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Hoopee Bird Special: Race Politics - See page 4 The Wednesday, February 24, 2016 HOOPEEHOOPEE BIRDBIRD THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS OF EAST GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE WWW.EGA.EDU Volume 41, Number 2 131 College Circle, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401 Price: FREE Dixon crowned Miss EGSC 2016 by KATELYN MOORE, EGSC Communications Coordinator On February 6, 2016, East Georgia State Col- lege crowned their 2016 Miss EGSC Scholarship Pageant Winner, Jessica Dixon. The 18-year-old is the daughter of Michael and Pam Dixon of Gi- rard. Her platform is the Impact of the 4-H Pro- gram and she is a sopho- more Biology major. Dixon also won the Life- DAVIS KANGETER style and Fitness Award EGSC, Allison Durden. runner-up, Hailey Ri- and the Talent Award Other winners in the als. MaNazja Davis was for her performance of 2016 Miss EGSC Schol- named Miss Congenial- a martial arts form in- arship Pageant were first ity, and Alex Kangeter volving fans. She was runner-up, Darienne was the People’s Choice All photos by Elizabeth Gilmer crowned by 2015’s Miss Coleman, and second Award winner. COLEMAN, MISS EGSC 2016 DIXON AND RIALS Reps and reqs: The P.E. requirement by HOOPEE BIRD STAFF at the front of the gym. Their energy is At 9 a.m. on a cold, rainy Wednesday, contagious, and it is hard to imagine a students huddle at the front of the gym- curriculum that does not include Be- nasium, answering “Here” as Assis- ginner Aerobics. tant Professor Johnna Eaton calls their However, the debate rages: should names. They gradually warm up, run- physical education courses be required ning in place and doing jumping jacks for college students? Before you de- and lunges. Fifteen minutes later, their cide, take a look inside at two oppos- arms reach toward the beams overhead ing positions from student writers as in side plank, and a few students even well as a guest column from Dr. H. Lee sing along to “Moves Like Jagger” as it Cheek, Dean of the School of Social Sci- pulses from the suitcase-sized speaker ences on page 2. Photo by Katelyn Moore McCOLLAR, JOHNSON AND EGSC PRESIDENT BOEHMER AAMI hosts first MLK program by HARRY DUKES, sophomore, then spoke Barack Obama and oth- EGSC Swainsboro about spending two er prominent figures in Days before the birth- years in the AAMI pro- history as well as biblical day of Martin Luther gram before introducing figures such as John and King, Jr., students walked keynote speaker Rev Dr. Paul. into the auditorium on Francys Johnson. John- “It felt like being in the the cold night of January son, the state president presence of greatness,” Photo by Jessica Palumbo 14. Under its current di- of the NAACP, has been said Jabarri Williams af- AUTUMN COXWELL PRACTICES SIDE PLANK POSITION IN PHED 1101 rector, Jonathan McCol- an ordained minister for ter meeting Dr. Johnson. lar, the African American 18 years and is Senior “He said some mean- Male Initiative (AAMI) Minister at the Mount ingful things about how The Smithsonian visits Swainsboro! program at East Geor- Mariah Missionary Bap- blacks back then didn’t The Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibit, part of the Smithso- gia State College held its tist Church in Pembroke have the opportunity to nian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition program and presented first program celebrating and the Magnolia Mis- go to college but now we by Georgia Humanities, opens Saturday, March 19, at the East Georgia State the influence of Dr. King. sionary Baptist Church do.” College Luck Flanders Gambrell Center Rotunda in Swainsboro. Swains- The program began in Statesboro and is also boro is the first stop on the exhibit’s travels around Georgia, and the Grand with an introduction by a member of Diamond Members of AAMI Opening and Ribbon Cutting will be held Saturday, March 19. There will be Deborah Kittrell Mike- Life. presented Dr. Johnson many dignitaries in attendance, and a tailgate party will be held to celebrate! ll, Director of Academic “We should continue with the “Carrier of the Visit www.ega.edu/hometownteamsec for more information on upcoming events. Advising and former di- doing our part to pay Dream” award in ap- rector of AAMI. Agape our respect to those who preciation for his partic- Worship Center provid- came before us,” said ipation, and McCollar ed gospel music, and one Dr. Johnson, speaking of ended the program by of EGSC’s own, Germain Dr. King and the value thanking everyone who Williams, sang with the of an education. He also attended. “If Dr. King choir. discussed the lineage of was here, he would be Jabarri Williams, a leaders such as President proud,” he said. INSIDE THIS EDITION... Physical Ed. ............2 Language ................3 Race Politics ...........4 East Georgia’s “voice of the students” wants to hear from you! Entertainment .......5 If you are interested in writing for The Hoopee Bird, contact one of our faculty advisors: Sports......................6 SWAINSBORO: Jessica Palumbo, [email protected] STATESBORO: Dr. Ren Denton, [email protected] Opinion ..................7 AUGUSTA: Lindy Blount, [email protected] CONTACT US The Hoopee Bird DEADLINES EDITORIAL POLICY Letters to the editor must be accompanied by the author’s East Georgia State College News items: 131 College Circle name, phone number and email address. All columns and letters to the editor are the opinion of the author. The views Swainsboro, GA 30401 Monday, March 7 expressed in the Editorial section do not necessarily express [email protected] those of the The Hoopee Bird. 2 – HOOPEE BIRD | www.ega.edu Wednesday, February 24, 2016 EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN CONTROVERSY Preparing mind and body: A defense of the Liberal Arts by DEAN H. LEE of your choice. Instead, modern sense—and the for an education of mal- central part of a liberal our potential as scholars. CHEEK, JR., School of So- a devotion to the liberal ensuing decline of per- content and obscurity, education. For Plato, the At a time when the of- cial Sciences arts is an attachment to sonal freedom. the ends of a liberal ed- mind and the body were fering of physical edu- The liberal arts help or- discovering the truth. When the influence of ucation must also be eth- integrated, and this is a cation courses is coming der the soul. In a demo- A liberal art curriculum the older approach to ical. At the minimum, concept that we still af- under increased scrutiny, cratic society, the perpet- trains students to think liberal learning, which a liberal education de- firm today; in fact, with- uation of the social and critically and imagina- appreciated the need for pends upon the attempt out a healthy mind and a let us remember Plato’s political order depends tively. personal liberty to be to transmit the salient healthy body, one could warning: the body and on an educated popu- Unfortunately, the old- connected with the social aspects of the older tra- not be considered to be the mind must be chal- lace. If a society is to pre- er foundational elements order, began to dissipate, dition to the rising gen- fully educated: “In order lenged together, as we vail, it must preserve and of what is commonly a new approach took eration. The imparting for man to succeed in develop as scholars in transmit the intellectual referred to as Western shape. In the eighteenth of the proper tools, the life, God provided him and cultural patrimony civilization have lost century, “enlightened” instruments of learn- with two means, educa- search of the truth and that gives it coherence much influence. Ed- thinkers propagated a ing, can guide a student tion and physical activ- the good life. We need and wholeness. mund Burke’s “bank new view of history and throughout his or her ity. Not separately, one physical education class- The liberal arts are of- and capital of the ages,” humankind that disput- life; such an education for the soul and the other es for many reasons, and ten misunderstood, how- the norms and traditions ed the claims of classical nurtures the intellect and for the body, but for the not the least of these is to ever. The “liberal” arts kept alive by families, and religious insights the moral imagination of two together. With these provide for as complete have nothing to do with churches, universities, into education. The En- the student. means, humankind can an education as possible. a specific political idea or among other groups, is lightenment solution One of the most im- attain perfection.” Ac- movement; in fact, you in some disrepute. At the was to separate the indi- portant and influential cordingly, it is no acci- Let us keep our physi- could support the liber- heart of the problem lies vidual from the species, thinkers of all time, Pla- dent that part of a liberal cal education course re- al arts and be a follower an inability on the part and this view has greatly to, the great philosopher education includes phys- quirement as a way to of Bernie Sanders or Ted of the West to realize the influenced education in of ancient Athens, sug- ical education. To have help us fulfill our calling Cruz, or any other polit- limits of its elevation of America. gested the importance one without the other is to the liberal arts. ical candidate or cause reason—in a thoroughly Contrary to the praise of physical fitness as a to allow us to fall short of P.E. courses are essential Remove the P.E. requirement by JACQUELINE YEPE, EGSC Swains- obstacle to speedy graduation.

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