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The WEST GEORGIANEst. 1934 VOLUME 71, EDITION FIVE OCTOBER 10 - OCTOBER 16, 2016 Women’s Golf Victorious in Myrtle Beach Photo Courtesy of UWG Athletics What’s Inside? ROBOCOPP New technology to protect college students from crime / / PAGE 2 ter only the first day, UWG had an 11 sistently posting low scores which en- Daniel Forte JOSE FERNANDEZ stroke lead and were firmly in control of abled the Wolves to be competitive in MLB reeling after star News Editor the tournament. Day 2 brought tough any tournament they compete in. [email protected] pitcher’s sudden death playing conditions, but the Wolves “Winning a tournament has / / PAGE 5 were able to hold on to their lead, de- an individual is of course amazing, but spite shooting ten shots higher than certainly winning as a team is always a The UWG Women’s golf team is con- the previous day. bigger deal,” said Bremm. “You realize tinuing their impressive season by “We knew going into this tour- that all the hard hours you practice as beating 16 other teams at the Myrtle nament that we would need to finish a team are starting to pay off and this MAC MILLER PREVIEW Beach Intercollegiate tournament on ahead of Pembroke,” said teammate feeling is great.” Mac Miller brings The Oct. 3-4. It was UWG’s first tourna- and Sports Information Graduate As- Maria Torres was also a strong Devine Feminine Tour to ment win as a team in nearly a year. sistant Taylor Sarratt. “We don’t get to individual player for the Wolves, finish- Atlanta The Wolves finished with a combined play teams like Pembroke that much ing in fourth place with a score of 149. / / PAGE 7 two round score of 608 to put them six and we are ranked very closely so we Torres got off to a hot start by shooting strokes ahead of second place finish- need to make sure we beat them when a career low two-under par 70. Torres er Lenoir-Rhyne University. Franziska we do.” hung on with a 79 on day two to secure Bremm was the anchor for the Wolves, Last, year, Limestone College a top-5 finish. finishing in second place individually. finished slightly higher in the rankings, Coach Barry Harwell has his AWKWARD BLACK GIRL UWG jumped out to an early thus taking UWG’s spot in the regional team building momentum towards the Youtuber debuts new HBO lead on day one of the tournament, tournament. end of the fall season. With a top-five TV show firing a combined 299, the only score “Our goal this year is definite- and top-ten finish earlier in the sea- / / PAGE 7 below 300 among all 17 teams. UWG ly to make the region tournament, and son, the Wolves are ready to take on went into the contest looking to finish possibly go farther,” said Sarratt. the field at the Saint Leo Invitational in ahead of UNC Pembroke, one of the Sophomore Franziska Bremm Saint Leo, Florida. Round one starts on teams out of conference rivals. Af- has been the star for the group, con- Oct. 17 at Lake Jovita Golf Club. Clinton Targets Millennials in Philly Speech lege” and “scourge of systematic racism.” note and addressed the ongoing discrimination in Anna Anabseh Clinton elaborated on these topics through- today’s society. She believes that Americans should Contributing Writer out her speech by stating her plans to keep millen- not be content with the progress made. [email protected] nials engaged and involved in America’s future. She “Too many young black men and women are spoke about an increase in job opportunities for made to feel like their lives are disposable.” said Clin- young adults after college in the “middle of an eco- ton. “Too many immigrants are living in fear of depor- Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke at Temple University in nomic crisis.” She affirmed her belief that this gener- tation. Too many young LGBT Americans are bullied. Philadelphia on Sept. 19 and addressed students on ation should have every opportunity to succeed and Too many young women and men are sexually as- how she will further help them if elected as president. work in their field of passion. saulted on campus or in the military or at home.” In her campaign, she shifted her focus to In cohesion to opening up more jobs, Clin- Clinton reassured that she indeed cares millennial voters the last month before the election. ton also wanted to make higher education more at- about working to fix the most important issues with She called them “the most diverse and open” gener- tainable. Clinton mentioned that she developed a the help of the younger generation. ation that will be crucial to America’s future and per- plan with former opponent Bernie Sanders to “make Lastly, Clinton encouraged millennials to sonally praised young adults for their work in political public college tuition-free for working families.” Clin- register to vote, as she claims that “not voting is not and social issues. ton’s plans for education also involve working to an option.” She reminded them that it is going to be In her speech, she addressed most of the lower student debt or completely diminish it because a close election, so every vote will count. Clinton is problems affecting the millennial generation: job se- higher education should not be a burden. right in that millennials should register and vote on curity in the economic crisis, “the soaring cost of col- Next, she shifted her speech to a heavier Nov. 8. Put your press hats on and EXTRA, join our team! Come to our staff meetings every Monday at 9:30 a.m. EXTRA! in UCC 111 or email us at [email protected] thewestgeorgian.com thewestgeorgian @thewestgeorgian Facebook.com/TheWestGeorgian 2 | October 10 - October 16, 2016 | Vol. 71, Ed. 5 | The West Georgian living west Sleepout for the Homeless Cleopatra Job Contributing Writer of it. [email protected] Homeless is very close to the university, and students need to be aware of this. The members of the Nu Phi chapter “Homelessness is in Carrollton of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorpo- and some people don’t know that” said rated hosted their annual Sleepout for Jinks. “I just found out that there is a the Homeless event, which lasted 12 homeless shelter on Maple Street. hours, on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Jinks wants to convey to stu- The goal was to put students in dents that how we perceive the home- an environment similar to people expe- less is not always correct. Each per- riencing homelessness. The Sleepout son has their own unique story about was not for enjoyment, but to raise their situation, whether they were born awareness about what the homeless homeless or forced into homelessness. endure. “Most people simply overlook The event involved a group of homeless people, but it probably could students spending the night outside. be something deeper than a screw The students did not have any blan- up in their life,” said Jinks. “You never kets, sheets, pillows or shelter. Stu- know what homeless people are going dents who attended experienced what through. These are people who prob- it was like to be uncomfortable, cold ably lost everything they had and are Photo: Cleopatra Job and hungry for a night. living off nothing and have nothing.” People sleep outside every Homeless awareness is im- taken care of. The same urgency is not “Hopefully this can turn from an day and have no home to go to to es- portant because there are people who exhibited towards the impoverished. event with Phi Beta Sigma to an event cape harsh weather conditions. become homeless every day, but it is “Oh, somebody got shot so for the campus.” said Jinks. “Anybody Jovan Jinks, president of the not always recognized. People do not they want to do a cop forum, but there who wants to sleep out around campus Nu Phi chapter, felt this event was nec- pay attention to homelessness as they are people out there, homeless people, can just come and pay tribute to home- essary, since no one hosts events for do other tragedies. Any other crisis, that most people don’t know about” less people.” the homeless. He wanted UWG stu- whether it be a life-threatening dis- said Jinks. Phi Beta Sigma plans to con- dents to be aware of the severity of ease, shooting or car accident, elicits Furthermore, Phi Beta Sigma tinue bringing awareness to the stu- poverty in Carrollton. He said it does a response from the entire community hopes this event will become campus dents of UWG about homelessness in exist, though some may not be mindful to make sure the people affected are wide. Carrollton and all over the world. technology ROBOCOPP Combats Crime on Campuses Nationwide Anndrea Ours Editor-in-Chief but is helping college stu- 70 percent of armed robbers “It is a [email protected] dents in a big way. Over 100 flee after the alarm sounds. simple idea that college campuses nation- Another study by UNC Char- works,” said wide have handed Sound lotte Department of Crimi- Turner. Grenades out to students nal Justice and Criminology The San A simple yet effective device and the company has seen showed that around 80 per- Francisco based is helping university students numerous success stories cent of criminals check for company was nationwide protect them- with the device. an alarm before taking ac- created in hopes selves in crime situations. “I had a girl tell me tion.