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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ^^^^^^^■M George-Anne 8/14/02 www.stp.gasou.edu £C£/ GrgeAnV7515 1 Hour Reserve(ln Library Use) f» Wednesday August 14,2002 The massive crane used to construct the new IT building symbolizes the scope of GSU's growth Volume 75, No. 15 ON THE INSIDE I « Covering the campus like a swarm of gnats ' « Today's: Weather Scattered thunderstorms with a high of 91° F and a low of 69° F. Only in A merica • A McDonald's manager is . ■. accused of robbing another McDonald's. • The famed toilet at Grand Teton is removed. • Afamily at a funeral learns that the victim was misidentified. Page 3 i2ftmions Allison Bennett/STAFF • Tim Prizer invites every stu- By Doug Kidd up to its growth from a decade ago, when dent to make this newspaper [email protected] On the agenda... enrollment nearly doubled between 1988 By the Numbers... and 1991. their channel for voicing their Physical growth of Georgia Southern's College meetings are scheduled for opinion. campus will be the highlight of today's Uni- Wednesday after the Convocation. Time Along with the onslaught of new stu- • Amanda Permenter on the state versity Convocation when faculty and staff and locations for College meetings are as dents, the demand for more on-campus of children's literature. meet to kick off the new academic year. follows: housing has increased, Grube said. Projected enrollment for Fall 2002 University president Bruce Grube said "We can't take care of students who Page 4 the construction and planning of new aca- College of Education, 1:30 p.m., COE want housing," he said. demic buildings and residence hallsNthe Lecture Hall The goal is for 40 percent of full-time Sports second theme of GSU's Strategic planN will College of Business Administration, 3 students to live on-campus some time in Core themes of the university's be the focus of his State of the University p.m., COB A, Room 1124 the next six-to-eight years, up from the Strategic Plan • GSU Football gdars up for the College of Health & Profession: Address. current 19 percent living in residence new season with daily practices. ies, 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Continuing "We've come a long way from being a halls. Demolition of Oxford Hall and the Game one is just over two weeks Education Building. little university on the end of a dirt road," Pines is slated for later this year, as well as away. College of Science & Technology, 2 p.m., plans to take down Dorman Hall sometime Grube said, noting the growth of the univer- Technology Building, Room 2112 • Square feet to be added in Henderson Library's in the future. sity in the late 80's and early 90's. College of Liberal Arts & Social Sci- "wrap around" addition A special guest, only identified as a ences, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall Within the decade, the university's hous- former GSU professor and administra- Henderson Library Faculty & Staff, ing plan of replacing some and renovating tor by Grube, will also give a "historical 3 p.m., Forest Drive Building, Room other residence halls should be complete, interpretation" of the campus' physical 1232 Grube said. Other residence halls will be Target SAT score university wants to hit for incoming environment. built within that same time period. freshman "The committee wanted it to be a secret, Henderson Library, and an Academic Build- but it's going to be an entertaining piece," ing that would house programs currently in Academics he said. temporary structures. Raising admission and academic stan- Following Grube's remarks, a video "That's the big one," Grube said of the dards last year's Convocation theme con- Millions of dollars spent on building and beautifica- Page 6 showcasing GSU's building plans for the planned 100,000 square-foot Academic tinues to be in the forefront of Grube's plan tion costs in the past decade rest of the decade will be shown. Including Building. "[The temporary buildings] are to improve the university's image. The first ongoing new structures like the Science and killing us; they're essentially double-wide goal of the Strategic Plan, Grube is pleased Nursing and ITbuildings, the video will also trailers." with the progress GSU is making. • Find out where to eat in feature planned projects like the addition to Grube said GSU is still trying to catch Tier-level Grube envisions GSU joining ire Statesboro this Fall. We have See Convocation, Page 15 a complete rundown of the 'Boro's eateries. Page 9 University inks /ifIS &Entertainment contract for new • Crop circles have a long history of myth and speculation, and M. Night Shyamalan's new movie halls in the Tines' 'Signs' brings out the common suspicion surrounding them. By Erik Howard perform renovations like the one evonamos® hotmail.com that took place in Olliff every The Department of University summer until every residence hall Housing has been working around is modernized. the clock to prepare for the new While these renovations have school year and its expanding Page 10 been going on, housing has seen a future. rise in students wanting to stay on • New York's The Strokes are This summer, Olliff Hall went campus. When the halls open, there the hottest thing fa the world under major renovations that totaled will be 45 students in temporary of rock music today. (Special to the G-A), upwards of $1 million. In addition rooms and 200 more on a waiting Architect's rendering of new residential facility on campus 1 ft €* i to new heating and air condition- list. Students in temporary housing ing systems, there are new electrical are guaranteed housing; those on the structured living that on campus Southern is to become a residential unused for years. systems, data lines, and cable t.v. waiting list are not. housing offers," Hawkins said. university The Pines ai|d Oxford will be outlets in every room. There was also Ms. Hawkins attributes the long For this reason, Housing is hop- However, there are currently built simultaneously. The develop- i Page 11 asbestos removed from the hall over waiting list to students wanting to ing to add more than 1,100 new beds only 19 percent of students who ment is being done by the Capstone the summer which slowed down the stay on campus. by Fall 2003, an effort being made stay on campus. The new residence Development firm, a company that progress of the renovations. "Parents and students know to keep with the university's stra- halls are going to be built where Director of University Housing, some students need and want the tegic plan that states that Georgia other vacant complexes have sat, See Housing, Page 15 Southern Vickie Hawkins, said they hope to M, Events SJ M: J§ ADMINISTRATION • Fall Convocation, 10 a.m. Continuing Education Building FALL 2002 CLASSES ♦ Fall 2002 classes begin on Tuesday, August 20. Books are now on sale at New apartment style residences will be built at the site of the old In The Pines complex the University Store. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^■^^^H • Page 2 — Wednesday, August 14, 2002 Georgia's crash-course education Police Beat program prepares for second year GSU Police Dept. responded to a false fire alarm ing and citation. and worked one accident report. 8-12-2002 07-18-2002 .» • Officers issued two traffic citations More than 900 people 08-04-2002 and three traffic warnings, assisted Charrod Qwidnuk Taylor, 22, of Ath- ens, Ga., was charged with driving one motorist and responded to one Torey Eric Wingate, 20, of 403 with suspended license and speeding. expected to graduate; fire alarm (someone cooking set Granade St., Statesboro, was charged off alarm). with DUI and failure to maintain lane. Officers issued two warnings ' head to hard-to-staff and assisted four motorists, t 8-11-2002 08-03-2002 rural, urban schools • Officers issued one traffic citation 07-17-2002 and three traffic warnings and as- Officers issued one traffic citation, sisted one motorist. responded to one false fire alarm and • Officers found an emergency call responded to a burglar alarm that was box in the Johnson Hall parking tot: Associated Press Officers issued one traffic cita- Mc accidentally set off by a contractor. that appeared to be pushed over, by \ tion and three traffic warn- , res ATLANTA - After graduating • Officers issued three traffic warn- some type of object. Damage w.as ■ ings and assisted one motorist. oil from Auburn University with a ings and one traffic citation. done to the base of the call box. 8-10-2002 Co marketing degree, Andy Rhodes Officers assisted an ' in- j • David Lee Heathcock, 29, of 632 jured person at Watson Hall.! bounced from job to job looking for 08-02-2002 ) '■; Lakeside Drive, Twin City, Ga., • Officers issued two warn'- • • Officers issued one traffic warning wn the right fit. was charged with driving with ings and two traffic citations and responded to one false fire alarm.