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UNG students trap tree frogs for science Research fights a deadly fungus Andrew Smith Staff Writer ARSMIT7974@ung.edu

GAINESVILLE - The biology department of the UNG Gainesville campus is home to numerous classes, extracurricular activities and a long-term undergraduate research program.

Among theses projects is a ongoing study of the local amphibian population and a fungus known as chytridiomycosis, or chytrid that carries the potential to be deadly to amphibians native to Georgia.

The research involves both field work, including trapping tree frogs, and CSI style lab work to identify the fungus. Both aspects of the research are carried out by UNG biology majors that are taking part in just one of the university’s undergraduate research programs.

“It’s important for students to get out and do the actual research,” said Natalie Hyslop, the lead researcher and faculty advisory for the chytrid project. “That way students really understand the principles behind it and the science that goes along with it. These studies require both students and professors to go above and beyond what they normally do. Students usually spend two semesters getting trained and acclimated to the work.”

Students in the field spend about four hours, two days a week, collecting samples and data, and use additional time to set traps and prepare equipment for expeditions. Students in the lab devote two to four hours a day, three days a week, to testing samples.

“I would be out in the woods no matter what,” said Photo by Andrew Smith Spencer Cruz, a student who has been working on the Student Spencer Cruz inspects tree frogs for fungus as part of his research for the program. project for three years. “With this research it amounts to something, and is helping me better prepare for my project with as much consistency as possible.

“Programs like to know you already have experience future.”

On the laboratory side of the research is Kelly in the field and know how to conduct the research and Cruz has taken to the field to trap local tree frogs Becker, who tests the samples swabbed from the frogs write up your findings. ” and swab them for traces of the fungus. Cruz has been by Cruz.

The samples are tested for the DNA of the One unique factor the students have to deal with is catching frogs and snakes since he was a child, and most people who know him are not surprised to learn preparing future students to carry on their work. Most fungus, a process that requires hours in preparation and incubation before results can be reviewed. long-term research projects require for 10 or more he has taken a childhood hobby to a whole new level.

“I got involved in this project to help me figure out years worth of samples and population counts. Since Cruz intends to use his experience with the unwhat specifically I wanted to do in the field of biology,” most students only participate in research for three to dergraduate research program to get into a biology Becker said. “Thanks to the work I have done on this four years while they are on campus, the current stugraduate program once he graduates UNG. dents must leave behind detailed records of their work project I was able to get first hand experience in the “Applying for graduate programs is competitive, and having straight A’s isn’t always enough,” Cruz said. as well as accurate instructions on how to continue the lab and I learned that is what I like to do.”

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Editor-in-Chief: Meagan Thoss (MNTHOS9609@ ung.edu) ASSISTANT EDITOR: Hunter Leger (HDLEGE7016@ ung.edu) DAHLONEGA MANAGING EDITORS: Molly Morelock & Haley Potter (MRMORE3289@ ung.edu & HLPOTT3828@ung.edu) OCONEE MANAGING EDITOR: Marah Brock (MABROC3300@ung.edu)

EDITORS: OCONEE COPY EDITORS: Caitlin Powers & Sebastian Anderson GAINESVILLE COPY EDITOR: Hailey Van Parys NEWS: Alex Popp ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Noah Hill SPORTS: Matt Green OPINIONS: Emily Primm

STAFF WRITERS: GAINESVILLE: Ariana Cervantes, Ethan Austin-Keating, Kyle Funderburk, Caleb Hutchins, Ramou Jalloh, Brent Payne, Lauren Eckert, Emily Elmore, Tanner Farr, Alex Gonzalez, Gibram Herrera, Colin Hubbard, Briana Mink, Chris Mink, Brandon Mobley, Jessica Simons, Andrew Smith, Kale Smith, Brianna Triplett DAHLONEGA: Jennifer Purcell, Caitlin Sanford, Audra Hall, Sarah Eagan, Lea Herring, Kellan Monroe, Nicki Sperry, Rachel Ayers, Kyle Beach, Jan Willing,Erin Higdon OCONEE: Sebastian Anderson, Caitlin Powers, Natalie Garner, Trey Tiller

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GAINESVILLE: Merrill Morris (merrill.morris@ung. edu) DAHLONEGA: Jeffery Johnson (jeffery.johnson@ ung.edu) OCONEE: Dan Cabaniss (dan.cabaniss@ung. edu)

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Workers repair Donovan Hall after water damage from a burst pipe.

Burst pipe floods dorm, forces students to relocate Rachel Ayers Staff Writer rdayer9796@ung.edu

DAHLONEGA - A hot water pipe burst in a dorm on the Dahlonega campus, flooding the first floor and causing damage.

On Sept. 24 around 12:10 p.m. a pipe in the bathroom ceiling of Donovan Hall, a women’s dorm, burst and quickly flooded the living area on hall A100.

“I was in my room and heard screams,” Madison Brooks, freshman athletic training major, said. “Water was pouring out of the ceiling and onto the carpet.”

Brooks said the water was not just dripping from the ceiling, it was pouring, and compared the leak to a waterfall coming out of the ceiling.

“At first it was a puddle, but then it spread to 3 inches deep everywhere,” Sydney Caudell, freshman nursing major, said.

Brooks and Caudell said that their resident assistant was not calm, and the situation was chaotic. Two fire trucks were on the scene along with one ambulance and campus police. There were also resident directors and other resident assistants helping keep students calm.

“I didn’t really see campus police doing anything,” Caudell said. “But by the time they arrived the situation was under control by the resident directors and resident assistants.”

Residence Life has offered new rooms for the freshman women affected by the busted pipe.

They were given an option to stay in their rooms over the weekend or to move to the UNG Suites until their rooms are fixed. Residence Life, however, did not recommend staying in their rooms over the weekend due to the damaged humidifiers and possible warm temperatures.

The rooms are single-occupancy rooms in the suites where Residence Life will move extra beds into those rooms for the women until the situation is solved, Caudell said.

“Not many people are taking this offer because they have already found somewhere else to stay,” Caudell said.

The rooms were expected to be back to normal in about a week.

“I’m annoyed. Trying to find a place to sleep tonight and getting all of our stuff out of our rooms is annoying,” Brooks said.

The university is possibly shutting down Donovan hall for renovation next year, but Brooks said that maybe they should have shut it down sooner.

Brooks and Caudell both agreed that this problem was not unexpected and that their resident assistant had warned them when they moved in about something like this happening.

While the leakage happened, a freshman resident on the second floor of Donovan’s A-wing had an allergic reaction to traces of peanuts found in the yogurt she was eating. Caudell said that the ambulance was on the scene for the girl having the allergic reaction, not the leak. Her name was not available.

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Here’s where your Student Involvement fees go Alex Popp News Editor AWPOPP2487@ung.edu GAINESVILLE - In the last two years the Gainesville campus has seen 17 new clubs formed, including clubs like First Autonomous Collective, Gender Equality Club, and Trailblazers. On the other hand, over 20 clubs have disbanded, leaving the university more leeway to expand club budgets and make student activity fees go farther.

To get an overall picture of how club funding has changed for 2015 and 2016, consider the overall increases and decreases to club funding.

Between the 2014 and 2016 budgets, 42 clubs received a budget cut. Of those, only 18 percent (19 clubs total) saw a serious budget cut more than $500.

Katelyn Mathews, the vice president of Gainesville SGA, said the process of deciding when and where to make budget cuts is as straightforward as sitting down with future budget requests and looking for where the money is.

“We look at things like how much is left in their budget at that point," said Mathews.

"If they have say, $2000 left, and it’s April, we have to ask, 'Why didn’t they use it?'”

But in that same time period, 100 Gainesville clubs have seen increases in their budgets, 15 percent of those being greater than $500. Mathews said that with budget increases, SGA has to consider the group requesting the funds and the campus at large.

“When we actually look at who gets the most money,

we look at how much (the club) impact the student body as a whole," Mathews said.

Mathews said groups like the NightHawks Entertainment club, funds set aside for the fitness center or the newspaper distribution center get allocated more because of how many students they affect. Any student can use the gym or athletic complex any day of the week and The New York Times newspaper is provided around campus.

Even though Gainesville's club funding is going up for the most part, the guidelines have changed for how a club budgets their funds in the last few years, in response to students abusing their allocated funds.

“There were too many groups just giving out free pizza,” Matthews said.

“We wanted (the clubs) to more focus on giving the students an actual experience, instead of just, 'Hey, free food!'"

Currently, clubs can only budget 25 percent of their funds towards food and 25 percent towards travel. Stacie Rowley said that even though these limitations have been placed on what clubs can pay for, UNG Gainesville stands behind the decision to keep travel as an approved club expenditure.

“You may not know that on the Dahlonega campus they do not pay for students to travel to conferences,” Rowley said. “But it definitely benefits the students and our (Gainesville) students get a lot out of it."

“There were too many groups just giving out free pizza,” Matthews said.

A few of the groups getting your student involvement money: Dahlonega SGA: $20,390 Asian Student Association: $440 Skeptics Society: $575 Nighthawk Entertainment: $200,000 Gainesville SGA: $15,823 Anime Club: $1,175 Nighthawk Entertainment: $52,200 Vanguard: $10,000 Oconee SGA: $7,200 Nighthawk Entertainment: $23,000 Running Club: $750 Vanguard: $5,800

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Jacobs: Keeping separate SGAs is best for students Kellan Monroe Staff Writer KVMONR6863@ung.edu DAHLONEGA - Students at separate University of North Georgia campuses are not all paying the same fees, participating in the same clubs or receiving the same academics, in spite of the university’s consolidation in 2013.

Student Government Association, Nighthawks Entertainment and other organizations have separate branches at the different campuses. Each club is supposed to be tailored to meet needs of students on its campus.

Although uniting is “doable,” it is in students’ best interest to have separate organizations on separate campuses, according to UNG President Bonita Jacobs.

Each campus has its own “unique and beautiful culture,” and each organization is designed to fit the

campus culture, Jacobs said.

A single SGA would have difficulties governing all the campuses well, Grace Magrino, president of the Oconee SGA, said.

“With the distance, a single SGA could in no way be well informed of its constituents, hours apart,” Magrino said.

Magrino also said the SGA members were communicative with one another despite their differences.

Fees are also different on each campus. UNG Dahlonega campus students pay $65 activity fees; UNG Gainseville and Oconee campus students pay $40. Dahlonega fees are the highest because the campus has residential housing. Commuter campuses typically do not host as many events. Each campus’s own SGA recommends how fees should be allocated.

“Gainesville campus typically takes the philosophy of giving student activity fee funds to as many clubs as possible which is how we use the funds to help get students involved on campus,” Meghan Magee, president

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of the Gainesville SGA, said.

Because of different activity fees, students at UNG’s Gainesville, Oconee and Cumming campuses did not receive free tickets to the Chase Rice concert in Dahlonega in August. Dahlonega student tickets were covered by the activity fees and therefore free. Students from the other campuses paid for guest tickets.

Some education majors, whose classes were moved to Gainesville this year, complained about paying for tickets, according to Wesley Thomas, the university’s associate dean for student involvement on the Dahlonega campus. However, Thomas also said he thought most students would not want to pay fees for events on different campuses.

Neither Magrino nor Magee said they heard any complaints from other students.

“Dahlonega in itself is a trek, and students here are either satisfied with Oconee events, or uninterested in attending any campus events whatsoever,” Magrino said.

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Joshua Johnson and Jacob Lougee challenge each other to a game.

Ping-Pong Club hopes to sponsor tournaments Alex Gonzalez Staff Writer EAGONZ4294@ung.edu

a drive to master one’s skills to defeat the opposing player.

“It is a sport taken very seriously, but showing respect to your fellow players is the most important,” Pruitt said.

GAINESVILLE - When you hear the UNG student, Sarah Blahnik, has five word “sports” the first things many think of years of experience playing pingpong. are baseball, football, soccer, tennis, softball, “What makes it a sport is that you can etc. Here at the University of North Georgia compete with it. I love the people I play Gainesville campus, we have another sport with its own club that many may not know of with and that they are around my level of play. I love to take up on a challenge every — the Ping Pong Club. time,” Blahnik said.

“The formation of Blahnik would like the club a few years “...What makes it a to see more tournaback has allowed these ments in the future. sport is intensity, great pingpong players “We will be to finally have an outlet coordination, discussing [tournato get together and passion, intense ments] in our [next] compete with each othmeeting,” Pruitt said er,” club adviser Joseph energy and a drive in an email. “This Pruitt said. to master meeting will include “It has been great the assignment of one’s skills...” for the novice playnew club leaders, as ers because they can well as tournaments work with the more in the game room, and if the students would experienced players to increase their skills,” like to go to another college, such as UGA Pruitt said. “For these club members, it’s not or Georgia Tech to have exhibition matches just about the competition, but being able to with other college players. So yes, we will socialize and learn from each other because most certainly be getting some great events of similar shared interests.” together very soon.”

The club meets every day in the Game The club looks forward to collaborating Room within the Student Center. They also with other UNG campuses to bring togethmeet in the Hugh Mills Physical Educaer all the school’s players. Increasing the tion Complex in the gymnasium to play for amount of tournaments, training sessions and matches. On occasion, the club has special club meetings about three times per semester having more tables for students to use is also something they would like to move towards to discuss future plans and business. in the future.

“We have about 15 active members in the “We strive to bring together students of club,” Pruitt said. “We always encourage more people to join to share skills and interests. It is all skill levels who appreciate the uniqueness a sport, and what makes it a sport is intensity, of the sport and love competing with each other,” Pruitt said. coordination, passion, intense energy and

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At last, a little breathing room for Oconee Marah Brock Oconee Managing Editor mabroc3300@ung.edu OCONEE - UNG Oconee’s $2.5 million Student Resource Center extension will be completed Oct. 19 followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 22.

The new SRC building will add 14,000 square feet to the Oconee campus and includes three new classrooms, an expanded language lab, a multi-use science lab, and 10 new faculty offices.

The extension has allotted much of the space for studying, with a learning common for tutoring, two study rooms and ample seating and tables throughout the building. The SRC building houses a new conference room that is situated toward the front of the build-

ing allowing for a view of the Bishop property across the street from the campus.

Eric Skipper, CEO of the Oconee Campus, is overseeing the million-dollar project after the Georgia legislature granted the funds to the university during the last budget cycle in the early part of 2014.

“We’ll be able to move the faculty into their offices and be able to use the learning commons,” Skipper said. “We cannot schedule into these classrooms halfway through the semester. So these will be on the spring schedule.”

Construction for the new building began March 22 of this year and a ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.

Tim Aldridge, the Oconee campus maintenance manager, said the project has been discussed for several years.

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Oconee’s Student Resource Center will be open on Oct. 22.

Transfer students have a new home in Dahlonega Caitlin Sanford Staff Writer CLSANF0257@ung.edu DAHLONEGA - The Transfer Institute has taken up residence at the Moore house and now offers assistance to the University of North Georgia’s transfer and transitioning students.

Formerly the home of Cadet Admissions, the Moore house is the white house across the street from Chow dining hall and is now a resource for students who are new to UNG Dahlonega, but aren’t new to college.

The UNG Dahlonega campus took in roughly 400 transfer or transition students this year, according to official records.

The institute plans to convert the first floor of the Moore house into a full student lounge, which they envision being a place for the large number of transfer and transitioning students to connect, relax and study.

“We would love to feature artwork from art students on the walls in the lounge,” Judith Brauer, the institute’s acting assistant director, said.

The student staff is made up of individuals who all have one thing in common—they either transferred from another institution or transitioned from another UNG campus.

Senior political science major Andrew Ferguson leads the institute’s marketing efforts to make transfer and transition students aware of the lounge and what the office has to offer.

Ferguson transferred to UNG from Georgia Perimeter College and said

that the Transfer Institute is a much-needed resource for students who transfer to the university. Ferguson said learning all of the campus traditions, rules, acronyms and military lingo can be hard for a student who doesn’t attend a two-day orientation.

“I ate in the student center for a good two or three weeks when I first came here because I thought Chow was just for cadets,” Ferguson said.

Ferguson also said that the institute’s student staff is more than happy to answer any questions that transfers may have about life at UNG. “I’ve been here for two years and it just now feels like I belong here,” Keslan Fendley, a senior sociology major said.

Fendley transferred from Kennesaw State University Senior Andrew Ferguson and sophomore in spring 2013. She said in the Moore house. that transferring in as an upperclassmen made it difyou didn’t bother talking to someone ficult for her to get adjusted to campus because you knew you would never see life and finding where she fit in. Fendley them again,” Fendley said. “He was the also said that it seemed like people exfirst person who spoke to me like that! I pected her to know what she was doing wanted to ask him where a building was since she looked older. and if he wanted to be friends.”

The social environment of the camTransfer students are some of the pus also shocked Fendley. most persistent students at the univer“One day, a guy walked up to me out- sity and, in many cases, they already side of Rogers and told me he liked my know what they want out of their shoes. This really shocked me. At KSU, college experience. All they need is

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Kasey Wheeler discuss classes help connecting with the right people, Brauer said.

The transfer institute’s student staff is also available to help transfer students connect with on-campus organizations they are interested in joining.

Plans are underway to open the doors of the Moore house in mid-tolate October for a Halloween event featuring food, a DJ and cornhole on the Moore house’s lawn.

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JapanFest

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nt Association (ISA) members from UNG took a field trip est at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. JapanFest is a anese culture.

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Arts & Entertainment Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s 2015 fall line-up Pecos Bill - Oct. 2-4, 9 & 10 This production is for the younger audience, and the young at heart. It revolves around the story of Pecos Bill, a man “raised by coyotes and revered by cowpokes and critters alike” as he has many adventures in Texas, from “taming tornadoes” to taming “the heart of a woman as free as a tumbleweed”. It is written by Gay H. Hammond and runs approximately 55 minutes, according to GTA’s webpage.

The performances will be 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2,3,9 and 10.

There will also be a 2:30 p.m. showing on Oct. 4. The show will be at Brenau University’s historic Pearce Auditorium.

A free stage tour of “Pecos Bill” will be given 6 p.m. Sept. 22.

Tickets for this production run $10-12 for adults and seniors and $7-8 for UNG and Brenau students as well as children. The pricing depends on seat location.

There will also be an opportunity to meet the actors

following the Oct. 2 performance, an ice cream social with the cast following the Oct. 4 performance and a “cowpoke Kids RODEO” before the 6:30 p.m. performances Oct. 9 and 10 for patrons ages six through 12.

Mary Poppins Nov. 2-8 & 10-14 This production kicks off GTA’s 36th MainStage Season and is “based on P. L. Tavers’s celebrated book series and inspired by the classic 1964 film” of Mary Poppins.

The performances will be 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3-7 and 10-14. There will also be 2:30 p.m. showings Nov. 8 and 14, all at Brenau University’s Hosch Theatre.

A free stage tour of “Mary Poppins” will be given 6 p.m. Oct. 20.

A preview performance of the show is happening 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and tickets will be $10.

An opening night reception following the Nov. 3 performance will give patrons an opportunity to meet the cast and crew. It will be catered by LUNA’s.

Tickets for this production run $22 or $26 for adults, $20-24 for seniors and $14 or $16 for UNG and Brenau students.

The pricing depends on seat location and, because of the length of the show, patrons must be a minimum of five years of age to attend.

The production is sponsored by Jacobs Media.

The Nightingale Rose - Nov. 13-16 This production is the first of two plays from the GTA Discovery Series and is by Patricia Henritze.

“This play explores the inner life of Florence Nightingale, who restlessly inhabits a world where she heals the sick, challenges the powerful and discovers the limits of her own brilliance,” according to the GTA webpage.

The shows begin at 7:30 p.m. and runs from the 13 through the 16 of Nov. at the Ed Cabell Theatre on UNG’s Gainesville campus. These shows will be free admission. It is rated PG-13.

Students, faculty and staff can also receive free or discounted tickets to certain showings of these productions by contacting the box office.

For more information, visit Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s webpage at http://blog.ung.edu/gta/ or you can call the GTA box office at 678-717-3624.

Visiting artists inspire and help students across UNG Brian Hitselberger at UNG-Dahlonega

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DAHLONEGA - Brian Hitselberger’s description of his work and his exhibit “Forgetting the Self ” drew students, faculty and staff to his artist’s talk in Hoag Auditorium.

As Hitselberger began, some students lingered in the doorway, coming in one by one as Hitselberger dove deeper into the heart of his artwork.

Hitselberger was born in Marietta and grew up just outside of Charlotte.

The artist told the audience he didn’t really get into art until he was in college. He said he doesn’t start a piece with a known goal but tries to satisfy a craving within him and doesn’t consider a piece done until that craving is satisfied.

Hitselberger spent a large portion of his talk discussing a project he undertook as a graduate student at the University of Georgia. His professor challenged students by making them work in a medium outside of the one they were most accustomed to, and charged them to either make

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the invisible or the visible unseen.

Hitselberger chose performance art and chose to make himself invisible.

In 2008, Hitselberger didn’t speak to anyone for a week as his performance art piece. He printed cards to hand to people he came in contact with which read, “I’m sorry, but I am unable to speak.”

Many took this to mean that Hitselberger was deaf. The artist chuckled as he recalled how the project made him realize that far more people knew sign language than he had ever imagined.

He spoke of his belief that everyone has an ongoing internal monologue—a narration of life and self which is heightened by silence. His encounter with utter silence inspired Hitselberger to attempt slowing the internal monologue via his artwork.

In 2010, he created a piece called “End of Silence” which was on display in the atrium of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA. This expansive 28-by-50-foot work of art was made up of pieces of mylar in various shades of blue, and was intended to leave viewers in a contemplative state.

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GAINESVILLE - A nearly full auditorium came to hear and interact with New York-based artist Bridget Mullen at the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus Friday, Aug. 28.

Artist Talk is an ongoing event at the college that spans across campuses.

Director of Art Galleries Beth Sale said the event is held in order to provide students with a look at modern artists.

“We have artists come to campus four or five times a year as part of the mission of the art galleries to provide access to contemporary art,” Sale said.

The event was free and open to the public at the Ed Cabell Theatre in the Continuing Education and Performing Arts building. Attendees could view Mullen’s artwork in the Roy C. Moore Art Gallery before and after the event.

“We’ve had artists talk for an hour and a half and show tons of slides and we’ve had artists who come in and speak very briefly so the feedback has varied,” Sale said.

This year’s speaker, Bridget Mullen,

has studied across the country, attaining a master’s degree in fine arts at the Massachusetts College of Art. Her experience in residency programs, most recently in New Mexico, is what made Mullen stand out to the university, Sale said.

“The idea is that she has had this time to devote solely to her artwork,” Sale said. “The students and the entire community, I feel, can benefit from seeing what happens when someone gets to spend all their time in the studio without any interruptions.”

Mullen spoke for close to an hour and a half, going over various works and explaining the process of their creation and the inspiration behind them.

Mullen also answered questions, mainly from students, ranging from her choice of certain materials to inspiration for titles and works. She said she wanted to come because she knows the impact a visiting artist can have on an art student.

“When I was in school I saw many visiting artists, I saw many lectures,” Mullen said. “I wanted to go somewhere where the students were working and had questions.”

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New band director: ‘Exciting time’ to be at UNG Gibram Herrera Staff Writer GEHERR3049@ung.edu

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Ashley Jarrell is new to the Gainesville campus.

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GAINESVILLE - The music program at the Gainesville campus has a new band director this year. Ashley Jarrell, with a doctorate in wind conducting from the University of Illinois and 15 years of music teaching experience, will help lay out the blueprint for the program.

“The area is growing, the school is growing and it’s kind of an exciting time to be here,” Jarrell said.

Coming from teaching music at the University of Illinois, one of the more well-established music programs in the world, Jarrell seeks to bring success to UNG, but with a new school brings new challenges.

Jarrell plans to publicize the group more. He

wants to create some social media pages for the band, but doesn’t shy away from saying technology is his biggest weakness.

“I want to get the word out that things are happening in band here,” Jarrell said. “My goal this week is to make a Twitter page.”

This year will certainly be something different for the wind conducting expert. He plans to have his band ready for their first concert on December 2. Jarrell said he can be “pretty strict, demanding, but supportive” when it comes to teaching, but always makes sure his students don’t lose the enjoyment in music.

“I want to make sure the students are enjoying themselves, and then past that, I want to improve the quality of what we’re able to do,” Jarrell said.

“There are plenty of talented students on this campus,” he said. “I’ve just got to get to them.”

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Sports Men’s soccer club has homegrown talent Kyle Beach Staff Writer kgbeac0305@ung.edu The UNG men’s soccer club not only provides a local outlet for students who enjoy the game, but also promotes and supports the United States Men’s National Team.

Organized soccer is in high demand at UNG Dahlonega, but not everyone is able to become a member of the school’s NCAA team. Homegrown talent is often overlooked due to the international scholarships afforded to the NCAA , and there are few adult leagues in the area.

The men’s soccer club was started because pick-up games were readily available to students. However, the six founders, including Dane Trosterud, a senior computer information systems major, wanted an organized Photo by Dane Trosterud team that would be able to compete against The UNG men’s soccer club poses for a team photo after the first game. other schools. The founders started by placing flyers around campus to see who might us. That got the buy-in to be a lot easier to join the are provided by the UNG Recreation Center. Team be interested in participating. The club became an club.

To go there, into their house and tie them was travel is not covered in the recreation center budget overnight success; 35 people immediately responded, awesome.

It was our very first game and we literally and must be funded through dues. saying that they wanted to join. pulled our uniforms out of the box, while on the field.”

“Dues were $60 per person last semester, but it may After its establishment, the club was formally The team competes in the central division of Conlower depending on the budget from the recreation recognized by SGA on Sept. 17 of last year. Members then reached out to other universities in an attempt to ference SCSA, which includes the University of Geor- center,” Trosterud said. “We do not currently know how much dues will be for this semester until the find opponents for friendly matches. The first game in gia, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Georgia College & State University, and Emory. The team opens the season budget is finalized.” the club’s history was a surprising 3-3 draw against a at Mercer on Sept.

13, and the only home game is a The club’s first interest meeting was held on Aug. formidable Georgia Tech team. This was a successful round robin format against Georgia Gwinnett College 21. result for the start-up soccer club. The game brought and Georgia State on Sept. 19. Home games are played “Thirty-six people showed up to the first meeting,” positive attention to the club, and gave the founders a on the UNG soccer field and practices are held twice a Trosterud said. “And that doesn’t include the 10 or so platform to attract potential new members. week at the Lumpkin County high school soccer field. people who sent me messages saying that they were “Georgia Tech responded, which was huge for a Last year, the team funded uniforms and equipunable to come to the meeting, but are interested in school of that magnitude to reach out first.” Trosterud ment through player dues, but now these resources joining. The number of people will only go up.” said. “We actually tied them 3-3, which was huge for

UNG’s Dalton Humphrey wins low medalist in the Battle of Blood Mountain golf contest Colin Hubbard Staff Writer cwhubb1296@ung.edu The University of North Georgia men’s golf team tangled with Young Harris College in the battle of Blood Mountain, an annual duel between the two schools at Achasta Golf Club.

The Nighthawks’ Dalton Humphrey shot one-over in the 54-hole tournament to win low medalist honors, however, Young Harris cruised to an eight stroke victory after posting a final round, 294.

“We didn’t do our best, but we will continue to work in practice,” UNG head coach Tom Fowler said.

“I’m happy with the way (Humphrey) played in the

tournament. It was great to see him win low medalist for the tournament.”

Day one of the tournament belonged to Young Harris. The Wildcats shot a team score of 296 while the Nighthawks finished 12 shots worse at 308.

After cutting the Wildcats’ lead to eight heading into the final day, the two teams tied on day three to give Young Harris the victory. The Nighthawks shot 32 over par while the Wildcats finished at 24 over.

“Overall, I think it was a good start to the season,” Humphrey said. “Young Harris has a very good team and qualified for regional’s and finished third in the peach belt conference last year.”

Humphrey, a transfer from Faulkner State, shot his worst round of the week one day one after carding a

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round of 76 but rebounded in his second round with a score of 71. Humphrey did even better on day three of the tournament in route a two-under round of 70 to win the medalist honors by one shot over Young Harris’ Trey Pearson.

“I was proud of the way I played on the second day after struggling a little bit in the first round,” Humphrey said. “I was also proud of the way the team bounced back after the first round and almost came back from a 12 stroke deficit. I think everyone’s game is trending in the right direction at the right time. We lost two players out of our top five from last year but I think we have some guys who are ready to step in and play well. Overall, I think the outlook on the season is good, and we should be contenders in the Peach Belt.”

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Nighthawk soccer stats and schedules Nighthawk Women

Nighthawk Men

Women’s Soccer Schedule

Men’s Soccer Schedule

(6-0-0, 0-0-0) 9/4 Valdosta State 3-0 9/6 Converse 3-0 9/8 Lees-McRae 3-1 9/13 Queens 3-0 9/19 Young Harris 1-0 9/26 Georgia College* 1-0 9/29 Lenoir-Rhyne 3-2 10/3 Armstrong State* 10/7 Montevallo* 10/10 Georgia Southwestern* 10/14 Clayton State* 10/17 UNC Pembroke* 10/21 Columbus State* 10/24 Flagler* 10/28 Lander* 10/31 USC Aiken* Home games in bold *denotes Peach Belt Conference games

(1-5-1, 0-0-0) 9/3 Barry University 3-3 9/5 Palm Beach Atlantic 0-6 9/10 Tampa 2-1 9/12 Eckerd 0-1 9/17 Alabama-Huntsville 0-3 9/19 Young Harris* 1-4 9/22 Lee 2-3 9/30 Lenoir-Rhyne 1-2 10/3 Francis Marion* 10/7 Montevallo* 10/10 Georgia Southwestern* 10/14 Clayton State* 10/17 UNC Pembroke* 10/20 Shorter 10/24 Flagler* 10/28 Lander* 10/31 USC Aiken* Home games in bold *denotes Peach Belt Conference games

Peach Belt Women’s Soccer Standings

Peach Belt Men’s Soccer Standings 1. Young Harris 2. Flagler 3. Lander 4. Clayton State 5. UNC Pembroke 6. Francis Marion 7. Georgia Southwestern 8. UNG 9. USC Aiken 10. Montevallo

Photo by Rebekah Kerlin

The UNG women’s soccer team gave up only one goal in their first six games.

Men’s Summary

The record may not be much better but with a long season ahead of them, the UNG men’s soccer team still has a lot to be excited about.

Four games into the 2014 season, North Georgia (1-6-1, 0-0-0) had only scored three goals, four games into 2015, the Nighthawks had nearly doubled that total with five.

Their lone win was 2-1 against Tampa and the tie was the season opener against Barry 3-3.

However their record is marred by a 6-0 loss to Palm Beach Atlantic and most recently, a string of losses to Eckerd College, Alabama-Huntsville, Young Harris, Lee and Lenoir-Rhyne.

Men’s Stats

The good news is that six Nighthawks have scored goals: Daniel Bowlt, Eric Carrion, Carl Ludwig Eriksson, Alex Grant, Eddie Hurst and Daniel Joyce.

And despite the loss by the men to Young Harris, UNG was presented the Battle of Blood Mountain trophy at halftime of the game. The win is the second one for UNG in the contest, which started in 2013 and pits Young Harris and UNG to see which school has the most wins against the other.

1. UNC Pembroke 2. Columbus State 3. Armstrong 4. UNG 5. Flagler 6. Clayton State 7. Lander 8. Georgia College 9. USC Aiken 10. Young Harris 11. Georgia Southwestern 12. Montevallo

Women’s Summary

Three has been a pretty popular number for the UNG women’s soccer team thus far into the 2015 season.

North Georgia (6-0-0, 0-0-0) scored three goals in each of their first four games.

Their backfield has been just as good as they conceded only one goal in four games.

Their season began with a 3-0 win at Valdosta State, and two days later they beat Converse College by the same score. Two days after that they allowed their only goal in a 3-1 over Lees-McRae. They defeated Queen University of Charlotte 3-0 in the Lady Nighthawks home opener and have gone on to score wins against Young Harris and Georgia College.

Women’s Stats

Mollie Arrendale and Jacey Ramey lead the team with four goals each. Ramey also has a pair of assists.

The assist leader is Sophia Motonak with four.

Mallory Sayre won Peach Belt Conference AstroTurf Goalkeeper of the Week twice in a row.

The Lady Nighthawks have taken 129 shots in six games, 64 of them have been on goal. Their opponents have only taken 28 with 10 being on goal.

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Cook Out: Perfect combination for the college crowd Alex Popp News Editor

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You may have seen the sign for Cook Out in recent months while driving to and from work or school, and thought, “Oh great, another fast food joint, as if we didn’t have enough of those.”

And on the surface, Cook Out is just what it appears to be, a burger joint on the side of the road, with big red signs and a red roof. But if you go through the drive-thru next time you drive home, or stop in on your lunch hour, you’ll quickly see that Cook Out is an interesting and delicious trend.

Cook Out opened its first store in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1989.

But as of August 2015, there are currently 183 Cook Out locations across the South. According to Cook Out Oakwood manager, Johnathan Williams, the new Oakwood location isn’t there specifically because of UNG, but “it definitely helps.”

But the data provided by Cook Out’s website seems to say otherwise. Of the 183 (current and in-progress) locations, 112 are in locations with moderate to large universities. Of the 20-plus Georgia locations, 12 are located within one mile of a college or university, including the University of Georgia, Georgia

College and State University, Georgia Institute of Technology and most recently, University of North Georgia.

Williams said that they “try and be in as diverse of areas as possible.” But Cook Out’s choice in locations and overall business model seems to cater to college student sensibilities. Cheap, great-tasting food, lots of options and open into the early hours of the morning (4 a.m. for the Oakwood location).

I was first taken to Cook Out as an afterthought, and I quickly realized something was strange about the restaurant. Firstly, my Cook Out Tray selection, a Big Double burger, onion rings, slaw and “fancy” shake (Hi-C flavored), ran me a whopping $7.75.

Cheap.

You don’t even have to walk into the restaurant to order your food.

Aside from the obligatory drive-thru lanes, there is a full-sized menu on the patio with a sliding takeout window for transactions and food delivery.

All things considered, Cook Out seems to be a business bound to take over the college shanty towns of America, and an interesting contender for where you are most likely to spend your hard-earned money for Hungry now? fast food.

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Have young people forgotten what 9/11 meant?

Chris Mink Staff Writer camink9366@ung.edu Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most devastating days in U.S history. Do you remember where you were on that horrific day?

That was 14 years ago. Many current college students were no more than 11 years old when it happened. Heather Murray, a history professor at the University of North Georgia, believes that high school and college students may be forgetting how much that day means.

“Students today don’t remember September 11th,” Murray said. “They were too young or not even born yet.

“But the one thing they do know is that their entire life has been influenced by that event. They have never known an America not at war. They see and feel division and uncertainty because of that.”

Although we have never known an America not at war, I disagree that we feel divisions. We understand that we’ve grown up differently than our parents did, but that doesn’t make us uncertain of how we’re

supposed to feel about war or September 11. After all, older generations had a time when they were asked, “Where were you when Pearl Harbor happened?”

Our generation will always be asked, “Where were you when September 11th happened?”

We have a generational connection because we’ve all experienced an event that makes us think back to where we were when it happened. We still think about September 11 and hurt just as much as others do.

Sophomore Alissa Corwin remembers the day well and thinks her understanding of it has grown over time.

“At that age though, it didn’t impact me as much as it does now,” Corwin said. “I was out at recess when the teachers made us come inside and turned on the news. I remember thinking, ‘What’s going on?’ I just want to go back out to recess. As I’ve become older though, I’ve researched it more. It means more to me now.”

Although many students did not agree completely with Murray’s point of view, they were able to understand where she was coming from. Many of the students I spoke with were able to recall where they were and the events that took place on that fateful day.

Young or old, no one is able to completely forget the details of what they were doing that day.

Our country was forever changed by the events that took place on 9/11. It affected our outlook on freedom and its cost. The devastation brought about stereotypes of many outsiders.

We began to lose trust in our government. Americans were afraid that those who promised us freedom and safety wouldn’t be able to protect us anymore. We started looking over our shoulders more often when someone of a different race or religious background came near us, whether it be behind us in a checkout line at the grocery store or on an escalator at the mall.

Freedom developed a different meaning.

Both views could be considered correct in their own way. Sept. 11, 2001, was a day that will live on no matter how old we get. Our understanding of it simply changes as we grow older.

We were all changed and affected differently by the devastation, some of us more than others. We all came together for that horrific time in our lives, and it has shaped our government and lives into what they are now.

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