The boys The Cosmo girl calls the of spring university home See PROVEN LEADERS • Page 10 SENTINEL See TOMORROWS LEADERS • Page 6 Viewpoints Sports News Features The truth behind Social Softball ranked number one in Police Beat is back Spike Lee visits the university 2 Security 54 11preseason coaches poll Founded 1966. Volume 39, Issue 16 Kennesaw State University • www.ksusentinel.com Wednesday, February 2, 2005 New name for undergraduate studies Board of Regents approves name change Olivia Noland being more academically suc- Sr. Staff Writer cessful. Frank is joined in advise- A name change is on the ho- ment by a committee of faculty rizon for the Undergraduate and who teach General Education, University Studies administra- Honors, First-Year Experience tive unit. The unit will be called and Learning-Community University College. The Board classes. The group has been of Regents recently approved brought together to support the request for the new name to student academic success at define the academic unit as the University College and was seventh college at the univer- nominated or selected based sity, in addition to the College on their contri- of the Arts, Coles College of butions to the Business, Bagwell College of university. Education, College of Health As delegated and Human Services, College of in the charge to Humanities and Social Sciences the University and the College of Science and College Advisory Mathematics. Committee, there Dr. Mary The concept of University would be ap- Lou Frank College is to stress the impor- pointed at least tance of undergraduate ex- two, but not more than four cellence and student success faculty members from each Sasha Bailey | The Sentinel around the nation. University college, preferably including The campus remained frozen throughout the weekend. Students were unable to utilize the campus because of road conditions. College is an academic section one department chair from founded more than 50 years each college. ago. The duties of the Advisory University College is com- Council include: developing the mitted to improving student re- mission statement, the vision Georgia hit by seasonʼs first ice storm tention, academic achievement and goals for the University Melissa Spielholz as a result of the storm, canceling public “There was a 1/4 inch of ice on my and the overall living-learning College, developing a tem- Editor in Chief events statewide, including KSU classes truck Saturday night,” Ryan Falvai, se- environment at KSU. It is de- plate for the KSU 1101 course, and sports events Saturday. nior, psychology said. “It took me 30 signed to serve a broad array of possible discipline-specific orth Georgia faced a lock- Atlantaʼs Hartsfield-Jackson minutes to scrape enough ice off so that I students, including all first-year equivalents for consideration down Saturday, Jan. 29 as the International Airport was forced to can- could drive it, and the hockey game was students, as well as those who and discussion and also rec- area turned into a solid sheet cel or delay all outgoing flights, as well cancelled, so I had nothing to do but sit at choose to pursue a new interdis- ommending assessment needs, of ice. as the majority of incoming flights. This home, eat soup and imagine fun times in ciplinary degree or participate policies and procedures for the N What began as another potential left many travelers stranded, including warm places.” in one of many interdisciplinary KSU 1101 course. weather channel false prediction, took a the Atlanta Hawkʼs basketball team who programs. Plans for the administration rapid turn toward the truth, as frozen rain arrived in Memphis only an hour before It is also “the academic of University College have al- began to fall mid-day Friday, Jan. 28. their scheduled game. MARTA buses home for exploratory students ready begun. “The University Residents rushed to the store to stock were not able to run, however, the trains who have not yet declared an College Advisory Committee up on essentials to prepare for the poten- were able to operate on a delayed sched- academic major,” said Lendley continues to work on develop- tial storm. “Thereʼs been a pretty steady ule. C. Black, Ph.D., Vice President ing recommendations in the flow of customers,” said Brenda Reid, “The stormʼs unsafe road conditions for Academic Affairs. membership, formation and spokeswoman for Publix supermarkets. left me unable to travel to school to com- The University College guidelines for the University Atlanta and metro residents watched plete some homework and much-needed Advisory Committee [UCAC] College,” said Frank. the falling temperature throughout the studying,” said Student Government homepage said that, “the fo- Frank said she is positive night, only to awake Saturday morning President Munzir Naqvi, senior, political cus is to continue to provide the University College will to be stranded by iced-over roads and science. integrated and select academic bring success to KSU. “I am treacherous driving conditions. The not navigable roads led to the clos- interdisciplinary programs excited with the possibilities “The storm was crazy,” said Bailey ing of all major interstates at some point and coursework, as well as that University College offers Copy, freshman, early childhood edu- between Friday night and Saturday morn- leadership in undergraduate to our campus, faculty, staff cation. “I got trapped in my house in ing. The icy conditions are also blamed programs.” and students,” Frank said. “We Cumming for a lot longer than expected for three fatal car accidents Friday eve- Mary Lou Frank is the Dean are building on programs that because the roads were so bad. I could not ning. Two of the accidents occurred sepa- of Undergraduate Studies and already have national signifi- even get back to Kennesaw for work,” rately on I-575 North. the University College. She cance.” A report by wsbtv.com confirmed that The Georgia Department of will oversee the direction and “We can move to the next more than 258,000 homes and businesses Transportation worked quickly to de-ice Tamar Grider | The Sentinel administration of the college level with the potential of lost power statewide Saturday. the roads but faced the slush re-freezing Denise Haywood scrapes ice off her and believes the new structure this new academic college,” Transportation was halted in all forms instantly due to frigid temperatures. roommate’s car Saturday morning. will help facilitate students said Frank. Headed to Washington Students watch as President Bush is inaugurated Jenny Cotton a once-in-a-lifetime experi- “We saw people with pup- Staff Writer ence I will never forget,” said pets of the president and vice Andrews, senior, sociology. president, and one girl dressed The United Statesʼ 55th This inauguration was the up as the Statue of Liberty in Presidential Inauguration took most expensive one in his- chains,” Daniell said. “Others place Jan. 20, and George W. tory, mainly linked to the cost just threw things as the motor- Bush was once again sworn incurred for heightened secu- cades drove by.” into office. “Celebrating rity. President Bush addressed Freedom, Honoring Service,” “We almost missed the the nation, “At this second was the theme for the 2005 whole ceremony,” Andrews gathering, our duties are de- Inauguration. said. fined not by the words I use, Thousands of people turned “We ran around to all the but by the history we have out to witness the event in the entrances trying to get through seen together,” he said. 20-degree weather. This year, security. Some entrances were “It was awesome to see KSU students were among the full and others were just mov- people from all different Photo courtesy of Knight Ridder Tribune thousands of people who wit- ing really slow,” said Greiff. walks of life take the time to [ABOVE] Security at the Inauguration nessed the event. Included in the mass of gather at the nations capitol.” was tight. Snipers manned rooftops and Erin Andrews, Jenny people were protestors. Some Greiff said. “It didnʼt matter assault rifles lined the streets. Cotton, Andrea Daniell and used the more traditional if they were there to support Photo by Jenny Cotton Jill Greiff made arrangements method of holding up signs or protest. All that mattered [LEFT] KSU students ventured to with their professors, switched and passing out information is they were there because Washington to witness the inauguration. their work schedules and while others resorted to more they were passionate about packed for the 700-mile trip creative methods of express- a cause. It was an unforget- to Washington D.C. “It was ing their views. table experience.” Page 2 • News The SENTINEL Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Help is on the way Volunteer Kennesaw giving a hand to tsunami victims Chauntrell Lofton ey into an account. The money Monday, Jan. 17 shortly af- Staff writer will be given to the American ter taking an aerial tour of Sri Red Cross to help aid in the re- Lanka. A deadly tsunami destroyed lief effort. Student Government “Happily, I think Sri Lanka the coasts of Asia and East is getting involved as well. is much farther ahead in dealing Africa Dec. 26. More than “Student Government cre- with this problem,” Wolfowitz 150,000 people were killed, with ated an ad hoc committee, in said. “Thatʼs not a surprise giv- thousands of others presumed which all students are welcome en the scale of catastrophe.” dead or missing. To help the to join. This committee will In some countries the roads people devastated by what has be responsible for organizing were completely washed away been declared by many as the and planning the tsunami re- by huge waves, and the en- most deadly tsunami in history, lief efforts around campus,” tire coastline has forever been Volunteer Kennesaw has joined said Munzir Naqvi, president changed.