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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ■HHH I Established 1927 The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia Southern University 2 Ili ;nly 'ork Friday Volume 74, No. 65 in- Features: Are our cell phones giving us cancer? :sas March 1,2002 Page 8 www.stp.gasou.edu irt is gins ON THE INSIDE: into Faculty discusses ugh __ _^ Georgene Bess sheds 'unconventional' leer nz mNmie guns and recent its... HIDDEN PROTEST! ^° ° Hu^ons ght, 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' crime with SGA 1 as By Mathew R. Palmer 'set gawriterpalmer @ hotmail.com By Todd Jewell riage, beaten, and not allowed to [email protected] speak back to her husbands. "Don't bring it here!" Covering the campus like a Sometimes criticism only em- Bess feels that the protest is That was the message concern- ing guns and weapons being swarm of gnats phasizes the protest of what is manifested in criticism. The criti- being critcized. cisms are of "racism, sexism, and brought on campus that Dr. Linda Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. silenceism." The racism can be seen Bleicken told the Student Govern- Today's Weather hosted a presentation on Zora from the town being-all black and ment Association Wednesday Neale Hurston last Tuesday from the laughs of people when a night. evening. The speaker was black man decides he wants to own Bleicken, the vice president for Partly cloudy Georgene Bess from Spelman land. When the hurricane hits the student affairs and enrollment with a high of College in Atlanta. Bess is also area all the dead white men get put management, made an unexpected 60° F and a low an assistant professor here at in coffins while the dead black men visit to the SGA meeting follow- of46°F. Georgia Southern in the Writing just get quicklime thrown on them. ing two on campus incidents in- and Linguistics department. The sexism of Janie is shown volving guns she said happened The topic of Bess's speech was from her being continuously put on Sunday and Monday. Two about Hurston's "Their Eyes down by her husbands. Janie gets arrests were made; one was^a stu- Were Watching God." Bess beat repeatedly by her husbands dent and the other a non-student. Only in America wanted to show her "unconven- and the husband is regarded highly "The student has been sus- tional" viewpoint of the novel among the other black males be- pended and will not be back," • Floridians can now get a divorce being that of protest. cause they can see the marks he Bleicken said. on the Internet. When Hurston's novel first made on Janie. "She's a woman According to police reports, the • A new library in Washington came out it was met with harsh and her place is in the home." Janie student, Sheldon David state is built of straw. criticism because it confirmed is a prized possession, but not a McLendon, 21, #2 Sagebrush • University of Chicago provide some of the stereotypes of black wife. Apartments, was charged with answer to the famous light bulb life. The novel showed "the black Hurston silences Janie in the having a weapon on school jokes. side of black life" according to courtroom and whenever else she grounds. * Page 3 Bess. might be shown as being intelli- 'The reason I am bringing this In Bess's eyes people failed to gent. The narrator tells of reactions forward to you is to let you know Dpi unns see the novel as a protest novel by people to what Janie says and and to remind the entire campus of IF • Justin Johnson wants you to get and instead just took it as a novel that Janie talks, but Janie herself the seriousness of this matter," in to know your G-A editors. portraying a women's struggle for isn't actually speaking in these in- Bleicken said. • Check out whether or not some freedom. stances. According to Bleicken, a gun GSU students still feel safe in "Their Eyes Were Watching After her speech, Bess opened was found during one of the inci- Statesboro after the recent crimes. God" is about a black woman up the forum to questions and com- dents after a Statesboro Police Of- named Janie who sees herself in ments followed by chips, drinks, ficer followed onto a suspect ve- Page 4 the mirror and asks, "Where is and donuts in the lobby. hicle onto campus. GSU Public Sports me?" All Janie saw was a little Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Safety was notified and helped black girl, she did not recognize would like to thank Georgene Bess, coordinate the arrest. • Statesboro's own Hackers Golf that little black girl as being who the Multicultural Student Center, Posters have been created to Park will soon be the venue for a Internet Photos she was. Janie goes through her Georj Lewis, and the Russell Union post across campus and emails are professional miniature golf life searching for her voice, her for helping make this event pos- 'TEA FOR Z': Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' is tournament. identity. Janie is forced into mar- sible. often criticized for stereotyping blacks, but Georgene Bess says otherwise. See Bleicken, Page 5 Nearly 1,000 people attend 2002 Wellness Event Continuing Education to extend learning beyond the classroom By John Hardy said Burke. "They need to figure out waxy23 @ hotmail.com how to take advantage of places and The newest division of GSU plans ways to learn that are different than to reshape what is often thought of as just going to class." a typical education. The on-campus section of this The Division of Continuing Edu- department consists of the GSU cation and Public Service is focusing Museum, Botanical Garden, Wild- Page 6 on extending learning beyond the life Education Center, Distance classroom for local students and pro- Learning Center and the new Per- Features viding an opportunity for education forming Arts Center. The range of • Do cell phones cause cancer? to other areas around the state. outreach facilities that GSU has on Some say the problem is serious, Dr. Kathleen Burke, the dean of its campus is not found at any other while others say that it is nothing the newly formed division, believes institution in the state. that students should take advantage The division is hoping to increase more than a false scare. LaVene Bell/STAFF of the educational opportunities out- distributed learning strategies. These DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?: Students and faculty packed the Russell Union B allroom Tuesday side of the classroom. "Students will to find out what kind of shape they are in. Various workouts and tests were used to determine people's health. Page 8 be learning throughout their lives," See Education, Page 2 By Angela Jones ■ | 4 p.m to find out where they were on to highlight the agencies and offices books2374 @ aol.com Arts the health continuum, and to win on the campus of Georgia Relay For Life to be held tonight &Entertainment "It's always good to visit wellness various door prizes and pick up Southern," said Wellness Chair- fairs," said nursing student Aquintha goodie bags at the 2002 Wellness person Frieda Brown. " These ser- By Rachel Sugrue After dark, a Luminary Ceremony • The new season of '6 Feet Chappie. "I think it's a good idea, Event. vices offer to faculty, staff and stu- [email protected] is going to be held, where candles dents some dimension of wellness." Under' starts this Sunday night. because it lets you know where you The annual event was sponsored Teams of fundraisers and cancer will be lit around the track in remem- The seven dimensions of wellness Check it out on HBO. stand on the health continuum." by the University Wellness Council. survivors will walk from 7 p.m. until brance of those who have lost their Nearly 1,000 faculty, students and Next year's event is scheduled for are: physical wellness, social 7 a.m. tonight at the battle to cancer and in honor of sur- staff came to the Russell Union Ball- November. Kiwanis-Ogeechee Fairgrounds vivors. At this time, participants are See Wellness, Page 8 room on Feb. 26 between 9 a.m and "The focus of this year's event is to take up the fight against cancer. asked to return to their campsites. Relay For Life is the American Can- One in every four Americans will Author Lawrence C. Ross Jr. speaks on the history cer Society's nationwide fundraising be touched by cancer in their life- event dedicated to eliminating can- time. Everyone is personally affected and practices of African American Greek Life cer through research, education, ad- by cancer sooner or later through vocacy and service. family, friends or co-workers. To- By Erik Howard a complete anthol- Opening the ceremony is the Sur- day, almost 60% of cancer patients evonamos @ hotmail.com ogy of the history vivor lap, walked in every relay by survive.