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Deep River Fest returns April 23

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Local farmers selling potted plants at the market on front campus on Tuesday, March 29.

Farmer and Artisan Market held on campus Emily Schulte Staff Writer On March 29, the Farmer and Artisan Market was held on front campus by the GC Office of Sustainability.

Farmers, growers, local and student-owned businesses had the opportunity to sell their products and advertise their business to the surrounding community. The Student Activities Center began doing this marketplace in Fall 2021 and has grown because of its popularity. There were around 13 booths that

had a variety of businesses this semester. A few of the products sold included pastries, painted vinyl, clothing and jewelry.

Along with these businesses, the Office of Sustainability handed out GC hats for the students who came to the market.

Students, families, friends and locals visited the market to shop, discover new businesses and support those with booths. Olive Portwood, a political science major, and their friends were a few of the many students who visited the market after their classes. They came to

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Last year’s headliner, The Vegabonds, performs at the inaugural DRF on Saturday, April 10, 2021.

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support a friend who was promoting their business at the market.

“I came to the market because my friend, Lisa, is selling jewelry here. She is in one of my classes and is phenomenal,” says Portwood.

Lisa Calvert, a junior political science major, promoted her business, Ketten by Lisa, at the market. She named her business after the German word ‘ketten,’ which means chains, because she spent part of her life in Germany. Lisa started making See MARKET | Page 7

Asst. News Editor Deep River Fest, an annual festival of music and food, is set to occur Saturday, April 23 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. It will take place at Specht Farm and will feature over 25 local vendors and performances from various bands.

Deep River Fest is an event owned and managed by Deep River Outfitters, an outdoor clothing and equipment store based in Tennille, Ga. The festival was started in April 2021.

“As Covid restrictions began to end, I had wanted to do a festival of my

World Series trophy comes to town

Marissa Marcolina | Digital Media Editor

Students pose with the Braves’ World Series trophy at West Campus on Thursday, March 24.

Hayden Flinn Asst. Sports Editor The Atlanta Braves became the reigning World Series champions after they defeated the Houston Astros in six games last season. Since the championship, the World Series trophy has

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GC BANS PSYCH MINORS

made its way all around the state of Georgia for Braves fans to see.

The trophy arrived in Milledgeville Thursday March 24 for GC students and Milledgeville residents to come by and take pictures with the trophy. Fans would arrive at the pavilion on West Campus and wait in a long line for their turn to take a picture.

The Braves shocked the world after all the adversity the team had to endure a season ago. Midway through the year, the Braves lost

Ronald Acuña Jr., their best player and a top-three player in baseball, to a season-ending knee injury.

After the all-star break, Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos went all in and traded for an entirely new outfield to replace the absence of Acuña Jr. The Braves were able to pick up Jorge Soler from the Kansas City Royals, Eddie Rosario from the Minnesota Twins, Joc Pederson See TROPHY | Page 5

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TENNIS STAR WINS 100TH MATCH GC will no longer allow incoming freshman to take GC women’s tennis star Emilia Richter won her a psychology minor. The department is too large and psych majors are having difficulty registering for 100th career match as a Bobcat March 23 with a doubles win against Southern Arkansas. classes.

own, and I thought it was the perfect time to do it,” said Keith Lindsey, owner of Deep River Outfitters and Event Coordinator for Deep River Fest.

Lindsey explained that the idea of Deep River Fest came about last year as a response to COVID-19 tensions relaxing and Milledgeville lacking events in the spring. The event was thrown at the Specht Farm and attracted over 2000 attendees. There were no requirements to wear masks or social distance put in place.

“We were very selective about the venue; it’s obviously an outdoor space; we wanted as large as we could possibly get,” Lindsey said. “It is literally hundreds of acres of land; you can socially distance as you see fit.”

Despite the excellent turnout, the event was rained on from the start, for almost half of its run-time. However, the show continued with bands still performing and people arriving to listen in raincoats with umbrellas.

Compared to last year, Lindsey experienced some difficulty acquiring bands to play the event. He explained that talent buying became more challenging as bands were less desperate since the pandemic’s lull.

“During the two years of Covid, bands were just hoping to play anywhere; now they have a lot more opportunities, so talent buying was difficult,” Lindsey said.

Lindsey secured seven bands for the event: Perpetual Groove, High Speed Dream, Craig Waters and The Flood, Fall Line Rambler, Highway 49, The Corduroy Blue, and The Woofs.

Deep River Fest does not follow a specific genre of music. Instead, they prefer to blend different musical styles.

Lindsey stressed that this was done to make the festival more accessible to everyone in the Milledgeville community. He didn’t want it to be pigeon-holed as just a community or college event.

“We want to have the vibrancy and excitement and the energy of the college campus there, but we want a person that’s my age, 56-yearold having a good time too,” Lindsey said.

Deep River Fest will host several different food trucks, each offering a wide range of dishes, like hamburgers, tacos, barbecue, and funnel cake. The Brick will also be providing beverage services with a full bar. The festival features several product vendors, selling a variety of unique and handmade items.

“I think it is a great venue for local artists to present goods to the community,” said Tanya Darden, GC studio coordinator.

The cost of general admission to the event is $25, though the price will be lowered to $20 for those that order early. A shuttle service is also offered under the cost of the ticket, with shuttles running from Centennial Center to the Specht Farm over the course of the event.

Deep River Fest is a spring celebration unique to Milledgeville that offers a broad range of music and food in a rural setting.

“Sounds like a good time to hang out with friends and fun during the spring, listen to good music, and eat good food,” said Molly Geraci, GC freshman business major.

ARTS & LIFE | PG. 7 BUFFINGTONS DRAG SHOW Pride’s biannual Drag Show at Buffingtons was held this past weekend.

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Rebuttal to The Colonnade’s “Russia invades Ukraine” article William Risch Professor of History I must respectfully disagree with the Colonnade article, “Russia Invades Ukraine,” from March 10, 2022. As a historian who has studied both Russia and Ukraine for a quarter century, I can say that the reasons for the invasion were not about President Vladimir Putin’s opposition to NATO or some hatred for Western democracy. The reasons were historical, and they were deeply historical. They went beyond Putin.

Russians like Putin assert that the Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian nations are one people, Eastern Slavs bound by a common state, Kyivan Rus, and religion, Orthodox Christianity.

Putin argued this last year in an article.

He asserted that Ukraine is an artificial creation of the Soviet Union’s leaders and Ukrainian nationalists from the West. He said Ukraine’s southern

and eastern regions, including Crimea, historically belonged to the Russian Empire and were ethnically Russian.

For Putin, Ukraine since 1991 has been held captive to the interests of NATO, the EU, and the United States. It has become an “anti-Russia” instead of a truly sovereign nation. Thus, Putin was convinced that Ukrainians would welcome Russian troops as liberators. He was wrong.

Putin did not invade Ukraine because it was a successful democracy. Ukraine has gone from one failed revolution to another since independence in 1991. It has suffered from de-industrialization, rampant corruption, and failed democratic transformations. The population has declined from 52 million in 1991 to 37 million in 2022. From 2014 to 2017, a quarter of Ukraine’s able-bodied, employable adults leftthe country to work abroad.

Russia was not just responding to

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NATO when it invaded Ukraine. It attacked because the international security system had already broken down. Russia and the Soviet Union traditionally had played a leading role in Europe’s affairs. The United States and NATO ignored Russian concerns about the alliance’s eastward expansion in the mid-1990s. They bombed Serbia in 1999 and supported Kosovo’s separation from Serbia. The United States

disrupted the international system of security by invading Iraq in 2003 unilaterally, and on dubious grounds.

In short, Russian national resentment, imperial myths about Ukrainians, and the United States’ smug sense of superiority after the Soviet Union’s collapse, led to this war. The past matters. It affects the present and the future. Ukrainians are paying the price for that now.

Anne Beals named finalist in Truman Scholarship Jaylon Brooks Staff Writer The Truman Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship that gives its winner $30,000 to put towards graduate school.

Each year, students across the country compete with one another to be named Truman Scholar.

Anne Elise Beals has been chosen as a finalist for this year’s Truman Scholarship competition. Beals is a GC psy-

chology major with minors in philosophy and French. She is also the PR chair for Pride Alliance and spends time working in the Women’s Center on campus.

Beals was recommended to apply for this scholarship by one of her philosophy professors, Jim Winchester. He sent her to GC’s National Scholarships Office coordinator, Anna Whiteside.

“I applied because my professor Jim Winchester nominated me

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Anne Beals

for it,” Beals explained.

“He thought I’d be a good fit for it. It’s intended for anybody who wants to work in public service.

Basically, people who want to solve a problem that affects people and that applies to me.”

Beals has always been passionate about working in public service, which explains her interest in the scholarship.

“My overall goal is just to work to serve incarcerated LGBTQ+ populations as well as people who have been incarcerated or who are homeless or houseless,” Beals said.

Winchester chose to nominate Beals for this scholarship after having observed her performance in his classes.

He was impressed by her writing abilities and the concern she displayed for social justice.

“Students in my classes have to do papers almost every week, and

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so I have a lot of grading to do,” Winchester said.

“But Anna Elise, she was one of those ones that I wanted to see what they had to say. I also saw that she had a real deep concern for social justice.

And I think that’s something the Truman would be seeking in somebody.”

Whiteside has helped Beals immensely throughout the scholarship’s application process. She helped Beals to refine her applications throughout the many drafts. Whiteside also conducted the college-level interview where Beals was chosen to become a finalist and arranged multiple mock interviews to help her prepare.

“She [Whiteside] is fantastic for anybody who wants to apply for any scholarship, or especially national scholarships,” Beals said. “I went over drafts of my applica-

tion and policy proposal with her, she was the one who set up not only my first interview but set up mock interviews to help me practice for the national interview, and just has been overall super supportive.”

Beals described the application process itself as ‘pretty lengthy.’ Beals had to obtain three letters of recommendation and answer many questions about her future plans on the application.

She then had to be interviewed at the college level with other nominees in the Atlanta area before being named a finalist.

“Two interviews and a long application process basically,” Beals explained. “I also think the application process helped me to answer those big questions of like ‘where do I see myself ’ and ‘what are my long-term goals.’ So, it sort of helped me to ex-

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pand my interests and make plans for the future as well, which was really helpful especially as I’m about to graduate.”

GC has seen some Truman Scholarship finalists before but has yet to have a winner. Winning this scholarship awards the recipient $30,000 towards obtaining a graduate degree related to public service, and attendance at an eightweek Summer Institute in Washington DC. “It is very competitive,” Whiteside explained.

“It is the foremost public service scholarship in the country.”

Even if Beals does not win the scholarship herself, she feels honored to have been named a finalist. The recipient of the Truman Scholarship is set to be named in mid-April.

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KATIE FUTCH, NEWS EDITOR JAYLON BROOKS, ASST. NEWS EDITOR

04.06.22

NEWS

GC bans psychology minors Jennifer Crider

Contributing Writer The gy

GC

Psycholo-

Department

ruled

in August 2021 not to allow students to minor

in

psychology.

The large number of students compared to the small number of professors has made it difficult for psychology majors

“My most recent regis-

passionate about help-

tration period, I only got

ing others through their

into one class,” Epstein

mental

health

crises.

said. “During my time

“I want to help chil-

at GC, I’ve been on the

dren. It can be difficult to

waitlist for three class-

explain how you’re feel-

es, and I’ve only been let

ing when you’re a kid,

into one of those classes.”

and I want to use art ther-

Gillis said the depart-

apy to help them com-

ment does not know if

municate their emotions

or when they will al-

better,”

low people to minor

students

on the signs and symp-

“We technically put

toms of mental health

a pause on it to see if

disorders is necessary

things will level out.

in ending this mental

I don’t know if there

health epidemic. College

will be a demand if we

students are subjected

bring it back. It’s go-

to unique stressors that

ing to take four years at

can manifest in men-

minimum to get data on

tal health issues such

the impact,” Gillis said.

as the stress of school

The popularity of psy-

work or finding a job.

chology could be attribut-

“It is important for

ed to the fact that these

everyone to know about

majors can be successful

mental health, but for

in a variety of careers.

students in particular,

“A third of our stu-

this age is the peak age

dents go into counsel-

for onset mental illness-

ing, clinical, or masters

es to appear,” said Steve

programs, and a third

Wilson,

of them go to work usu-

of counseling services.

ally in a helping profes-

ferring to GC in 2018.

Psychology classes are

sion like mental health,

not the only way that stu-

“There’s usually 15-25

customer service, and

dents can educate them-

spots in each class, and

marketing,” Gillis said.

selves on mental health.

it is impossible to get

The rate of mental

There are other edu-

a spot,” Mehdiof said.

illnesses has been rapid-

cational

“Even as an upperclass-

ly rising in the U.S. for

available for all majors.

man it’s difficult to get

years.It is possible that

into the classes I need

this has increased the de-

to take to graduate.”

The minor required that you take statistics, research methods, and two or three classes at the upper level,” said Lee Gillis, the department chairman. ‘’We had such long waiting lists for statistics and research methods that we couldn’t get our majors through. My allegiance is to the majors, and we weren’t allowed to hire another person.”

Gia Mehdiof, a senior

psychology

Educating

said.

again.

to register for classes.

in

Mehdoif

Katie Futch | News Editor

QPR,

tify issues in others,

mental illness in them-

oth-

but it can also help stu-

selves, counseling ser-

er resources available.

dents understand them-

vices at West Campus

“Recently we’ve add-

selves more efficiently.

provide students with

ed mental health first

“Psychology absolute-

free and confidential help.

aid,” Wilson said. “We

ly gave me a different

also have a new train-

perspective on my own

term

ing called Kognito. It is

mental health,” said An-

psychiatric

an online training for

nie Petersiel, a junior psy-

Our counseling includes

mental health. It’s very

chology major. “I’ve been

individual, group, and

interactive.

roll-

able to learn about these

couples

counseling services have

play the part of some-

things and apply differ-

Wilson said. “A lot of

mand of students want-

offered QPR,” Wilson

one who is concerned

ent theories and con-

students

Nora Epstein, a ju-

ing to study psychology.

said. “It’s a mental health

about

cepts to my own life and

that we will share their

nior psychology major,

Mehdiof said she was

awareness training that

on

my own mental health

information with fac-

has had a similar expe-

interested in psychol-

helps

identify

mental health can not

and other people’s lives.”

ulty or parents, but ev-

rience with registration.

ogy because she was

signs in other people.”

only help people iden-

If students see signs of

erything is confidential.”

psychology major said she has had difficulty registering for psychology classes since trans-

“For

the

director

opportunities a

long

people

time

Along there

with

are

two

You

their

Taking

friend.”

classes

“We

provide

short

counseling

and

services.

counseling,” are

worried

Georgia’s new conceal carry legislation Paul O’Neill Staff Writer The Georgia House of Representatives

passed

House Bill 1358 in recent

cense for gun owners.

of $75. House Bill 1358

carry a weapon,” Lam-

carry easier for Geor-

mean that it is no longer

Currently, if a Geor-

passed on a 5-2 vote, Re-

parello said. “It’s not

gians who could already

required to have a license

gia resident would like a

publicans voting in favor.

like we are giving any-

lawfully possess a gun.

to conceal carry a hand-

concealed carry license,

GC Assistant Profes-

body on the street abil-

gun on GC campus.

they must apply through

sor of Criminal Justice

ity to carry a weapon.”

However, The student

months, and the bill has

their local probate court

Adam Lamparello said he

been amended to mirror

or sheriff ’s office. When

believes this bill is not a

Senate Bill 319. The goal

their application is ap-

drastic change from how

of this house bill is to re-

proved, they are finger-

things

move the requirement

printed, have to pass a

“[This bill] only ap-

of applying and paying

background check and

plies to people who

for a concealed carry li-

are charged a service fee

could otherwise lawfully

operate today.

Lamparello

further

explained that a background check would be required for any purchase of firearms in the state. Therefore, if there were any reasons some-

It’s not like we are giving anybody on the street ability to carry a weapon -Adam Lamparello

one would not be able

that they went through a background check.

While this may seem alarming,

there

are

many parts of campus does not apply. Cam-

GC currently abides

pus Carry does not allow

by the “Campus Carry”

handguns in any building

legislation that passed

where athletic sporting

in 2017. This legislation

events take place. Like-

allows licensed conceal

wise, they are prohib-

carry holders to bring

ited in any faculty, staff

firearms on the campus.

or administrator’s office.

by a felony or drug con-

In order for a firearm to

Handguns are also not

viction or mental health

be allowed on campus, it

permitted in any spac-

issues,” Lamparello said.

must be concealed, and

es used for child care or

In other words, this

it must be a handgun.

rooms where high school

bill will make conceal

This new bill would

students are being taught.

would not have been able to legally purchase a firearm in the first place.

“The law allows any person to carry a concealed weapon provided they are not prohibited

Katie Dean |Art Directo

the handgun, signaling

where Campus Carry

to pass the application to conceal carry, they

must have ownership of

4 BEN GRUNERT, SPORTS EDITOR HAYDEN FLINN, ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

04.06.22

SPORTS

GC tennis star reaches 100-win milestone Ty Peavy

man was named to the

Staff Writer

2018 All-PBC Second

GC redshirt senior

Team in singles, and

Emilia Richter won her

she also earned rec-

100th career women’s

ognition as a 2017-18

tennis match March 23

PBC

Bronze

Scholar.

with a 7-5 doubles victo-

Since then, Emilia has

ry over Southern Arkan-

grown a lot as a player

sas. With the victory, the

and person, and she has

tennis veteran cracked

fully adjusted to life in the

48

doubles

United States. Her coach-

matches to go along with

es and teammates have

52 singles wins, mak-

played a huge role in her

ing her one of the most

swift adjustment to GC.

decorated tennis play-

“My teammates are

ers in GC tennis history.

amazing,” Richter said. “I

wins

in

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GC tennis star Emilia Richter rips a backhand Thursday Feb. 24 during a straight-sets singles win against Brenau.

originally

have met so many good

til head coach Steve Bars-

The GC women’s ten-

good, and we have re-

hails from Berlin, Ger-

people over the years,

by came up to her with

nis team is off to a great

ally good players. Our

many. She moved to the

and I am very grateful

the ball she had won with.

start this season as they

freshmen are all really

United States in the fall

for my coaches and my

“I did see something

currently sit at 12-4 this

great additions to the

of 2017, which marked a

whole experience here.”

about my 99th win,

spring with a 1-2 record

team, so I am very hap-

huge adjustment for her

Aside from a short

which was like a week

in conference play. The

py with that, and I hope

as she was introduced

hiatus when she went

before that, but going

Bobcats have received

we can just continue.”

to an entirely new en-

back to Berlin during the

into the match I had no

several key contributions

The team will honor

vironment. Faced with

2019-20 season, Richter

idea,” Emilia said. “Then

from their freshmen re-

Richter and two of her

the challenge of bal-

has been a key part of

Coach (Barsby) came

cruits this year, which

teammates Friday April

ancing academics and

this team for a long time.

up to me with the ball

has really helped them

8 at 2 p.m. for Senior

athletics in a new coun-

“It obviously felt really

that I won the match

get off to their hot start.

Day when the Bobcats

point with. He said ‘this

“I am kind of im-

take on Young Harris at

Richter

finished

good,” Emilia said. “I am

her freshman year with

really proud to get 100

a handful of impres-

wins for this team. It also

sive

accomplishments.

makes me feel a little old

As a rookie, the Ger-

with it being my senior

try,

Richter

My teammates are amazing. I have met so many good people over the years, and I am very grateful for my coaches and my whole experience here.

-Emilia Richter

year, but I am very proud to be able to get 100 wins.”

is for your 100th win,’

pressed,”

said.

home. The men’s team

so I had no idea going

“I am not going to say

will also honor their se-

that she had achieved the

into the match, which

I did not expect it. Our

niors Friday as they host

century mark in wins un-

is probably for the best.”

dynamics

Young Harris as well.

Richter did not know

GC soccer twins part ways for first time

Emilia

are

really

Bailey Clark

member. They conquered most sports

Senior Writer

including softball, basketball, gym-

The sports world is not a strang-

nastics, track, and obviously soccer.

er to twin power duos. The GC soc-

Growing up, they found a love for

cer team has a duo of their own

gymnastics

in Alexis and Alyssa Bergamini.

ly choosing soccer as the one they

The Bergamini twins originally

wanted to pursue further. They have

hail from West Suffield, Connecti-

soccer,

ultimate-

competed on the same team through-

cut. The two of them started their

out college, and this will be the first

soccer career at GC in 2018 and have

time Alexis will play without Alyssa.

played in a combined 126 games.

“I am going to miss Alyssa,” Alex-

During their four years together,

is said. “It’s only gonna be like four

they only connected three times on

months of us being apart. Alys-

a goal and assist, and two of those goals occurred in the 2021 season.

and

Shelby Smith | Contributing Photographer

GC soccer star Alexis Bergamini makes a play Saturday Sep. 4 during a home win over Spring Hill.

sa and I have always been close, so it’s definitely going to be weird.”

Alyssa has wrapped up her ca-

in the 2021 season. Alexis scored the

teams. Outside of school, she was a

reer as a Bobcat and plans to contin-

winning goal in a non-conference

two-time state champion in club soccer.

ue her education at the University

road contest against Tusculum College

During her time running track, she

of Central Florida. Alexis is taking

for the second game-winning goal of

set the school record in the 300-me-

advantage of her extra year of eligi-

her career. This past season, she also

ter hurdles and the 4x400-meter re-

bility from the COVID-19 shortened

netted the lone goal in the Peach Belt

lay. Throughout her four years of

mates recognize how hard she works,

season. She is a public health major

Conference Quarterfinal game. With

high school, she was named All-

and they know that when she steps

while she added a management in-

that lone goal, she was named to the

State,

All-Conference,

on the field, she is giving 110%.

formation systems minor in order to

2021 All-PBC Tournament Team.

and team MVP. During her lone

“Alexis is someone I can trust,”

have the credit hours to play in the fall.

Alexis was a very decorated high

year of high school gymnastics,

said GC midfielder Katelyn Smith.

Alexis has played the right wing

school athlete before becoming a

she was the Region Six champion.

“We work really well together, and

position throughout her collegiate ca-

standout soccer player at GC. She let-

Not only was Alexis a great athlete, but

our communication on the field is su-

reer. In her four seasons at GC, she has

tered in soccer, track and gymnastics.

she was also successful in the classroom

per strong, which is a big part of the

started 31 games of her 60 appearances.

During her high school soccer ca-

as a scholar athlete for all four years.

forward and defender connection.”

She has scored six goals and tallied

reer, Alexis was named to the All-

The Bergamini twins have played

Alexis will return for her final sea-

six assists, including two crucial goals

State, All-Conference, and All-Courant

sports together since they could re-

son as a Bobcat in the fall of 2022.

All-Area,

Alexis is a highly praised teammate and athlete. Her teammates praise her for her work ethic and leadership

mentality.

Her

team-

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04.06.22

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Marissa Marcolina | Digital Media Editor

Community members wait in line to take a picture with the Braves’ World Series trophy at West Campus on Thursday, March 24.

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Continued from page 1 from the Chicago Cubs, and Adam Duvall from the Miami Marlins.

These four outfielders turned the entire season around for the Braves.

With the combination of tremendous hitting, hitting for power, great fielding, and experience, these players helped lead the team to its fourth consecutive division title.

The Braves last won the World Series in 1995, and they last appeared in the World Series in 1999. Two seasons ago, the Braves looked like they had secured a long-awaited trip back

to the World Series after they snatched a 3-1 series lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers, but they blew the advantage as the Dodgers stole three straight games and went on to win the World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays.

This past season, the Braves wrote a different story. After once again going up 3-1 on the Dodgers in the NLCS, Braves fans felt a sense of déjà vu as worries of a repeat from the prior year began to grow. Fortunately, the Braves broke the Atlanta sports curse this time around as they would go on to finish off the Dodgers and win the pennant in six games.

Georgia sports fans have waited a long time for any of their teams to win a championship, so thousands of fans poured into the ballpark during the World Series in hopes of finally witnessing the end of the drought.

After watching their team secure the title, fans were eager to see the trophy in person. GC made a tremendous effort to get the word out to students that the trophy was coming to Milledgeville.

“I heard about this event through my advertising teacher and through numerous emails,” said junior Jacob Revell. “I have been a lifelong Braves fan. This is the first time that they’ve

won a World Series since I have been around, and to have an opportunity of getting to see the trophy and take a picture with it was pretty promising.”

Current GC baseball players were also present at the event. Some of them have hopes of winning the same trophy in the future.

“I got an email from it, and Coach told us about it, so we got pretty excited,” said redshirt-junior pitcher Jacob Hester. “I wanted to see it (the trophy) and be a part of it. I mean it is pretty cool that they’re taking it from college to college, and I am glad that Milledgeville was actually on their stop.

Marissa Marcolina | Digital Media Editor

A student poses with the World Series trophy.

It means a lot to us, the town, and the school.”

The trophy will continue to make its way around the state of Georgia to different schools.

Opening day for the

MLB starts Thursday April 7, and the Braves will open their season at home against the Cincinnati Reds. Hopefully, there will be another trophy tour next year.

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Across 2. music festival on April 23 4. the state capitol after Milledgeville 6. Marvel's newest TV show starring Oscar Isaac 8. Men's basketball national championships 9. which part of town flooded this week?

10. A tornado has touched down in the area. It's a tornado ____

Down 1. who hosted the drag show this past weekend?

3. All the ingredients are right for a tornado. It's a tornado ____ 5. The condition that inspired Chris Rock's "G.I. Jane" joke 7. Jared Leto made the worst DC movie and now he's made the worst Marvel movie

6 LILYANA KOVACHEVA, A&L EDITOR REBECCA MEGHANI, ASST. A&L EDITOR

04.06.22

ARTS & LIFE

Getting over the spring break hump Lilyana Kovacheva

staying up too late and

A&L Editor

waking up too late, and

With Spring Break in our rear-view mirror, students are dusting off the sand in their hair as they return to campus to finish off the year.

With

about

two

months left in the semester and the finish line in students’ sights, some bobcats are finding it difficult to put themselves back on track.

Since it is easier said than done, tuning focus from ocean views to the

before I knew it there are only a few weeks left.”

Bobcats together are feeling the struggle of getting all their mind back to a student drive.

A useful way to make the transition easier is to get yourself organized.

time revisiting what your

are running on vaca-

er sleep track. You are

The last month and

1. Staying Organized

goals are and why you

tion time. Do not worry

only human; however,

a half of school will slip

set them can help spark

if you find yourself be-

a healthy sleep schedule does allow you to

past us before we even

a drive to get you to the

ing one of those people.

Remind yourself of important dates coming up in your class. Any projects, tests, assignments, or any other type of schoolwork that is important to be aware of.

finish line of the year.

Staying

organized

with your goals and your work can help you stay ahead of and away from

front campus takes is

The end of the year

taking longer than stu-

comes with lots of proj-

dents would like it to.

ects and tests to help

Savannah Peebles, a

wrap up our grades, so

junior marketing major,

stay ahead of the work.

says she is still strug-

Revisit and reset the

gling to get back on a

goals you have made

tastes

regular sleep schedule.

from earlier in the se-

it is back to reality.

being

overwhelmed.

2. Keeping a Schedule No more unscheduled

naps,

adventures, of

random no

more

summer

–

Senior

psychology

live a healthier lifestyle.

notice. Stay positive and do not forget to still enjoy

major, Hope Browning,

3. Staying Active

agrees that getting back

Every day, allow your-

on a good sleep sched-

self to get into some

ule is still hard for her.

activity- even a little

in a rut and are strug-

“I have never been

goes a long way. Even

gling, GC’s Counseling

good at going to sleep

if the physical activi-

Services are a great re-

early or waking up ear-

ty is not long, getting

ly. And after a week on

active for just a little a

source to rely on. Con-

a cruise, it has just made

day can help clear your

it harder to sleep back

mind and reduce stress.

into the sleep pattern I

Having a clear mind

had before I boarded.”

will make it easier to

the rest of the semester.

If you do find yourself

tact GC Mental Health at (883) 855-0085 and check out the different services offered on the GC Men-

you

Trying to get back to a

Allow yourself some

help the transition to

tal Health main page

break was just yesterday,”

change them or polish

consistent schedule can

leniency and grace to

finishing the marathon

at

Peebles says, “I am still

them up, spending the

be difficult when you

get back on a prop-

that is this semester.

e du / gc me nt a l he a lt h .

“It feels like spring

mester,

whether

https://www.gcsu.

Queens and queens only

Milly Vegas puts on another jaw dropping bi-annual Drag Show Avery Hobbs Staff Writer

this year. She brought all

the show this year. The

new performers to the

two combined helped

The stage was on fire

stage featuring a group

to

at Buffington’s on Thurs-

of performers from The

and welcome all per-

day night at 10:30 p.m.

Tribe, a drag troupe

formers to the stage.

and the crowd went wild

out of Macon, Georgia.

Jenna Byrd, a se-

for the annual drag show.

GC

Pride

Alliance

The entire bar was filled

sells tickets for the show

with singing, dancing,

in order to host the

and a spirit of inclusivity.

event, pay the perform-

The GC Pride Al-

ers, and raise money for

liance works hard all

other events that they

year to host the event

have on campus. The

finding performers as

club stands for education

far away as Atlanta and

advocacy and commu-

Macon, to even right on

nity building and meets

Georgia College’s cam-

on Tuesdays at the Hub.

pus. The event brings

The process of creat-

together the communi-

ing the event starts early

ty in a fun and exciting

in the year by forming a

atmosphere with an art

rough schedule, reaching

form that is not seen

out to performers, and

often in Milledgeville.

reviewing

applications

ignite

nior

mass

the

crowd

communi-

cations major with a minor

in

marketing,

spoke about how thankful she is for such a fun event that takes a lot of hard work to put on.

time drag show attendees

The goal of the drag

titles.”, says Byrd about

are in the audience and

show is to celebrate

the unique experience

are able to experience a

self-expression

of

new form of art that is

fun for the communi-

The show sold out

not often seen locally.

ty. The environment of

this year and was a suc-

“A drag show in a

the drag show is one

cess thanks to every-

place that is largely het-

that

judgment-free

one’s contributions. The

erosexual and predom-

and love all around.

GC Pride Alliance de-

inantly white that a lot

“Modern-day drag

serves the credit as well

Byrd

of queer people do not

combines figuring out

as Buffington’s and the

“As

someone

who

enjoys

watching

drag

and as someone who enjoys music, dancing, outfits, flashing lights, it curates such great energy in the room. Everyone is so happy and accepting.”

said

Photo courtesy of Bella Bruen

Alex Suarez performs at last semester’s drag show at Buffingtons on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.

is

and

modern-day

drag.

Kendra Key, a senior

from student perform-

on hosting the show.

feel safe going to, [hav-

gender identity, figuring

performers who show-

political science major

ers. Student performers

The Annual drag show

ing the drag show] so-

out sexuality, and your

cased

with a criminal justice

work hard from audi-

has become a special

lidifies their place on

expression as an artist

talents. Don’t miss the

minor and vice president

tioning to rehearsals to

event in Milledgeville.

campus,” says Key about

whether it is as a drag

chance to be a part of

of the Pride Alliance at

the night of the show.

The show itself creates

the importance of the

queen, king, or drag per-

a fun night filled with

Georgia College, planned

Jenna Byrd and Kane

an open and accepting

event to the commu-

former even, you don’t

dancing, singing, and

environment. Many first-

nity

have to go by any of the

community next year.

her second drag show

Nicholson

cohosted

of

Milledgeville.

show-stopping

7 LILYANA KOVACHEVA, A&L EDITOR REBECCA MEGHANI, ASST. A&L EDITOR

04.06.22

ARTS & LIFE

The effects of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation Hannah Adams Staff Writer More legislative laws have been passed throughout the country that have changed the lives of those in the LGBTQ+ community. Whether it is more of a direct impact or has affected those around them, the passing of these bills has impacted every member of the community.

One of the most notorious of these legislations was passed in the state of Florida, signed off by the Governor Ron DeSantis and formally titled the Parental Rights in Education bill, HB (House Bill) 1557. This bill restricts educators from teaching anything regarding sexual orientation to children third grade and below.

For many members of the LGBTQ+ society, this has been perceived as being targeted towards those with any sexual orientation other than straight. The anti-LGBTQ+ agenda that exists is being pushed more with this bill, which only continues to harm individuals. The lack of representation is associated with hostile school environments and a decline of mental health among LGBTQ+ youth, which can lead to more detrimental situations for them.

Along with this bill being passed, there are multiple other anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced or are in the process of potentially being passed by

MARKET

Continued from page 1 On March 29th, the Farmer and Artisan Market was held on front campus by the GC Office of Sustainability.

Farmers, growers, local and student-owned businesses had the opportunity to sell their products and advertise their business to the surrounding community. The Student Activities Center began doing this marketplace in Fall 2021 and has grown because of its popularity. There were around 13 booths that had a variety of businesses this semester. A few of the products sold included pastries, painted vinyl, clothing and jewelry. Along with these businesses, the Office of Sustainability handed out GC hats for the students who came to the market.

Students, families, friends and locals visited the market to shop, discover new businesses and support those with booths. Olive Portwood, a political science major, and their friends were a few of the many students who visited the market after their classes. They came to support a friend who was promoting their business at the market.

“I came to the market because my friend, Lisa, is selling jewelry here. She is in one of my classes and is phenomenal,” says Portwood.

Lisa Calvert, a junior

other states. These are being viewed as hurtful and a means to move backwards in LGBTQ+ acceptance in this country by those in the community.

Along with HB 1557, a few other legislative acts are being viewed as anti-LGBTQ+ by the public because of the restrictions that it places on members of the LGBTQ+ community.

One of these is a bill that was passed in Arizona titled Children Deserve Help Not Harm Act. This bill prohibits gender reassignment surgery for any individual under the age of 18.

Critics said that these restrictions could increase mental health issues and increase suicide risk. A sponsor of the bill, Senator Warren Peterson, said the intention was to protect transgender youth from making irreversible changes to their body.

Along with this, Missouri has pushed a bill into committee that will be called, Save Women’s Sports Act. This act will ban individuals who were assigned male sex at birth from parcipating in female athletic sports in middle school, high school, and postsecondary teams. Senator Tony Luetkemeyer, a supporter of the bill, said that he believes it creates an uneven playing field because of the biological components involved.

Senator Greg Razer said that the target on transgender youth who want to particpate in sports growing up is unfair.

“Maybe we don’t pass laws about something

we don’t understand and maybe we shouldn’t pass laws about something we don’t understand especially when it affects kids,” Razer said.

On the university campus, students have been vocalizing their opinions on some of these new legislatives. Kendra Key, a senior political science major, spoke on her feelings about these recent changes and the passing of these new acts.

“Personally, I’ve felt hurt by it, and I think that may go for a lot of people in the community,” Key said. “However I believe it’s also motivated a lot of us to keep fighting and is evidence that fighting for our rights and equality is still something we have to do every day. It’s upsetting to see steps back after so much hard work and energy has been put in by the community, both now and during the beginning of the gay rights movement.

It’s also a bit scary to not know what the laws may be in a few years and not knowing if I’ll have the same rights I do now or hope to have later.”

Given the new changes regarding LGBTQ+ acceptance in various states, pride month in the United States could bring in a new atmosphere this year.

“Because I have seen this bill motivate the continued fight for equality, I would hope that that would be reflected during pride.” Key said.

“I think that many of us in the community feel the need to remind people and especially legisla-

political science major, promoted her business, Ketten by Lisa, at the market. She named her business after the German word ‘ketten,’ which means chains, because she spent part of her life in Germany. Lisa started making her jewelry last summer and participated in the marketplace that GC had last fall, too. She had a booth where she sold necklaces and keychains that she made. She used different crystals to help decorate her table, too.

“I started making them for myself and wearing them at my job. All the customers were interested so I made them for the customers and my co-workers,” said Lisa.

Another one of the booths was run by Karsyn Jewell, a freshman graphic design major. Her business is called Kar.spirational and she has affordable sorority, GC and faith-related items such as stickers, magnets and buttons. All of the art for the products was designed and made

by Jewell herself. One of her most popular stickers was a drawing of Harry Styles from his Fine Line album, which sold fast. She began making these buttons, magnets and stickers back during the pandemic in 2020.

“I just got an iPad because I love calligraphy and art. So, I started doing faith-based things but then when I got to college I had a new audience, bam, sororities,” says Jewell.

Haven George, a junior mass communication major, also sold jewelry at her booth. Haven works two jobs on top of classes and owning her jewelry business, called Havey’s Jewelz.

“I would say it is very stress relieving finding something that you like to do and creating it into your own business, but it is also very stressful trying to balance school and having a business,” said George. “But the outcome of like seeing people on campus wearing what you made is very rewarding and really cool.”

Katie Dean |Art Director

States in the U.S. that have anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

tors that we will continue to be persistent and fight for the rights we deserve.”

Despite the wavering support from the political world, within the university, many students are standing with the LGBTQ+ individuals in Milledgeville.

Milledgeville resident, McKenzie Riezinger, explained how she has felt supported in her community and the improvements she would like to see moving forward.

“Everyone I know has supported both me and Abby, my girlfriend, in these times. As far as doing something to help the LGBTQ+ community,” Riezinger said.

“I think there’s a lot of things people could do.

For one, people can stop being so arrogant and realize that it’s 2022. People need to realize that us in the LGTBQ+ community just want to have a normal life like straight

people do. We didn’t choose to be gay, just like straight people didn’t choose to be straight.”

Reizinger is not the only person to feel supported by their community within GC. JC Gaylor, a senior political science major, described some of the support he has received while studying at GC, as well as some important distinctions he would like to see regarding the LGBTQ+ community in the future.

“My dignity and my validity will never be rooted in legislation or government,” said Gaylor. “That comes from God. It’s important to remember that some broad labels, like ‘the LGBT+ community’ can mislead people to identify us as some sort of cohesive unit. Gay issues aren’t lesbian issues, lesbian issues aren’t trans issues.”

Gaylor then continued to address the sup-

port he has experienced during his time at GC. “I have felt supported and never once at my time of GC have I felt unwelcome or targeted due to my sexuality,” said Gaylor. “I’d tell allies to do their best to respect the individuality of each of us. Respect that we are more than our sexualities. Respect that we all have different needs and views of the world.”

Although the passing of these legislations has been a hurtful process for many people, it is a comforting notion that the people of GC have remained supporting one another. Through this time of change, the most that people can do is respect and stand by one another. It is vital to recognize that sexual orientation does not define anyone, and every single person deserves equal rights and opportunities.

Olivia Bowen Staff Photographer Top | GA event florist company, Araiza Florals, sells plants at the market.

Left | table at the market selling hats.