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Steelers win Super Bowl The Pittsburgh Steelers finally give coach Bill Cowher some Super Bowl satisfaction, clinching the game moments after The Rolling Stones rock Ford Field in Detroit I SPORTS, p.7 DAILY THE GEORGE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,2006 Memorials note King s passing Chesney in concert Coretta Scott Kings body to lie Ten-dollar concert to feature Kenny Chesney Thursday in state at Atlanta church Monday By Adam Crisp Managing editor By Erin Haines Legends has been the scene Associated Press of much scrutiny lately, but come this Thursday no one ATLANTA - Hundreds mourned will be talking about the the loss of Coretta Scott King at the once popular nightspots liquor law Sunday services of Ebenezer Baptist troubles. THE SHOW Church, where her late husband Multi-platinum country music art- Kenny Chesney is set to perform at preached in the 1960s and the civil ist Kenny Chesney is set to headline a Legends Thursday evening. Tickets rights matriarch remained a member Thursday show at the now-closed club are $10 and very limited. They go on until her death. on Old Register Road. sale today at noon at The Plantation "Praise God for Coretta Scott The event is a fundraiser for Habi- Room in University Plaza. King; let the heavens rejoice for the tat For Humanity's national organiza- witness of our sister," the Rev. Raphael tion. It's all a part of Chesney's "Keg Warnock said after a rousing rendition in the Closet" tour. stop in Statesboro. of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" stirred Chesney told Country Weekly "It think it will go off pretty big if the congregation. in 2005 that the tour is meant to be people hear about it," said Jody Hall, Later in the church's Heritage hush-hush until just days before the a GSU student who's seen Chesney Sanctuary, the Southern Christian actual concert. in concert previously. "I'm definitely Leadership Conference/WOMEN "Part of the fun is no one know- going to go. It's exciting." also honored the widow of the Rev. ing we're coming until we're right on "I've been a fan forever, from when Martin Luther King Jr. for her quiet top of them," said Chesney. "We only his first hits started coming out, like and courageous strength as a leader, announce the shows 24 or 48 hours 'You had me from Hello,"' said Kari wife and mother. ahead ... so it's like the kids who are Akins. "I didn't know anything about Atlanta's Mayor Shirley Franklin plugged into this music, into their him coming here, but yeah I'm plan- thanked King and others who worked college life are the ones who get to ning on going. I'm going to tell every- "so that someone-who was African- come on down and party with us. body. I'm going to bring a crowd." American and female could lead this These people are crazy." . Chesney's Web site says this week great city." Tickets go on sale today at noon is in the final weeks of the tour. He will In Detroit, the Rev. Al Sharpton for $10 and are available at the Plan- head back to Nashville for rehearsals remembered King at the Historic tation Room. While that business for his "Somewhere In The Sun" tour Little Rock Baptist Church's Sunday doesn't have a listing in the phone after he wraps up. The first two nights service. book, or any signage above its door, of the tour, which are scheduled for "Mrs. King is not history because tenants at the University Plaza say it's March 10-11, are already sold out, she is dignified," Sharpton said. "Yes, located next door to Cloud 9 in the according to the site. she was dignified. Yes, she had grace. University Plaza. There's a two ticket The "Keg in The Closet" tour is a Yes, she was regal, but that doesn't limit per person. stripped-down version of Chesney's make her history. She is history be- In 2004, Chesney's Keg in the normal tour — just a couple of buses cause her husband and her stood up Closet tour took him to UGA, Uni- and one truck. The artist's low-key for what was right." veristy of Florida and FSU, among approach to marketing seems to have On Monday, King's body will others. worked. lie in honor in Ebenezer's Heritage Linda Epstein/Knight-Ridder Newspapers Georgia Southern students who "I really hope people go. I haven't Sanctuary in the historically black Kenny Chesney, seen in this file photo from the 2004 Country Music Awards, will perform thisThursday at Legends call themselves Chesney fans were heard anything about it until just Atlanta neighborhood where her late as a part of his'Keg in the Closet'tour. pumped about the artist's impending now," said Hall. husband was born. "It's the least we can do for the many sacrifices she made," Warnock said. "It is fitting for us to honor her. We join with people all over the world in celebration of her life." Students get into Super Bowl King's funeral will be held Tues- day at New Birth Missionary Baptist experience in Russell Union Church in Lithonia, where the Kings' youngest child, Bernice, is a minister. ByLukeHearn she said. "We started putting fly- King, known as the "first lady Executive editor ers up a week ago, and we're happy of the civil rights movement," died that so many students decided to Monday at age 78. She had been at an Students had the chance to watch come out." alternative medicine clinic in Mexico, the football championship game on Included in the festivities were where doctors said she was battling a super screen Sunday night at the half-time trivia with prizes and a advanced ovarian cancer. She also Russell Union theater. free DVD player for the student had been recovering from a serious Sponsored by Eagle Entertain- who guessed closest to the final stroke and heart attack. ment, students were able to come game score. to the Union to enjoy food, fun Freshman Justin Pass was among and football without having to those watching the game on the leave campus. theater screen, and he said it was "The turnout was way more than a great idea. we expected," said Cameron Wil- "I think it's very cool to be able liams, coordinator of the event and to watch the game on the big screen. Eagle Entertainment team leader. It's better than watching it on a 19- Crayson Hoffman/STAFF "We planned to host between 40 inch in my room." Members of Eagle Entertainment stand outside the Russell Union's theater during a showing of Sunday's Super and 60 people, and many more than Williams said the crowd was Bowl. The event included free food, door prizes and students with lots of support for their teams. that have shown up so far." very upbeat and seemed to be enjoy- Eagle Entertainment volunteer ing the event, and that no problems Wakisha Carswell, who helped with had been reported. Can we say crack head? WEATHER ' the advertising of the event, said "There's no alcohol here, so we INSIDE High: 58 I Low: 37 she was excited about the turnout don't have to worry about fight- A man offered to sell cocaine to a cop w was n un rm anc PM Showers as well. ing or anything like that," he said. Campus 2 Classifieds 5 ^° ' 'f° ' sitting in his Feature 6 patrol car. The man was subsequent- "You can tell by how much food "Everybody's here to have fun and National 3 Opinion 4 Sports 7 ly arrested. Go figure. | OIA, p.3 Volume 78 • Number 65 is gone that we had a great turnout," to enjoy the game." Coretta Scott King www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu Established 1927 -The Newspaper for Georgia Southern University Covering the campus like a swarm of gnats. <fc PAGE 2 1 IS MEWS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6r 2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE POLICE BEAT 01-29-06 • Statesboro Police were dispatched two 107 Going global University Point Apartments for an Armed Center for International Studies encourages Robbery; shots had been fired during the course of the robbery. Five male subjects were students to study abroad inside the apartment when three black men kicked in the front door of the apartment GSU News Service all majors and class levels that there and robbed them at gun point. are many opportunities for students All three suspects,Willie Lamar LaCue, During the past academic year, to study in other countries, and for Kerry Malcolm Oblesby and Jeremy Emanuel 275 Georgia Southern students earned faculty to teach our students in other Grant, face charges of Armed Robbery, Kid- college credits and enjoyed new expe- countries. Spending time in another napping, Aggravated Assault and Burglary.