Georgetonian Issue 9 - Spring 2013

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Opshop breaks recordsBy CAITLIN KNOXEditor-in-Chief

Two nights. Fourteen scenes. One huge nale. This year’s Opera and Musi-cal Theatre Workshop will be unfor-gettable– especially when the nale consists of green ogres, a gingerbread man and a dragon from the movie “Shrek.”

The show will feature a range of scenes from well-known musicals and operas like “The Wedding Singer,” “West Side Story,” “Legally Blonde” and “Chicago.”

It is a free Nexus event, showing only this Wednesday, April 10 and Thursday, April 11. Performers encour-age students to attend both nights,

because the scenes will be completely different (except the nale).

Opera and Musical Theatre Work-shop, or Opshop for short, is a class taught by Dr. Hunnicutt, Music Depart-ment Chair. Every student gets a lead role in a scene from a musical or opera.

This year she had a record break-ing amount of students sign up for the class, which enabled her to do not the average eight scenes, but a whopping 14.

The scenes chosen this year have a common theme of love and marriage–there are at least three wedding gowns that appear in the shows. Highlights include Zach White being thrown into a dumpster, Nathan Van Til with a wig that strangely resembles Classics profes-

sor Dr. Henkel and crowd-surng on stage–just to name a few.

Even if you don’t have the chance to see both nights, p e r f o r m e r Shakir Mackey insists that the nale is by far the best scene, and a must-see. “People are going to love it,” he says.

Giddings is a rockin’By CAITLIN KNOXEditor-in-Chief

Six white rocking chairs now grace the porch of Giddings Hall. They have been there since the “Today’s Tigers” event on March 23. President William H. Crouch came up with this idea in hopes to add a “Southern hospitality” feel to campus.

“I recently visited the Uni-versity of Virginia. I noticed that the large colonial build-ings that looked like Gid-dings Hall had rocking chairs. It made the buildings look friendly and inviting. So I

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Students Steffen Krebs and Eric Mortberg enjoy the nice weather by rocking in Giddings’ new rocking chairs.

New rocking chairs and benches add a welcoming touch. brought the idea home with me,” says Crouch via email.

The rocking chairs were picked up at the local Cracker Barrel, and students and faculty alike are encouraged to rock to their heart’s content. How-ever, they will be put away after 5 p.m. on weekdays, and on weekends. This was mainly to pre-vent theft or vandalism.

In addition to the rocking chairs, new benches with

“GC” carved in them have been placed in various spots around campus. There are new benches on the portico of High-baugh Hall, as well as outside the Rec.

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Benches with the “GC” logo have been added in various spots around campus, including Highbaugh Hall.

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Stella Hundley (left) is in costume for her role in “The Wed-ding Singer,” while Collin Smith (right) is on stage rehearsing for her role as Esther in the classic “Meet me in St. Louis.”

Headlines

The GeorgetonianNewsGlobal

n Tensions continue to boil over between North Korea and the West. U.S. officials say that the country could be ready to test fire a ballistic missile very soon.

n Despite travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. govern-ment for its citizens, Jay-Z and Beyonce were spotted in Cuba last week, which angered some US congressmen.

n Former British Prime Min-ister Margaret Thatcher, known as the “Iron Lady” for her oppo-sition to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, passed away at age 87.

n Google announces a new internet network called Google Fiber, which they claim runs 100x faster than the average US household network.

n Thieves in Germany stole five tons of Nutella from a parked semi-truck. Five tons is equivalent to around 6,500 jars.

n In Saudi Arabia a man was sentenced to be surgically para-lyzed for stabbing a friend with a knife that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

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Kappa Delta raises $13,000 BY MEGHAN ALESSINews Editor

You may have noticed the sparkly addition to Giddings lawn last week, as there were hundreds of shiny blue pinwheels planted into the ground; 384 pinwheels, to be exact. Each of these

was sold to the friends, family and Georgetown professors and staff from our very own Kappa Delta ladies in an event called “Pinwheels for Pre-vention.” They also recently held their annual Shamrock Event featuring breakfast for dinner along with a silent auction. Together these events brought

in an astounding $13,000 for their phi lanthropy , Prevent Child Abuse America.

According to their website, Prevent Child Abuse America’s mission is to “pre-vent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s chil-dren” and this “includes all forms of abuse and neglect, whether physi-

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(Left to right) Leslie Shoulders, Amanda Bennett and Maggie Wilson pose with pinwheels on Giddings.

cal, sexual, educational or emotional.” If you’re wondering how pinwheels

got involved, the answer is simple. The pinwheel is meant to be a symbol of a healthy childhood and has now become the national symbol for the organiza-tion. If you missed out this year, try to make it to next year’s Shamrock Event and support a great cause!

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The pinwheels were displayed on Giddings lawn.

Issue 9 News April 10, 2013

The rare Tiger Nexus emerges! Here’s when:Tuesday, April 164:00 p.m.

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McCandless Lecture

Thieves become problem on campusBy RACHAEL YOUNGStaff Writer

Students have been on high alert concerning their personal property on campus recently. Thinking twice about leaving phones, wallets or keys on the tables in the Caf, un-propping doors in residence halls and of course, keeping an eye on those personal items while working out in the Rec. This is due to the most recent email from Laura Wyly concerning thefts in the George Bush Rec Center. Several people have reported having personal belongings ranging from phones and wallets to Ipods and keys stolen from the bleach-ers in the gym and the shelves in the weight room.

From the email we have gathered information on the appearance of both thieves. We are all advised to be on the lookout for a 20-something year old, approximately 5’8” Caucasian man missing teeth and a shorter, more stout Caucasian man wearing a red baseball cap. Some popular artist descriptions for these two mastermind criminals

might include the following: Bubba J and Mario.

Emily Eicher, a junior here at Georgetown was just one of the many victims that reported having her phone, wallet and keys all taken from the Rec last week. She warns fellow students to prevent further thefts saying, “when-ever you see people in the Rec that

aren’t students, call Campus Safety and make sure you utilize the lockers to keep your stuff safe.”

There are, in fact, lockers located in the restrooms of the Rec center where it is perfectly acceptable to leave personal belongings while you are working for those summer beach bodies!

In all seriousness, there are many

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Mario is Suspect Two.

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parts of our small, enclosed campus that give us somewhat of a false sense of secu-rity. We have all been trained through the college years here to leave things unat-tended in several places on campus. Really there is not much stopping people from simply walking into a build-ing, grabbing some-thing small and leaving mostly unnoticed.

All students should be wary of leaving their personal belongings unattended, especially

for long periods of time. Some of the residence halls on campus have already needed to change locks due to keys being stolen. Make sure you keep your things out of the hands of strangers! Be safe and be aware of your surround-ings!

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Bubba J is Suspect One.

The GeorgetonianSportsGC baseball improves to 22-13

By CAMERON NIXONStaff Writer

Since last week, the Tigers baseball team has gone 4-1 and pulled off another sweep of a divisional rival. Playing at home against Shawnee State University, one game close, one not so close, and the last a shut-out, the Tigers showed Shaw-nee State exactly what they can do.

The Tigers actually started off playing Tennessee Wes-leyan in two games on April 3, 2013. A team that Georgetown had already beat in March 9-4 and 5-4, the Tigers ended up winning the rst game and losing the second, 5-4 and 2-3 respectively. Tennessee Wesleyan are the defending national champions and are ranked No. 9 in the NAIA.

The sweep started on

March 5 in a game in which the Tigers had to rally twice. Down 1-0 the majority of the game, the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Shaw-nee state was able to come back and score two runs of their own in the top of the eighth and tied the game. The Tigers won in the bottom off of a pass ball for Justin Moore.

In the second game, Georgetown got a quick lead in the second inning and then pushed it to 4-2 in the fth after the Bears scored twice in the inning. They scored ve more in the seventh and eighth innings. Tanner Bald-win played great defense and offense in the nal game. He hit

a double for the insur-ance run, and made three great plays to secure the shutout. Shaun Meyer was the starting pitcher and pitched all seven innings, only allowing four hits.

The Tigers confer-ence record is now 12-6 while they sit at 22-13 overall. The next game is at Blueeld College on April 12 while they return home on April 16 to play Blueeld.

March Madness EndsBy CAMERON NIXONStaff Writer

This year’s NCAA Final Four featured four really good teams, and three great, com-petitive games. Wichita State was only three points away from another big upset against a much higher seeded team after winning against Ohio State in the Elite Eight while Michigan shot apart Syracuse’s zone, and survived one last run at the end.

Led by sophomore Trey Burke, who was named Nai-smith player of the year after averaging 18 points and almost seven assists during the season, and a group of four dynamic freshmen, the Wolverines entered the cham-pionship game as the clear underdogs, even after upset-ting Kansas with an amazing buzzer beater. Louisville had much more experience in comparison, with senior guard Peyton Siva leading them and other dynamic play-ers, Russ Smith, Luke Han-

cock, Gorgui Dieng and Chane Behanan playing huge roles.

In the championship game, a big run in the rst half by Michigan seemed to put them in the driver’s seat, yet Lou-isville responded with a run of their own in the waning minutes and pulled within one point of the Wolverines. Burke didn’t disappoint, totaling 24 points, four rebounds, three assists, and a block in only 26 minutes, even though he had to sit for 12 straight minutes in the rst half. Yet, the story in the rst half was bench player Spike Albrecht and his four straight threes in Michigan’s run. Louisville’s run was also punctuated by four straight three-pointers from Luke Han-cock, another bench player.

With a little over 14 min-utes to go the game was tied 47-47. Louisville nally took hold of the game and went on to win 82-76. Luke Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after scor-ing 22 points on 5-6 shooting.

Baseball W. 2-0 vs. Shawnee State Apr. 13. @ Blueeld 6:00 p.m.

Softball W. 9-3 vs. UVA-Wise Apr. 13. vs. Pikeville 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Tennis L. 0-9 vs. Cumberland Univ. Apr. 11. vs Campbellsville 5 p.m.

Women’s Tennis L. 4-5 vs. Cumberland Univ. Apr. 11 vs Campbellsville 5 p.m.

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Marvin Flores awaits a pitch in the Tigers’ recent series with Shawnee State.

Issue 7 Sports February 27, 2013

GC tennis handles visting Centre

By ERIC BALMERStaff Writer

Both the men’s and wom-en’s Georgetown Tennis teams found success against their fellow Kentucky school, Centre College. Although the men’s team has been struggling this season, they were focused and able to get the job done. The men came away from their matches with a 6-3 victory, while the women took down the Centre ladies 8-1.

This season has been a tough one for the GC men, as they are without a senior leader, Benjamin Aspillaga, who suffered a knee injury during soccer season. Another point of struggle has been the weather being rather win-ter-like, which is just another obstacle that is hard to over-

come. Georgetown coach Jessica

Cunningham is optimistic and believes this team can really make some noise once they start getting into a groove. “Every team has its injuries and what not,” the GC coach said.” We know we are a solid team. If we can just get rolling a bit, I think we can really be a force when tourna-ment time rolls around again” (georgetowncollegeathletics.com).

GC’s women have had more success this season and have only lost one conference match. Last Wednesday, they even swept their double matches and only lost one singles match. Even though the men’s team had difcul-ties with the weather and inju-ries, the women’s team seemed unfazed by those unpredict-

able factors. This match gave Coach

Cunningham the opportunity to shift up the lineup to see if other players could step up. Georgetown has been doing quite well, with a 3-1 confer-ence record. “I knew with what we were bringing in, mixed with our returners, we would be solid. Everyone has really come together and learned from our fall matches,”said Coach Cunningham (george-town-collegeathletics.com).

The Georgetown women’s tennis team had a MSC match with Cumberland University that they barely lost with a score of 4-5. GC’s men and women tennis teams both hope to keep playing hard as the conference tournament quickly approaches.

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Tigers starting pitcher Tyler Arthur gets set to deliver a pitch in their recent series against Shawnee State.

Softball gets hot as Spring sets inBy ERIC BALMERStaff Writer

Just as the weather is warm-ing up, the Georgetown Col-lege softball team have been on a hot streak. In fact, the Tigers are on a six-game winning streak, including two wins in a double header against Midway College.

GC has outscored their opponents 39-7 during their winning streak. GC (21-9 Mid-South Conference) defeated Midway 9-1 and 8-0.

Kayla Williams started out pitching for Georgetown and

stayed in for three innings. Wil-liams pitched three scoreless innings; then Engle took over. Georgetown’s offense was roll-ing in the two games, hitting four home runs and a total of 25 base hits. Scoring for the Tigers started early with Katie Mann, who hit a two-run blast in the bottom of the second. Sandy Young got in on the homerun action as well in the same inning. Young and Mann are on the top of the homerun leaderboard for the Tigers, as they both have four on the season.

GC put up two more runs

in the third inning off a homerun by Rachel Simms. A few innings later, Georgetown scored a run in the fth and another one in the sixth to end the game by mercy rule.

Last Saturday, the Tigers played at University of Vir-ginia College at Wise in what started a 10-game streak of games inside the MSC. They took care of business in a two-game series 3-2 and 9-3. GC hopes to keep their streak alive against Lindsey Wilson Col-lege on April 9.

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Senior Third basemen E.J. Murray gets ready to play defense in the Tigers latest series.

The GeorgetonianFeatures

By JOEY RICHEYStaff Writer

Whether passing by with a greeting and energetic stride or responding to an inquisitive student’s questions, philosophy professor Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise’s emanating exuberance is palpable. Whomever he comes into contact with is sure to have his full, undivided attention with a willingness to deliver an honest opinion. He is “able to create and dissect arguments like no other,” said Sam Heaton. Look-ing sharply through his specta-cles, his constant conscientiousness may be con-strued as intimidating, especially to freshman foundations stu-dents, but this demeanor stems from a desire to care and express ideas clearly.

Born and raised on a dairy farm in Harmony, Pa. roughly 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh, Dr. Sands Wise developed an appre-ciation for the value of manual labor which inuenced his “agrarian” lifestyle/perspective. In today’s culture of conve-nience, cell phones, for example, divorce or distract one from the present, whether it is a decrepit inner-city or a breathtaking nat-ural wonder. With manual labor there is nothing to focus on but the task at hand.

Dr. Sands Wise attended Houghton College, which he describes as “the middle of nowhere” and “thirty minutes from the nearest stoplight” in upstate New York for its rig-orous and Christian based edu-cation. In his second semester he studied abroad in London, where he was captivated with how ideas are all connected and

how art and literature, for exam-ple, reect time periods. “I fell in love with the life of the mind,” he says. It conrmed his deci-sion to major in philosophy and it was then he began to consider life as an academic. “I wanted to understand the world better,” he said. While in London he found time to travel to England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Since then he has also traveled to Israel, Jordan, Australia, Honduras and the Caribbean. His “bad reasons” for traveling include having sto-ries to tell, but he also enjoys “realizing my perspective is lim-ited by my time and place.” At Houghton he acted in plays as

part of The Shakespeare Club, participated in an outdoor club and The Gadys, the philosophy club. He considered seminary but chose to attend graduate school at Baylor University where he earned his master’s and Ph. D.

Dr. Sands Wise came to Georgetown as a visiting profes-sor for two years before being hired three years ago. In his spare time Dr. Sands Wise likes to read, garden or work on his house. Although reluctant to declare favorites, movies he especially enjoys include “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Station Agent” and “Lord of the Rings.” His favorite television show is

“Friends,” and his favorite musi-cal artist is a band called Over-the-Rhine. His favorite food is a toss-up between fresh baked bread and homemade pizza. He has a wife, Elizabeth, and an eleven-month-old girl, Clara.

When asked what he values most in life, Dr. Sands Wise responded with a relatively complex answer not to con-fuse but to portray accurately and honestly. He said, “I try to align my value system with what is actually most valu-able.” As Dr. Sands Wise tries to compare his subjective values with objective world values, it becomes clear that his qualities certainly parallel themselves

with those of the quintessential college professor.

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise

How sweet is sweetFrog?By SYDNEY MOSKOStaff Writer

Just over on Connector Road, a hop and a skip away from Lowes and Kohl’s, lies a small shop that is taking the campus and this college town by storm. sweetFrog is the name and delicious, nutri-tious frozen yogurt is the game. Opening shortly after Christ-mas in 2012, this international franchise opened its rst store in Kentucky right here in Georgetown. The owner of the Georgetown sweetFrog, Steve Williams, has opened one here as well as in Pikeville and is soon to have two more stores open in Frankfort and Win-chester.

Since I began working at sweetFrog in early January, I get asked the same two ques-tions all the time, “What is it?” and “Where is it?” sweet-

Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt was founded by a man named Derek Cha and his wife Annah-Kim in 2009. The mission: to create the best frozen yogurt experience ever. The store that started it all in 2010 resides in Richmond, Virginia. Over the past four years, this franchise has expanded to 23 states and two international locations, one in London, England and the other in the Dominican Repub-lic. By this summer sweetFrog will have over 260 locations spanning mostly up and down the east coast and reaching towards the west coast.

The store here in George-town features a nice, clean, family-friendly interior with 16 different avors and over 50 dif-ferent toppings, including but not limited to fresh fruit, candy bars, gummy candy and an array of sauces such as chocolate syrup, caramel, marshmallow

goo and melted peanut butter; all of this deliciousness for only 45 cents an ounce. There are so many different options that there is something for every-one. A great feature is that most of our yogurt is low fat, non-fat or sugar free. We also carry at least two sorbet options for those who are lactose intoler-ant.

Another major question I get asked all the time is, “Are you guys like Orange Leaf?” Yes, but only in a very general sense. We both have the same grab a cup, ll ‘er up, top ‘er off, weigh it and pay for it system, but there is one major difference, the yogurt. Orange Leaf’s yogurt is made of powder and water; sweet-Frog takes a slightly different approach. At sweetFrog, the yogurt is real, made with all of the fantastic benets of actual yogurt. We get our yogurt from

a company called YoCream; they specialize in frozen yogurt, sorbets and much more. Their yogurt is made with real milk and eggs, never powder. Not only is the yogurt real, but it’s low in calories too. The average avor has no more than 100 calories per serving, and the non-fat and no sugar varieties have even fewer calo-ries.

So, how sweet is sweet-Frog? Considering it’s only ve minutes from campus, has options for everyone, is healthy, less expensive and much closer than Orange Leaf; I would have to say it’s pretty darn sweet. With only a few weeks left in school, summer is just around the corner, so in case you can’t wait, stop by sweetFrog to get a taste of the summer sun, even if only for a few minutes. Don’t worry, summer is almost here!

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Dr. Sands Wise teaches phi-losophy.

Issue 9 Features April 10, 2013

Georgetown Tree Huggers

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This week’s Tree Hugger is junior Rachel Floyd. Come to the OpShop performances tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the John L. Hill Chapel. Free. CEP/NEXUS credit.

Quote My Georgetown Professor“Poor Lindsay Lohan. She needs to meet Jesus.”

Doc Birdwhistell

Posted on the “Quote My Georgetown Professor” Facebook group

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Kelsey AchBy LEANNDRA PADGETTStaff Writer

Kelsey LaDale Ach is a Nicholasville native with a surprising weekly pastime: she frequents strip clubs in Lex-ington. This may seem surpris-ing, but don’t worry, she’s not there for entertainment pur-poses. Kelsey volunteers as part of the Bruised Reed Min-istry of Southland Christian Church. This group visits ve of Lexington’s eight strip clubs weekly to serve homemade meals and form relationships with the women who work there (the group is not allowed into the remaining three clubs). Her year of volun-teering has brought Kelsey to some surprising realizations. One day, Kelsey walked in to serve a meal and saw a strip-per studying a sociology text-book. As a soc major herself, this struck home with Kelsey as she “realized the girls we work with are exactly like me.” This view of the situation led Kelsey to decide on a senior research project focusing on Christianity and the sex indus-try. Her paper, “The Sexed-up Church: Bridging the Gap Between the Church and the Entertainment Industry” just won second place at the ASK (Anthropologists and Sociol-ogists of Kentucky) Confer-ence in Louisville this spring. Kelsey describes serving meals in the strip clubs as the rst step in reaching women in the clubs. She is also involved in the second step through Refuge for Women, a tran-sitional living program that “offers a new beginning to women leaving the sex indus-try” (refugeforwomen.org).

She has interned with this organization and plans to continue volunteering in the future.

Involvement with Southland and its ministries such as Bruised Reed was one reason that Kelsey chose Georgetown College. She wanted to be close enough to home to be able to stay involved with her church. The Lexington Christian Academy graduate was also drawn to GC’s soccer program which she partici-pated in for two years. She has been involved in campus Greek life as a Sigma Kappa. Kelsey is also a President’s Ambassador. In addition to her sociology major, she has a psychology minor. She loves the community GC offers as well as the close faculty-stu-dent relationships. Kelsey rec-ognizes that her professors played a major role in help-ing her to work towards her goal of “trying to ll in the gap between the sex industry and the church.” She says that “Faculty like Dr. Cribbs and Dr. Carter constantly chal-lenged me to seek out more information…they didn’t put a limit on what I wanted to study.” She urges under-classmen to “develop strong relationships with your pro-fessors, because they are most denitely the key to your suc-cess.” She also advises “Don’t put a limit on yourself.” While she would never have imag-ined herself frequenting strip

clubs and considering strip-pers her friends, the experi-ence has changed her plans about future ministry and con-tinues to be “one of the most exhilarating things I’ve ever done.”

When watching TV, Kelsey loves “The Voice.” Perhaps it is shows like this that lead her to the decision that singing would be the talent she would choose if she could have her wish. She laughingly admits that “I can’t carry a tune!” When driving, Kelsey steers a car named Stacy. After gradu-ation, Kelsey will continue to volunteer with Bruised Reed and Refuge for Women. She denitely feels “called into full-time vocational ministry” and is sure the specics will iron themselves out in time. Her faith and reliance on God are obvious as she relates that “He’s never let me down!”

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Kelsey visits strip clubs, serves the workers food and develops relation-ships with the women there.

“We’ve wiped out more species than any other species in history. I’m sure some of them had it

coming... like the dodo.” Dr. Takacs

The GeorgetonianArts EntertainmentkSenior One-Woman Show a Hit

“The Host” goes against Meyer-hateBy ALEX COURTENAYStaff Writer

I am not one to compliment Ste-phenie Meyer on her work, but “The Host” was actually really good. “The Host” has suspense, action, drama, a little humor and of course a cute love story. I’m not saying that this movie is a chick ick, but it does lean heavily towards it. If you think “The Host” is going to be like the “Twilight” series, you’re dead wrong. It’s literally ten times better, in my opinion.

“The Host” is about the earth being taken over by an alien race called the Souls. The Souls inhabit human bodies and erase the humans’ minds. How-ever, when Melanie Stryder, member of the human resistance, is captured by the Souls, she is inhabited by Wan-

derer. Wanderer is supposed to reveal Melanie’s information about the human resistance and erase her mind, but Mel-anie won’t let herself fade away. So Melanie/Wanderer become something like friends and go out to nd Jarod, the guy Melanie (and sort of Wan-derer) loves, and Jamie, Melanie’s little brother.

Melanie/Wanderer is played by Sao-irse Ronan (“Atonement,” “Hanna”), Jarod is played by Max Irons (“Red Riding Hood”), Jamie is played by Chandler Canterbury (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), Ian, another member of the human resistance, is played by Jake Abel (“Percy Jackson”), Jeb, Melanie’s uncle, is played by Wil-liam Hurt (“Into the Wild”), and the Seeker, the antagonist in the lm, is played by Diane Kruger (“Inglorious

Basterds,” “National Treasure”). The director and screenplay writer

of “The Host” is Andrew Niccol. Niccol is the same man who wrote the screen-play for “The Truman Show,” starring Jim Carrey. Niccol also directed and wrote the screenplay for “In Time,” “Lord of War” and “Gattaca.” Niccol’s skills and talent really made “The Host” the best it could be, seeing as it is a Ste-phenie Meyer novel.

Now, “The Host” is not just about aliens taking over the earth or a sappy love story. It also has some strong messages/lessons to take away. The story touches issues of morality and ethics. The Souls take over worlds so they can improve them, but they sedate the inhabitants of those planets. Is it right to take over something in order to improve it? It also makes one think that

just because someone says something is the right thing to do, that’s not always true.

If you go online and look at the reviews you’ll nd that Rotten Tomato gave the movie 10 percent, IMDb gave it a 5.9/10 and Roger Ebert said that it is “top-heavy with profound, sono-rous conversations, all tending to sound like farewells.” I say ignore all these reviews because one, they are male–oriented. Two, I don’t think they want to give credit to something related to Stephenie Meyer and her “Twilight” series. And three, I found the movie to be awesome and I liked it so much I am reading the book (However, the movie is way better). I promise you there are no vampires, werewolves or heavy-breathing, rapid blinking, stut-tering Kristen Stewarts.

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Meredith Cave’s performs as Lynn Red-grave in “Shakespeare for My Father.”


Last weekend, Cave took on the role of the legendary actress to great acclaim.


Cave showed her comedic chops, while han-dling the more tragic elements gracefully.

Issue 9 Arts Entertainment April 10, 2013 k“The man who changed how we watch movies”

By AUSTIN CONWAYStaff Writer

Human beings are by nature criti-cal. We analyze, we examine and we judge all that exists within our lives and spectrums. Nothing is beyond man’s criticism, even the things that he loves. It can be argued that the things we love are perhaps the most susceptible to our scrutiny, mainly due to the fact that we hold such beloved concepts above the rest and view them in a different light entirely. When dealing with something beloved, the extent of one’s criticism

for the subject is only ever matched by one’s passion.

In this regard, Roger Ebert was a critical man. This much can be gar-nered from his most controversial and infamous reviews. Under Ebert’s gaze, no blockbuster, regardless of budget or star power, was immune to his critique. Despite all his legendary criticisms, it is Ebert’s passion for classic lms and the medium overall that will and should be his legacy.

No name is more synonymous with the occupation of Film Critic than that of Roger Ebert. The Chicago Sun Times journalist started modestly in print but would go on to have his opinion syndi-cated via broadcast in the late 1980s

with rival journalist and eventually close friend, the late Gene Siskel. In the years that would follow, Ebert would continue on his television role with a slew of cohosts cycling through (though a per-manent co-host was even-tually found in Richard Roeper). But one constant remained: Ebert would always be seated, ready to dispense a “Thumbs-Up” or a “Thumbs-Down.”

Ebert might have some-times appeared brash, yet his intent was always honest. He wanted movies to be better; he elevated them to a higher standing and in doing so expected much more from the medium. Reviews aside, Ebert dedicated himself to causes and crusades within the lm industry, oppos-

ing the MPAA (Motion Picture Asso-ciation of America) and their ratings

decisions as well as being a champion of Asian Cinema.

If ever there was a continued mis-sion for Roger Ebert, it was the effort to stress (and elevate) the medium as an art form. In a time where major studios dictated the movies that the-atres showcased, Ebert’s inuence was instrumental in bringing about an “Independent-Film Renaissance” that stressed the telling of stories that were arguably more human in substance and the bringing about an inux of young talent that only needed to be recog-nized.

Ebert had been battling cancer since 2002 and nally at the age of 70 he succumbed to his illness. Although in recent years he lost his ability to speak, he never lost his voice, still producing reviews that were often as eloquent as the screenplays for the lms them-selves. Roger Ebert was able to propel the eld of lm criticism to new heights. And regardless of how many lay claims to the occupation, Ebert’s words are still the ones that seem to matter the most, both in and out of the industry.

Ebert was one of my idols, a con-stant gure that always seemed to inform and educate. He was shaped by a medium that he, too, shaped for the better. Ebert has already been immor-talized in books, articles and television shows for not only his opinions but also for his dedications and crusades. Despite all this, however, Roger Ebert will be remembered most for his immense passion for the medium of lm and his desire to share its wonders with the world.

Mr. Ebert, I’ll see you at the movies.

Source: nyulocal.com

Famed film critic Roger Ebert passed away on April 4, 2013 after a battle with cancer.

“Joyful Noise” returns to campus

By COREY HOWELLArts and Entertainment Editor

On Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the John L. Hill Chapel, the Joyful Noise Gospel Choir will be holding its Spring Concert.

The Spring Concert will feature inspirational music from several genres ranging from classical to pop music, traditional Gospel to Contemporary Christian. The concert will also feature the return of renowed baritone, Keith Dean, as well as performances from the George-Tones and a duet by Natalie Hymer and Mary Bishop.

The event, which will be headed up by Joyful Noise Choir director, Lan Wilson, is free to the public and also a NEXUS event. There will also be a reception immediately following the concert in the Jones-Hall-Nelson Suite and all are invited.

“Not enough people get exposed to gospel music, and this concert is a great opportunity to expand your hori-zons,” said sophomore music major, Stella Hundley. So don’t miss out on the Joyful Noise Choir’s Spring concert being held April 15 at 7:00 p.m. It prom-ises to be an evening of amazing sing-ing and graceful performances.

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Student advocates local beverage as candidate for college president

By JONATHAN KAYSStaff Writer

I believe there needs to be a change on Georgetown’s campus, an immediate change in leadership. As a campus community, we’ve striven through strife and struggles, searching for solutions for a sundry of squabbles. And now the time has come. But who can lead us, sexy and talented opinion writer? I’ll tell you.

I think the new president of the college should be Coun-try Boy’s Paw Paw’s Red. Yes, thats right. An American, red amber ale aged in a 20-year -old Pappy Van Winkle Bour-bon Barrel.

For a time now, the PPR election committee has been building up this socially aware party candidate at a structural level. An underground move-ment, the party has been meet-ing in rooms across campus on Friday and Saturday nights to discuss policies. Not yet will-ing to go public, they’ve been hiding the majority of their advertising tools and informa-tion in various refrigerators and coolers stashed in ceilings. But the movement is happen-ing now! And so here are ve principal reasons I believe that Paw Paw’s Red should be pres-ident of Georgetown College.

1) Quality. When looking

for the president of an insti-tution like Georgetown, one looks for the best. The Paw Paw’s Red combines a multi-tude of avors to create a heav-enly ambrosia that titillates the pallet. The smooth tawny undertones of the bourbon fuse together with the malty sweet-ness, forming something that tastes almost like a sweet wine. Unlike a Crouchety IPA, the Paw Paw’s Red is kind, nothing harsh, nothing unwarranted, a cool richness of ne quality.

2) Funding. If elected pres-ident of Georgetown College, the school will never again lack sufcient funds. Tuition would decrease dramatically as people would throw their money at the school. Students themselves would go out of their way to support their president and their institution. And sponsors? Sponsors would ock. Flock, I tell you.

3) Great Conversations. This writer will tell you. With Complete Sincerity. That he has never had a bad conver-sation when Paw Paw’s Red was involved. Not only does it make your language skills fan-tastic, but the intellect that this candidate provides is immea-surable. Paw Paw’s Red makes the problems in the Middle East barley problematic, North Korea’s rhetoric far from stout and the economy no lager an

issue, at the very yeast, smooth ale-ing.

4) Politics. The views of Paw Paw’s Red are spectacular if not astounding. It supports buying local, with a general anti-corporation/big business mentality. It has great foreign relations, wants to get into international trade. It accepts females, males, people of Afri-can, Asian, European and American descent, gay, straight, saints, sinners, the Paw Paw’s Red is open to everyone.

5) Involvement in Student life. The PPR social party movement can assure you that if elected president, that Paw Paw’s Red would play an active role in student life, par-ticipating in GAC, SGA, GSI and above all Greek Life. A down-to-earth president who joins students as they watch movies on the lawn, play maa and romp in the foamapalooza? Yes, please.

Hopefully, now that you understand its greatness, you will write to your local acting dean, calling for Country Boy’s Paw Paw’s Red as the future President of Georgetown Col-lege.

“Who cares how time advances? I’m drinking ale today.” -Edgar Allan Poe

Issue 9 Opinion April 10, 2013

Student calls for new track facilitiesBy JOE RICHEYStaff Writer

On behalf of my fellow cross country and track and eld teammates I am inform-ing the college community that the time is ripe to address the teams’ need for a facility. Georgetown track and eld has developed into a consistent Mid-South Conference performer and is attracting increasingly talented athletes. The 2012 cross country team was the best in school history. Head coach Todd McDaniel “took a situation that had been mishandled by a coach who knew nothing about running and turned it around for the better,” says Chris Bartlett. When the college doesn’t respect the sport enough to pro-vide an ofcial venue for prac-tice and competition, it is hard to dedicate time and effort to cultivate one’s talents. Building a track is a reasonable enter-prise for the administration as well. Investing in a track con-tributes to long-term success, stability and value. It elevates the status of the program by improving the team, attracting student athletes and generat-ing revenue. The track will also increase the college’s value and enrollment and fulll its pro-fessed identity.

A track benets student athletes and elevates the status of a track program in various ways, these being logistic, physiological and psychologi-cal. Logistically, borrowing the off-campus track of a local high school takes time to get to and from practice. Students must hassle with whom to carpool,

rather than take a brief ve– minute jog. Another hassle to hurdle is the local school’s use of the track. The team has to set practice times based on their convenience, and some days the track might be unavailable. These hassles erased from con-sciousness extinguish a signif-icant amount of inconsistency and uncertainty.

The where and when of day-to-day practice becomes concrete and automatic, allow-ing athletes to concentrate their energy toward improving. Physiologically, to race well on a track, you must train on a track. The dynamic and rhythm are woven into muscle memory. From constant repe-tition and practice one knows every square inch of the track. Familiarity breeds condence, to run faster farther, and longer than the day before. Psycho-logically, pride, passion, inspi-ration and motivation are intangibly born within student-athletes’ loins. Gone is the lackluster effort to train and improve trampolining the team across the crossroads separat-ing ambiguous obscurity and honorable commitment. It can start a tradition for future gen-erations of athletes to uphold, a visual footprint of the great ones who before us raced in the orange and black.

A track entices talented student athletes to consider Georgetown seriously. In my experience of looking at col-leges, a pristine track was def-initely a motivator to attend that college. With a pristine track I visualized myself train-ing and racing for the pro-gram, whereas with a program

without a track, there was vagueness, or haze as to the legitimacy of the program.

Building a track will fulll the identity and mission of Georgetown College. At Fresh-man Orientation, speeches given by President Crouch and others prided the liberal arts education Georgetown pro-vided. As in Georgetown Col-lege’s Live, Learn, Believe motto, “A liberal arts edu-cation strives to develop the whole person by fostering an understanding of a variety of disciplines and teaching the individual how to think with depth and exibility.” A reec-tion in the aspect of athletics will reinforce Georgetown’s identity as a college of liberal arts, a symbol of supporting various disciplines.

Living up to its identity creates impli-cations for prospec-tive students other than athletes. Building a track and eld facility could be a metaphor that shows prospective students that the college respects its minorities. Baseball, basketball and foot-ball are the most pop-ular spectator sports in America. Despite track’s relative cul-tural unimportance, Georgetown (hypo-thetically) adequately provided resources that enabled its athletes to pursue their potential. This will leave the impres-sion that Georgetown

supports its minorities, those who have lesser known inter-ests, regardless of endeavor and that each student’s per-sonal educational pursuit and enhancement are important. Therefore it will bolster enroll-ment.

A temporary decit is bal-anced by the long term value. Increased enrollment, home meets, loaning it to the commu-nity and hosting events provide sources of income. Building a track will add an asset increasing property value with-out increasing property taxes. Despite being a private institu-tion, Georgetown is also a non-prot organization, because of which there are no property taxes. The Georgetown munic-ipality can invest in the track

if the college struggles to fund construction.

A track will contribute to the school’s long-term stabil-ity, success and growth. In achieving a recognizable and respectable reputation, it will market itself, generating rev-enue, attracting even more superior student athletes and performances will improve, creating an upward spiral of prosperity. Centre, Hanover, Transylvania and Bellarmine, a signicant portion of George-town’s primary competitors all have or are in the process of building a track. I heard Georgetown’s tuition was down this year.

Dear George: Advice for Tigers

I haven’t seen any good movies in awhile, is there anything new out in theaters worth seeing?

Fortunately, the month of April is jam packed with new movie releases that will have something for everyone. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne John-son team up in the lm “Pain and Gain,” which is based on a true story about two personal trainers who get involved in an extortion and kidnap-ping plight. Of course, keep in mind it is a Michael Bay lm… Conse-quently, “The Big Wedding” is also being released this month, which stars Amanda Seyfried, Ben Barnes, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, and Diane Keaton among so many others. The movie is supposed to be a rom-com where families set aside their differences and feelings in support of the wedding that is about to take place. Another movie that looks particularly fantastic is “At Any Price.” It tells a story of a father (Dennis Quaid) who wants his son (Zac Efron) to take over the family business of buying land, rather than allowing him to follow his dreams as a NASCAR driver. Unfor-tunately this lm will only be released in New York and Los Angeles, which means you can either book a trip for a weekend, or rent it when it is released nationally on DVD. Now that you’re probably having a hard time selecting which movie to see, look up their trailers and see which one interests you.

Questions answered by Hannah Kreiger.

T BP

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By ALLIE ENGLERTA woman without regrets

Recently Georgetown has become a hot topic of conversation on social media. While admissions has created a Facebook page to plug in future GC Tigers with their potential fellow students, and the Georgetown Tumblr keeps us all laughing with its regular posts, other nameless individuals uti-lize social media to slander their peers. One must wonder what makes an indi-vidual create Twitter pages such as the GC Slut or the GC Burn Book. Although these forums may have been originally made in jest, it is undeniable that they create a negative image for Georgetown College.

Until yesterday, one could follow the GC Burn Book on Twitter @GC_burnbook. Like it’s “Mean Girls” namesake, this account often tweeted derogatory statements at current Georgetown students. In reality, this page was a gloried version of cyber-

Students take social media too farbullying that mirrors the harassment that so often occurs at the middle and high school levels. It is astounding that anyone could be so immature as an educated adult to create such a mean-ingless page. Although the posts may not have been intended for others to take seriously, this account creates a destructive image for GC as a whole. Prospective students who are consid-ering pursuing their degree at George-town may have viewed this page and decided against GC. Luckily, the page is now unavailable and, thus, unable to do any more harm to current or pro-spective Georgetown students.

If you use Twitter, then you have probably had the misfortune of coming across the Georgetown Slut page. As if the page’s prole picture isn’t shock-ing enough, it is full of sexually explicit content that rivals that of a smut novel. Ultimately, the GC Slut Twitter page normally leaves its viewers gri-macing at its raunchy content. Not only does the page objectify women on GC,

often call-ing them out by name, the GC slut is c e r t a i n l y not an a c c u r a t e represen-tation of the women on George-t o w n ’ s c a m p u s . One can only hope that like the Burn Book, the creator of the GC Slut page will use his or her better judg-ment and remove this page, as well.

It should be noted, however, that not all Georgetown students utilize social media in a negative way. #WHATSHOULDWECALLGEORGE-TOWN, GC’s very own Tumblr page, has a knack for creating posts that shed light on life as a Georgetown student in a humorous manner. While this site undeniably uses “adult” humor and language, the bottom line is that it does so in a comedic and light-hearted way. It should be noted that #WHATSHOULD-WECALLGEORGETOWN is a satire, as it comments on the overall GC expe-rience about Georgetown. The creators of this Tumblr account use sarcasm while simultaneously offering construc-tive criticism by pointing out incon-

v e n i e n t truths con-cerning life at GC. Hopefully, s t u d e n t s and admin-i s t r a t o r s c o n s i d e r the advice, or laugh it off, instead of becom-i n g o f f e n d e d by the Tum-blr’s posts. Ultimately, unlike the GC Slut and GC Burnbook, this social media site u n i t e s Tigers, as it comments

on Georgetown traditions and events that all students experience.

Social media is a double-edged sword. When used correctly it can bring people together, but it also has the great power to cause harm to individuals and institutions as a whole. Georgetown College is full of intelligent minds. It is this writer’s hope that GC students will use their intelligence by showing respect to GC’s close-knit community by using social media properly.

And if you don’t know, now you know, Tigas.

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