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Volume 79 I Number 57 basketball season nears I SPORTS, p.4A NEWS, p. 2A DAILY THE GEORGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Q,2006 CENTENNIAL MIDTERM ELECTIONS 190 6-2006 _ Band questioned Democrats' Day G-A ethics with HOUSE POWER musical lashing Democrats had a solid majority (232-203) Wednesday with By Casey Altman several seats still "Sr. staff writer undecided. The Eagles' Fight Song was writ- SENATE ten and performed for the first time by the Georgia Southern College POWER marching band in 1982, the year Democrats seemed that Coach Erk Russell resurrected poised to take control the Eagle football program. of the Senate (51-49) While Russell was preparing the with upset, but Eagles for their first flight, another close, wins in Missouri and Virginia. man, Jerold Michelson, was prepar- ing the marching band to do what it does best, fill the fans with team RUMSFELD spirit. ONTHEWEB RESIGNS Professor Matt Fallin has been Listen to the fight here from the beginning. He was a [ song on our Web site: The controversial freshman in the first GSC marching www.gadaily.com. defense secretary band and is currently the band's announced he would step down Wednes- director. He has been involved in the Chuck Kennedy/MCT day. His replacement band for the past 24 years. He was and soul of GSU football, 'Southern House of Representatives Minority Leader and soon-to-be Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), center, joins hands is Robert Gates. only away from GSU while he was Pride,"' Fallin said. with feNow Democrats during an election night celebration at a Washington hotel in Washington, DC, Tuesday. in graduate school. He was hired to After deciding on the band name work with the band again in 1991. and logo it was time to give the band WOMAN a According to Fallin, he spent the a makeover. According to Fallin, for- Barrow says s SPEAKER summer before he came back to the mer GSU President Nicholas Henry Pelosi wants to be Nancy Pelosi, who program working with Daniel Pitt- volunteered to help design the new became a lightning man via phone and fax to develop the uniforms. The uniforms Southern the winn°n v< te rod of controversy bands current name and logo. Pride wears today are modified ver- r bi-partisan speaker during the election, "By the fall of 1991, the band sions of the same design. count L close is set to become the had a name that reflected the heart see BAND, p. 3A first female speaker of the house. by Adair By M.T. Talev and William Douglas "Impeachment is off the table," McClatchy Newspapers she declared, spiking one dream L>, John Barrow (D-Savannah) said that many liberal activists cher- BUSH Wednesday he's the winner of Tuesdays Nancy Pelosi, who's expected ished. "Democrats are not about 12th District Congressional race. to be the next speaker of the U.S. getting even . This election is CHANGES He was running House of Representatives, signaled about the future, not about the Political pundits against former Geor- Wednesday that she intends to steer Republicans." say changes at the gia Southern profes- a centrist course and work across Pelosi's great challenge is to Defense Department signal that Bush may sor Max Burns. The party lines with President Bush to keep her party's liberal and more be ready to change his race was a rematch. shape policy on Iraq, energy, Social conservative wings united behind stance on Iraq policy. Barrow unseated Security and immigration. achievements that win the respect Burns in 2004. Pelosi acknowledged that her of voters in the presidential elec- Political watchers, party's return to the House majority tion year 2008, especially the HIGH and Burns, said the after a dozen years in exile occurred great centrist bloc that abandoned TURNOUT race is still too close %frM largely because at least nine fairly Republicans across the country Almost 79 million Grayson Hoffman/FILE to call. Barrow conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats Tuesday. If Democrats pursue an people voted in Silver and brass bells reflect light from the stadium flood lights at Paul- Wednesday eve- won Republican seats. The liberal- excessively partisan agenda overthe Tuesday's election, son Stadium last fall during a Saturday game. ning, with 97 percent tilting House Democratic caucus next two years, President Bush can with Democrats draw- ofthevotesbeing counted, Barrowhad 50.4 must accommodate them — and block them with his veto, and cen- ing more support than percent of the vote to Burns 49.6. Barrow the centrist yoters they represent trist swing voters could be repelled Republicans for the — she conceded. first time in a midterm see BARROW, p. 3A Southern Pride hold see PELOSI, p. 3A election since 1990. CD sales fund raiser . By Robert Greene II port the football team on more Democrats likely pick up both Senate, House StaffWriter road trips. The CDs are sold before every The Southern Pride Marching home game at the tailgating area. ByJillZuckman of the responsibility," said Bush, must work together with the want to do things on a bi-partisan Band calls itself on its website "one Several CDs were given to band Chicago Tribune who described the results as "a president," said Rep. Nancy Pelosi basis," Reid said. of the finest marching bands in the members as a memento of their thumpin." (D-Calif.), who is expected to be Bush himself acknowledged Southeast." This weekend, they will time in the band. The CDs were As the extent of the Demo- "I told my party's leaders that it the next Speaker of the House, the need for some sort of change travel to Furman with the football also used as recruiting tools for cratic rout became apparent is now our duty to put the elections replacing Speaker Dennis Hastert regarding the war when he team to prove this claim with their prospective band members all over Wednesday with Republicans behind us and work together with (R-Ill.). fired Defense Secretary Donald signature sound. the country. likely losing control of the Senate, the Democrats and Independents Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who Rumsfeld. But you don't have to travel to "We want to be able to expand* ~ President Bush promised to work on the great issues facing this would become the Senate majority "I recognize that many Ameri- experience the music of the Southern the band to 210 members, and then with the new leaders of Congress country." leader assuming the Virginia race cans voted last night to register Pride marching band. Now you can 250members," said Jimmy Durrence, and Democrats moved quickly to At the top of that list is the is finally called for Democrat jim their displeasure with the lack of take a piece of the Southern Pride one of the members of Southern consolidate power and pushed for war in Iraq, and Democratic Webb, said the election confirmed progress being made," Bush said. sound with you wherever you go. Boosters who personally took on a new path in Iraq. leaders expressed a measure of Democrats' call for a change in "Yet I also believe most Ameri- Members of the Southern Boost- the project of raising money for the "I'm, obviously, disappointed conciliation towards Bush and direction, particularly on Iraq. cans, and leaders here in Wash- ers are trying to raise money for the marching band. with the outcome of the election, the Republicans as they began to "Without getting into the ington from both political parties, band so they can take trips like this According to Durrence, the and as the head of the Repub- lay out their agenda. details of what we want to do leg- understand we cannot accept weekend's trip to Furman to support band, like all other music and arts lican Party, I share a large part "This is something that we islatively, the main point is that we defeat." the football team. By selling CDs of programs across the country, have live band performances, Southern faced serious budget cuts recently. Pride is hoping to be able to sup- see CD SALES, p. 3A TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY IDAY Campus 2A Classifieds 2B COUNTDOWN 5 rorn High: 80 I Low: SO High: 85 I Low: 72 High: 90 I Low: 54 High: 70 I Low: 43 Briefs 3A Features 3B O rt^ (f Monday) until Dec. 1, the last Sports 4A Hiatus 4B ^ Vday of class. Finals are scheduled for Dec. Mostly clear Mostly sunny Isolated t'storms Mostly sunny Hiatus 1B 4-7 and graduation is Dec. 8. www.gadaily.com Established 1927 • The Newspaper for Georgia Southern University Covering the campus like a swarm of gnats. PAGE 2A I CAMPUS NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY The George-Anne Daily International Festival kicks off By Matthew Mannila can community and its influence The festival starts off GSU's Inter- needs news, sports and feature writers.