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TUESDAY The www.ksusentinel.com Feb. 24, 2009 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 20 ENTINEL OF KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY SS SERVING SINCE 1966 In this issue NEWS Moseley 2 isn’t sick Owls shoot op /E D Obama 5 pwns Jesus A & L for 2nd win... Ooh la la! 7 Francofilms! Spo RTS Game, set, 11 match Around campus What: KSU Democrats General Body Meeting When: Tues. Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Where: Room 3007, Social Science Building Details: Free food What: Revolutio Benefit Performance, presented by The Collective When: Tues. Feb. 24, 9 p.m. Where: University Village Suites Details: Free live music What: Ash Wednesday masses with distribution of ashes When: Wed. Feb. 25, 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Where: Catholic Center (9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. services); fall short, University Room C, Student Center (12:30 p.m. service) What: SGA Meet & Greet When: Thurs. Feb. 26, 12:30 place – 1:30 p.m. Where: SGA Office, third floor of Student Center Details: Free food What: KSU Concerto Competition second Finals When: Thurs. Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Where: Performance Hall, Bailey Performance Center Details: Free at A-Sun Weather champs After winning the title WEDNESDAY THURSDAY last year, the men’s HIGH 61° HIGH 65° LOW 39° LOW 48° track and field team fell just short of bringing home FRIDAY SATURDAY a second trophy HIGH 62° HIGH 58° LOW 43° LOW 38° at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships in SUNDAY MONDAY Photos courtesy of asunphotos.com Johnson City, Tenn. on HIGH 55° HIGH 54° Casey Strickland (top) and Jill Arthur (above) participated in the men’s and women’s LOW 32° LOW 38° track teams’ second place finishes at the A-Sun Indoor Championships. Feb. 20-21. 2/19, 2/26, 3/5: “Get Involved!” Meetings (12:30, Univ. Rms) elieve2/19, 2/26,i 3/5:n “Get Involved!”F Meetings (12:30, Univ. Rms) elieve in F 3/3: Film Screening: “The End of America” B 3/3: Film Screening: “The End of America”RE B RE e Ee E (8pm, Social Science Building, Room 1019) W (8pm, Social Science Building, Room 1019) W . 3/4: Chautauqua Lecture: “The Beauty Myth Revealed” 3/4: Chautauqua Lecture: “The Beauty Myth Revealed” (7pm, Social Science Building, Room 1021) (7pm, Social Science Building, Room 1021) 3/28: Family Fun Day: Horton Hears a Who (11am, Univ. Rooms) 3/28: Family Fun Day: Horton Hears a Who (11am, Univ. Rooms) 3/31: Paul Watson, founder of Greenpeace 3/31: Paul Watson, founder of Greenpeace (7pm, Social Science Building, Room 1021) (7pm, Social Science Building, Room 1021) The Page • News SENTINEL Tuesday, Feb. 4, 009 Moseley admits to lying, not sick CaitLYN VAN ORDEN in the Student Center; testing cost $25 for NEws EDITOR Caucasians and was free for minorities due to the National Marrow Donor Program’s John Moseley, namesake of the “Courage: extreme need for minority donors. For each A Campaign for John Moseley” movement, minority tested, one Caucasian could be has admitted that he is not in fact ill. tested for free. Over 500 people attended Moseley, a KSU freshman and member the event, having their cheeks swabbed to of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, claimed to join the national registry in order to find a be suffering from aplastic anemia, a rare match for Moseley. blood disorder that renders bone marrow In addition to the testing drive, members unable to produce enough blood-form- of Greek organizations at KSU and other ing stem cells. Moseley led his fraternity schools joined forces to hold various fund- to believe that he was in need of a bone raising events and sell awareness shirts. marrow transplant. “When his family told me they wouldn’t Dale Falk, Moseley’s fraternity brother, allow any fundraising to go to them but in- created a Facebook group titled “Courage: A stead to the AAMDS [Aplastic Anemia & Campaign for John Moseley” in October of Myelodysplastic Syndromes] Foundation, I last year in hopes of finding a bone marrow knew there was work to be done,” said Falk in http://news.kennesaw.edu/access/ match so that Moseley could receive the trans- October. “He told me that even if they couldn’t John Moseley www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/ plant. The group gained over 2,500 members. find a match for him, he was in this campaign msrs/celebration_calendar.shtml According to Falk, Moseley came forward to find someone out there a match.” to the fraternity on Sunday night. Although Moseley’s condition was a lie, “Courage: A Kappa Sigma Campaign,” “Our brothers of Kappa Sigma are the Kappa Sigmas at KSU have decided to which had 187 members at press time. upset over the disappointing news of John remain dedicated to the cause. Following the receipt of Falk’s message, Moseley’s deception,” said Falk. “[His] “At this time, we plan on still following members began expressing their thoughts on actions have been handled in house by up with the original ‘Courage Campaign’ and the “Courage: A Campaign for John Moseley” our fraternity.” raising awareness for the huge need for bone group page. Falk sent a mass message to the group’s marrow donors,” said Falk. “I only met him one time, and to be com- members late Sunday night. The campaign’s efforts resulted in two pletely honest, I don’t think that I would have “It has become known that John Moseley matches being made for people in need of gone to the drive if I didn’t meet someone is no longer sick or anything of that nature. bone marrow transplants. hurt by this disease,” wrote Jenny Kasczak, He was diagnosed with aplastic anemia two “Phillip Hoffman of Georgia State, as a KSU psychology major. “Maybe I do not years ago before, but he lied to our chapter, well as a personal friend and brother of understand exactly what his intentions were, school and community about being sick at Omicron Kappa, Matt Preigal, both have and maybe he was trying to gain some sort of this time,” he wrote. been confirmed matches and plan on going attention… but maybe everyone can recog- In October of last year, the group hosted through with their donation[s]. Even with nize that without this lie, this drive probably one of the largest single-day bone marrow dark deception, there is light,” said Falk. wouldn’t have occurred.” testing drives ever held. The drive took place Falk has created a new Facebook group: Moseley could not be reached for comment. Thefts lead to new policy for theatre students CaitLYN VAN ORDEN duction manager of the Department of Theatre for classes. It feels as though someone’s isolated, NEws EDITOR & Performance Studies, said that Joseph Meeks, childish action has led to TPS majors getting ne- dean of the College of the Arts, and the faculty glected and marginalized one more time, and After an undisclosed number of pieces of equip- made the decision in the interest of protecting I don’t appreciate the gesture because whether ment were stolen from a computer lab located on the department financially. it was geared at theatre majors or not, we’re the the second floor of the Wilson Building, a new “It’s just not safe leaving [the computer lab] ones getting slapped in the face,” said senior TPS policy has been enacted: students will no longer be open like that,” said Bullins, adding that students major Matt Judd. allowed to use the room freely. had become slack about keeping the room closed. “I don’t think it was a theatre student at all,” An orange sign was placed on the door According to Bullins, the latest theft was not said sophomore TPS major Jordan Anderson. Wednesday, Feb. 18. It reads: “Effective the first incidence of equipment being stolen Bullins emphasized that while the new policy Immediately!! The computer lab will only from the room. may be inconvenient for TPS students, the dean be open for scheduled classes and meetings. “It wasn’t just one event that happened. That and faculty felt the decision was necessary in General student use is prohibited unless a fac- was just the final straw,” said Bullins. order to prevent future equipment theft. ulty or staff member is present.” The decision has caused frustration among “No one’s blaming our students for [the The classroom, which contains tables as well some theatre students, who feel the decision pe- thefts], but we also can’t afford to have our as computers and various pieces of equipment, nalizes innocent students who treated the room equipment walking off,” said Bullins. “I know was used by theatre and performance studies and equipment with respect. that many of our students were unhappy about (TPS) majors as a computer lab and as a re- “We use that room for much more than a com- it… but there are other computer labs all over hearsal and social gathering space. puter lab because we are constantly in need of re- campus. We’re just encouraging students to Jamie Bullins, associate professor and pro- hearsal space. We also use it to edit film footage go to other labs.” Presentation features “midget porn,” First Amendment rights ANDY NELSON STAFF WRITER Criminal justice professor Dr. Peter Fenton presented “Professor P’s Excellent Adventure: How to win fame and fortune watching Midget Porn” last Thursday during the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice’s monthly “brown bag luncheon.” These informal “brown bag” meetings were initiated approxi- ash Gail L mately one year ago by Professor Dr.

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