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YOUTUBER’S VIRAL VIDEO GENERATES Arkansas released an executive order earlier this year to CONTROVERSY AT METROPOLIS CAFE
Latinx term banned ban the term from alll state documents Lilyana Kovacheva Senior Writer Earlier
this
Charlotte MaClane, a
year,
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas
announced
an executive order to ban the word “Latinx” from state documents. “Ethnically
insensi-
tive and pejorative language has no place in official government documents or government
junior
psycholo-
gy major, says that the term is an example of societal changes
and
acceptance.
“People should have the choice to identify as they seem fit to them-
Anjali Shennoy | Digital Media Editor
Metropolis Cafe in Downtown Milledgeville
restaurant with a sign
Gray in the video, ques-
freedom of assembly on a
selves,” MaClane said.
Katherine Futch Editor in Chief
reading “God bless the
tioning him about his
traditional public forum.
“If there is a population
Youtuber and first
homeless
veterans.”
identity and intentions.
Metropolis’s landlord,
The video shows Gray
Gray insisted that since
David
addressing people as they
he was not being de-
mons, quickly arrived on
exit the restaurant, or
tained, he was not con-
scene and informed Gray
as they pass him on the
stitutionally obligated to
that he could not pose
street. Most who passed
release that information.
outside the restaurant.
by acknowledged him
Gray repeatedly stated
It resulted in Gray being
with a nod after he would
it was his Constitution-
criminally
exclaim “God bless the
ally protected right to
from the entire block of
homeless
veterans.”
stand outside Metropolis
N Wayne St. Most of the
of people who identify in the same way or la-
amendment
auditor
Jeff Gray stirred recent controversy
at
Me-
employee titles,” Sanders
bel themselves similar-
tropolis Cafe in down-
said. “One can no more
ly, then that population
town Milledgeville. In
easily remove gender
should
be
acknowl-
from Spanish and other
edged. It shouldn’t af-
romance languages than
fect others as easily as
one can remove vowels
they’re allowing it to.”
and verbs from English.”
See LATINX | Page 2
mid-February,
Gray
posted a video on his channel, rOaths
“HonorYou-
Bernard
Sim-
trespassed
Civil
Rights
An officer from the
Cafe under the privilege
buildings on this street
Investigations,”
where
Milledgeville Police De-
of freedom of speech,
are owned by Simmons.
partment
freedom of religion and
See METROPOLIS | Page 7
he posed outside the
confronted
MARCH MADNESS LIVES UP TAYLOR SWIFT IS A MUSICAL TO ITS’ NAME INSPIRATION Drew Bogumill
kept them in the mix.
Staff Writer
This year’s Final Four
March
Madness
is
in full swing and college basketball fans are now looking back at what the 2023 tournament has looked like. Arizona State’s Desmond Cambridge Jr. and Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson kept their teams on the NCAA tournament bubble
with
miracle
shots two weeks ahead of
Selection
Sunday.
it for the West region. Houston
opened
is April 1-3 at NRG Sta-
with the best odds to
dium in Houston, and
win this year’s March
fans now have a chance
Madness at +550, ac-
to see which four teams
cording to the BetMGM
will get to compete in the
sportsbook.
national championship.
an injury to star Marcus
The last four teams
Sasser cast some doubt
were Mississippi State,
on the Cougars, leav-
North Carolina, West
ing it to be anybody’s
Virginia
tournament
and
Okla-
homa State. The first
However,
to
win.
Alabama (+800) and
four out were Clem-
defending
son, Utah State, Arizo-
Kansas (+800) were next
na State and Michigan. Entering the tourna-
The Sun Devils and
ment, Alabama secured
Wolverines were among
their top spot for the
a handful of teams try-
South region, while Pur-
ing to squeeze into the
due took the East region.
Field of 68 for the 2023
Houston got the number
men’s basketball tour-
one seed for the Mid-
nament, and those shots
west, and Kansas took
champion
in line, followed by Purdue (+1100). The second tier of UCLA, Arizona, Texas and UConn were slightly sneakier bets to win it all, but still had the high-end talent to erase the chalk. See MADNESS | Page 6
Hannah Adams
Asst. Opinion Editor Since the start of her career, Taylor Swift has been a huge role model for young girls and women globally. As a young artist, she took the world by storm by dropping her country music albums that touched the hearts of fans and connected to the lives of teenage girls. Swift has never shied away from creating music that is personal, raw and real. Her songs dig deep into the authentic emotions and heartbreak that so many young women feel and experience in their youth. She has never refrained from talking about the difficult experiences and has a way with words
Taylor Swift
that is truly incredible. With the Eras Tour being in full swing, I have been thinking back on my personal connection with Swift and the impact her music has had on my life. I can still remember getting my first Taylor Swift disk and playing it constantly on my CD player. My mom always made a spe-
cial effort to get tickets to her concerts, and as a young girl, I was able to see both Fearless and Red live in Atlanta. It is still a vivid memory to me, listening to her after my first heartbreak, my first kiss and other integral experiences of growing up and going through being a teenager. See SWIFT | Page 12
NEWS | PG. 3
SPORTS | PG. 5
ARTS & LIFE | PG. 10
OPINION & MISC. | PG. 11
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