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the compass xlvii no.1February 3, 2012Gainesville State CollegeGainesville, Georgia

EDITOR Audrey WilliamsASSISTANT EDITOR: Brent VanFleet

NEWS EDITOR: Manuel MorenoCOPY EDITOR: Paku LoWRITERS: Taylor Eastwood, Emanuel Fisteag, Bryan Jones

CAMPUS LIFE EDITOR: Angela RuhlmanCOPY EDITOR: Brent VanFleet WRITERS: Brittany Poole, Michelle Shellnut, Cassandra Spires

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

WRITERS: Dominique Gaiter, Brittany Lenhart, Nicole Smotes, Katie Kei-ger

FEATURES AND OPINIONEDITOR: Kaitlin BatsonWRITERS: Jeremy Bush, Aisha Taylor, Michelle Wiggle

SPORTSEDITOR: Mike WilliamsWRITERS: Max Griswold, James McKinnie, Michael Mullins

PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHICSDominique Gaiter, Chase McEvers

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f r o m t h e e d i t o rTHE FUTURE OF NORTH GAINESVILLE/OAK-

WOOD/WATKINSVILLE/DAHLONEGA GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

What now? This issue’s cover may be amusing, but there is nothing light about the surprise consolidation of our school and NGCSU.

There’s always something happening at GSC, but I feel like this is happening to us. Change is nothing new to a rapidly growing college like ours, but this kind of change could literally change every-thing.

Our two schools aren’t the only two merg-ing in Georgia because of the Board of Regents’decision, and the odd pairings seem as though the colleges have been thrown together haphazardly.

No insult to North Georgia, but military-style hierarchical structure is not in the spirit of GSC. Our history as a communi-ty-based open access institution is what makes GSC more than just a stop before “real college.”

But who knows what could come out of this? The implementaion team, perhaps?

sports on campus? See what North Geor-gia has to offer on page 11.

consolidation mentions. We still have love for The Fightin’ Geese.

Audrey Williams

editor-in-[email protected]

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C A M P U S L I F E THE COMPASSDIRECTIONS

COVER PHOTOISTOCKPHOTO.COM

The consolidation or merger or whatever you want to

call it has made us all ner-vous, including our mascot, Laker, who’s bound to lose

his job soon.

NEWSpage 8

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OPINIONSpage 13

Aaron Smith, a GSC student and member of the GIS club, helped install the barred owl house. Chase McEvers

Owls at home in GSC wetlandsPaku LoNews Copy [email protected]

GSC sociology professor John O’Sullivan remembers when he decided to become an owl landlord. He spotted an owl box, as the bird-houses are known, at a state park in North Georgia on a family trip.The owl box was above

the campground where he and his family were staying.At night’s approach, the

owls sent out their call, “hoo, hoo, too-HOO,” and O’Sullivan said he realized something.“It occurred to me that

you could make boxes, and they would move into them,” O’Sullivan said.The owl box idea stayed

with him, and over the holi-days, he decided to bring some to Hall County.He paid a carpenter

friend who needed work to build three barred owl boxes. After researching owl box plans, he chose the best parts from each and made “a mansion for owls.”Two were placed in

Gainesville, one on the Lyn-

wood Nature Preserve and another on the edge of the city in some woods.For the third box,

O’Sullivan sent an email to several professors asking if they would like the box for the wetlands near campus.“And a lot of us said

yes,” Margi Flood said, a biology teacher at GSC.The barred owl used to

be a very common bird in North America and could be found from Florida to Maine and from Canada to west of the Mississippi River, Flood said.On Thursday, Jan. 12,

Flood, her husband and two students placed O’Sullivan’s barred owl box in the wetlands, which is part of Tumbling Creek woods.Tumbling Creek spans

77 acres next to GSC. It is owned by the Gainesville State College Foundation.Now the wait is on for

an owl family to move in.

the wetlands a good place to live and hunt.“These guys would be

considered a top predator, and you need top predators here,” Flood said.

(L to R) Science professor Margi Flood, stu-dents Aaron Smith and Drake Boyer along with Flood’s husband, John Straw, put up

wetlands behind the pavillion.

Chase McEvers

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Super Bowl XLVI

5SUNDAY

Brian Turner, award winning soldier-poet will do a reading and talk about his experi-ences, RM 108 CE Bldg at noon.

6MONDAY

Choosing a major workshop;; Counseling and career services, student center,

12:30pm-1:30pm.

7TUESDAY

Sexual Health & Responsibility Workshop;; Coun-seling and Career Services, Student

Center, 12pm-1pm.

8WEDNESDAY

LAST 10 WEEKS

CLASSES BEGIN

9THURSDAY

Carnival (Africa) Stage and common area, Student Center

6pm-11pm

10FRIDAY

Northeast Georgia Regional Social Sciences Fair;; Gymnasium;; 8am-2:30pm

11SATURDAY

12Major Fair;; Rob-inson Ballroom in Student Center;;

11am-1pm.

13Time Managemnt Workshop;; Coun-seling & Career Services, Student Center, 12:30pm-1:30pm

14 Achieving Your Life Goals;; Counseling & Career Services, Student Center,

12:00pm-1:00pm.

15Open Mic Event;; Academic IV Starbucks Cafe,

5:30pm-7:30pm.

16Weaver Study Ses-sion A&P;; Meeting RM 4, Student Cen-

ter, 11am-12pm.

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19Student Govern-ment Association Meeting;; Meeting RM 1, Student Cen-ter, 12pm-1pm.

20Division Leadership Meeting;; Meeting RM 1, Student Cen-

ter, 9am-10am

21Resume Writing Workshop;; Career & Counseling Services, Student

Center, 12pm-1pm.

22

UGA Transfer Work-shop;; Robinson Ballroom A, Student Center, 11am-1pm.

23Advising Center Staff Meeting;; 9am-

10:30 am.

24 25

26Midpoint Full Ses-sion / First Session

Ends.

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SECOND SESSION

CLASSES BEGIN

28 Working With Your Dreams;; Counseling & Career Services, Student Center;;

5pm-6pm.

292012 Big Band

Show;; Ed Ca-bell Theatre, CE Building;; 7:30pm-9:30pm.

March 1

DegreeWorks Workshop;; Room 156, Academic III, 1pm-2pm.

22012 Big Band

Show;; Ed Ca-bell Theatre, CE Building;; 7:30pm-9:30pm.

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EXPERIENCE THE MANY COUNTRIES OF AFRICA.

EVENT LOCATIONS:Stage and Commons

Area,Lake

Allatoona, Lake Burton, and Meeting

Room 1, Student Center

2/10/2012 6 P.M. - 11 P.M.


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Student center game room: two rooms, one motiveBrent VanFleet and Brittanny PooleCopy Editor and Staff Writer [email protected] and [email protected]

Video games and casual table games have been heavily popular especially here at Gainesville State College.In our own student center, many students congregate in the game

room which consists of two parts. One side is an area to play pool, ping pong, Foosball and a few

computers. Students spend hours on end gaming it up with all of the latest computer and console games or playing the variety of table games.Brandon Myers is one of many students here at GSC uses the game

room quite frequently.“I spend about four hours a day playing,” Meyers said.

Meyers says the game League of Legends is the one to play.League of Legends is essentially

a strategy game where two teams face off against one another. It can be

object of the game is to destroy the opponent’s nexus, but it is not as easy

the other team and minions (computer creatures) to get there.Console games are just as popular as the com-

puter games. In the game room, they have a Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.According to GSC student Lex Moseley, games such as Halo Reach, Call of

Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Super Smash Brothers: Brawl are the games of choice. Of course a student is allowed to bring their own games but other students around the game room say beware of that. Your game may disappear. Just like Meyers, Moseley spends quite some time in the game room.

Moseley said.If computer and console games are not your forte, there are other options avail-

able like foosball, pool, ping pong and a few others.This is a popular option for students. A student can play for fun or competition.“I play so much, I may sleep on the table,” GSC student Craig Mitchell said.

a place to do homework.“I tried to write a paper, did not last long,” Moseley said.He went to play ping pong.

Craig Mitchell sets up his next shot during a game of pool in the game room.Brittanny Poole

Take a break in the game roomHOURS: MON-THURS 8 A.M.- 5 P.M. FRI 8 A.M.- 3 P.M.

Michelle ShelnuttStaff Writer [email protected]

!e Lunar New Year is the time that many Chinese, Kore-an, Vietnamese, and other Asian cultures celebrate their ances-tors, and many students at GSC take part in this.

GSC’s Lunar New Year cel-ebration, brought by the Asian Student Association, was cele-brated on Jan. 23 although some celebrations go into February.

“We usually drink with our family and play games,” said Kat Smith, a native of !ailand.

Student Cuong Vo said that his Vietnamese family celebrates this time by having money given to each other while eating a large dinner together.

“Sometimes a Dragon Dance is also done,” he said, “in order to receive good luck”.

For those not from the cul-ture, the Dragon Dance can also be a very fun and interesting thing to watch, because of all the

colors, dancing, and music being played.

Student and Chinese native Jay Jiang’s family’s customs cen-ter around meals. “

Because our country is so big what we eat depends on the region of the country. My fam-ily and I eat "sh, seafood, rice, noodles, and vegetables due to the fact that my family is close to the coast and from Fuzhou.”

!e activities may di#er along di#erent regions, but the all have the same spirit.

Seoyeon Hwang’s family usu-ally gathers together to eat Duk BoK Ki (a Korean rice cake soup) and curtsey to the liv-ing elders out of respect (while wearing a robe called a Han-Bok), in return they are given money, which Hwang said is the best part.

In addition to these traditions they also make a food o#ering for their ancestors, while also burning a white piece of paper with their name and incense to honor them.

Many different Asian traditions celebrate Lunar New Year

During the celebrations, attendees, like Kat Pham, were able to sign a traditional Asian bamboo hat to sign as a salute to the Lunar New Year.

Michelle Shelnutt


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Bryan JonesStaff [email protected]

Gainesville State College President Martha Nesbitt assured students that the school will continue to main-tain its mission to provide broad access to potential students through and beyond the consolidation with North Georgia College and State University.

Nesbitt met with students on Jan. 24 in the Student Center to answer questions.

According to Nesbitt, the consolidation was an at-tempt to create a more accessible institution in North Georgia. Other reasons included the fact that the NGCSU campus is landlocked and remote, while GSC has lots of land and is on major highways.

“!e consolidation will result in the only school in the system to o#er learning support classes, honors

classes, associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees and graduate degrees,” Nesbitt said.

However, many students voiced concerns regarding the impacts of the consolidation in a Q-and-A with Nesbitt shortly a$er her talk.

When asked about possible tuition hikes as a result of the consolidation, Nesbitt said that the tuition and fees for fall of 2012 will be “as if none of this is hap-pening” and that any changes would come from the Board of Regents.

“Part of being an access institution is having low tuition,” said Nesbitt.

Other students asked about possible participation in NCAA sports. NGCSU has a number of teams, but to fund those teams, NGCSU students pay an athletic fee of $166 per semester.

Nesbitt believes once consolidation goes through,

GSC students will be able to participate in their ath-letic programs.

Another student asked about GSC’s extensive co-curricular program. GSC received a commendation for the program back in 2004, and Nesbitt said it was something she hoped “to brag about to NGCSU.”

A student also asked about GSC’s current bachelor’s degrees. Nesbitt was quick to say that common bach-elor’s degrees will fold into each other and that none would be cut due to their need.

Degrees that are not shared, such as those in the Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (ISEA), will simply be brought over to the consoli-dated system.

“I don’t think there’s a bigger chance of losing the ISEA than North Georgia losing their military pro-gram.” Nesbitt said.

Manuel MorenoNews [email protected]

Gainesville State College and North Georgia Col-lege and State University are collaborating on a new campus in Cumming.

!e facility will allow students to take courses to-wards two-year and four-year degrees. North Georgia’s MBA programs will move to the facility as well.

Along with Cumming Mayor Ford Gavit and Regent Phillip Wilheit, GSC President Martha Nesbitt and NGCSU President Bonita Jacobs participated in the groundbreaking for the campus.

!is new University Center in GA 400 marks the construction of a 27-year partnership between NGC-SU and GSC with the intent of satisfying the growing need for higher education in the northeast region of the state, Nesbitt said.

According to a GSC press release, GSC President

Martha Nesbitt said the expansion in Cumming was needed.

“As a partner with North Georgia College & State University, Gainesville State College, through its ‘student focused, learning centered’ environment, will play an important role in this location. I see this as just the beginning of an exceptional opportunity for the citizens in the region,” Nesbitt said.

As the student body from both campuses increases, it is hoped that this new university center will help with capacity pressure that currently exist in both campuses. As of the year 2000, GSC’s capacity has ex-ceeded 100 percent and sin the fall of 2011, more than 1,500 students from Forsyth County were enrolled at both schools with an accurate number of 782 at North Georgia and 806 at Gainesville State College.

Jacobs believes in the strong success that both schools have and states that this collaboration between can potentially alleviate some of the economic devel-

opment and help make improvement in the life of the current and prospective students.

“North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College are each very strong, success-ful schools in helping students enter college and earn a degree. Jointly, through University Center Ga. 400, we will expand students’ pathways of opportunity and enhance the economic development and quality of life in this community,” said Jacobs.

!is collaboration brings with itself the union between two schools in order to provide students with more choices of two- and four-year undergraduate programs, graduate programs and professional devel-opment opportunities.

With its location right o# exit 16 of Georgia High-way 400, the University Center will attract students from di#erent parts of the North Atlanta metro area.

!e University Center at Ga. 400 is scheduled to open the fall of 2012.

GSC, NGCSU already consolidating as joint campus in Cumming opens

Nesbitt: Consolidation won’t cause tuition hikes in 2012 (but BOR might)

President Martha Nesbitt called a college-wide meeting with faculty and staff on the second day of class to discusss what was then being called the merger of Gainesville State and North Georgia. The meeting was teleconferenced with the Oconee campus.

Photo by Chase McEvers


Who’s who on the consolidation committeeThe implementation committee has been given the task of combining the policies of both North Georgia

the yet-unnamed resulting college. For the many questions from students, faculty and staff, they will have to

WHO ARE THEY?

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Emanuel Fisteag Staff [email protected]

!e imple men ta tion team for the con sol i da tion of GSC and North Geor-gia was announced on Jan. 26, and one of the major issues the team will have to take on is tenure for fac ulty.

Tenure is the assur ance that an instruc tor can not be "red with out just cause. Gainesville State pro fes sors can come up for tenure a$er "ve years of teaching.

Vice Pres i dent for Aca d e mic A#airs Al Panu said it is too soon to know if tenure require ments will change.

“In order to know how tenure reg u la tions will change,” he said, “the school’s new mis sion must "rst be established.”

Je# Marker, media studies professor and president of the fac ulty sen ate this year, explained that teach ing is the pri-mary focus for a tenure-track pro fes sor.

Marker said tenure decisions at GSC usually depend on a professor’s abil-ity to teach. !ose decisions are made

based on teaching evaluations and the assessment of other professors.

Since Gainesville State is pri mar ily a teaching-focused school, instructor’s work loads also revolve around teach-ing, and include stu dent assess ment, tutor ing and advis ing, accord ing to the fac ulty handbook.

Accord ing to Panu, the stan dard Gainesville State instructor’s teach ing load is "ve/four, mean ing that the pro-fes sor must teach nine total courses per aca d e mic year usu ally with "ve courses one semes ter and four the other.

Interim Vice President for Academic A#airs Patri cia Donat, Panu’s counter-part at NGCSU, explained that North Georgia’s stan dard teach ing load is four/four.

However, she said that may vary, depend ing on each indi vid ual professor.

North Georgia’s tenure track require-ments for pro fes sors includes schol arly research, accord ing to their fac ulty handbook.

Panu said it’s too early to tell if Gainesville’s mis sion will shi$ more to a

research insti tu tion, but did say that the imple men ta tion team will address these issues.

GSC Pres i dent Martha Nes bitt said there were to be 10 mem bers from North Geor gia and 10 mem bers from Gaines-ville State so both schools would have an equal say in the changes.

When the list was released, there were three more members than ini-taially stated.

By Feb. 6 the team member’s indi vid ual roles will be assigned.

Marker, who is on the committee, hopes both schools’ sen ates will be actively involved in the plan ning.

Marker also added there is a “pretty solid” time line of 18 months of plan ning and reviewing.

Both Nes bitt and Marker believe that

noth ing major is likely to change until fall 2013.

Nes bitt said cur rent tenured pro fes-sors will not lose their ben e "ts, how-ever.

“In order to know how tenure reg u la tions will change, the

be established.”

Al Panu, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Member of the Implementation Committee for GSC & NGCSU

Al Panu, VP for Academic Affairs, GSCAlicia Caudill, Associate VP of Student Affairs, GSCMary Transue, VP for Institutional Advancement, GSCWanda Aldridge, Interim VP for Business & Finance, GSCChris Stenander, Chair, GSC Alumni CouncilChaudron Gille, Associate Vice President for Academic Af-fairs and Professor of French, GSCRic Kabat, Professor of History, GSCJeffrey Marker, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Chair of Faculty Senate, GSCSusan Daniell, Banner Specialist, GSCKristen Roney, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs & Enrichment, GSCDylan Brooks, Student Government Association president, GSCRich White Chair, GSC Foundation and alumnus

Col. Billy Wells, Military Programs VP, Exec Affairs, NGCSUMac McConnell, VP Business & Finance, NGCSUBob Babich, NGCSU Alumni Association presidentDoug Parks, Dahlonega community memberBob Michael, Deans’ Council School of Education, NGCSUDianna Spence, Math Department, NGCSUMichael Proulx, Faculty Senate NGCSU History & PhilosophyMary Helen McGruder, NGCSU FoundationDarcy Hayes, Student Affairs, NGCSUCadet David J. Bonham, Corps of Cadets, NGCSUPatrick Pickens, Student Government Association president, NGCSU

GSC NGCSU

Tenure process likely to changeProfessors are worried about effects on promotion


Bonita Jacobs is the current president of NGCSU, acquiring the role in July 2011. Upon Martha Nesbitt’s retire-ment this year, she will become GSC’s presi-dent as a result of the two colleges’ con-solidation. Compass staff members Taylor Eastwood, Michelle Shelnutt, and Brittany Lenhart recently went to North Georgia to conduct an interview with Bonita Jacobs last week. Here is part of that question-and-answer sesssion.

The Compass: Will faculty and staff without Ph.D.s be cut dur-ing this merge?Jacobs: We always have to say that there is always a chance there will be reduction en-forced. I do not anticipate that there will be people losing their jobs, although there may be reassignment. There is a great need for teaching faculty and if faculty are performing well on both campuses there should be no risk. On the faculty side, there will be a committee look-ing at different issues. I see stu-dent grade point averages from Gainesville State and realized how well Gainesville students do on our campus.

The Compass: It has been said that students do not have a say in this process.Jacobs: We are putting togeth-er a committee, that we feel should be diverse including fac-ulty and staff, students, alumni, the community, etc. Each of the stakeholder groups will have a representative on the commit-tee, but of course this decision goes through the chancellor and he has to OK it. I was re-cently asked a question about

can Gainesville students partici-pate in NCAA. I know NCAA has a lot of rules and regulations,

out. That is something I would imagine the ones in charge of athletics at Gainesville and North Georgia would bring in as recommendations to the com-mittee.

The Compass: What require-ments will faculty have to meet in order to make the tenure cut?Jacobs: I am not able to quote that policy, it should be online to look at. Tenure policies are com-plex, they take into account different disciplines. Faculty are judged on Teaching, Research, and Service.

The Compass: Will you stay with your word and let the student body choose the new name of the schools combined?Jacobs: Absolutely. It is certainly not going to be a popular vote. I won’t take it to the student body and everybody vote and that decides the name. We have stakeholders on this cam-pus, Gainesville, Oconee, and now Cumming. I do not know that it is important to Gainesville students that Gainesville be in the title. We are not sure of the structure yet.

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Some questions for our future president

How do students at NGCSU feel about the merger?

“...I don’t see the

they are trying to consolidate some of the administra-tive stuff. But I don’t

-cial to our student body.”Haley Leverette

“I know that they have already done it at Augusta State and merged them with another school. I think obi-ously it’s got to be for money, or they wouldn’t do it.”

Katie Lewis (L)/ Sarah Stinson (R)

“This being a Senior Military College it has that much more prestige, and I feel that if we expand ourselves or merge, that we are going to lose it.”

Nick O’Connor (Cadet)

“I think it’s ben-

bigger classes, places, and a big-ger student body which will get more funding.”

Kali Hyames

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

A&E Section [email protected]

Spring is right around the corner and dancers at the Gainesville Ballet Company are busy bringing life to their favorite childhood story as they welcome in the new season.

GBC’s upcoming performance of “Alice in Wonder-land” is quickly being pieced together by choreogra-pher Kristy Neilson, who has transformed this story, originally set in the 1950s, into an exciting, jazzy ballet that takes place in the 1920s.

“I love the entire concept of this version of the story,” said Annette Barcelona, who dances the role of Alice. “!e story takes you back to the roaring ‘20s with %ap-pers and jazz music that will keep the audience wanting more.”

!e dancers have one week to learn the entire chore-ography and for some of them, that isn’t easy.

“I absolutely love working with such smart dancers,” Neilson said. “GBC gives me the ability to do just that.” !e ages of the “Alice in Wonderland”performers range from elementary school children all the way to college age students.

Neilson said that it is important for college age stu-dents to venture out and expand their knowledge of the art of ballet.

“Hopefully lots of college students will be interested in coming out and seeing the show this March,” she said. “It’ll be good for them.”

Phalen Henry, who plays the role of the Cheshire

Cat, is currently dual enrolled at Gainesville High School as well as GSC. !e hardest part for her is not the rehearsals or even the dual enrollment. It’s manag-ing her social life.

“I’m "nishing my senior year, starting college, I have a part time job, as well as "ve to six mandatory ballet rehearsals per week,” Henry said.

“Unfortunately, "nding a boyfriend is most likely not in my near future.”

Chelsea Russell is a senior at North Hall High School and a prospective GSC student. She dances three parts in the performance and said that she is enjoying the choreography so far.

“!e movements are more di&cult than what we’re used to and the music is incredibly fast,” Russell said.

She plans to start college here at GSC this coming fall and is excited to start a new chapter of her life.

Dancing the role of the famous White Rabbit is El-lie Peterson. “!is version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a must see. It’s extremely di#erent, which brings excite-ment to the stage,” said Peterson.

“!e steps are challenging, but so far learning the pieces are super fun.”

Peterson’s mother, Jill Peterson, is the costume de-signer for GBC. She started working on the costumes for the company weeks before they ever started learn-ing the choreography.

“We have a lot of great costume ideas that are "nally becoming real and I can’t wait to see the dancers wear-ing them on stage,” said Mrs. Peterson. “!ey’ll add a twist to the original ‘Alice in Wonderland’, just as the choreography does.”

‘Alice in Wonderland’ is close to home

(L to R) Ada Spa-hija, Ellie Peterson, Laura Vinson and Phalen Henry, a GSC student, warm-up by stretching on the bar in rehearsal for “Alice in Won-derland”.

Gainesville Ballet Company

WWW.GAINESVILLEBALLET.ORG

Alice in Wonderland March 23-25, 2012

Pearce AuditoriumBrenau University

March 23, 7:30 p.m.March 24, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

March 25, 2 p.m.

$16 per ticket


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Festival de película por GSC Nik Smotes Staff Writer [email protected]

Presented by the foreign language department, a series of foreign "lms are shown each semester for the student body.

!is semester the series will be Span-ish themed.

“Learning a foreign language is a pro-cess that involves developing four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing,” said foreign language professor Amye Sukapdjo. “Developing one’s lis-tening skills in a foreign language takes time and e#ort, and lots of practice. Watching a "lm in its original language can help language learners improve their listening skills.”

Sukapdjo wants the "lm festival to help students to “learn about the prod-ucts, practices and perspectives of others; that is, to learn about the cultural di#er-ences and similarities that exist around the globe. It’s important for all students, regardless of their major, to take part in these kinds of cultural and linguis-tic learning experiences as the world is quickly shrinking.”

Carefully selected by instructors, these

"lms are nominated for their appeal to students and their representation of dif-ferent decades.

Each movie will require a $1 entry fee. Each dollar will be donated to the

South Hall Community Food Pantry which the department has donated $440 to since 2009.

M O V I E S H O W I N G S

“Como Agua Para Chocolate”

Feb. 23, 7:00 p.m.

“El Norte” March 22, 7:00 p.m.

“María llena de Gracia” April 19, 7:00 p.m.

ACAD IV, Rm 3110B

INDIE F ILM FEST RETURNS TO GSC WITH :“Barbershop Punk”

Feb. 9, 2012 7:30 p.m. ACAD IV Rm. 3110

Tickets: $5 for students /$7 adults

Audrey WilliamsEditor in [email protected]

Have you dreamed of working for a radio station? You can get in on the be-ginning of one if you join GSC’s budding radio club.

!e club, begun and advised by Da-vid Smith, media studies professor, will take advantage of the new sound studio in Academic 4 and will broadcast online.

Smith started looking into starting a radio club early this semester, and he learned quickly that interest was high.

Within a few days of word-of-mouth conversations and emails, Smith had more than 15 students and a handful of faculty interested in producing pro-gramming for a station.

To get something going, Smith asked Cara Ray, director of Student Life, if a club could be formed to support the sta-tion—similar, in a way, to the !e Com-pass. !is resulted in the formation of dB – !e GSC Radio Club.

“We ultimately want to produce origi-nal content for the entire community,” Smith said.

Some of the suggested programs in-clude: a sports commentary show, lo-

cal musician spotlight show, radio dramas, literary read-ings and, of course, a variety of music programming, but Smith is open to any ideas.

Smith said the mission of dB – !e GSC Radio Club is to produce high-quality con-tent that is timely, relevant and engaging to the students, faculty and sta# of Gaines-ville State College and North Georgia, and to allow radio sta# members, audio pro-ducers and content creators a place to grow and work within a team environment.

Some of the "rst goals of the club will be to set the foundation of an online ra-dio presence for Gainesville State College and the North Georgia communities.

Smith hopes the club will do this by producing pod-casts and making them avail-able on-demand from !e Compass web site at gsccompass.org or at gscmedia.org, which is owned by the Communica-tion, Media Studies and Journalism De-partment. !e next goal is to produce

original content.Smith and the members of dB will be

seeking suggestions for programming from all areas of the GSC and North Georgia communities. Smith also hopes that a variety of majors will join the club,

not just media studies or journalism.If your club, organization or group

would like to produce or help in the pro-duction of an online radio program for next fall, contact Smith at [email protected].

New radio club will broadcast GSC online

David Smith, media studies professor, works at the sound editing board in the new sound studio in Academic 4. Smith will advise the new radio club at GSC.

Staff photo

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S P O R T S

Michael MullinsStaff [email protected]

With all of the questions surrounding the consolidation between NGCSU and GSC, a popular one is revolved around sports. Will we have more than intramural sports thanks to North Georgia? I don’t know when this question will be answered, but here is what I know about their sports so far:

North Georgia Saints Baseball 2011 Record: 34-20 2012 season starts Feb. 2nd. FUN FACT: Catcher Troy Snitker, son of Atlanta Braves third base coach Brian Snitker, was drafted in the 19th Round of the

2011 MLB DraftNorth Georgia Men’s Basketball8-12 overall record for 2011-2012 season, 3-6 conference re-cord.North Georgia Women’s Basketball10-8 overall record for 2011-2012 season, 4-5 conference re-cordNorth Georgia Men’s Soccer 9-7-1 overall record for 2011 sea-son, 5-3 conference recordNorth Georgia Women’s Soccer 16-3-1 overall record for 2011 season, 8-1-1 conference recordFUN FACT: Emily Dover was named NCAA Division II All-Ameri-can

Super Bowl XLVI: Legacies on the lineMike WilliamsSports [email protected]

Here we go again. The New York Giants versus the New England Patriots for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the same teams that battled in this game four years ago.Although it is four years later, it is hard to deny the

similarities, especially for the Giants.In the 2007-2008 season, heading into the playoffs,

the Giants were a big underdog having barely made the playoffs. Same story this year.The Giants then went on the road and upset the No.

1 seed in the NFC after having lost to them in the regu-lar season.The Giants then went on the road to the No. 2 seed

range. Same story this year.And lastly, they now take on the favored Patriots in

the Super Bowl.That, however, is where all the similarities end, and

they are just that, similarities. These teams are nowhere near the same teams they were then.The fact is almost all of the defensive players the

Patriots rolled out last time are gone, the entire re-ceiving core of the Giants is gone, and the thing is, the Pats are worse for it and the Giants are better for it.There is one thing that is truly on the

line and on par with the last time these teams did play in the Super Bowl, and it is the only thing that matters, leg-acy.Can Tom Brady tie Montana and

Bradshaw with four Super Bowl rings? Or will he fall to 3-2 in Su-per Bowls and forever tarnish his

win the big one post spy gate? Or will he again be outcoached against the Giants?Can Eli Manning lead the Giants to a second Super

Bowl over the Patriots and cement his place in the Hall of Fame and surpass his brother Peyton in the house that Peyton built, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis?The New York Giants are coming in hot. Eli Man-

ning is playing out of his mind, if there was ever any

question about him being elite those questions should be answered. He outgunned the NFC’s top offense and number one seed Green Bay Packers and then out ma-neuvered the NFC’s top defense, both on the road.There is no question that the Giants defense is also

than it ever was the last time these teams met in the Super Bowl.The receiving core for them is without a doubt top

to bottom better, as a matter of fact I would argue that their top three receivers are the best in the history of the NFL in terms of top three talent on a single team.I could easily make a case that either Hakeem Nicks,

Victor Cruz or Mario Manningham would be the No.

has been banged up this year and hasn’t put up the big numbers, but I guarantee you the 49ers would trade their top wide out Michael Crabtree for Manningham without hesitation.I also like the matchup for the Giants running backs,

Ahmad Bradshaw and Bran-don Jacobs. If you

watched the Patri-

ots against the Ravens

you saw that the smaller quicker

Ray Rice struggled, while the veteran power

back Ricky Williams was able to make big plays and run

over defenders.Defensively I love the Giants and their scheme,

simply because they can get pressure from their front four and the fact that they rotate six guys makes them hard to block. But the best thing they do is fool you by dropping their lineman, who are all as athletic as a cornerback or safety, into coverage and then blitzing a linebacker.

Now on to the New England Patriots, the “Golden Boy” Tom Brady and what they must do to win the big one once again.Defensively I just do not see how their second-

ary can possibly matchup with the Giants receivers. Against the Ravens OK receivers they repeatedly gave up big plays and allowed the Ravens receivers to get wide open deep, which if not for horribly underthrown and overthrown passes by Joe Flacco would have led to a rout of the Pats.For any chance the Pats must get pressure from

Vince Wilfork and Mark Anderson upfront, and they must create fumbles.Offensively, let’s face it folks, it is all on the offen-

sive line. For all that Tom Brady is and has been, it has always been on the line, because he without a doubt cannot escape the pocket when he has to, his only weakness is his lack of mobility and when a team gets constant pressure he folds.This may sound crazy, but for the Patriots to when

they need to run the ball and run it often, get the Giants off balance and keep them that way defensively. If you make the Giants pay for the line coming after Brady every play by running it early, you then force them to back off and it opens it up for the passing game.Although I think the Patriots are too cocky and full

of themselves to change anything, case in point last time these teams played in the Super Bowl, Giants ad-justed and won, and Patriots stubborn and lost.I really just feel like the Patriots have stumbled in to

the Super Bowl after getting lucky against the Ravens. The Giants have steamrolled into this Super Bowl hav-ing to have played for their playoff life since week 14 and I think that gives them the edge in the game.

SUPER BOWL XLVI PREDICTION

NEW YORK GIANTS 27

NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS 24

What kinds of sports does NGCSU have?


S P O R T S

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Mike WilliamsSports [email protected]

Let’s face it folks, we live in a very cynical world of what have you done for me lately and what else can you do for me. A lot of students at GSC see this as simply a stepping stone to go on to bigger and better things. They take for granted the effort and time that the professors put in.If you’re just doing the bare minimum to get through

and move on, you are missing a lot.Everyone has to take PHED 1020 and another elec-

tive PHED class to get bye, and if you don’t take a class with Warren Caputo for at least one of those it is truly your loss.The great thing about Gainesville State is that you

can get great one on one with your professors, and if

they preach.One of the many classes he teaches is jogging, but

he is not just a “PE” teacher. He also teaches health and wellness along with two education courses and has been doing so for two and a half years now at GSC.Warren has been a running fanatic for nearly 25

years now, and this past November he completed the most grueling test of endurance in the world, the Iron-man Triathlon.When he set out to do it, he did what he has always

done: He set a goal, a year in advance, of what he want-ed to accomplish.First goal: Did he really want to commit himself to

this, put the time and effort in? Yes.Get to a race weight of 160 lbs.: Done.

Finish in less than 14 hours. Did it with ease.

-man Triathlon in just 12 and a half hours. That included start-ing with a 2.4-mile swim (They start with the swim because

with it.) then a 112-mile bike

I challenge anyone on campus to do one of those activities and then attempt another.

Ironman Triathlon he joined a very select company. “When I came around the

corner I was lucky,” he said. “I was the only one crossing

‘Warren Caputo, you are an Iron Man.’”When speaking of the Iron

Man, Caputo also said, “If you were to take the Super Bowl and turn it into an endurance event with the pageantry and development and organization, that is the Super Bowl of endurance sports.”The great thing about Caputo is he loves to do all

of these activities, and he is more than willing to train anyone and everyone who asks for his help.He also helps to put on races to raise money for our

college. On April 21, Gainesville State will be hosting the second annual Gainesville College Trail Run. Find

out more info about the run at www.dirtyspokes.com, or just google it.Warren is also currently training a friend for an up-

coming marathon while doing his best to put together -

ing to hold that on April 28, but the date is not for sure yet. Look for updates for that and all races at www.gsccompass.org.And be sure to sign up for one of Caputo’s classes.

You won’t be sorry.

Warren Caputo is the Ironman of GSC

Warren Caputo powers through the 112-mile bike ride during the Ironman Triathlon in Mexico.

Hawks overcome obstacles, start fastMax GriswoldSports [email protected]

The Atlanta Hawks faced plenty of uncertainty head-ing into the 2011-2012 NBA season. They lost their best bench player, their starting point

guard had surgery and they signed a few players who faced question marks themselves. Through it all, the Hawks have fought their way to

Division in the Eastern Conference.Jamal Crawford had led the Hawks bench the last

two years;; he even won the NBA’s sixth man award in 2010, for being the best player off the bench in the entire league. The Hawks knew they couldn’t

afford him though and he walked away as a free agent to the Portland Trail Blazers. Kirk Hinrich, who was acquired from the Washington Wizards at the trade deadline last year, was projected to be the start-ing point guard but then decided to have surgery on his shoulder and is expected to miss a few months.The Hawks then signed a few players to replace

Crawford on the bench;; Tracy McGrady, Jannero Pargo,

Willie Green, Vladimir Radmanovic and Jerry Stack-house.

and is not and will never be the dominant scorer he was while with Orlando. Pargo didn’t play a game last year with the Chicago Bulls. Green was a little used reserve with the New Orleans Hornets. Stackhouse is one of the oldest players left in the NBA and nowhere near the threat he once was while winning a scoring title with the Detroit Pistons. Radmanovic is the only player that seemed to make

sense, as he has one of the highest percentages in 3-point shooting for the entire NBA throughout his career. And we can’t forget to mention the Hawks choosing to keep two undrafted free agents on their team, Ivan Johnson

and Donald Sloan.

Hawks pulled together they still managed to get off to a 7-3 start which showed a lot of promise. Game number eleven hurt the

Hawks, not only did they lose to the Indiana Pacers, but they lost center Al Horford for at least three months and possibly the remainder of the season. Since then the Hawks have still

posted a winning record going 6-2 and are currently

13-6 overall at the time of this column. Josh Smith has been playing great, picking up the

slack with Horford being hurt and constantly leading the

best player, so far, for the Hawks this season.Joe Johnson has been solid helping Smith lead the

team. Jeff Teague has become a reliable point guard re-placing Hinrich and he looks like he will keep that start-ing title even when Hinrich returns. Green and Radmanovic have picked up a lot of the

bench scoring and have been impressive at times. And that undrafted free agent, Ivan Johnson, he actu-

ally has become a key piece to the Hawks season. “Ivan the Terrible” as dubbed by fans at Philips Arena, has been the rough and tough player the Hawks have needed for several seasons now.I have been able to go see every home game the past

two years for the Hawks, and this year there is a different feel at Philips. Every game it feels like the Hawks have a chance. Even when I attended the game against the Minnesota

Timberwolves earlier this year, the Hawks were down by twenty points in the 3rd quarter, but there was still a feeling that they were going to come back and win.

and proved a lot of people wrong that night. Just as they will continue to do so all year if they

keep playing like this.

“Every game, it feels like the Hawks have a chance.”

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F E A T U R E S & O P I N I O N ST O T H E S T U D E N T S

WHAT’S THE BUZZ ON CAMPUS ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATION?

“I think it’s inter-esting. It’s not that surprising consider-ing that Gainesville State has been

Georgia and vice versa. I think it will be good for stu-dents all around the region. “

Adam Jones

Natasha Aaron

I don’t think that much information has been put out yet, but I think that if it’s able to make students more able to grow in their careers it’s a good thing.”

“I think it’ll be a good thing because

it will allow people to get higher de-

grees and people won’t have to trans-

fer as much.”

“I’m kind of neu-tral towards it, I guess. I think it’s weird, but I think that money is the motivator in this situation.”

Phillip Rust

Tyler Mathis

C O N S O L I D A T I O NLies, changes, reactionsManuel MorenoNews [email protected]

Consolidation, consolidation, CONSOLI-DATION! It seems as if the madness has not ceased since students, faculty, and sta# found that our college would combine with North Georgia College and State University to be-come one school.

Hank Huckaby, chancel-lor of the University System of Georgia, thinks this will reduce administrative costs at institutions and help the university system recover the estimated $1 billion in state funding that the state has taken away since 2008.

Along with our institu-tion, six others will be un-dergoing this new change. Schools like Waycross Col-lege will combine with South Georgia College, Augusta State University with Geor-gia Health Sciences Univer-sity, and Middle Georgia College with Macon State College.

Since its o&cial an-nouncement, consolida-tion has become one of the most talked-about subjects around campus, mostly because we have no answers.

!is consolidation has been one of the worst decisions that the USG could have ever made, aside from the creation of Georgia Gwinnett College. I "nd it interesting how the system is desperate to save money now, yet the construc-tion of GGC just a few years ago (and just a few miles away from us) cost tens of millions of dollars, and surprise, surprise, they won’t be a#ected by the changes. Talk about equality.

!en there’s the problem of credibility. Early in fall semester, I was in charge of covering the retirement of GSC President Martha Nesbitt. In the interview, she talked about the process for selecting candidates to replace her. GSC was supposed to have a committee of students, faculty and sta# to interview the candidates when they came to campus.

A few weeks later, Chancellor Huckaby came here to dedicate Academic 4. According to documents the Board of Regents released to Morris News Service, Huckaby probably knew about the upcoming consolidation when he was here, yet he discussed the search commit-tee to replace Dr. Nesbitt as if it were going to happen, never giving a hint about what lay in our future.

One thing that I will never understand is

how he could sit down with student leaders as he did on that visit and assure them that the search process for a new president was moving along.

Only weeks later we at GSC would "nd out through an Atlanta TV station that there was to be no search for a new president.

I have no objection to the idea that change is good, but when it comes to situations of this

magnitude, then I have a problem.

Leaders like Hucka-by lead us to question the credibility of all our leaders.

What bothers me is not so much that he thinks that this change will be something that will better the system or that merging col-leges will o#er greater opportunities for stu-dents. It’s more the fact that six months is not enough for a recently selected individual to be in the chancel-lor position and make such an intense and rather impulsive deci-sion as this one.

Yes, maybe he was trying to do some-

thing good, but why not take the time to get to know the real essence of each institution? Why not take the time to consider the needs of the students, faculty and sta# that make up each institution?

And why not take the time to do a careful cost-bene"t analysis? It’s not even clear that the consolidations will save money. Accord-ing to the documents the BOR released, they didn’t examine the bene"ts and cost savings. !ey didn’t even consider consolidating other schools. !ey simply looked at a little informa-tion from the eight schools they had already picked.

!e Morris News Service story quoted Ex-ecutive Vice Chancellor Steve Wrigley, who was in charge of recommending the schools to consolidate, saying that no one on his sta# had bothered to take a close look at any "nancial information about the schools to see if consoli-dation made sense.

!ese are big changes for both GSC and NGCSU. All of these changes could result in the extinction of the individual personality, spirit and value of each school.

And now there’s nothing le$ for us to do other than to adapt to the changes, while the youngest institution in the University System of Georgia remains untouched.


“According to docu-ments the Board of Re-gents released to Morris News Service, Huckaby probably knew about the upcoming con-solidation when he was here, yet he discussed the search committee to replace Dr. Nesbitt as if it were going to hap-pen, never giving a hint about what lay in our future.”


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STUDY ABROAD:SUMMER 2012

SpainA handy guide to GSC’s summer

study program in España

Let’s get started!

DAY 1:

Atlantic Ocean toward Spain.

DAY 2:The group will touch down in Madrid where they will meet their tour director before walking around Madrid, see-ing madrilenos and enter-

markets that crowd the city.

DAY 3:The group will go on a for-mal, guided tour of Madrid that begins at the center of Madrid at the Puerta del Sol. The day will end with a tour of Madrid at the Prado, a museum containing works of art collected by the Spanish monarchy.

DAY 4:The day begins with a trip to Toledo where the group will visit several cathedrals, including Santa Maria La

Blanca Synagogue, which was originally designed to be a mosque, was turned into a synagogue, and has most recently been cov-ered into a Christian church. The Church of Santo Tome which houses some of El Greco’s famous works will be the next and last venture for for the day.

DAY 5:The group will spend the day traveling along the Guadalquivir River to Seville, Spain’s only river port.

DAY 6:The tour of Seville will begin on the sixth day of this trip. The tour will include a stop by the Plaze de Toros, one

-ing rings. It also includes a walk through the geranium-laden Barrio de Santa Cruz.

DAY 7:Day seven will be spent mostly traveling through Cordoba, the cultural epi-center of Spain. The cultural

stamps of Moorish, Roman, Jewish, and Christian peo-ples can be found through-out this city, followed by a trip to Granada.

DAY 8:A tour of Granada, inlcud-ing a visit to the Alhanbra,

will take place on Day 8.This tour will then lead to the

Barcelona.

DAY 9:Day nine will be spent on a guided tour of Barcelona, where there will be a stop made at La Sangrada Fa-milia for photos.

DAY 10:The group will travel to Figu-ras on day 10, touring a mu-seum that is dedicated to the works of Salvador Dali.

DAY 11:The journey of Spain con-cludes and the group heads home.

Thinking about going?

Total cost of Trip: $3,374 plus tuition for three (one course) to six (two courses) credit hours.

Tuition is covered by HOPE Scholarship.

Cost includes trans-portation, accommo-dations, daily break-fast and four dinners, a full time bi-lingual tour guide, and en-trance fees to all at-tractions and histori-cal sites.

Students will want to

money for lunches and spending. Pay-ment plans are of-fered for the cost of travel.

Courses offered: SPAN 2121 - Ad-

vanced ConverstationInstructor: Joe Lavalle

ENGL 2185 - Creative

Instructor: Leslie Worthington

INED 2903 - Interna-tional Perspectives

Instructor: John Amoss

Enrollment Informa-tion: Contact the in-structor for the regis-tered course. Next, contact EF tours to enroll at www.ef-collegestudytours.com/enroll, or con-tact via telephone at 877-485-4184.Tour ID number: 1080523




Michelle Wiggle Staff [email protected]

GSC has changed my life forever. !e college gave me a second chance when I did not deserve it, but needed it.

!is college provides a safe place to get a college education and keep life on track for many stu-dents, including me.e

!e day was August 17, 2011, when I moved into my dorm at Geor-gia Southern University. My mother "nally le$ a$er hours of unpacking. Graduation day I was happy to "nally be out of the house, but at only 17 I was very immature.

I went with some “friends” to my "rst par-ty. I do not remember anything that happened during the hours of the night, except the events that my friends told me about.

I drank a lot of alcohol and passed out in the bath-room. !e bar employees told me to leave a$er I threw up everywhere. I was in no shape to walk alone or drive,

and someone needed to take me home so I could chill out and fall asleep.

A girl I did not know got me a glass of water, and then three girls drove me back to my friends dorm be-cause I could not walk up the steps. My friends stayed at the party. According to one of the girls I threw up in her car, on my friend’s couch, and my friend’s bed.

During the night I dreamed and began to wonder, where am I go-ing, who am I becoming, where is my part in life? No control and no un-derstanding of who I was. Would the end of the bottle tell me the truth? Would the end of medi-cated life ever "nd truth? Because it feels like the bottle of empty wine is all I have to hold onto.

I couldn’t remember anything from the night before when I woke up, but I was happy to see a new day. I sat down the bottles for good but turned to something just

as bad, drugs.I started down the road to disaster. I began smoking

anything and everything. I took pills to get a high. Ev-ery minute of every day I was high on something.

My grades were trash a$er that. By the middle of the semester, I was failing all but two of my classes. Could I catch back up?

Unfortunately, I did not care enough about my grades to stop the drugs I was on. My grades tanked.

Lucky for me, GSC accepted my application and gave my life a new meaning. I would now go to college and live at home, a place I dreaded going back to.

As I began the long drive back from GSU to home and familiarity, I began to wonder, what happened this last year, what changed me this last year, what had I become this last year?

It was someone I am not, someone I always hoped not to be. Life is not live small, dream small. Life is live big, dream big.

No one and nothing will stand between me and my life, for I only have one.

!ough I have spent much time reliving the past, I now realize this time spent built my future, a future of insurance, a future of assurance, a future of possibili-ties, a future of incredibility. Yes, I can let past experi-ences in%uence the present, but I should grow from each impossible situation and make it into a possible situation.

Can I promise complete devotion in my lifetime? No, but can I dream? Yes.

Campus life was not the life for me. GSC accepted me as I am, and now I can commute every day. !e col-lege and community granted me with a second chance, one I did not deserve but one I will not waste. I am me now, the real me. I am my life, and today I am in control.

GSC gave me a second chance

“Campus life [at Georgia Southern] was not the life for me. GSC accepted me as I am... The college and com-munity granted me with a second chance, one I did not deserve but one I will not waste.”

T O P A P P S E V E R Y

C O L L E G E S T U D E N T S H O U L D

H A V E

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Whether you are a Verizon, AT&T, Sprint or T Mobile customer, your phone probably has more capa-bilities than you realize. Now is sure you have these top apps as a college student!

2. GOOGLE NOTEBOOKIs a great tool for when you do most of your work in a browser already. It allows you to invite col-laborators to work on a notebook with you as well as share information with a group while doing

group work

3. RATE MY PROFESSORAs much as some teachers do not like this popular app, it can be a useful tool when you decide which class you want to take. It includes schools all over the United States including our very own

GSC!

4. iCRAMAlthough this app is $6.99, it is totally worth your money! Cram is a study tool on which users can

6. PI83 GRAPHING CALCULATORGot math this semester? Purchase the PI83 Graphing Calculator application. It recreates the fea-

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