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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 11-17-2015 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" (2015). The George-Anne. 2889. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/2889 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]. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2015 GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WWW.THEGEORGEANNE.COM VOLUME 90, ISSUE 26 THE GEORGE-ANNE ARE YOU EAGLES READY TO HEAD TO ATHENS? WE'VE GOT A FEW TIPS AND TRICKS FOR YOU! Alcohol laws Killer spots to Cole Swindell: 4 tips to stay New to the rules Can't make it RepphV the safe in Athens of the road? The to Athens for you need to kill time #TrueBlue from road trip rules the big game? know the 'Boro to the will help you out! Check out these Big City viewing parties! Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 10 >ason EAGLES J - « Js 3JL TAKE championship HOME OPENER The Eagles cruised to victory over Webber International 116-49 in Hanner Fieldhouse PAGEN PAGE 13 ©GeorgeAnneDaily 11-17-15 aae 2 ALT NOT VJEftR ft ft Tuesday Wednesday Thursday High: 74° High: 76° High: 71° High: 68° Low:61° Low: 66° Low:49° Low:43° MAKING IT HOME MOCK MEDIATION COMES SAFELY AT ATHENS HOME VICTORIOUS s The UGA vs. Georgia Southern football ■ game this weekend will not be solely about The Mock Mediation went to Drake University a the game. Before getting behind the wheel of m in Des Moines, Iowa on November 13th and 14th = a motor vehicle after drinking keep in mind 2 to represent GSU in their competition. The UGA Campus Transit will give free shuttle £ different types of transportation for the highly While there they also went to the Mediator's service to and from the game. Buses will begin ^ intoxicated in Athens. 1 World Congress, where international mediators running five and half hours before kickoff and stop s came together in order to give advice to each running 15 minutes before kickoff. other and host workshops. The Mock Mediation team brought home six awards and ranked in the Top 10 at the international competition for the 3rd consecutive year. UBER -5th place/ advocate client team Things t< -10th place mediation team If you are unfamiliar with UBER, it is a cost effec- -4 all world advocates tive way to get from point A to point B. The uber ATHENSEDin radius for Athens runs north to south from Com- Next semester, on April 8th and 9th, the GSU merce, GA to Greensboro, GA. From east to west, Adeline Kenerly wins Miss Georgia 2015. Mock Mediation team will be hosting their own invitational tournament. the radius runs from Monroe, GA to Philomath, GA. Bernie Sanders visited Atlanta on Friday September 11th. UGA students make a petition protesting the Iran Nuclear Deal. The petition calls SPORTS SHORTS for Congress to vote against the deal. -Women's Basketball will go from two 20 ATHENS minutes halves to four 10 minutes quarters. Nick Chubb was injured in Tennessee More information at gseagles.com game. On October 10th, Nick Chubb hyper- -Women's volleyball lost on Friday against extended his knee, forcing him to sit out Appalachian State 0-3. the rest of the season. The ATS provides a Shuttle Bus. The fare is -On Saturday, women's volleyball won against $10.00 round trip. The bus runs from the airport to Jeb Bush visited UGA campus before UGA- Georgia State 3-2. the UGA arch. Fares are $1.75 otherwise. South Carolina game. -Men's soccer lost on Saturday against Georgia State 3-5. It's Never Too Early- or Too Late to Visit Career Services With the title "Office of Career Services", a lot learning what your Career Development Special- of students understandably assume the only thing ist can do for you, it will only help you in the REFLECT0RGSU.COM the office is good for is job searching and resume long run. Your Career Development Specialist writing. But, the services offered within the Of- is a person too and with so many students being bvJamar Bovd fice of Career Services go much deeper than that seen a continued persistence, or need of their ser- and can help you at any stage of your collegiate vice, will allow you to stand out. With "standing career. Here are four ways you will benefit from out" come a lot of advantages - including being using this valuable career resource. personally directed toward opportunities and per- 1. You will be Proactive. sonal reference letters. You will get a head start on your career hunt and 4.You will compete & WIN. the steps you need to take in order to get there. Like it or not, the job market is a competition and 2. You will discover what you know - & what most students are in school to eventually compete you don't. in that job market and come out on top. Taking You will be able to learn your interests, with advantage of the services within the Office of Ca- knowing your interest and being able to act on reer Services will allow you to polish skills and them you will learn new strengths or uncover a learn what companies are looking for in students. weakness. With uncovering a weakness sooner The Office of Career Services offers walk-in you will have time to build from it and turn it into hours Monday through Friday from noon to 4 a "strength". pm. For a list of services offered within the of- With the Georgia Southern vs. University of Georgia 3.You will build relationships. fice, please visit our website at GeorgiaSouthern. From discovering Career Services early and edu/career. game approaching this weekend and game tickets selling out in li minutes, you can expect a tidal wave of blue in gold to take over Athens. GEORGIA If you've never been to a game day in this rowdy city, CO I ITi-l C D Kl CONTACT rHE OFFICE OF CAREER SESERVICES wV/U I It KIN GeorgiaSouthern.edu/career • 912-4'19/17P...R107 you may not know where to go or what to expect when UNIVERSITY you get there. From the best places to tailgate, to the "f i'J @gsucareers best time to go to the bars to watch the game, we have you covered. See the full story on ReAectorGSU.com Spread and cover designed by Alex Smith 11-17-15Ooinions 3 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS The George-Anne is the official student newspaper of Georgia GSU's NAACP Stands with Southern University, operated by GSU students using facilities provided by the university. The newspaper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Bulloch County. Concerned Student 1950 The newspaper is published twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, car carrying then marched protested and I, Jamar A. Boyd, II, stand during most of the academic year. with the black students Any questions regarding content JAMAR BOYD II President Tim Wolfe much more. They've shaken should be directed to the student in the homecoming America again and we plan at Mizzou. The Georgia editor by phone at 912.478.5246 or at Jamar is a senior sports parade. A swastika to shake up Georgia Southern Southern University NAACP gaeditor@georgiasouthern. edu. ADVERTISING: The newspaper managments major and vice was drawn; in University and Statesboro. stands in solidarity too. accepts advertising. Inquiries may president of the GSU NAACP human feces at a This University has an Georgia Southern and Statesboro can no longer be made by calling 912.478.5418 or residence hall. Then African American - student 912.478.0566. For questions e-mail this week. population of over 26%. ignore the black student and America is being shaken adsi@ georgiasouthern.edu. The KKK was present on Yes, 26%, but you'd be hard community population. The George-Anne receives additional once again. This time campus, threatening the lives pressed to find an adequate No longer can we ignore the support in part from the Student spearheaded by the bold, of black students and others representation of such fact of institutionalized racism Activities Budget Committee. For more courageous and unashamed .information, rate cards, or sample present at the University numbers on campus. and systematic oppression. black students at the publications, contact the advertising of Missouri declaring they We lack a sufficient number We join in with the Colleges University of Missouri. manager or student media director. would kill all the n*****s. of black professionals (faculty, and Universities across this The advertiser is responsible for The hashtag, Along with this was the staff and professors). In my nation and world who are any errors in advertisements and its #ConcernedStudentl950, seeming disregard given by four years here I've had three determined to eradicate and liability for adjustments is limited to the brought attention to the amount of space the error occupied University Police and the black professors and only eliminate this epidemic. damning issues at Mizzou. in the ad. Further, the newspaper is city of Columbia, MO. As one male and the only one The road won't be easy, African American students not responsible for any damages their alert system through who was tenured.