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Times Talk discusses fake news, pg. 5 Exploring Milledgeville consignment, pg. 12
McMichael warns about the effect that fake news can have on elections.
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The Bobcats are set to begin the 2017 season under a completely new coaching staff. Their first series is from Feb. 3-5 against Ohio Valley.
(.332) and fourth in home Trevor Guthrie, Bradley Fighting Scots at home Brandon Purcell tracks and waits on a pitch in a scrimmage against East
runs (75). Spinner and Logan Howard from Feb. 3-5.
Georgia State on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.
is returning for her second The WBCA selects Smith thinks she’s a somehow she manages to The program is part
Dallas
Fletcher season as a point guard for female collegiate very driven and focused distinguish herself even of the WBCA convention
@gcsunade the women’s basketball basketball players who are individual on and off the from people who have where the candidates will
Senior Veronica Ryan team at Georgia College. interested in pursuing a court. made their lives about the participate in workshops
was chosen by the Women’s Her dedication and passion career coaching women’s “I think coaching is in game.” and networking activities to
Basketball Coaches for the game not only basketball. The program her DNA with her father Ryan has had to spend
strengthen their skill sets,
Association (WBCA) for being a coach, she has multiple seasons courtside
stands out to the WBCA, will be held March 29-31 giving them a competitive
been around the game of watching the game instead
their “So You Want to be but also to her teammates in Dallas, Texas. edge in their searches for
basketball and the game of of playing due to injuries,
a Coach” program. Ryan and coaches. Head coach Maurice coaching positions.
professional coaching for but she has not let that
Ryan is looking forward
a while,” Smith said. “She hinder her determination.
to this program challenging
has a really good basketball “She’s not the most
IQ, she understands the athletic person on the court her and the places it could
game well and she often due to some injuries in her possibly take her.
sees things from a coaching career but she definitely “ I t ’s all about
perspective as a player makes up for it with networking, so it’s all about
which is a rare quality to leadership and being vocal getting me outside of my
have.” about what she sees and box because I am pretty
Ryan’s knowledge and her IQ for the game,” said introverted so this will
understanding of the game Thomas. help me to get to talking to
isn’t the only thing that sets Her hindered movement people,” said Ryan.
her apart. and the pain from her
After graduation, Ryan
“Her love and passion injury have forced her to
hopes to land a coaching
for the game is like no approach the game more
position as a result of this
other I’ve ever seen,” from a mental standpoint.
program.
said teammate Christina That transition is when her
“As her teammate and
Thomas. “Often times interest in coaching peaked.
friend, I look forward to
you’re surrounded by “I’ve had different
college athletes, we all majors and thought I would seeing what Veronica in
love the game so you don’t do something like physical a head coaching position
see that one person stand therapy but nothing gets me looks like,” said Thomas.
Photo courtesy of GC Athletics out because we all have pumped and excited like “That’s going to be
Ryan dribbles down the court past Tuskegee defenders. that passion and drive, but basketball,” said Ryan. exciting.”
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Ashley Harrington
R E A LT O R
break or simply putting away cash for a rainy day, saving Students looking for a bargain can go as close as downtown making old into new since 2014.
to one of the consignment stores located there. “What we try to tell the students is if they go on
comes in many forms.
Downtown Abby store owner Gina Stanley recently Pinterest and see anything they want made we will make
Luckily, in Milledgeville there are plenty of ways
opened up shop in October after seeing a need among it and it generally ends up being much cheaper than if
to actually keep this New Year’s resolution. One of the
college students for a resale clothing store. With knowledge they went and bought something at the store,” said Peeler.
inventive ways Bobcats save a little extra cash is through
that saving money is in the forefront of most students’ While do-it-yourself projects tend to get pricey, stores
the Facebook group Bobcat Exchange, in which Georgia
minds, Stanley offers low prices for new clothing with tags. like Upcycle make an effort to give students one-of-a-kind
College students can post items for sale they no longer “You can save some money, you can make a great projects for less.
use. This can include anything from textbooks to clothing wardrobe,” said Stanley. “We always have something The Milledgeville community offers many creative
to finding someone to take over an apartment lease. on sale.” ways to save. Many opportunities often go overlooked,
Jeff Skinner, junior marketing and business management Stanley also offers store credit in exchange for clothes but in the New Year business owners and even Bobcats
major, used the Facebook community in search of a new customers bring in. themselves are inventing ways to cut down expenses.
24 HOURS TO PLACES
Writers, directors and actors collaborate for 24 hours to create six original plays
Mary Kate
Conner
@gcsunade
Every spring semester, a group of daring creatives
from the GC community gather for the ultimate time-
crunch challenge: The 24-Hour Play Festival. This year,
on Saturday, Jan. 21, your lowly A&E editor ventured in
to see what it was all about.
The first hour commenced at 8 p.m. Friday night. All
the writers, directors and actors gathered in the dimly-lit
Max Noah Recital Hall for a flurry of introductions. Each
director and actor brought one prop and one costume piece,
which were piled into laundry baskets for writers’ reference
and collective use. Among these were a Harvard Dad hat,
a faux fur vest, an 1812 Monet piece, a pirated copy of
The Revenant, a furby and a dead kale plant.
After instructions for the next day, the directors and
actors went home and the writers wrote from 9 p.m. to
6 a.m. the next morning. Several of the writers were
English MFA students, though some brave undergrads
Monica Klinkmueller/ Staff Photographer
were up for the challenge. Mallory Sage, a senior and mass speed-dating game show, a sitcom-style exploration of petty The 24 Hour Play Festival culmintaed Saturday
communication major with passion for screenwriting, said arguments, a fratty murder saga with a hilarious plot twist night with a performance that featured six new
she had no idea what to expect going in, but that it was an and the drama of a time-traveling barber, among others. original plays.
exciting process. When the show ended, I caught up with some cast
“It took a long time, and few people, myself included, members and directors who were gassed but exhilarated.
ended up starting over a few hours in because it just wasn’t Actress Dana Brigance, a sophomore and double major
working out,” said Sage. “I just thought, ‘I have all these in rhetoric and creative writing, said she loved working
people counting on me, so it’s gonna get done.’” on such a tight deadline, even with eventual crash at the
At 7 a.m. the directors met in the Black Box theater to end of the day.
review the fresh scripts. An hour later, the actors arrived “I feel it in the back of my head right now because
to find out casting, have a quick breakfast and promptly I’ve been running on just caffeine,” said Brigance of her
begin rehearsals. post-show exhaustion. But it was well worth it. “I love
At about 1:30, nearly halfway through a full day of the adrenaline. I was with an amazing group. My cast
rehearsals, preparation for the night’s show was briefly was a powerhouse.”
halted by sirens and phone calls from Campus Safety, Director Clay Garland, a senior and theater major, said
signaling a tornado warning in Baldwin County. The casts that the crunched time during the day was stressful and
crammed together in the upper lobby of the Black Box and sometimes uncertain, but that the end result was always
many said they used the down time to mumble lines to each worth it.
other while waiting for the storm to pass. “There’s the worry that I didn’t give them the tools they
Around 4 p.m., with just under four hours left for needed to make this thing successful but then it always
rehearsal, I checked in on the fearless casts. ends up great, even things you thought you didn’t fix
“We have a more serious scene than everybody else so become fixed,” said Garland. “It’s extremely rewarding
it’s a little more challenging, it takes a little bit more, but and very surprising every time.”
they’re doing a great job. They’ll be ready,” said director If you are interested in getting involved with other
Mary Moccia, a senior and theater major. low-key theater events like this later this semester, keep
Ready or not, the show began promptly at 8 p.m. Six an eye out for Directing II Scenes auditions in the next
ten-minute plays were featured that included a light-hearted few weeks.
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Q: What was
your New Year’s
resolution and Corey smith with
how soon do you Muscadine bloodline
intend on breaking
it?
Compiled by Dallas Fletcher
feb. 4, 2017.
Doors open at 7 pm.
show starts at 8 pm.
$25.