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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 9-14-2010 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (2010). The George-Anne. 2165. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/2165 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Get Pumped! Eagles at the Navy www.gadaily.com CRI host the GSU Tire Everyone’s heard about Tell us how you feel about Inflation Campaign in the last Saturday’s game, last week’s football game. RAC parking lot. First 500 but check out the sports Do you think this year will be students get free tire gauges. section for post-game info. GSU’s seventh national title? page 3 page 15 Take the poll online. Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Volume 83 • Issue 24 THE Serving Georgia Southern and Statesboro since 1927 GEORGE-ANNE Virtual food court Round house to the face comes to the Boro Ayana MOORE • guest writer Statesboro’s Food Court Want good food delivered to your door free Buffalos Southwest Cafe of a service fee? There’s an app for that. Holiday’s Greek and Italian A Facebook app, to be specific. El Sombrero This fall, Campus Special, the group Gnat’s Landing responsible for the $100 bill coupon book Heavenly Ham used at over 90 campuses across the country, Little Caesars launched a virtual Food Court, a site that allows Ocean Gallery Seafood you to order food for take-out or delivery while RJ’s Seafood and Steak you update your Facebook status. Southern Billard’s and Burgers The application is essentially an online Sugar Magnolia Bakery food catalogue, featuring local restaurants of Vandy’s BBQ Statesboro and listing their full menus, hours Emma’s Restaurant & Lounge of operation, and addresses linked to maps. Fordham’s Farm House Also, the website allows the user to browse Mangiamo by cuisine or menu search for a certain craving, Mr. Omelette such as fries, to see all available options. Past The Grill orders are even saved for convenience. Walker Pharmacy Georgia Southern senior marketing major Alisha Rand worked with Campus Special back for our coupon book,” said Jacobs. over the summer to help launch Food Court in He said he really listens to students and that Statesboro and said her internship was one of his top priority is saving them money. the best things she has ever done. “We are essentially paying students to use “I did everything, from ads sales, to our site,” he said. distribution, to logistics, and the art. I didn’t Not only is Jacobs responsible for saving know how good I was at sales, and the student big bucks, but every year he also experience talking to so many different kinds gives 300 students internships with Campus of people made me more confident,” said Rand. Special. After attending a training conference Joe Jacobs, cofounder of Campus Special, in Chicago, interns handle relations with local Kelysha McCoy-Denis/STAFF was very excited about the success of the restaurants on campuses. The GSU Mixed Martial Arts Club had its annual MMA exhibition at the Russel Union launch. Rotunda last Wednesday to raise funds for their club. See page 2 for more photos of the exhibition and other events from the past week. “The idea for Food Court came with feed See VIRTUAL Page 11 Finished? Today Wednesday Contents News .........3 Features......12 Newsroom 478-5246 www.gadaily.com Recycle this 90|63 90|63 Opinions ......4 Classifieds ....14 Advertising 478-5418 PO Box 8001 newspaper! Clear Clear Police Beat ....6 Sports .......15 Fax 478-7113 Statesboro, GA 30460 2|NEWS The George-Anne Tuesday, September 14, 2010 March for gay rights, MMA fights Kelsey Decker/STAFF Georgia Southern students attended Savannah’s first Queer Power March. Various Georgia university Kelysha McCoy-Denis/STAFF organizations, including GSU’s Gay MMA club members showed off their skills in an Straight Alliance participated in exhibition held at the Rotunda last week. Students the march in downtown Savannah had the opportunity to display their own martial with banners and decorated cars arts knowledge or simply blow off some steam promoting unity and awareness of between classes on one of the MMA club’s pad gay rights. protected defenders. Constitution Day Celebration Thursday, September 16th at 1-3pm in the Russell Union Commons Tuesday, September 14, 2010 www.gadaily.com NEWS|3 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS GSU: $.8 billion business The George-Anne is the o cial student to accept ads for legitimate products newspaper of Georgia Southern and services only. Students are urged to University, owned and operated by GSU exercise caution when replying to ads- Eagle’s economic impact, positive growth for local economy students using facilities provided by the particularly those which require a credit university. The newspaper is the oldest card number, other personal information, continuously published newspaper in or money in advance of the delivery of Kelley NORMAN Bulloch County and Statesboro, Ga. The a product or service. Students are also E ngham, Bryan, Candler, Emanuel, newspaper is a designated public forum urged to report to the newspaper any guest writer Evans, Jenkins and Screven counties. “We are proud that even for the Georgia Southern community. suspicious o ers which they might see in “A lot of people that work in during these very different Opinions expressed herein are those an ad. Remember, if an o er seems too Georgia Southern’s impact on the [GSU] or do work related to [GSU] of the student writers and editors and good to be true, it probably is. economic times, [GSU] can DO NOT necessarily re ect those of region of southeast Georgia totaled live in di erent counties; they don’t have such a positive financial the faculty, sta or administration of DISPLAY AD DEADLINE: The deadline $795.3 million during the 2010 just live in Bulloch County,” Sibbald GSU, the Student Media Advisory Board for reserving space and submitting impact on our community. scal year, an impact that spans nine said. or the University System of Georgia. advertising copy is Noon, one week prior The growth of the University The newspaper is published twice to the intended publication date. For counties. e survey also highlights GSU’s weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, more information, rate cards, sample GSU president Brooks Keel said economic impact on the creation of has led to continued during most of the academic year. Any publications, contact the advertising the economic impact was a positive jobs, totaling 9,206; this as a result of growth in the region and it questions regarding content should manager or student media director. growth for the local economy and what economists call the multiplier translates into a positive be directed to the student editor by phone at 912.478.5246 or at gaeditor@ PROOFING/ERRORS/OMISSIONS: The businesses in the region. e ect. bottom line for businesses georgiasouthern.edu. Readers may access newspaper makes every reasonable e ort “We are proud that even during “If you go out and have dinner throughout the region” the newspaper and its archives at www. to correct and complete information these very di cult economic times, at the Millhouse [Steakhouse], you gadaily.com. in advertisements. However the advertiser is responsible for any errors [GSU] can have such a positive spend $25 with a couple of friends Brooks Keel ADVERTISING: The newspaper accepts in advertisements and its liability for nancial impact on our community,” for dinner, the money you pay for president of GSU advertising as a community service to adjustments is limited to the amount Keel said. “ is is the fourth year dinner supports a job,” Sibbald said. help defray publication costs. Inquiries of space the error occupied in the ad. in a row that the university has “ ey in turn take that money and should be directed to the ADS or Further, the newspaper is not responsible PAGES, P.O. Box 8001, Georgia Southern for any damages caused due to an ad’s contributed more than $700 million spend it on something else.” said. University, or by calling 912.478.5418 or omission form a particular edition and its to the local economy totaling nearly Sibbald said the survey is a J.J. Crawford, the operations 912.478-0566. You can fax any questions responsibility solely is to reschedule the ad $3 billion in just four years. conservative estimate as it excludes manager of Gray’s College Bookstore, to 912.478.7113 or e-mail ads1@ in the next regular edition at the regular georgiasouthern.edu. advertising rates. “ e growth of the university some of the economic activity that con rmed the calculations of the has led to continued growth in takes place at GSU. report and said 90-95 percent of the DISTRIBUTION: The newspaper is CIRCULATION INFORMATION: Mail the region and it translates into a “ ere’s a greater economic store’s income comes from students. distributed free to the community of GSU. subscriptions are not available at this time. However, readers may visit our web site for positive bottom line for businesses impact than we’re giving credit for,” “We did see a small increase in COLOPHONE: The newspaper is printed free access to current and past issues. Visit throughout the region,” he said.