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EORWWHUFeb. 9“And in the morning, I’m making wa"es!”Wa!e House A male was intimidating

customers by pacing the !oor of the Wa"e House. Georgia State o#cers $led a criminal trespass warning (CTW) and escorted the individual from the premises.

Feb. 10Nobody ever taught me how to play pokerUniversity Commons

A student and two non-Georgia State a#liated individuals were found in the midst of quarrel involving an issue of gambling. %e non-a#liated individuals were issued a Criminal Trespass Warning (CTW) and escorted of the property. %e information has been turned over to the Dean of Students.

Feb. 11#e tag says ‘hang dry’University Commons A Georgia State student $led

a report for vandalism when she found her clothes in the laundry room had been taken from the com-munity dryer and then had bleach poured on them. %is case will be handled by the Georgia State Police Department Investigations Division.

Feb. 12Grandma hits harder10 Park PlaceGeorgia State o#cers re-sponded to complaints of

a male punching individuals at 10 Park Place. He was arrested for two counts of battery. %e male was not associated with the university but has been processed and transported to Fulton County Jail.

Let’s get this party startedUnderground PlazaTwo separate individuals were arrested for public

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Girish Kumar Krishnan began playing video games a&er ex-periencing a massive culture

shock when he and his family moved to the rural parts of the U.S. in 1998 from the crowded city of %iruvanantha-puram, Kerala (India).

Krishnan, a Georgia State student, said he didn’t have any idea of what America was like because he and his family were only used to seeing the U.S. on TV, which was primarily depicted like New York City.

“So we thought we were coming to the future; [we imagined there was] going to be robots and skyscrapers,” he said. “%en we land in Knoxville, Ten-nessee.”

Krishnan said he felt powerless by these changes, especially when his fam-ily later moved to Suwanee, Georgia. %ese changes resulted in feelings of so-cial isolation.

“Imagine a 12-year-old Indian boy trying to grow up in rural south Geor-gia. Shit was weird,” he said. “Growing up I didn’t feel like I could connect with or had any control over my environ-ment.”

Krishnan continued playing video games throughout high school, still feel-ing as though he had a sense of his own environmental control.

However, things changed when gaming began to a'ect his grades in col-lege and he began losing his own self control by developing a video game ad-diction.

“I noticed I always had problems with $nishing things, procrastination, attention and started looking into why that might be,” he said.

A&er failing organic chemistry, Krishnan said he decided it was a time to not only stop playing video games but $gure out why he had let them impact his academic career.

Putting down the

controller

Krishnan is now a graduate student at Georgia State pursuing a masters de-gree in Mental Health Counseling and interns at a facility to treat patients with video game addictions.

Krishnan works with licensed coun-selor %omas Andre at Warnecke Pro-fessional Counseling which is currently run by Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Andrew Warnecke.

Warnecke Professional Counseling, located in Marietta, provides counsel-ing to patients with game addictions through a program called Reboot, ac-cording to the center’s website.

%e o#cial name for problematic gaming is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fi&h Edition (DSM-5) as “Internet Gaming Disorder” (IGD).

“Once it [a disorder or addiction] hits that book, it allows research to be done in such a way that it can be sub-stantiated and veri$ed,” Andre said. “So it’s on it’s way to becoming a clini-cal disorder.”

%e symptoms of IGD are similar to those of drug and alcohol abuse, ac-cording to Andre.

“[Symptoms include] failed at-tempts to control it yourself, very simi-lar to drug and alcohol problems — heightened sense of euphoria while playing. %at’s the people that get so in-grained — so focused — that hours can pass by before they realize how much time they wasted and maybe they didn’t do their homework,” he said.

Andre also said symptoms include cravings, neglecting social outlets and obligations, restlessness from not play-ing and dishonesty about the amount of time individuals play or about their behavior with it.

People with IGD go to extreme cir-cumstances to continue gaming, ac-cording to Andre.

“I’ve had some people that have stolen money — stolen credit cards — from their parents to fund the gam-ing or buy extra powers or whatever,” he said. “I’ve known some people that lied about attending school, maybe not even registered and concealed it.”

Psychology behind

the games and

addiction

Krishnan said people develop problems with video games because they are trying to escape from some-thing in their lives.

“Escapism is a factor,” he said. “If they feel powerless in their own lives or have little power over their environ-ment or [are] just anxious or agora-phobic sometimes… all of these things lends itself to problems with video games because they can almost self medicate with video games.”

He also said the addiction is o&en correlated with associations of escap-ing their real-world problems.

“For every behavior there is a pur-pose. Even an addict’s behavior. Why does an addict do what he does? It takes the pain away,” Krishnan said. “It takes his thoughts away. For a lot of them it’s association and video games can be a source of induced associa-tion so they don’t have to sit with their thoughts and their worries.”

Andre said for people that are shy, gaming can also be an outlet for them to talk to people or be part of group in-teraction.

“You don’t know me, anonymity. You can’t see me, invisibility. See you later, asynchronicity,” he said.

Krishnan said IGD and Atten-tion De$cit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are o&en bidirectional.

“People with problems with at-tention play more video games or are drawn to video games because video games are able to hold their attention because it’s so stimulating,” Krishnan said. “But at the same because it’s so overly stimulating and chronic then it starts to worsen their attention prob-lems.”

However, he also said not all gam-ers are addicts.

“I’m not saying all video games are bad either, It’s almost like alcohol or anything else. %ere’s people who can drink a beer or two and be $ne and then there’s people who obviously have problems,” Krishnan said. “Same thing with video games in my opinion.”

Understanding

Internet Gaming

Disorder

Andre said the professional method of treating patients is through psycholo-gy-based education.

He and Krishnan are currently treat-ing $ve patients who are three weeks into an eight-week group program.

“It’s a process group for people to talk about their own lives, talk about what’s going on in their lives, why they do what they do,” he said.

Andre also said he has seen ap-proximately one hundred patients in

the three years since he’s been working with IGD.

A&er graduation Krishnan intends to continue research on IGD, human at-tention and the impact of technology on our neuropsychology.

“I want to keep counseling while doing research and publish and educat-ing people on this to some extent.”

Krishnan said his belief that psy-chology is used in games to encourage people to keep playing and pointing this out to his patients can be a catalyst for change.

“When I explain these things, they [those addicted] start to change be-

cause now they understand,” he said. “%ey have a concept of what is going on. Usually it’s people just telling them, ‘Hey, stop playing video games. It’s bad for you.’”

%ose with an addiction to gaming and want to stop should have hope, ac-cording to Krishnan. “%ey might think it’s hopeless, that they can’t ever break these cycles or that they are losers… You can change and science says you can too,” he said.

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MATTHEW WOLFFSta' Reporter

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JADE JOHNSON | THE SIGNALInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is a new addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition.

I’ve had some people that have stolen money —

stolen credit cards — from their parents to fund

the gaming or buy extra powers or whatever.”- Kumar Krishnan

Georgia State graduate student and intern at Warnecke Professional Counseling“

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Internet Gaming Disorder: Quick Facts

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31 percent of males and roughly 13 percent of females report having felt felt “addicted” to video games

Males 30 years of age or younger spend about seven or eight hours a week gaming.

40 percent of gamers are female.

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Georgia State student once played video games excessively,

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Source: video-game-addiction.org; esrb.org

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Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), current-ly headquartered in

Montvale, New Jersey, will be closing up shop and relocat-ing in Atlanta, according to a statement released by Mer-cedes-Benz.

Merry H. Hipp, deputy di-rector of communications for Deal, said Mercedes’ invest-ment in these plans will yield opportunities in the job market.

“%is new venture will cre-ate at least 800 jobs and it repre-sents an investment of $75 mil-lion,” she said. “Mercedes’ mot-to is ‘%e Best or Nothing.’ %e company that accepts nothing but the best chose Georgia and it speaks volumes to what we have to o'er.”

Hipp also said Deal is ada-mant about continuously creat-ing occupational opportunities.

“Gov. Deal’s top priority has always been job creation,” she said. “More than 325,000 new private sector jobs have been created since Gov. Deal took of-$ce.”

Deal said Mercedes Benz’s popularity will help usher in more business to the state’s au-tomotive industry, according to the Jan. 13 release.

“With its internation-al name recognition and un-matched reputation for quality, Mercedes-Benz USA’s decision to move to Georgia is simply a home run for the state,” he said. “I look forward to building upon this new partnership and adding Mercedes-Benz to the state’s already impressive auto-motive sector.”

Mercedes among Millennials

Hipp said the governor an-ticipates Mercedes-Benz’s relo-cation will create professional openings for more students.

“%e governor realizes that Georgia State students and col-lege students everywhere are looking for high-quality, high-paying jobs a&er they gradu-ate,” she said. “And with names like Kia, Porsche and now Mer-cedes in Georgia, our state will have more opportunities for Georgians, especially college students as they enter the job market.”

Boland said Mercedes will seek out professionals with var-ious administrative skillsets.

“%ere will be jobs in mar-keting, information technolo-gy, engineering and human re-sources,” she said.

Boland also said she be-

lieves Mercedes-Benz will reach out to schools and students to o'er $nancial aid once MBUSA is situated at the new headquar-ters.

“I’m sure we will [o'er scholarships/grants], but its too early in the process,” she said. “Right now we have… collected thousands of resumes already… [Next] we will look into addi-tional outreach and once we get settled in Atlanta, we will ab-solutely be interacting with the colleges and universities.”

Effect on economyMBUSA President and

Chief Executive O#cer Stephen Cannon and Georgia’s Gover-nor Nathan Deal announced the speci$cs of the company’s transition during a Feb. 3 press conference, according to the statement.

Deal said the new head-quarters will be constructed in Sandy Springs and he antici-pates for the luxury automo-tive company to be bene$cial to Georgia’s economy, according to the statement.

“Mercedes-Benz USA’s planned headquarters location in Sandy Springs is great for the city, metro Atlanta and for the entire state of Georgia,” he said at the conference.

Cannon said the metro At-lanta region was carefully cho-sen among other prospective cities as the destination for the headquarters, according to the statement.

“Mercedes-Benz is a mar-quis brand which deserves a marquis setting,” he said at the conference.

Donna Boland, manager of corporate communications for MBUSA, said the company made the decision a&er narrow-ing their choices down to Ra-

leigh, Dallas and Atlanta.“We wanted a place that

would be image commensu-rate for the brand — a dynamic growth environment that paral-lels what we expect to be doing with the brand,” she said.

Atlanta is the perfect loca-tion to help expand and im-prove the company, according to Cannon during the confer-ence.

“Our ambition is to be more than just a great car company,” he said. “We want to be among the best companies in the world and Atlanta will serve as the perfect foundation to foster that ambition for the future.”

Deal said Georgia’s eco-nomic climate is well suited for Mercedes’ in!ux of business, according to a Jan. 13 release from the governor’s o#ce.

“Georgia is home to many growing, globally connected businesses, due in part to our top ranked economic environ-ment that has made us the No. 1 state for business three times over,” he said.

State government subsidies

Stefanie Harper, director of communications for the Georgia Department of Eco-nomic Development, said the department o'ered MBUSA $23 million in state incentives based on the creation of new jobs and Mercedes’ invest-ment in the state.

“%e total estimated cost savings and cost avoidances is $23,312,500,” she said.

She also said the total is comprised of multiple eco-nomic bene$ts including a regional economic business assistance (REBA) grant.

“A REBA grant was of-fered which is given to the

community for project/site development. In this case $6 million will be awarded to the Development Authority of Fulton County,” Harper said.

A portion of the total was an accumulation of tax cred-its for Mercedes-Benz, ac-cording to Harper.

“Mercedes is eligible for the Sales & Use Tax Exemp-tion on Construction Ma-terials which is 7 percent of quali$ed expenditures,” she said. “Mercedes is also eligi-ble for the job tax credit (150 jobs qualify) and quality job tax credit (800 jobs qualify at $4,000/job). %ese credits are awarded to a company when the actual jobs are created in Georgia.”

Boland said the subsidies are just ‘icing on the cake’ and had little to do with MBUSA’s decision.

“We were not just look-ing for the least expensive place to do business,“ she said. “Incentives were not the deciding factor. In fact, they weren’t a major factor.”

Ideal timing for Atlanta

MBUSA plans to operate in Georgia by July out of an o#ce complex in Dunwoody while the new facility is being con-structed in Sandy Springs, ac-cording to the Feb. 3 statement.

MBUSA said in the release that the company had record-ed their best sales in January to date, beating January 2014 sales by nine percent with 24,619 units moved.

Cannon said this is a great way to start o' the new year, ac-cording to the statement.

“Our product o'ensive continues in 2015,” he said. “Stay tuned.”

Mercedes-Benz moves headquarters Atlanta, more jobs to be created

SEAN KEENANSta' Reporter

City

Information obtained from Stefanie Harper at the Georgia Department of

Economic Development

MERCEDEZ-BENZ LOCAL IMPACT

800net new jobs in

Georgia

$74 millionto the state

$23,312,500Total estimated cost in savings and cost

avoidances

$6 millionWill be awarded to the Development

Authority of Fulton County

This new venture will create at

least 800 jobs and it represents

an investment of $75 million ...

Mercedes’ motto is ‘The Best

or Nothing.’ The company that

accepts nothing but the best chose

Georgia and it speaks volumes to

what we have to offer.”

Merry H. Hipp

Deputy Director of Communications for Governor Deal

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With malt beverage consump-tion growing in the U.S., a new beer bill is bubbling to

the surface in Georgia. Senate Bill 63 (SB 63), seeking to

change Georgia’s malt beverage laws by allowing the beverages to be sold on and o' brewpubs’ premises, was introduced to the Georgia General Assembly by $ve republican representatives on Jan. 29, ac-cording to the assembly’s website.

Brewpubs are restaurants where malt beverages or beer are manufac-tured, according to the Justia US Law.

Georgia’s brewpubs could also stop selling beer solely in dra& form and al-low licensed malt beverage manufactur-ers to sell limited amounts of the drink, according to the bill.

John Roberts, brewer and partner in Atlanta’s oldest independent brewery, Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill & Brew-ery, said he helped create SB 63 and has considered opening another location in Atlanta if it passes.

“I think this bill vital to the con-tinued growth of cra& brewing here in Georgia. %at growth will help the over-all local economy. I think it’s a win-win for everyone,” he said.

Currently brewpubs are only permit-ted to sell up to 5,000 bar-rels of beer for off-premise use through a distributor, according to Roberts.

“I would like to be able to sell that same amount in a package other than just kegs,” he said.

Five years ago, Roberts, Moon Riv-er Brewpub brewmaster John Pinkerton and other brewers resur-rected the Georgia Cra& Brewer’s Guild (GCBG) in hopes of changing the state’s beer laws, according to Roberts.

GCBG is a brewing-industry trade organization, according to the organiza-tion’s website.

Roberts said while constructing SB 63, GCBG tried to make it’s provisions fair for brewers, retailers and whole-salers. However, wholesalers have ex-pressed some reluctance towards the bill.

Roberts said he believes the hesitan-cy is caused by wholesalers not wanting to give up their power and fearing po-tential change.

“%ey hold all the power right now. %at’s something the three tier system

was designed to prevent, but instead has created a tier that holds all the cards over both the manufacturing tier and the re-tail tier,” he said. “%ey are mostly afraid a change might create a crack in the ar-mor and next thing they know, ABin-Bev [Anheuser-Busch InBev] and SAB-MillerCoors are backing trucks up to Sam’s Club and selling directly to them. It’s an unfounded fear. In the 45 other states that o&en have even more liberal distribution laws than we are suggesting, it has never happened.”

However, the amount of breweries in Georgia have been increasing from 22 in 2012 to 28 breweries in 2013, accord-ing to the Brewers Association.

%e Brewers Association states that cra& beer sales have also rose 17.2 per-cent in the U.S. in 2013.

Roberts said drinkers are wide rang-ing and millennials have grown up with the option of cra& beer or malt bever-ages.

Britanny Phouangphet, 21-year-old Georgia State public policy major, said she loves the taste of beer and calls her-self an avid beer drinker.

One provision she supports in SB 63 is the selling of malt beverages in brew-pubs, but she said she thinks the drink shouldn’t be taken to go.

“I think that could cause a lot of problems being that a lot of people wouldn’t wait until they got home. %ey

would drink it probably out-side or in the car and that would run into a lot of le-gal issues,” she said.

Phouang-phet also said SB 63 could safer for o'-premises if beer is only taken to-go in closed con-tainers.

“I think the liability would fall on the restau-rant if they al-lowed it,” she said. “%en

again I am not sure because liquor stores sell closed containers of malt li-quor beverages. I think it would still lie on the consumer,” she said.

Georgia State senior history major Ryan Fisher said he doesn’t typically drink alcohol but he thinks college kids are drawn to the beverage.

SB 63 might improve Georgia’s economy through the pro$ts restau-rants receive, according to Roberts. However, he also said drunk driving may increase due to the bill.

“Don’t sell it at night; mostly have a cut o' time,” he said.

Hunter Hill, a representative spon-soring the bill, could not be reached for comment by press time.

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Malt beverages could be sold in and out of brewpub premises

LAUREN BOOKERAssociate News Editor

local government

craft beer poll

43% of Millennials say

craft beer tastes better

50% of Millennials say

they have drunk craft beer

17% of Millennials say

craft beer has better value

*according to Mintel Press

PHOTOS BY BRITTANY GUERIN | THE SIGNALMax Lager Grill & Brewery is one brewpub that crafts beer in their very own restaurant.

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ODVW�ZHHNLocalAtlanta dentist under federal investigation

Dr. Dennis Ja'e, a local den-tist specializing in gold teeth and “grills,” is being investigat-ed by the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation and the Georgia at-torney general over the possi-bility that he’s stealing Medicaid money, according to WSB-TV. %ere have also been discover-ies of past cleanliness issues in the dentist’s o#ce. His license was revoked by the Georgia Board of Dentistry a&er inspec-tors found problems within the o#ce including old equipment and defective parts covered in garbage bags. Ja'e is currently facing one federal misdemean-or charge about potentially em-bezzling the Medicaid money but the investigation is ongoing.

NationalAlabama judges ordered to administer gay marriage licenses

An Alabama federal judge instructed a probate judge in Mobile County to issue mar-riage licenses to same-sex cou-ples on Feb. 12, according to CNN. While Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage was struck down in January, some judges still refused to issue the licens-es because the state’s Chief Jus-tice of the Supreme Court Roy Moore told them not to. %e state federal judge’s decision was also made to send out a strong message to other judges in Alabama’s counties to follow suit as well.

GlobalLondon police con$rm killing of suspect

%e Copenhagen police said they shot and killed a man on Feb. 15 who they believed to have carried out attacks killing two people, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue, in ad-dition to wounding at least $ve police o#cers, according to %e New York Times. %e suspect was identi$ed as a 22-year-old Denmark native who was previ-ously known as a gang member with a violent criminal record to security services. However, he was le& unnamed. %ese lat-est attacks in Copenhagen are said to resemble last month’s at-tacks in Paris conducted by ji-hadist gunmen who killed car-toonists at Charlie Hebdo in addition to gunshots aimed at a Jewish target.

Georgia State free of charges from art ‘bomb’

A student’s art project on In-terstate 75-85 was mistaken for a bomb on Feb. 3. Geor-

gia State will not be charged, ac-cording to Associate Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Communications Andrea Jones.

Georgia State’s device was spot-ted during a Martin Luther King memorial and prayer service and caused a halt in tra#c in the area.

Interstate 75-85 were shut down a&er a student-made pinhole camera was reported to the authorities as a suspicious package, according to At-lanta Police Department’s Assistant Chief Shawn Jones in a press confer-ence following the incident.

%e pinhole camera was attached to the bridge on 14th Street span-ning Interstate 75-85 by an unnamed student for an assigned art project for a Georgia State class, according to Shawn.

Shawn said the 911 call regard-ing the project was placed at 12:47 p.m. and later addressed by police personnel.

“A&er inspecting the package, the decision was made to conduct a controlled disruption of the item and to render it safe. Due to the ob-

ject possibly being an explosive de-vice and to the safety to resolve the issue, it was necessary to close down 75-85 to not cause potential harm to the public as well as to contain the incident scene,” he said.

However, this isn’t the $rst time a pinhole camera has caused a traf-$c evacuation. A similar incident oc-curred in April 2013 when another pinhole camera was found strapped to a bridge above the train tracks in Roanoke, Virginia, according to Pet-apixel.

Andrea said a&er the incident Georgia State photography professor Constance %alken suspected the object was a student’s assignment for her class. %alken contacted her de-partment head on Feb. 3.

“[%e Department Head] told the university attorney and other o#cials and Georgia State Police reached out to APD. We invited the police to the class Tuesday where we provided them photos and locations of all of the cameras,” she said.

Neither the professor nor student(s) involved will face disci-plinary action by the school, accord-ing to Andrea. %e students’ identi-ty is also being kept private for their protection.

“We have used this experi-ence as a learning opportunity. %e Welch School of Art and Design is reviewing and modifying language

in course syllabi to speci$cally ad-dress student work in public spaces to avoid future issues,” she said.

Georgia State released a state-ment about the incident on Feb. 3.

“Georgia State University sin-cerely apologizes for the tra#c prob-lems resulting yesterday from the mounting of a student camera at the 14th Street Bridge. %e camera was one of 18 used by students in an art project and deployed at various lo-cations in the city. Georgia State Po-lice are closely cooperating with the Atlanta Police Department in the re-moval of all cameras,” the statement read.

Atlanta Police Department (APD) spokesman Ralph Wool-folk said SWAT, Homeland Securi-ty, Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Tech Police responded to the scene. Atlanta Fire was also a responder.

“I myself directed tra#c at the intersection of 12th and Williams Street. I was then released by a Mo-tors Unit and drove to the command center,” he said.

Once the package was detonat-ed, it became clear that the object strapped to the bridge contained no explosive material compounds, ac-cording to Shawn.

“What we observed was an ob-ject that looked like an explosive. %e explosive device always comes in di'erent shapes and sizes as you

well know and what may appear to be one thing can easily be something else,” he said.

Georgia Department of Trans-portation State Bridge Maintenance Engineer Jesse Doyle inspected the bridge a&er the detonation and deemed it safe, according to Wool-folk.

%ere were 17 additional art proj-ects throughout Atlanta found and destroyed, according to the APD.

Georgia State sophomore Del-aney Strunk said she commend-ed the student’s imagination but thought the situation intensi$ed fur-ther than necessary.

“I think the project overall was a great idea but the handling and the exploding of the project was a little much. If we are gonna use that much force it should be for something that isn’t a homemade camera,” she said.

Lauren Zottarelli, senior student, said the university should already have steps in place to avoid similar situations.

“Atlanta has the busiest and larg-est airport in the world. %at is def-initely going to make the city more conscious about safety and respond-ing to situations like this,” Zottarel-li said. “And also, as a long distance commuter to and from the school, I already know how bad tra#c can get. %is accident made that day so much worse.”

SAMUEL ROTHSta' Reporter

University

Dried mildew and mold discovered in Georgia State dorms

In addition to prior complaints made by Georgia State stu-dents about University Housing

maintenance, more concerns have risen with the recent discoveries of mold and mildew at the University Commons, according to WSB-TV.

Georgia State student Amber Crosson told WSB-TV Feb. 9 she found mold under her sink a&er inquiring about other plumbing is-sues in her dorm.

“If I ask you to $x something when I am paying so much money, it takes you two months. %at is ri-diculous,” she said.

However, Associate Director for University Housing Dr. Mylon Kir-sky said Crosson did not submit a TMA work-order about her con-cern for the appearance of the stain under the sink.

“%ere was a concern back in August for a leaky sink that she had and it was $xed within a day,” he said. “%is concern that she had about the appearance of the stain was not submitted through the work order request and the $rst time that we heard about it was on the news yesterday.”

Kirsky also said since the sto-ry $rst aired on Feb. 9, Full Circle

Restoration services has gone to the dorm, cleaned with mildew-mold remover and repainted the surface.

“By the way it was not mold as it was alleged. It was a black stain as a result of dried mildew from where it was repaired back in August,” he said. “Nevertheless, we see this as a primary concern to ensure that the residence halls, the rooms [and] the apartments are all in tip-top shape conditions.”

Although lower levels of mil-dew or black mold won’t necessar-ily harm humans, it can still cause allergic reactions, according to %e Health Research Funding Organi-zation.

Crosson hasn’t been the only student who has complained about a similar problem. Georgia State student Brandy Harris told WSB-TV she moved out of the dorm last year because of health-related is-sues.

“%e paint was bubbling up — you know, you can pop it — and there is little black stu' in there,” she told WSB-TV. “What would happen to me is my lymph nodes swell … whenever I came into the room, I’d be $ne outside.”

Kirsky said although Harris did make her concerns known to Uni-versity Housing, the department couldn’t discern whether or not her health problems were caused by a common cold.

“We investigated them [her complaints] similarly, as soon as possible. She went to the hospital for that. She was saying that [mold and mildew] were the reasons why she moved out of Housing. I can’t address whether that is true or not,” he said. “She did bring her concerns to us and we forwarded those con-cerns on to Risk Management and insurance but as you know, her con-cerns were also relayed during the winter time so we were not able to discern whether or not Bandy had a cold [or] the !u and there was no evidence found in the room that any hazardous material was found…”

Maya Scott, sophomore English major, said she has seen mildew or possibly mold in her shower while living in the Commons Building C.

“…Especially with the inner lining of the [shower] curtain. I don’t think the ventilation is good enough in there for it to not have as much moisture. You know there is usually a fan you turn on,” she said. “%ere is no fan.”

Scott also said Crosson and Harris’ stories do not make her feel safe or that her money is being well spent.

“We pay a lot of money to live in the Commons, especially [if] its like $8,000,” she said. “So if I am going to spend my money, I think that is going to go towards better cleaning and keeping things clean … [If] I

get sick the Commons and Georgia State should be held liable.”

Kirsky said University Housing has no current plans to address the other dorm halls unless there are additional concerns brought up by students through the TMA system.

“People live in the rooms and based o' how people conduct them-selves, moisture [and] things can accumulate, so when the students or if the students notice an issue, we as that they submit their work order requests through the TMA system that we have online…,” he said.

University Housing conducts preventative maintenance in the summers and as dorms become to-tally vacant, according to Kirsky.

“We do have sta' that go in and they do an assessment of the condi-tions of the room and if issues are found we repair them … we do pre-ventative maintenance and do ad-dress concerns as soon as [we are informed] but until then it is re-quired that students let us know. If you are following the work order system and submitting requests, then we have a way of tracking it, identifying it and following-up ap-propriately,” he said.

For additional information on dorm maintenance or for work-order request forms, visit Georgia State’s Maintenance website.

Lauren Booker, associate news editor, also contributed to this report.

CIARA FRISBIENews Editor

Student responsible for photography project causing halt on Interstate 75-85 will not be facing consequences from Georgia State

As Imagine Dragons once sang “%is is it. %e apocalypse.”

On Feb. 10, Jon Stewart an-nounced he was leaving %e Daily Show of which he’s been anchor of for the past 16 years.

According to Stewart, he will be leaving the show within the year. Add this to Jay Leno’s departure from “%e Tonight Show” and Da-vid Letterman’s announce-ment that he is leaving “%e Late Show” in May of 2015 and it all makes for a dismal end of an era.

I grew up watching these shows. As a child all I dreamed about was being al-lowed to stay up late enough to watch a glimpse of “grown up TV” as I called it.

When I got to late middle school, I was allowed to stay up just long enough for the opening monologues which I’d laugh along heartily at but not really understand. I mean, heck, the adults found it funny and I was so totally grown up, right?

Only when I got to high

school did I delve fully into the world of late night en-tertainment. %e politics, the music, the gag reels, all pulled me in until tears were streaming out of my eyes and my sides were killing me.

From Dave Letterman’s ‘Top Ten’ skit to Jay Leno’s ‘Jaywalking’, those shows made up the primary fodder of my childhood evenings. I mean, come on now, who doesn’t enjoy laughing at people who don’t know what color the White House is? It makes you feel just a teeny bit better about the ‘B’ you got on your math quiz — at least you’re not THAT dumb!

And now it’s time for a new generation’s hosts to take over. It’s bittersweet in a way to realize that our child-hood is over. It might seem silly to get so worked up about late night comedy, but the realization that we’re no longer kids is painful.

We’re moving into the real world with real re-sponsibilities and lives and it’s time for us to grow up. %ere’s a sad strange truth

about it and it brings about a bittersweet pang in the heart, one similar to the one we feel when the clock in %e Sound of Music goes ‘cuckoo’.

%e end of a chap-ter in our lives is so evidently marked by Jon Stewart and all these leg-endary comics leaving. It means we’re really going to be adults, that one word that Pe-ter Pan despised so much.

We’ll be out in the workforce, many of us in those 9-5 jobs and we’ll lead our own careers.

A&er a long day at the of-$ce, we’ll come home, but we won’t be watching that same late night show our parents did. And the cycle will re-peat itself.

We’ll be parents enforc-ing bedtimes and our kids will go through the same thing. They’ll grow up and watch comedy and we’ll

wonder where the time has gone, just as we’re wonder-ing now. Life will take us on that never ending journey of good comedy and grow-ing up.

Perhaps all this is high falutin’ mumbo jumbo, as Gilbert Blythe once told Anne Shirley. Or perhaps it’s life. I’ll leave it up to you to decide.

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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

Self-interest and ethnocentrism

The concept of self-interest is an all too familiar and quint-

essentially American belief. It guides not only public policy but also social values, both of which are connected in a somewhat frightening way.

After World War II, the United States adopted a foreign policy of “con-tainment,” the goal be-ing to contain an apparent communism being spread throughout Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union. “Con-tainment” was a foreign pol-icy, but more broadly, it was an ideology. Which beliefs characterized this ideology?

The core conviction was that Communism is an op-pressive and tyrannical oligarchy. This is how our

federal government justi-fied its radical foreign pol-icy and defense measures. Containment was seen as a humanitarian cause: To save the downtrodden peoples of Eastern European countries, many of which most Ameri-cans probably still can’t point to on a map. (Where’s Bulgaria again?)

No one should doubt that the Stalinist regimes established in Eastern and Central Europe at the time were horrendously op-pressive. The relationship between government and governed existed only in late-night rendezvous’ with secret police from which only the police returned.

But let’s take a step back. Who committed these crimes? Joseph Sta-

lin was a central culprit and war criminal. Fortu-nately for many, he died in 1953. Unfortunately, Nicolae Ceau(escu rose to Romanian power in 1965 as leader of the Romanian Communist Party, a Soviet-backed puppet government. He exported his country’s production to pay off for-eign debt, leaving most of his citizens to starve in the streets. He was rewarded by a comically eager and ever-accurate firing squad.

Would it be just as accu-rate to blame Communism for the crimes of these men? The Soviet Union was dom-inated by a self described “Communist Party of the Soviet Union.” Clearly, they saw themselves as a com-munist entity, but would

Karl Marx or Friedrich En-gels agree? They wrote “The Communist Manifesto,” an 1848 treatise that intro-duced communism to Eu-rope. They established com-munism as a system with no private property in which occupation depends on skill and wage depends on need.

Whether it’s a good idea or not can be argued else-where. But the fact remains that this system did not ex-ist in the Soviet Union nor did it exist elsewhere. Many communist scholars will tell you it’s never existed at all.

It may seem petty, but noting that the Soviet Union did not enact communism is more than a semantic dis-tinction.

Unlike communism, Marxism-Leninism was not

universally sensationalized in U.S. propaganda, despite being Stalin’s term for his guiding ideology. It wasn’t a typo — it was misinforma-tion, engineered and spread deliberately. That’s what propaganda is and our late pals Stalin and Ceau(escu used the same technique on their populations. They could’ve given our media some tricks of the trade.

When a semantic dis-crepancy justifies public policy and the imprison-ment of U.S. citizens, it de-mands attention. When it instills ethnocentrism and xenophobia into an en-tire generation, it demands clarification. When those ideologies linger into 21st century public policy, it de-mands an explanation.

How Jon Stewart’s departure is the end of our childhood

Choosing between freedom and freedom

ZACH ITZKOVITZColumnist

Zach comes from various suburbs north of Atlanta and has since found his way to the belly of the beast. His !rst taste of downtown Atlanta was in 1996 when the Olympic Games honored us with its presence. Now that he’s here AND cognizant, he intends to explore with the curiosity of his former self and the understanding of his experience.

ILLUSTRATION BY MADDIE RICHARDSON | THE SIGNAL

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Be careful with the way you use the words

‘hipster’ and ‘nerd’Let’s look at two commonly

used neologisms: ‘hipster’ and ‘nerd.’ Both are recog-

nizable and like many words, they invoke clear images that anyone can recognize. For this reason, I’d like to argue that ‘hipster’ and ‘nerd’ are completely accurate and don’t need redefinition.

I came to this conclusion after hearing someone refer to them-selves as a nerd. The person didn’t seem very nerd-like — at least not to me — so I had to ask my-self ‘what is a nerd?’ I found that ‘nerd’ is just another word for an enthusiast.

Then I consulted Oxford Dic-tionaries and found that there are two primary definitions: “a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studi-ous” and “a single-minded expert in a particular technical field.”

Suddenly, ‘nerd’ became more synonymous with the word ped-ant. But the person who referred

to themselves as a nerd wasn’t a pedant (even though by now I have proven myself to be one). They were in fact just a foolish and contemptible person, so their use of the word was accurate.

So, in order to be a nerd, one doesn’t need to be pedantic like me; one only needs to be con-temptible. When the specific meaning of nerd fails, it can be used as a catch-all insult, and be-ing so, it has entered the pantheon of other four-letter insults.

Then I heard the word ‘hipster’ in reference to someone who in-deed appeared to have put a lot of time and money into the way they were dressed. In my mind, a hip-ster was a person who tried to be popular by following what is hip. The individual who was called a hipster wasn’t necessarily trying to be popular but did seem to want to be hip.

I consulted the Oxford Dic-tionaries web site again and found that the definition of the word hipster is “a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, es-pecially those regarded as being

outside the cultural mainstream.”Since the person in question

was not dressed like most of the other people around, I could de-duce that the fashion they had put so much effort into was out-side the cultural mainstream and therefore, they were the diction-ary definition of a ‘hipster.’

But I still wasn’t satisfied. I would let the Oxford English Dictionary have the final word. I searched ‘hipster’ in the OED and found the definition is “one who is hip” — a tautology. Then I searched ‘nerd’ and found the definition is relatively the same as the Oxford Dictionary’s web site.

In conclusion, it seems that these two words are in different phases of development, but they each serve a purpose. When you use one of these words, be aware of what it means and don’t use it to hurt someone’s feelings. Words like ‘hipster’ and ‘nerd’ might have been insults once, but over time they have become more versatile. We should use them with accuracy and care, because they are funny words.

JOHN MILLERGuest Columnist HIPSTER NERD

During Black History Month, Moore says some peo-ple only celebrate the Civil Rights era and contributions of African Americans are often looked over.

“That’s only a glimpse of our existence. I don’t know if we celebrate the many inven-tions that we all have benefited from created by black people under duress,” Moore said. “Be-cause we have to realize most of these older inventions were done during a time when black people were unable to do any-thing legally.”

In one of the rooms there is wall of an old Bellsouth cal-endar of over 50 Black contri-butions. The traffic signal and

the mailbox are included in an exhibition of African American patents Moore says Michael Jackson’s anti-gravity shoe leaves an impression on most visitors.

“There would be no Red Cross today if it were not for Dr. Charles Drew who taught how to store blood,” Moore said. “Or Mark Dean with IBM who invented the first gigabyte chip. Things like this need to be celebrated so young people know they don’t have to be entertainers. There are many fields open to them they can pursue to make a difference.”

When Moore first opened the museum he wanted visitors to have a ‘wow’ experience. He

says he is satisfied with the ex-perience the museum has to of-fer today.

“I had a lady from Rus-sia who came on a day we were closed, but I let her in to browse around,” Moore said. “She wrote me, ‘Thank you for letting me in. I never knew that about black people and I guar-antee you when I get married and have children I will make sure they know the true story of the black race.’”

The museum celebrates its 35th year anniversary this year. They will soon be expanding for a state of the art experience. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Students can visit for $5.

One of the current exhibits in the museum is “Africa: The untold story.” This exhibit was curated based on the works of Dr. Asa Hilliard, Georgia State urban edu-cation professor.

“He took groups to Egypt for many years. He said never let them begin our history with slavery,” Moore said. “We address the his-tory of Africa and all its contribu-tions prior to the slave trade.”

The exhibit consists of a time-line dating back to 6500 B.C. which includes African contributions to art, medicine, science and archi-tecture. There is also a replica of The White Lion ship that brought slaves overseas. It depicts the hor-rifying conditions and troubles the slaves had to face with life size humans shackled on a ship.

A replica of the infamous “Door of No Return” emulates the passageway captured Afri-cans were forced to walk through to their enslavement. Visitors can walk through this small dark space and on the other side is ocean. In addition to the “Door of No Re-turn,” there is a life-size man, woman and child in shackles and torn clothing. There are auction posters around them, illustrating the way humans were sold and families were torn apart.

The other current exhibit titled “Sweet Auburn: Street of Pride” is shown in the museum’s Trolley Car Theatre. It is narrated by ac-tress Cicely Tyson and social ac-

tivist Julian Bond.“In 1957 Fortune Magazine

called Auburn Avenue the richest negro street in the world. Here you had African Americans who liter-ally developed this street,” Moore said.

Depicting the history of Au-burn Avenue, the 17-minute film shares stories of African American pioneers John Wesley Dobbs and Dr. King who played roles in the development of Sweet Auburn Av-enue.

“Blacks were forced here. You couldn’t live on Peachtree Street so they owned the businesses, gas stations, churches and beauty par-lors,” Moore said. “Entertainers like Aretha Franklin, Sam Cook and Ray Charles and many others performed right here at The Royal Peacock.”

The film also shows Alonzo Herndon, former slave, who opened Atlanta Life Insurance company. There is also a replica of the Yates and Milton drugstore equipped with a counter, medicine and customers. The first Yates and Milton Drugstore was at the cor-ner of Auburn Avenue and Butler Street in the Odd Fellows Build-ing.

“Yates and Milton bought the drug store from Moses Amos who was the first black pharmacist in Georgia and it was a block away from here,” Moore said. “There’s a very rich history on this avenue.”

Dan Moore, founder and President of the Apex Mu-seum, opened a museum

with the mission of telling the story of people of color.

“In many places attention is only focused on the history of Black peo-ple during the shortest month of the year,” Moore said. “But for me and what we’re doing here, every month is black history month.”

Moore came to Atlanta as a $lm-maker from Philadelphia in 1975. Opening a museum wasn’t always his goal, but he was inspired a&er attending a banquet honoring Dr.

Benjamin E. Mays.“I sat there listening to all the

accolades given to Dr. Mays and I asked myself why is there not a mu-seum in Atlanta of all cities dedicat-ed to preserving the history of Afri-can and African American people,” Moore said.

From there, he went forward to open a global exhibit of African American History: The African American Panoramic Experience. He opened a small space on the Morris Brown College campus un-til he was able to open on Auburn Avenue in 1980.

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Apex Museum celebrates

Black History all year long

PHOTO BY BRITTANY GUERIN | THE SIGNAL“Africa: The Untold Story,” an exhibition inside the Apex Museum, depicts the horrid conditions slaves faced including mutilation to the body.

Inside the museum

Written by Taylor Josey, Staff Reporter

Visitor experiences

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PHOTO BY RALPH HERNANDEZ | THE SIGNALThe Auburn Avenue Research Library is currently undergoing remodeling at its Auburn Avenue location, but its exclusive collection of black history files can still be seen at its temporary location at the Atlanta-Fulton Library.

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Opened in Atlanta in the year 1994, the Auburn Avenue Research Library

is the first library in the Southeast to have a specialized purpose: To honor

and offer academic resources for the history and research done on African American culture. All in-formation related to the culture of black history are depicted and

examined through art and jour-nals.

Years ago, the research library served a different

purpose. According to the

site’s history, “The one-story red-brick build-ing, located at 333 Au-burn Avenue, officially

opened July 25, 1921, becoming Atlanta’s first

public library branch for African Americans. Before then, black citi-zens were excluded under the era’s Jim Crow laws from public library service in the city.”

Since the middle of last year, the library has been closed for ex-pansion. Sharon E. Robinson is the library’s administrator and lends a closer look.

“As part of Phase 1 of the Li-brary Bond/Building Program, the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History closed in July 2014,” Robinson said. “Renovations and expansion will include addition-

al specialized storage space, expanded ex-

hibition galleries, enhanced lobby and reception area and addi-tional program-ming space for special events and programs.”

C onstruct ion will take approxi-

mately 12 months and some services is expected to resume in regular locations in the third quarter of 2016. The services visitors would find in the original location are relo-cated. They can be currently be viewed at the Central Li-brary located on One Margaret Mitchell Square on the cor-

ner of Carnegie Way and Forsyth Street.

“Even though we are closed for reconstruction, we are in constant collaboration with other libraries. We do have exhibits ongoing that with be featured at Hammonds House Museum,” Robinson said. “We currently have an exhibit there now entitled Open Season by renowned artist Shanequa Gay. It is an interpretive piece that ad-dresses issues that are happening currently today with black males, a visual critique on the disenfran-chisement.”

Other events going on are rel-evant to some who would never see themselves in the library. Rob-inson’s favorite program was when they collaborated with Smithson-ian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

“There was a day where they came down to look at heirlooms and national treasures that we and the Atlanta metro area had,” Rob-inson said. “We also had a day with them where it was geared towards children and they explained to them the importance of preserva-tion of history.”

Inside the resourceTaking a deeper look within the

library, there are three main divi-sions: reference and research, ar-chives and program.

In the research and reference section, there lies a variety of re-cords, secondary sources and web accessible research for the study of black culture and history and the African Diaspora. On the main floor, there is a comfortable, quiet environment for thought and in-quiry, which includes research ta-bles, microform readers, computer stations and exhibition cases.

Located on the second floor, the archives division preserves and makes available unique histori-cal records with a concentration on local Atlanta history. There are cartographic records, graphic arts, still photographs, sound record-ings and art all shown and avail-able. There are also rare book col-lections.

In the program division, the li-brary’s mission is supported. They serve the interested audience with books discussions, readings, exhi-bitions, film screenings, lectures, seminars, tours and workshops. There is an auditorium, small gal-lery and conference spaces.

“Through its cultural, edu-cational and scholarly program-ming which is local, national and transnational in scope, the pro-gram division helps interpret and highlight the institution’s rich col-lections and provides outreach to the general public as well as to At-lanta’s academic community,” Rob-inson said.

HONORING HISTORYBlack History is everyone’s

historyWritten by Sydney Cunningham

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The Divided Mind of the Black ChurchTheology, Piety & Public WitnessCommunity Lecture / Book SigningSouthwest Library3665 Cascade Road SouthwestAtlanta, Georgia 303317KXUVGD\��)HE�����ï���S�P�%e Southwest Library in collabora-tion with the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Rev. Raphael G. War-nock, Senior Pastor of the historic Eb-enezer Baptist Church, who will discuss his latest publication, %e Divided Mind of the Black Church: %eology, Piety and Public Witness. %e book traces the his-torical signi$cance of the rise and devel-opment of black theology as an impor-tant conversation partner for the black church. Calling for honest dialogue be-tween black and womanist theologians and black pastors, this fresh theological treatment demands a new look at the church’s essential mission.

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In collaboration with L and S Video, the Auburn Avenue Research Library and Hammonds House Museum will host a screening of the documentary $lm, Benny Andrews: %e Visible Man. %e $lm explores the life of renowned art-ist and educator Benny Andrews whose $gurative expressionist style celebrated the human spirit and the pursuit of the American Dream. %is $lm is part of the Art History of the African Diaspora Film Series and includes a post screening dis-cussion and a special viewing of art work by Benny Andrews from the Hammonds House Museum’s collection.

Saving the Soul of GeorgiaDonald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil RightsCommunity Lecture / Book SigningCentral LibraryOne Margaret Mitchell SquareAtlanta, Georgia 303037KXUVGD\��)HE�������S�P�%e AFPLS Central Library, in col-laboration with the Auburn Avenue Research Library, will host Dr. Mau-rice C. Daniels, who will discuss his latest publication, Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and %e Struggle for Civil Rights, the $rst biog-raphy of a pivotal but unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement.

While the facility appears to only service for one’s looking to educate them-

selves, there is so much more. At the Auburn Avenue Research Library, there are opportunities o'ered to those who want to do the educating.

“%e Auburn Avenue Research Library o'ers volunteer and intern-ship opportunities for the general

public, college undergraduate and graduate students,” Robinson said. “%e internship program objective is to provide interns an introduc-tory knowledge of the function and fundamentals of a special library through observation and hands-on experience. %e internship program meets this objective through a num-ber of strategies.”

Sections of the library to

check outSouthern Civil Rights Movement

Southern African American Literature and History

General African and African American History and Literature

Atlanta and Georgia Vertical File Collections

Current and Historic African American Journals & Newspapers

Africana Children’s Literature Collection

The Coretta Scott King Award Winning Children’s Titles 1969 to current

Africana Cinema and Documentary Film Collections

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%e library is an academic re-source, but there is an underlying importance to a building dedicated to honoring Black History.

“%e Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Cul-ture and History is one of $ve public African American research librar-ies who are part of a public library system in the United States,” Rob-inson said. “As a special library, the Auburn Avenue Research Library collects, preserves and provides public access to its resources and services to the independent learn-er… Our mission and our scope is to collect, preserve and make avail-able African American resources that document the achievements.”

Even though the library is un-doubtedly a scholarly resource, it is an overlooked asset to those still in college.

“The Resource Library is in the Central Library and if stu-dents are given any assignments where they need to consult re-sources that aren’t available on campus, they can come by and take advantage of ours,” Robinson said.

The Auburn Avenue Research Library has a close history with consorting with Georgia State’s African American Studies profes-sors and the departments. Many of them encourage their students to use the close resource.

“The Auburn Avenue Re-search Library is an important research library for the study of people of African descent and has become a vital force in the in-tellectual and cultural life of the Atlanta metro community and to the world,” Robinson said.

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burger places. But the burger market is no longer just for meat lovers; some places are now serving alternatives to the classic food staple. And

no matter what ingredients go into the burger, everyone is claiming they have Atlanta’s best burgers. So, where are people supposed to start the hunt? Here are just a few out-standing burger places that can be found in Atlanta.

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Burgers are a staple for many people; they are cheap, easy and hard to mess up. From grass-fed to real grass,

burgers are $lling up Atlanta’s streets. And with so many great options, the burger hunt never has to end.

Q: What about your burgers make people come back?

Grindhouse: “I think we hit the sweet spot between being deli-cious and a'ordable, with a lot of variety.”

Burger Fi: “Our burgers have no hor-mones or anti-bodies. It is just Black Angus, grass-fed. %e !avor is just unbeliev-able.”

Loaded Burger:“%e value and the ‘wow’ factor. You can go any place and get a cardboard burger. No one has a lot of the top-pings that we do.”

Grub Burger: “Number one: Our quality. We bake our buns fresh in house and we are also grind-ing our meat in house. Re-ally just putting some love into it.”

Q: What does your res-taurant have to offer besides great food?

Grindhouse: “Well we serve great milk-shakes also, and we have a bar at our Piedmont Road and Athens locations. We also have a great sta', plus a cool sci-$ vibe and enter-taining retro movies play-ing.”

Burger Fi: “We have great atmosphere. We have an open kitchen and recycled furnisher. [We have] the environment, the people and great sta'.”

Loaded Burger: “It’s a great experience. Peo-ple love that they can see us prepare their food! It’s like an open kitchen with full !exibility to customize to our clients needs. It’s not of-ten you order directly with the chef !”

Grub Burger: “Even though we are a fast, casual dining establishment we still have a level of hos-pitality.”

Q: If you had to describe your restaurant in one word, what would it be and why?

Grindhouse: “Entertaining. Because that’s what we are.”

Burger Fi: “Exciting. Reason being is right when you $rst walk in you hear the music and smell all of the food. When people come and get their tray we’re supposed to ex-plain it to them but they are just ready to go and eat.”

Loaded Burger: “Loaded. It’s loaded all the time. Loaded and ready to go.”

Grub Burger: “Eclectic. We’re every unique and versatile and diverse in our atmosphere and our menus. We’re a little quirky and we kind of want our people to be the same way.”

Q: How often do you add new items to the menu?

Grindhouse: “Almost never.”

Burger Fi: “We don’t. %is is a pretty standard menu here.”

Loaded Burger: “I have a jump drive with 100 or more menus for dif-ferent events or times of the year. We always update because a lot of ingredients aren’t in season.”

Grub Burger: “Not too o&en. We do have our market that we run by monthly. It’ll be something really creative; last month was the lamb burger. We have a macaroni and cheese burger, a pizza burger. %ey are all kind of cool and unique.”

Q: How do you decide what burgers are menu worthy?

Grindhouse: “We never really change our menu. %e burger styles on our menu are just combina-tions we felt represented the best variety. But really we encourage your to design your own burger.”

Burger Fi: “%at is done in Florida and what they did was take a little bit of everything. We went with the all-natural burger which is a pretty great trend. We rotate out a lot of di'erent stu'. We try to keep things that people like.”

Loaded Burger: “R and D. Research and De-velopment. You are look-ing at di'erent recipes and what’s trending. And again what products are available.”

Grub Burger: “We have a chef on our team, Cli' Whight, he really is the creator, the genius be-hind a lot of the new market burgers.”

Q: What makes your restaurant more com-petitive or better than other burger restau-rants?

Grindhouse: “Pretty much all of the an-swers above. Also having great locations.”

Burger Fi: “%e misconception is that this is fast food. %is is a quick serve restaurant but at the same time we prep everything fresh in the back. We hand brand our buns. And we carry all local beers. It’s something we really pride ourselves on.”

Loaded Burger: “Our ability to be mobile. We are able participate in various community events, large festivals and private catering on any given day. It allows us to have a great reach in our customer base.”

Grub Burger: “I think the fact that number one a full bar. %at de$nitely attracts a certain crowd. On top of that we are serving great quality food at a rea-sonable price.”

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EXERCISE:

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Exercising in a bland gym can be taxing at times and doing the same excercise

routine can be dull. The key is to incorporate new and fun ways to get that dream body: Go rock climbing, participate in zip-lining challenges, and for being healthy inside and out, visit a juicery.

ATLANTA ROCKS!

INTOWN:If heights aren’t a big is-

sue, then rock climbing should be something to invest in. Rock climbing is not only an innova-tive way to stay in shape, but is also a way to experience the great-est form of adrenaline. A sense of control enters the body and when you reach the very top, it gives a sense of achievement.

“Most first timers love making it to the top. But as you become better, accomplishing harder grade climbs always keeps you coming back for more. It really makes you feel that you have ac-complished something you didn’t

think you could do,” David Tur-rentine, general manager of At-lanta Rocks! Intown, said.

Atlanta Rocks! offers different classes for those who have never rock climbed, and they also make sure every customer’s safety is the first priority. There are also exten-sive programs offered for those who want to pursue rock climbing on a more intense level.

“We offer a Novice Climb which is great for all ages and ex-periences and comes with the staff to assist in the safety concerns,” Turrentine said. “We also offer technique classes that will help turn you into a better climber. We have hosted a Youth Climbing Team that is trained by coaches that will get them ready for com-petitions as well as climbing out-side.”

Rock climbing gives a differ-ent feel from working out at a gym and doing cardio. It’s all about en-durance and pushing through the struggles to get a goal body or goal level.

“It is a thinking person’s sport. Like chess, you are making moves with your body to accomplish the climb,” Turrentine said. “Routes are set for various levels of diffi-culty so that beginners, interme-diate and advanced climbers alike have a place to train. Your core is also very important as is your forearms, hands and lats.”

TREETOP QUEST:

Zip-lining generates a feeling of freedom, and sensationalism is the ticket to a good zip-lining ex-perience; however, when combin-ing that with eclectic challenges, Treetop Quest is what comes to mind.

“Treetop Quest is not a ‘typical’ passive zip line tour. Our activities are self-guided, which provides participants with an active role navigating through the obstacles and across ziplines,” Sara Baggett, operations manager of TreeTop Quest, said. “All courses are with-in the forest, so participants can enjoy the beautiful scenery while on their adventure.”

The interesting dynamic of TreeTop Quest is that instead of simply allowing you to zip-line through the woods and let that be it, they make you complete a series of challenges. When each challenge is completed you are able to move on to the next level, until you ultimately complete the course.

“Not will not only be tested physically, but mentally, also. Ev-ery level is designed to challenge people in different ways. For ex-ample, strength versus balance. Thrills and sweat are guaranteed, but your brain will get a workout too,” Baggett said.

This concept works on the premise that individuals taking part in the challenges are prepared mentally and physically for what they have to endure. It takes dedi-cation to keep going through the pain, especially when there are no harnesses for the most part, just a giant net.

“Our park offers a true adven-ture and fitness is a convenient by-product of completing the courses. Of course our staff is al-ways here to assist patrons when necessary, but to finish the cours-es without assistance requires fo-cus, self-reliance and strength,” Baggett said.

RAWESOME JUICERY:

In order to truly achieve a healthy lifestyle, there has to be attention on the inside of the body as well. What is put inside the body is just as important as what is worked out. In fact, they go hand in hand. There will be no efficient results from working out if the diet is lacking.

Drinking juices and eating clean foods are a good way to complement an exercise regi-men. One establishment is aware of what a quality health product is supposed to taste like, and that place is Rawesome Juicery.

“We strive to use unique fla-vor combinations. My goal was to create a menu that you couldn’t get anywhere else. We make our own salad dressings and raw foods from scratch. It’s the healthiest food spot inside the sweet auburn curb market,” Chantel Jiroch, owner and creator of Rawesome Juicery, said.

Rawesome Juicery works hard at making sure their products are created properly and that the cleanest substances are making their way into the bodies of the customers. They want to establish a basis for customers to be able to understand that healthy eating is the key to healthy living.

“I’m a believer in eating clean. It’s not something I promote but something I live. This is the way I eat so I know the benefits and I want to share this information. If you simply replace one meal a day with a healthy juice, smoothie or salad, you will notice a difference in the way you feel. It’s the fuel the body begs for,” Jiroch said.

If curiosity ever takes over and the need to know how these prod-ucts are created, they have nothing to hide. From the window, people are able to view how everything is processed and created; they wel-come anybody who wants to enjoy a clean lifestyle.

PHOTOS BY RUTH PANNILL | THE SIGNALMAIN PHOTO: Georgia State student Mackenzie Taylor works at Atlanta Rocks! and uses rock climbing as an alternative form of exercise. SIDE PHOTO: Rawsome Juicery o!ers a variety of healthy blended drinks to complement a workout regimen.

It is not hard to dress nice-ly. We are now in college, where we should not only

take our school work seriously but also our appearance. No one wants to respect someone in Tweety Bird pajama pants and an old sports shirt. Yet, we find it so hard to gather the strength to take a few extra minutes to put on actual clothes.

So instead, I suggest finding a compromise between comfy and appropriate. Here are just a few ways to compromise and to know what is absolutely not ap-propriate.

Pajama pants are not real pants. Plain and simple. It may be in the name but I promise you it’s a ruse. There is only one exception to wearing pajama pants in public and that is if you are deathly ill and are running to the store for medicine that will save your life. Any reason other than that is unacceptable.

Instead, try wearing jeg-gings. And no I do not mean leggings that are painted to look like jeans; I mean actual jeg-gings. You can get them at plac-es like American Eagle and Ab-ercrombie. The few extra bucks spent on them is worth looking nice while feeling like you are still wearing pajamas.

I am not telling you that you can’t wear a shirt that explicitly says something about sleep on it, I’m just saying you can’t wear it in public. No one cares if you got enough sleep or not; it’s hard to hear, but it’s the truth. If the rest of the world can put up a front about not being tired, then you can put on a shirt you didn’t buy in the nightgown section.

Finding nice shirts is not hard. You can literally just look in any section other than paja-ma and exercise wear. And there is no need to fight this rule; no one is forcing you to wear a sweater made out of Brillo Pads; we are just asking you to wear something that isn’t covered is

drool. If you absolutely have to wear a looser shirt, then try sprucing it up with some acces-sories.

Just because something goes over your foot and has a hard bottom does not mean that it is a shoe. Put the UGGS and boots that look like you’re wearing dogs away! Here is a little tip: If there is fur or they feel like slip-pers, then they are slippers! End of story.

Not every outfit needs to be decked out in bracelets, neck-laces and scarfs, but it doesn’t hurt to throw on a little some-thin’ somethin.’ When an outfit is a little too plain or looking a little too undone a necklace or scarf can tie it together nicely. However, be cautious; one ac-cessory too many can leave you looking like a walking rack from Charming Charlie’s.

Dressing nice does not mean always wearing a suit and tie; it just means not looking like you just rolled out of bed. Wear-ing appropriate clothes doesn’t have to be like feeding a toddler cherry cold-medicine. All you need is the right pair of stretchy jeans and you’re on your way.

Nichole is constantly crafting and is an avid re-decorator. Not only does she have a love of bright colors and patterns but she also is a pug fanatic. Nichole is the writer of the Lifestyle column and the creator of Sunshine-Somedays, a lifestyle blog.

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Black History Month:

Then and Now

There are an entire 28 days dedicated to honoring and remembering some

of the most prominent black leaders, right? But what exactly is being celebrated and how are blacks being honored? Present day life con!icts with our his-torical past.

I remember my teachers always making special prepara-tions for Black History Month every year in elementary school. %e classroom decorations would be a clash between hearts for Valentine’s Day and Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. quotes plas-tered everywhere.

Year a&er year it would be the same lesson on Black His-tory: Black people were slaves, Harriet Tubman freed a lot of slaves, Reverend Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. had a dream, and that’s it. An entire community summed up in three events. %is limited education always le& me wanting more. You have 28 days and that’s the best that can be done?

I realize now though, as an adult, that the limited education I received was based on the his-tory of the time. It wasn’t until I enrolled in an African American studies course that I realized how much I didn’t know and the depth of my historical depriva-tion.

Nowadays Black History has progressively reversed. Just when you thought how much the world has changed for the

better by having an ethnic man run a country, you turn around and another young man has died over nothing. Instead of MLK posters, we now have “In loving memory” t-shirts. Mak-ing hashtags outshines learning about Nat Turner, Fred Hamp-ton, Fannie Lou Hamer and As-sata Shakur.

We honor the black com-munity by exploiting them on shows like Love and Hip Hop and %e Real Housewives of At-lanta. A child today can’t tell you a thing about any black activists but can give you a full blow by blow of what happened on the latest episode of any “reality” TV show. Don’t get me wrong; I’m guilty of indulging in the mindless entertainment put on BET, Bravo and Vh1, but I dare not omit true history from my life. %e channels or programs that show better images are less popular.

So how do we change this? What can we as college students do to restore the historical value of Black History? Visit the Apex Museum on Auburn Avenue or the new Center for Civil and Hu-man Rights that’s on Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard. Also we have an entire department and major dedicated to the education of Af-rican Americans; it’s the African American Studies Department. Basically, educate yourself.

Also, there are groups and organizations like the NAACP collegiate and Atlanta chapter and NCNW. %ey promote the awareness and education of black people. %ose are just two of the many organizations dedi-cated to upli&ing the black com-munity. Also, there are opportu-nities to attend peace rallies and forums to address the issues.

%is Black History of today is relevant only through di'er-ent media outlets. Even with so many leaders, organizations and lives to celebrate, the mass ma-jority chooses otherwise. %e once beautiful pride in Black History month has been dimin-ished. Restoring Black History Month and bringing back its true meaning may be a challenge, but it’s well worth the e'ort.

Now go the Apex Museum or the Civil Rights Museum and learn something. Happy Black History Month!

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Alfred Hitchcock tried the one-shot-$lm in 1948 with one of his best movies, “Rope,” creat-

ing an experiment unlike any other in $lmmaking.

More than 50 years later, Alejan-dro González Iñárritu tried the same trick in “Birdman,” making an entire $lm without a single cut. %is lack of cuts uniquely places the viewer inside the head of the protagonist, Michael Keaton. “Birdman” is a speeding train of thought that never stops until the screen goes black. Riding this train is one of the best $lm experiences of the year.

%e movie tells the story of Rig-gan (Keaton), once a famous actor in the Birdman blockbuster movie fran-chise, who is trying to stage an act in a Broadway play. He hopes this play will prove he is also capable of creating art.

Iñárritu makes sure to show early on that he will not let reality dictate his story. In the opening scene, Rig-gan is meditating while !oating above the ground. All he wears is dirty, over-sized underwear. %e scene e'ectively

introduces the story of a man, unsure of his talents and his role in the world, who is about to expose himself before the critical Broadway audience.

%e $lm constantly uses images in this fashion, where the laws of phys-ics are broken in order to show what Riggan is experiencing. At $rst, these scenes are disconcerting, for they seem to be out of place in this drama. However, Iñárritu commits to them, just like he commits to the lack of cuts.

Slowly, something magical be-gins happening: everything works. Although they seem like gimmicks at $rst, they later on become integral parts of the movie. Iñárritu challenges the viewer who can either stay in an ordinary and o&en boring world, or fully embark into this story, letting the characters and scenes overwhelm the senses. And Iñárritu ends up winning this battle.

In one of the best scenes of the movie, Riggan gets locked out of the theater just before he must take the stage. As he runs through Times Square in his underwear, there is comic tension as he rushes to get back to the scene on time, in fear of being exposed to an entire world. In one scene, Iñárritu de$nes “Birdman” and everything it speaks about. Ke-

aton’s performance is nothing short of impressive. If Iñárritu succeeded in creating such a complex and nuanced character, Keaton is greatly respon-sible for this success.

It is thrilling to watch a $lm in the dark room, on the big screen that, someday, years from now, may still be studied and remembered. %ese types of movies do not come o&en and if there is a $lm worth your hard earned dollars this month, its name is “Bird-man.”

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Few bands can claim to be the fore-fathers of their genre. It’s an hon-or reserved only for the masters

of a particular cra& or those accidental visionaries creating the sounds of to-morrow. Napalm Death is one of those rare bands who might just be both. Be-ginning with 1987’s debut “Scum,” the Englishmen began a continuous cam-paign of sonic warfare, setting the metal underground to the torch.

Before the release of that critical album, metal had rarely been so vis-ceral — so inexplicably kinetic and violent. “Scum,” then gave birth to the grindcore genre, setting the stage for in-numerable imitators. Since that time, a number of impressive bands have come and gone, furthering and reveling in the sounds $rst set to tape so many years ago. However, Napalm Death has been churning along with the horde, releas-ing record a&er record of pure punish-ment.

With less revelation and more so-lidi$cation, Napalm Death’s 16th stu-dio album is far less concerned with pushing envelopes than furthering the band’s narrative. “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” is just the next wave of the on-slaught.

Kicking o' with the title track, one thing is immediately clear: the band knows how to make an entrance. Dru-idic chants build and build before giving way to pounding industrial percussion as manic howls pierce the cacophony. It’s nothing if not an e'ective start, setting an ominous tone for what’s to come. Swirling guitars, frenzied growls

and tidal waves of percussion follow, reminding any listeners who may have lost the plot that this is, in fact, Napalm Death, back and ready to pulverize the masses.

Lead single “Smash A Single Digit” features the band trading harsh and clean vocals as the maelstrom surges beneath, building to a funk-laden groove to close out the proceedings. If there’s a mission statement track to be found on the record, this just might be it, surging with primal fury and the pure momentum we’ve come to expect from the Englishmen.

Later, “Dear Slum Landlord…” ef-fectively halts the record’s breakneck pace, opting for slow, winding lead-work before it culminates in Barney’s explosive roars battling over the me-chanical percussion. It’s a smart move, one that keeps “Apex Predator” from devolving into pure indulgence as it transitions back into the madness with “Cesspits,” one of the record’s heaviest numbers.

If any concerns are likely to be lev-eled at Napalm Death’s “Apex Predator – Easy Meat,” it’s not with the music it-

self; rather, it’s the state of the band in general that may come into question. Typically speaking, the longer a group stays together, the more necessary – and the less likely – change becomes. For now, that doesn’t seem to be an issue for the four Englishmen who’ve cra&ed yet another solid entry in their storied catalog, but given time, all em-pires fall and the band may come face to face with the realization that their trademarked brand of brutality might not cut it anymore. Even so, that’s a worry for another day, because for now, “Apex Predator” certainly lives up to its title.

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President Mark Becker announced a $300 million dollar proposal for the purchase and redevelopment of the Turner Field property once the Atlanta Braves vacate the property ahead of their 2016 move to SunTrust Park in Cobb County. Cobb was very secure in moving forward with planning for a possible Turner Field Athletics Facility.

“I think it’s safe to say that that is a win-win,” Cobb said.

!e Turner Field project would have a massive impact on the growth of Georgia State’s footprint in downtown Atlanta. Becker also proposed a 30,000-seat football stadium as well as relocating the facilities at Panthersville, a 20-acre facility that currently houses the Baseball, So"ball, and Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams, according to the AJC. Included as well would be new Athletics o#ces, locker facilities, retail, residential and student housing.

Cobb commented on some of the proposed facilities.

“I think there’s a lot of it to plan out, but obviously it becomes the epicenter for us. You got to have o#ce space, locker space, academic space. We’ve certainly talked about being able to pull the facilities we have at Panthersville and put them down in the parking lot and also being able to replicate the footprint of the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for Georgia State Baseball,” Cobb said.

The concern many students may have is what the strategic plan looks like without the Turner Field development. The Braves vacating of the property has led to a very public dispute between the City of Atlanta and Fulton County over the sale of the property. This dispute was unresolved as of last December as a resolution obtained by an open search of Fulton County records was considered but not approved by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

“Request approval of a Resolution supporting the cooperative effort with the City of Atlanta to explore the future of Turner Field and to devise a plan for prospective use of Turner Field; to propose establishment of a joint committee to cooperatively establish goals and timetables and to review and approve plans related to Turner Field and the surrounding area; and for other purposes.”

- Fulton County Board of Commissioners Agenda Item

Summary: Item #14-1037

With the concern that the Turner Field development may become inde$nitely delayed or be scrapped altogether, the Athletics Department is without a backup plan. When asked, Cobb admitted that a contingency plan for facilities development that was not focused on the Turner Field development did not exist at the time of the interview.

“I don’t know; I hadn’t thought about that one. I can’t answer that one… !e good news is with strategic plans, there’s many, many people involved in it. !ere’s not just one person’s documents; it’s many many people,” Cobb said. “So that’s a great question. I’ll take a note and make that part of what our discussions are. !is is obviously Plan A, but what’s Plan B?”

!e previous strategic plan included facilities developments that included a $2.5 million Football Strength and Conditioning facility attached to the current MLK Practice Fields, a $5.5 million Sports Performance Center and a $3.875 million Academic Performance Center. Cobb commented on those

proposals.“!e $rst part about it is all of that

was done before Turner Field was even on the radar screen. So with the thought of the pursuit of the Turner Field project completely trumps anything that was done previously; so we’re going to walk down that road. We’re trying to get construction started on a weight room for the football program; it won’t be to the scale of what was originally presented,” Cobb said.

Despite the precariousness of Georgia State’s position in regards to the Turner Field acquisition, Cobb remains optimistic that the right steps are being taken and emphasized the importance of the students in any meaningful development of Georgia State Athletics.

“I’m unabashed in the fact that I believe that when students show up to an event, it gives validity to whatever the event is,” Cobb said. “!en the non-students — the older folks like myself and others — we show up because if you guys are having a great time, then there’s obviously something pretty exciting going on.”

Athletic Director Charlie Cobb speaks on new facilities, Turner Field

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One of the biggest questions Athletic Director Charlie Cobb is facing is whether or not to

plan for the proposed acquisition of Turner Field by the university.

Cobb has now led Georgia State Athletics through their $rst football season and is beginning his second semester in charge of the program. Cobb replaced Cheryl Levick who stepped down in May 2014 due to health reasons.

Cobb comes to the university from an identical post at Appalachian State University as well as spending time with North Carolina State’s athletics program. Cobb was notable during his 10 years at App State for overseeing one of the biggest periods of athletics facilities growth for that university. He is poised to lead Georgia State along a similar path.

During his time at App State, Cobb was known for overseeing an investment in Athletics Facilities totaling over $50 million, according to his bio page on App State’s Athletics website. He also led a program which won three Division I FCS National Championships in football as well as saw a 298 percent increase in football season ticket sales.

Arguably, Cobb was brought in to replicate that success for Georgia State on a much larger scale.

BRYAN JOHNSONSta% Reporter

PHOTO BY RALPH HERNANDEZ | THE SIGNALCharlie Cobb, Georgia State’s new athletic director, talked about his first several months on the job, the future for Athletics and hopes for new facilities.

Bada Bings receives cease and desist order from Georgia State Athletics

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Bada Bings! Sports Food & Fun received a cease and desist letter from Georgia State in

regards to allegations by the university that it used its name and those of student-athletes when advertising special promotional deals.

%e restaurant, located at the Pencil Factory apartment lo&s near Georgia State campus, was alleged by the university to have engaged in unauthorized use of certain Twitter handles to plug special deals it o'ered.

%e Twitter accounts speci$cally mentioned in Georgia State’s cease and desist letter include @GSUPanthers, the primary account for the athletics department. Also mentioned were @gsu_rha, the account for University Housing, and @robinsoncollege for the Robinson College of Business.

A picture of the letter was used in a tweet by Bada Bings which elicited some feedback, much of it critical of Georgia State.

Lawrence Morrow, the owner of

Bada Bings, says this is not the case and the restaurant is simply trying to do business as normal.

“%ey don’t want us using Georgia State Twitter handles to inform our customers of certain things we’ve got going on,” Morrow said. “We’re simply informing our customers, some of whom just so happen to have Georgia State handles.”

In the letter, Georgia State mentioned that it would continue to monitor Bada Bings’ tweets and that it would take the issue to Sam Olens, Attorney General for the state of Georgia if it did not comply with the university’s edicts.

“I took this letter to the Georgia Speaker of the House [David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge] and he just looked at it and laughed,” Morrow said.

%e letter, dated on Feb. 3, was signed by Bharath Parthasarathy, Deputy General Counsel for Legal A'airs at Georgia State on behalf of the athletics department.

Parthasarathy also served as Georgia State’s interim athletics director (AD) for a brief period in 2014 in between the departure of

former AD Cheryl Levick and the hiring of current AD Charlie Cobb from Appalachian State.

Morrow mentioned how many of the Bada Bings customers happen to be Georgia State student-athletes, some of whom, he says, live at the Pencil Factory. “Some of the soccer, football, volleyball and baseball players live [at the Pencil Factory],” Morrow said.

He also made mention of how R.J. Hunter of the men’s basketball team makes visits to Bada Bings with his father, Ron Hunter, coach of the men’s basketball team.

Included in the letter was an allegation that using student-athletes to promote business at Bada Bings constitutes a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violation and would a'ect their eligibility to compete in NCAA events.

Morrow also said that this is another baseless allegation. “It’s not like we’re asking the student-athletes to come down to Bada Bings to sign autographs,” Morrow said.

He says that part of the prime

directive for Bada Bings is to o'er a'ordable deals for the student body. One of its most touted o'ers is its $10 All You Can Eat Wings deal.

“We created these days for Georgia State students,” Morrow said. “We know that our kids don’t have disposable income.”

According to Morrow, he has no concrete idea as to why Bada Bings received the cease and desist letter, but he told %e Signal that someone mentioned to him that it may have had something to do with the university’s relationship with Six Feet Under.

Six Feet Under, a seafood restaurant with two locations in Atlanta, is a sponsor of Georgia State Athletics.

Morrow believes that it is an example of the university attempting to excessively use force against the restaurant.

“%is is an example of Georgia State trying to bully a small business,” Morrow said. “I’m not going to let them bully a small business.”

Despite the impasse between the restaurant and the athletics

department, Morrow says Bada Bings will maintain its support of Georgia State’s teams but was still shocked that he received the cease and desist letter. “We fully support the Panther Nation,” Morrow said. “We have streams of the football games on when they’re on the road. We do all we can to support the Panthers. So, when I received that letter, I was mad.”

%e Signal attempted to reach out to Parthasarathy to get his thoughts on the matter. A representative in Georgia State’s Legal A'airs Department redirected the phone call to Jerry Trickie, associate A.D. for communications in the athletics department. Trickie then redirected %e Signal to a representative for Georgia State compliance.

%e compliance o#cer said in an email to %e Signal that it is a regular occurrence for cease and desist orders to be issued. %e representative said that Trickie and the compliance department reached out to Morrow a&er receiving the letter and has attempted to reach out to him via phone and email.

AKIEM BAILUMSports Editor

PHOTO BY JADE JOHNSON | THE SIGNALBada Bings! Sports Food & Fun, a local sports bar at "e Pencil Factory, is a popular hangout spot among Georgia State students and alumni that regularly shows Panthers sporting events.

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Men’s BasketballOn Valentine’s Day, Panther fans

have to love what they saw on ESPN2 as Georgia State defeated Texas State by a $nal of 53-41.

%e Panthers were led by R.J. Hunt-er, who scored 17 points in a winning e'ort. Defensively, the team was an-chored by Curtis Washington had put in three blocks along with nine points. Georgia State returns to the Sports Are-na on %ursday to face South Alabama.

Women’s BasketballA&er the men’s game concluded, it

was the women’s turn to take the court. Georgia State’s bid to win three straight games would fall short as the Panthers lost to Texas State by a $nal of 71-61 in San Marcos, Texas.

%e Panthers su'ered defeat despite a personal-best points performance by Gaby Moss, who scored 16. %e team’s next game will be on %ursday at the Sports Arena vs. South Alabama.

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season was at Auburn for the Ti-ger Invitational. A&er losing 20-8 to No. 17 nationally ranked Auburn, the Panthers responded with three straight wins included a come-from-behind, 7-6 win over Eastern Illinois.

Georgia State will play one more matchup vs. Auburn on Wednesday before its home opener on Friday vs. Savannah State.

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%e freshman Georgia State catcher had a huge weekend at the Tiger Invitational. Ivie Drake capped it o' with a walk-o' single to drive in the game-winning run, completing a 7-6 comeback victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.

Drake was born in Athens, Georgia but hails from Carlton, Georgia in Madison County near Athens. While playing for Madison County High School, she played all four years as a catcher. In 2012, Drake was named the All-North-east Georgia So&ball Player of the Year by the Athens Banner-Her-ald. %at season, she led Madi-son County High to a 34-8 record along with a regional title and a No. 2 ranking for Class AAAA schools.

In 2013, she signed a Nation-al Letter of Intent to play so&-ball for Georgia State. In her $rst four games as a Panthers, she has amassed a .667 batting average with eight hits, $ve RBIs and an on-base percentage of .733.

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