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Top five moments of 2011-2012 In no particular order INTISAR SERAAJ Staff Writer

le "Counseling Center Woes" 4i "Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority Inc., - April 2012 Under Investigation" Earlier this month it was revealed that the - February 2012 Counseling and Testing Center terminated the There were several articles this school year positions of nine clinical staff members, includ­ surrounding Greek organizations being inves­ ing six psychologists, on March 3, in addition tigated on the allegation of partaking in haz­ to its post-doctoral program being suspended. ing In this particular article, the sending of an The Counseling and Testing Center are deny­ anonymous letter to the Dean of Students was ing claims by the March 26 edition of Inside discussed, which sparked an investigation into Higher Ed that these staff members were elim­ the Delta Lambda chapter of the Zeta Tau Alpha inated due to retaliation for "their complaints sorority for hazing and other illegal practices. that some university policies involving the coun­ Follow up articles included reports of Greek- seling center had the potential to harm stu­ affiliated students trashing Signal papers in mas­ dents." Although the former staff members were sive amounts. prohibited from speaking from the media, the university spokesperson Andrea Jones stated that these positions were eliminated due to a 3* "Georgia State Accepts Sun Belt Reduction in Force process. Invitation" CHRIS SHATTUCK |THE SIGNAL -April 2012 Georgia State was thrust into 2011 's Occupy Atlanta movement The Sun Belt Conference offers the high­ 2* "Occupy Takedown" est division of collegiate football established -November 2011 Occupy GSU: they stormed classrooms to pass out This foil page list gave Georgia State students 10 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association Coverage of this movement was a must! flyers and chanted for theirown causes. more reasons, besides the team's winning streak, to (NCAA). As a founding member of the Sun Belt When Occupy Atlanta protestors were evicted come out and support Georgia State basketball Among Conference, according to the article, Georgia from protesting in Woodruff Park, they took ref­ the list were to increase school pride,entertaining half- State happily accepted an invitation "back uge in a homeless shelter. 3* "Why You Should Go to the Last time shows, and the cheap concession food home." The athletic department will begin Some Georgia State students were overcome Game of the Year" But we ended up losing But there's always next playing in the conference during the 2013-2014 with inspiration from this movement, visible in -February 2012 year. school year.

ANNA NORRIS "We got along, and it was just clicking," Schilling said. Staff Writer "It was never difficult" The Lucky One, being a romantic drama, has its fair Taylor Schilling "I'm living my dream right now," said Taylor Schilling share of romantic scenes. star of the newest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, "Those scenes were just not awkward or uncomfort­ The Lucky One. "It's kind of amazing" able," Schilling said. "1 trusted him so much, and at that Schilling whose acting career started on stage in the point we had already done so many of the really emotional early years of her adolescence in middle school, moved scenes. If anything, doing an emotional scene with some­ from Boston to New York and pursued acting in her higher one Ls more intense than getting kissy-kissy for a little education, eventually graduating from Fordham University while." with a BA. in acting To inspire her for the scene in which Beth violently Schilling debuted as Jackie, alongside Meryl Streep, in breaks down in the garden out of frustration after losing the 2007 film "Dark Matter," a film based on the true events her brother, Schilling said that she used a combination of of the conflicts faced by a Chinese Ph.D. student scientist "detective work" as well as her "internal working scene" aiming for the prestigious Nobel Prize. - a combination of interviewing people who have gone However, her most notable role is as the star of NBC's through these experiences as well as triggering her own 2009-2010 medical drama series "Mercy." She played personal experience Veronica Callahan, an Iraq war veteran and strong-willed "Certainly, my relationship with my brother is always nurse at Mercy Hospital. with me, and my relationship with my family is always After recently starring as the railroad executive Dagnv there and present in the work," Schilling said. Taggart in the 2011 film adaptation of the Ayn Rand novel "When I was in school, I had this acting teacher that "Atlas Shrugged," she has moved on to the romantic movie, said it's like peas and pea soup," Schilling said. "It's pea bringing staggering numbers to the box office. soup, it's not a pea, but they're the same thing in a way." Schilling stars as the single mother and dog kennel The main characters in "The Lucky One" all intimately owner, Beth, in the new movie "The Lucky One." connect to Schilling's character, her ex-husband, her son, Schilling said that she first responded to Beth's role as a her grandmother and, of course, Zac Efron's character, single mother, working full-time and in the middle of deal­ Logan, all interact with Beth in significant ways. ing with a serious loss, when she first read the script. Blythe Danner, known for her role in Meet the Parents, Schilling added that she liked how realistic the story plays Beth's grandmother. Schilling said that getting the was, and she appreciated that she was able to realistical­ call that Danner would be playing her grandmother was ly portray a single working mother in a way that was not the second most exciting moment of the process, because glossed over. she has looked up to Danner for a long time. "This woman comes to the table with a lot of life expe­ "She came into my fitting the first day and I was very rience," Schilling said. nervous to be working with someone who was such a leg­ What struck Schilling about the film was Beth's jour­ end to me," Schilling said. "I knew too much about Blythe." ney from coping from her brother's death in Iraq to finding Although she is familiar with the other Nicholas Sparks her voice and finding someone who loves and accepts her movie adaptations. Schilling said that she did not read the for who she is. book until after she read the script "Logan doesn't all of a sudden fall in love with a man­ "I get the Nicholas Sparks thing, but I think that there nequin perfect image of a woman," Schilling said. "He sees is something kind of rooted a little bit more in reality," and accepts someone who brings a lot to the table. She Schilling said of The Lucky One. doesn't change for him; he loves her for exactly who she is." Schilling is now looking towards her appearance in Schilling said that she knew of Zac Efron prior to cast­ "Argo," a film starring and directed by Ben Affleck that tells ing, but she has never seen any of his movies. During the the story of the "Canadian Caper" covert rescue of a group screen test, they had the opportunity to get to know one of Americans involved in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis dur­ another, and she described him as an "incredibly generous ing the Iranian revolution. screen partner and really hardworking."Schilling also said Schilling's passion for acting is clear. ANNA NORRIS|THE SIGNAL that because they worked on-location, the cast was forced "I try not to live with a lot of expectations," Schilling Actress Taylor Schilling stars in the new romantic release, "The Lucky One" with Zac Efron. to spend time together. said. "But I feel so grateful, and ids so exciting."