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The Forum will be held in complications from diabetes for legendary singer Union room 2047 and will fea- ture Bob Chambers, director of Parking and Transportation, and Associated Press Associated Press Joe Franklin, director of Auxil- Johnny Cash, a towering musical figure whose rough, Stalked by his own mortality, long past his show iary Services. They will give brief unsteady voice championed the downtrodden and reached business prime, Johnny Cash spent the last years of his presentations about what Parking across generations with songs like "Ring of Fire,""I Walk the life hard at work. and Transportation is doing to fix The reward was four exceptional albums and * Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues," has died. He was 71. some parking situations, especially Cash.known as"The Man in Black,"died early Friday dozens of unreleased recordings produced subjects like priority parking and in Baptist Hospital of complications from diabe- with rock-rap impresario Rick Rubin. its waiting list. tes that resulted in respiratory failure, said his Though rarely heard on the radio, the songs There will be a question and manager.Lou Robin. The funeral service will be marked Cash as a rare artist whose last work answer part after the presenta- private, but a public memorial is being planned • ranks with his greatest. tions where students can calmly' and the date will be announced later. "The last 10 years with American (Re- v i voice their concerns or questions In his songs, Cash crafted a persona as a cordings) have been the glory days for me," about parking. dignified, resilient voice for the common man Cash said in a September 2002 interview The students, many who filed - but there was always a dark edge. with The Associated Press. "They're equal to grievances about parking, de- One of the most haunting couplets in the Sun (Records) days, to me." signed this forum through their popular music comes from "Folsom Cash, 71, died early Friday of complications complaints. Prison Blues," which went to No. 4 on from diabetes. His death came four months af- And those who come to the < i the country charts in 1956:"Ishotaman ter that of his wife, June Carter Cash. The couple forum will be treated with free in Reno, just to watch him die." appeared together in an arresting video for "Hurt," pizza after the program. Forty-seven years later, Cash's ar- which paired images from thepeak of their popularity If you need more information with the crumbling, closed House of Cash Museum and t % resting video for"Hurt"was nominated about this forum, please contact for six MTV,Video Music Awards, win- the two frail stars inside their Tennessee home. Lauren Roberson, vice president ning one. "The body of work thathe produced, from'I Walk the of Auxiliary Affairs at 681-0655. His deeply lined face fit well with his Line' to 'Hurt,' it will stand forever as the work of a great voice, which was limited in range but used American artist," saidsinger-songwriterRodneyCrowell, to great effectto sing about prisoners.heart- the ex-husband of Cash's daughter Rosanne Cash. aches and tales of everyday life. Cash even managed to transform his own physical Fall Rush sees •» ♦ As news of his death spread, other mu- deterioration into art. He saw the Trent Reznor-penned sicians praised Cash for his independent, "Hurt" as the ultimate song and video about the price large turnout rebellious streak that made him a powerful of drug addiction, which he struggled with/or much 4 * influence in country, rock, folk and gospel of his life. ByLukeHearn [email protected] music. Cash began his career as a protege of Sam Phillips, the "His influence spread over many gen- Memphis producer who also discovered Elvis Presley. Greek Row was packed last week * < erations," said Mick Jagger of the Rolling Even then, Cash stood apart. as the annual Fraternity Recruit- Stones."! lovedhim as a singer and a writer. While Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis were making ment, or "rush," was underway for the 2003-2004 school year. See Singer, Page 5 See Cash, Page 5 Rush is a time when the men of ■ GSU get a chance to mingle with the brothers from different frater- nities with hopes of getting a bid from their favorite fraternity and ' Best-selling author to visit GSU Hurricane Isabel returns to Category 5 becoming a pledge, and inevitably, a brother. i By Brandon Sparks Associated Press According to the Office of Greek NATIONAL BESTSELLER! [email protected] Hurricane Isabel's sustained winds Life, 279 guys came out to rush ten South African writer Mark Matha- increased to 160 mph Saturday as the of the eleven fraternities here on • bane will be on campus to speak at the Category 5 hurricane swirled omi- campus. Sigma Chi was the only third Norman Fries Distinguished nously closer to the East Coast. one not participating in this year's Lecture on Tuesday. The hurricane had earlier been fall rush. * His best selling book "Kaffir Boy" lowered to a Category 4 storm after "Everything's going great," said was on the New York Times, and its sustained winds fell to 150 mph. Mariam Willow from the Office of Washington Post best-sellers lists. It is It was reclassified after a hurricane Greek Life. "We have lots of very polite young men out this year," ' , now used in classrooms across the U.S., hunter plane flew into the eye to including some here at GSU. measure its intensity Saturday after- she said. Mathabane was born in the poor noon. A hurricane hits the top of the The week of rush offered many ghetto of Alexandria, where his parents Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale when opportunities for those seeking to made only $ 10 a week and could not af- its winds reach 156 mph. pledge a fraternity this year. The fordtopaytherentfortheshackthatthey The slow-moving, powerful storm week started out with an informa- lived in or to put food on the table. was still several days from land, and tional session on Sunday night at Living in the constant fear of poverty forecasters were unsure if it would the Russell Union. Rushers were put and police raids that were often brutal strike the United States. However, into groups with their rush counsel- MARK drove him to the point of contemplating computer models predicted it would ors and were able to ask questions * turn toward the Carolinas over the about the rush process. suicide before the age of ten. www.goes.noaa.gov MTHABANE His mother, who was illiterate, was next five days. Monday night offered a chance determined for her oldest son to make "Its not definite, but things are Hurricane Isabelle, seen in the bottom right-hand to get to know some of the brothers something ofhimself. She"believed that looking more ominous than yesterday corner, should make landfall on the East Coast later in each fraternity. A huge cookout Special Photo education was the only way out of the for the East Coast,"National Hurricane this week. Though the projected path is not entirely was planned, as this was an informal clear as of yet, experts are predicting Isabelle to head the Norman Fries Distinguished Lecture Series ghetto, and the only way to Center meteorologist Eric Blake said time to get to know a little some- ^brings Mark Mathabane to campus this Tuesday for Virginia and North Carolina. See Isabelle, Page 5 See Rush, Page 5 night at the PAC. See Mathabane, Page 5 Only in America Opinions Sports Inside Monday Tuesday • A fire station burns down in • Amanda Permenter laments ■ Eagle football upset by Police Beat 2 Alabama. over the death of "The Man in McNeese State Cowboys. HIGH HIGH Black." Classifieds 9 Crossword 9 87° 85° • Returned mail sends a ■ GSU women's soccer falls to Pennsylvania man to jail. • New reports may prove the EPA Samford in overtime. News Briefs 2 was wrong about the safety of Comics 9 many New Yorkers after 9/11. LOW LOW • An Iowa mall now features Sports 6-7 marijuana. 66° 67° Opinions 4 Scattered Partly Cloudy News 8 Showers @k Page 3 Page 4 Pages 6 - 7 * ft (912)-68'a-5246 • [email protected] Williams Center Rra. 2023 . P.O. Box 8001 - St ^H y 1 f^\ TflG A www.stp.gasou.edu • • 2 GEORGE-ANNE Monday, September 15,2003 i % Campus Calendar Campus News Sept.