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One, two, three, TaNGO!The art of the dance comes to GSC PaGE 3

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f r o m t h e e d i t o rIS SChOOL OVEr yET?

Seriously, is it over? Because, it sort of feels like it should be.

I’ve never been a “let’s-drop-out-of-college-and-survive-on-our-street-smarts” kinda gal, but boy am I getting that feeling all of a sudden.

Maybe it’s because warm weather is here, and the freedom of summer is flirting with us on a daily ba-sis. Or it could be because with every cyclical day, you realize that you’re getting old. actually old.

But if you’re like me, once you’re done moaning and complaining, you’ll look around and realize that you’re still here. So, best do somethin’ bout it.

Like read this paper and see what you missed, or what you could be doing instead of whining aboutfirst-world problems (like being old at 21).

happy reading! audrey Williams

compass@gsc.edu

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Professor Sean herlihy di-rects student Leo Conter-

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Prof. Sean Herlihy dances with student Sarah Howell (center) while students look on for pointers.Audrey Williams

Tango takeover moves students Audrey WilliamsEditor-in-Chief 924211578@gsc.edu

Preparing for the Latino Student Association’s annual Black and White Gala, students have been gathering in the Student Center for tango lessons.

“A lot of people were interested,” said Luis Santos-Ri-vas, adviser to LSA, “so we brought it out.”

This year the Black and White Gala will also host a Latin dance contest, prompting the demand for dance lessons.

The lessons are taught by political science professor Sean Herlihy, who began his experience with the Argentine tango 10 years ago in New Orleans’ clubs while working on his Ph. D. dissertation.

“I was lucky enough to go to Argentina, the birthplace of the tango, and study and dance for a couple of weeks,” Herlihy said.

“I was doing research on an article about the Argentine labor movement by day and dancing by night.”

Fluent in different forms of tango, from the romantic apilado to the fantasia, his favorite, characterized by “big, bold, aerial maneuvers,” Herlihy knew that he would have a lot to teach the students.

Once Santos-Rivas mentioned the need for Latin dance classes, Herlihy volunteered.

“I said, hey, I could offer tango lessons, so he invited me to teach them.”

The lessons were taughtalternately in Robinson Ballroom A and the Student Center cafeteria at noon on Wednesdays, a high traffic time.

Actually getting students to dance in front of a crowd of onlookers was the biggest challenge for the first lessons, with Herlihy having to drag students onto the floor.

“Generally I tell guys to put all that embarrassment away because learning any dance form is the absolute best way to meet ladies,” he said. “The ladies just usually appreciate that dancing is fun.”

Student Leo Countermarsh, one of the participating stu-dents, hadn’t danced the tango before he was pulled up by Herlihy.

“I didn’t think I could dance, so I just went up to have fun,” he said.

Student Katie Garcia wasn’t deterred either.“It’s fun,” she said. “I’m not embarrassed by dancing

and the crowd doesn’t bother me. I love the attention.”Although there were about 16 brave students who

danced, there were a larger number of those who sat out.“I have two left feet, so you’re not going to see me up

there,” said student Dabarie Satterfield.Herlihy, who was just as reluctant when he started

performing in front of large crowds, said that students shouldn’t let nerves deter them from learning.

“I tell them not to worry about what other people think because those other people are all too busy worrying about how they look themselves.”

Sean Herlihy dances tango with student Sarah Howell. Lessons are now taught in Acad. 4 on Wednesdays at noon.

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Post-Dictatorship Argentina; Student Center Ballroom A,

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Student Affairs Leadership Meet-ing; Student Center Meeting Rm 1, 9am - 10am

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NASA Meeting; Student Center Meeting Rm 1, 1pm - 2pm

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Relay for Life Meeting; Rm 3104 Academic IV, 12pm - 1pm

4Readings by Wom-en Who Write; Mul-tipurpose Rooms A&B Academic IV, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

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First Friday from the AAC; Academic III Rm 191, 9am - 11am

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Daschund Club of America; Amphi-theater Area, Park-ing Lot, 8am - 1pm

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Alcoholics Anony-mous Meeting; Academic IV Rm 4171, 3pm - 4pm

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15Student Govern-ment Association Meeting; Meeting Room 1, Student Center 12pm - 1pm.

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Sexual Assault Pre-vention Workshop; Student Center, 12:30 - 1:30pm

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Jacobs announces administratorsPresident Bonita Jacobs of North Georgia College and State University has an-

nounced the senior leadership of the converged schools.

They are:

Provost – Dr. Patricia Donat of NGCSUSenior Vice President, University Affairs – Dr. Al Panu of GSCVice President, Oconee Campus – Dr. Margaret Venable of GSCVice President, Business and Finance – Mac McConnell of NGCSUAssociate Vice President, Business and Finance – Wanda Aldridge of GSCVice President, Student Affairs – Dr. Tom Walter of GSCVice President, Advancement – Dr. Andy Leavitt of NGCSUVice President, Community and Public Affairs – Mary Transue of GSCVice President, Executive Affairs – Billy Wells of NGCSU

In her statement, Jacobs said, “The new structure maximizes the strengths and experience of current administrators from North Georgia College & State Uni-versity and Gainesville State College and is designed to reflect the consolidated institution’s increased scope of mission and service area. I am confident that this team will provide strong and effective leadership as we become one institution in this historic consolidation.”

The appointments will take effect in January 2013. The Compass will have more updates about the consolidation, including a timeline, in our next issue next month.

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GSC Alliance’s first Pride Prom called ‘a great time’Brittanny PooleStaff Writer 924192707@gsc.edu

Gainesville State College held its first Pride Prom this year on Feb. 25, hosted and organized by the GSC Alliance Club.

“This is something the students in the club really wanted to do,” said Jeanelle Morgan, one of the advis-ers for the GSC Alliance Club. “They took charge and did everything from arrangements and decorations, and they did a great job,” she said.

Held in a ballroom of the Student Center, it was decorated from floor to ceiling in the theme colors of the prom: black, white, and silver.

To create a traditional prom feel, there were fully decorated tables, a dance floor, a DJ, a stage for pic-tures, two performances and refreshments.

Dianna Singleton, the president of the Alliance Club, and Cher Smith, the vice president of the club, were two of the team that pulled everything for the night together.

“For the most part we really just wanted to do something fun for February, and it’s something new we have never tried before,” Smith said.

“A lot of people couldn’t attend their high school prom with their boyfriend or girlfriend,” she said, “whether it was because the fear of being judged, or because a lot of high schools don’t allow it. So this is something in honor of those people as well.”

Students and faculty in attendance were encour-aged to bring their signifi-cant others, and many did.

“We wanted to have a space for people to be comfortable, and be who they really are,” Singleton said.

Although the Pride Promwas meanr as a celebration for those who didn’t attend prom because of their sexual orienta-tion, straight people were invited as well.

“We also encouraged and welcomed straight people to attend, and they did,” Smith said. “This was something for everyone.”

Student Alex Frake at-tended the Pride Prom as a performer, dancing an improv routine to “Don’t Hold Me Back.”

“I think it turned out pretty great for the first year we have had it,” Frake said. “We got everyone on the dance floor and that was my goal…for everyone to dance and have a great time.”

“It was also a great to chance to kick things off for

future events,” he said. “We hope it will be even big-ger next year.”

Cher Smith felt that this was great event to let people know about the everything the club does.

“We had several people who had never even heard of the Alliance Club attend the prom, and they de-cided the club was definitely something they wanted they wanted to be involved in.”

A crowd of Pride Prom’s attendees dance The Cupid Shuffle, a staple group dance for most high school proms.

Brittanny Poole

Brent VanFleetAssistant Editor 924226297@gsc.edu

Taking a full load at GSC can be like carrying the weight of the world on your back — liter-ally.

Students are carrying book bags, laptop cases and purses among other stuff that can weigh as much 40 pounds.

Want to lighten the load? It is now possible at GSC due to the new set of lockers in the Student Center. The lockers were installed during spring break.

GSC’s mission with install-ing the lockers was to make the everyday hassle of carrying your class materials and every-thing else easier.

“We had got a lot of com-plaints about how much they [student] had to carry,” said Cara Ray, director of Student Life.

Ray did some digging and proposed the idea, believing it would be more beneficial for students who are car pooling

and also for students who are disabled.

She thought that the Student Center would be the best fit, due to its location in the middle of campus.

“Students who do have mo-bility issues, getting from point A to point B is challenging enough, and with 40 pounds of books, that makes it even more difficult,” Ray said.

How can you use them?It’s simple. Students can use

their own lock or a lock that is given to you by the Student Life office.

“The lockers were made for daily use,” Ray said

Be weary that if you leave your items in the locker after a period of time, you will be asked to take it out.

This is so that all of the stu-dents will have an opportunity to use the lockers.

The newly implemented lockers are a test run, if it is suc-cessful GSC could potentially see more sets of lockers.

“If it does work, we will defi-nitely push for more,” Ray said.

Take a load off with the Student Center’s new lockers

Brent Van FleetAll students can use the lockers at their disposal, but If contents of lockers aren’t removed before the Student Center closes, they will be put in the lost and found.

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I see the consolidation as be-ing a time for Gainesville State College to grow and expand on our academic offerings and activities for the student body.

Dylan Brooks SGA President

at Oconee campus

I think we’ll see a greater focus as a larger institution on com-munity service and leadership opportunities. I really think for students it’ll be the opportunity to be part of a large institution and the resources that come with that, but it’ll still have a small campus feel.

alicia CaudillAssociate VP for Student

Affairs & Dean of Students

We want to make sure that we bring the best strengths out of both institutions…. We hope the consolidation will facilitate and make [access to baccalaureate degrees] possible on a larger scale than we would have been able to do just as a single institution at an even faster pace.”

Al PanuVice President for Academic Affairs

I think the consolidation is a wonderful opportunity to cre-ate a comprehensive uni-versity that will build on the strengths both NGCSu and GSC bring to the table.

Chaudron GilleAssociate VP for

Academic Affairs

Meet the GSC members of the consolidation committee

I don’t see any cons, I just see challenges. Every institution with history has developed its own culture and suddenly we’re going to make one in-stitution out of two places with different cultures, so how do we maintain the existing cul-tures but let them grow sort of naturally into something new.

Jeff MarkerAssociate Professor

President of Faculty Senate

Individually, North Georgia College and State university and Gainesville State College are excellent schools and share a strong foundation of collaboration and partner-ship that has existed for nearly 30 years. as a consolidated institution, students will benefit from the schools’ combined strengths

Mary TransueVP for Institutional

Advancement/ CEO of GSC Foundation

I think we have a lot of good things to offer North Georgia. There are some programs that North Georgia doesn’t have that we do, and I think bringing access to more bachelor’s programs on this campus from North Georgia is going to be a good thing for us.

Wanda AldridgeInterim VP for Business

& Finance

This is really an opportunity to look at what we do well and ramp it up that much more. I think there’s some really good possibilities in there.

Kristen RoneyAssistant VP for

Academic Affairs & Enrichment

One of the very first things we have to do is approach our deliberations on what the mission of the new institution will be. So we’ll be taking two exceptional institutions and different missions, and making them one exceptional institu-tion with yet its own distinct mission

Susan DaniellInstitutional Reporting Coor-

dinator/Banner Functional Leader

The Compass asked each of the GSC members of the consolida-tion committee for comments. Here are the responses we’d received by press time.

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Fast facts about student loans:

• Approximately 38 percent of the 2011-2012 Gainesville State College student body has borrowed a Federal stu-dent loan, with disbursements totaling over $13 million.

• Total student loan debt for the U.S. is about $870 billion, more than the total credit card balance ($693 billion) and the total auto loan balance ($730 billion).

• 40 percent of people under 30 have outstanding student loan debt.

• The average amount owed per borrower is $23,000.

• In 2011, 14 percent of borrowers had at least one past due account.

Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, GSC Office of Financial Aid

Student loans: Plan now to make payments easier

“Though student loans provide a method to pay for a college educa-tion and the expenses associated with it, earning a college education is one of the best investments you can make in your future, and borrowing selectively increases your return on the investment.”

Erin ParrishGSC Office of Financial Aid

Basically, there are two kinds of student loans: Federal Direct student loans and private student loans.

Direct Student Loans are low-interest and provided by the U.S. Department of Education. These loans are offered in the form of subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Subsidized loans traditionally have lower interest rate than unsubsidized loans.

The interest is paid on the student’s behalf by the federal government until the student graduates or falls below half-time enrollment.

Interest on unsubsidized loans increases immediately when the loan is distributed. Pay-ments are deferred for both types of direct student loans until six months after the student graduates, or falls below half time. Private student loans are often used to pick up the cost of tuition that Hope and financial aid do not cover.

Private loans generally have higher interest rates, with higher repayment costs in the long run.

courtesy of John Fewings

What kinds of loans can you get?

But plan ahead and be careful What’s next?

What happens if you can’t pay it back?

are there other options?

The financial aid office says the most common complaint among students is that the maxi-mum annual allowable amount is not enough to cover their expenses. Students fail to under-stand that a beginning salary after college may not be enough to make required payments.

1. The student loan will enter default and damage your credit.2. You’ll lose eligibility for more financial aid.3. Tax refunds will be taken and wages garnished, which is legal forced payment of partial

wages.4. Student loans are among the most difficult to get discharged through bankruptcy.

1. A student can file deferment and forbearance for unemployment.2. You can return to college and get the loans deferred.3. You can try IBR, Income-Based Repayment plan, which lets students make payments

based on their income.4. You can get the loans forgiven, at least partially, by working in certain jobs, such as teach-

ing or for non-profits for 10 years (if you make all your payments on time). This so-called Public Service Loan Forgiveness kicks in after 120 consecutive payments.

With student loan levels so high in the U.S., many are call-ing for relief. President Barack Obama last fall set up a pro-gram that reduces the maximum payment on some student loans and also would allow some to be forgive after 20 years of payments.

In March, a Michigan congressman, Rep. Hansen Clarke, introduced the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R. 4170). This bill, if passed, would:

1. Limit payment amounts to 10 percent of a borrower’s income.

2. Limit interest rates for all Federal loans.3. Change the Public Service Loan Forgiveness to 60 on-

time payments from 120.4. Allow certain private loans to be refinanced as Federal

loans.Other groups want to see the government wipe out all stu-

dent loan debt, saying that students deserve the same kind of bail-out the banks got in 2008.

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Sarah Griffin A&E Section Editor924212857@gsc.edu

Oscar Wilde’s most famous play, soon to be present-ed here at GSC, is an audience favorite which portrays wittiness at its best in an entertaining, romantic com-edy.

“The Importance of Being Earnest,” directed by Eli-sa Carlson, is a late-1800s tale of two young men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who have added excitement to their lives by bending the truth, in order to fall in love and secretly escape the social expecta-tions of the English upper class.

Catie Councell, plays the part of Gwendolen Fair-fax, who is love with Jack Worthing, but doesn’t know that his name is Jack. She has an odd fascination with the name Earnest, and Jack actually pretends that his name is Earnest so that she will marry him.

“What I like most about my character is that she is very modern and headstrong for this time period,” said Councell. She said that Wilde was definitely ahead of his time writing about such independent women. “Gwendolen truly believes that her life is romantic and was swept away by the idea of romance.”

“I love this play, it’s so much fun and my costume is going to be beautiful,” she said.

Patrick Wade and James Odom both play the comi-cal parts of the two men who go by the name of Earnest. “Basically our characters fall in love with two women, and they believe our name is Earnest,” said Wade. “And our name isn’t Earnest, which we deal with throughout the entire play.”

“It’s sort of a play on words,” said Odom. “We’re two bachelors in the upper class society of London, and we

both have mistaken identities because of our names.” The stage manager, Dillon Wilcox, a freshman here

at GSC, has been working hard to quickly put this play together. He says that learning the accents for the play has not been too difficult for the actors with the help from the director, Elisa Carlson.

Wade says that she is a brilliant vocal coach and has really helped them adjust to these British accents. In terms of individual work, he says that he watched “Downtown Abbey,” a television show with characters who have English accents, in order to help prepare himself.

“Most everyone has taken voice and diction with her before,” said Wilcox. “We read through the play the first night and figured out how to pronounce certain words.”

Wilcox is excited for the costumes and says that Jeannie Crawford, the costume designer, is incredible. “The costumes are very elegant and fit right in with the time period, involving giant dresses, corsets, and big bustles.”

He said that Crawford can literally make anything out of nothing when it comes to designing costumes.

Matthew Sparks plays the comical part of Merri-man, who is Jack Worthing’s butler. He says in order to prepare himself for plays, he has his own techniques.

“I must know where I’m going to be on stage while saying specific lines,” he said. “Stage direction helps me memorize everything I need to say.”

Sparks said that his character is more proper than the others, but there is still “goofiness” in every charac-ter involved.

“GSC students should definitely come see this show,” said Sparks. “It’s extremely funny and I really think ev-eryone will enjoy it.”,

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GTa goes Wilde in latest production

(Top left) James Odom, who plays Jack Worthing, proposes to Gwendolen Fairfax, played by Catie Councell.

(Above) Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew are the female love interests of the Earnests.

The Importance of Being Earnest

GSC’sEd Cabell Theatre

april 10-14 &17-21 7:30 pm

april 15 & 212:30 pm

Tickets are $16-18 for adults, $14-16 for seniors and $10-12 for

students

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Nik Simotes Staff Writer 924216512@gsc.edu

The most recent exhibit in the Roy C. Moore Art Gallery displayed 14 works of art, all by stu-dents at GSC.

Set up by Martha T. Nesbitt in 1997, the Presi-dential Art Award has been awarded to one stu-dent each semester.

According to the gallery, “This award showcases the best art projects done by a student in any of the studio art classes.”

This specific exhibit showcases some of the past winners along with this year’s winner, Megan Fowl-er. Since this was her first award for her artwork, she was caught by surprise.

“It is liberating to know that what you have created is important to other people as well. The award meant a great deal to me and is something I will never for-get,” she said.

Fowler’s winning piece was untitled until a month ago when she named it Simple.

“Simple was its perfect fit, completely iden-tifiable and to the point. It had no intentional deeper message, but to me that was the deeper message, a simple idea, during a simple time in my life that, for me, became a very important piece of art,” Fowler said.

Dory Adams, winner in 2000, had two pieces hanging in the exhibit. Dark Door was the win-ning piece that year and was inspired by person-al events.

“The mono-type print depicts the dark door that I needed to go through. That dark door for me was divorce. I did step through that door in March of 2001,” Adams said.

In May of 1999, Adams was diagnosed with oral cancer, which inspired both of her pieces in the gallery. “I have heard it said that from great pain comes great art. Art is also great therapy,” she said.

She suffered through radical neck dissection surgery along with 33 sessions of radiation to her head and neck to remove the cancer. “Needless to say it was a very scary time in my life,” Adams said.

At the time, Adams was a 45-year-old mother of two in a 20-year marriage. Her life revolved around art with a home-based graphic art/print broker career.

“On the outside, my life was normal and happy. However, quite the opposite was true. Cancer made me realize that I needed to make changes in my life,” she said.

The other work of art hang-ing in the gallery was Self Portrait . In Jan. 2005, this piece was accepted into the 40th Anniversa-ry Alumni Art Exhibit at GSC. On Jan. 25, 2005, it got a write-up in The Gainesville Times “Get Out” section and was showcased on the front page.

“This painting is actually full of symbolism, but I leave that for others to interpret,” Adams said.

“It portrays the fear and loss I experienced during cancer treatment, as well as my inability to convey these feelings to others.”

Presidential art awards celebrates art students

“It is liberating to know that what you have cre-ated is important to other people...The award meant a great deal to me and is something I will never forget.”

Megan Fowler,

2011-2012 Presidential Award winner

SimpleMegan Fowler

2011-2012 Presidential award winner

Dark Room (left)dory adams

1999-2000 Presidential award Winner

“The mono-type print depicts the dark door that I needed to go through.”

Self Portrait dory adams

1995-2000 Presidential award winner

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T h E h u N G E r G a M E S eight things to know before you see the movie

We know that most of you won’t bother to read the books before you rush to the theaters,

so here’s a quick course.

1. “Hunger Games” is set far in the future when natural disasters have wiped out most of the world’s resources, leaving Panem where North America used to be. Panem is made of 12 districts.

2. There used to be 13 districts, but during the Dark Days the districts tried to rebel and the 13th district was wiped out to keep the other districts from trying to rebel. The Capitol created the Treaty of Treason with laws that were meant to ensure peace by establishing yearly Hunger Games.

3. In the rules of the Hunger Games, each district must provide one boy and girl aged 12 or older as tributes for the Hunger Games. The tributes are given a span of several weeks to fight to the death in a secluded area in The Capitol. The Hunger Games are televised in The Capitol and the districts.

4. The main protagonist is Katniss Everdeen. She lives in District 12, a coal mining district. After her father died she has been taking care of her mother and sister. She is the female tribute for her district.

5. Peeta Mellar is the fellow tribute from District 12 that goes with Kat-niss to the Capitol. He was the only person that gave her hope from starvation after her father died. He has always had a crush on her, but she is oblivious.

6. Each district’s tributes must have a trainer, who must be a past survivor of the Hunger Games. Haymitch Abernathy is one of the only two winners from District 12 and he must help them impress the judg-es and the public in order to receive sponsors.

7. Cinna is Katniss’ designer, tasked with the goal to make her mem-orable to all of Panem and the Capitol. Through Cinna’s ideas, Kat-niss becomes “the girl on fire.”

8. Only one person can be the winner of the Hunger Games, even killing a fellow District member to survive and return home. The win-ner’s District will be showered with food and gifts every month as a prize to the tribute.

list compiled by Paku Lo

The Chestatee Review places in Southern Literary Festival

Dominique Gaiter Staff Writer924218868@gsc.edu

GSC’s literary magazine, The Chestatee Review, won third place in the Literary Journal category at the Southern Literary Festival.

The Southern Literary Festival was founded at Blue Mountain College in Mississippi in 1937 to promote Southern literature.

The festival is proceeded by the literary contest for students from member schools.

Currently, there are more than 20 members schools.

Categories include: short fic-tion, poetry, informal and formal essays, and one-act plays.

There is also a category for the previous year’s student-produced journal.

The 2012 Southern Literary Festival will be held March 29-31 at Lipscomb University in Nash-ville, Tennessee.

The Chestatee Review is a class offered at GSC called magazine production.

Professors Gloria Bennett and Leslie Worthington will be taking members of the magazine produc-tion class to participate in creative writing workshops and readings held throughout the weekend of the festival.

The Chestatee Review puts out a literary magazine once a year in the spring.

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Mike WilliamsSports Editor924198432@gsc.edu

The NFL off season was going along like almost ev-ery other in league history, free agents switching teams, teams preparing for the NFL draft and working out players, nothing much happening.

Then a couple of weeks ago the Indianapolis Colts decided to part ways with future Hall of Fame and four time league MVP quarterback Peyton Manning after he had missed all of last season due to multiple neck sur-geries and not wanting to have to pay him a $28 million roster bonus when he will be 36 years old.

So Manning went on about a two-week-long adven-ture where he visited and was visited by a handful of NFL clubs vying for his services and betting that even after a year off and at an advanced age that Manning could help lead them to a Super Bowl.

Ultimately it came down to three teams: the Tennes-see Titans, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos. Then on Monday, March 19, Peyton Manning selected the Denver Broncos, the team that Tim Tebow had led to a division title and first-round playoff win just a few months earlier.

That set off a firestorm of speculation about the future of Tebow with not just the Broncos, but in the league as a whole. Who would want him? Do the Bron-cos want to hold onto him in case Manning gets rein-jured? Will they just cut him if they can’t trade him?

Well, about 48 hours after Manning signed on with the Broncos, on one of the most monumental days in league history, Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets.

Tebow will now join one of the most dysfunctional locker rooms and foul-mouthed coaches in Rex Ryan.

So the question is who has more pressure on them now, Manning or Tebow?

It is a hard question to answer, but one thing is for sure, they will be forever linked until one of them wins a Super Bowl or Man-ning retires.

But this day will forever be remembered for something else that happened, the sus-pension of New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton for the entire season, the in-definite suspension of former Saints defen-sive coordinator and current Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the eight-game suspension of Saints General Manager Mick-ey Loomis, the loss of two second round draft picks and a $500,000 fine for their roles in the bounty program they ran over the past few seasons and then subsequently lying about it to Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The Saints players who were involved also still face the possibility of fines and suspen-sions as well.

It was for sure a day like no other the NFL had ever experienced in its long and rich history. Never had a head coach been suspended before.

But don’t for a second think that this was all about player safety. The NFL could care less as long as they are making billions of dollars every year, as they have proved by the lack of sympathy they have continued to show to retired players during their battles over health care.

The only reason they came down so hard on them is because just days before some 50 former players who are suffering from various head and brain trauma from their playing days filed suit against the league. This was just a public relations stunt first and foremost.

While I don’t condone trying to purposely hurt a player for extra money, almost every defensive player who is retired has said that they always tried to kill the quarterback and were never offered extra incentives for it and when players are making millions what is anoth-er $5,000 to them.

So now less than two months removed from the Super Bowl and still over five months away from the start of the 2012 season the NFL managed to steal away headlines and media coverage from the NCAA basket-ball tournament, which is going on now.

I guess football really is now a year-round sport.

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S P O R T San off season like no other in the NFL

Fencing Club growing rapidly on campusMichael MullinsSports Writer924214355@gsc.edu

En garde! The fencing club has be-come one of Gainesville State's fastest growing clubs.

Club adviser Ezekiel Black said the group formed in 2010, and students who are interested don’t have to have fencing equipment, because it’s provid-ed by the club.

“You don’t need to have any sort of background in the sport,” he said.

“In fencing there are three weapons, the foil, the epee and the sabre,” Black said.“We’ll teach you everything you need to know from footwork all the way up to blade work”

Since the club started it has rapidly grown and a fencing class is now being offered.

“There are probably around 25 members in the club itself,” Black said.

The fencing club is also starting to become competitive throughout the

Southeast. “The purpose of the club is to pro-

mote fencing throughout the club re-gardless of experience,” Black said. “I

think we would want to become a com-petitive team.”

National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation (NCAA) teams don’t exist in the South, but most colleges have teams that compete in school-sponsored tournaments, including UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern.

“In other states, like at Clemson,

they all have teams and they often fence each other. So I think we’d want to get to the level where we could compete with those other teams,” Black said.

Black hopes to have a Gainesville State-sponsored tournament soon.

“By the end of this semester we should have a tournament here on cam-pus against UGA and Georgia Tech,” Black said.

Tournament fencing does require a special set of equipment to determine who wins a round which at this time GSC does not have.

“We should be able to purchase two sets of electric equipment in the fall. That is our main request in our budget,” Black said.

“So it (the tournament) would be a good way for our fencers to get a taste of tournaments before we actually get the equipment.”

If you are interested in joining the fencing club the club meets every Tues-day and Thursday in the gym. Or con-tact Ezekiel Black at eblack@gsc.edu.

“There are probably 25 members in the club itself. Then in the fall of 2011 we started a fencing

class”. Club advisor Ezekiel Black said.

I f you are interested in joining the

fencing club, the club meets every Tuesday and Thursday in the gym. Or contact Eze-kiel Black at eblack@gsc.

edu

Peyton Manning (18) and Tim Tebow (15) will be for-ever linked to one another after the Broncos signed Manning and shipped Tebow off to New York.

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Tigers built for World Series run in 2012

Braves need to trust bats, forget collapseMichael MullinsSports Writer924214355@gsc.edu

On Sept. 5, 2011, the Atlanta Braves had an eight-and-a-half-game lead in the National League Wild Card race.

Twenty-three days later the Braves were down one game.

Unfortunately that would be the last time we saw them play in 2011.

Yes, the Braves had done the unthinkable. They-went 10-20 over the last 30 games including going 0-9 against their hated rivals the Philadelphia Phillies and their main competitor in the Wild Card race, the St. Louis Cardinals.

Enough of last year, though. It’s time to look forward to bigger and brighter things starting with this:

DEREK LOWE IS GONE!Yes, fellow Braves fans, the Braves ace that went 9-14

last year with a whopping 5.05 earned run average, and even worse, went 0-5 with an 8.75 ERA during the last month of the season, is gone.

In all seriousness though, Lowe was not the only problem the Braves had in September. The offense was non-existent. Their team batting average was .236 for September. That’s bad.

The Braves return a powerful young pitching staff lead by veteran ace Tim Hudson. Hudson, however, is

coming off of back surgery and is expected to be back mid-April.

The rest of the rotation should be one of the best with Jair Jurjens, Tommy Hanson, Brandon Beachy and Mike Minor. And the Braves also have promising young starters in Randall Delgado and Julio Teheran who will likely be designated to bull-pen duty along with Eric O’Flaherty, Johnny Venters and powerhouse closer Craig Kimbrel.

Pitching ,though, is the least of the Braves’ worries.

In 2011, the Braves were 22nd in runs scored, 26th in batting average, 26th in on base percentage and 21st in slugging percentage. Medic!

A lot of fans have said the Braves need to make a trade to bring in a big power bat to help jumpstart the offense. I say no.

Martin Prado, who arguably has been the Braves’ best player since he arrived in Atlanta in 2007, has been the topic of most trade talks this off season.

I ask, why do you want to trade your best player for someone who might not give you full return? Let’s re-member when Prado was injured, the Braves went into a tailspin. The Braves also have two young power hit-ters in Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman.

I know, I know, Jason Heyward couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat last season. But he was plagued by

a shoulder injury through much of last season. He’s now 100 percent. And the results will show.

Not to mention the Braves have Brian Mc-Cann and Dan Uggla, who after an abysmal start ab-solutely crushed the ball the second half of the season finishing with 36 home runs, the most by a Brave since Andruw Jones in 2006.

And then there is the old faithful guard, Chip-

per Jones. When he’s healthy, he still is considered one of the better third basemen in the league. Keyword though is “when” healthy.

Since 2004, Chipper has only played more than 140 games once. His health and his bat are key.

At the end of the day this team has the talent and potential to make the postseason and go far. And let’s be honest, a month like last September is probably not going to happen again.

And as we saw last year with St. Louis, anything can happen in the playoffs if you just get in.

Mike WilliamsSports Editor924198432@gsc.edu

Last year the Detroit Tigers made it all the way to the American League Championship series only to fall to the Texas Rangers in six games. Their main problem? Not enough offensive fire power.

Despite ranking in the top four in all the major of-fensive categories last season when it comes down to a seven game series in the playoffs, players bats tend to fade sometimes and players’ production drops from what it was in the regular season and the Tigers were left with only one major threat at the plate, Miguel Ca-brera.

To rectify this problem the Tigers signed perennial all-star slugger Prince Fielder, who batted .298 with 38 homeruns and 120 RBI’s last season for the Milwau-kee Brewers. That help added to the talented young outfield of Austin Jackson, Brennan Boesch and Don Kelly should be able to provide enough support around Cabrera, who is arguably the most talented all around hitter in baseball.

Last year Cabrera led the American League with a .344 batting average, .448 on-base percentage and 48 doubles. He also ranked second in slugging percentage while hitting 30 homeruns and driving in 105 runs.

Add all that to a pitching staff that is led by last sea-son’s AL MVP and CY Young award winner Justin Ver-lander and a dynamite closer in Jose Valverde, who was a perfect 49 of 49 in save opportunities, and you have a recipe for success.

The rest of the rotation should be solid as well. They

will have Doug Fister, who came over from Seattle in a mid-season trade last year, for a full season to go with the power arm of Max Scher-zer and third-year man Rick Porcello.

In the National League I think a healthy San Fran-cisco Giants team will regain its form from a few years ago when they won the whole thing and make another run behind the plethora of young arms in their rotation.

Last year the Giants sea-son was derailed when their best offensive player Buster Posey was lost for the year in a nasty home plate colli-sion that resulted in a badly broken ankle. He is back and they have added some nice pieces around him.

The addition of Angel Pa-gan and Melky Cabrera at the top of the order is just what the Giants needed, two guys that can hit for aver-age, get on base and steal bases.

The top four pitchers in their five man rotation, led by two-time CY Young award winner Tim Lincecum, can go toe to toe with any other rotation in baseball, especially in playoff series.

When it comes down to the World Series though, I

lean towards the Tigers. Both teams have great pitching staffs, from starters to the bullpen, I just don’t think the Giants will be able to produce enough runs to beat the Tigers.

I look for the Detroit Tigers to defeat the San Fran-cisco Giants in a very tight seven game series to bring the World Series Trophy to the Motor City for the first time since 1984.

Last season’s AL MVP and CY Young award winner Justin Verland-er will try to lead the Tigers to the promised land in 2012.

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The Braves hope they can

overcome last year’s epic collapse and

make Chipper Jones’ final year in Atlanta

a special one.

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O P I N I O N SMichelle Wiggle Staff Writer924212857@gsc.edu

Social media sites erupted when news of the GSC/NGCSU merger hit the public, with students and faculty sounding off.

North Georgia students seemed to be livid that they’d soon be affilated with GSC.

Although North Georgia stu-dents exploded upon hearing the news, GSC students seemed not to care.

It was as if no emotion came with the big news.

Could it be because many students view GSC as 13th grade? Our students see GSC as a school to get through classes and not a place to get attached to.

Students need to see that GSC has more to offer than just a speedy trip through academia. There may not be real sports, not as many clubs and no Greek life, but GSC is a unique place on its own.

One student, Ashley Salinas, really cares about GSC and told me, “Everyone has their own place and they can be themselves without getting picked on or judged.”

This is something that students should appreci-

ate and even celebrate. Celebrate that you go to a school that cares about you as an individual and not another student in a long series of students.

If students don’t feel a sense of school spirit, why do they bother showing up?

Students come to GSC because they need a place to get an education while dealing with other things in their busy lives.

Student Stephanie Frady, 25, currently has two kids along with a full-time job at the Habersham County Jail.

“I came to GSC, one be-cause the Habersham County colleges are not as good as GSC and also becuase GSC is for the more non-traditional student who has other things to deal with in life, such as a job and kids,” Frady said.

They flexibility that GSC allows should be enough for students to have school spirit and to have pride in our great college.

The ability to say, “yes I have a quality education and I can take care of my children by working two jobs” is some-

thing that most colleges (like North Georgia) can’t give their students.

So let’s join in on the typical college hootin’ and hollerin’ about how much we love our school be-cause if we didn’t have it, who knows where we’d be.

Fighting Geese, where’s your school spirit?

Laker T. Goose wonders where the school spirit is too.

Audrey Williams

Students need to see that GSC has more to offer than just a speedy trip through academia. There may not be real sports, not as many clubs and no Greek life, but GSC is a unique place on its own.

Brent VanFleetAssistant Editor 924226297@gsc.edu

As I walked into my first day of class this semester, with that new smell of books, clothes, and a new start, I ran up against something else new. My professor told the class that North Georgia and our own Gainesville State College will merge and become one school. At first, I thought this would be a completely wonderful change.

As time progresses, I am beginning to think the Saints of North Georgia are acting more like mountain trolls.

I hear degrading comments around campus about the word of mouth at the school up north. I am not one to automatically believe gossip but when I have friends who attend the school, making the same comments I am hearing as rumors, it leads me to believe everyone feels like this.

Of course, their school is a lot smaller than ours, so maybe I’m just hearing from the same small group that feels negative about the merger.

The first comment that dances into my ear is, “You are not on the same level as us.”

This leaves me with the question, what makes you think you are any better?

The students here at GSC are capable or have the

same potential as any other school in the state. Our goal is to give students a foot in the door. College is expen-sive enough—we make it possible for people to have a chance at further education for less money.

What makes you better, NGCSU? Is it grades? GSC is just like any other school; we have students

who excel and students who don’t, and then the ones who fall in between. We have prepared and propelled students to go on to major universities like the Univer-sity of Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia State, among many others outside the state.

Is it because NGCSU is a military school? I have a great deal of respect for armed forces. I am

thankful for what they have done and the rights they have given me. But let’s be clear, once the schools con-solidate, the ROTC is only going to be less than 5 per-cent of the student body, far smaller than the typical high school. I have yet to find a student who’s gone to NGCSU because it is a military college. Again, what makes you better?

The other degrading comment that I can’t seem to take seriously is, “You don’t go to the main campus, so you can’t play sports here.”

I have question for you: Are you a division I power-house? Didn’t think so.

Yes, you have had a decent year with some sports, and you had the top Division II women’s basketball player but there is most definitely room for improve-

ment. You had a handful of teams with losing seasons, so if mediocrity or being average is what you strive for, then you don’t need any help.

GSC has not had sports in many years but when we did, we were dominant. All of our sports had top play-ers and even top teams in the nation in the junior col-lege division. We just did not have the enrollment at the time to keep the athletics up and running.

So if anything, we would help you out in athletics. So what makes you better? Are you afraid of some

Fightin’ Geese? Truth is, you need us a lot more than we need you.

I believe North Georgia is in debt up to their rear end with nowhere to expand. You need our help. GSC has two campuses, nowhere near the debt, and room to ex-pand.

I think everybody at North Georgia (and admitted-ly, a few people at GSC) need to quit being selfish and think of the opportunities that have arisen because of the consolidation. This will better the students in what-ever career path they decide to take. Both schools will be equally beneficial to each other.

North Georgia, I do leave you with one last bit of advice. As it seems right now, you look down on GSC from your mountain top and see us as second-class citi-zens. If you come down here with that attitude, you can hop back on your St. Bernard and hike your ass back up the mountain you came from.

We are not second-class citizens, North Georgia

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O P I N I O N SM o d e r n - d a y r a c i s m ? race does not parallel talentEmanuel Fisteag Staff Writer 924212857@gsc.edu

Race is nothing more than a group of people who’ve adapted to their environment, thus sharing similar features.

The belief that one’s race has some kind of impact on talents is preposterous and has no place in modern civilization.

People have always noticed differences between themselves and peo-ple of different lands, tribes and nations, but the hierarchi-cal classification of the races was not attempted until the last several hundred years.

Although equality in op-portunities progresses by each generation, stereotypes still have a deep impact in today’s psyche.

In the case of Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin, social stereotypes simply do not fit. A popular stereotype is that black people are naturally better athletically than other races.

What people generally do not know is that in the late 1930s Jewish teams dominated basketball. In the documentary “Race: The Power of an Illusion,” it is said during that time, the talent of the Jewish teams was be-lieved to be attributed to the “artful dodger” characteristic of the Jewish people.

Nowadays, this idea wouldn’t register. So why is it acceptable to believe that

black people are naturally more athletically astute or Asian people are naturally better in

education? People would rather slap a ste-reotype on someone rather than find a rea-sonable explanation.

The explanation “Race” offers is, “As opportunities change in society, different groups get drawn into different domains.” If we look through the demographics of basket-ball historically, we see a shift from Jewish talent to black and today, many players are from abroad. This simply means that there are more opportunities available for black

and Jewish people today than there were histori-cally.

As confirmed in “Race,” environmental interaction is much more important than race and is in fact crucial in the development of a person. Sometimes a person may be rewarded more for one of their talents than the other.

The documentary also says: any two people of

the same race may be as genetically differ-ent as two people of different races, but two people who are genetically similar do not have to be of the same race. Genetic varia-tion is not dependent on race. People intel-lect, physical and artful capabilities, etc., have nothing to do with racial background.

Stereotypes, even if they’re positive, are still wrong and racism today means us, as global citizens and a nation, will not see our full potential through our best minds. Sadly, because of racism, many bright minds will not even try exploring their potential.

“The belief that one’s race has some kind of im-pact on their tal-ents is preposter-ous and has no place in modern civilization.”

Aisha TaylorStaff Writer924202235@gsc.edu

There’s hardly anything to watch on TV anymore except re-ality shows.

I feel like good quality pro-gramming has been replaced with mindless, pointless, stupid reality shows that aren’t really reality.

It’s as though the producers of these shows will let things esca-late so far between cast members just to get high ratings.

Okay, I admit it: I do watch reality TV. But that’s only be-cause there’s really nothing else to watch.

Bad Girls Club on the Oxygen channel is one show I couldn’t miss on Monday nights. But due to the behavior that’s been shown by these seven “bad girls,” on re-cent episodes, I am appalled at what I’ve been watching.

I can’t believe that I’ve been entertaining such bad behavior for

so long on my television set. I also can’t believe producers

will show three girls holding one girl down while the rest of them beat on her and pull her hair for shock value.

Another thing that gets to me is the name calling. These girls are constantly calling each other fat and ugly.

Instead of building each other up and encouraging one another, they are tearing each other down and looking for stupid things to fight about.

Instead of showing positive im-ages of women on TV, such as be-ing smart, strong and independent, networks are using Bad Girls Club to depict these women to be igno-rant, brash, obnoxious women, all in the name of ratings.

I’m not saying we should look at members of the Bad Girls Club as role models, but the producers and network should remember how women are being portrayed during the filming of the show.

Bad girls or bad TV?

Is suicide the new cancer for young people?Michelle WiggleStaff Writer924212857@gsc.edu

Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among 15-24 year olds. The numbers are puzzling be-cause many today feel there young adult life were the prime moments of their life.

Dr. Joy Evans, a counselor at GSC, said, “Hormones are high during those years and they are very passion-ate about life and their hopes and dreams. Sometimes they do not turn out the way you want and it causes moments of despair and in those moments there can be suicidal thoughts.”

I was faced with some of these challenges when I was just 16 years old.

The depression all started because my doctor told me I needed to lose around 20 pounds to be at an ideal weight. I took the statement to the extreme and lost 35 pounds in three months.

All I wanted was to feel accepted by my friends and

family. I felt worthless because my goals of acceptance were failing.

Everyday I asked myself why I was a failure, why could I not be perfect, and why my life seemed worse than before.

Depression was sinking in more and more, every-thing felt so hopeless, like my life would never be per-fect or right in any way. I was too much of a failure to reach any goals I had.

I was moving into isolation, ignoring my friends, my family and all their questions. I caved about six months into my depression and attempted suicide. However, the plan failed and I told no one what I did.

A week later I tried again, and thought it was work-ing. I had taken a dose of 20 different types of medica-tions.

I thought it was the end so I wrote a letter to my mother, father, brother and my best friend. I knew this would be my last night.

Luckily I awoke the next morning, but felt very ill. I pulled myself out of bed and made my way to school,

still feeling as if I might die.Eventually I told my mother what I did and she

rushed me to the hospital, where they transferred me to Summit Ridge, a facility for people with all sorts of problems, including mine.

My organs began to fail and my stomach was eating its insides. I was put on a special diet and they stabi-lized my organs. They were functioning again and I was alive. Now all that was left was to finally face my problems.

What I did was not worth the consequences and I am very lucky to still be alive.

Suicide is not the answer to any of the problems you may face and many people are around to help you through them, including the counselors at GSC.

If you need any help with your problems, contact them and set up an appointment. It is an easy process that takes only minutes. Each student receives eight free sessions per semester.

The counseling office is in the student center by the Student Life office, and each counselor is there to help.

Members of the Oxy-gen chan-nel’s “Bad Girls Club” pose for the show’s promo.

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Sarah Griffin A&E Section Editor924212857@gsc.edu

In the fall of 2010, Jessica Ziembroski and Sheri Hardee, both GSC professors, decided to join with the Gainesville Hous-ing Authority (GHA) and start a program called the Homework Center, where GSC students are volunteering every day.

“This is something we should all really care about,” Ziembroski said. “Right now, there are about 20 children who come af-ter school everyday and are excited before they even get off the bus.

“Our main goal is to stay at the Home-work Center,” she said. “We are in this for the long haul.”

The center is located in Gainesville and is a place where children who live in the area may go after school to get help with homework, read, enjoy arts and crafts,

play games and have snacks.There are currently four paid coordina-

tors from GSC who keep the center orga-nized and plan what the children will do each day as they arrive after school. Over the summer there are plans for the chil-dren to visit local water parks, go to the movies and bowling.

The executive director of the GHA, Ju-dith Escamilla, had to reallocate her budget in order to pay the coordinators because the center does not get much funding.

“It is basically supported by students and donations of materials,” Ziembroski said.

GSC student Brandy Wiite is a part-time worker for the Homework Center and said that being able to meet these chil-dren and feel what it’s like to make a dif-ference in a younger person’s life may be beneficial for college students.

“It allows GSC students to move be-

yond textbooks and lectures and actually get experience working with people,” she said.

“This experience has absolutely changed my life and lets me know how much work is needed in our community and in Amer-ica as a whole,” Wiite said.

Ziembroski requires all of her students to provide the community with 10 service learning hours per semester, and now, be-cause of the Homework Center, most of the required hours are put into being in-volved there.

Another paid coordinator and student from GSC, Randy Jenkins, said that the best part of his job is giving kids a place to go after school.

“I thoroughly enjoy working with the kids, and making sure that they have stud-ied for their upcoming tests,” he said.

“It’s also fulfilling just to know that they are having a good time as well.”

“I thoroughly enjoy working with the kids, and making sure that they have studied for their upcoming tests. It’s also fulfilling just to know that they are having a good time as well.”

Randy JenkinsGSC Student,

coordinator at the Homework Center

New homework center creates new volunteer opportunities

Daniel Esparza (left) and Joey Nash (right), members of GSC’s Chess Club, play a calculated game of chess in one of the weekly meetings.

The Chess Club recently played at a tournament at Emory University.

They competed against schools from all over the state, including four-year colleges and universities.

The Chess Club placed fifth overall.

For further information on getting involved in the chess team, contact adviser Doudlas Young at dyoung@gsc.edu.

ChECK IT OUT! Meetings are Wednesdays

from noon to 1 p.m. in academic 2, room 192

Chess Club places above four-year colleges at tournament

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Kaitlin’s Spring Style Forecast and what you had to say about it!

“I think that rainbow colors are kind of weird un-less you are shuf-flin’.”

Berk Uzgoren

“I have a pair so if guys don’t like it they can get over it.”

Leslie Pope

Colored PantsKaitlin says: “Ladies, if you have not gotten yourself a pair of colored pants, you will miss out on the No. 1 trend this year. Practically any store you can think of is carrying these stylish pants: Target, American

Eagle, GAP, For-ever 21. These are great for any body type and can be paired with a simple white shirt or another colored top if you want to really stand out.”

“It looks like a child’s dress.”

Raven Randolph

Lace DressesKaitlin says: “There are two things that will never go out of style: dresses and lace. Put the two together and you have one precious outfit. Wear it on a date or pair it with a cardigan for work. Lace can be romantic and fun! So add color to make a statement.”

Guys ended up split down the middle on the lace dress trend.

“Oooh, more skin!”

Alexander Gray

Girls ended up split down the middle on the cold shoulder trend.

Cold ShoulderKaitlin says: “The cold shoulder blouse is another great buy for women. It is airy, light, and fashionable. What makes it so great is the open back, and sleeve cut-outs.”

Were her predictions spot on, or will you be opting for something else this spring?Tell us! E-mail your opinions and ideas to compass@gsc.edu