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February 19,2003 Sports: Lady Eagles fall to Furman, 80-59
Volume 75, No. 63 Page 6
ON THE INSIDE:
WILL WORK FOR SCHOOL
Covering the campus like a
swarm of gnats
Weather
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Partly cloudy
with a high of
65°F and a low
of43°F.
Jessica Langley/STAFF
Partly cloudy At the Russell Union information desk (above), employee Ernest A. McCoy III assists Steven Chatman,
with a high of a GSU junior. Junior Matt Dugan (top, right) enjoys work as a lab technician at the Foy Art Lab. Freshman
68"Fandalow Erik Wilder (bottom, right) rings up dining patron Dickson Adams at The Educated Palate on campus.
of47°F.
By Angela Jones
tastiecake00@yahoo.com
Some students are looking into some rather unique jobs to receive a start up kit with all the necessary forms and licenses
Got bills? make a living while they're in school.
Opinions
they need to sell the services in all 50 states.
Unless you are one of the fortunate few who have no financial Kenmond Sanders, a junior marketing major, has found After bringing in just 10 new customers, the full invest-
concerns, you've probably been out on every student's favorite a job selling long distance phone service with Excel, a com- ment cost is refunded, plus an additional $100 is earned. The
mission recently: the search for a job. munications company based in Dallas Texas, that sells service more new customers a representative recruits, the more he or
• Amanda Permenter explains Unfortunately, with the economy limping along like a car for cell phones, two-way pagers, the Internet, and local and she can earn.
why you should vote in the with four flat tires, the possibility of a war, and the bumper crop long-distance home phone service. Sanders worked as a lifeguard and telemarketer, before be-
2004 primaries. of cash-strapped college students in Statesboro, it seems like it "We offer our friends and relatives a service they already coming an Excel representative. In the past two years, he has
would be easier to find a dragon than a job in the 'Boro. use, we just offer it at a discounted rate," he explained. "AT&T, worked his way up to Regional Director, a position that makes
• AKRT columnist writes that the "Everyone in town is hiring, or so they say, but no one is MCI and the rest get their customers through expensive TV. more than $27,000 a year.
media's catering to Bush is di- actually calling me back," said Sara Williams, a freshman biol- advertising, we get ours through network marketing, word of "I'm making more at 22 than my mother, and she's 52 years
verting American attention from ogy major from Atlanta. "I wish I could get paid for putting in mouth promotion."
global anti-war sentiment. applications. Yd be rich by now." For a one-tithe' investment of $299, Excel representatives See Work, Page 3
Signs of Vandalism Fundraising at GSU just
Page 4
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Sports
became more entertaining
By Angela Jones
tastiecakeOO@yahoo.com
• Bo Fulginiti admonishes stu- More than 25 GSU history professors
dents for not supporting GSU are lining up for the kiss of a lifetime: with
i sporting events. a real pig.
The four legged kind.
• GSU Swimming and Diving GSU's History Club is sponsoring the
finishes third at the Southern first ever Kiss-A-Pig contest in an effort
States Swimming and Diving to raise money for their trip to Charleston,
Championship. South Caolina, on Febuary 28.
"The idea came up in a meeting, and
• GSU Softball is defeated by despite my best efforts to deter them, the
Georgia Tech, 7-2. students thought it was a great idea and
ran with it," said Dr. Michelle Haberland,
the History Club's faculty advisor. "I must
Trent Anthony/STAFF admit, it is a very clever way to raise money,
Page 6 Many building identification signs have been found removed from and in a way it harkens back to Georgia
their bases and lying nearby on the ground. Southern's roots as an agricultural col-
By Angela Jones lege," she said. Students, faculty and staff
The officer said that the signs seemed
tastiecake00@yahoo.com donate any amount of money they like to
to be knocked over randomly.
their "favorite" professor's jar, located in
Campus police are investigating
Lifestyles
According to physical plant per-
the History department in the Forrest drive
several building identification signs sonnel, the signs were not scheuled
building. Donations will be accepted until
that were found knocked or pushed to be replaced.
Thursday, and have ranged from a few pen-
over around campus on Monday. "This is a college campus, and
• 'Joe Millionaire' comes to a nies to $10, so far.
"Those signs are bolted and welded some pretty weird things just seem Photo Illustration
happy conclusion. The professor who raises the most money
down pretty good, so it would have to happen for no earthly reason,"
* will get to plant a big wet smooch on a live The chance to kiss a pig may seem like an unlikely
taken a considerable amount of time the officer said. "You can't really
• The Georgia Division of Public oinker on Friday at 2 p.m. in front of the For- fund-raising motivation, but not when students donate
and determination to get one of them explain it, that's just how it goes
Health confirms an extra-long money so their professors might win the responsibility
over," said one campus security officer. some times." See Pig, Page 3 of applying the smooch.
flu season.
• Johnny Cash appears on MTV
at age 70 to perform his cover
of the Nine Inch Nails song
Northeast buried by snow storm, thousands without power
'Hurt.' Associated Press
trying to leave and get into the region. Rail "It's no man's land out there," said
NEW YORK - The worst blizzard services were halted between Washington Mclntyre. "It looks more like Siberia
in seven years shut down much of the andRichmond, Virginia, andregional bus than Maryland."
Page 8 northeastern United States with blinding, service stopped in many areas. Elsewhere, 27 inches (68 centimeters)
windblown snow that piled up as much There were few commuters as it was fell in West Virginia's Berkeley County, the
as four feet (1.2 meters) deep and left a holiday in the United States, but police National Weather Service said. The Seven
more than a quarter of a million homes from Kentucky to Massachusetts pleaded Springs ski resort area on western Pennsyl-
GEORGE-ANNE and businesses without power. with motorists to stay home and some vania had 40 inches (one meter).
At least 21 deaths were blamed on the counties banned nonessential travel so It was one of the worst snowstorms in
storm system since it charged out of the they could clear the roads. a century in Washington, where 16 inches
Great Plains during the weekend, piling "This is going to be days worth of (40 centimeters) fell. For the region as a
tie snow, producing mudslides and floods, cleanup," said Maryland Highway Ad- whole, it was the worst snowstorm since the
and making layers of ice that snapped ministration spokesman David Buck. blizzard of 1996, when at least 80 deaths
ed
trees and power lines. The western tip of Maryland was were blamed on the weather.
fiat The storm was headed for New Eng- buried, with 49 inches (1.25 meters) of Among the many travelers stranded by
iad land, where Massachusetts expected up snow in Garrett County on top of 30-foot the storm, few were as far from home as
is, to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow and (nine-meter) drifts left by earlier storms; Lynn Anderson of Belfast, Ireland.
les minor coastal flooding. Area roads, some surrounded by 12-foot "It's turned into acomplete nightmare,"
Airports in Washington, Baltimore, (3.6-meter) high walls of snow, "look like said Anderson, who arrived in Philadelphia
Philadelphia and New York largely shut canals," said Garrett County state highway
down, stranding thousands of passengers supervisor Paul Mclntyre, See Snow, Page 3
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News Briefs College to study if Georgia onion-eaters
need help preventing prostate cancer
those aboard the six-seater, Piper
U.N. warns U.S. not to PA-23 aircraft reported overdue.
Battle of the Bands Associated Press
prostate cancer. which gains its nutrients from the soil.
attack Iraq Alone Four people were aboard the Participants Needed AUGUSTA, Ga. - Researchers Selenium is an element needed by But adding selenium to the onion-
plane, said Lt. Tony Russell, a Coast are looking into whether eaters of the body to utilize an enzyme called growing process interfered with the
Associated Press Guard spokesman in Miami. Special to the G-A Georgia's world-famous sweet Vidalia gluthathione S transferase, which flavor of the onion, so if supplements
The plane left Monday morning WVGS'sannualBattleoftheBands onions need to be supplemented with helps protect cells from developing ultimately are needed, it will likely
LONDON-If U.S. forces attack
from Tamiami Airport in southwest is coming soon, and we need YOU to an element called selenium to prevent precancerous changes. Early studies have to be in pill form.
Iraq on their own without U.N. ap-
Miami-Dade County, bound for the signup! prostate cancer. on the element found that men taking "In Georgia, the selenium in the
proval, it will be widely seen as an act
island of Bimini in the Bahamas, said It's not just mental anymore! Have The problem is that Vidalia selenium reduced their prostate cancer soil is quite low, so people that are eat-
» of aggression, Saudi Arabia's foreign
Christopher White, a Federal Avia- an Indie band? Like to play good old onions and Georgia's water supply risk by two-thirds, and those taking ing foods that are grown here locally
j minister said in an interview televised
tion Administration spokesman. rock and roll? Impress your friends contain feeble levels of selenium, vitamin E had 40 percent fewer cases may not be getting enough selenium
Monday night.
and perform on stage! a trace- mineral that's being tested of the cancer. in their diets," said Dr. Martha Terris
Speaking on British Broadcast-
nationwide to see if it can help deter Most selenium comes from food, of the Medical College of Georgia.
' ing Corp., Prince Saud al-Faisal Iraq reports first flight by Only serious applicants please!
Stop by the office (Second Floor of
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said if Iraq fails to meet the United
Nations demands regarding its
American U-2 plane over the William's Center, room 2018), or WORK, FROM PAGE
t
weapons, Washington should seek Iraqi send and e-mail to djfoxwvgs@rt.nl
and sign up! Any questions, call 681 old," he said. " I learned from B oth Kenmond and Rogers hope to Kay cosmetics.
U.N. approval for a U.S.-led war
- 5507 and ask for Chuck or Nuwan. watching her work hard every day, I retire within three to five years, when "Mary Kay presented itself to me in
in Baghdad. Associated Press
decided I didn't want to do that." they will use their wealth to help the an empowering way,''' April explained.
"If the attack comes through the
BAGHDAD,Iraq -Iraqreported Rogers Williams, a senior broad- less fortunate, build churches and "I was surrounded by attractive wom-
U.N. Security Council, obviously it
the first flight by an American U-2 American commander of casting major, also works for Excel. better the world. en who were successful."
is not aggression," Prince Saud said.
But "if the United States did it on its
surveillance plane Monday in sup- U.S. forces in Afghanistan His motivation: simple economics. "Excel is not a get rich quick Hosting skin care classes and prod-
port of the U.N. inspection mission, After working as a stock guy scheme," Rogers explained. "This is uct parties, and handing out samples
own, it would appear to be an act of
marking another concession by the meets president over at K-Mart, a painter with Univer- a get rich slowly over time plan, and and booklets might seem a strange way
aggression."
He also said Saudi Arabia believes
Baghdad government in hopes of alleged civilian deaths sity Housing, and the ever important it's not for everyone. It takes hard work to make money, but April is making it
staving off a U.S.-led attack. burger flipper at McDonald's, Rogers to make thousands of dollars." work. Added to her other jobs: a work
that such a war could destabilize the
"At 11:55 a.m., a U-2 surveil- Associated Press decided it was time to move on up, If you're not quite disciplined study position at the Performing Arts
entire Middle East.
lance plane entered Iraqi airspace to a better job. enough to start your own business Center and Editorial Assistant at Mis-
"If a change of regime comes BAGRAM, Afghanistan -The
and reconnoitered several areas of "For me, this was a simple choice like Rogers and Kenmond, it's ok. cellany, the student literary magazine
with the destruction of Iraq, then American commander of U.S. forces
Iraq and left Iraqi airspace at 4:15 of either making $5.15 an hour work- You can still make a living in college. and photography. April seems to have
you are solving one problem and in Afghanistan held talks withPresident
p.m.," the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said ing for someone else, or making an The means might be right under your money making down to an art, even
I creating five more problems," the Hamid Karzai o ver the weekend to dis-
in a statement. "The reconnaissance unlimited amount of money working nose... literally. with the poky economy.
minister said. cuss a coalition assault last week that
operation lasted four hours and 20 for myself," he said. "I know that I'm College students spend an esti- "Even if there were more jobs out
"That is the consideration that we allegedly left several civilians dead,
minutes." worth more than $5.15 an hour, and mated $2.6 million a year on cos- there, I'd still consider selling Mary
have to live with because we live in the U.S. military said Monday.
Last week, the Iraqis agreed to Excel allows ordinary people to pro- metics and skin care products, and Kay an option," she said. "It's always
the region. We will suffer the conse- Lt. Gen. Dan McNeill also met vil-
allow U-2 flights, fulfilling a major duce extraordinary results with their senior April Fordham has found a good to have money coming in from
quences of any military action." lage elders from the southern province
demand by U.N. inspectors seeking to income." way to cash in on it. She sells Mary as many outlets as possible."
determine if Iraq still harbors weapons of Helmand, where the allied attack
Coast Guard finds three of mass destruction. on suspected Taliban fighters took
Iraqi officials had objected to the place.
dead while looking for U-2 flights, contending they couldn't "Gen. McNeill reaffirmed coalition V hanhozla s. V alon
missing plane guarantee the safety of the plane if it forces' right of self-defense and pointed
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GEORGE-ANNE
THUMB The Stars and Stripes might Preparing for ,
•THUMBS UP to
global "show of hands
a lie, but the numbers never do a terror attack
for those, opposed to
war. Last week our state turned 270 Not because I think we should, or KRT Campus
years old, and all that was on the
narrow minds of some Georgians AMANDA because Black Southerners think we
should, but because it makes sense.
Thefollowing editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune
on Thursday, Feb. 13:
•THUMBS DOWN to was a 45-year-old flag. The new flag fairly depicts all
teasing weather fluctuations. Apparently, our brand-new gov- PERMENTER of the state's most historic flags,
There's something almost surreal about the security
precautions that top federal officials are suggesting Ameri-
ernor Sonny Perdue wants to follow including the Confederate emblem.
cans take against a potential terrorist attack.
• THUMBS UP to the fast-approaching through with one of his platform If you're a fan of Civil War heritage Some are familiar: stockpiling of a three-day supply of
promises, and has proposed an op- and/or the Old South, by all means,
Spring Break. portunity for us all to lock in a vote fly the Confederate flag separately
water and food, a radio with extra batteries, a manual can
opener, a first aid kit. But there's also this added precau-
on which state flag we prefer in the in your yard. Peddle the Confeder-
tion: government officials now recommend that families
• THUMBS DOWN to classes on March 2004 primaries. ate flag (for all it's worth) to your consider designating a room where they will gather in event
President's Day. That's all well and good. The Southern neighbors. Paint it on your
of emergency. That "safe" room should hold a supply of
"Let Us Vote" signs that have lined living room wall. Set up an altar to duct tape and plastic sheeting, which people could use to
so many of Georgia's driveways and it and worship it, for all I care. It is
• THUMBS UP to Black Awareness seal off the room from a chemical or biological attack.
highways have not been a waste of very important to cherish history. "They're not trying to scare people, but to educate
Month events. plastic after all, and Georgians may But, please do not impose on the people," said one security expert.
vote on a flag for the first time in the entire political and social entity-on
It's hard to say how scared - or prepared - many
history of the state. Hooray for logical honest people who live and work and
• THUMBS DOWN Americans are. Some stores in Chicago and Washington
breaks in tradition and politicians who breathe in this state-by insisting that
to campus vandalism. D.C. report that plastic sheeting, duct tape and bottled
actually deliver. the emblem remain a large icon on water are selling briskly. It's safe to say that the elevation
Now, let's see if we're smart enough to use this our official state flag.
of the nation's terrorism threat level to code orange - or
privilege in order to elect to keep the more appropri- I read Atlanta resident Elaine Causey's claim that she "high" risk for an attack - has some Americans pondering
- ate flag. would vote to stick with the old banner because she's
their canned food supply, something they probably hadn't
Before you start in on me, take a careful note. My a "true Southerner." And, I read Sons of Confederate considered since the Y2K scare.
main basis for belief on this issue is not that the Con- Veterans member Dan Coleman's insistence that "it's It's also safe to say that the government is responding to
federate battle emblem is a sign of slavery. If that is the the soldier's flag." I'm literally dumbstruck by such criticism from the last time it raised the terror alert to orange,
grounds on which the symbol should be removed from comments. I have great respect for the Sons of Confed-
around the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Federal
our flag, there are many people whose very brains should erate Veterans organization, and I'm sure Ms. Causey
officials had trouble answering the obvious question: What
be removed on the exact same principle. Of course, let is a nice lady, but where is the relevance in either of should we do? This time, officials are promoting an updated
us not forget that rebellious, white Georgia lawmakers those statements? Should a "true Southerner" deny the Federal Emergency Management Agency manual - "Are
• The time to repair the roof is when did create it in the midst of civil rights upheaval and influence of 220 years? Are Civil War soldiers the only
You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness" - and of-
the sun is shining. fights against segregation in the late 1950's. one's whose lives matter? Scores of Georgian men have fering plenty of instructions.
- John F. Kennedy When I suggest that we chose the "appropriate" died in American wars, but do we see a motion to allow
Certainly there's no harm in this. But there's also no
flag, I'm not talking racial appeasement. I'm talking an American flag to take up a third of the space on the
need to panic. Families should talk about what they will do
• Drop that zero and go for the hero. about doing justice to history. I mean fair and accurate Georgia flag?
in event of a terror attack, the same way they plan escape
- Vanilla Ice representation of everyone's heritage. The answers are no, no, no... and, no. routes in case of fire. The difference, of course, is that a
The incessant argument from mourners of the for- I encourage everyone to vote, no matter what your
terror attack could bring wide-scale disruption of many
mer flag rests on that one word—Heritage. However, position. And, not just on the flag in the primary elec-
of the comforts we have come to depend on - power,
LETTER AND SUBMISSION POLICY that flag-the loss of which some folks so lavishly la- tion. The state flag issue lives and kicks today because
transportation and communications, but also police and
The George-Anne welcomes letters to the editor, ment-was only the state enough people went out
fire protection.
story submissions and guest columns from people flag between 1956 and when I suggest that we chose the and voted for a governor
The vast spectrum of possible attacks - biological,
both inside and outside the GSU community. All copy 2001. Sure, the.,Con- ..;66 . who swore he'd resusci-
chemical, radiological -renders all but the most rudimentary
submitted should be typed (double-spaced, please), federate battle emblem appropriate flag,! ftl YlOt talking tate it. Yes, the election
planning of questionable value. Still, some basic precautions
preferably on Macintosh disk in Microsoft Word or Mi- alone is much older than radal appeasement. I'm talking is more than a year away, make sense. For instance, schools have plans in case of
crosoft Works format. All submissions must be signed any of the state flags, as , „ , . . ' , . . which should give you
it turns a whopping 142 about doing justice to history. I mean plenty of time to edu-
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emergency, often keeping children inside until it is safe for
and include a mailing address and phone number for
them to be picked up. What is your school's plan?
verification. The editors reserve the right to reject any this year. fair and accurate representation of cate yourself and make Such questions evoke memories of the 1950s and '60s,
submission. There is no word limit on submissions. A As impressive as that an informed choice.
writer may request to remain anonymous. However, it sounds, it's still less than
everyone's heritage. I especially encour-
when some Americans built bomb shelters in case of a
will be the editor's decision whether or not to print the
Soviet nuclear attack. The Cold War shaped Americans'
half as old as the Georgia ~~~~~~—^^~^^~ ^~"~"^^^~ age those of you in op-
name. Submissions are run on a space-available basis. thinking then; now it's the threat of terror.
colony itself. position to the old flag to That threat demands Americans think far differently
The fact abides that the official state flag of Georgia make plans to get out there and vote against it. Your
Covering the campus has portrayed the Confederate emblem in some form voice does matter, and this is one situation in which
about homeland security, often in ways that may seem alien
to us but are common in other parts of the world. After Israel
for exactly 47 years, including the new one. Also, three rational thoughts are being drowned out by inactivity.
like a swarm of gnats Confederate flags bearing the emblem represented People who share my position are talking all over the
was attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles in the 1991 Persian
Gulf War, for example, the government required new homes
Georgia while it was part of the Confederacy, from streets, but not on paper. As for the rest who sit on the
THE 2002-03 EDITORIAL BOARD and apartment buildings be outfitted with sealable rooms,
1860-1865. sidelines in quiet apathy: It shames me to know that
where a family could retreat in event of attack.
TIM PRIZER So, what of the remaining 220 years? I guess the some people, especially those who call themselves
It's impossible to know what kind of attack - if any
heritage embodied in those 2.2 centuries simply isn't students, are so stagnant and uncaring.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - may come from terrorists. But in another sense, this
as important as the five years of national dissent many If you are not registered to vote, or need informa- isn't about an attack. This is about piercing the cocoon
AMANDA PERMENTER would prefer to commemorate more prominently on tion on voting procedures, please visit the web site
of comfort and complacency that most Americans take as
MANAGING EDITOR our state flag. of Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox at http: their birthright. Who thinks about running water, electricity,
I've heard every polemic possible from those in llwww.sos.state.ga.uslelections/. What is going on in
ADAM BRADY support of re-implementing the former flag, and I've the world and in our nation no longer just affects our
transportation, police and fire protection - until they are
NEWS EDITOR disrupted? There's no need to dwell on that, of course, but
had the pleasure of using an array of facts to debunk parents. We are The People you've been hearing about
there's good reason at least to contemplate how you and
THE 2002-03 EDITORIAL STAFF them all to some extent. all your lives; we are the ones running this country
your family would confront a situation in which you're on
The flag was changed because it was time for a now. Change things.
LUCRECIA JOHNSON your own for a few days.
change. People were uncomfortable with it; it was not Amanda Permenter is the managing edi-
ASSSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Look on the bright side. Even if nothing happens, you
representing our state accurately. Now that we've been tor of The George-Anne and can be reached at
can always use some extra duct tape.
WILL JOHNSON JEWEL DENSON given the right to choose, let us accept the compromise. gamed@gasou.edu.
DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR COPY EDITOR
DANIEL MILES
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
J.WRIGHT
ASSISTANT LIFESTYLES EDITOR Media's catering to Bush ignores global anti-war stance
MELISSA CONNORS LAVENE BELL
SPORTS EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR By Mark Weisbrot the belligerence of the neighborhood bully, he has been certainly have the opposite effect. It will provide little
KRT Campus
slow to learn that neither Washington's money nor all of stimulus to domestic production, while the uncertainty
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "I'm a uniter, not a di- the Pentagon's advanced weaponry can win friendship it brings will cause businesses to hold back on invest-
THE GEORGE-ANNE STAFF vider," said George W. Bush during his presidential or respect among the people of the world. ment. And of course any further oil price increases will
For 75years, Georgia Southern^ Official campaign. Bush is doing somewhat better on the home front, deliver another blow to the economy.
f Student Newspaper % He got that one right. where polls have found majorities favoring "military But the war will provide a distraction, and Bush
He has managed to unite the whole world against action." This is the result of a media that repeats his seems to have concluded that he needs this more than
NEWS CIRCULATION him and the war he proposes to wage against Iraq. arguments endlessly and only occasionally provides anything. We've had a jobless recovery from the last
Angela Jones, Shana Bridges,
Alston Arras, Jonathan Duncan,
St*RSVI$GR$
Bfad Bearden, David Pahowicz
From New York to Johannesburg, millions of people rebuttal, as well as utter spinelessness among the recession and the next one is already on the horizon.
Jenny Pir&Ie, Voloria Petliford, Jen-
nifcrOoran, Kelly Hit-kers, Riwttdt hit the streets last weekend in the largest collection of leadership of the opposition party. That leaves most The federal budget - with help from Bush's tax cuts for
McLcod, Andrea Mitchell, Jimmy
anti-war demonstrations since the Vietnam War. The Americans in the position of a jury that has heard only the rich - is headed for a decade or more of growing
Simmons, Terew Southern. Chike ADVERTISING & DIS-
NvrafoBnma, Doww Thtgpen. Jew! biggest, record-breaking protests were in the countries one side of the case. deficits. What would these people have to show for
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Watk'ms, Christine Schmidt, Chris-
whose governments have allied themselves with Bush: In the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, 42 themselves without a war?
topher Johnson, Matthew J-und.
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Rome, where one to three million peace lovers turned percent of those polled believed that Saddam Hussein The White House claims it is defying the world on
was involved in the September 11 attacks. Not even
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David Brennaman out, and London, where an estimated 750,000 to one our behalf, to save Americans from the threat of another
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million showed up. the Administration has floated this allegation. This September 11 or worse. But nothing could be further
Joshua King, Deidra Sullivan, Stacey Johnson So much for the "coalition of the willing" that Bush indicates the profound level of ignorance on which from the truth. A "pre-emptive" war will drastically
Jonathan McColiar, Chareicc
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April Tordham, Brad Zcitlin.
Heather Roberts
Trent Anthony, Jeremy J'oreman,
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SPORTS Candaee Wcttbcrry, Jackson
governments that are backing Bush, according to Euro- Iraq war - the rest are opposed." why Europe is so opposed.
Wesfeerry
fill Boorstein, 84. ('orbit!. Nick
pean polls, are overwhelmingly against a war without Yet even in the United States, 59 percent think Americans are increasingly coming to realize this
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Even in the "new Europe" of the East, whose cash- a war if "thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed," been steadily dropping.
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America or the 4-H club, but
whether the pig will be a small
very impressed with the response
that we've gotten, but I'm not're-
Jonathan Bryant, Kathleen on teacher's they didn't do well pot belly or a full sized hog is ally worried about being selected
Comerford, Charles Crouch, with, and it's raising money for a being kept under wraps by the to do the kissing honors. I'm rela-
PIZZA Alan Downs, Vernon Egger, Mi- good cause." club members. Even the gender tively new, so I haven't built Jup
10" 14" 16" chelle Haberland, Annette La- The students had to get special of the pig is being kept top se- the infamous reputation some'of
Cheese $4.95 $7.95 $9.95 ing, Emerson McMullen, Craig permission from Pres. Grube to cret. "Given that the majority of my colleagues enjoy."
Pepperoni $5.70 $7.70 $10.70 Roell, Anastatia Sims, Cathy temporarily suspend the "no professors in this department are Latin American History pfo-
Vegetarian $6.95 $8.95 $11.70 Skidmore-Hess, Jerome Steffen, animals allowed on campus" male, I think the odds are pretty fessor Dr. Ronald Young said4ie
Meat Lover's $7.70 $9.70 $12.70 John Steinberg, Timothy Teeter, rule for the kissing on Friday. "If high that the kiss just might be wouldn't mind if he had to kiss (he
Supreme $8.55 $10.55 $13.55 Charles Thomas, Alfred Young, the contest should prove to be same sex, if not same species," pig, as long as it was for a gopd
Super Supreme $9.30 $11.30 $14.30 Ronald Young, Ms. Lisa Denmark wildly successful, we will con- Dr. Haberland said. cause. "This raises money ajid
Stuffed Vegetarian $10.95 $12.95 $15.95 and Mr. David Canton are all in the tinue it for years to come," Dr. Dr. Robert Bachelor, who awareness for the History Club,
Stuffed Meat Lover's $11.95 $13.95 $16.95 running for the prestigous honor Haberland said. "I would very teaches Modern British History, which is a relatively new grouppn
White $5.70 $7.70 $10.70 of being the first GSU professor in much love to see this become a would prefer a girl pig. "If I had campus, and it increases students'
White Vegetarian $6.95 $8.95 $11.95 history to pucker up to pork. GSU tradition." my choice, I'd like a pot-bellied awareness of the History depapt-
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Bo's BOTTOM LINE: YOU should be embarrassed As
Tony Moss listed Georgia Southern as Hanner Fieldhouse can be," Long said. team is coming off of a SoCon South
the school with the "most disappointing "In '86 against Arkansas-Little Rock it Division title, and the baseball team
crowd in 2002." sounded like 5,000 people inside a 50- is also building on last year's SoCon
That's the most disappointing crowd gallon drum." Tournament title as well.
in the country people. Long also said that in those days But who specifically is to blame for
He pointed out that the Eagles aver- there where no seats in the arena, just not showing up at the gates?
aged just 6,892 fans for three playoff wooden benches where the students were It'saproblemthatconcernstheentire
games and just 6,573 for the semi-final on their feet the whole game, throwing school, yet the one organization on this
match up against Western Kentucky. toilet paper, taunting the opposition, and campus that has blatantly abused their
And he challenged us by asking if it yelling so loud that referees had to wave responsibility as the school's largest and
was too much to expect' 'I-AA's all-time their hands after each whistle because most organized student group on campus
top program to approach five figures at the players on the court couldn't hear is the Greeks.
the turnstiles." them. That's right brothers and sisters; I'm
So you still think I'm overacting? Yet having said all that, it was still talking to you.
You might not jump to that conclu- during this past football season when As late as 1998 the Greeks were
'. I've begged and pleaded. sion if you knew how special things used the behavior of the students was the all there, row after row at the football Christina Ritch/STAFF
I've ranted and raved. to be on this campus. most surprising. games cheering for the Eagles as Paul The sea of blue that was once a fieldhouse packed with screaming
And I've just about had enough. Dr. Darin Van Tassell, a current "The lack ofattendance for the crown lohnson's boys punched their ticket for fans is now just an arena drowning in empty rows of blue seats. Fan
Time and time again I've stomped GSU professor and arguably the most jewel of all I-AA football programs is Chattanooga. support at Eagle sporting events has continued to drop considerably
my feet over just how unacceptable dedicated lifetime fan of Eagle sports, really hard to understand," Long said. Every year since the numbers of over the past few years, and many are wondering why.
the school spirit has become at this followed the athletic programs as a child, "Being a student at GSU and not caring fraternity and sorority attendance has
university. a teenager, an undergrad, an alumni, an about Eagle football is like standing in decreased. And the ones who do show around Greek Row. every one of you sports fans out there
Now it's gotten downright embar- assistant coach. Now as a full-time fac- front of a home- ■ , ^CTT up come late, In doing so, he hoped to revitalize the who haven't been to a game all year to
rassing. ulty member, he remembers when things less person and Being a student at GSU leave early, and interest in the basketball program, but not take the time and go.
Let's just tell it like it is folks: the were a little different around here. throwing prime and not caring about Eagle treatitlikehappy one sorority or fraternity showed up. I challenge you to make the effort
lack of fan support for the athletic pro- "Prior to football on this campus, rib in the trash r .» u ■ /■/ j- hour. Nope, you all had something better to support the players and coaches and
grams on this campus in the past two Eagle basketball and baseball games can" football is like standing in I really don't to do. cheerleaders that work their tails off in
semesters has ranged from ridiculous, were far better attended," Van Tassell So having front oj'a homeless person think that the Look, I understand that each Greek practice so they can representthis school
to inexcusable, to nonexistent. said. "Sincehomecomingwasduringthe heard all the
But since most of you ungrateful basketball season, the campus involve- prosecutions,
and throwing prime rib in Greeks on this house represents and supports an im- to the best of their ability, only to have to
campus real- portant philanthropy that is far more perform in front of hundreds of empty
undergrads have no idea just how piti- ment of student groups was far more there are still the trash can." ize just what a important than any sporting event, but seats week after week.
ful our national reputation as sports fans noticeable at basketball games. Even two main ques- - Jim Long difference they there is one important cause that most of So take off those disgusting Bulldog
has become, or how badly most of you so, students' presence at GSU sporting tions that arise: FOX Sports Radio make. you are oblivious to—school spirit. sweatshirts, put on something that is
have tarnished decades of tradition here events continued to thrive during the mid 1) What's to Bill Bates, I drive around campus and I see ban- Blue and Gold, and go to the game.
in Statesboro, I have a few others who 1980's and early 1990's." blame for the lack of interest? a former student and current Southern ners hanging frompine trees that promote If you aren't gonna crap than get off
don't mind setting the record straight. But what kind of student presence 2) Who is most responsible for the Booster knows exactly what I'm talk- school support of games and events. the can—and move to Athens.
Let's start with Augusta Chronicle was really at the games in those days? lack of support? ing about I walk past the Rotunda and I hear Being a student at Georgia South-
sportswriter Larry Williams. Most of you probably haven't heard I've mulled over the answer to both "If you look at Greek support at hundreds of girls trying to show who ern University is a special privilege and
For those of you who were unaware, the stories about the good old days when questions for quite some time and here schools likeOleMiss.it'slegendary.. .it's can yell and scream the loudest. you need to start treating it like one, or
Mr. Williams poked fun at GSU fans the basketball team played in the Trans- is what it all boils down to. apartoftheirculture,"Bates said. "That's Well, get your rear-ends in Hanner you should fill out a transfer slip and
back in December by headlining us in American Athletic Conference, and Students can complain about the lack what we want at Southern. I mean we Fieldhouse and'Yell like Hell.' go to a school where there aren't six
the "Who's Not" category of his weekly almost the entire student population of talent in the SoCon, they can bitch had several incidents this past football The point is that if you aren't a national championship flags hanging
"Who'sHot-Who'sNot"column,noting came out to watch their Eagles hit the about their busy lives and how they have season were several Greeks joined in the part of the solution you are part of the from a stadium pole.
that the crowd that watched the Eagles hardwood. to go back home to see Mom and Dad pre-game festivities from both the park- problem. So what's your bottom line?
beat Bethune-Cookman was the sixth lim Long, a GSU graduate and on the weekends. ing lot of the stadium and outside their I understand that there are people Tune into Bo's Bottom Line Sports
smallest in the history of the stadium. current radio personality for "104-The But the main cause ofthis sudden lack houses, but they never entered Paulson. that go to GSU that simply cannot stand Talkon 91.9fin every Thursdayfrom 4-6
■ That'snotjustfortheplayoffspeople; Score" Fox Sports Radio in Hinesville, ofinterest stems fromthe very same thing That just blows me away." sports and that's fine with me. p.m. and tell your side of the story.
he is talking about the history of 'The Georgia vividly recalls when a signifi- that has led to countless empty seats at And Bates, as a co-coordinator of But we have over 15,000 students Bo is the sports director oj
House that Erk Built.' cantly smaller student body than we have Turner Field summer after summer: you the Hanner Hooligan Tailgate, shelled that roam the campus every day and we 91.9fin WVGS, and a sportswriter
' Oh, but stayed tuned—it gets bet- today made much more noise than any people are spoiled rotten. out hundreds of his own dollars to buy can't even get 3,000 people to watch a for The George-Anne. He can
ter. « of our ears have ever heard. The football teamhas won an unprec- and cook free food in an effort to try and basketball game anymore. be reached for comment at bo_
. Sportsnetwork.com online columnist "People don't realize how loud the edented six national titles, the basketball change the attitude of everyone on and The bottom line is that I challenge fidginiti @hotmail.com.
Furman tramples Lady Eagles Swimming and Diving finishes third
By Eli Boorstein
Nietsro6bl7@hotmail.com
After winning six of their last
seven Southern Conference games,
the Lady Eagle basketball team had
set themselves within distance of first
place in the league.
[ After Monday night in Hanner
Fieldhouse, any chance of grabbing
the top spot have disappeared as
Georgia Southern fell to Furman 80-
59, matching the Eagles' most lopsided
defeat of the season.
; With the loss, Georgia Southern now
sits in third place, four games behind
first-place Chattanooga with just three File Photo
conference games remaining. The GSU Swimming and Diving team competed in the Southern States Championship and finished third
It was a stifling defense that guided overall. Three Eagles were named to the All-Southern States team.
the Paladins (13-11,9-6 SoCon) as they G-A News Service
held the Eagles (16-8,10-5 SoCon) to in the 100 Fly with a time of 57.83 second with a time of 4:03.32. The
Radford, Va. - Three Eagles were to break the school record. Licht 800 Free Relay team placed second
a season-low shooting percentage of
named to the All-Southern States also placed second in the 400 IM as well with a time of 7:53.91. The
jUst 23.8 percent. Georgia Southern
team to lead the Eagles to a third place (4:35.98). Sophomore Florrie Cun- 800 was swam by Cunningham, se-
sjiot 15-of-63 from the field, includ-
finish at the Southern States Swim- ningham was also named to the nior Ashley Burger, Wood and Bird.
ing a l-of-12 night from three-point
ming and Diving Championship, All-Southern States team as she Wood placed second in the 200 Free
territory.
Saturday at Radford University's placed fourth in the 50 Free with a just shy of the GSU record with a
'. After Furman built up an eight-
Dedmon Center Natatorium. time of 24.74. time of 1:57.66.
point lead early in the ballgame, the
Junior Lauren Bird won the 200 The Eagles 200 Free Relay team In the diving events sophomore
Eagles fought back to take a 22-20 lead
IM .93 seconds ahead of North of junior Emily Geiger, freshman Leslie Williams finished second in
on a Kristy McCorkle layup with 6:
Florida's Luciana Genova with a Jacinda Mireault, Cunningham and the three-meter diving with a score
59 remaining. But the lead lasted just
time of 2:09.03, while freshman Bird placed second with a tim of 1: of 417.75 to set a new school record.
16 seconds as Paladin reserve Laney
Alicia Licht was third (2:10.14). 40.43, while the 400 Medley team Williams also set the school record in
Harris sank a three-pointer to put her
Both were named to the All-South- of sophomore Nikki Wood, Licht, the one-meter diving with a score of
team ahead 23-22.
ern States. Bird also placed second Bird and Cunningham also finished 375.25, good for third place.
Harris' long distance shot helped
launch her team on a run where the
Paladins scored 18 unanswered points
to jump ahead 38-22. The Eagle ball
Softball falls to 19th ranked Georgia Tech
G-A News Service
handling was sloppy throughout as Christina Ritch/STAFF
first baseman Katie Donovan from Pinch runner Tara Neff, who en-
Atlanta, Ga. - Led by three runs second and gave the Jackets a 1-0 tered for Bartle, then scored on
they committed seven turnovers in After suffering a 21-point loss to Furman, the Lady Eagles hope to gain
batted in from senior catcher Lind- lead after one inning. a throwing error by Eagle third
the nearly four-minute long drought, a victory against Wofford before their final home game Monday.
including five in just 54 seconds. say Wood and the strong pitching Tech increased its lead to 2-0 baseman Karen Smillie, giving
Georgia Southern staged a small run same in the second half sinking her of junior Erin Voeltz, the No. 19 in the third on a double down the Tech a 7-0 advantage.
on the free throw line were quickly
Georgia Tech softball team (4-3) left field line by second baseman With heavy rains now com-
at the end of the half to bring the score fourth three-pointer of the contest to erased thanks to 23 turnovers, which
start a 22-8 Paladin run that put the opened its 2003 home schedule Felicia Coursey to score right ing down, Georgia Southern
to 40-28 after the opening frame. led to 33 points for the Paladins.
game away. with a 7-2 win over Georgia fielder Kirin Kumar, who reached scratched for two runs in the top
As the second half started, Furman "We weren't focused mentally to
Southern (5-4) Sunday at Glenn via a bunt single, from first. After of the sixth on a double by pitcher
was able to prevent the Eagles from Hill led the Eagles in the defeat play with the intensity needed to win
Field. a walk to Donovan and an infield Tiffany Urena. The game was then
making any serious run with runs of with 12 points and eight rebounds. a ball game," said head coach Rusty
theirown. When Georgia Southern cut The junior shot just 3-for-10 from the The second game of the sched- single to short by shortstop Tara called in the bottom of the inning
Cram. "We just have to play for posi-
their deficit to nine with 13:26 left, the field, which epitomized the shooting uled doubleheader was called due Knudsen, Wood struck again, this due to the weather.
tion in the [conference] tournament and
to rain. time with a double right that scored Tech starter Erin Voeltz earned
Paladins responded by scoring eight of troubles Georgia Southern suffered turn things around."
the next nine points. through all night long. Having struggled at the plate two and increased the Jackets' lead the win to improve to 3-0 on the
Jen Nadalin paced the Furman
since a season-opening win over to 4-0. season. She allowed five hits and
After building their lead back up to The Eagles did get plenty of work offense with 18 points, while Harris
from the free throw line as the Pala- Boston College on February 8, Sophomore designated player two runs in six innings pitched.
16, Furman once again saw the Eagles was spurred by a 4-for-6 night from
Tech equaled season bests with Liz Bartle pushed the margin to 6-0 Voeltz also fanned six batters.
gnaw away as a Shawnica Hill layup dins committed 28 fouls on the night, long distance as she scored a career-
seven runs and seven hits. with her own double to right in the Georgia Southern starter Janice
brought the score to 58-51 at the 5: sending Georgia Southern to the charity high 14.
13 mark. stripe 41 times, from where made 28 Wood got the Jackets on the fifth. The hit drove in Donovan, Savage took the loss, allowing
Georgia Southern will try to bounce
But just as she had broke the hearts of the attempts. board in the bottom of the first with who scored for the third time on four runs and five hits in 2.1
back when they travel to face last-place
of GSU in the first half, Harris did the However, any edge the Eagles held a single to right center that scored the day, and Wood, who walked. innings.
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