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Fictional novel based on Statesboro I HIATUS, P. 12 Law to protect Christians 1 NEWS, P. 5 VanGorder in New QB may be signal Sewaks replacement, coach ; / of triple options demise Volume 78 Number 56 :e things up I SPORTS, p. 6,7 f I 1 f~*\ A DAILY THE GEORGE-ANNE THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 Famed civil rights leader here Jan. 17 Civil rights leader, wife of famed Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams to speak at MLK ceremony By Cheryl Frost crimination. In 1950, she met plans and support for an sissippi," starring Alec Baldwin, and system, then moved to Los Angeles for Woman of Honor Award. The NAACP Staff writer her husband, Medgar Evers, integrated America. When Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers. the position of consumer affairs direc- presented her with an Image Award who joined the NAACP fol- a deadlocked all-white jury The university will show a screening of tor for the Adantic Richfield Company. for Civil Rights and she received the Civil rights activist Myrlie lowing his service in WWII, allowed her husbands killer "Ghosts of the Mississippi" on Monday, In June of 1988, she was appointed by state of California Woman of the Year Evers-Williams will be visiting after which he and his broth- to go free, Evers-Williams Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Russell Union Mayor Tom Bradley to the city's five- Award. Georgia Southern on Tuesday, ers were refused voting rights. fought relendessly for justice. Theatre. member Board of Public Works. She Evers-Williams' speech, "To- Jan. 17, in celebration of the birthday Despite the dangers during a Her determination paid off Evers-Williams moved to Califor- was the first African American woman morrow's Leaders: Their Voices, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. time of segregation, the couple after 30 years when, in 1994, nia shortly after her husbands death, assigned to it. Our Journey," will be presented in A 50-year member and former never faltered in their quest Myrlie Evers her husband's murderer was where she enrolled in Pomona College She has earned a number of awards the Performing Arts Center at Plant Williams chair of the National Association for for civil rights. finally convicted. and earned a Bachelors degree in for her ongoing civil rights campaign, and Chandler Roads at 7 p.m. on the Advancement of Colored People Evers was shot and killed The struggles and tri- sociology. She went on to become the including the U.S. Congressional Tuesday. Both movie screening and (NAACP), Evers-Williams has become in June of 1963, just hours after Presi- umphs of the tragedy were captured assistant director of planning and de- Black Caucus Achievement Award presentation are free and open to an icon for the battle against racial dis- dent John F. Kennedy announced his in the 1996 film "Ghosts of the Mis- velopment for the Claremont College and the League of Women Voters' the public. Magazines rank GSU neighbors Savannah schools get nods from mags, but just for 'buzz GSU was not included is the way By Christina Calloway colleges are ranked by different books Staff writer and news magazines. Newsweek ranked the Hottest 25 How did you come about choos- by basing schools on "creating buzz ing Georgia Southern? Although this among students, school officials, and may seem like a trivial aspect to the longtime observers of the admissions whole college experience, more and process" (www.msnbc.msn.com). more news magazines are finding The premier outlet used nationwide that it is not. by students and colleges is US. News The Princeton Review and U.S. and World Report. The way schools News and World Report are just two are ranked is through categories, Grayson Hoffman/STAFF examples of prominent media outlets regions, public/private, and other Lupton Building razed that provide information about col- characteristics such as peer assess- leges to prospective students. Since ment, average freshmen retention Workers begin the demolition of the Morris and Ann Lupton Building at Paulson Stadium.The building was nearly flattened by Wednesday rankings are used nationwide by rate, average graduation rate, percent afternoon. School officials are mum on what might be placed in the building's former location. This past season the building housed a prospective students, it would make of classes with less than 20 students, restaurant for alumni and team locker rooms. sense that colleges would strive for etc. Each year, the magazine sends out better standards so that their names a survey that is voluntarily answered will be provided in such books and by colleges. attract more students. So, where does Recently, GSU was ranked (by U.S. GSU rank? News and World Report) 56th in the Thompson new VP of Student Affairs and Enrollment Mgt. Newsweek, in conjunction with South as the one of the best universities Kaplan, recently published its an- to obtain a Master's degree. In other GSU News Service tional candidates. ty's strategy of attracting high-ability new GSU," said Grube. nual college guide, which featured rankings GSU's supply chain manage- Thompson has served students. GSU once ranked in the "The university is at a crossroads. the hottest 25 schools. In it, Savan- ment program was ranked 16th in the Teresa Thompson was as an interim vice president bottom quarter of entering freshmen As we prepare to enter our second nah College of Art and Design and nation by Supply Chain Management named Vice President for since July 2004. She came to SAT scores among Georgia univer- century at the end of 200:6, we do Armstrong Atlantic State University Review and the Princeton Review cites Student Affairs and Enroll- GSU in 2000 as director of sities, but now consistently draws so as an institution that is poised were included among the nation's most GSU in its 237 best business schools ment Management at Geor- admissions and was named from the top 25 percent of students to reach new heights of academic interesting schools, with SCAD even for COBA's business and accounting gia Southern, announced associate vice president for in the state. distinction. At the heart of it all is being part of the top 25. While GSU graduate degrees. President Bruce Grube on enrollment management "I am very pleased that Dr. the rising caliber of students who are was not included, this would not be Another reason for differences in Dec 8. Thompson was se- Teresa in 2003. Thompson will continue in her role coming to our university. an indication of the significance of the rankings is reputation of the school. Thompson lected after a national search, During her tenure, she as the high-energy architect of many "Dr. Thompson is a strong leader institution. Such books are based on Under President Grube's direction, the which yielded several excep- has developed the universi- of the strategies that are building a see THOMPSON, page 10 particular rankings, and one reason see MAGAZINES, page 10 Election-year politics loom over Perdue s State of the State By Doug Gross Wednesday, presiding overthe annual to take him on the campaign trail. and lawmakers regularly use their With state tax revenues healthier Associated Press speech given before a joint assembly of And Secretary of State Cathy Cox, posts as stepping stones for higher than at any time in his tenure, Perdue state House and Senate members. the Democrat Taylor will face in this state and federal office. was able to roll out a host of education ATLANTA - For the final State Until Perdue became the first Re- summer's primary, was quick to follow But Wednesday's speech was proposals that included a 4 percent of the State address of his historic publican elected governor in Georgia the speech with a statement wishing steeped in the stuff, from Perdue, pay raise for teacher — the largest term as governor, Sonny Perdue was since Reconstruction in 2002, that a pox upon both of their houses, say- promising a $100 gift card for every in four years — and a plan to lower joined on the podium of the state always meant a supportive No. 2 ing "good oF boy politics has simply Georgia teacher — a formidable class sizes. House by the man who would like to introducing his party's leader. gone bad." voting bloc — to Democrats' quick "Let me tell you one more thing," take his job. This time, a smiling Taylor intro- Politics is never far from the activi- claims that the governor's proposals Perdue said to a Republican-domi- Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, a Demo- duced "his excellency, Gov. Sonny ties of the Georgia Legislature, where amount to little more than election- nated Legislature that interrupted his crat, returned to his traditional role Perdue" just months before he hopes members are elected every two years year posturing. see PERDUE, page 3 Gov. Sonny Perdue TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Campus 2 News 9 OUR PRINT SCHEDULE High: 75 I Low: 54 ~—I High: 74 I Low: 39 High: 56 I Low: 32 — High:62 I Low: 39 National 3 Sports 6,7 The G-A will print next Thursday, Jan.