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JUUL settles for $438.5 million

The manufacturing company faces scrutiny after supposed unlawful marketing practices Drew Oldham Contributing Writer Earlier this month, a costly settlement was reached in a multi-state inquiry into the marketing tactics of the e-cigarette manufacturing company, JUUL. This settlement totaled $438.5 million and involved payouts to a total of 34 states and territories.

This decisive ruling against the company comes as a retort of their controversial marketing

practices, in which it is believed they unlawfully attempted to market the product to underage children. The current national legal age for the consumption of products containing nicotine is 21 and was made so as the result of legislation passed in Feb. 2019, which amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to change the legal federal age.

Despite this landmark decision to change the legal age, which came

in part of a government prerogative that looked to crack down on underage nicotine consumption, underage nicotine use has become more widespread in the last couple years as a result of the addition of these new and easily concealable e-cigarette products.

E-cigarette manufacturers like JUUL have greatly profited from this upward trend in use of these products. Before crackdowns such as the court case that they just

settled, the net worth of this company peaked at $10 billion in Oct. 2020.

This enormous popularity emerged largely due to a deliberate marketing campaign targeted towards giving the product appeal to underage adolescents where JUUL utilized free samples, social media campaigns, lavish launch parties, discreet packaging and childish flavors, such as mango, cotton candy and other fruit flavors.

This youth targeted

marketing campaign yielded unbridled success as it doubled the users of JUUL in the year from 2018 to 2019 and deeply embedded the product into teenage culture. Additionally, over half of respondents who had used JUUL, aged 1517, had never used combustible tobacco before, indicating that JUUL was effectively enticing children that previously had not been at risk to start smoking to start.

JUUL did not only

bring

new

users,

it

brought habitual users as well. According to a Truth Initiative study, 37.6 percent of current JUUL users in 2019 used it on 10 or more days of the month, thus indicating that they used this product habitually which is indicative of a growing addiction or reliance on the product for day to day functioning.

See JUUL| Page 3

GC VOLLEYBALL V. USC AIKEN

The accuracy of IQ tests Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor In 1971, The Supreme

Brennan Schmitz Asst. Sports Editor

Court banned the use of IQ tests in the business world because of the case

GC volleyball tipped

Griggs vs. Duke Power

Set 3 was when the

Bobcats displayed their dominance

as

they

play

held a comfortable lead

with a dominant 3-0

through the whole set.

that there can be no bar-

sweep over USC Aik-

The Bobcats tallied 13

riers to employment that

en Tuesday, Sept. 13.

kills, while the Pac-

After a questionable

ers only recorded nine.

4-7 start to the sea-

Both teams had a similar

the IQ test that is still

son, the Bobcats put

amount of errors with

used today are called

the PBC on high alert

the Bobcats tallying ten

with this statement win.

and the Pacers tallying

Set 1 was a tight,

eight. The Bobcats sent

off

Co. It was determined by court during this case

are targeting or discriminating against a certain race. An alternative to

cognitive aptitude tests.

According to Criteria Corp.’s

“Pre-Employ-

ment IQ Tests,” these

Claire O’Neill | Art Director

conference

hard-fought

battle

thinking skills, learning

Some people argue

field. Others feel that

ability, and problem solv-

that IQ tests or cognitive

the tests are non-inclu-

ing,” Criteria Corp. said.

aptitude tests are neces-

sive and that it is not

ing employee success.”

“In this sense an employ-

sary for employment to

possible to determine

comfortable lead. The

“Both IQ tests and

ment aptitude test has

determine the general

intelligence in this way.

Pacers were able to tal-

aptitude

much in common with

success rate of the con-

critical

a traditional IQ test.”

sidered employee in the

See IQ | Page 9

ly more kills during

are assessments that are “designed and validated specifically for predict-

employment tests

measure

CARBON EMISSIONS: (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Kate Verity

Contributing Writer The show must go on!Private jets are considered to be one of the least environmentally friendly forms of travel. Although they are incredibly convenient and safe for celebrities and high-profile individuals, they statistically release the most carbon into the atmo-

sphere per passenger.

Using data presented by a Twitter account called CelebrityJets (@ CelebJets), that tracks the flights of celebrities’ private jets, the data analysis group known as Yard conducted a study to measure which celebrities are emitting the most carbon through their flying habits.

According to the data, celebrities emitted

approximately 3376.64 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from January to July in 2022. This is 482.37 times more carbon than the average person emits each year.

Dr. Christine Mutiti is an associate professor of environmental science at GC. She explained what carbon emissions are and why they have such a negative

where neither team was able to secure a very

the game, but committed several more errors than the Bobcats. The Bobcats were able to take the first set 25-21. impact on the planet.

“The problem is we’re burning so much fossil fuel, and they are releasing carbon dioxide, which is one of the biggest greenhouse gasses, so we’re increasing how much greenhouse gas is in the atmosphere, and more heat is getting trapped than escaping, so it’s getting warmer,” Mutiti said.

See EMISSIONS | Page 7

The second set was just as close as the first with neither team being able to pull away. Both teams put up a similar amount of kills with very few errors coming from either side.

The Bobcats came out on top with an identical score of 25-21.

the Pacers packing with a final score of 25-18.

The firing

Bobcats on

all

were cylin-

ders, as several players made their mark on the scoring column.

“Overall we clicked and we haven’t clicked like that yet this season,” said graduate student and outside hitter Rachel Machovec. “We knew the crowd was going to be really big, so we were excited to have everybody

here

and

get our click together.”

Machovec

led

the

team with nine kills, also tallying eight digs.

See AIKEN | Page 4

NEWS | PG. 2

SPORTS | PG. 4

ARTS & LIFE | PG. 8

OPINION & MISC. | PG. 10

What changes has Cox implemented over the past year, and what does she hope to accomplish?

Reigning Super Bowl champs lost to the Bills at the 2022 NFL kickoff game Thursday, Sept. 8.

Central State has a distrubing and dark history that is slowly fading away.

Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in modern history. She will be regarded as the “splendor of our political and moral inheritance.”

CATHY COX LOVES GC AND SELFIES

2022 NFL KICKOFF GAME

THE HISTORY OF CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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REBECCA MEGHANI, NEWS EDITOR LILY PRUITT, ASST. NEWS EDITOR

9.21.2022

NEWS

Cathy Cox loves GC and selfies

Cox is nearing her one year anniversary as GC’s 12th president Lily Pruitt

cer University School

attends most of these

Asst. News Editor

of Law before making

events, hoping to be

GC President Cathy

her way back to a pres-

more involved with the

Cox began her first year

ident for our campus.

GC and Milledgeville

of presidency in 2021.

“I don’t feel like I’ve

Prior to being the uni-

even really scratched the

versity’s President, Cox

surface of what I hope

community

than

she

was in her past careers.

She

discusses

that

we can do in the years to

GC budget is her biggest

come but I feel like I’ve

issue because of what

personally accomplished

money is allocated to the

some of my goals in just

university. Learning the

trying to get to know

process and adjusting to

challenges in learning

downtown Milledgeville

comed to the GC com-

the campus,” President

the GC budget is some-

any

Cox

that is really fun,” Pres-

munity with open arms.

Cox said. “My hope is

thing that she has been

said. “More particular-

ident Cox said. “I’m

that my skillset and my

consistently working on

ly, the biggest difference

really looking forward

been so warm and hos-

experiences can add val-

in order to better her role

from private higher ed-

to, for the first time in

pitable and welcoming,”

ue to what has already

here. She claims that ath-

ucation to public higher

several years since the

President Cox said. “I

been happening here.”

letics, as a public high-

education, honestly, is

pandemic, that they’re

can hardly find the words

many

er education university,

how athletics are fund-

bringing back the Deep

how wonderful that has

State. Following this ca-

events that GC provides

is less funded than the

ed and that’s a very dif-

Roots festival. I love

been and the greater

reer path, she switched

for students to attend

private higher education

ficult challenge because

going to all our musi-

Milledgeville communi-

to become president of

year-round, as well as

universities that she had

students pay an athlet-

cal, theater, and dance

ty has been so welcom-

Young Harris College

the Milledgeville com-

previously worked at.

ic fee every semester.”

performances. That to

ing and hospitable to

and then dean for Mer-

munity. President Cox

Cox is an advocate

me is one of the biggest

my husband and I. They

for student-led events,

things I’ve missed about

have certainly made me

campus

and

not being in the heart

feel welcome here, and

Milledgeville communi-

of a liberal arts campus

they are so fun to get out

ty events. Cox has joined

was being able to attend

and know our students.”

the Board of the Milled-

and participate in those

“I want them to nev-

geville Baldwin County

fine arts and know the

er leave here or never

Chamber of Commerce.

students

performing.”

want to leave here, then

Despite these chal-

when they graduate to

gathered her skillets in other positions. President Cox was a lawyer in Bainbridge and Atlanta for 10 years until she was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. After, she became the first woman in Georgia history to serve as Georgia’s Secretary of

There

are

“There

are

always

Cathy Cox

She

Anna Leavitt | Campus Photographer

Cox at her State of the University Address in February 2022

VOLUME 100 | NO. 3

enterprise,”

events

does

volunteer

campus

has

work to see the person-

lenges

President

think ‘I have had the

al and social needs of

Cox is working towards

best 4 years of my life

the

community.

to fix and advocate for

here at GC and I will al-

“We have this great

the students’ needs and

ways love this universi-

first Friday event in

wants, she has been wel-

ty’,” President Cox said.

local

@GCSUnade

that

“This

Cathy Cox at her State of The Union Address in 2022

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REBECCA MEGHANI, NEWS EDITOR LILY PRUITT, ASST. NEWS EDITOR

9.21.2022

NEWS

Hazing prevention 101 Cara Radosevich Staff Writer

JUUL

Continued from page 1 JUUL, which was initially brought to the market as a way to transition smoking adults off of the habitual use of cigarettes, faces a variety of reprimands in addition to the significant financial damage they will incur as a result of this settlement. This settlement will limit their ability to market to people under the age of 35, limit its presence in in-store displays, place a limit on online and retail sales and force them to undergo a retail compliance check based on strict protocols.

The heavy sanctions coming down as part of this lawsuit have virtually eliminated JUUL’s viability as a company in comparison to its presence and affluence that existed at the end of last decade.

However, the product’s effects on the habits of underage adolescents appear to be both significant and lasting.

The effect of the marketing of harmful

Claire O’Neill | Art Director

e-cigarette products to underage students can be seen in the biennial ACHA NCHA Survey II for the year 2020, which sampled 1138 students at GC. According to results from this survey 30 percent of college students used some form of tobacco or nicotine delivery products within the last 3 months, with e-cigarettes being used almost 3 times more frequently than traditional cigarettes.

GC students have a wide array of opinions on the use and marketing of JUUL and e-cigarette products in general.

An anonymous GC senior and business major calls vaping “a breath of fresh air” and cites it as a daily activity that allows him to be productive due to nicotine’s stimulant properties.

Two other GC Seniors recount their experiences with JUUL in high school, saying that it was considered completely normal to own and use one while in class which was made possible due to the abil-

ity to use this product discreetly with ease.

“Teachers didn’t even know what it was, so you could get away with charging it in class,” said an anonymous GC student.

Annie Siegel, a sophomore and marketing major, feels that it is a dangerous product that should not be allowed to be marketed to underage kids in the way that it is.

“I cannot believe e-cigarette products like Juul are allowed to be marketed in the way that they are, especially given what we know about smoking’s and nicotine’s detrimental effects on long term health,” Siegel said.

Despite the fact that JUUL is now facing discipline for its controversial marketing practices, the full effect on individual health and society as a whole. due to the increased use of this product by underage people as a result of these practices remains to be seen.

GC requires all returning students to complete the Hazing Prevention 101 Course and requires freshmen to take the module before arriving on campus. According to Rachel Pope, a health educator at GC, the hazing prevention module is required because this topic has not been addressed with all students. Hazing can be physically, emotionally and psychologically damaging.

Jack Howle, a senior political science major, said he does not believe the module will be effective in preventing hazing and that almost all students he has discussed the module with have said they did not read it.

“The module treats hazing as a black-andwhite issue and to compare embarrassing recruits or forcing them to perform menial tasks to potentially life-threatening acts is disingenuous,” Howle said. “The module is nothing but posturing by the GC Administration in order to save face for do-

nors and the parents of potential students.”

Pope views all forms of hazing as harmful and emphasized the importance of bystander intervention as crucial to hazing prevention and organizations that haze aspiring members because past members were initiated through hazing and need to abandon that mindset.

“What someone might think is funny and harmless at the time has the potential to become inappropriate, humiliating, degrading, and dangerous,” Pope said.

Emily Jarvis, the director of Family and Parent Programs, shared that hazing is often more psychological in nature. She supervised filming for the National Hazing Prevention Week video. The video includes commentary from students involved in Greek life and other student organizations.

“They’re delivering a message about what hazing is, how to spot it and then their commitment as a collective, as individuals, to fight hazing and report it when they see it,” Jarvis said.

She said that student organizations will be

Anjali Shenoy | Digitital Media Editor

Students holding red solo cups, often used at fraternities.

Biden administration forgives student loans Shadimon Smith Staff Writer The Biden Administration announced a loan forgiveness plan where borrowers can qualify for up to $10,000 in student loan forgiveness. Currently, the United States has $1.6 trillion in cumulative federal student loan debt and 45 million borrowers. Along with this, they’re canceling $20,000 in debt for some Pell Grant recipients, extending the pause on federal loan payments

and refunding any loan payments made since the beginning of the pause. The plan aims to provide relief to low- and middle-income borrowers and advance racial equity by narrowing the racial wealth gap. This plan was finalized through executive action and is expected to have pushback.

This three-step plan has been long awaited by many since President Biden paused loan repayments. To receive this assistance, the annual income must be $125,000

or lower for individual people. For those in marriage, the income must be $250,000 or lower.

“The student loan plan won’t be able to relieve my debt completely but I think it will help me not have to worry as much about saving up and paying off as much money in the future,” said Savannah Schofield, a sophomore English major. “There hasn’t been another loan forgiveness program to compare to this one so I’m not sure if the amount is fair. I would love for

Claire O’Neill | Art Director

requested to post the video to their respective pages and several campus departments are already planning to upload it. Jarvis hopes the video will be effective as students learn about hazing from their peers and classmates.

She believes all students must be involved in the effort to end hazing.

She noted that hazing does not only occur in Greek life and can happen in any kind of student organization.

Hazing is not exclusive to students. This can happen among adults, whether at work or in an organization. Jarvis recommends the counseling services at GC for those who have been affected by hazing incidents, even if they were not recent.

Students who have knowledge of hazing events or witness them can be held liable. It is important for students to report them through the GC website at Incident Report (maxient.com).

“We have our reporting form online that can be anonymous, but we do encourage people to include some information, knowing that we will keep that in confidence,” Jarvis said.

people to be able to receive more money since many people have loans that exceed $20,000.”

The second part of the plan is to ensure the loan system is more manageable for future and current borrowers.

This step includes cutting monthly payments on loans and changing the requirements for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

They want people who have worked in the military, nonprofits or any form of government to get credit on their loans through this program now. The third part of the plan is to find a way to lower the cost of college after it has risen three times the amount it was in 1988 for public schools.

“Loans are one form of assistance that helps many people access a college education that they could not afford otherwise. But student loan debt can be an impediment to some borrowers, so efforts to reduce any undue burden are important,” said Daniel McDonald, Interim Director of Public Affairs at GC.

“ Georgia College & State University’s Financial Aid Office works diligently to ensure every student can exhaust all options for helping make a college education more affordable.” said McDonald. “ At this time, we await additional guidance from the federal government on how to help make sure this loan forgiveness program achieves the maximum possible impact for student loan recipients in the Georgia College community.”

Even though governors of some states have an issue with this plan, President Biden is pushing forward. Governors Abbot, DeSantis and Ivey have signed a letter to President Biden stating their disagreement due to the taxpayers having to pay $600 billion in total to cover this plan, despite the Biden administration stating it will cost $24 billion annually.

“If they gave everybody with these outstanding debts $10,000 that would be called expansionary. So, they’re putting money in the hands of people basical-

ly if you think of it that way,” said Christopher Clark, professor of economics. “If they did give everybody the $20,000 instead that would be even more expansionary but you have to remember that money comes from somewhere. So that money is going to be pulled from currently existing tax revenue or they may have to raise taxes to fund those because it doesn’t just go away.”

GC students have been thinking about affordability when it comes to college and coming up with plans to pay for college using student loans.

“I don’t think it would help a lot considering most people have to get student loans per semester and that adds up considering interest,” said Kennedy Cook, a sophomore mass communications major. “I don’t think that would be enough. I think obviously it would help but it doesn’t make that big of a difference.”

President Biden’s plan is expected to help many with the $10,000 and $20,000 going to those who receive the Pell grant.

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HAYDEN FLINN, SPORTS EDITOR BRENNAN SCHMITZ, ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

9.21.2022

SPORTS

Katherine Futch | Editor in Chief

Left to right: Austen Sorrells, Grayson Oliver, and Clay Spicer watch the Bills play the Rams for the NFL kickoff

2022 NFL Kickoff game Katherine Futch Editor in Chief

backs.

His four-yard

decrease from the 2021

sion for the sport re-

were leaving Tony Gon-

if he cannot find some-

third-

season opener for the

volves around the NCAA

zalez turned around and

thing better to watch.

and-goal in the fourth

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

and the No. 1 Bulldogs.

ended up scoring this

quarter set the Bills

vs.

Cowboys.

“I enjoy watching the

amazing touchdown and

launch-

Several factors could

NFL sometimes, but only

they ended up winning.”

ing them into victory.

explain this drop in

because college football

viewership,

including

is not on,” Hawk said.

major, Austen Sorrells,

well,

the death of Queen Eliz-

“But when the Falcons

is rooting for the Char-

turn-

abeth II, who passed

were good back in the

gers this year. Howev-

overs and seven sacks.

away on the same day

day, my family and I had

er, he said that he does

Rams’ wide receiver

as the season opener.

season tickets. They lost

not

watch

triumph over the Rams.

and Super Bowl MVP

Likewise,

second

the NFC championship

the NFL. He too pre-

He predicted that the

Cooper Kupp also per-

half was not as exciting

that year, and I remem-

fers

football.

Bills will play in the Su-

formed well; he fin-

as the previous year. It

ber being at that game

football

per Bowl this season.

ished the game with 13

was clear that the Bills

as a kid and crying.”

is way better than the

catches for 128 yards

would take the win ear-

Hawk said that he

NFL,” Sorrells said. “NFL

and

touchdown.

ly into the third quarter.

touchdown

The Buffalo Bills dominated the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams in the NFL season opener on Sept. 8. They lived up to their pre-season expectations, with a 31-10 victory. This was the largest scoring margin in a kickoff game since 2013 according to NBC Sports.

Bills’ quarterback Josh Allen finished 26 of 31 for 297 yards with three

ahead

24-10,

The also

on

Bills’

defense

performed

forcing

three

a

Dallas

the

has

fond

of

attending

Senior

marketing

regularly college

“College

memories

is overrated because of

Falcons

the money and celebrity

“It

is

like,

‘What

am I doing? Nothing?

I guess I will watch NFL,”

Sorrells

Junior

said.

accounting

major Clay Spicer was pleased with the Bills’

“I

definitely

think

the Bills will go to the Super Bowl this year,”

NBC Sports projected

Many GC students

touchdowns and two in-

that its coverage of the

watched the game, in-

games and is thankful

status. College football

terceptions. He rushed

2022 Kickoff Game be-

cluding senior criminal

for those experiences.

is superior in every way.

56 yards on 10 carries

tween the Buffalo Bills

justice major, Connor

“I remember one time

The only reason watching

and scored the 32nd

and Los Angeles Rams

Hawk. He is an Atlanta

we were about to leave

NFL is important is be-

rushing touchdown of

averaged more than 21

Falcons enthusiast but

the game early because

cause of fantasy football

The Bills will play the

his career, tying him

million viewers across its

still wanted to observe

we thought the Falcons

and fantasy gambling.”

Tennessee Titans Mon-

for 14th most in NFL

linear and digital chan-

the Bills play the Rams.

were

lose,”

Sorrells said he still

day, Sept. 19, and are pre-

history among quarter-

nels. That was a 19%

However, his true pas-

Hawk said. “But as we

watches NFL, but only

dicted to win yet again.

The Bobcat defense

conference time, that’s

and I think we woke up.”

girls

to

also showed out re-

what matters. Not that

Conference games are

now,” Machovec said.

cording

the other games didn’t

especially important to

Consistency will be

matter, but conference

the veterans of the team.

key for the Bobcats as

the Pacers and plan to

is when you either wake

“It’s just more of a

they move forward in

be a force to be reck-

up or you go to sleep,

rivalry. I’ve seen these

the season. They look

oned with this season.

AIKEN

Continued from page 1 Another

stand-out

performance came from sophomore outside hitter, Ally Hall, totaling six kills. Her performance put her up to 444 kills at GC, which ties her with Maggie Roper (2016) for ninth most in school history.

11.5

blocks

and 52 digs compared to USC Aiken’s three blocks

and

43

digs.

“We kept the ball off the floor,”

Freshman specialist

Alanis

with a total of 19 digs

different

re-

followed by senior set-

corded at least one kill.

ter Emily Long with ten.

Playing

every

team

with the ferocity they played

with

against

conference

them on their toes be-

games is very different

cause they didn’t know

from

where the ball was go-

games for the players.

ing,” said head coach

“It’s like a wakeup

Krumdieck.

face

Ber-

cats’ victory, as eight

Gretchen

years

defensive

effort for the Bobcats

keeping

five

if they don’t make it.”

ally good, 52 digs is a lot.”

a key part of the Bob-

were

for

I would be shocked

said. “Our defense was re-

nis led the defensive

“We

to

fense is really good so

Krumdieck

The spread attack was

players

going

Spicer said. “Their of-

non-conference

call,” Hall said. “When it’s

Courtesy of GC Athletics

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HAYDEN FLINN, SPORTS EDITOR BRENNAN SCHMITZ, ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

9.21.2022

SPORTS

Cross country’s Bobcat Athlete of the Week Rebecca Meghani News Editor After finishing second in a group of 51 runners at the Jaguar Invitational, Philip Bu-

this recognition, which made receiving this as a sophomore special.

“I have to work a lot harder to keep up with everything, and

at the end of the season I was almost getting hurt just from the new training but now this year, I’m used to everything, and it seems kind of normal.”

“The biggest thing is staying consistent,” Bulatao said. “Not going through trying to skip a day because I’m tired and just staying on top

vidual sport, which in most aspects, sometimes, but most of the time, you’re putting your body through a lot of pain,” Bulatao said. “Having a

runner,

bad, what can I change

Bulatao has previously

and I tweak it every sin-

been awarded 2021-22

gle time,” Bulatao said.

PBC Silver Scholar, and

His teammates have

he finished 22 at the 2021

seen how he has been

PBC Championship and

beneficial to the team.

79 at the NCAA Region-

“He brings great cul-

al for Division II. During

ture to the team, always

his 2021 season, his time

enthusiastic, ready to at-

for the 8k was 26:45

tack the day and always

and his 10k was 34:30.

gives a positive attitude,”

“It’s a pretty big ac-

said Caiden Curtis, a

complishment, just being

sophomore cross coun-

a sophomore, and I hope

try runner. “He’s always

to win it again, but we’ll

motivated, ready to go,

see how it goes,” Bulatao

willing to do anything

said. “It’s an honor after

that comes at him. He

going week after week doing my own thing so

something is going right.”

During

his

fresh-

man year, he saw many upperclassmen

receive

Courtesy of GC Athletics

I’m doing almost double of what I did in high school,” Bulatao said.

“Last year was my first year doing all kinds of workout and training and my body was not used to it. I remember

Since the beginning of his college career, he has changed the way he practices in order to improve his performance. In comparison to last summer, his work ethic has improved.

College football week 3

deserves it, he works

of everything has really been helping me so far.”

Another part of the sport that he deems helpful has been the support from his team.

“I know cross country may seem like an indi-

support system behind you is really nice because you have other people going through the same thing as you. And it’s nice sharing something in common and getting through it, not just by

harder This

than

anyone.”

recognition

continues to motivate Bulatao as he is currently striving to place all

conference

and

top 16 in the whole Peach belt conference.

Hayden Flinn

to bounce back at home,

game was over before

defense

allowed

ULM 63-7, and the Buck-

best team right now.

Sports Editor

the Aggies were able to

the first quarter end-

one touchdown, which

eyes ran up the score on

Most of these teams will

take care of business this

ed. The Dawgs routed

came in garbage time.

Toledo winning 77-21.

play each other that are

48-7,

Both Alabama and

The top 12 teams in

in the top ten, so we

as the offense amount-

Ohio State took care of

the nation remain un-

should start to see a ma-

ed to over 500 yards of

business this weekend as

beaten,

Georgia

jor shakeup in the rank-

total offense and their

well. The Tide rolled over

clearly looking like the

ings in just a few weeks.

We

have

official-

ly concluded week 3 in

time as they didn’t allow

college football. We saw

Miami to score a touch-

a couple of games that

down,

ended in dramatic fash-

over

ion.

“Our coach gives us

what felt good, what felt

first week of September.

because I can see that

himself during training.

but I’ll also keep notes on

of the Week during the

a really big motivator

ways that he can improve

look at it here and there,

named Bobcat Athlete

paying off a little bit. It’s

motivating him, he finds

we need to train, and I’ll

was

it’s nice seeing it finally

In addition to his team

this piece of paper of what

latao, a sophomore cross country

myself but as a team.”

The Appalachian

#25

winning the

17-9

Hurricanes.

Oregon

host-

State Mountaineers stole

ed #12 BYU in what

the weekend once again

was a highly anticipat-

with all the attention.

ed game for the Ducks.

After holding College

After a horrendous loss

Gameday in Boone, NC,

to UGA to start the sea-

home of the Mountain-

son, the Ducks’ offense

eers, this game didn’t dis-

showed no issues against

appoint. Down to the fi-

BYU as they tallied up

nal seconds of the game,

41 points. BYU simply

Appalachian State threw

looked outmatched from

up a Hail Mary prayer

the start and the Ducks

that bounced off multi-

took the victory 41-20.

ple players and landed in

The

number

one

the hands of a Mountain-

ranked team in the na-

eer receiver. The receiver

tion, the Georgia Bull-

quickly ran around to the

dogs, traveled to Colum-

right side of the field and

bia, SC to take on their

into the endzone to stun

first road SEC game of

Troy University 32-28.

the year. The Dawgs, who

Another game that

have started this season

held a significant amount

as dominant as the end-

of weight was #13 Miami

ed last season, absolutely

vs. #24 Texas A&M. The

embarrassed the Game-

Aggies were coming off

cocks on their home field.

one of their worst upsets

Many thought Geor-

in school history to those

gia might struggle in

same Appalachian State

this game at first be-

Mountaineers. Looking

cause of history, but this

the

Gamecocks

only

with

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Local film festival returns to the big screen Cale Strickland

noon and from 1 p.m. to

official website describes

great way to celebrate

Staff Writer

4 p.m. The afternoon’s

the festival as “focused

the arts,” Bracewell said.

live script readings will

on

col-

“They are enjoyable, and

run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

lections of story-driven

they allow Milledgeville

Chapel of All Faiths

films with unique voic-

to plug into the growing

will offer horror short

es” and “created by film-

film industry in Georgia

film screenings at Cen-

makers for filmmakers

Dr. Alex Blazer, En-

tral State Hospital from

from over 25 countries.”

glish professor at GC,

10 p.m. to midnight.

Dr. Joy Bracewell, an

discovered the festival

After

going

online

for the past two years, the Milledgeville-Eatonton Film Festival is back to its in-person roots, and all GC students and staff are welcome to attend.

Although

most

of the festival’s films will screen in Eaton-

Scheduling and tick-

international

assistant

professor

of

almost a decade ago. Its

eting information are

English and director of

mission resonates with

available online for stu-

GC’s

Center,

him, and he believes

The festival returns after a pandemic-induced hiatus.

to be difficult to stream.”

so I think it is important

Writing

Courtesy of the Milledgeville-Eatonton Film Festival website.

dents and staff inter-

is not familiar with the

ton, downtown Milled-

the festival’s value lies

ested in attending its

Milledge ville-E aton-

geville will host a hand-

in

excit-

Mackenzie Pickle, a

to bring film festivals into

Eatonton

ton Film Festival, but

ing, lesser-seen films.

junior English major, ex-

places like Milledgeville.”

“I was surprised to

plained the importance

For Blazer, the festival

learn of the festival in

of hosting film festivals

is more than just a chance

the early 2010s,” Blazer

in

and

for GC students and staff

said. “It made sense be-

other small towns. She

to get together for a fun

cause of the state’s push

believes the events are

night; it is an important

for filming in Georgia.

beneficial to all residents,

step towards reviving the

More important than

not just film students.

theatrical

economic development

“Film in general is

“While the availabil-

for Milledgeville and the

such an underrated and

ity of so many films on

state film industry, how-

important aspect of art,

streaming is a boon for

ever, the festival serves

in my opinion,” Pickle

faculty and students who

as a way for people in

said. “Films can bring

study film, an aspect of

Middle Georgia to see

to light different human

film that has gotten lost is

independent films and

experiences and unite

public exhibition,” Blazer

she is optimistic about

short films that are not

people together through

said. “The festival is not

screenings.

Central State Hospital, Powell Building, circa 1937

Horror short film screenings at Central State seems fitting as the Halloween season approaches.

highlighting

Milledgeville

experience.

ful of events on Sept. 24.

The Milledgeville-Ea-

Blackbird Coffee will

tonton Film Festival be-

its

impacts

going to play at the AMC

emotion

action.

only curated, but it also

host filmmaker panels on

gan in 2013 as the Milled-

on the state’s future.

Classic Milledgeville 6

Films tell stories, often

brings film back to its

Saturday from 10 a.m. to

geville Film Festival. The

“Film festivals are a

and are probably going

with very deep meanings,

communal experience.”

potential

and

Chivalry is dead, and no one went to the funeral Anne Roper Staff Writer

As the feminist movement continues to surge forward, gender roles and the expectations placed upon men have shifted dramatically. With these changes, the presence of day to day ‘chivalry’ has slowly ceased to exist.

According to Merriam-Webster,

to

be

chivalrous means to be “marked

by

gracious

courtesy and high-minded consideration especially to women”. Origi-

a time in which society

“I think feminism has

considered them sec-

made a lot of women

ond-class citizens. Some

want to be more indepen-

argue that when a man

dent,” said junior Reagan

is chivalrous towards a

Lippold, a psychology

woman, it keeps those

major. “I think men have

gender stereotypes alive.

to kind of be able to read

However, the femi-

the situation and see how

nist movement rebukes

the woman may react to

this notion, and at its

how ‘chivalrous’ they’re

core fights for equality

being. Personally, I don’t

between the sexes. The

have a problem with it.”

argument stems around

By the 15th century,

the proposed question,

chivalry, as it had once

does the call for equality

stood, no longer existed.

erase the need for a man

The first reference to its

to behave as a gentleman?

absence came in 1790

“Back in the day,

when Irish statesman

they say chivalry is dead.”

“I think the culture

Edmund

women were looked at

“The age of chivalry is

as very fragile,” said Lau-

gone: that of sophisters,

iors and actions. It re-

ra Beth Nix, junior mass

economists and calcula-

ferred to their obligation

communication

major.

tors has succeeded: and

to rescue the ‘damsel in

“Now with the devel-

the glory of Europe is

distress,’ and to protect

opment

extinguished

those weaker than them.

women are very strong

The phrase “chivalry

the

and upheld. I think a

is dead” began to cir-

meaning of the word

lot of men are scared

culate heavily on social

has evolved to refer

of that, and so natural-

media platforms such as

to

associated

ly, chivalry dies down.”

Tumblr and Twitter in

with ‘being a gentle-

Some women argue

the mid 2010’s. Wom-

to nearly anyone who

chivalry governed Middle Ages’ knights’ behav-

Since

actions

then,

of

forever.”

around

chivalry

has

shifted to where some of the things we used to do aren’t as widely practiced,” said an anonymous GC senior.“I think there’s

more

avenues

than ever to be chivalrous towards a partner.”

In the present day, the internet has made acts of

chivalry

accessible

man’ and a man’s con-

that

belittles

en tended to use it in an

wishes to express them:

sideration for women.

women; a woman does

‘ironic’ fashion, cracking

through gifting someone

chivalry

not need a man to hold

jokes referring to real life

virtual flowers, an e-card,

roots itself in the per-

the door for her, or pay

situations in which they

a virtual hug or even

ception of women from

for her meal, or walk to

had felt objectified by a

leaving a kind comment

nearly 1500 years ago,

her left on the sidewalk.

man, often ending posts

on their social media.

However,

chivalry

feminism,

said,

with the tagline “and

in the 1950s and stuff,

nally a code of conduct,

Burke

Marissa Marocolina | Digital Media Editior

Small chivalrous acts, such as holding the car door open, are a rare site on today’s college campuses.

Marissa Marocolina | Digital Media Editior

From left: seniors Kaylee Kallam and Chris Shimer

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Continued from page 1

“It’s not that it’s any much more than vehicles or commercial jets,” Mutiti said. “It’s the fact that if you compare a commercial jet that is carrying over 300 passengers versus a private jet carrying three or four passengers, the two are burning a significant amount of fuel and out of the exhaust fumes comes carbon dioxide.”

Topping the list of celebrities whose private jets have been in the air the most in 2022 is Taylor Swift. This pop icon’s jet spent 15.9 days in the air in just the first half of 2022. Swift underwent fire for her vast levels of carbon emissions, especially on social media.

In response, her PR team released the following statement, “Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.”

Dr. Mikkel Christensen, assistant profes-

sor of mass communication, conducted research on crisis communication and is the faculty advisor for PRSSA, the Public Relations Student Society of America. Christensen gave his take on how Swift’s PR team handled the backlash of the situation.

“They addressed the fact that her plane has been used the most, but they argued that most of the time it wasn’t her,” Christensen said.

“I don’t know if I would have done that. She basically just defended the actions and tried to justify them without looking to change course.

And at a time when there’s so much emphasis on climate change, it seems hypocritical. If I were on her PR team, I would probably try to look forward and see how we can lower our emissions and try to do something about that instead of just not taking any responsibility.”

GC students are also very aware of climate change and the greenhouse effect. It can be

frustrating to see celebrities emit so much carbon on a regular basis while ordinary people are trying to manage their own significantly smaller carbon footprints through measures like carpooling and recycling.

Sienna Slater is a sophomore environmental science major at GC. She has learned about the negative impacts of global warming and carbon emissions in many of her classes.

“The amount of greenhouse gasses that are released into the air has really negative effects on the environment, and the only way to stop and reduce climate change is to reduce the amount of carbon that is released into the air,” Slater said.

“We’re already at a point where climate change is irreversible, and the more we do it, the more irreversible it’s going to get. But I think that commercial airlines probably are the bigger problem and contribute more to carbon emissions than celebrities.”

Slater feels that al-

The secret life of GC pets Autumn Arnette Staff Writer Being a pet-owner comes with many challenges. Fiscal, physical and even emotional. Being a pet owner is not ideal for everyone. However, that doesn’t stop GC students from adding their own furry companions to their family.

Kate Bennett, vice president of Arf & friends and volunteer at Milledgeville animal shelter, talks about the process of adopting a pet through Arf and friends.

“College students are one of our most frequent adopters,” Bennett said. “They have to go through the application and it takes at maximum a week to go through

them. We make sure this is a trustworthy person and that they will be able to take care of the pet. It is somewhat of a contract.

So, if they can’t take care of it, they have the option to return the pet so it does not end up a stray.”

Many GC students have houses full of animal companions. However, it can be difficult to manage a life as a full-time student and a caregiver to an animal.

“Once I got my dog, I had to revamp my time management to fulfill my schoolwork accordingly in order to give my dog the time he needs,” said Carlyn Freeman, junior marketing major.

Adopting and owning an animal can be very costly. As far as college students’ finan-

(Photos submitted) Left to right: Carmella and Indigo, two GC students’ beloved pets.

cial means go, it can be a challenge caring for an animal when you’ve never been responsible for someone or something other than yourself. Students often aren’t aware of just how costly a furry companion can be.

“When I first got my cat, I knew that budgeting was something I had to learn,” said Abbee Walters, sophomore psychology major.

“There have been moments when I have to put my wants to the side to tend to my cat’s needs.”

Animals can provide many lessons to students within their lifespan.

Responsibility being one of the most important lessons.

Adopting an animal comes with more than your daily responsibili-

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Taylor Swift

though the statistics about celebrities seem large and notable, commercial airlines are still used way more frequently and are therefore presenting a larger issue, es-

pecially with how much more difficult it would be to reduce their use.

As a whole, if humanity wants to reduce the amount of carbon being released into the

atmosphere and warm-

ties of feeding and bathroom breaks. These animals are dependent on their owner to ensure they have a healthy and happy life. Almost everything that went into providing a safe and stable home for yourself is mandatory for your animals.

“Being responsible for an animal’s life taught me important qualities like patience, trust, and a lot of love.”, said Alayna Fogarty, senior mass communication major.

Besides animals teaching students responsibility they also are a great source of productive entertainment.

Not only for their owner but for friends and family members around. .

After studying for long periods of time or being in class all day

their animals are ready for them to come home and love on them. Taking them on walks and even playing for 10 minutes with them is a great way to regroup yourself.

“I spend much of my free time with my dog,” said Drew Hill, junior business major. “Either I will take him on a walk around downtown or we will hangout together on the couch.”

Often when students are thinking about adopting an animal, they neglect to think about future summer plans.

Some people return home while others spend weeks away on vacation.

Before considering letting an animal into their college home, students must take the time to thoroughly think about

what their free time consists of. Active lifestyle students need to be conscious of how much time goes into owning a pet.

Before adopting students need to educate themselves on what they need to do to prepare an adequate living situation and lifestyle for their pet and themselves. It is important to think critically before adopting an animal as a college student.

Pets do benefit from their owners’ lives, but it is vital that owners don’t forget to prioritize their life and well-being as well.

To save one life is to protect the other.

Adopt animals to give them a forever home, not just for your own sake of wanting an animal for a few weeks.

ing the planet, it will take

measures

everybody,

from regard-

less of celebrity status.

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ARTS & LIFE

Marissa Marcolina | Digital Media Editor

(1) One of the several buildings abandoned at Central State Hospital’s campus, (2) Items relating to Central State being sold at Auntie Bellum’s Attic

PERSERVING THE DARK AND HIDDEN HISTORY OF CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL Jennifer Crider A&L Editor Auntie Bellum’s Attic, an antique store in downtown Milledgeville, is currently selling items from Central State Hospital. Before its closure in 2009, this hospital was the largest asylum in the United States, but it holds a disturbing past of racism and abuse.

There is an extensive list of reasons a person could be admitted into Central State in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. A person could be admitted for reasons such as asthma, laziness, suppression of ideas about masturbation, enthusiasm about religion, spending time in war, menstrual cramps, being kicked in the head by a horse, leaving their husband, ill treatment by husband and many more reasons. These reasons for admission were disproportionately used to put African Americans and women into the facility.

Mab Segrest, author of Admission of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum, spent 15 years researching this hospital.

“Through my reserach, I realized this was a narrative about racism and the effects and afterlives of slavery which are still so prevalent in the south today,” Segrest said.

“Not only on this asylum, but on psychiatry itself.”

Patients were segregated until the 1960’s.

According to Segrest, there were issues of overcrowding in the building that housed the black patients. Patients in the black building, especially black women, received significantly less necessary supplies than the white patients received. In the late 1800’s, a fire burned down the black patient’s housing which resulted in one death and many patients getting tuberculosis.

“I’ve compared this fire with some asylum fires in Ohio and in the north, and their patients were taken into peoples homes and churches and cared for,” Segrest said. “Whereas, these black patients were put in prisons or in the tunnels under the campus.”

When the black patients building was rebuilt, the new building included a new facility where inhumane medical practices on specifically black women took place. This building of horrors was glossed over in the Ga. state records that Segrest examined.

“I had to read these documents very closely before I would catch things,” Segrest said.

“What they did was add this little building to do surgeries, gynecological surgeries. And what was that? That was hysterectomies. So, they were starting very early as the legacy of the fire and the building, having a surgery for eugenic sterilization.”

White patients were

subjected to abuse in this facility as well, however, black patients were subjected to unfathomable horrors. When discussing these disparities, Segrest referenced an article written by Ebony Magazine in the 1940’s that equated the white patients experience to prison and the black patients’ experience to a Nazi concentration camp.

Working at Central State was one of the best paying jobs with the most benefits in central Georgia; therefore, until its closure, it was the biggest employer in Baldwin County.

“It was like its own little town,” Croft said.

When you’re talking about employees of Central State, you’re not just talking about nurses and doctors.You’re talking about dentists, firemen and people who served food. One of the largest kitchens in the United States is at Central State.”

By the 1960’s, many of these workers were passionate about helping these patients, but unfortunately, even the people who came to this hospital for good reasons were traumatized. Richard Brookins, a friend of Segrests, came to Central State in the 1950’s in hopes of helping people in need, but on his first day of work he experienced the first of many traumatizing events.

“It was August, very hot, and the heating system ran under the building, but for some

reason the heat was still running and the doors were locked,” Segrest said “32 people died that night. It’s not so clear if they just died there or if something was happening across the campus.

I looked in the records, and I could never find it.”

Horrific stories like this are often not in the official documentation the state of Georgia has on this hospital. Holly Croft, GC’s digital archivist, condemned the way the state has documented Central State’s past.

“I think Milledgeville itself has done a lot of omission with the story of Central State,” Croft said. “There are periods of time where Georgia was really proud of Central State, and periods of time where they have not been proud of it.

The records reflect that.”

Similar to the stories of the patients, the stories of these workers are lost. After receiving a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Croft is working alongside Evan Levett to record stories of past employees.

“Oral histories are wonderful but also you wish that there was more documentation,” Croft said. “You’re doing the oral history to create the documentation for something that should already exist.

That’s just not out there.”

According to Croft, there is not a lot of stuff about Central State at the GC library. The li-

brary has a few books and some annual reports, but they do not have many resources.

There used to be a small museum at The Depot that had some resources about Central State hospital, but this museum is no longer in use. Now, the museum is being moved to the Central State campus.

This museum will include the materials from the old Georgia capitol building, but according to Segrest, the section about Central State will shrink dramatically.

“The state of Georgia is not invested in letting people know what happened, from the state point of view,” Segrest said. “By the time I left, all the documents I had gone through in that museum had been stacked up and put away in one of the administration offices, and you couldn’t get access to them.”

To share and preserve history, history preservationists such as the Auntie Bellum’s Attic antique shop in downtown Milledgeville have collected items from the hospital. Larry Houston, the owner of Auntie Bellum’s Attic, received this collection from one of his vendors, Edwin Adkins.

This Central State collection includes photos, a replica of an old electric chair, t-shirts with quirky logos on them, old documents and paintings.

“They just got rid of all the stuff afterwards,” Houston said.

“I imagine there’s a ton of stuff still out there.”

There are 25,000 unmarked graves on the property. Some of them are just marked by a number while some of them have no marking at all on them. These patients’ entire existence was reduced to a simple number, but they were real people whose lives ended unfairly.

Now, Central State is seen as an abandoned ghost town that is just rotting away, but the real ghosts are the patients and workers who were forgotten. Because this was once the largest hospital in the U.S., it has impacted thousands if not millions of people as well as influenced the way psychiatry is practiced, and this history is being lost. In order to prevent these peoples stories from being lost and to prevent these injustices from ever happening again, this history, especially the bad parts, must be acknowledged, taught and preserved properly.

“We have to stop entertaining this fiction that it happened 100 years ago, and we have no responsibility for those events,” said Mark Huddle, professor of African American history and popular culture. “Without that acknowledgement, there can be no reconciliation. Without reconciliation we cannot create a more equitable society.”

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9.21.2022

OPINION

A Harry Potter Fall Hannah Adams

iday a lot during the

In most of the movies it

gize, and mobilize. They

every year to watch my

loved character and the

Asst. Opinion Editor

fall season,” Joest said.

is often portrayed to be

realize, as they enter

childhood heroes defeat

lessons that she taught

“Like Halloween, a lot of

cold outside with snow

young adulthood, that

Lord Voldemort and epi-

us. “Lessons that say that

Christmas lore is reliant

covering the rooftops of

they can no longer wait

cally save their world.

it’s important to be out-

on magic and perhaps

the shops in Hogsmeade.

around for others to do

In some ways, it is like

spoken and stubborn –

the most magical person

There is also something

the right thing. They’re

a well needed reset each

it can win you even the

of them all, Santa Claus.

so warm and inviting

gonna have to do it

winter to prepare me for

most difficult situations,”

This may be why there

about

Gryffindor

themselves, even if it

the upcoming new year.

The article said. “Her

are some fans who con-

common room with its

means self-sacrifice. And

As a young woman

work ethic, her sheer

sider the Harry Potter

warm fires and big comfy

that’s damn inspiring.”

it was always Hermione

willingness to do what

movies more of a winter

chairs. The Collider arti-

This outlook was re-

Granger that inspired

she believed was right, is

watch, by the way, but

cle, “My Comfort Mov-

markable

it

me the most. Her intel-

inspiring. In short, Her-

that’s just my theory.”

ie: Why ‘Harry Potter’

opened a new thought

ligence and confidence

mione Granger was the

There are other vari-

Comforts Even When

process for me consid-

were so incredible to me,

real hero of the outfit.”

ous elements of the mov-

Adults Disappoint”, writ-

ering why I hold these

and I grew up studying

The

Harry

Potter

movies are a staple tradition for many during the fall and winter seasons. Although there are not technically Christmas films, it is generally around this time of year that people gather with friends and family to binge the series.

Something

about

the

cozy Hogwarts scenes

the

because

and the dark and dreary

houses and the traits that

comforting during the

go with them. It’s fun and

cold seasons of the year.

inclusive, providing a

I have read the series

wide range of traits that

each year since I was a

viewers can identify with.

child. Last year, I also

Whether it be the

went with some fami-

bravery of Gryffindor,

ly friends to Universal Harry

the movies that people identify with is the school

cinematography make it

Studios

Another huge part of

the intelligence of Raven-

Potter

claw, the empathy of Huf-

World in Orlando, Fl.

flepuff or the ambition of

during November. Many

Slytherin, viewers have a

childhood dreams were

house that they feel fits

achieved that weekend.

them best. Fans are also

It is a bit strange that

able to take a test on the

these movies have such a

Wizarding World web-

large impact on people in

site that helps them find

the chillier seasons. Giv-

what house suits them

en that the overall plot

best. My results ended

is about an orphan boy

up being Ravenclaw and

that is fighting for his life

I cannot say that I’m sur-

majority of the time, it

prised or disappointed.

seems unusual that these films are such a comfort

Here on campus, it is

to so many. In the Cine-

interesting to see some

ma Blend article, “Why

of the different houses

Fall is the Best Time to

fellow students feel they

Binge Harry Potter ‘’ Mick Joest breaks down why these movies have such an impact on people specifically in the months leading up to Christmas.

“Fall is towards the

Claire O’Neill | Art Director

ies that are fitting for

ten by Adam Chitwood

movies so close. I think

hard wanting to be like

the months of October

explains how he feels the

it’s because they truly do

her. My love for the char-

through December. The

series is a comfort to peo-

inspire young people to

acter helped me to grow

copious amounts of food

ple of any demographic.

be bold and brave and to

as a person and to feel

during the feasts seems

“In the end, who saves

stand up for what they

female empowerment for

fitting for Thanksgiving

Hogwarts?

kids,”

believe in. That at the

the first time. The offi-

season and the gener-

Chitwood said. “Yes a

end of the day it was the

cial Wizard World web-

al spooky aspects of the

number of good-heart-

adults that were failing

site released an article

films, especially that of

ed teachers come to

and the kids that were

titled, “The Importance

Prisoner of Azkaban, are

their aid, but it’s the kids

saving the world. Even

of Hermione Granger,”

hearing about the hol-

perfect for Halloween.

who plot, plan, strate-

as an adult, I go back

which explores the be-

IQ

I believe that it would

human cognition which

leased an article in 2020

cover

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be impossible for a test

found that it compris-

titled, “The Importance

different

I think knowledge is

to determine a person’s

es at least three distinct

such a subjective thing

true capabilities and in-

that it cannot be deter-

end of the year in the Northern

Hemisphere,

and while I know Christmas isn’t a part of all that, we certainly start

The

ducted to 90 students via Instagram found that Slytherin is the most common, coming in at 40%.

Next is Hufflepuff with 30% and both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw finishing at 15%. Looks like GC should keep an eye out for the dark mark with all these Slytherins

around.

Kidding!

across

race. It is a shame that

disciplines,”

there was a period that

of Intelligence Tests in

Thomas Co. said. “As

these tests were used for

mental traits,’’ Connor

Modern

Recruitment”,

a business manager, if

the malicious purpose of

tellectual range. This line

said. “IQ tests have been

which argued that IQ

your line of work pos-

not allowing minorities

mined by a test with spe-

of thinking is backed by

used for decades to as-

tests are crucial for en-

es daily challenges, you

the opportunity to get a

cific questions about cer-

Independent Co.’s article,

sess intelligence but they

suring

employee

want someone that can

job. In general, it is not

tain criteria. In general,

“IQ tests are ‘fundamen-

are fundamentally flawed

positions are filled by the

demonstrate the abili-

possible to truly measure

knowledge for everyone

tally flawed’ and using

because they do not take

most qualified candidate.

ty to adapt and change

the intelligence of a per-

is different. For example,

them alone to measure

into account the com-

The writing claims that

and show the attitude to

son. The human mind

a successful artist is most

intelligence is a ‘falla-

plex nature of the human

IQ assessments are ad-

do this before hiring.”

is incredibly complex,

likely to be highly edu-

cy’, study finds,” writ-

intellect and its differ-

vantageous because they

I think that IQ tests

cated in artistic concepts.

ten by Steven Connor.

ent components.” There

make recruitment more

could have been a good

information

In the same way, a sci-

“The idea that intelli-

are some professionals

targeted, save time and

concept had they been

ly. With this in mind, it

entist will have the most

gence can be measured

that argue the validity

money and get future

conducted with a wider

does not seem possible

awareness of scientific

by IQ tests alone is a

of cognitive tests for a

insights into candidates.

range in mind and pro-

for a test to determine

related experience. With

fallacy according to the

business setting. For ex-

assess-

vided inclusivity to those

an individual’s capability

this concept in mind,

largest single study into

ample, Thomas Co. re-

ments are trying to un-

of any demographic or

to succeed in a position.

that

“Intelligence

insights

identify with. A poll con-

and

everyone

retains different-

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9.21.2022

OPINION

Queen Elizabeth II: The monarch of our fairytales Abigayle Allen

this would be recognized

again.” while the world

was built to be a mon-

steadfastness,

Opinion Editor

by not just her people

turned

down

arch, The New Yorker

ering loyalty to country

again share Queen Eliz-

but by the world. Queen

during the pandemic.

remarks her majesty as

and years on the throne

abeth’s innate apprecia-

the

head

lead to her defining the

On Sept. 8, Queen Elizabeth II was pro-

Elizabeth said, “I de-

upside

According

to

the

“ceremonial

unwav-

Will

anyone

ever

tion of the mystique of

clare before you all that

Washington Post, though

of state, empty mirror

constitutional monarch

my whole life, whether

Democracy left her no

for the nation to gaze

of Europe and of the

it be long or short, shall

governing power, Queen

upon itself, the C.E.O.

world. This does, how-

be devoted to your ser-

Elizabeth was ahead of

of a rich dysfunctional

ever, pose the question,

vice and the service of

her time in spearheading

dynasty.” The queen re-

can one family represent

late sovereign, she was

our great imperial family

notions of equality and

mained steadfast surviv-

an entire nation and its

regarded as the “splendor

to which we all belong.”

diversity in the Com-

ing King Charles affair

values with Queen Eliz-

of our political and mor-

Elizabeth,

monwealth and, by most

with Camilla, the death

abeth’s passing and the

al inheritance,” accord-

while subjected to much

accounts, she made her

of Princess Diana, Prince

dysfunctional

ing to the Washington

scrutiny during her time,

views discreetly known

Andrew and his connec-

that is left to take charge?

was noted to never show

to successive prime min-

tions to Epstein, rumors

King Charles, while

her dissatisfaction, reign-

isters that she met with

that Prince William was

being raised and trained

ing with great fortitude.

weekly. Margaret Thatch-

having an affair, and Me-

to take his mother’s posi-

According to the New

er, long serving Prime

gan and Harry receiv-

tion, has been the direct

Yorker, the queen made

Minister, upheld labor

ing freedom from the

cause of much scandal

“I have to be seen to be

policies and a reluctance

“royal cage”. Even with

and scrutiny that the

Many of our child-

believed” her aphorism

to impose sanctions on

dismissing

themselves

queen received during

hood fantasies and sto-

of ruling. She upheld this

South Africa. These de-

from the royal lifestyle,

her reign. Because of this

years of being a naval

ries told have been about

value in being the first

cisions left her at odds

Harry and Megan, in an

bad public view on the

wife and served in the

a good queen or king, or,

monarch to visit Ireland

with the queen’s views.

intense interview with

new king, will Britain

women’s branch of the

if not, replaced with a

after gaining its indepen-

The royal press secretary,

Oprah discussing their

follow in the footsteps

British army during the

dence in 1921. In chan-

Michael Shea, told jour-

leave from the firm, nev-

of Barbados in remov-

second world war. Unlike

neling her inner Dame

nalists that the queen

er accused the queen of

ing the head of state or

many of her successors,

Vera Lynn, Queen Eliz-

regarded

prime

anything, especially not

Jamaica whose prime

Queen

was

abeth said “We will be

Minister’s views as “un-

of being callous or racist.

minister said his country

made to be a monarch.

with our friends again;

caring,

confrontational

Yes, her majesty was

would be “moving on’’

It was during her speech

we will be with our fam-

and socially divisive.”

met with a “dysfunc-

from the British monar-

on her 21st birthday that

ilies again; we will meet

Although the queen

tional dynasty” but her

chy. This is hard to say.

nounced dead after a 70-year reign over the United Kingdom and 14 other

commonwealth

realms. On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the queen’s four children, grandchildren and certain members of her staff trailed her coffin as it was processed through central London.

At just 24 years old, Queen Elizabeth took accession after her father died. Before her life as a monarch, however, she only had a few short

Elizabeth

Queen

the

dynasty

the monarch or her natural royal dignity? Time can only tell. As for the

Post. It will be difficult to name any royal that would carry the power as graciously and convincingly as the queen did.

good princess or prince.

Queen Elizabeth showed us that it does not have to be imaginary, and it can, in fact, be a reality.

Long Queen

Not my opinion but yours: GC dorms edition Abigayle Allen

Maintenance men stand-

in jail cells because they

would not go away my

Opinion Editor

ing in feet of water. Our

are singles, but we are

freshman year. I looked

GC offers first-year students the opportunity to live on campus in one of their residence halls.

Freshmans can rank their desired residence hall from GC’s 7 offered, as well as their roommates and suitemates. With such an unprecedented year of beginnings ahead of these freshmen, unprecedented experiences warrant as well.

This week I asked a slew of students ranging from first years to fourth year to share their stories and experiences while living in the dorms.

Foundation Hall: Abbi Clark, freshman nursing major, provided an experience she was met with this year in the dorms.

“Foundation hall was receiving maintenance to help fix some issues occurring with the ac units while my roommate and I were in class.

I live on the fourth floor of Foundation.While the maintenance men were up there, they hit the water line right above our dorm. I received a call from my CA while I was in my literature class stating that my dorm was completely flooded.

I ran back to our room and there were at least 15

beds, computers, clothes,

hoping it will all be fixed

everywhere around the

food, rug and the wall-

soon. Fingers crossed.”

room only to determine

paper my dad hung were

Wells Hall: Fourth-

that the smell had to be

all floating and ruined at

year middle-grades co-

coming from my room-

our feet. Since our dorm

hort

Claire

mate’s side of the room.

was completely unlivable

Garwes, senior middle

I persistently asked her

at that point, they moved

grades education major,

what the smell was, but

us into temporary dorm

provided an experience

she continued to dismiss

rooms while they gut

she was met with fresh-

the comment, claiming

and fix our ruined dorm

man year in the dorms.

she did not smell any-

room. The rooms we are

“I remember this re-

thing. After weeks of the

currently in are like living

ally awful smell that

pungent smell, I decid-

member,

Courtesy of Abbi Clark

Abbi Clark’s dorm room disaster in Foundation Hall

ed to take matters into my own hands. It was at this point that I found a moldy pumpkin in the corner of the room that my roommate forgot about. It was disgusting and to this day I will not buy real pumpkins for fear that I’ll experience that horrible smell again.”

Parkhurst Hall: Two anonymous GC seniors provided different animal experiences within the dorms.

Senior one: “So, freshman year, I came to GC without any of my high school friends and decided to take random roommates. I thought it would be fun and I knew I was going to be busy anyways so it would not be super awkward.One day, my roommate decided to drive to Florida and buy 2 frogs from a random ad she saw on Facebook.

Without telling any of us, she brought them home and kept them under her bed in a cage for the rest of the school year. I mean, you do you, but I remember feeling like that was information that should have been shared with myself and my other roommates.

Not to mention how dangerous and odd it was to meet a random person to buy frogs from. Had she

live of

the

England.

not heard of PetSmart?”

Senior two: “My roommate and I found stray kittens running around campus one day and decided to “save them.” Three days later, our room was covered in cat feces, and we unfortunately found out that these kittens were also infected with worms. We took them to an animal rescue shortly after this.”

Foundation Hall: My experience I think that living in the dorms provided me with some of my favorite experiences that I keep with me even as a senior. While living close in proximity to 3 other people can be difficult, it was filled with so many memories.

Freshman year, my roommates and I decided to go downtown after a long week of classes. When we got back to our hallway, we found all the furniture from the study rooms pushed out into the middle of the halls, décor ripped off our doors and honestly everything in complete shambles.

Although there were already smeared avocado stains and broken exit signs adding some spice to our hall, I cannot help but think that was a little too much destruction.