The GCSU University Senate approved a campus-wide smoking ban in a majority vote this past Monday. The new ban prohibits smoking on campus except in designated smoking areas. The smoking ban was a modified version of a proposal originally presented in the spring of 2009 by the University Senate’s Resource, Planning and Institutional Policy Committee [...]
With loads on the average student’s plate, staying in the know can be quite difficult. Luckily for Georgia College, the American Democracy Project articulates issues the campus needs to know about. The American Democracy Project, christened in 2003, was founded by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The ADP operated primarily around the [...]
With GCSU students traveling home to their families during Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, Milledgeville businesses are often affected by the loss of population. Many students that work at these businesses can attest to the changes that occur over the holiday season. Emily Davidson, a senior literature major, has been an employee for Blackbird Coffee for [...]
Any student involved with theater is used to having a director to orchestrate all of the elements of theater into the best show possible. But what students are not accustomed to is when the director is one of their peers. Dr. Amy Pinney is the professor of the class and has been working with students [...]
A motion passed by the University Senate on Monday will increase the number of Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes offered but will possibly limit those classes to morning times. According to the motion, the three hours for the common meeting time – currently Mondays and Fridays from 12:30-1:45 p.m. – must fall on Mondays between 8 a.m. and [...]
It’s the time of year when the library is full to max capacity and students are starting to get the crazed look of being cooped up far too long. Only the smartest will survive and for those that still need some help, here are some tips. Sleep – Of course students turn into zombies this time of year (after all it’s called dead week) but sleep can help with retention and that zombie-like state.
