Issue 10 | Volume 100

Cathy Cox and GC’s community

Lily Pruitt Asst. News Editor

For most presidents of universities, every week is ethics week. Cathy Cox came to GC with the idea of making our campus better. She’s finding new ways to incorporate more students to impact the future of our university.

November 7 through

13 was GC’s annual eth ics awareness week. GC hosted events planned by Sarah Whatley and Jen Yearwood to build upon shared core values of integrity, excellence, ac countability, and respect. The idea behind ethics awareness week is to bring awareness to eth ics, reinforce principles and promote the shared

values of our community.

“We place a very high value on community, both as a student body and faculty and staff,” said Cox. “Community is about being tuned to each other and helping each other out and car ing about each other. Anything that helps us build that value of com munity is very helpful.”

GC is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct. As a campus, GC demands integrity, good judgment, and ded ication to public service from all members. How ever, GC is more than a learning community.

“I think a healthy university should have good professors, student

involvement on campus, and staff that wants more success than failure,” said senior criminal jus tice major Matt Wilson.

GC is one of the three selective systems in Georgia, besides Geor gia Tech and UGA. This means that these three schools get to set high admission standards, whereas the other twen

ty-three schools in Geor gia have a baselinethat students just have to meet to be accepted.

“The board of regents decided we needed a school like this, dedicat ed to liberal arts and not what we teach, but how we teach it,” said Cox.

RAPPER REQUIEM RECOURSE: IS THERE HOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HIP-HOP?

Cale Strickland Staff Writer

It is an understate ment to say gun violence is pervasive within the hip-hop community.

Kirshnik Khari Ball, one-third of Atlan ta-based hip-hop trio Migos and known pro fessionally as “Take off,” was shot and killed on November 1.

In an article published after Takeoff’s mur der, “XXL” recounted 91 murders of hip-hop artists over the past 35 years. Many were the re sult of gun violence, and many remain unsolved.

Dr. Eryn Viscarra, a sociology professor, stud

ied hip-hop and rap mu sic for her master’s the sis. She believes Raewyn Connell’s theory on masculinity offers a pos sible explanation for the continuous gun violence in the world of hip-hop.

According to Con nell’s theory, society’s dominant form of mas culinity, hegemonic masculinity, sees men as physically strong, aggres sive, domineering leaders whose goal is to acquire wealth to increase sexu al desire among women.

“All of these charac teristics are important, but money is especial ly important because it is almost like keep ing score — where the more money you have,

the more of a ‘man’ you are,” Viscarra said.

Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculin ity is often applied to middle-class and up per-class white men.

However, a large por tion of hip-hop artists are Black men from low-in come households. Ac cording to Viscarra, the group falls under Con nell’s definition of mar ginalized masculinity.

“These men still want to prove that they’re mas culine men, so they over emphasize other parts of the dominant view of masculinity since they can’t point to their bank accounts,” Viscarra said.

“These men tend to ap pear as overly aggressive

2022 World Cup kicks off

Brennan Schmitz Asst. Sports Editor

The anxiously awaited 2022 World Cup is fastly approaching. The com

petition begins on Nov. 20 and will continue until Dec. 15. Although normally played in the summer, this year it is being played in the win

ter instead in an attempt to avoid the heat of Qatar, the host of this year’s cup.

This year’s World Cup has been surround ed by controversy. The

Feminism is important

Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor

Being a feminist was not a choice that I truly understood until enter ing adulthood and com ing to college. Growing up in a primarily conser vative town, the idea of feminism typically car ried a negative connota tion with those around me. It was not until leav ing for college that I be gan searching outside

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of the information I had been imparted in my youth to develop my own beliefs on the matter.

Being a feminist is simple, but it often gets taken out of proportion by those that want to see it fail. Those against it try to press it as loud, invasive and aggressive. It is a simple construct; it is a fight for equality for all. My definition of feminism and the ideals that I follow as a feminist

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TIES ON CAMPUS

Students and alums thoughts on how frat culture contributes to participat ing in toxic culture.

came from that of Emma Watson’s 2014 HeFor She Campaign Speech. Watson has always been a celebrity that I look up to and hearing her words on the subject was highly enlightening to me. During this speech, even at a young age, Emma revolutionized the negative stigma be hind feminism and pro vided insight into what the belief truly means.

“I think it is right that

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GC WOMEN’S BASKET BALL STARTS 4-0

The GC women’s basketball team have a strong start to the season both offensively and deffensively.

and tough in order to prove that they’re men.”

She thinks mar ginalized masculinity may lead hip-hop art

ists to turn to violence.

“Therefore, they’re more likely to resort to violence and other types of aggressive behavior

to prove their ‘man hood’,” Viscarra said.

competition has raised questions from people all over the world regard ing the discrimination towards women and the LGBTQ+ communi

ty exhibited by the first Middle Eastern nation to host a World Cup.

There have also been accusations that migrant workers who were hired

to help get the facilities ready for the events were treated poorly, and that up to 6500 of the workers have died in the process.

women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men. But sad ly, I can say that there is no country in the world where all women can ex pect to see these rights.”

It really is a humble ask, to be treated with the same respect as male counterparts or cowork ers. Yet, as a woman, I

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can say that even at the early age of twenty-one I have felt disadvantaged for being a woman. I have been told even by those closest to me that a man is best suited for a leadership position. That women are too emotion al to effectively work in tough environments. It even goes so far as to ac knowledge the disrespect women receive in social settings. Even when I was a minor, going out

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in public just myself or with other females was uncomfortable. The un wanted stares of strange older men, the times when they are bold enough to say some thing, being followed around at a distance or even being manhandled non consensually are all just a few of the com mon experiences young women go through on a regular basis.

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Takeoff is the most recent artist within the rap community to be murdered as a result of gun violence.

Wanted more voter suppression? Thank SB 202

Rebecca Meghani News Editor

Earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed by the Democratic Party of GA, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Warnock cam paign. It challenged the state in making it ille gal to hold early voting on Nov. 26. Previous ly, there was a state ban on holding Saturday voting if the preced ing Thursday or Fri day was a state holiday.

This upcoming Thursday and Friday are Thanksgiving; like wise, a state holiday was dropped in 2015 that cel ebrated Robert E. Lee’s birthday. In the plain tiff’s lawsuit, they stated that this should apply to general elections and pri maries. The court’s rul ing stated that counties are allowed to hold early voting on Nov. 26. While this was for the voters’ benefit to provide more access to the polls, the Republican party thinks it to be more harmful.

On Nov. 21, Attor ney General Chris Carr filed an emergency mo tion to delay this ruling throughout the state. In his belief, this ruling in terferes with state law.

“Moreover, the er roneous, late-minute changes to the election process-like the Supe rior Court’s Order-not

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the future of our university and celebrate the values of our campus because they are the guid ing light of universities. Many students be lieve that there is more to learning than

only implicate the pub lic’s strong interest in ensuring the State can enforce its election-law requirement but can also lead to voter confusion and incentivize voters to stay away from the polls,” Carr said. “Changing the schedule at this late hour only serves to dis rupt the ability of coun ty elections workers to staff polling locations and do the necessary preparations for the election, disadvantaging voters in those counties which have less resourc es and ability to find staff at the last minute over a holiday weekend.”

There have been con tinuous arguments on whether Saturday voting is beneficial to voters in each party but due to the number of issues voters have had at the polls in the past, it does help GA citizens get to the polls. There are those who are unable to due to work, kids, traveling distance for those who do not live near their voting lo cation, like college kids, are just a few examples of why it is difficult for eli gible voters to get to the polls on weekdays. For polling places that are un derstaffed and force vot ers to wait in long lines, having a weekend day where more people can wait in line for the hours necessary is beneficial to those who have a week day job and can’t vote on weekdays. Though it provides this opportu nity, long lines for vot

subject knowledge.

“Learning doesn’t end in a textbook,” said se nior criminal justice ma jor Conner King. “Learn ing also comes from how other people work and where they come from.”

Cox believes that the honor code, academ ic integrity, and trans parency between fac ulty and students are

ing are another outcome due to voter suppression.

According to the Brennan Center for Jus tice, a nonprofit law and public policy institute, there are 12 active vot ing lawsuits in GA, that do not include cases that have been decided, filed or appealed since 2018.

GA’s anti-voter law (SB 202) harms absen tee voting, criminalizes Georgians who provide food or water to people in line, allows the State to takeover county elec tions and replaced the elected Secretary of State with the State Board of Elections Chair, which is chosen by the legislature, rather than the voters.

Along with this, the State restrict drop box locations and hours that have it inside the voting location which is only open during office hours. Comparing this to the last election, the drop boxes were located out side of the buildings with 24/7 access. The State created unnecessary bar riers for people to vote by mail or in person. If all eligible voters are unable to participate in voting, our democracy is not working at its best. These cuts to early voting leads to voter suppression that disproportionality im pact people of color, stu dents, elderly people and those with disabilities.

According to the American Civil Liber ties Union (ACLU), 1 in 16 Black Americans are unable to vote due to dis

high standards, as well.

“You don’t steal ideas any more than you would steal some body’s purse,” said Cox.

Ben Sasse gave testi mony to the University of Florida board of trust ees that was consider ing his nomination for the university president and mentioned humility.

“I really like the idea

enfranchisement laws, 25% of voting-age Black Americans do not have a government-issued pho to ID, in 2018, Latinos and Black Americans were twice as likely as white to be unable to get off work while polls were open, more than 18% of voters with disabili ties reporting difficul ties voting in person in 2020 and 32% of Native voters cited that travel distance was a factor in whether they vote due to their geographic iso lation and inaccessibility.

Voter participation has been harmed by harsh penalties on voters like in Senate Bill (SB) 202. Communities of color have been affected by this law that is argu ably an unnecessary law. Living in a democracy, all voters, regardless of their affiliation, should want a fair election with maximum voter partici pation. There is clearly a desire for people to have their voices heard which is seen through long lines to vote all across the state. It is not in the vot ers’ control having poor ly run polls that cause them to wait in any con dition. They should not have to suffer through any harsh weather for hours to have their voices heard. To help this, peo ple have provided food and water to them which should not be penalized.

Thinking about the broader legal system, criminalizing the ballot box also impacts people

of humility because I think humility means, especially on an aca demic level, that I nev er have all the answers, but I’m smart enough and humble enough to know that there are a lot of people here who have better insights to something and that I need to get their input and listen to them,” said

of color who are more likely to be penalized due to the racial bias in law enforcement. The system has always attempted to instill fear in people of color and voter sup pression is just one more way for them to do so.

The idea that early voting being permitted in GA would disadvan tage voters is a false state ment. The previous state law that did not allow early voting was another way to suppress voters that disproportionately impact communities of color. Weekend voting provides an immense op portunity to communi ties of colors and overall, people who do not have the opportunity to vote during the week. Coun

Cox. “Humility and lis tening go hand in hand.”

Sasse also men tioned that he does not want students to be indoctrinated with what they must think.

“There are some class es that somewhat in doctrinate,” said King.

“I’ve had a couple classes that are one-sid ed and they think

ties with a larger minori ty population have fewer polling sites and fewer poll workers per voter so an extra day of voting, especially on a weekend. Voter suppression does exist in America and in GA, which we can see through a multitude of factors like the redraw ing of district lines and gerrymandering, crim inalization of the ballot box, felony disenfran chisement, voter purges and voter ID laws. We should be enacting laws that help voters get to the polls and support them in issues that they may face so that our democra cy can reflect all citizens’ votes and voices rath er than suppress them.

there is only one way to look at it, especial ly my women in poli tics class,” said Wilson.

Cox wants the GC community to know how accessible she is to them, which is why she makes sure she is seen on campus often.

“I’m still learning and I hope I’m always still learning,” said Cox

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Empowering students to speak up

Annie Roper Staff Writer

Cornell University has suspended all parties and social events host ed by fraternities after campus police said one student reported a sex ual assault and anoth er four reported their drinks being drugged.

University offi cials announced that all events allegedly occurred at off-cam pus houses associated with the fraternities.

The Cornell Univer sity Police Department

issued crime alerts fol lowing allegations that four students’ drinks had been drugged at events held by fraternities. The events date back as ear ly as September 24th, the most recent occur ring on November 3rd.

Following these al legations, a student reported they had been sexually assault ed early that morning.

The Interfraterni ty Council at Cornell, or IFC, held an emer gency meeting on No vember 6th and de cided to temporarily

suspend all social events held by fraternities.

Over the suspension, fraternity leaders will be expected to take the time to implement new safety plans and pro tocols to prevent sim ilar incidents from oc curring in the future.

Here at GC, sever al Greek chapters have undergone some form of suspension. Most no tably, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Georgia Mu chapter was dissolved due to a series of hazing events occurring over 8 weeks in Fall of 2021. .

A member of the fraternity was hospi talized due to alcohol intoxication after an off-campus Big/Little ceremony. Following the investigation, the chap ter was officially dis solved in February 2022.

This fall, GC required all students to com plete an anti-hazing 101 module by Septem ber 23rd, 2022 to raise awareness of the conse quences. Without it, stu dents would be unable to register for classes.

The module covered what hazing entails, its ef

fects of it, and was aimed to empower students to report hazing activity to ensure their time here at GC safer and healthier.

“I think the modules help because even if 90% of people don’t pay attention, all it takes is one person to speak up about a hazing or sex ual assault case to po tentially save a life,” said a GC fraternity alum.

Some students spec ulate that modules, in cluding AlcoholEdu, don’t help and that put ting rules in place is fu tile due to the culture surrounding Greek life.

“I think it goes deeper than just making rules. It’s still going to happen whether there are frater nities or not, but having them enables it to hap pen more,” said the alum.

Sorority members

Time change may be permanent

Autumn Arnette Staff Writer

On the first Sun day in November, mil lions of Americans turn their clocks back one hour to mark the end of Daylight-Saving time. The adoption of Day light-Saving time in America was preceded by the adoption of it in Europe during World War I. After World War I, Standard time and Day light-Saving time under went many modifications and accommodations.

Regarding Standard Time and Daylight-Sav ing time, The Calder Act and The Standard Time Act of 1918 were the introduction laws enforced before The Uniform Act of 1966. There have been plenti ful changes to The Uni form Time Act of 1966. It continues to go through Congress for reexam ination every few years.

The Sunshine Pro tection Act of 2021 was recently passed in the Senate on March 3rd, 2022. This act suggests that the United States should make Day light-Saving time perma nent year-round, which

would mean people will not change their clocks twice a year anymore.

Today, most of Amer ica still follows Day light-Saving time, other than Hawaii and Arizona, where it is not observed.

A twice-a-year hour change may not sound

ential factors in main taining a healthy sleep cycle. It is demanding to someone’s sleep sched ule, no matter if you lose or gain an hour of sleep. This change can also af fect people in other ways, bringing on depres sion or mood swings.

By losing an hour of daylight every day af ter November 6th, de pression and an effect on moods are more than likely to occur.

“I’m so used to be ing outdoors, and now that it’s cold and dark er earlier, I spend more

petually out of syn chronization with our internal clocks,” said psychology professor Issac Walter. “Both cir cumstances have neg ative health impacts.”

Three potential time systems that America could run on are perma

report that some of the issues lie within the fear of being perceived neg atively after attempting to report something like sexual assault or a drink being drugged.

“There’s a hidden power dynamic in re porting things that happen based on who you are,” said the alum.

Nationally, only 28% of sexual assault cases are reported. Additionally, on college campuses, it is estimated that only 12% of assaults are reported.

“Some of my friends have said that they think they’ve been roofied at pre games,” said an anonymous junior so rority member. “They’ll wake up the next day and be like, ‘guys I think I was roofied,’ and laugh about it like it’s not a big deal. It’s scary.”

egated by the Senate. Concern was raised by the lack of knowledge regarding the long-term health effects of time changes, even though there is some knowledge of short-term health ef fects. Potential ramifica tions of establishing per manent Daylight-Saving time will be made if the bill is to succeed.

Many students have opposing thoughts on America’s practice of Daylight-Saving time. Some don’t mind the change while oth ers think time should not change biannually.

“Standard time seems to be the most rele vant now, and I per sonally do not see the need for Daylight-Sav ing Time anymore,” said Sydney Homan.

like much, but disrupt ing circadian rhythms is proven to put people at a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks. Light is one of the most influ

“I have noticed more of the effects of Day light-Saving now that I am older,” said ju nior psychology ma jor Abbee Walters.

time inside with less sun exposure,” said junior mass communication major Cammi Breitbart. “With Daylight-Sav ing time, we are per

nent standard, biannual switching, and perma nent daylight saving.

The discussion of the pros and cons of all three choices was quickly del

“It doesn’t mess me up, but it does set me back for a moment,” said Walters. “Honestly, I don’t think it should stop. It has just been conditioned in my mind that longer nights fall in the summer and winter nights are short. I don’t think it would affect peo ple specifically, it would just affect the whole world in different ways.”

-GC Alum

All it takes is one person to speak up about a hazing or sexual assault case to poten tially save a life

Cornell University is just one of the many universities to suspend fraternity events

WORLD CUP

Despite the fact that some teams are boy cotting the cup due to these controver sies, it is still going to resume as planned.

The teams competing this year are all looking to de throne France, the winner of the 2018 World Cup, and come back home to their countries as the newest win ners. As always, Brazil, Argentina and a mix of some European countries are favorites to be victorious.

Soccer fans and those who do not normal ly keep up with sports across the world are hope ful for their team to win. The international adver tisement and national pride give the World Cup millions of viewers when it airs every four years.

“It automatically gives a team to root for

because it is based on countries,” said ju nior soccer player Kate Richardson. “It’s avail able on every TV provider known to man.”

The World Cup has a unique way of bringing the en tire world together for a single event that is rarely ever seen in other places. This can be attributed to soccer’s universality as a sport. It is a game that can be found in every country and culture in one way or another.

“I think soccer is such a worldwide sport and it connects so many people,” Richardson said. “All of my friends who do not even play soccer love to play soccer.”

Even many Americans that are uninterested in soccer will root for America in the World Cup.

“I root for America,” said Dylan Lew is, a sophomore marketing major. “I feel like, in some sense, you need to root for your country.”

Hayden’s Hot Takes: Week 12

Hayden Flinn Sports Editor

After Week 12 in col lege football. With many top teams struggling over the weekend, my rank ings remain the same for the third consecutive week. In the number one spot is once again the Georgia Bulldogs. At number two is the Ohio State Buckeyes. At num ber three is the Michi gan Wolverines, and the fourth ranked team is still the TCU Horned Frogs.

The Bulldogs traveled up to Lexington, Ken tucky over the week end. It was a very cold afternoon in Lexington and extremely windy which limited the pass ing attack on both sides.

Georgia pulled off the victory 16-6 by play ing phenomenal de fense and establishing the ground game. The Bulldogs rushed for 247 yards led by running back Kenny McIntosh, who carried the ball 19 times for 143 yards and one touchdown.

Ohio State traveled to Maryland in a game where the Buckeyes struggled for most of the first half. Mary

land led the game go ing into halftime 13-10.

The Buckeyes turned things around in the third quarter, explod

The Michigan Wol verines squeezed out a win at home versus Il linois 19-17. Despite Il linois having an above

end of the third quarter. Star running back Blake Corum suf fered a knee injury in the second quarter.

Although soccer is not as popular as other sports in the United States, it is still a major sport and is loved by many Americans. The World Cup still offers them a team to root for and many peo ple in America have become fans of other teams or players in other countries over the years.

“I root for the Netherlands because I like their jerseys, and I used to really follow Robin van Per sie. He was a striker,” said Justin Buglion, a sopho more psychology major. “I remember in middle school, he played really well in the World Cup.”

Despite all odds and obstacles, love for the game of soccer is shared between almost ev ery person and culture in the world in some form, and the world will soon get to share that love once again when the competition begins.

quarter, sealing the game with a 35-yard field goal from kicker Jake Moody with nine seconds left.

Both the Buckeyes

over the weekend and just snuck past Bay lor 29-28 on the road. This game was back and forth the entire game. The score was tied 1414 going into halftime.

Baylor took a slight lead in the third quarter, scoring six points and shutting out TCU’s offense.

The Horned Frogs stormed back in the fourth quarter, outscor ing Baylor 14-9. TCU has pretty much locked up the Big 12, they play one more conference game versus Iowa State in Week 13, but that should not be too much of a challenge.

Just outside the top four at number five I have LSU. The Tigers are the highest ranked two loss team in the nation.

After struggling in the beginning of the season, LSU has fought their way back into the conversation.

ing on offense for 17 points, and shutting out their opponent. Mary land never recovered as the Buckeyes went into cruise control. Ohio State took the game 43-30.

average defense, this was a game that Michigan should have dominated.

The Wolverines jumped out to an early 7-0 lead but found them selves trailing 17-10 at the

The Wolverines’ de fense turned it on when it mattered most, shut ting out Illinois’ offense in the fourth quarter. Michigan’s offense put up nine points in the final

and the Wolverines now prepare for their huge rivalry game against each other and will most likely decide the winner of the BIG 10.

TCU also struggled

With a couple of statement wins in the last few weeks, they have secured their spot in the SEC champi onship game where they will play Georgia.

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Hayden’s top six teams in college football after Week 12.

GC women’s basketball starts 4-0

Emily Henderson Contributing Writer

GC women’s basket ball hosted the Peach Belt Conference Caro linas Challenge tourna ment the weekend of No vember 11, where they played their first home games of the season on Friday and Saturday. Af ter coming off a 28-point win against South ern Wesleyan, GC was ready to take this mo mentum into game two versus Barton College.

The Bobcats started the game strong both offensively and defen sively, which gave them the opportunity to take the lead from the start. GC kept a strong tight defense for the major ity of the first quarter.

Not until halfway through the first did Bar ton’s player start chal lenging the Bobcats. The Bulldogs stepped up their game after only scoring three points in the first five minutes of play. GC slowed down offensive ly and fouled more de fensively. The Bobcats kept the lead ending

the first quarter 18-12.

GC started the sec ond with the same strong defense that they had in the first. This, however, did not last long. Barton moved down the court fast, which did not al low the Bobcats to set up their defense. As the quarter went on both teams showed off their strong offenses. The Bulldogs shortened the lead of the Bobcats, end ing the first half 32-29.

Starting the new half, Barton had a slow start offensively. This slow start allowed the Bobcats to gain a bigger lead. As the third quarter went on, GC caught rebounds and made free throws.

It was not until the end of the third quar ter that the Bulldogs came alive offensive ly. They closed the gap from 43-50 to 49-50 to end the third quarter.

Both teams started the final quarter ready to win, putting a lot of pressure on one another.

During the fourth quarter sophomore Alexa Geary gave the Bobcats good support both of

fensively and defensively, creating multiple turn overs, rebounding and scoring baskets to help strengthen their lead.

In the final min utes the Bulldogs never gained the lead that the Bobcats held the whole game, and the Bobcats pulled off the win 74-68.

One factor that helped GC succeed was their ability to make their free throws, going 1724. Overall, this was a good match up and gave the Bobcats good competition to help

them prepare for the start of conference play.

The Bobcats had four players who scored over 10 points. Leading the way for the Bob cats was Alexa Geary with 17 points, close ly followed by junior Myra Strickland with 16. Senior Harper Vick had 15 and sophomore Ashyia Willis had 10.

“I think we played really well,” Vick said. “We had four players in double digits, and that just shows that it’s a team effort. We are shar

ing the ball, everyone is scoring, so we are being very efficient as a team.”

Although the Bob cats came out with two wins this weekend, the season just began and there are many ways to grow as a team still.

“I think in the second half of each game that we played, probably on the defensive rebound ing side, we can improve there,” said head coach Ross Jolly. “We got a lit tle casual in the second half. I think we did a nice job in the first half of

GC men’s basketball tips off their season

Hayden Flinn Sports Editor

GC men’s basket ball has officially start ed their season. The Bobcats are so far 3-2 before they travel to Lincoln Memorial for a matchup on Wednes day, November 23.

GC won its first two games with ease, beating

North Greenville 85-78 and Limestone 67-63.

Redshirt junior guard Richard Crawford III led the way in scoring during the first game of the sea son, hanging 16 points on North Greenville, while sophomore forward Aus tin Sloan led the team with 15 points in the sec ond game of the season.

The Bobcats con

trolled most of the game in their first two wins. They lost a close third game at Tuske gee 49-48. Tuskegee drilled a jump shot with three seconds left in the game to come out with the victory over GC.

“We hoped to be 5-0 at this point,” said red shirt junior guard Bran don Thomas. “We let

two games we lost get away from us; however, it’s just the beginning of the season and we’ll learn from the mis takes we made towards the end of these games and grow to be a better team down the road.”

In both losses for GC, they recorded more turnovers than their op ponent. They shot worse

at the free throw line by a significant margin in those games as well.

“The biggest thing that comes to mind that we can fix is our ability to limit our turnovers,” said redshirt senior forward Christian Koneman. “Turnovers can kill teams because if the of fense isn’t scoring and the other teams are getting turnovers, they can get momentum and it makes the game a lot harder.”

The Bobcats still have a few games before they enter conference play, giving them plen ty of time to clean up some of these mistakes.

“These games help a lot with conference, es pecially because we ha ven’t really played any teams that we are expo nentially better than,” Koneman said. “Most of our games have been de cided by a low number so it’s helped us to play

each game and hopefully we can learn and grow for second half play.”

The Bobcats started their season out at home in front of a large crowd due to parents’ weekend which helped bring the team more energy and ex citement for these games.

“It was super exciting,” Geary said. “We didn’t play our first home game until after finals in De cember, so we didn’t have as big of a crowd. We are getting bigger crowds this year and it’s amazing. It adds to everything.”

good competition which we will see pretty much every game once we start playing people in the Peach Belt (conference).”

The Bobcats open their season with nine away games. Their first conference game will come against Young Harris on the road on December 10.

The team lost two key players from a sea son ago. One was Jor dan Thomas, who holds the record for the most points scored in GC his tory. The other was for mer four-year starting guard Wesley Simpson, who had a tremendous impact and was a leader for the team a season ago.

Head coach Ryan Aquino did a tremen dous job replacing those guys with the people already on the roster, and it has shown in these first five games.

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Sophomore guard Alexa Geary goes up for a layup over Southern Wesleyan on Friday November 7.

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Redshirt senior forward Christian Koneman shoots the ball over Lander defender in last year’s PBC tournament.

Diversity in the Baldwin County School District

The demographics in Baldwin County School district paints quite a different picture com pared to Georgia College’s singular bubble. Baldwin County’s education system and the community differs in race/ethnicity, family life, health, socioeconomic status and much more.

Grace Wood Staff Writer

The John H. Lounsbury College of Education at GC has ad justed their cohorts to ac commodate all students of different backgrounds and abilities. Education majors enter the cohort the Fall semester of their junior year after being accepted into the pro gram. Unlike other edu cation colleges, the stu dents immediately begin shadowing teachers in nearby schools rather than waiting until their senior year of college.

Education majors take an Integrated Cul ture and Language class in their first semester in the cohort. This class de velops strategies to bring awareness and appreci ation to culture and lin guistic diversity through theory, culture, and community research. The students first look at their own cultural back ground so that they can really understand what culture really means.

“We start with au tobiographical study… who we are, what is our individual culture, what do I believe, what do I value,” said Dr. Lyndall Muschell, education professor. “Who am I and why am I who I am based on your family, the areas of diversity, your geography, where you grew up, socioeco nomic level, your reli gion, and social status…”

Students also com plete a community ex ploration where they compare the different

education systems in Jones, Putnam, Washing ton & Baldwin County. They research the local government, businesses, and recreational build ings in addition to inter viewing faculty to find out how the commu nity serves the schools. These assignments and projects allow students to learn how to meet the needs of different students based on their cultural background.

“I had to try to ap ply diversity in my placements by accom modating the needs of my students and what they’re interested in, especially in my cur riculum,” said Kim mie Galka, early child hood education major.

The National Center for Education Statis tics reported Baldwin County School District’s data in 2019, illustrating health, poverty/bene fits, language spoken at home, and family types of children in its system. It has been found that 24.9% of families are be low the poverty level, and 31.9% of families utilize food stamps or Geor gia’s Supplemental Nu trition Assistance Pro gram (SNAP) benefits.

The median income of parents (with children in public school) sits around $47,833, and 84.1% of parents work in the la bor force. Only 55.4% of families own their own home, while 44.4% rent their home or apartment. Parents have varying ed ucational backgrounds: 5.7% with less than high

school, 27.4% with high school, 41.9% with some college or associate de gree and 25.2% Bach elor’s degree or more.

Another beneficial program to the commu nity is GC’s Early Col lege (GCEC). The pro gram contains grades 7th through 12th, holding 360 students from Bald win and Putman Coun ty. There are 13 teachers at the EC who specialize in language arts/literacy, math, science, and his tory. Students in EC take rigorous courses to pre pare for college classes. GCEC seeks applicants who underrepresented groups, such as low-in come and first-gener ation college students.

GCEC offers many resources, including the College Success pro gram to ensure students can get where they want to be after graduation. The faculty help the stu dents create resumes and fill in community service hours to stand out amongst the crowd.

Students also learn how to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA), which determines how much financial aid a stu dent receives to pay for college. They fill out at least five college appli cations even if they are going immediately into the military or the work force after high school.

The program, further more, teaches students how to navigate college websites, such as Uni fy or D2L. Unify gives students access to many of Georgia College’s re sources and links, rang ing from their outlook email or software ap plications like Career Services or Campus Life. D2L or Georgia View is where students can access their course materials, quizzes, as signments, etc. post ed by their professors.

Under the current legislation, high school juniors and seniors can take dual enrollment credits at Georgia Col

lege, Georgia Military College, or Central Georgia Technical Col lege. The current seniors had the opportunity to begin dual enrollment classes in 9th grade, and most now have or almost have complet ed a college degree.

Choosing college classes can become tricky for dual enroll ment students, especially since many colleges are picky about which cours es they accept. For ex ample, Georgia College does not offer Anatomy and Physiology as a dual enrollment class and will not take Central Tech’s semester Anatomy and Physiology class. Oddly enough, they will accept GMC’s quarter Anatomy and Physiology class. In the end, students may not choose Georgia Col lege, as GMC and Cen tral Tech make it eas ier to transfer credits.

Another issue is the lack of outreach and community between GC and EC. GC used to offer

mentors to high school seniors and juniors to help them feel connected to campus; ten students from the EC’s gradua tion class of 2016 de cided to go to GC. The program has since end ed; the university now only receives maybe one or two students from the program each year.

Dr. Runee Sallad, EC director, believes stu dents feel disconnected from the school due to the lack of community and outreach. Unfor tunately, many GC stu dents do not even know we have a fully function ing middle/high school program on campus, and many EC students feel in visible in our community.

“For us, it’s about forming those con nections, and once we form those connec tions, then they are go ing to stay,” Sallad said. “They are not going to think about going any where else. I’ve seen it happen so many times.”

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The William Heard Kilpatrick Education Center at GC’s campus

Campus compost program partners with the MAX

Cara Radosevich Staff Writer

According to GC’s Office of Sustainabili ty, the campus compost program has diverted over 70,000 pounds of food waste since 2017.

Lori Hamilton, the office’s chief sustain ability officer, said that the program is entirely student-led.

Molly Robbins, a senior environmental science major and the compost operations co ordinator, said that the interns leave two rollaway bins at GC’s dining hall, the MAX, to collect pre- and post-consumer food waste. A consumer

does not touch pre-con sumer food waste, and post-consumer food waste is organic material that a consumer touches.

“In my role, I oversee daily compost opera tions, organize educa tional events to teach students about com post, and work with faculty, staff, and local partners to grow and improve the compost program,” said Robbins.

The Office of Sustain ability has partnered with the MAX to process food waste. Employees collect food waste Mon day through Friday, and interns with the office replace the bins daily

and collect the waste.

Anna Lippy, a senior environmental science major and a compost assistant with the Of fice of Sustainability, said that she helps Mol ly with composting by collecting food waste, dropping off the bins, putting the waste into the machine, and turn ing the piles once it is ready to be unloaded.

These bins are sent to the compost site, which is past West Cam pus on Highway 49.

Lippy said that most colleges in Georgia send their food waste to oth er organizations to be processed into compost.

“The EPA reported in 2018 that food waste accounts for almost a quarter of solid waste in landfills in the United States,” Lippy said. “Any effort to divert food from ending up in landfills can make a huge difference. On average, we divert about 1,000 pounds of food from the MAX each week. We just hit 10,000 pounds for this semester.”

Once the food has been delivered to the site, it is mixed with un treated sawdust from a local timber company.

Robbins said that the

Horoscope for the new moon

Jennifer Crider A&L Editor

Scorpio: As scorpio season comes to a close so will all the unfin ished business you have in your life. Someone from your past might reach out to finish what needs to be said. Be careful, and remember its important to express how you’re truly feeling.

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character right now.

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Aquarius: The God complex is getting old. We love you, but calm down. 2023 is going to bring a villain era for you. Please work on yourself before you become some one you don’t want to be.

Pisces: You’re an emo tional person these days. It’s not going to get bet ter if you dont take the steps to fix your prob lems. Go to therapy.

Aries: Honestly, you

need to calm down. Ev erything in your life feels like its falling apart, but this will change in 2023. 2023 will bring you pos itivity, so just wait it out before you get too upset over the little things.

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waste is put in a large machine mixer so that the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio is healthy, which is essential for making sure that the food waste

The interns turn the piles weekly to make sure that the healthy bac teria can breathe. They also monitor the health of the material by mea

tioner. The Office of Sus tainability is planning to begin selling compost to its community partners.

Robbins would like to inform students that

has a soil-like consis tency for processing.

“This material is then sent up a large auger screw, bringing it into the machine’s drum which turns, allowing the ma terial and its healthy bacteria to breathe, and in turn, break down the food,” Robbins said. “This material is re moved from the drum after approximately two to four weeks and placed in windows- long rows of material where it can continue to mature.”

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Some worry the prev alence of gun violence in the hip-hop commu nity negatively affects and influences hip-hop artists’ audiences. Vis carra is not so sure.

“There are two com peting theories that try to explain the effect of media on society,” Vis carra said. “The first theory is ‘Reflection Theory,’ which basical ly argues that media — including hip-hop and rap — are just a reflection of society.”

In other words, ac cording to Reflection Theory, for better or for worse, music shows us what our society is. If the ideas and themes circulating within our music and within the communities which produce it frighten us, we are expressing our fears of humanity itself.

“The second theory is ‘Hegemonic Theo ry,’ which argues that the dominant classes of society use culture — including media — to socialize people into

suring its temperature.

“High temperatures (120-160 degrees Fahr enheit) mean that the healthy bacteria are breaking down the food and turning it into nu trient-rich material that plants can then use for food,” Robbins said. “When temperatures have returned back to ambient temperature, the piles are ready to be used.”

The compost is used at the West Campus Gar den, which functions as a plant food and soil condi

accepting the domi nant group’s values and norms,” Viscarra said.

If art is viewed through the lens of He gemonic Theory, music is a powerful medium with the potential for pro found public influence, meaning our responses to the content of our art, and our responses to art ists’ behaviors, reflect our fears of society’s future.

“This theory would argue that hip-hop mu sic can socialize people and make young men think that they should accept this overly ag gressive view of mas culinity because it’s just the way men are, and the way they’re supposed to act,” Viscarra said.

Kevin Moriarty, a sophomore mass com munication major, be lieves the prevalence of gun violence in the hiphop community, as well as the often-aggressive themes contained within the genre’s music, weaken hip-hop’s public image.

“The violence circu lating around hip-hop and rap negatively im pacts the opinions of outsiders, which causes them to view those songs

compost is not simply a way to dispose of food.

“It is actually a means to transform waste into worth and recycle food to grow food,” Robbins said. “You wouldn’t just throw away a $10 bill, so why should we be putting food in landfills when it can be used to make something valu able? I would also love students to know that they can come and check it out themselves, and we are happy to take them out to the site.”

as informal and less so cially acceptable,” Mori arty said. “Outsiders start to associate these songs with violence, which upholds the stereotypes, as the lyrics and some of the bigger news sur rounding hip-hop and rap is typically revolv ing around the death of an artist in the field.”

Keller Pantsari, a ju nior mass communica tion major, is a long-time fan of hip-hop, including Takeoff’s music. He, too, worries about how con tinuous violence may affect the feelings of nonfans toward the genre.

“I think it does, un fortunately, bring a neg ative impact to hip-hop,” Pantsari said. “The more that things like this come up, the more hip-hop culture is associated with things like drug and gang violence. What’s sad about it is that a lot of art ists, like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, for example, have used their platforms really well to share their life experiences with the world. That, in turn, really does give some one like me the chance to better understand where they come from.”

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From left: Anna Lippy and Molly Robbins tabling for the OOS.

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Respecting others

Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor

Modern society has evolved into what some would consider an open minded community that is accepting of people of many different lifestyles. Over the years, society has evolved into a space where individuals can express themselves more freely than ever before. These transformations have allowed for social constructs to be loosened and for social norms to be reevaluated. While this change has been rapid, there is a long way to go in terms of respecting others and allowing people the space to partake in their own personal jour ney. There is so much progress to be

ic of others’ conversations in a neg ative way. Growing up in a small town and attending a small private school meant that having a private life was nearly impossible. Finding out that other people were spreading rumors or discussing the gossip they had heard was extremely harmful to my growth during this time. It is for this reason that I make a special effort not to be why another per son feels this way. It does no good to speak about someone else’s life.

Along with this, I have realized the importance in accepting the dif ferences between others. That ev eryone’s mind is wired in alternative

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The saddest part to me is the complacency that I and so many oth er women feel towards it. The impression of knowing it is never go ing to change so we may as well accept it for what it is. That is why femi nism is important. It is a support group for these experiences and a safety net to turn to. A group of people that do not ac cept the flippant excuses of claiming a woman is ‘asking for it’ because of how she acts or dresses.

In my journey with feminism, I feel signifi cantly more comfort able being around those that I know are also feminists. I do not feel judged for dressing how I want or simply being myself. I trust that their words are authentic and genuine rather then two-faced. That is only a fragment of what fem inism is about for me.

son said. “If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop. For the record, feminism by definition is: ‘The be lief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the politi cal, economic and social equality of the sexes.’”

made in terms of accepting others. In the year 2022, I have been on an individual journey of working within myself to make some necessary devel opment in areas I have not explored before. One of these being creating an energy about myself that is comfortable and safe to those around me. I realized that I have a strong desire to be some one that others do not perceive as gos sips or as judgmental. I desire to be the type of person that anyone feels com fortable being around. Although this is a journey that has not been perfect, it has allowed me to take a step back and evaluate how I can achieve this goal. One way I can attain this goal is by resisting the urge to participate in gossip or discussions about others and their private lives. Almost everyone is guilty of gossip, and overtime the harm it brings has been overlooked by so ciety. Not only is it overlooked in the damage it causes towards one being spoken about, but also the harm it does to an individual’s personal journey.

My awareness of this stems from knowing the feeling of being the top

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ways. It does no good to assume that every person will be driven by the same passions or to feel interested in the same topics. Being empathet ic to this is crucial to being an open minded and accepting individual.

People are often under some impression that to accept some thing they must understand it first. While I can relate to this in the majority of circumstances, ac cepting others is not one of them.

It is not up to one person to un derstand all the unique features of another. That is the whole pur pose behind everyone being created uniquely. If we all thought the same on issues, there would be no individ ualism or the creation of new ideas.

Respecting others is a basic hu man mannerism that should be in corporated in everyone’s demeanor. Respect needs to be earned, there is a surface level of respect that should simply be offered to anyone. This general respect includes being con siderate of others’ minds, ideas, style, individualism and personalities.

One of the most com mon negative stigmas surrounding feminists is that it is an excuse to hate men. Or that all feminists have some absurd irrational loath ing for men. This was another topic addressed in Watson’s speech.

“I was appointed six months ago and the more I have spoken about feminism the more I have realized that fighting for wom en’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating,” Wat

At its core feminism has nothing to do with man hating and every thing to do with levelling the playing field. And it is not only regarding women. There are unfair standards on young men as well. Watson further elaborated on this issue in her campaign speech.

“Men—I would like to take this opportuni ty to extend your for mal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from men

tal illness unable to ask for help for fear it would make them look less ‘ma cho’. In fact, in the UK suicide is the biggest kill er of men between 20-49 years of age; eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart dis ease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success.

Men don’t have the ben efits of equality either.”

Whenever peers ques tion me about my femi nist ideals, I always tend to reference this speech.

Watson did an incredi ble job of explaining the importance of being a feminist, while also de bunking some of the false perceptions of it. Feminism at its core is a cry for equality. Not just for women but for everyone. It is import ant that as a communi ty, people acknowledge these ideals, rather than attempting to give it a bad name and shame those that affiliate with it.

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OPINION

Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday

Abigayle Allen Opinion Editor

If you’re anything like my family, we prepare all year long for our tra ditional Thanksgiving feast followed by the grueling, shopping until dropping that is Black Friday. As the years drag on, stores have be gun closing, crowds get larger and we are quite actually dropping from this shopping tradition. Coming from a large family, some of my fam ily members have start ed turning towards cy ber-Monday sales for our holiday lists and forgoing the black Friday chaos. This raises the question; in search of a good deal which is better, black Fri day or cyber-Monday?

While both cy ber-Monday and black Friday kick off their sales sometimes a week prior to their name-given sake, both days are synony

mous with “doorbuster” deals to begin the hol iday season. Black Fri day deals can be found on both online and of fline locations as well as cyber-Monday fol lowing suit. With such blurring of lines, how can anyone be sure of what deals are the best?

Black Friday was originally organized for those who had the day after Thanksgiving off work. It gave these shop pers the opportunity to begin buying gifts for the holiday season with the hook of better pric es. Cyber Monday was created in 2005 by the National Retail Federa tion to help relieve shop pers of the chaos of large crowds and long lines that they would often be met with on Black Friday.

As far as the “deal busters” go, both cy ber-Monday and Black Friday have remarkably

similar prices. The only difference would be if a store ran out of prod ucts, a shopper may be able to find this product online and vice versa.

Cyber-Monday gives shoppers the ability to skip the line and check out in minutes, but Black Friday, in attempts to combat this excessive ness, has begun to release deals months before Thanksgiving to provide shoppers with more time to shop. Black Friday also occurs on a holiday weekend, allowing shop pers the availability to shop while cyber-Mon day is obviously at the be ginning of a work week.

Because Black Friday has been a tradition for many families to partic ipate in together, many people will still attend this chaotic event. Store owners have adapted to this and have even be gun marketing in-store

extended deals that cannot be found online to keep this tradition alive. Cyber-Monday will still promote these deals, however they may not last as long and you may pay more for shipping and handling at the end of the day.

With the pandemic becoming more man ageable, supply chain is

sues will be outdated this coming year. Retailers predict that while there may be delays on some shipments due to lack of workers, they will have more than enough inven tory to sell both online and in stores this year.

So, whether your family wants to contin ue tradition and shop until they drop the day

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after Thanksgiving, or your family would rath er recover from the ulti mate food coma that is Thanksgiving and wait until cyber-Monday deals launch, the deals will be readily avail able for all of us. As for my family, well wish us luck out there. You can catch us on Black Friday!

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