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The George-Anne Student Media Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 8-21-2003 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" (2003). The George-Anne. 3024. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/3024 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]. ^^■^^^^■^H t established 192'. Covering the campus like a swarm of gnats The Official GSU HISTORY SPORTS Serving up previews for both Eagle Soccer and Volleyball • * Learn about the Page 6 rich tradition of a www.stp.gasou.edu »* little school in the South. Section B • ♦ «* «« • • Freshmen Enrollment Operation Move-pi 2003 ♦ • On The Rise Faculty and staff help to move nearly 3,000 students into GSU's 12 residence halls • * By Brittany Gates [email protected] By Luke M. Hearn [email protected] » * The freshmen are taking over! Ok, they aren't really taking over. It is just that there are more fresh- Saturday was a very exciting day for many students men on campus this year than in the past year. This here at Georgia Southern, as well as for the school itself, as • % year, the freshmen class will cap at around 2800-3000 Operation Move-in kicked off for another year, with nearly students. 3,000 students moving into the residence halls. Operation Last year, GSU saw around 2500 freshmen. Move-in is a continuing tradition here at GSU and takes However, some were not "true" freshmen. "True" place on the day that the residence halls open their doors • • freshmen are those that meet the minimum SAT for the fall semester. While the students were enthused scores that GSU mandates. Those that applied to GSU to finally be able to move into their new rooms, GSU was that didn't meet the requirement went into a learn- celebrating the opening of the two new residence halls on •«. ing track to improve their skills. These freshmen are campus: Southern Courtyard and Southern Pines. counted in the total population,but not in the "true" On this verymonumentaldayfor many students, faculty freshmen category. The number of "true" freshmen and staff members volunteer their time to assist the students increased by 200 from last year's numbers. who are moving into the halls. From helping to unload cars Dr. Teresa Thompson, associate vice president of and carry boxes to working information desks in each hall, Admissions, said there were many reasons for the the faculty and staff volunteers do all that they can to make * * increase of freshmen enrollment. The new IT and this day run smoothly. "They act to facilitate the moving Nursing buildings along with the newly constructed process into the residence halls," says Vickie Hawkins, direc- residence halls are some of the items that appealed tor of University Housing. "It really shows the caring staff to them. Plus, most of them see what alumni are that we have here at GSU," she said. doing and it gives them the push to come to GSU, There were other campus groups involved Saturday, seeing that they achieve much success from here. including the Christian Campus Fellowship, as well as a One good example is the recent announcement of a couple of fraternities. GSU alumni becoming the director of the Kennedy While talking with students and parents, all had very Space Center. positive comments to share. Cathy Carter, the mother of Thompson also said that GSU possesses what she Freshman Amanda Carter who was moving into Southern Dallas Oliver/STAFF calls the'personal touch." Larger colleges in Georgia, Pines, said that she was impressed with the very friendly From RA's to President Grube, members of the Georgia Southern community all turned out last Saturday to according to Thompson, don't give freshmen the assist the thousands of students moving into their new homes. Over the past few years, Operation Move-In has care they deserve, causing some to leave because they See Move-In, Page 5 grown to become the defining activity of many students'first day here at GSU. feel like a number instead of a productive member on campus. GSU has faculty and staff that treat freshmen like people and help them through their ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ Unwtttrtr. WMtibftTO;.CwMjpi first year at college. Thompson said that if students on a' m weren't made to feel comfortable in every sphere, WWW.GEORGIASOUTHERN.EDU not just in academics or student life, they would become disinterested and leave. As Thompson put GSU's website gets a new name - and a new look * * it, "GSU is very student-centered." ^GEORGIA SOU1HERN By Brittany Gates The reason for the change, according to But the new buildings on campus and word of v £ R S I T Y [email protected] mouth aren't the only things that helped enrollment Taylor, was because the old website had many increase. According to Thompson, the Admissions Frequent visitors to GSU's website may have issues such as difficulty of finding certain sites Office did much to recruit students and make noticed a few subtle changes on Monday that or links. They wanted to revamp the site to them feel welcome at GSU. They developed more made it look a little different. organize information so it would be easier to 4 » programs, such as Scholars' Day (in which students It looks different because GSU's entire site find and be as useful as possible. with SATs above 1200 come to campus and meet was updated through the hard work of Web- The site has many improvements, such with different faculty and staff and learn about what master Scott Taylor in Information Technology as different sites for different audiences. • * GSU has to offer and use current students in their Services, the Web Oversight Policy Committee, Prospective students and parents see all the recruitment strategy.) and the Office of Marketing and Communica- Special Photo tions. See Website, Page 5 • • Week of Welcome brings Comicview to GSU 'Blackout 2003' By Bryan Forman • • [email protected] How safe is our power? All the signs of a new semester have begun to. emerge. By Luke M. Hearn electricity. [email protected] The floodof students attemptfngto buy books, As more and more evidence is uncov- the resurgence of Statesboro's local economy, the "Blackout 2003," as it is being called by ered and as experts find new leads to the chicken fingers a la Landrum, Big E licking his fist some in the Northeastern United States, was source of the problem, one question still to some smooth jazz. If that last one doesn't seem the largest blackout in history. Eight states looms.ineveryone'smind:'cCouldithappen so familiar it's probably because you weren't at and an estimated fifty million people were here in the Southeast?" the B.E.T Comicview special that took place on affected by the power outages that literally According to Sakis Meliopoulos, an Monday in the Student Union, where students shut down that region of the nation. electrical engineering professor at Georgia were presented with two hours of stuff so funny Experts are still working to find exactly Tech, as quoted in The Macon Telegraph, it would make you want to cry. why the power grid failed which serves most "The outage hit the most densely popu- B.E.T, which stands for Black Entertainment of the Northeast, One possible cause could lated part of the country. Because Georgia's Television, is a channel devoted to African-Ameri- be due to the out-dated technology and population is more spread out than the can music and programming. The program Com- equipment that are currently in place. Northeast, the state puts less demand on its Comedians from B.E.T's Com- icview showcases a number of comedians from all According to an article in the New York distribution systems. The risk is less than icview performed Monday as races who are given a chance to perform shows Times, it costs billions of dollars to imple- that up North." part of the University's Week in front of a large audience. Big E, Tre Love, J In a report released by Georgia Power, of Welcome. ment the necessary upgrades and to replace Baby, and Dexter Angry are four comedians who equipment, and consumers can only see the company stated that it is, in fact, possible have appeared on the show previously and gave a rising prices in their energy bills as a result. that the South could have an outage similar smaller performance for the enj oyment of Georgia Another possibility could be that Americans to the one in the Northeast, but that their are using many new products that require See Blackout, Page 5 See Comicview, Page 5 Today's Weather Only in America AM 4* Sports Inside •Savannah man survives what •Paintballshootingtumsdeadly • Real Fast Quick Briefs from the ■ The Performing Arts Center Police Beat 2A lightning never does twice in Pennsylvania world of Sports schedule is loaded with News Briefs 2A HIGH events for everyone this Fall Classifieds 10A-11A •California banks nowaccepting •The Falcons' worst fears are realized with Vick's injury babies for deposit Crossword 11A Horoscope 10A LOW Comics 10A Sports 6A,9A 1* Isolated / I Page 3 A&E 12A Thunderstorms Page 9 Page 12 S* "[email protected] Williams Center Rm.
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