive to create. Moreover, if those who create ideas or works of art or information have some rights on their creation, they can capitalize on this property and since money is power, it empowers them to create yet more intellectual work.

� The Lockean justification is basically thoughts on physical property applied to intellectual property. It argues that the fruit of our labor belongs to us, because the object that resulted of the labor cannot be distinguished from the labor itself, the object and the labor are the same thing. It’s a less spiritual version of the personality-based justification.

CRITIQUES:

� The non-rivalrous nature of information or ideas (they are not consumed by their use) makes it unjustifiable to restrict access to it by means of intellectual property. It’s the argument used by the creator of Miecraft who seems to be an advocate of piracy.

� The notion of intellectual property is contrary to freedom of thought and speech, which are constitutional rights in most developed countries.

� The final critique, based on the social nature of information. According to this argument, all intellectual work is but a recycling, an interpretation of the culture offered to the individual by society, however personal this interpretation is. Thus, it’s fair to say that all intellectual work belongs to everyone and intellectual property should not be as exclu-sive as it often is.

PIRACY BY THE NUMBERS: - 245,204,319 U.S. citizens with connection to internet. (2011 United States Internet Usage Report)

- 25,000,000 “estimated” number of The Pirate Bay users, one of the largest file-sharing websites in the world. (Variety, April 17, 2009)

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As web literacy becomes more and more important in professional fields, there is increasing

pressure to introduce social media into class curriculum. Although there will always be the hard-lined traditionalist professors who handwrite their lectures on the whiteboard and require hard copy for all submissions, educating students in the use of social media in their respective fields has become essential to guarantee students the most effective “real world” training.

The Internet is by far the youngest form of media in our lives, but has become arguably the most important. What was once viewed as a flash-in-the-pan technology that would never replace books, the Internet now allows a student to literally hold libraries worth of information in their hands.

In the late 1990s, the Internet underwent its first major revolution in the way it was being used. People began to look at the web as more than an electronic bulletin board or mail delivery system. The term “Web 2.0” came into popular use, and it was as if the entire Internet had been overhauled into a brand shiny new economic engine that would drive us into a bright new future in the 21st century.

Then the dot com bubble burst. It turned out that the Internet was not a magical market that could create unlimited growth. Perhaps it was

an overzealous infatuation with the technology on the part of the investors, or the unfamiliarity of potential consumers, but it burst all the same.

But the idea of an interactive and collaborative “Web 2.0” survived, and planted the seed for some of the most successful social media sites that we enjoy today.

As we start to incorporate web culture into our classrooms and workplaces, it is important for us to remember lessons about the web from the mistakes made in the 90s. If we transition too much too quickly, it may fail.

Many students behave very differently on the Internet than they do in the classroom. To effectively implement more web technology in our classrooms, students must learn to see the Internet as a useful and powerful tool and a reflection of reality rather than a separate “blogosphere”.

We have to learn to use social media to be productive, and not rely on it so much that it becomes a crutch. So it’s good to see a number of Georgia State professors embracing social media (see page 3A) and we hope the trend will continue to grow. Like it or not, social media is here to stay.

With the correct balance of producing quality content and distributing it in an efficient and almost instantaneous way, we can create a generation of well-connected and well-informed people.

All it takes is a few clicks and a couple of sec-onds to have the inter-

net’s wealth of information at your !ngertips. With a couple more clicks, you can down-load it to your hard drive and take it with you wherever you go.

Pirates didn’t disappear, they just changed vessels. From a carrack to a couch, illegal downloading has gone on since the inception of the World Wide Web.

An estimated 10 percent of U.S. internet users engage in some form of online pi-racy... But is it wrong? Can it ever justi!ed?

I’m sure that most of us can agree that steal-ing is intrinsically wrong. My question: Is online piracy stealing? It’s easy to say no when there’s no physical gain from downloading data.

Copyright infringement has o$en been equated to the$ by producers and distributors of entertainment media from the moment it became a billion dollar business. However, the$ is de!ned as depriving someone of property, so how does copying digital bits of data deprive anyone of their property? Technically, it doesn’t.

Stealing and copying may both be wrong (an argument for another day), but equating one to another is not a reasonable stance. You cannot lose what you never possessed.

Now, the objection to this is that the creator is being deprived their intellectual property or, more importantly, compensation from the fruits of their labor.

"e concept of intellectual property is con-trary to freedom of thought. All intellectual work is basically an interpretation of the thoughts or ideas o&ered to us by society, regardless of how personal the interpretation is.

Let’s say there’s a patent on some idea. Well, that basically means that you can’t have the same idea, even if it’s the result of an original and sin-cere thought process. And that’s just for the pat-ents.

For trade secrets and copyright, you have freedom of speech: “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, ei-ther orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Of course, it’s all a matter of interpretation.

But don’t the fruits of our labor belong to us? If I write a book, shouldn’t I stand to gain something from the time that I put into it?

Owners of “intellectual prop-erty,” set prices to optimize re-turns. By intentionally pricing them high, it excludes those who would pay, or could only a&ord to pay, less. "is means that if you value "e Avengers DVD at $3, and they demand $15, you sim-ply aren’t a customer. By down-loading it, how are you depriving them of income they would’ve never received?

What if I have an eidetic (photographic) memory? Is it copyright infringement to re-

play my memory of the song or movie? You could say that the IP rights holder is deprived every time I do. So, perhaps we need a system to pay royalties on our memories.

Let’s not get caught up in putting a price on art.

In our capitalist society, it’s easy to justify online piracy as immoral. However, under a more utilitarian rule, where happiness is at-tempted to be distributed even, it’s not. It’s hard to call downloading a movie from a ma-jor !lm company that is massively wealthy as unethical as the the$ of a homeless man’s only pair of shoes.

"e amount of self-interest and motive we place on personal pro!t is repugnant. And these overwhelmingly rich entertainers, pro-ducers, and distributors surrounded by the poor are products of it (yet another rant for another day).

Piracy is not going away. "ere will always be people copying or sharing music, movies, and books. A real artist should just make art and be grateful that people want to experi-ence their creations. If you were a musician, it might feel bad to have your songs downloaded illegally, but if they were good, imagine how many more people would actually support you by coming to see you in concert.

Cory Doctorow, a successful San Fran-cisco writer, has a very strong opinion on this matter. Not coincidentally, all his books are available for free download and he still makes plenty of money. Doctorow likes to quote Tim O’Reilly, a !nancially successful publish who once said:

“Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.”

Online piracy is not going away Info Box

DAVID SCHICKGuest Columnist

Social media is here to stay

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Is a $1,000,000 a year too much?Last year I met Occupy At-

lanta protestors who said so. Yet some brandished t-shirts with famous musicians or pro sports teams. While viciously condemning faceless mil-lionaires who orchestrate the seamless delivery of every materialistic goodie and service they cherish, they shame-lessly celebrated wealthier singers and athletes who could care less about how much their groveling fans pay to see them.

How evil can these CEOs actu-ally be in comparison to pop culture icons? Does Lebron James share half his wealth with the 99%-ers who put him where he is? Does Bradley Coo-per take a pay cut when a !lm #ops to protect the livelihood of potential out-of-work “ga&ers” or “best boys?” Do Nicki Minaj’s roadies even have a health plan?

A$er interviewing Occupy par-

ticipants for 2 hours, it struck me that within varied misunderstanding ex-isted a common, faulty grasp of basic economic realities. Simple realities. A free market remains the most e%-cient system for equitable (not equal) distribution of goods and services. Government intrusion has created a mixed system, a tainted free market. Income is largely determined by what the (tainted) market will bear.

So, take it easy on the greedy cor-porate leaders bringing you the HD #at screen on which you’ll watch Beyonce and Brady sing and play on the Sab-bath for ten times the money earned by their corporate counterparts. Easy on CEOs getting bonuses in bad years from whom you might have purchased soap for the night you paid $12 to be the sole theatergoer for Will Smith’s “A$er Earth.” Will still made his mil-lions – the !lm did not.

Logically the tainted market con-tinues to bear Professor Viswanathan Kumar’s $1,000,000 yearly take from Georgia State. It also bears the almost 50 other faculty who top the quarter million mark, which seems to be the Occupy movement’s threshold for un-deserved rewards. "ough rock star professors may be seduced by pecu-niary enticements just like real rock stars, should the university be shelling them out in the midst of a tuition hike on a student body who may be su&er-ing more economically than any other in recent memory?

Drastic 20% cuts in these high earners’ university earnings would

mean roughly $100 extra in each of our pockets. Take 10% from those making less but over $100,000, we would have another $160. And so and so on. Lest this sound like socialism, recall that we consumers pay the com-pany employee salaries.

But there’s a twist. "e “company” is part of government, whose taxes help pay institutional expenses. Gov-ernment grants and loans help pay tuition. A “free” market determines neither tuition nor professor salaries. At best, an extremely tainted market does. And yet, this public institu-tion competes with private Emory, Oglethorpe and Duke for the same faculty and students. What a pickle!

In fairness, not all Occupy’s occu-pants supported millionaire perform-ers or watched Superbowls. Neither will I. Matt Ryan only earned his mil-lions until a couple of weeks ago. And I’m a Falcons fan.

Do our top professors deserve their pay?

TERRY JAMES PAUL HARLINGuest Columnist

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1) Did you watch the inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama?

2) Did you know they had a bishop come in to give the prayer for

Obama and his next four years?

3) After the prayer, the bishop concluded with “Amen”, which

appears to have some semblance to a Christian prayer [sidenote:

though I may be wrong amen might be in multiple religions].

How do you feel about a prayer being conducted with Christian

overtones, and is there a place for this at the inauguration

ceremony? How should it be conducted in the future (the same, a

more general all-inclusive prayer or sermon, or none at all)?

Name: Paige StricklandMajor: Psychology

Name: Shane D. HarperMajor: Managerial Sciences

Name: Kalus MontgomeryMajor: Nursing

1) No, I did not. I watched the !rst one though.2) I think it is pretty immoral, this is Amer-ica it’s supposed to be based on equality. I think it’s wrong to make Christianity so obviously prominent in our government, it should be separated.3)I think it shouldn’t be done. We shouldn’t have religion as a part of our government being presented to its people by our President. I think it’s wrong.

1) No I didn’t.2) I did, I actually know the pastor that was coming to do it (Me: Oh really?) Yes it was Louie Giglia (check on name) he’s the head of Passion City church…there was a sermon he did 15 years ago about homo-sexuality brought up by the homosexual community. It was a justi!ed argument but it was over 15 years ago.3) I think it’s appropriate because of my personal beliefs [I’m a Chris-tian], it is appropriate to honor the supreme being of my life. Our coun-try was founded and we came here for religious freedom. Having a prayer like that [at the inauguration] doesn’t discount the fact that Mus-lims, Atheists, Buddhists, whoever can still practice what they believe.

1) I saw it.2) In a sense, yes, but also no. You have to appeal to the entire nation and every-one is not Christian. It’s good that he is still trying to bring religion to the White House because a lot of times we get away from God and focus on personal things, we should go by what’s right by [Barack’s] word or what he believes. It lets me know Obama is a god-fearing man, no matter what he believes in, he believes in a God.3) "ey should do a more general ceremony in the future.

YOUR VOICE��YOUR OPINIONS

Name: Michael LeitsingerMajor: Computer Information

1) Yes I watched it online, streaming.2) I don’t think it’s right necessarily, but it also says “In God We Trust” on our money and we have the Pledge of Allegiance, it’s not always right but it still happens.3) If you get o#ended by it at this point, you really shouldn’t be. I don’t know there’s bigger !sh to fry, clearly Obama says he’s a Christian, we elected a Christian President, it’s not a big enough deal to me.

Name: Christina MortonMajor: Hospitality

1) I saw bits and pieces of it.2) I feel like, it could’ve been more [agnostic/unrelated to religion]. Not everybody goes to a Christian church, so I don’t think it was the right way to go.3) It should be a more general thing said. It’s nice to wish the President well and for his spiritual being to be intact, but going solely Christian probably isn’t the best choice.

In a society where the train of change is in continual acceleration and the stops are few and far, those

people, things and ideas that do not make it upon this great propeller are le$ deserted, discarded and well even-tually obliterated. What makes the bite of this reality more powerful is the au-dacious assumption that all these peo-ple, things, and ideas are no longer ben-e!cial to us. We all take turns steering this train, making few stops for others.

While technological advancement is great and in most cases bene!cial, we must not write o& those people, things, or ideas that preceded our advancements as useless, dysfunctional and #at out pur-poseless. "is brings me to the subject of this column and that is the general disre-gard for the safety of student cyclists and cyclist accommodations.

Just two weeks ago, a student cy-clist was involved in a car-bike colli-sion on the corner of Decatur Street and Peachtree Center Ave. Most of you reading this were not aware of this incident. But an accident on I-85 S, fatal or not, involving a car, is spoken of all over campus and even squeezes a spot in AM radio broad-cast. Something is to be said about this since Georgia ranks eighth na-tionwide in bicycle fatalities. Why do these crimes remain unsung? "e short answer is we simply do not care.

"e relationship between car and bicycle has always been a bitter one. While Atlanta has accommodated cy-clist in a number of the city’s streets, it still remains a troubling task for cyclist to maneuver about. "is is es-pecially true for student cyclists who are involuntarily enlisted in daily battles with hurried school tra%c. Unequipped with the e%cient break systems of a car and handy automatic controls, cyclists are le$ with the sole responsibility of their safety.

When did drivers become sole keepers of the streets? "is question brings me back to my initial thought at the birth of this column. Bicycles, although preceding cars, have simply missed the train of technological ad-vancement. Although returning as a result of “going green” activist, cycling as a means of transportation is wholly outdated. Two wheels, a handle bar and some much needed endurance is

simply too much to ask of ourselves and well…inconvenient.

"e ongoing construction of roads and the steady transition of rural areas to urban areas progresses this thought. "e Georgia Depart-ment of Transportation currently has several projects underway, includ-ing the resurfacing and widening of major roads; none of which include cyclist-friendly roads.

We are making it clear as a state and individual where our prior-ity lies. We do not consider what we do not !nd convenient. However, as students and residents of Georgia we must accept that we share the same “house” as cyclists and so respect and regard are due.

For an extended version of this review including an interview with Bobby "eberg, a student cyclist who was a victim of a bike-car collision last semester check out "e Signal on-line at georgiastatesignal.com

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Though rock star professors may be seduced by pecuniary enticements just like real rock stars, should the university be shelling them out in the midst of a tuition hike on a student body who may be suffering more economically than any other in recent memory?

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Most coaches will tell you that there are some things that just can’t be taught – one of those is size.

Cody Paulk, Georgia State’s all-time leader in blocked shots, patrols the paint at an intimidating 6 foot 3 inches tall and tends to tower over many of her opponents.

Her presence in the paint is always felt and can make opposing players second guess their entire game plan.

“It makes the person shooting second-guess their shot,” Paulk said. “"e next time

they come down the #oor, they’ll probably try to pass it.”

Paulk’s thought process when she sees an opposing player who may be bold enough to

dribble into her territory is detailed. She has to make decisions in terms of being aggressive or cautious in order to make a defensive stop for the team.

Paulk can leave the paint and help her team-mates on the perimeter, but that can create driv-ing lanes for the other team.

In the paint, she can create the possibility of her teammates getting beat o$ the dribble by an opposing player and they run into her for the po-tential block.

“I’m thinking stay between her and the bas-ket,” Paulk said. “It’s usually the other person’s man I’m trying to help. I would try to read them to see if they are really going to go for the shot or pass it out to another man.”

Paulk doesn’t think it’s all a matter of athleti-cism to get a block shot, but a matter of basket-ball intelligence.

“It’s the timing of the shots,” Paulk said. “You really don’t have to jump that high. You just wait for them to leave the ground, then jump and look for the ball”.

Although Paulk has held her own against all types of competition during her time at Georgia State, she can have her di%culties with speci&c type of players.

Non-traditional players are the type of play-ers who can shoot the ball outside and drive in the paint just as e$ectively.

“You can’t play them one way,” Paulk said. “You got to be ready for the shot and the drive. You got to be close enough so you can play the shot but not far enough that they could drive.“

Shot blocking is a physically demanding re-sponsibility and Paulk has the mindful of rack-ing up fouls herself.

“I just try to stay o$ them,” Paulk said. “Once they get into your body, its hard to block their shot without fouling. I try to give them space and when they release I go for the block. “

With the all-time Georgia State blocked shots record and the 2010 Colonial Athletic Associa-tion Scholar Athlete of the Year award under her belt, there’s not much le' for Paulk to do indi-vidually at Georgia State.

Not much more than putting the fear into ev-ery opposing player who enters her lane the rest of this season, that is.

DAVID NORWOOD IISta# Reporter

Cody Paulk, Georgia State’s all-time leader in blocked shots, makes opposing offenses crumble

ANDRES CRUZ!WELLMANN| THE SIGNAL Cody Paulk uses her height to dominate on the paint.

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For Georgia State catchers Landon Anderson, Scott Sarratt and Joey Roach, sharing the same position may be tough, but it is their

passion. While managing the pitching sta& and being

productive on o&ense, each player’s goal is to stay focused.

Senior Anderson said leadership is very im-portant when it comes to being a catcher, especial-ly when managing the pitching sta&.

“We get to know the pitching sta& during bull pins and inner squads,” Anderson said. “You kind of know what to tell the pitcher, when to tell them and what kind of emotions they have. "at is the best way in controlling the pitching sta&.”

Senior Sarratt described the position as being the hardest, most demanding position on the !eld.

“We do have to catch bull pins, hit, and we do more throwing than anybody,” Sarratt said. “It’s just a physically demanding position and it’s something that you get used to over time. Me, Joey and Landon have been doing it since high school and middle school so it’s not that big of a deal for us.”

Anderson, Sarratt and freshman Roach all carry baseball in their blood.

“Baseball is something I would do with my

dad since I was a little kid,” said Sarratt. “We al-ways used to throw the baseball in the yard and it’s just something I have always loved to do.”

“I had a brother in law who used to play in col-lege,” said Roach. “I was always in the back yard playing with my brother and my dad. It’s just al-ways been a fun sport to play.”

Roach, who holds the career home run record at his high school, including 10 in his senior sea-son, said high school baseball and college baseball have their di&erences.

“You de!nitely put more time in and it is an everyday type deal,” Roach said. “In high school I

played football so I didn’t play fall ball. In college it’s baseball all year around which is fun because I like the game and you get to see your improve-ments the whole year instead of just half the year.”

Anderson, Sarratt, and Roach compete with one another on the !eld, yet they have a good friendship o& the !eld, o$en going to the movies together and hanging out.

Roach may begin the spring as Georgia State’s starting catcher over Anderson and Sarratt, yet the upperclassmen had both advice and praise for Roach.

According to Anderson, his advice to Roach is

to not take any days for granted.“It goes by fast,” said Anderson. “"ere is a lot

of days you do not want to be out there and you’re just tired. But those days you grind through it and it will make you better.”

“Joey is going to be a really good player even though he is just a freshman,” said Sarratt. “He has a lot of potential and once he’s gets a little more college experience he will be a very good catcher.”

"e Georgia State baseball team will not be taking any days for granted as their !rst game of the season is Friday, Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. against Butler.

Bevy of backstopsCatcher position is in good hands at Georgia State

TIFFANIE SMITHSta# Reporter

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICSGeorgia State’s trio of catchers o#ers both experience and youthful potential.

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The tennis program at Georgia State re-cently had one for the record books. In-tercollegiate Tennis Association ranked

the pairing of junior Abigail Tere-Apisah and sophomore Masa Grgan No. 19 in the nation.

It is the highest tennis ranking in school his-tory.

“It feels amazing,” said Grgan. “I’m really proud that we achieved this kind of ranking.”

Her doubles teammate concurred with Grgan’s sentiments.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Tere-Apisah said. “Af-ter how we did last semester, I was hoping that we would probably get a ranking. But for us to be ranked this high...is great. And to make his-tory for Georgia State, it’s huge.”

Even with the success the duo has amassed as of late, there was shock that the ITA had ranked them so high.

“We did beat some ranked teams, but if I had to guess the ranking, I wouldn’t have guessed that we would be this high,” Grgan said.

Tere-Apisah shared the view of her doubles teammate.

“I was shocked,” said Tere-Apisah.Such a ranking will happen when a record of

11 wins and three losses is compiled."is past fall the pairing had three wins and

no losses at the Southern Shootout and reached the !nals of the ITA Southeast Regional Cham-pionships, before falling to the University of Georgia’s Kate Fuller and Laura Herring.

“I was very excited before those !nals be-cause if we won that match, we were going to qualify for the nationals and were going to be in New York City at the USTA National Tennis Center,” Grgan said. “I can say that both me and Abby didn’t have our best day, but the Georgia team is also very good.”

Grgan and Tere-Apisah may not have had their best day in the match against UGA, but one of the things that make them so e&ective on the court is their contrasting on-court person-alities.

Especially when things begin to go south during a match.

“Abby’s a little bit more laid back on the court and Masa’s a little bit more intense on the court,” assistant coach Robin Stephenson said. “So, when you bring those two together, it makes for a really good combination, especially when they do run into adverse situations on the court.”

According to head coach Miha Lisac, suc-cessful doubles teams hinge upon on how the two players coexist together, regardless of how

they may perform in singles matchups. “It’s not about how one player plays and

how the other player plays, it’s how the two players play together,” Lisac said. “It’s more in terms of how their personalities fit to-gether and how Abby and Masa work to-gether.”

Grgan and Tere-Apisah work well togeth-er on the court and boast a strong friendship and chemistry off the court as well.

“You know, it’s really like, closeness off the court as well,” Tere-Apisah said. “We get

along really well.”The most recent match for Grgan and

Tere-Apisah, as of press time, was an 8-7 (8-6) victory over Malika Rose and Kanyapat Narattana of Oklahoma State.

“The whole season is ahead of us, and hopefully, if we manage, we’ll keep our ranking,” Grgan said. “There’s also nationals and NCAAs, so we are hoping and working on achieving that.”

Working together, anything seems pos-sible for this duo.

AKIEM BAILUMSta# Reporter

BILL KALLENBERG | GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Abigail Tere-Apisah shows o# her forehand.

BILL KALLENBERG | GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Masa Grgan counters with a backhand.

Scott Sarratt Landon Anderson Joey Roach

Jonathan Grey Year: FreshmanMajor: UndecidedFrom: East Grinstead, Kent, EnglandSport: Golf

First tournament at Georgia State“I think I quali!ed fourth spot out of !ve people, so only just quali!ed really. Coach was building up my con!dence for it. It was obviously a bit nerve racking, but I felt like I was ready to be there.”

Expectations for the spring“We all feel like we’re good enough to make regionals, for a start. We’ve got the players we need. We just need everybody to do their thing at the same time. Individually, just keep do-ing what I’m doing and hope for a few more wins.”

Dream course“"e one for most golfers is Augusta. Obviously it’s pretty di%cult to get onto, but one day maybe.”

Language barriers“"ere are things I say which people don’t understand. Like trousers, for a start. Jumper is the main one. For us, a jump-er is a sweater. Over here it’s like a short, vest combo thing, all in one, that girls wear.”

Atlanta“I never grew up in the city. I’ve always lived away from ur-ban areas, in the countryside or what not. It’s very busy and there’s a lot going on. It’s nice to live in the city.”

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Wed, Jan 30 MBB Northeastern * at Boston, Mass.7:00 PM

Thu, Jan 31 WBB DELAWARE * GSU Sports Arena 7:00 PM

Sat, Feb 2MTRMiddle Tennessee State at Murfreesboro, Tenn.All Day

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Sat, Feb 2 MBB Old Dominion * Atlanta, Ga. 2:00 PM

Sun, Feb 3WTENWake ForestThe Manor Golf & Country Club10:00 AM

Sun, Feb 3MTENSamfordPeachtree City Tennis Center1:30 PM

Sun, Feb 3 WBB Drexel * at Philadelphia, Pa. 2:00 PM

Mon, Feb 4MGLFHost: Jacksonville SeaBest Seafood Invitationalat Ponte Vedra, Fl.All Day

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Katharine Showalter re-cently earned her second Sun Belt Conference women’s track and !eld athlete of the week award of the young sea-son following her impressive showing at the Niswonger In-vite in Johnson City, Tenn..

Showalter turned in personal bests in the mile, 5:07.66, and the 5,000m, 17:41.32, as she took second place in both events.

She also earned Sun Belt weekly honors the previous week for her e&orts at the UAB Blazer Invite in Bir-mingham, Ala..

During the fall semes-ter Showalter was named the Sun Belt’s cross country Run-ner of the Year and helped lead the Georgia State wom-en’s team capture the 2012 Sun Belt Championship, the !rst Sun Belt title in Georgia State history.

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The Welch School’s gallery is now showing ‘Shadow Puppets,’ a new look at the documentary.

taking on books and airwavesStudent Jason Halliburton brings fans and athletes together on the radio waves.

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When a passion becomes an opportunity, Georgia State senior Jason Halli-

burton knew exactly what do with it.

It all started in one of his com-munication classes when guest speaker Vince Bailey heard his voice.

“When he heard my voice he said ‘have you ever done radio be-fore?’” Halliburton said. “I go ‘no’ and he says ‘well that’s something you should think about.’”

Halliburton kept in contact with Valley, and as time went on they decided to give radio a try.

“He pretty much showed me the way to go,” He said.

Today, Halliburton is the CEO of “!e Sports Menu,” hav-ing two main shows called the “J. Halliburton Show” and “!e Jets Report.”

Launching his show and web-site in September 2012, this fairly new radio broadcast has already reached over 60,000 listeners.

Interested in why people were

so interested in his show, Halli-burton asked one of his listeners.

“You keep it interesting, your voice is entertaining, you make us want to listen,” Halliburton said the listener’s response was.

Instead of mostly working in a recording studio, like most ra-dio shows do, he does remote broadcasting. Halliburton travels around to di"erent places in the Atlanta area, mostly sports bars and broadcasts.

“If you’re in the studio, yeah people still listen, but there’s noth-ing like being in the middle of raging falcons fans. It’s a beautiful thing,” Halliburton said.

For Halliburton, fans play a major role and he wants to in-clude them as much as possible.

“We allow fans to have direct access to the athletes,” he said.

!is means whenever an ath-lete is on his show fans can call in and talk to the athlete when the show is on-air; sometimes they are even allowed to talk to them in person.

!e same goes for when Halli-burton is at a sports event, if a fan wants to have a word on-air he lets them.

Interested in radio, most peo-

ple would think Halliburton was a communications major. However, politics is what he is truly passion-ate about.

Halliburton, who did not #n-ish his degree at West Georgia University, became a police o$-cer for DeKalb County. A%er that he worked for the Federal Gov-ernment Department of Defense. !en decided that he wanted to go back to school to study political science and now he is completing his degree at Georgia State.

“Being able to run for of-#ce one day, I do want to do that. Even if it’s the superintendent it doesn’t matter, if I can impact one person’s life that’s all that matters,” Halliburton said.

He is also a member of the Atlanta Young Republicans, !e Conservative Alliance and the Georgia Black Republican Coun-cil.

A%er explaining his roles in politics and his role on a sports radio show, Halliburton mocks at the way people respond to his cir-cumstance.

“Wow he’s a Republican and he watches football? It’s the crazi-est thing.”

Putting aside !e Sports

Menu and politics on Hallibur-ton’s down time he likes to watch Sci-Fi movies and play video games.

“I’m a nerd at heart, I’m 31, but I’m still playing video games,” Halliburton said.

Five years from now, Halli-burton plans to have several goals achieved. One being that !e Sports Menu has taken o" and an-other would be holding o$ce on the state level for his district. He would also like to be involved in Georgia State’s communication program.

“One thing I would like is to go into the Communications De-partment and actually o"ering students internships, giving back to Georgia State, working well with Georgia State students and giving them an opportunity,” he said.

For Halliburton his vision has now become a reality. He said he believes if he gives his listeners 50 percent, then in return he will only get 50 percent, so he makes sure he gives 110 percent.

“Why not turn a passion for one thing and combine another passion for another thing?” Hal-liburton said.

If you actually relax for 30 min-utes a day you will have a bet-ter immune system. Playing An-gry Birds doesn’t count. Being bored or distracted doesn’t have the same effect on the chemicals released by your body.

-ing and smoking stunt your im-mune system. It dehydrates the body and smoke can keep chem-icals your body needs from cir-culating through your body.

have tissues on hand to sneeze into…not your hands. Even

sneezing on to your inner el-bow or your shirt is better than sneezing on your hands.

keep yours clean. You use them to touch everything, so wash them between classes.

cold virus enters your body via mouth, eyes and nose. Don’t put your dirty hands on your face.

cardiovascular activities have a healthier immune system, hands down.

and ca"einated sodas. Dehydration can make a sore throat and congestion worse.

-midity ridden place will give you a lit-tle cold peace. !e cold virus actually thrives in dry conditions, according to the Center for Disease Control. A little hot air will also help you break up con-gestion.

Taking a baby bulb syringe, #lling it with warm salt water and gently expressing it in your nose will break up mucus and give your nose a break. Gargling with warm salt water will help with throat

congestion and irritation too.

to be tougher. Keep really rested so your body will be ready to waste its energy fending of the cold.

-ways blow your nose instead of suck-ing mucus back in your body. But blow your nose gently… a rough nose blow can send germs into other areas, like your throat and ears.

will be less aggravated if you have them in an elevated position.

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Since the cold season has decided to stick around, students touch-ing doorknobs and sharing desks

need to be prepared for a double dose of coughs and sni!es. Here are some tips about how you can keep the cold away and how to damage control when you wake up with a sore throat:

KAYLYN HINZSta" Reporter

The printmaking club is a little known secret Georgia State keeps. Formed less than three decades ago, students from

di!erent majors come together to etch works of art in metal and print their work on canvas or paper.

Club President Esme Jarrell is a senior at Georgia State and is currently working towards her BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in printmaking.

“[Printmaking] is extremely process ori-ented,” Jarrell said. “It takes the skills you know about drawing and you put them to work. It’s so much about the process and drawing is not the entire focus of it.”

"is year, the printmaking club is partici-pating in a project called “Print Big,” hosted by the Atlanta Printmakers Workshop.

“We haven’t done it in a few years,” Jarrell said of the project. “It’s a 4x8 # wooden block and we as the Print Club are designing it. It’s a collaborative design and it’s printed with a steamroller. Schools from all over Georgia are coming to participate, so it’s a huge event.”

Other projects the club is working on in-volve self-renovation.

“Some of other things we’ve been doing this semester includes meeting in smaller groups,” he said. “[We] are working on trying to orga-nizing the printmaking area and making it ef-fective for how we need to use it as students. It’s a huge project and we’re just taking it in small pieces. I think it’s really good because it encour-ages you to invest yourself in to the lab so you feel more like it’s yours.”

In the past year the club has held a demon-stration at the Georgia State Street Fair. Some members have also been featured in an Art Stu-dent Union sponsored gallery show and the Research Award Competition. Other members took part in the Graphics Council International Conference in New Orleans and Print Dialog Day. "ey have also had print sales on campus at the Iron Pour and a City Park event.

“[Printmaking] is de$nitely worth checking out. It’s totally worth it and it’s a good thing to get in to,” Jerrell said. “We don’t do demos on printmaking, but the printmaking club is open to all majors.”

"e printmaking club meets every $rst "ursday of the month in room 454. President Emse Jarrell can be reached at [email protected] for inquires about the club.

The School of Music has hundreds of enthusias-tic students who have a

passion for performing even though many students outside of its circle may not know what talent and skill these students possess.

Although audience turn-out for individual and ensem-ble performances is decent, the school still has di%culty $nd-ing ways to increase student involvement with the program and exposing the student body to the wide variety of shows.

“Since there is really no ad-vertising budget, a large por-tion of our success in bringing people out is through social networking like Facebook and Twitter,” said Helene Erenberg, director of Relations and Publi-cations for the School of Music. “Since our o%ces are located on a completely di!erent side of campus, it is very di%cult for us to connect with the student body.”

Although the use of social media has helped provide ex-posure, there is still much room for improvement. Erenberg ad-mits that it is an ongoing issue keeping students in the know with upcoming events, many students not even knowing that all of the School of Music’s events are free.

“"e School of Music has been doing performances and recitals since it was founded,” Erenberg said.

"e Rialto Center for the Arts has been hosting the ma-jority of Georgia State’s musical events for the last 15 years a#er being bought and renovated for the developing program. When asked about the continued ex-pansion of the program, Eren-berg said it looks to improve.

“As more students sign up, there will be more require-ments, as there is only so much space. But the overall quality of our music program is improv-ing” she said.

With nearly 450 student members of the school the pro-gram is still growing. Programs are divided between individuals and ensemble groups including

the brass, choral, jazz, new mu-sic, opera, orchestra and per-cussion. "e marching band is also included among these groups, which was most nota-bly a part of President Barack Obama’s inauguration parade on Martin Luther King Day.

When asked about the av-erage turn out for these per-formances, Erenberg said they have decent turnouts, but they could still be improved.

“Individual performances usually have about 50 people in the audience, while ensemble performances o#en have about 500 people on average” she said.

"is may be because stu-dents are mis-informed about student performances at Geor-gia State.

“I didn’t even know that the shows were free,” junior Kiara Aytch said. “I would actually be interested in seeing a perfor-mance though, preferably Jazz.”

Aytch wasn’t alone.“I never really hear about

the events as much as I should” senior Kobe Opoku-Surpong said. “But I do love Jazz, and I feel the exposure to di!erent genres is good for the students

here. Maybe if the school had an event or promotional activ-ity in the courtyard, more peo-ple would be attracted to at-tend performances. It would de$nitely be a nice change from having the same old hip-hop played every week in between classes.”

A popular theme among some students was what genres of music they would be interest-ed to hear.

“I feel like students could learn a lot about genres of mu-sic that they may not know they are interested in,” Erenberg said. “You don’t even have to be studying music to perform in the band. Some of the choirs also don’t even require audi-tions to join, but a majority of our student body is in the dark about that.”

Anyone who is interested in learning more about the pro-gram can !nd information at www.music.gsu.edu. "ey can also be found on Facebook and Twitter @GSUmusic.

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JOSHUA YU | THE SIGNALStephanie Libetreu beveling a zinc plate.

JOSHUA YU | THE SIGNALPrint making, a hand-made tradition, is taught and practiced at Georgia State.

COURTESY OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY!e School of Music teaches bright, young musicians, but the student body may not know shows are free.

‘Shadow Puppets’:)UDQN�DQG�'RZGD�ĆQG�ZRUN�WKDW�pushes the boundaries of the doc-umentary and questions the truth of the photo.

Professor Jill Frank and Atlanta-based artist Stephanie Dowda co-

curetted the exhibit “Shadow -

umentary Practices.” !e ex-hibit, questioning the objectiv-ity and context of lens-based mediums, challenges popular views of photography and vid-eo.

“We had been talking about changing perspectives on doc-umentary practice,” Frank said of her and Dowda’s vision for the show. “For the most part everyone is kind of playing on this idea that the lens is able to transform an experience…make the truth content very

questionable.”Both women, who enjoy

photography, found artists that toyed with the traditional idea of documenting with a lens.

“!e exhibition kind of grew out of this idea that we

were maybe borrowing parts of documentary practice—like the tradition, but not abiding by anything that we tradition-ally think of as documentary,” Frank said.

One artist featured in the exhibit, Debbie Grossman, re-imagined photographs by Rus-sell Lee that were originally photographed for the United States Farm Security Adminis-tration in 1940. “My Pie Town” shows Lee’s photograph of the homestead outpost as being in-habited only by women.

“She is using some level of

manipulation to have us recon-sider history and maybe make us think a little bit about what we are used to seeing,and chal-lenge our expectation of who’s working and what a family is,” Frank said of Grossman’s work. “I thought in her case she was almost trying to correct an im-pression that had been imbed-ded by this heavy duty histori-cally profound project.”

Frank said some historians, and even her students, recog-nize the historical importance of projects like the FSA and Works Progress Administra-tion Narratives and how they document American history, but not free of bias.

“Actually it’s really sub-jective,” Frank said. “Photog-raphers made choices about where they pointed their cam-era, who they photographed

and how they represented this Depression era work pro-gram…so I think she is just a

on the actual tradition [of doc-ument photography].”

Other pieces take non-tra-dition forms to re-examine the subjective truth in document-ing history. Although unre-liable, photography and "lm continue to persuade observers while other mediums might not.

“As much as we say ‘no don’t trust images! !ere’s Pho-toshop. !ere’s a world of ma-nipulation.’ It still carries this weight,” she said. “So when artists are choosing to package their ideas inside photography or inside video there’s a com-ponent of that, they are trying to play a little bit with that fact/"ction kinda truth content.”

A touching piece of the ex-hibit is Chicago-based artist Ja-son Lazarus’ video of the top of a tree outside of Anne Frank’s home that is projected on to a white wall in the exhibit.

“It is an interesting story—[the tree] had a fungus and it got sick and it died. !ere was a whole movement to preserve the tree,” Frank said. “But ulti-mately when you look at it you are thinking about what Anne Frank saw…[Lazarus] elimi-nated all of these relevant cul-tural [landmarks], no street signs, no hot air balloons, nothing happening in the background, nothing to give you a sense of what year this was made. It is this very un-settling feeling of being able to view something that was exact-ly what she was able to view—but just because it’s the lens…”

!e videos and photos in “Shadow Puppets” are not only moving but question truth and contexts in unique ways.

“[It’s] producing equally political work, but making us take time with how we inter-pret images, and how we ass-es a lens based object or im-age and what attributes we give it right away as far as truth is concerned.”

“Shadow Puppets: Traces of the New Documentary Practic-es” will be on display through Feb. 7 on the !rst "oor of the Arts and Humanities building. On Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. there will be a panel discussion at the Ko-ple# recital hall with Jill Frank, Stephanie Dowda and select artists from the exhibit.

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I’m o!en asked, “Have you noticed anything di"erent about American and French culture, yet?”

I looked up from my seat on the met-ro to my American friend who asked this question. Of course I have noticed sev-eral di"erences. Some are very small, but noticeable—like how the French never eat with their hands, even when eating a hamburger and fries (my host father was shocked and pleasantly surprised to learn that we call des frites French fries). Others are a much more obvious cultural di"er-ence, and I think one of the most shocking one is the idea of really taking your time.

In Atlanta, every day is extraordinarily busy for me. I eat lunch in one hand and drink Starbucks in the other while I sprint from one class to the next. I spend my free time either at the library studying or working in the Department of Communi-cation and I eat my dinner on MARTA as I head to Lenox Mall for my retail job. #e craziness never stops.

In France, I have found myself no-ticing how much people take their time. It doesn’t mean people don’t have to be somewhere, but it does mean they don’t mind getting there at a much slower pace. Dinners in Paris last hours, because there are three or four courses. Walks in the park may take an hour or six hours, but it never actually matters how much time it takes. Parisians don’t eat their lunch on the go—and I have never seen a Starbucks cup outside of an actual Starbucks—because they always sit and eat. If you can’t get to-gether with someone one day, ce n’est pas grave, because there’s always tomorrow, or the day a!er tomorrow, or whenever.

#is is not to say that Parisians don’t take things seriously. #ey very much do. But they realize that there is no rush in getting it done. And this isn’t a singular-ly French concept—when I was in Italy, I witnessed this same way of thinking. And I’m really liking it. Maybe I won’t pack my days as tightly when I return to the States.

Laura Apperson is an English major studying abroad in Paris. Laura, a lover of all things literature, art and culture, will keep Georgia State up to date on her adventures abroad.

LAURA APPERSONColumnist

A Slower Pace of Life

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On freezing mornings I want to wear my big wrap coat, so I can leave my house feeling

just as cozy as I did when I awoke. But as the day wears on the coat be-comes such a burden. It’s warm and sunny and the coat weighs heavy on

my arm, dragging on the ground. Not such a great idea anymore.

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ers and toss them your bag as needed; if you’re bored with your wardrobe, just pile on a ton of random things on top and voila! Totally chic; the possibilities are endless, literally.

-thing tight on the bottom, as this helps insulate the body and

keeps everything else from looking too bulky. #ink thermals and long

-necks and unitards. I like to keep this layer the most basic, adding in-terest as I go.

things start going awry, in a good way of course. Button downs and cardigans are foolproof over layer one, and can be worn under sweat-ers/sweatshirts. #is would be a great moment to revive some of those lonely pieces pushed to the far corners of your closet.

far the most fun. Keep things light with an anorak or quilted vest on top. I look forward to the day some-

one wears a poncho or straight-up blanket in lieu of a jacket/coat. Don’t forget the socks, beanie, big belt, scarf, etc. Experimentation is

I always cater the out$t to the weather, but the splendid thing

about layering is that you can do it in any season. It’s all about cre-ating texture and dimension in an out$t. Consider mixing di"erent textiles, like chi"on with leather to make your out$t interesting. Ulti-mately, HAVE FUN. Happy layer-jamming!

Gather around peeps, I have stories to tell! Every day new things happen in the

wonderful world of pop culture and I delight in them all. Here are

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Recently Mrs. Knowles-Cart-er made headlines when she an-nounced that Destiny’s Child, the group she was formerly a part of, would be making a come back in 2013. However, before you break out into a round of praise dances,

please be informed that it is not a real come back. In a statement on-line Beyonce exclaimed,

“I am so proud to announce the $rst original Destiny’s Child music in eight years!”

Like many others, I was jump-ing o" the walls when I saw this because Destiny’s Child was a huge part of my childhood. #ey, along with #e Cheetah Girls, taught me everything I needed to know about being $erce and fabulous.

You can imagine my disap-pointment when I learned that the “new music” Beyonce claimed Destiny’s Child made, was in fact just a compilation of the group’s greatest hits. #e only new addi-tion is a song produced by Pharell Williams entitled “Nuclear,” but catch this...many fans are saying that they don’t even like it. At any rate, Destiny’s Child will be put-ting out the album of hits entitled “Love Songs” Jan. 29, 2013. Buy it if it piques your interest. As for me...I’ll pass.

In other Beyonce news, did you see this new GQ cover? Queen mother Bey is serving pure sex, and she wants every one of you to be mad about it...literally. Upon its arrival to news-stands, the cover has been receiv-ing mixed reviews. Some think she looks great, while others feel like it was too much.

I think she could have done the photo shoot with a little more taste. A music artist of her stature

does not have to go around expos-ing all the goods. Nudity is not the only way to be sexy, but hey...do whatever you want, girl.

‘Scandalous’

Every #ursday, at 10 p.m., I am promptly in front of my T.V. waiting for “Scandal” to come on. #e show is centered on Olivia Pope, who is known as the “$x-er” of any problem that cannot be handled by the government.

Of course this o!en means go-ing around the law to do so. How-ever, as the show unfolds, it is clear that the scandals Pope helps take care of are child’s play com-pared to her own personal scan-dal that she lives with everyday.

I must say, Shonda Rhimes (the writer of the show) is really doing her thing. #is show is one of the most talked about shows on T.V. I think it appeals to people so much because although it is a $ctional series, it is loosely based on a real person. Also, it kind of makes people question the things that go on in the government in real life.

‘The Sisterhood’

Am I the only one who is not here anymore for this “life of a housewife” thing on T.V.? Appar-ently so because more and more of these shows keep popping up, one of the newest being “#e

Sisterhood.” #e show comes on TLC every Tuesday at 9 p.m. and it chronicles the lives of $ve preacher’s wives.

Now, while I see how this could potentially be very interest-ing, I do not understand the de-cision to create a show like this. Church in general can be a very controversial subject and I think that a show like this only adds fuel to the $re.

Shows about housewives tend to be centered on some sort of drama, and from the episodes that I have seen “#e Sisterhood” is no di"erent. Instead of giving a good impression of the Christian lifestyle, the show satirizes it and kind of makes it into a joke.

In conclusion, ladies

What is so interesting about all of these stories is that they each display women with di"er-ent roles in society. However, they still fall into the same mold that has plagued them for centuries. Beyonce is a millionaire, but she is still being depicted as a sex object on the cover of GQ. #e charac-ter Olivia Pope is a powerful and authoritative woman on Scandal, but at the end of the day she is $c-tional, and #e Sisterhood per-petuates the idea that women are catty and that they can’t be civi-lized with one another. It all just makes me wonder...will things ever change?

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Georgia State is the 13th most diverse school in the nation, but does

the diversity go beyond the classroom?

Why are there cliques?

The opposite side:

What is being done to promote diversity?

IMAN NAIMSta! Reporter

With the majority of students belonging to a minority group, Georgia State is a standard in terms of diversity. Since its start as an all white-male business night school in 1913, the univer-

sity now welcomes students of all cultures and backgrounds and cham-pions diversity as one of its most valuable assets.

But how open and accepting are we as a student body towards people with di!erent backgrounds, ethnicities and religions?

“You can see in the courtyard that people have their own cliques,” said Robby Tuschl, a senior at Georgia State.

Although Georgia State is diverse, students still tend to befriend peo-ple who are similar to them, whether it be through race, gender, religion, or sexual preference.

Research conducted by Susan V. Iverson of Kent State University in Ohio found that diverse people are seen as outsiders. From observ-ing student interactions on campus, one can say this is arguably true for Georgia State.

“I think many people are only friends with people similar to them-selves because they’re afraid to exit their comfort zone,” sophomore Ab-durrahman Darvesh said.

Another possible reason for soci-ety’s hesitancy to intermix is the use of labels. According to Iverson’s research, being a non- ethnically “American” in America causes labels, which, in many

-ing.

“I naturally gravitate towards Mus-

lims,” said Darvesh. “"ese people know exactly what I’m feeling and they know exactly what I’m going through.”

Tuschl also said he believes a lan-guage barrier plays a part in the hesi-tancy. For international students who don’t speak perfect English or speak with an accent, interacting with those who can is intimidating.

In both cases, being in a group of similar people reduces the chances of being misjudged for something out of another student’s.

While it might be easy and com-fortable for students to migrate towards a social group they are familiar with, the research suggests that crossing eth-nic barriers outside of the classroom could have positives impacts on so-cial behavior and even political views. However, few students are stepping out of their cliques and into others that are drastically di!erent from their own.

“I have always been fascinated by various ethnic groups and cultures that follow,” said Robert Peadon, usu-ally found in the company of Georgia State’s Southeast Asian students. “Geor-gia State is known for its diversity, but there is something worth noting—all ethnic groups stick together. Get out of your bubble, people!”

Embracing a diverse friend groups builds bridges and fosters understand-ing, making campus a more enjoyable place for everyone.

“[By having a diverse friend group,] you have more access to di!erent cul-tures and points of view. It enriches your experience at college,” Tuschl said.

Georgia State is representation of what a shrinking global commu-nity is emerging to look like. Fear or not, when student graduate from Georgia State they are going to #nd a diverse world waiting for them.

“You’ll have to interact with dif-ferent people in the real world, so you might as well be exposed to it now—the sooner the better,” Tuschl continued.

Georgia State’s Opportunity De-velopment and Diversity Education Planning (ODDEP) department con-tinually works to make the university diverse and give those diversity groups as much opportunity as everyone else.

According to Washington Month-ly Magazine, Georgia State is the 13th most culturally diverse university in the nation.

“"e Education Trust reports il-lustrate that something of national signi#cance is going on at Georgia State,” said Timothy Renick, associ-ate provost for academic and the uni-versity’s chief enrollment o$cer, in a statement released by Georgia State last year. “Students from populations who tend to struggle elsewhere not only succeed at Georgia State, they

Social values and ethical tolerance and understanding are taught in the classroom, but may need reinforce-ment in social settings for diversity to

make an impact.Many students see the segrega-

tion of social groups around Georgia State’s campus and recognize the im-portance of cross-racial interactions.

Tuschl said he understands the importance in making student diver-sity groups known on campus. “"e more isolated you are, the more mys-tery,” said Tuschl. “People are scared of what they don’t know.”

Georgia State’s willingness to use scholarships and participation in Af-#rmative Action to create a multi-cul-tural campus over the last few decades plays a huge role in the way students interact with one another. It is impos-sible to dismiss people of di!erent backgrounds and beliefs when they surround you every day.

“I can see [the social order] chang-ing in the future,” Darvesh said. “Technology is allowing us to open our minds and social borders and to get to know people all over the world.”PH

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‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’

The last time we heard about Hansel and Gretel they were two little or-phaned kids shacking up with a witch,

stuffing their faces with chocolate bars and gum drops in a house made of candy. Af-ter realizing the witch’s plan to fatten them up and eat them, they escaped the flesh-eat-er and presumably lived happily ever after. Well, we didn’t quite catch the ending where a now diabetic Hansel and gutsy Gretel be-came self-appointed vigilantes who believe revenge is sweeter than candy.

With a résumé that includes “The Bourne

Legacy,” “The Avengers,” and “Mission Im--

er that Jeremy Renner would be summoned to bring the action to the film as “bounty hunter” Gretel. But overtly choreographed moves, gallons of fake blood and a gener-ous amount of decapitations make the ac-tion stale and commonplace.

Norwegian film maker Tommy Wirkoa is notable to many for his horror flicks star-ring witches so it is puzzling that a film with a cast full of witches would have a shortage of horror. While Famke Janssen – “X-Men’s” Jean Grey— oozes with sex appeal as Muri-el the Candy Witch, the costumey look and forced 17th century accents of the witches mimic a Broadway musical.

With a lack of screams, we’d hope laugh-

ter saves the day— but we’d be hoping for too much. With the unbeatable team up of Will Ferrell and Adam Mckay, masterminds of the hilarious Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys, as lead writ-ers for the film we should expect a generous amount of jaw-soaring laughter. But again our expectations fall short. Filled with bor-rowed one-liners like “It’s gonna be a closed casket funeral for you,” the film barely pulls off chuckles.

With all the right ingredients -horror,

Hunters” should have been the ultimate fairy tale continuation. Instead, the exploi-tation of one ingredient and the lack of an-other, make this promising effort a stale batch.

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A$AP Rocky: Long.Live.Rocky

Humbled beginnings in pov-erty stricken, crime-ridden neighborhoods are nothing

new to origin stories of struggling rap artists. What does make Rakim My-ers (AKA A$AP Rocky) stand out is his rapid rise from obscurity to bona "de superstar status. Following the release of the EP, “LiveLoveA$AP,” the young MC was given a $3 million record deal with RCA Records.

So needless to say with all the suc-cess thrown his way in such a short amount of time, there’s plenty of fuel for the haters. “LiveLoveA$AP” was a

strong EP, but by no means perfect. What strength Rocky displayed on the production side of things, was lacking on lyrics that relied on tried rap clichés; women, money, fash-ion and drugs. #e results? While

its easy to hear where all the money went (getting Drake, Kendrick La-mar and Skrillex ain’t cheap), “Long.Live.Rocky” sticks close to what made A$AP’s EPs so strong.

#ere’s a dream like haze that’s present on every song on the album while Rocky delivers rapid-"re lyrics practically oozing with swagger. #at $3 million went into good use on the production and it shows on tracks like “Goldie” which utilizes an upt-

and a bump-n-thump Miami bass

beat; or the mellow “1 Train” featur-ing an icy club beat with an Eastern-tinged string section. Oddly enough his home state seems to be the only

-es from. From Houston to Atlanta,

sleeves through his beats. #ere’s enough experimenta-

tion and creativity to give each song a fresh feel, and the large number of producers on this album show their individual touches— though none as much as the Skrillex backed “Wild For #e Night,” which manages to completely surprise all by not suck-ing. But the strongest track of all has got to be the four MC collabora-tion “F#@$%in Problems”, featuring Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar

along with Rocky on a testosterone-fueled ballad to err. Well, the polite word would be “women.”

While Rocky has taken great strides in evolving and enriching his sound, his lyrical content didn’t get a much-needed boost. With the re-sources and success behind him, there’s no excuse for continuing to borrow from all the old rap clichés in lyrics instead of trying to say some-thing truly profound.

“Long.Live.A$AP” shows verti-cal growth for A$AP Rocky on some fronts and a swallow side step on oth-ers. But there’s a lot of ambition to be found on only a debut album. And if Rocky keeps it up, it’s not too out of bounds to expect he’ll keep those hat-ers talking for a long time.

MUHAD MOUSSESta! Reporter

Grade: A+Verdict: Vertical growth for A$AP on some fronts and a shallow side step on others for an ambitious sounding debut.

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ing up super authentic Italian pizza su-per fast with zero frills.

Buried o! Hemphill in the middle of a Georgia Tech-"lled residential area, Antico boasts a line out the door on the weekend (stop by for a pie on the week-night, it’s a little more manageable). #e small counter service joint hand makes and sells Verace Pizza Napoletana Ar-tiginale—a technique of pizza-mak-ing from Naples, Italy started by Raf-faelle Esposito in 1889 (According to the good people at Antico, his pies were

served to Queen Margherita). It is actually a law in Italy that to

be called a “pizza” you have to follow some strict rules; rules that Antico is one of the handful of pizzerias in the

States to follow. Antico hand kneads small-batch dough and cooks it with fresh toppings in a 900-degree oven that was shipped from Naples.

weekly from Naples...promising a sure

now serves 375 ml of red and white and Peroni, you (and most do) can bring your own adult beverage to enjoy with the pizza. Also, prepare to snuggle with a neighbor for table space. #ere are a few places to sit in the ordering area to enjoy your pizza in a more traditional setting, but most of the seating is in the

kitchen. Patrons sit elbow to elbow and watch their dough rise in the dough room and get hand tossed before it is thrown in the oven for a matter of sec-onds.

#e pies (served up on some parch-ment on a sheet pan—no frills) are not your Papa John’s. #e Margheri-ta is marinara, Bu!alo mozzarella and fresh basil and the simplicity makes for a super juicy, super tasty pizza. One of the specialty pizzas, the lasagna, added sausage and sweet ricotta to the pizza. Both were exceptional. Food usually tastes better when it is made in front of you and there is a condiment bar full of fresh garlic, peppers and rich olive oil to handy to throw on your pizza.

when it runs out of home-made dough. When the crowd dies out it might be

hard to get a hold of dessert at the coun-ter. I tried to grab some cannoli and sfogliatelle when we ran out of pizza and the ladies at the counter apologized and said they had already started clean-ing. When I was super sad at Antico af-ter being denied some delicious Italian sweets, one of the girls behind the coun-ter took pity on me and brought me a fresh chocolate cannoli.

#e little tube of pastry dough was "lled with chocolate and ricotta, and topped with sprinkles. It was rich and delicate, crunchy and so$. Even with the sprinkles it was not too sweet and not too over complicated.

Antico would be a great spot to bring friends or a date for quick, good food. Be wary of weekends— if its super busy you could have a cooked pizza be-fore you "nd a seat.

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The Italian next door: Antico Pizza

TERAH BOYD | THE SIGNALNo frills: !e lasagna pizza is marinara, mozzerella, fresh basil, ricotta and sausage.

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Concert-buying seson is here. Here are some Signal-approved shows for you to go ahead and buy some tickets for.

Bob Marley 68th Birthday Tribute Feb. 67:00 p.m.

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G-Easy with Skizzy Mars & Hi-RezFeb. 2 7:00 p.m.

The Masquerade

Cute is What We Aim For & Tiffany

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The Jauntee & DistopiaFeb. 6 9:00 p.m.

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DeftonesMarch 17 8:00 p.m.The Tabernacle


The Astrology technic I will be using in doing these weekly Astro-readings will be of the discipline called “Vedic” Astrology. Vedic astrology is translated with the “side-real” time of the Zodiac; this is using the “real” time of the rota-tion of the planets. The Western Astrol-ogy system is 37 degrees (37 days) off from the real time of the planets. What this means is most people in the West-ern countries are really a different sign than what they are told. I have put the sidereal dates next to the astrology signs so you can accurately see your true sign. This Vedic astrology special-izes in predicting everyday occurrences that may affect us in our movements upon this planet in this life-time and beyond.

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Cancer Horoscope: (Jul 14 – Aug 13)On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Cancers will be feeling the energy of Gemini, the twins. You will feel your inner voice giving you directions in handling some of the intense relationships in your life right now. When Mars moves from Capricorn to Aquarius by the end of the month, this will relieve a lot of the tensions that may exist between you and your mates or business partners. If you can, keep to yourself until this blows over. You will feel more ap-preciated by the weekend, when the Moon moves into her own sign of Can-cer. Things will come back down to the earth, you will feel your creative juices

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like a roller-coaster. If you can go it alone for a while, this would be best for your peace of mind. If not, tell your mates to be patient with you, because you have a little “demon-in-head” syn-drome, the planet called Rahu who is in your sign this year. The best way to counteract this guy is through spiri-tual or religious activities like: deep yoga meditation, silent prayers, relax-ing herbal teas and up-lifting music or lectures. During this time, stay away from strong drugs, violent and depres-sive images, or negative people.

Scorpio Horoscope: (Nov 14 – Dec 15) Scorpions are on the move like Leos, with a very concentrated attention on their careers. Communications are di-rect and intense with all your associa-tions. Try not to burn any bridges with people. You are going to need people with connections to complete your goals this year. There will be a wise support system for you through lovers and close well-wishers. Watch your temper, especially around your broth-ers and sisters, who may agitate you. This is a good time for career moves and relationships.

Sagittarius Horoscope: (Dec 16 – Jan 12)With Venus tenanting your sign this month, everything seems more beau-tiful than what it really is, but who cares; enjoy the optimism as long as you can. Your magnetic quality on people will be lasting until next month so ask for favors from your admirers. But, there is a tenancy to enjoy a little too much, so keep a balance with your duties. You feel pretty, sexy and look good, and the typical galloping Sagit-tarius wants to show off to the world! You go ahead baby, do your thing! Just keep a balance with your responsibili-ties.

Capricorn Horoscope: (Jan 13 – Feb 15)Even though you are feeling invin-cible and that you can conquer the world, there will be obstacles coming from other people on your path. Do not let this discourage you, because divine luck is on your side. Be truthful to yourself and others. There will be PDQ\�VDFULĆFHV�WR�EH�PDGH�WR�JHW�ZKDW�is rightfully yours, so stay humble and steady this year. Success will be yours in the near future. This is your time to shine your talents to the world.

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Pisces Horoscope: (Mar 13 – Apr 12)Our Pisces natives must watch the “stubborn nature” this week. There will be a tenancy to only want to see things your way. Your emotions will be more grounded than usual, which will help you make needed career moves or concentrate on your stud-ies at school. Making money with fe-males is a plus or through any of the arts of writing, singing, dancing or guest speaking. Your mind is in a loving space and people enjoy your associa-tion, but watch your temper; you can become very excitable around people this month.

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Mingus Big BandJazz Orchestra Celebrating the Music of Charles MingusSaturday, February 2, 2013, 8PMDescribed as “one of the most spirited and technically gi!ed bands in the country” by the Seattle Examiner, the Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of legendary composer and bassist Charles Mingus. Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, this 14-piece band performed "ursday nights from 1991 to 2004 at Fez under Time Cafe in New York City. It maintained weekly residencies in the city from May 2004 until October 2008, when it began “Mingus Mondays” at Jazz Stan-dard, where it alternates with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dy-nasty. "e band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has ten recordings to its credit, seven of which have been nominated for GRAMMYs.

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Rialto Visual Arts SeriesThursday, February 7, 2013, 5:00PM – 8:00PMFirst Thursday Downtown Arts WalkExhibition Hours: M-F 10:00AM – 4:30PMCome join us on the First "ursday of each month on a self-guided tour and experience the magni#cent art being featured at various ven-ues in historic Downtown Atlanta. "e Rialto Visual Art Series trans-forms the Rialto lobby and mezzanine into an exhibition space for projects organized by Karen Comer Lowe. Exhibitions relate to Rialto presentations or city-wide arts initiatives including the NBAF and At-lanta Celebrates Photography.

Gallim DanceContemporary DanceSaturday, February 16, 2013, 8PMNew York’s Gallim Dance erupted onto the contemporary dance scene in 2007, and have since performed everywhere from Jacob’s Pillow to Suzanne in Tel Aviv. Gallim is led by choreographer Andrea Miller, graduate of the Juilliard School and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” who has danced for Ohad Naharin’s Ensemble Batsheva, Ce-dar Lake Contemporary Ballet, "e Limon Dance Company, and Bu-glisi Dance "eater. Gallim Dance will perform Mama Call (2011), a contemporary tale of border-crossing which explores ideas of displace-ment and alienation as it a$ected Spanish Jews during the centuries surrounding the Inquisition and Pupil Suite (2010) is an exhilarating selection of wildly quirky excerpts from Miller’s crowd-pleasing work I Can See Myself In Your Pupil. "e dance is a joyous romp that plays with the madness of imagination and the ecstasy of movement.

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Feed Your SensesHistory of Dance: A Tribute to Dance Pioneersfeaturing Dance CanvasA Free Lunchtime Learning Performing Arts SeriesWednesday, February 20, 2013, NOON – 1:00PM Join your downtown friends for the Lunchtime Learning Performing Arts Series held monthly at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. "e program features a di$erent artist or speaker each month providing a casual and fun insider’s look at his or her cra!. Bring your lunch or box lunches will be available for $5.

University Band Performance Tuesday, February 26th 8 pmRialtoChester B. Phillips, conductor, and the GSU band will be performing. Free show and open to the public.

Men’s & Women’s ChorusesTuesday, February 12th 8 pm

Forence Kopleff Recital HallDeanna Joseph and Patrick Freer will conduct the GSU Men’s and Women’s choirs in a performance featuring works by Diemer, Lau-ridsen, Davison, Copland, Gilbert and Dubinsky, among others. "e concert will be free and open to the general public.

Safe Zone: Doubling Dipping-Exploring Polyamorous DatingThursday, February 14th12 - 1 pmLanier Suite, Student Center"e event is focused on the recent emergence and popularity of the polyamorous community in our country and more speci#cally in the Atlanta area. Attendees will discuss polygamy versus polyamory and their connections to religion. Lunch will be provided.

My Mind Went Blank: Studies for Memory and Con-centration Friday, February 15th 12 - 1 pm460 University CenterIt’s important that students make the most of their time in class so they’re actually accomplishing something instead of sitting there and staring at their notebook. Find out what you can do to improve your concentration in class and how you can better retain the information in your classes.

Campus Events

2013 Atlanta Chef’s ExpoSunday, February 24th 1:30 - 5:30 pmGeorgia World Congress Center (Georgia Ballroom)Tickets are now on sale for the second annual expo which is Atlan-ta’s ultimate taste test event. "e event will include menu tastings from local chefs, cooking demonstrations from Scott Serpas and Joe Arvin and much more. "e expo will bene#t the Susan G. Ko-men for the Cure of Greater Atlanta organization. Tickets are $35.

Top Gun: An IMAX 3D ExperienceThursday, February 7thTimes varyAtlantic Station"e classic movie starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan will be shown at the Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16 movie theatre. Tickets can be purchased in advance on fan-dango.

Bob Marley 68th Birthday TributeWednesday, February 6th 8 pmCenter StageCome hear the SWATT Band celebrate the birthday of Bob Marley and have some fun! "e band, Jamaican natives, has performed all over the state, in some national events and can be seen on Atlanta Fox 5 in the morning with Monty Montgomery. Must be 18 with

photo ID to get in. Tickets are $15.

Showtime/Not So Amateur Open MicThursday, February 21st 9 pmApache CafeAre you a singer, poet, emcee, comedian, DJ, musician or magi-cian? Want a chance to win $200? "is is the event for you. Reg-istration is $20, all artists are allowed three and a half minutes on stage, and along with the $200, the winner will also receive a Fea-tured Performance Spot at an upcoming “It’s SHOWtime” Event. Tickets are $7 in advance (and until 10pm the day of the show) and $10 a!er that. (404) 876-5436

The Puckin’ Fuppet ShowSaturday, February 23rd11 pmFabrefaction Theatre CompanyCome for the le!over V-Day candy and stay for the graphic pup-pet sex, won’t you? "e Puckin’ Fuppet Show is Atlanta’s premiere competitive Puppet Slam with CASH prizes for #rst, second and third place as voted for by the audience. Tickets are $10 cash at the door and beer/wine will be available for purchase. Must be 18 and older.

Area 51 Presents the 4th Annual Be My Furry Val-entine 2013Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th 8 pm - 5 am

Metro Lanes and GamesBe My Furry Valentine is an event celebrating Faux Fur Fashions, Aerial Arts, Flow Arts, Amazing Visuals, 3D video mapping, 4 rooms of great music, live painting, World champion body paint-ers, great food, awesome vendors, roller skating rink, and bouncy houses! Wear your best and furriest creations and be prepared to step into an experience like no other. Tickets are $15-$25. Must be 18+.

Flirt Fridays Night at the Museum Friday, February 1st to Saturday, February 2nd7pm - 3 amMuseum BarAtlanta’s number one event for young professionals is free and fea-tures a live band from 7-10 pm along with the hottest DJs from

ATLANTAFLIRT.com for those who are 21 and up. "is is a reoc-curring event.

The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered & Scattered 24/7/365Friday, January 25th - Sunday, March 17thTimes VaryHorizon Theatre CompanyFrom births to marriages, to police chases and lottery wins, any-thing can (and will) happen at 3 AM in the Wa%e Palace. "e show is inspired by real life events at Wa%e House restaurants.

-forgivable sins are throwing wa%es and under-tipping. Tickets are $20-$55. Call (404) 584-7450.

Downtown Events

All-star Weekend with Cute is What We Aim For and moreMonday, February 4th 6pmMasquerade Tickets are $24.25 with sales tax on Ticketmaster.

The Warped Tour Acoustic Basement Tour with Geoff Rickly, Vinnie Caruana, A Loss for Words,

Koji, Brian MarquisWednesday, February 13th 6 pmMasqueradeTickets are $15.30 on ticketmaster.

A Day to Remember with Of Mice and Men, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!Wednesday, March 20th 7:30 pmThe Tabernacle$42 with ticket fees on LiveNation.

Lindsey StirlingSaturday, February 16th 7 pmMasquerade$25.25 with ticket fees on Ticketmaster.

The Rocket Summer with Royal Teeth, Joe Brooks & TidewaterThursday, March 21t 6 pmMasqueradeTickets are $17.35 on Ticketmaster.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013

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