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Friday, February 29, 2007 - www.gcsunade.com - Volume 84, No. 20
“All the big schools like Tech and UGA have (Fall
Break), so it’s important that we have one too.” Morning
after pill
NEWS
- Sherri Bryant, sophomore
Czech it out!
The Coverdell Institute
at GCSU
Symposium discusses
and compares the
national elections in the
U.S. with those held in
the Czech Republic.
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BY PJ SCHINELLA
STAFF REPORTER
F EATURES
For the past four years, GCSU students
getting caught up in the heat of the
moment and failing to use birth control or
condoms now have the option of receiving
more extreme contraceptives the next day.
According to Food and Drug
Administration documents, emergency
contraceptive pills attempt to prevent
pregnancy after vaginal intercourse took
place mid-cycle, appropriate contracep-
tives were not used and the possibility of
pregnancy is high.
“The medication consists of eight high
dose birth control tablets. The female must
take four at the time of the examination
and then four more 12 hours later,” said
More than just a Angie Mason, women’s health nurse prac-
Genre... titioner. “It prevents the sperm and egg
A panel discusses Hip- from fertilization.”
Hop as a growing and A similar medication, Plan B, was
important culture. authorized to be sold without a prescrip-
Page 9 tion by the FDA to men and women over
the age of 18 in August of 2006.
Before student health services began
GRAPHIC BY WES BROWN / SENIOR REPORTER offering the pills, the staff of student
Africa Now Above is the portrayal of a student planner at GCSU. SGA has proposed a calendar for final approval to health services was forced to send people
African Ambassador the Academic Policy Committee that fall break be held Oct. 12 through 13 in 2009. The break has already to the Baldwin County Health
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BY CHELSEA THOMAS camps, and to minister to the Palestinian been 60 years prior. Some of the expected, so much so, that I will be return-
STAFF REPORTER Christians and Jewish Christians,” says Palestinian people put in these refugee ing in the near future to stay for an extend-
Holly Shell, who has been actively camps have been held inside since 1948. ed period of time … I am really excited
Five Wesley Student Ministry interns involved in the ministries on campus. The Israeli army claims that the about what God has done and is doing,”
returned from a ten day trip to Israel on While in Bethlehem, the group joined Palestinians will pose a threat to the nation says Shell.
Saturday, Feb. 23. The group ventured to with the two ministries and led poor feed- of Israel if they leave. Kyle Borgognoni, a student that went on
Israel in response to a call God put on their ings to two of the largest camps in the Ansley describes the trip as, “A historic the trip, explains one of his favorite expe-
hearts. Although they spent time exploring entire nation of Israel, Deheisha and Aida. and sovereign move of God to begin a riences.
historical sites the first three days, the last They led parties for hundreds of the chil- revival among Muslims in the Middle “Seeing 15 (to) 20 Palestinians give
seven days they visited the Palestinian dren living in the camps. On one of their East.” there life to Jesus was so rewarding,”
refugee camps in the city of Bethlehem. days, the interns focused on specifically Handing out bags of food and essentials Borgognoni said. “I expected the lord to
Victor Ansley, Kyle Borgognoni, John visiting and blessing widows and orphans. their team fed hundreds of children. Over break in and release joy to these refugees
Minix, Holly Shell and Micah Usry trav- “These camps are the worst of the worst. the course of their stay they spent time and the widows and orphans. Basically the
eled with two ministry groups on their trip. These are where the terrorists actually ministering and loving over 1,000 orphans. stuff we did in Israel was an overflow of
The first group is called Sons of Thunder. come from. The camps were filled with “You should’ve seen the smiles on their the stuff we have been experiencing here in
It is based out of Fairburn, Ga., and led by terrorist propaganda, and we were escorted faces,” exclaims Shell. Milledgeville. Jesus is just so beautiful and
traveling Minister John Crowder. The through them by a PLO (Palestine While in Bethlehem, the five interns people are longing inside to experience
other ministry is Global Celebration, Liberation Organization) officer who sides were also involved in a ministry named God.”
which was founded by Georgian and with terrorist activity,” Ansley said. “The Father’s House.” The Father’s House According to the interns, the trip
Winnie Banov in Hattisburg, Pa. The A very high privilege, it was surprising is speaking to the mayor about starting a changed their lives. They exclaim heal-
interns first heard about the trip when per- enough that the interns were even allowed school for the children in Deheisha. They ings, signs and wonders were made as the
sonally invited by John Crowder. into the camps. Under security, the are preparing to start it this summer. Holly gospel of Jesus was preached. The trip
“The main reason I went to Israel was to Georgian Banov’s ministry has been the Shell is planning on returning to Israel allowed for many Palestinian people to get
share the love of Christ with the widows only visitors allowed into the camps to again. supplies and to hear preaching.
and orphans in the Palestinian refugee minister. The last ministry allowed in had “It affected my life in ways I never
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Eclipse approved. Greene knew hard work is going to ben- offering one.”
how difficult the planning efit GCSU. The Student
was going to be, but “This is also something Ambassadors are hoping
Continued from Page 1 ... I can sell to potential stu- that this attracts more
thought it would be a pos-
itive change for GCSU. dents who go on tours,” applicants. A Fall Break
place. “Everyone is really said Anette Torres, GCSU will add to the list of the
Wednesday night a student ambassador. terrific things that GCSU
group of us went out to a excited that SGA has
taken the initiative to plan Torres claims that she offers.
friends dock on Lake has many parents and “We want GCSU to
Sinclair to watch the first this,” said Sherri Bryant,
astronomical show of the sophomore at GCSU. “All potential students ask why continue to grow so any
year. My eyes were aimed the big schools like Tech GCSU does not offer a new positive changes will
at the sky and they were and UGA have one, so it’s Fall Break. She was very help,” said Torres.
definitely in for a treat. It
was pretty cold that night
but we were determined to
view the spectacle.
The eclipse began exact-
ly at 8:43 p.m., but the col-
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orful brilliance didn’t occur
The lunar eclipse on Tuesday, started at 8:43 p.m. and lasted
until half way through the
until around 10:51 p.m. The next eclipse is scheduled by NASA
eclipse at about 10:01 p.m. to appear in December 2010.
The moon went through
dramatically different col- played witness along with doing outside in the cold.
ors from deep red, to har- us to one of the universe’s Sophomore Heather
vest orange and then to most extraordinary events Wilson explained to me,
dark brown until around that only happen twice a “My astronomy teacher
10:51 p.m. year at most. told us at the beginning of
As my friends and I As the eclipse color the semester that a total
gazed up toward the stars, changing came to an end, lunar eclipse would hap-
we sat in silence and just we all piled in the car and pen, and I wanted to make
took in the beauty of the headed back into town. I sure I didn’t miss it.”
universe. Honestly, how couldn’t help but continue It was refreshing to see
often is it that we are able to watch as the moon slow- that others could be torn
to witness phenomenal ly glided away from Earth’s away from their usual
things like that, or how shadow. I dropped every- Wednesday night entertain-
awesome is it to see the one one off at their per- ment to witness this spec-
actual shape of the Earth spective houses and headed tacular event.
reflected off of the moon? back to my apartment. If you weren’t able to
We weren’t the only people When I walked towards watch the event last week,
watching it, I’m sure of it. my building, I noticed a you are out of luck because
Over half the world was girl sitting in a chair the next visible total eclipse
able to witness this eclipse. wrapped up in a blanket of the moon in North
Students in South America with her eyes gazing to the America won’t be until
and most of North America sky. I kind of smiled to December 2010 according
as well as Western Europe, myself and decided to ask to NASA.
Africa and Western Asia her what she what she was
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Co-sponsored by the
Coverdell Institute, the
International Education
Dr. Jan Outly
Center and Academic School: The University of Hradec Králové,
Affairs, the Coverdell Political Science Chair
Symposium celebrated its
fourth year Feb. 25 through Panel: Panel - Citizens and Elections
27. This year’s theme, “Our
Citizens and the 2008 Time: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
National Elections: Czech
Republic, Russia and the Place: A&S Auditorium
U.S.”
“The fundamental pur- Topic: Current political dynamics in each
pose of the symposium is to country including campaign economics, politi-
help the campus and the cal parties, voting trends and campaign issues.
Outly
Milledgeville community
appreciate the challenges of
democratic practices in two
countries: the Czech John Reuter
Republic and Russia, now
twenty years after the fall School: Emory University, Ph.D. Candidate in
of the Communist Empire,” Political Science
Gregg Kaufman, director
of the American Event: Panel - Citizens and Democracy
Democracy Project said.
Visiting faculty and Time: Monday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.
speakers to GCSU included
Dr. Stanislav Bohadlo,
Special to The Colonnade Place: A&S Auditorium
Dr. Jan Outly spoke on citizens changing perceptions of the
musicology and study
abroad, University of
Czech President's roles and responsibilities during a panel dis- Topic: Russian and Czech democratic prac-
cussion Wednesday evening in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.
Hradec Králové; Dr. Jan tices, citizen engagement and the role of the
Tuesday evening gave Reuter media.
Outl˘, chair, political sci-
ence, University of Hradec “The funda- way to “The Power of
Change, The Sound of
Králové; John Reuter,
Ph.D. candidate, Emory mental pur- Changes” concert in the Dr. Yuliya Tverdova
pose of the
University; and Dr. Yuliya Arts and Sciences
Tverdova, political science, Auditorium. School: University of California Irvine
University of California,
Irvine. symposium is “One of the other things
that the Coverdell Event: Symposium Luncheon & Address
The symposium kicked
off the week on Monday in
to help the Symposium has always
tried to do is to blend the Time: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 12:30 p.m.
the Arts and Sciences
Auditorium with a film fes-
campus and performing arts and visual
arts with our subject mat- Place: University Banquet Room
tival. the ter,” Kaufman said.
The concert featured Topic: Emerging Democracies and the Courts
“We created the film
series because visual mate- Milledgeville music from the GCSU Jazz of Public Opinion in Eastern Europe and
community
rial tends to attract certain Combo under the direction Russia.
folk,” Kaufman said. of Dr. Todd Shiver, profes- Tverdova
Selected films for the
week included “Frontline: appreciate sor of music and director of
bands, GCSU, Russian
Return of the Czar,” You
Tube short films concern-
the challenges music featuring
Richard Mercier, music
Dr.
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Opinion
Friday, February 29, 2008 www.gcsunade.com
The Colonnade’s Forum for Public Debate
Editor in Chief, Lee Sandow
Dear Editor, mit) anyone could conceal painfully obvious that the “Let me put it to you this way, I do not
one long enough to injure proponents of gun control vote. I know nothing about these people.
I, like many others, am or kill many students with and their political affiliates They’re all in a fraternity or a sorority,
infuriated by the lack of relative ease. cannot have the safety of which I have no affiliation with. What
reason when dealing with Not only this, but the people in mind, but reason should I vote for these people?”
the regulation of firearms. because law abiding citi- their own power and their
It is this ignorance that zens tend to obey the law, party’s power in mind.
allowed the recent tragedy there will be no one to stop After all, the main ingredi- Geoffrey Giles, senior, chemistry
at NIU, as well as the mas- the carnage, just as there ent for government control
sacre at Virginia Tech. was no one at NIU or and oppression is a popu-
Being a college student Virginia Tech, even with lace that is incapable of an
this issue hits close to the fastest response time uprising, which if memory
home; especially after the from public safety. This not serves, this country was “I’m an exchange student so I think it’s all
incident here on campus, in only applies to Universities founded upon. What better very interesting, and it’s good to talk about
which a former MARINE but also to society as a way than to strip the tools among friends.”
was ousted from our cam- whole. Believing that regu- of resistance from the people?
pus for having possession lating firearms will lessen Sincerely, Satoko Masui, junior, marketing
of firearms. These inci- violence is naive to say the
dents, along with a trust in least, and akin to believing
common sense, point to the blindly that prohibition
fact that despite the illegal- ended the sale, consump- Isaac Turner, Reported by Erin Gish
ity of being in possession tion and violence involving junior,
of a firearm on campus alcohol. pre-engineering
(even with a carrying per- Having said that, it is
AUDREY PETKAS the European Union, it is an organization years and has affected over 135 million
STAFF REPORTER made up of 50 percent men and 50 percent girls and women. In Africa, 85 percent of
women. The AU’s overarching purpose is female circumcision cases consist of
Pillaging, murder and rape, as tools of promoting the total globalization, both Clitoridectomy, the removal of the entire
war, are never-ending in Darfur. Untold social and economic, of the peoples of clitoris (prepuce and glands) and the
numbers of women are being captured by Africa; it involves the decolonization and removal of the adjacent labia. This proce-
the Arab Janjaweed militia and turned into the drive toward independence of many dure is usually done without anesthesia or
sex slaves. Amnesty International and the African countries. sterilized tools. The instruments used
United Nations have documented the sex “The AU’s mission is to create a rela- could be anything ranging from a piece of
slavery epidemic, yet the findings have tionship with the United States and United sharp glass to a tin lid. Once the proce-
gone virtually un-noticed by the American States corporations. We wish to build a dure is finished the child’s legs are bound
press. partnership that will allow sensitivities to for up to 40 days. Such a procedure can
Men are castrated before being mutilat- Africa. We want to build support for result in many maladies, including HIV.
ed and tortured to death. Darfur refugee Africa, prevent deceptive media and form “AU feels this tradition is wrong and
camps are void of water, food and fire- a positive image of Africa by giving peo- wishes to ban female circumcision. The
wood. Children color pictures of death, ple knowledge,” Ali said. tradition began when there was war
rape and destruction instead of family Ali asked the crowd, “What is wrong among certain tribes and the husband had
portraits. with African politics? Should Africa be to leave for extended periods of time. The
The current conflict is seen to be ethnic like the U.S. and form a democracy?” woman was sewn up or circumcised to
and tribal, rather than religious. The crisis Africa is an expansive country; it remove any sexual temptation. In many
has been called the first great genocide of would be trite to put the continent of cases a woman is not considered clean
the twenty-first century, claiming more Africa under the stereotype of “underde- unless the procedure as been done.
than 400,000 lives. Genocide is an inten- veloped” or “primal.” However, much of Female circumcision results in many
tional effort to destroy an entire ethnic or Africa still operates under a tribal mind- health implications and should be banned
racial group. set. In most African nations a person is and treated as a criminal offense,” said
This intense topic, among many others, defined as a citizen only in paper while Ali.
was discussed by the African Union primary designation is that of an ethnic The expansion of U.S. military bases in
Ambassador to the United States, Amina group. The majority of Africans are not Africa was also a large part of the lecture.
S. Ali, on Friday, Feb. 22. in Arts and able or willing to forsake their tribal alle- Although many in Africa would like to
Sciences. giances. see military bases as a form of security
“We need support from partners to pur- When asked how the tribal mindset many are not willing to see the military
sue our own agenda regarding this matter. affects Africa, Ali said, “We wish to cre- presence that comes with a military base.
A hybrid force, created by the United ate unity among Africans, allowing the They see it as another area for confronta-
Nations and Africa, is needed to take people of Africa to see themselves as one. tion.
action,” said Ali in the lecture, “The Role In order for Africa to unite, it is important Dr. Bragg, assistant professor of
of the African Union in Resolving that people understand the traditions of English, said, “I think that a military pres-
Conflicts in Africa.” tribes but to also let minority tribes have a ence in Africa will aid how the country is
The African Union has sent 7,000 say through a system of checks and bal- going to expand. Many are afraid that the
troops to Sudan, but they have been able ances,” said Ali. militarization of Africa will lead to the re-
to do little to stop the killings in Darfur. The African Union does not see the colonization of Africa. It is important for
Janjaweed, roughly translated as “devils tribal mindset as a cancer but poses the students to see how these issues relate to
on horseback,” are armed with expensive progressive question, “How can we chan- them in order for them to actually care.
machine guns. The African tribes can nel this tribal energy into a national main- This is a U.S. policy issue. This isn’t just
hardly defend themselves against these stream?” about building bases; it has other econom-
attacks because they lack money and the Although the AU is a supporter of ic ramifications.”
resources to obtain guns. many African and tribal traditions, female With countries like the U.S. vying for
Ali is the first ambassador for the circumcision is not a tradition they sup- Africa’s vast resources, including 30 per-
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE WEB African Union. She is also a leader and port. Female circumcision, also known as
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Union (AU) is the African counterpart to ingrained in many cultures for over 2,000
“Now that you’re gone it hit us “Meet me in the trap its going down
Super hard on Thankgiving and Christmas, this can't be Meet me in the mall its going down
right Meet me in the club its going down
Yeah you heard the track I did man, this can't be life Any where ya meet me guaranteed to go down”
Somebody please say grace so I can save face Yung Joc, “Goin’ Down,”, www.azlyrics.com
And have a reason to cover my face”
Kanye West, “Family Business,” www.azlyrics.com
“Ain't nobody tell us it wuz fair “I could go number one ten times
no luv for my daddy, cause tha coward wuzn't there Pretty girls that like my rhymes
he passed away and I didn’t cry You can say Bubba ain't gonna shine
cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a stranger Guess wha, wha, don't really give a hootnanny”
they say i'm wrong and i'm heartless Bubba Sparks, “Hootnanny,” www.sing365.com
but all along I wuz looking for a father--he wuz gone”
Tupac Shakur, “Dear Mama,” www.metrolyrics.com PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE WEB
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Sports
Friday, February 29, 2008
The Colonnade’s Guide to Athletics and Recreation
www.gcsunade.com Section Editor, Corey Dickstein
a tear
SENIOR REPORTER
by a pitch with the bases
No. 10 ranked Armstong loaded.
Atlantic State University Senior pitcher Shaun
snapped GCSU’s baseball Monica continued to pitch
team’s nine game winning well in his 6.2 innings of
streak by taking two of three work in game three, but
BY AUBREY PETKAS games from the Bobcats over earned a no-decision in the
STAFF WRITER the weekend in the team’s effort. Senior closer Michael
first Peach Belt Conference Newman got the win with
The No. 23 Lady Bobcats series. his 2.1 innings of hitless
softball team’s weekend victo- No. 11 GCSU dropped the work.
ries at the Charger Chillout first two games 6-2 and 8-4, Sophomore right fielder
Tournament gave them positive but a ninth inning rally in led the Bobcats at the plate
momentum for their first home game three gave the Bobcats with his three-for-five per- BY COREY DICKSTEIN
game of the season. a 4-2 victory. formance that included a SPORTS EDITOR
After winning three of their In the inning, senior sec- run. Senior catcher Pete
four games over the weekend, ond baseman Tony Rice dou- Paris and Rice each went How ‘bout them
including upsetting the current bled to right field plating two-for-four with an RBI
No. 1 ranked school in sophomore designated hitter and a run scored. Lady Bobcats?
women’s softball, Southern Andrew Evans, who reached Senior starter Sean
Illinois University at on a walk, to take a 3-2 lead. Heimpel continued to strug- In 1889, Georgia
Edwardsville, GCSU went on FILE PHOTO Rice then advanced to third Normal & Industrial
to win both of their games on Redshirt freshman Gator Parker (1-0, 3.18 ERA) when redshirt freshman cen- College was founded as a
Wednesday. fires a strike against Benedict College last terfielder Brad Jackson sin- finishing school for
On Saturday, the Lady Wednesday. gled, and scored the games Baseball Page 13
women.
Bobcats started the tournament
SHORT Sunday
Tuesday
12 p.m. Shippensburg
6 p.m. Lenoir-Rhyme
Monday
Wednesday
2 p.m. North Ga
2:30 p.m. @Newberry
The overall record for
the women’s tennis
team in matches this
Wednesday 4 p.m. @Valdosta Basketball: season. The Lady
Bobcats upset the No. 5
STOP Softball:
Fri. - Sun.
Tuesday
Tournament @FMU
2 p.m. @North Ga
Wednesday
Golf:
Mon. - Tue.
5:30 p.m. USC-Aiken
Tournament @Catawba
University of West
Florida Argonauts 6-3
last weekend.
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“When I think about coaching and what I enjoy “We’ve had some ups and downs, we’ve lost “We just love them to show up and get more
the most, it’s the practice, preparation, conduct- some games we probably shouldn’t have, but support from our students. You know, the ones
ing practice, just you know, seeing guys overall we’ve got to be satisfied because we’ve that are coming, they’re great. But we’d love
improve, seeing the team improve.” got an opportunity to play in the national tour- for more to come, to just come out and watch
nament. That’s really all you can ask for at this the show. It’s a show when we play here.”
point.”
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