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Happy Fall, Y'all! Honor Council DURING AUGUST, HONOR COUNCIL HEARD ONE CASE: Case Results Case 120: Honor Code: I will not lie, Deliberate—Sanctions include 2 years Disciplinary cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do. Probation, a letter of apology, and a reflective essay Want to see your name in print? GMC Columbus’ Student Newspaper September 2014 Get involved with The Bark! Staff What’s Inside: Bailey Carter, Editor Contact Mrs. Carter Advice Column: Ask Tee Bre’shan Williams, Contributor at Kirren Jackson, Contributor Monthly Music Memo [email protected] Talees’ya Johnson, Contributor Inspirational Tidbit CaDarius Scott, Contributor Honor Council Case Results September Events @GMCColumbus www.facebook.com/gmccolumbus Happy Fall, GMC Columbus’ Student Newspaper September 2014 Y’all! An Inspirational Tidbit, brought to you by Bre’shan Williams Dictionary.com defines “Inspire” as “to produce or arouse a feeling or thought.” The goal when inspiring others is to show them they can be successful in life through any circumstances. Never —The Bark!’s Advice Column! give up on your dreams and they will turn into reality. Yvonne Harvey-Williams is a great, inspiring speaker whose motto is “It’s not about your start; it’s all about your finish…so finish BIG!” By Talees’ya Johnson To learn more, visit www.speak2inspire.com Hello GMC Bulldogs!!! I hope your first couple of weeks have been amazing!!! As you may already know, midterms are fast approaching. Remember to study and do all of Monthly Music Memo your work. Go see some of the fantastic tutors that we have in person as well as by CaDarius Scott online. Also, some study tips are: do not wait until the last minute to study, highlight important facts, make study notes/cards, and maybe start a study group. I hope and I VMAs Rundown: want to encourage all of you to do well on your midterms. On another tip, if you do The MTV Video Music Awards was show stopping. not do well, meet with you Professor to see what you can do to improve on your Some of the best performances in the business hit final and in the class in general. If you have any problems, questions, or concerns, do the stage. One of the best was Sam Smith, who not hesitate to ask me. If you would like to suggest things for me to talk about just took the stage singing his smash hit “Stay With give me a holler. Remember, I am Tee and all you have to do is ask me!! Me.” Sam had everyone at home crying for no reason; his singing is just that good. Winners of the To submit your questions, visit www.tinyurl.com/asktee. Your question could be night include Miley Cyrus, Drake, Katy Perry, and featured in the next edition of The Bark! more, but the biggest winner had to be Beyoncé. She took the stage to sing what seemed like her whole album, but the best part had to be when little Blue Ivy cheered for her mother while she accepted her award. How did Beyoncé shut down 106 & Park? Karrueche Tran, the new co-host of the show, took her time to make a joke Kevin Mazur/MTV1415/Getty Images for MTV about how nappy Blue Ivy’s hair was at the awards show! OH NO! Next thing you know the show has stopped for a whole week for the first time in 8 years. Behold, the power of the Bey. New Releases: In other news, T.I. announced his new album. Jennifer Hudson new album, JHUD, will be released September 23. Wiz Khalifa’s new album, Blacc Hollywood, took the number one spot on Billboard 200, and you should go pick it up! Stay tuned to my Monthly Music Memo for the scoop on today’s music scene! Check out how much fun Want to take our survey?? Visit www.tinyurl.com/musicmemo to tell us your thoughts! everyone had at the SGA-sponsored Six Flags Excursion!! GMC Columbus’ Student Newspaper September 2014 .
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