Vol. 93, No.7 February 3, 2016
2016 PRIDE BASEBALL
The Cinderella story
by Andrew Hernandez The 2015 season ended tragically for the men’s baseball team as the third base umpire called outfielder James Wilkins out on what seemed to be a safe call. The Pride had many ups and downs through the 2015 spring season. The team started off hot, winning their first five out of six games, all in conference play. One thing The Pride did not do so well was break losing streaks – their longest was 10. It did not help that The
Pride could not stay healthy throughout the season as J.P Lisk, Andrew Hernandez, Brandon Soden and James Wilkins all went down with injuries. The Pride finished their season with an 11-26 overall record, with 10 of those 11 wins coming in conference play. This upcoming season the team was picked to finish No. 10 in the USA South Conference, finishing only above William and Peace University, just as they did in the previous season. The Pride returned 25 men to the roster while adding 12 newcom-
ers. Another addition for The Pride is new Head Coach Frank Maldonado, Pitching Coach Matt Reed and Hitting Coach Chris Fenisey. These three look to turn around the skinning ship with little time as the first pitch approaches on February 6. The Pride are considered an older, more mature group with upwards of 20 upperclassman. With only three seniors graduating in the class of 2015, there were many struggles last season in the lineup and in the bullpen as the team was very young and immature.
Photo by Wes Gullett, Director of Sports Information
One thing The Pride can look forward to in the upcoming season are the aces of the staff RHP Dustin Minnick and LHP Adam Murray. As a junior, Minnick came out the bullpen throwing 27 innings, only allowing three earned runs and striking out 10. As a freshman, Murray made 10 starts on the mound and threw 63 innings, while gathering 26 strikeouts. These two look to be holding down many starts this year, two punch going from Friday to Saturday.
Remember to register to vote
by Amanda Owens
This year’s elections are quickly approaching. In North Carolina, the election process begins with the primaries, which take place on March 15. With the primaries so close, North Carolina has made Feb 19 the deadline for registering to vote. The most important thing to know when registering to vote is the question of party affiliation. Once you officially choose a party, you will have to vote within that specific party unless you register as undeclared. If you register as a Democrat, you can only vote for Democratic candidates in the primaries. Same for Republicans in the conservative primaries. So choose your party affiliation carefully, because you will be
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stuck with that affiliation until after the final election. If you’re a resident of North Carolina, registering is a fairly simple process. Visit www. ncsbe.gov/Voter-Information/ VR-Form and fill out the form provided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Once completed, you can mail the form to the Board of Elections in your county. If your parents live in a different part of North Carolina but you would rather vote in Greensboro, just provide
the school address as your current residency. This will ensure that you are assigned to a voting booth in Greensboro. Once the Board of Elections receives your application, they will mail you a voter registration card within 1-2 weeks. If you’re an out-of-state student, the process is fairly similar. As of 2014, North Carolina allows students to claim North Carolina as their place of residency so long as they have the present intent to stay in North
Carolina for the remainder of school, and so long as they do not plan to move back to their place of current legal residency after college. You can register to vote with the same form provided by the Board of Elections. If your application is denied, you have five days from the date it is received to appeal it. In this way, if you’re an out-of-state student, it is better to register as soon as possible. If you’re registered to vote in another state, you have two
options. One option is to cast an absentee ballot. This will require you to visit www.longdistancevoter.org, fill in your information, and wait for them to send you an absentee ballot. You can then fill out and mail your absentee ballot to your voting state’s appropriate office. The other option for those already registered is to do the same as an out-of-state student. Registering to vote with the North Carolina Board of Elections automatically cancels your registration in any other state or county, so long as you don’t intend to move back to your current state of residency. The elections are fast approaching, so what are you waiting for? Get out there, remember to register, and vote for your favorite candidate.
Editorial
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by Richard D Cameron III, Editor I sometimes want a reset button – reset button that I can press and start over from another point when I was younger. Possibly the ability to go back and change my decision to work for six years before starting college? Maybe not falling in love with the girl that stole my heart and left me in shambles by cheating? Not going to see the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy in theaters? The problem is that all of those things have made me who I am today. I know what I want out of my life, I know the kind of person I want to be with, and I know the kind of person I want to be. That’s because the decisions that I have made up until now were all building blocks to show me how fragile and short life is.
Pressing reset
At Greensboro College we are handed opportunity after opportunity to get out and meet our peers. Some of these events that the clubs and the school sponsor are amazing events that people just don’t show up to. This is my last semester at Greensboro College and two of the most amazing things I have been able to attend here involved less than 10 students. People would rather go to a bar and get drunk than hang out on campus with classmates. Why skip the things that will be gone in three years for the clubs that will be open until the end of time? Art League hosts some truly incredible events. Writing for The Collegian has been one of the most rewarding experiences I will ever have. Did you know we have a formal dance in less than two weeks? Do
you know how many opportunities we are going to have to do things like these in our lives? Not many after we leave the halls of GC. I can almost promise most of you that in five years you are going to be sitting at a desk, couch or a bar and wishing that you had spent more time doing things that mattered in college. All the events you skipped because they “weren’t cool” or because you wanted to get drunk instead will end up haunting you. Why not pass on Netflix for a Tuesday night and join some classmates at the Winter Rose Jam? Why not
skip going to the bar one night and write an opinion piece about something you really truly care about and submit it to The Collegian? Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to lecture anyone on how to live their lives here at GC. I am the last one to be able to say anything; I spend half of my time at work and the other half in my apartment playing video game. But I do try to get up and see a show, catch an art exhibit, and attend the events that our friends and colleagues have tried so hard to make enjoyable. I have yet to not come out with a good story to share.
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With all of this said I now implore you to get up, join your classmates, and try to enjoy yourself with what is offered to us here at GC. I low key hate being considered the generation that doesn’t do anything productive. I have met so many of you and you are articulate, passionate, and have so much potential to offer the world. There isn’t a reset button that we can press and come back to our days here at Greensboro College. Instead of going to that extra party, why can’t we be the generation that made a difference and set the world on fire?
Daily specials around Greensboro Compiled by Alison Roberts
Sunday: • Jake’s Billiards – Watch all football games and enjoy $3.50 Well Drinks, $5.95 Buffalo Shrimp Appetizer, or $5.95 Buffalo Chicken Subs & Wraps w/ side Monday: • Triad Lanes – Game, shoe rental, hot dogs, 12 oz. sodas,12 oz. house draft beers all for $1 each starting at 9 p.m. • Four Seasons Grand 12 Theatre – $7.75 movie tickets before 6 p.m. Tuesday: • Jake’s Billiards – Taco Tuesday $2 tacos and $3 Mexican beers (must enter before 10 p.m. if under 21) • $1 Mug night at Corner Bar (must be 21 or older) • Four Seasons Grand 12 Theatre – $6.75 movie tickets all day Wednesday: • East Coast Wings – 10¢ wings • Four Seasons Grand 12 Theatre – $7.75 movie tickets before 6 p.m. Thursday: • Limelight – Free entry before 11 p.m. with a college ID • Poblano’s Mexican Grill – $1.50 House Margaritas (must be 21 or older) • Four Seasons Grand 12 Theatre – $7.75 movie tickets before 6 p.m. • Greene Street Club – Free entry with a college ID before 11:30 p.m. and free entry all night for ages 21+ Friday: • Greene Street Club – Urban Night with free entry before 11 p.m. • Triad Lanes – Unlimited bowling including shoe rental for $15 from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday: • Vendor’s Farmers Market on the corner of Elam and Walker avenues • Triad Lanes – Unlimited bowling including shoe rental for $15 from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
The Collegian Staff
Richard D. Cameron III, Editor-in-Chief Heather Alfano, Managing Editor Andrew Hernandez, Sports Editor Chelsea Willis, Chief Photographer
Contributors
Dori Medlin Rachel Adam Tyrell Bartell DeMario Smith
Kris Taveras Kinsley Prendergast Allison Roberts Marquenette Fuller
Meegan McCarthy Amanda Owens Lauren Smith Joshua Fitzgerald
Scotty Inyama Marquenette Fuller Savvy Bowen Rhett Martin
Wayne Johns, Faculty Advisor Graphic Design by Carol Brooks
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Opinion The Collegian
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Realistic resolutions: New Year’s resolutions for the average college student by Allison Roberts
So, what are your plans after graduation? by Marquenette Fuller
Dear upcoming graduate, There are roughly three months until you get to walk across that stage to get your diploma. You’ve been living it up your senior year and it’s been a blast. You’re excited because you never thought this day would come but you’re also sad because you’re about to leave the place you’ve called home for four years. You’ve been dodging the dreaded “So, what are you doing after graduation?” questions like a pro. Still, you’re internally freaking out because you have no idea what you’re going to do with your life and you’re wondering who let you become an adult in the first place. I’m here to tell you that it is perfectly okay not to know the answers to any of these things. I know you probably think that I’m crazy to say that, but it’s the truth. Your parents are harping on you and telling you what you should and shouldn’t do. Your professors are telling you that you should do this internship and that student teaching job and you just can’t think straight. This is the time when you need to reflect on what you want to do. If you’ve been blessed with a job opportunity right out of college, take it! If you’re thinking about taking a year off and then going to grad school, do it. If you want to travel the world, grab your passport and hop on that plane. What is your heart telling you to do? There’s a popular quote that’s been floating around the internet lately from Kyoko Escamilla. “Your 20s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with stuff, travel, explore, love a lot, love a little, and never touch the ground.” So what if you don’t know what you want to do? Take Kyoko’s advice. Follow your heart and be a little selfish and do what you think is right for you. Everything else will fall into place. You got this, Class of 2016. Sincerely, A fellow 2016 graduate
It’s just about that time of year where those lifechanging resolutions you made a couple of weeks ago are starting to wear thin and you really want to reach for that junk food, or splurge on some clothes you said you wouldn’t buy. So often, we make these resolutions because we need to lose weight, save money, or something of the like, and get extremely discouraged when we aren’t seeing results. At this time in our lives things are consistently inconsistent, making it pretty hard to realistically stick with any massive changes we try to make. However, don’t let this be the excuse you use to not have a resolution at all. There are plenty of New Year’s resolutions that college students can take on that are very realistic: here are a few of them. Go to class – It seems like a simple concept – I mean we are in college, right? However, it’s so easy to hit the snooze button after a late night doing who knows what. Aim to make it to all of your classes throughout the week. Plan your naps strategically and get that “A” in the attendance category on your
class’s grading rubric. It could make the difference between passing or failing, or give you that extra boost to get you the “A” that you want. Eat out less – I know it’s extremely tempting to go get that Cookout tray at midnight, but think of all the money, and calories, you would save if you had a snack in your room instead. Now I’m not saying to not eat out, because let’s be real, there’s nothing better than getting a meal outside the Caf. But try to limit the meals. Not only will you have more money in your pocket to put towards something fun, but you’ll be doing your body a favor as well! Do something you’ve always wanted to do – whether it is joining a club on campus, eating at that restaurant you always said you wanted to eat at, or binge-watching an entire Netflix TV series in one weekend – do it. The satisfaction that you get once you actually do something that you’ve wanted to do is so great for your mind and body. There are plenty more little changes that you can make in your life that are easy and super rewarding. Remember, it’s the little changes that you commit to that end up making a big difference overall.
Save yourself some money and time by Samuel A. Moore
If you are a college student and want to save yourself some money and some stress, then take some time to read what I have to say. I have a belief that every problem in life that we may encounter has a solution. One of my goals in life is to help people so that they won’t make the same mistakes that I have made, or mistakes that I have seen others make. One mistake that I haven’t made in life is declaring a major. Of course I am older than a lot of the student body at Greensboro College, so I have been able to experience different occupations. As a result of me working in different industries I didn’t make the mistake of switching majors during my college journey. Changing your major could present some problems in your life. Not only can changing majors once or multiple times affect your finances, but it could take up a lot of your time. Because I have worked in various fields, I have come to the conclusion that I know what I want to do with my life – and what I don’t want to do with my life. Since most college students are so young, many of them may not have the luxury of knowing what they want to do with their lives. I believe that we should do what we are called to
do in life. I believe that God will reveal our purpose to us if we ask. I also believe that our calling in life will present us with some obstacles, but overall we will be satisfied doing what we are called to do. My advice to you all is to research what you want to do and find out what the requirements are. If you want to be a surgeon for example and you hate to see other people bleed, then maybe you should reconsider that path. If you struggle with math like I did, entering a number-heavy field may not be the best decision. The second thing that I strongly advise one to do is to take all general education courses before taking any classes that you need for your major. I say this because taking general education courses should take up to two or even three years to complete. By the time you reach the age of 20 or 21, you may be certain of what you would like to do with your life. Speaking with Travis Mickey, a registrar for Greensboro College for about three years, it becomes clear that it is difficult to keep track of exactly how many people have changed their majors since this often happens multiple times. Travis went on to say that some students even change their major within the same semester. He also said at least 12 persons per semester change their major. Do yourself a favor and complete your general education courses first if possible. Then work on your major.
In a galaxy far from the norm by Savvy Bowen
Let me preface by saying that a lot of people are going to find this hard to believe: I have never seen “Star Wars.” Growing up, my parents were more into music than movies so I never got to venture down that road to a galaxy far, far away. By the time I was old enough to discover the legend on my own several of the movies had already come out. I felt that I was too far behind to catch up. Now that I’m older and the hype is rebuilding, I have put it on my list to try and jump on the bandwagon. I would love to sit down and watch all of the movies in the proper order but what college student has time for that? When I was little, my mother and I read every single Harry Potter book. I’ve seen all the movies at
least five times. Since the beginning I have been part of the Harry Potter fandom. There are few people out there that have not seen or read anything of J.K. Rowling’s. That might raise an eyebrow with me but then I realize that I am on a similar boat with a different franchise. There are several expansions of movies and books that I would love to get into and read or watch. Books like The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and even “The Avengers” movies. I could go on and on. Perhaps one day I will find the time to settle in and make the long journey into the different worlds. But for now I am finding peace with the fact that I don’t have to be a part of every fandom or popular thing that comes along. Just because it isn’t my cup of tea right now doesn’t mean I might not enjoy it later even after the hype is gone.
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Election
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Martin O’Malley, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
(Photo courtesy of www.wired.com.)
The Democratic Debate by Amanda Owens
On Sunday, January 19, the first Democratic debate of 2016 took place featuring this year’s top candidates. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley gathered in Charleston, S.C., to discuss major issues facing America, including gun control, women’s rights and environmental sustainability. The first major issue debated was gun control, in which Clinton criticized Sanders’ vote against the Brady bill when they were both in the Senate together. Clinton accused Sanders of voting in favor of gun lobbyists in this instance. Sanders then accused Clinton of being disingenuous. Health Care, President Obama, environmental sustainability and many other issues were debated that night, and the entire time it felt like a debate between Clinton and Sanders. O’Malley obviously contributed, but the major-
ity of conflict and heated discussion arose between Clinton and Sanders. The two remained civil throughout, but definitely made their ideological differences more apparent than they had in past debates. Sanders impressed the crowd with his commitment to the major issues and when conversation strayed from those issues, he was the one regaining everyone’s focus, which earned him a lot of applause from the audience. What stood out most at this debate compared to others was the lack of rivalry between candidates. It was a shocking contrast to recent Republican debates, in which candidates are known for screaming at one another when they disagree. Clinton pointed this out during the debates which earned her a huge round of applause. What are your thoughts on the debates? Email The Collegian staff and let us know!
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Marco Rubio at the GOP Debate in (Photo by Rainier Erhardt, AP) North Charleston S.C.
The Republican Debate by Lauren Smith
There were many words slung during the first GOP Debate on NBC. The top seven Republican candidates participated in the debate. Here is the line-up according to their position in the presidential race: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich. They were asked questions about the military, ISIS, immigration, foreign policy, religion and many more topics. The topics at the forefront were the “he said/she said” questions. Most were questioned on what the New York Times or other candidates had to say about them. There were many words exchanged between Cruz and Trump specifically. Ted Cruz began his debate telling us that, “any country that captures our fighting men will feel the full force and fury of the United States of America.” The big Cruz/Trump debate was all about Cruz’s birth country. Trump thinks that because Cruz was born in Canada that he shouldn’t be president. Cruz retaliated by saying that people are pardoned if they are in the military (in this case, it would mean dual citizenship) and/or missionaries working in another country, which his father was at the time. Cruz then pointed out the
fact that Trump’s mother is Scottish so according to his own logic, he is also ineligible to run. The debate was left at that. Carson jumped in with some good points about the military and foreign affairs. There were also many small debates between Trump and most of the other candidates. They talked about things like immigration and who is leading who in the race, and participated in a lot of opponent bashing. The only time there was a sense of “community” amongst them was when they were deriding Democratic candidates Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. They also seemed to agree about current president Barack Obama’s “wrongdoing” in office. They talked about things like Clinton’s emails and even mentioned Bill Clinton as well. There was one point Trump made that really stuck out – our allies are weakened. They think we are weak and that makes them less likely to come to our aid. He said that we need to strengthen America and we need to strengthen things with our allies so they are stronger than ever. The second GOP Debate was Thursday January 28. Donald Trump did not attend because of a running disagreement with Fox News anchor, Megyn Kelley.
Politics in New Hampshire
by Meegan McCarthy
In 2012, in keeping with tradition, New Hampshire residents were the first to cast their votes for president: 52 percent for Barack Obama and 46 percent for Mitt Romney as NBC News
announced. Of the 1.321 million at the time that lived in New Hampshire, only 696,399 people voted in that election. Though New Hampshire only has four electoral votes, compared to California which has 31, it still plays an important role in U.S. politics. The reason why New Hampshire has been getting so much attention is because New Hampshire is where the primaries are first held. The state is swarmed with political issues once the competition starts for the presidency. New Hampshire has actually moved back and forth between leaning Democrat and Republican for the last 10 elections, as five have seen Republicans elected, and the other five saw Democrats. There has always been much conflict between people of different politi-
cal affiliations; one need only drive down any major road and witness the sheer number of posters advocating for various politicians to see this. Conflict is also quite strong because many people dislike certain candidates but still feel compelled to support them. Since many candidates start in New Hampshire, the media is filled with Trump, Bernie, Rubio, Bush, and Hillary (and so many more). Even social media, including Snapchat, is not excluded from this. As I left New Hampshire to head back to North Carolina for my second semester I went through various videos of debates going on. This election has become a major news story, not just in New Hampshire where I am from, but everywhere. Bernie Sanders has become a central figure in New Hampshire, and not Hillary Clinton as some would suspect. Perhaps it is just my perception but
Hillary has had major issues with the law as of late, causing voters to question her ability to lead the nation. According to current polls conducted by the New York Times and Huffington Post, New Hampshire Republicans prefer Trump who has garnered 32 percent and Democrats favor Sanders who holds 52 percent. The New Hampshire Primary will be held on February 9.
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Around Campus The Collegian
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The who, what, when, where, why and how of Greensboro College majors
by Joshua Fitzgerald
Greensboro College, as everyone knows, has a relatively small student body. In fact, only about 1,200 students are enrolled at our school. It is unusual, then, that Greensboro College has so many majors available. With so many majors and so few students, naturally someone is bound to wonder if he or she is the only person attempting to get a particular degree. The Collegian, thanks to the cooperation of the Registrar’s Office, was able to find out the answer to this interesting question. Apparently, no one is alone when trying to get a degree. According to the data we received, if there are 1,200 people at Greensboro College, then even the person who is getting a Chemistry degree has a fellow student who is working toward
the same goal. (Those two special students only make up 0.16 percent of the student body, so they are not shown on the pie chart.) On the other hand, the person getting an Exercise and Sports Science degree shares his or her ambition with about 188 people. There are also interesting, unexpected trends that can be observed in the statistics. For instance, the Religion major is only sought by 0.49 percent of the student body, which is odd for a college with ties to the Methodist Church. In contrast, more than 25 percent of the student body is pursuing a degree related to health or fitness. This information is not a definite judge of the academic interests of the student body as it fails to account for minors, concentrations and other similar factors. Another drawback with this data is that it cannot show whether or
not people have changed their major during the course of their education. Nevertheless, it pro-
What makes a person? by Savvy Bowen
Recently I got the chance to sit down with junior Lauren Smith and talk to her about the things that have shaped her into the person she is today. Lauren turned 21 this past September, although she feels like she has been grown up for a long time now. She was born and raised in McLeansville, N.C.; her brother Travis was born three years later. Lauren says that her family was always very close, at least until July of 2003 when she lost her father to colon cancer. In May of 2003 he was diagnosed and given five years to live. The cancer was caught late and Lauren’s father refused chemotherapy. When they lost him just months later, Lauren had to step up and take on much of the family responsibility. Her mother was understandably devastated and Lauren, being only 8 years old, started taking care of her little brother. “An 8 year old shouldn’t have to worry about money or what they are going to eat,” she said. Without the second income, Lauren shared the concern and worry with her mother. When Lauren was 12 she made the decision to devote herself to God. She says choosing to be saved was the best decision she’s ever made. “My heart told me to do this,” she said when I asked how someone starts on the path of being saved. “It’s just something that overcomes you.”
She cherishes the fact that she got to share this experience with her brother. Lauren says that she is open to helping others who have lost a parent. When I asked her if it bothered her to talk about her father’s passing she said no, and that “It keeps him alive.” Since then she has decided that she wants to work towards lateral entry to teach high school freshmen and share her passion for reading and writing with an English class. Lauren will be a great fit for the English LAUREN SMITH world because she loves to share her passion as an Anglophile who is obsessed with British royal history. She reads and writes frequently as well as studying the noble monarchy of England’s past. Her favorite monarch is Queen Elizabeth because she was only 18 when she took the throne and Lauren feels like she can relate to her dedication and leadership from a young age. Although she would ideally like to work at a Christian school she’s keeping her options open to editing and publishing as well.
vides a helpful rough estimate and is, at minimum, extremely intriguing.
The raw data, along with this article, can be found at the new Collegian website.
How to be a vegetarian in college by Dori Medlin
College is a time where many people try new things. Since beginning my freshman year this fall, I have tried many new things, including dyeing my hair green, listening to 90’s girl punk music and becoming a vegetarian. Many of my family members have expressed concern with this decision, asking, “What are you going to eat?” The answer is simple: anything that isn’t meat. While maintaining a vegetarian diet while living on a college campus might seem difficult, it is one of the easiest goals to keep. I have tried giving up soda for over a year now, and I’ve yet to last more than two weeks. I tried going to our school’s gym once a week, and I only went twice last semester. However, since giving up meat, I’ve yet to cave. Here are some simple tips to being a vegetarian at Greensboro College: • The Caf – The Caf is fully stocked with great non-meat products to enjoy. There is usually at least one entree that is vegetarian. There are symbols below food descriptions that indicate whether a food is vegetarian or vegan. If there isn’t a vegetarian entree option to your lik-
ing, there’s always cheese pizza, pasta, the salad bar or the cereal dispenser to rely on. • The Pride Market – Just because you’re a vegetarian doesn’t mean you always have to eat healthy. Use the $50 of Pride Bucks that are included with your meal plan to stock up on snacks. The Pride Market is filled with yummy chips, candies, snacks, and drinks. Just because you don’t eat pig doesn’t mean you can’t pig out. • Your dorm – Fill your dorm with tasty vegetarian snacks and meals for days you don’t want to deal with Caf lines. My go-to dorm snack is Kraft microwavable mac and cheese, my favorite being the “Star Wars” shapes. I also have a waffle maker and oatmeal. Are you a fan of Ramen? Good news, their Oriental flavor is not only vegetarian, but also delicious. If you have ever considered becoming a vegetarian, college is the perfect place to try it out. If you try it and decide it’s not for you, that’s okay. It’s always fun to try something new. If you like it, it could become a healthy choice that you could maintain your whole life. Happy eating.
On the Prowl … What is your New Year’s resolution
and have you been fulfilling it?
Abby Bügger Religion, Freshman
My New Year’s resolution is to embrace every opportunity and smile. So far I’ve been trying to and I think this year will turn out great.
Kierrah Meadows Political Science, Freshman
My new year’s resolution is to work out and trim up before Spring Break. I have been sticking to it so far. I do around 200 squats a day.
Javen Garrison Athletic Training, Sophomore
My resolution is to stay focused on school and my assignments. I want to excel in all my classes and come out with really good grades this semester. I have been staying on top of my academics so far and I think I am going to stick with it.
Vaugnte Anderson Accounting, Sophomore
My resolution is to work even harder than I already do in basketball. It’s my passion and I really enjoy putting in the effort to be successful doing what I love. I am fulfilling my resolution since I’m always on my grind.
Victoria Anderson Elementary Ed, Junior
My resolution has been trying to stay calm; because I blow up in like .5 seconds I need to get better with my temper. So far, I have been eliminating toxic people out of my life. I also want to drink more water and I’ve been getting better at that too!
News
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by Kinsley Prendergast On Thursday, January 14, Potterheads, Die Harders, and cinema-lovers worldwide mourned the loss of one of the most innovative and complex actors in recent history. Alan Rickman, known for his screen, stage, and directing roles dating
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Farewell Professor…
back to the 1970s, passed away at a hospital in his hometown of London. Born February 21, 1946, in the Acton area of London, Rickman’s first role was as Tybalt in a 1978 BBC production of “Romeo and Juliet.” The 1980s brought him fame in the Americas when he portrayed
El Chapo: Will he escape again? by Tyrell Bartell
El Chapo is known around the world not only for being a notorious drug lord, but also an accomplished escape artist. He started off selling oranges to make a living before his uncle introduced him to the drug business. In his early days he built a reputation for being ruthless. In the book The Last Narco, he was described as a risk taker who would not hesitate to kill someone for being late on a drug shipment. Chapo’s cartel trafficked cocaine, heroin, marijuana and meth. In 1993, rival traffickers placed a target on his back. He survived the assassination attempt, but the Catholic Cardinal was killed during the shooting. Chapo fled to Guatemala, only to be handed over to the police. He was thrown in prison for 20 years, and he escaped for the first time years later. El Chapo made his first escape from prison in 2001. He reportedly escaped in a laundry cart and may have bribed prison guards to help him slip out of the high-security prison. Chapo managed to avoid being captured for 13 years, even though his hideouts were an open secret among locals. Mexican marines caught El Chapo again
on February 22, 2014, just days after he escaped through a secret door beneath the bathtub that led into a tunnel. The New York Times reports, “In addition to pioneering the use of tunnels to smuggle drugs across, or rather under, the United States Border, Chapo built a warren of them in Culiacan, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, where his cartel was based and where he had was believed to be hiding for years.” Authorities believe that almost immediately after his recapture, Chapo began planning his escape from Mexico’s Altiplano federal prison. A short 16 months later El Chapo had escaped once again. This time he slipped through a perfectly placed hole in the blind spot of a lone security camera in his prison cell. It is believed that someone within the prison shared blueprints and security details with El Chapo’s engineers. The entrance to his escape was a gap in the shower floor of 1 ½ feet by 1 ½ feet, which led to a 32 foot ladder and a mile long tunnel. An abandoned home awaited Chapo at the end of the tunnel, at least a half-mile from any other building. It cost the kingpin an estimated $50 million in construction and bribes to prison officials, The Telegraph reports.
Brave chemistry teacher saves students by Tyrell Bartell
On January 20, another deadly attack took place on a college campus. Taliban militants stormed the campus of Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, opening fire on the students and teachers. Lecturer Syed Hamid Hussain showed an act of bravery in his attempt to help some of his students escape the attack. As the gunmen stormed the school, he ordered his students to stay inside. He opened fire on the gunmen which gave the young people time to flee the classroom before he was gunned down. This attack left at least 21 people dead. One man told reporters, “We saw three terrorists shouting, ‘Allah is great!’ and rushing towards the stairs of our department.” Geology student Zahoor Ahmed said Hussain warned him not to leave the building
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after the first shots were fired. “I saw a bullet hit him. I saw two militants were firing. I ran inside and then managed to flee by jumping over the back wall.” Sociology student Muhammad Daud described Hussain as “a real gentleman and a respectable teacher.” Tributes were paid to the slain teacher on Twitter. President Mamnoon Hussain confirmed that the lecturer had died, and expressed his grief and condolences to the man’s family. Security officials say an operation to halt the bloodshed ended several hours after it began. After an earlier attack by Taliban militants at a school in Peshawar in 2014, teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were given permission to carry firearms in the classroom. More than 150 people were killed in this attack, the majority being students.
the villainous and menacing Hans Gruber in the cult hit “Die Hard.” The 1990s then saw him in more notable American roles, as Colonel Brandon in the movie adaption of the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility and as Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus in the science fiction comedy “Galaxy Quest.” In 2003, he returned to his native land to play Harry in the British holiday rom-com “Love Actually.” He followed this with another well-known role, as the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android in the 2005 version of Douglas Adam’s “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” However, his (arguably) most significant role, and the one that truly made him a household name, began in 2001 as Professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” film series. Even after the conclusion of the “Harry Potter” series, he stayed active in the entertainment industry, portraying President Ronald Reagan in the award winning 2013 film “The Butler” and acting in and directing the 2014 British period drama “A Little Chaos.” His last role was as the voice of Absolem the Caterpillar in “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” which will be released this coming May. In addition to acting and directing, Rickman supported
ALAN RICKMAN the research charity Saving relief of poverty amongst people Faces, which is devoted to “pre- involved in the performing arts vention and treatment of facial in distress in all parts of the disease, injury and oral cancer,” world.” and was the honorary president Rickman is survived by his of The International Performers wife, politician Rima Horton and Aid Trust, a charity “for the his godson, actor Tom Burke.
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Sports The Collegian
One Pride
by Rhett Martin
In 2015, The Lady Pride softball team finished the season by looking back on what they could have done differently. After finally coming together and clicking with one another, they saw themselves faced with a bigger challenge: a Conference Championship. Unfortunately, the Lady Pride fell short of a Championship title, though they had their best finish of the past five seasons with an overall record of 22-22. Ultimately they placed third in the USA South Conference. Now head coach Becky Bishop takes the reins again as she leads the team into her second season. When asked who is going to play the biggest role this year, she could not pinpoint just one or two players. Coach Bishop has faith and believes in each girl who wears a uniform for her. Each individual contributes to the
success of the program in their own way. Although one does not stands out, Coach Bishop looks for her seniors to show leadership so that Championship Sunday is in sight once again. Senior LHP Dawn Harris played a huge role last season as the ace made 27 appearances and in 13 of those, Harris threw complete games. Of the 13 complete games, 11 of those ended up as wins for Harris. Another key to success last season was first baseman Allyson Yeager. Last season, Yeager swung for a mighty .398 batting average along with gaining a miraculous fielding percentage of .988 in the 35 games. Last, but not least, shortstop Sarah Connelly was the Lady Pride’s leading offensive threat. In the 2014 season Connelly only hit for an average of .333. She then made a huge improvement at the plate by being more aggressive and hitting for an average of .460 while only
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Pictured from left to right are Sarah Connolly, Dawn Harris and Allyson Yeager.
Picture by Wes Gullet, Sports Information Director
striking out seven times. For the 2016 season the softball team is taking school’s slogan “One Pride” to heart. “The slogan to us means family; it means being one,” said Coach Bishop. The Lady Pride looks to take one
game at a time and hopes to gain sight of another ring in the coming season. The Road to the Show begins for the Lady Pride as they take on the Lady Wildcats of Randolph College. This war is set to take place in Lynchburg, Va. #ONEPRIDE!!!!
Men’s Lacrosse 2016 by Demario Smith
On February 6, our men’s lacrosse team kicks off their 2016 season against Wingate University at 10 a.m. The Pride’s 2015 season didn’t go as planned due to the cancellation of a lot of games, yet they still pummeled most of their competition. They finished with a 6-9 recorded but right at .500 for conference play. With a stacked unit offensively and defensively and a decent mount of returners, this shall be a great year for our men’s lacrosse team. They have a good number of upperclassmen that will take them to the promised land – Tamarin Sterling, Giannia Gonzalez, Matt Wier, Lamar Jelks – and this is just some of players that will be big for The Pride. The year looks good for Coach Mike Foderaro and his staff.
David Leaman and Joseph Gatling out-muscle an opponent for the ball.
Basketball updates
by DeMario L. Smith
Both men’s and women’s basketball have been on absolutes tears. In their last 10 games, both units have only lost three games. The Lady Pride have completely dominated each of the last opponents by wide margins while the men have won by commanding leads. Both have proved why they will be forces to be reckoned with as the season progress. On January 20, both teams took on the Battling Bishops of N.C. Wesleyan. The Lady Pride prevailed commandingly with 30 point-plus win. Several players scored in double figures, with Courtney Pearsal leading the way with 17 points and Alexis Hite a close second with 14. Marla Crawford dished out
a team-high seven assists. The Lady Pride improved to 8-6 overall and 4-1 in conference play. The men were only a few possessions away from changing the outcome of their game. They fell short to Battling Bishops 86-74. The Pride had several score in double figures. Senior Parris Scales scored a team-high 17 points, while Joseph Gatling, Torrence Outing, and Zedric Barnett also broke the double figure mark. Simeon Howard was a point shy and a few rebounds shy of a double-double. Their loss to the Bishops snapped a two-game winning streak. The Pride fell to 9-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play. In a showdown against Lagrange College The Pride pre-
vailed winning 81-78. Simeon Howard led the way with 19 points, with Paris Scales continuing his stellar play capping of 18 points. Both individuals had double-doubles. Scales led the way with 13 boards while Howard finished right behind him with 12. Joseph Gatling also had big night and finished with 18 points. The Lady Pride defeated the Lady Panthers 63-55. Alexis Hite played exceptionally well as did Marla Crawford. Hite finished 17 points shooting 5-for-11 from the 3-point line, while Crawford capped off 13 points and five assists. Kamerin Williams was a rebound and two points away from a doubledouble.
Catch
by DeMario L. Smith
Many probably questioned who would replace Coach Steven Seeberg after he decided to step down as tennis coach. It didn’t take Athletic Director and Head Basketball Coach Bryan Galuski long to find a coach for our men’s and women’s tennis teams as former Coach Andy Smith was reinstated as the interim coach. Coach Seeberg did a good job while here and will be truly missed but I’m sure many are glad to have Coach Smith back. When Andy Smith was employed here at Greensboro College he had several players named to USA South Conference teams. In his seasons here Smith was extremely successful and went out on a high note in 2014. Galuski was thrilled to have
ANDY SMITH Smith back, saying, “I would like to welcome Andy back to Greensboro College and our athletic department. I am excited to have Coach Smith as our interim head men’s and women’s tennis coach.” Both teams struggled last year, but I believe with Coach Andy Smith back in the picture that they’ll do big things.
Support the Pride. Come out to all the home games!
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Entertainment The Collegian
February 3, 2016
“Two Rooms” kicks off Theatre offerings by Scotty Inyama
The Greensboro College Theatre Department has found an excellent way to kick off the spring semester. “Two Rooms” is the gripping story of a heartbroken woman trying to do whatever she can to get her husband back home after he is kidnapped in the Middle East. The play itself is an inner struggle to stay strong, and also a commentary on current situations. Today, many Americans
take issue with refugees relocating to America, after fleeing their own horrid situations. The play, “Two Rooms,” takes care to never be directly offensive. Discussing what it means to be a young person in a war torn country, fighting for what they believe is right. The play discusses people in a situation, it does not speak for everyone, making this production an excellent conversation. The most informed and philosophical ideas on ter-
rorism mostly come from the kidnapped man, who mostly appears to monologue his point, which is good because he is the one in the situation. His idea of what is happening around him comes from a lived experience. The least offensive way to pass information from such a sensitive topic. What makes the play great is not only the story. The cast had an excellent opening night. The first few moments are a bit jarring. Several actors come
onto the stage to perform overlapping news clips about terror in the Middle East, but beyond that everyone did a phenomenal job. Mackenzie Degenhardt, the actress who played Lainie Wells, really captured the demented look of a heartbroken wife. Candace Spencer, who played the government official in charge of Lainie’s case, was powerful and commanding on stage. These two women on stage together was a powerful mix of chemistry and acting
ability. They were simply electric. Add Brad McBride, the actor who played the newspaper reporter, and the stage was perfect. The audience gave them all a standing ovation at the end of what was an amazing performance. Get out and support the Theatre Department through the rest of this semester. You will not be disappointed with the talent being cultivated at GC.
The Force Awakens is a breath of fresh air
by Joshua Fitzgerald
“Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” tells the story of Rey (Daisy Ridley), who grows up in a troubled galaxy on a desert world in the middle of nowhere. She meets a forgotten old man who once was a premier galactic military leader and who knows of a great power, the Force. Along with comrades, both droid and human, they attempt to destroy a superweapon capable of demolishing entire worlds while evading a mysterious human well-versed in the “dark side of the Force.” Does this sound familiar? The plot of “The Force Awakens” closely matches the plot of “A New Hope,” the first “Star Wars” movie. Sadly, this trend is alarmingly common across numerous franchises today. From “Star Trek” to “Jurassic World,” many new movies are remade versions of old movies. However, “The Force Awakens” is definitely worth watching. It takes the unrealistic, overdone optimism of “A New Hope” – the sort of optimism that says, “You can destroy entire planets, but you can’t hurt a main character, unless that main character has just been introduced” – and blatantly turns that
optimism on its head. Both one-shot Stormtroopers and main characters are incapacitated by the end of the movie. The entire galaxy feels war-worn; decades of war have finally taken their toll. In many ways, it is a portrayal of a post-apocalyptic galactic civilization. At the same time, the movie retains a spark of hope. Everyone is trying to figure out the location of the self-exiled Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) because they know that he is the key to stopping the continuous war. The First Order, the successor state to the Empire, wants to kill Luke, who is the last remaining Jedi knight. Meanwhile, the Resistance, the Rebel-Alliance-like faction opposing the First Order, wants to find Luke to protect him and to obtain his help. The Resistance holds the upper hand in the search, and by the beginning of the film just needs to safely transport the droid BB-8, who is carrying the final piece of the map leading to Skywalker, to its headquarters. Though it does copy some plot elements from “A New Hope,” “The Force Awakens” is much better than nearly every other movie in the series, perhaps excepting “The Empire Strikes Back.” For one thing, its special effects are vastly superior. The prequels are noto-
The continuing importance of the Arts by Heather Alfano
On January 14, Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro had the privilege of hosting National Humanities Director Robert Newman as he lectured on “Humanities Moments and the Heroic.” Newman, smartly dressed in a navy blue suit and lavender dress shirt and sporting snowy white hair and beard, appears exactly as one would expect a National Humanities Direction to appear: calm, austere, and confident in his own intellect. His serious demeanor melts away, however, as he takes up the podium in the cozy back area of the bookstore and explains his affinity for the “great questions” of human existence, such as, “If you eat pasta and antipasti, will you still be hungry?” The crowd chuckles and Newman continues on. After a few more warm-up jokes he shuffles the papers in front of him and clears his throat, jumping into the issue at hand. Like many other humanities professionals, Newman recognizes instantly the “second-class status” afforded to humanities disciplines in both academia and the world at large. He speaks passionately about the modern tendency to support STEM fields at the expense of history, literature, and art. He derides those, especially politicians who, in his words, “(seek to transform) universities into little more than VOTEC schools with football
teams,” while ignoring the myriad ways in which the humanities enrich one’s life and world. He also addresses common critics of the humanities who claim that since these fields do not work towards curing cancer or aiding in the war on terror, they are basically useless by identifying historians, artists, philosophers, and poets as “scientists of the spirit.” Though an excellent understanding of hard facts and formulae is vital to solving the world’s problems, so is the solid grasp of ethics and analysis that only study in the humanities can provide. After several minutes of extolling the humanities’ many virtues, Newman turns to some more concrete examples of these fields’ influences on some of the world’s most prominent scientific figures. He brings up Steve Jobs, whose study of calligraphy afforded him a better understanding of how the human mind perceives various fonts and word spacing; he was clearly able to put this knowledge to use when forming his own computer empire, Apple Inc. As Newman’s lecture comes to a close, he charges the audience to always be aware of “the heroic within” each and every human and to remember that true purpose of the humanities is to give meaning to life by encouraging one to question, analyze, think, and speak clearly about the world.
rious for their overuse of CGI. While “The Force Awakens” also makes us of CGI, it is much less obvious than in, for instance, “Attack of the Clones.” “The Force Awakens” used real props much more often, but seamlessly integrated CGI when it was necessary. The acting in “The Force Awakens” has also drastically improved. There are no unemotionally-delivered romance lines about sand. The characters are not masters of political exposition; they are real human-beings, with real emotion. There are a few issues with the movie, however. At times, it feels rushed. One main character who did not even know that she could use the Force at the beginning has Jedi-like abilities by the end. Characters who have just met immediately trust each other completely for the sake of pacing, and some mundane questions, such as “Which suns
are drained for power by the First Order superweapon, and are they drained completely?” are left unanswered. Also, it doesn’t use returning protagonists, such as R2-D2 or C3P0, enough compared to the other movies. It feels as if they are just put in the movie for the sake of inclusion. Discounting these issues, the seventh episode of the “Star Wars” saga is very well made. It is an interesting commentary on the state of the galaxy far, far away after decades at war, and though it borrows from an earlier movie it alters it enough to remain interesting. The visuals are stunning, the acting is superb, and the biggest problems with it are rather insubstantial. It was not just a return to the “Star Wars” universe, but also a return to form for Lucasfilm and for all of the other people who have made the saga possible.