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first pitch arrives page 12 Two-game series against #19 Eagles defeat Georgia Tech George Washington starts at 6 p .m . University in at J .I . Clements tournament, 2-1 Stadium . Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Georgia Southern University www.thegeorgeanne.com Volume 86 • Issue 56 rancic: seize rotunda skate park opportunities By patrick stoker important in anyone that wants to Staff reporter be successful. It’s having the ability to recognize an opportunity, but Bill Rancic, the winner of more importantly seizing that the first season of the hit show, opportunity,” said Rancic. “The Apprentice,” did not “It’s the very few…that actually become successful by waiting for do something about it. They reach opportunities to come his way, out and grab a hold of it and do but rather by recognizing those something with it.” opportunities and seizing them. Rancic began his career as an Rancic spoke at the Performing entrepreneur by starting a “Cigar Arts Center last night to a of the Month Club.” near capacity crowd about the “When you’re an entrepreneur importance of taking advantage you’re always thinking of ways of opportunities in order to be to make a good idea and make it successful. better,” he said. “I possess a trait that is so After winning, Rancic said he began to wonder what set him Andrew Partain/STAFF apart from everybody else. Jack Bevevino spends the afternoon skateboarding at the Russell Union Rotunda Monday afternoon . Temperatures rose to “I think first and foremost I had nearly the 80 degree mark yesterday and warm weather is expected to stick around in Statesboro for the rest of the week . a good strategy going in and I set goals going in,” he said. “Whatever you do in life, you Changes to HOPE scholarship expected have to have strategy and you have to set goals.” By nikki WiLeY the plan must be voted on and Senator Jack Hill and chairman Rancic said that in order to News editor approved by the state legislature. of the senate appropriations reach success, there will be failures The need for the lottery-funded committee, who represents Bulloch along the way and a successful Gov. Nathan Deal and top Georgia scholarship has grown larger than County. person must accept those failures. lawmakers are expected to announce the amount of money it takes in, “We were $181 million short “If you don’t fall down, if you a plan which will introduce sweeping making changes in the way awards this past year and we appropriated don’t make mistakes, you’re never changes to the HOPE Scholarship are distributed necessary for the $180 to $200 million more than we going to get ahead and you’re today, according to the Atlanta- program to continue. were taking in this past year. The Randy Hudgins/STAFF never going to realize your full Journal Constitution’s website. “The deficit has really kind of collections from the amount we Rancic speaks at the PAC Monday . potential.” For changes to be implemented snuck on everybody,” said State See HOPE, page 5 Finished? Today Wed . Thu . Fri . Sat . 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