Spring semester extended due to inclement weather

Due to the cancellation of classes for the week of Jan. 9, a two-day extension has been incorporated into the 2011 spring semester at Gainesville State College Oconee and Oakwood campuses. While students were beyond excited for a week of snow, the administrators of GSC were hard at work trying to figure out how to [...]

Chestatee Review winners get their pieces published

On Jan. 18, 2011, The Chestatee Review 2010 announced this year’s winners. According to The Chestatee Review website, the magazine is run by Gainesville State College and published each spring by the English Club. It is designed to show off student and guest poetry, short fiction, one-act plays, informal essays, and formal essays. For each [...]

Snow didn’t ruin Spring Break

Well, it looks like the holiday break followed us not only into the New Year, but also into the new semester. With of interruption of snow, and not just by one of those fun “Hurray! A snow day!” days, but a whole week of fun in the snow, we’ve been pushed back some in the [...]

Deal wins governor’s race, Isakson, Broun win re-election

Nathan Deal will not be in a runoff against Roy Barnes, and Georgia’s senior Republican Senator Johnny Isakson will continue to represent the state in the capital for another six years. Governor-elect Deal defeated former governor Barnes 53 percent to 43 percent. The Libertarian John Monds received four percent of the vote. Had no candidate received at least [...]

Athens man lives American Dream in van

It is more than just a rustic, discolored, storage container-consumed van with its back seats torn out— for one Athens native it is a home. Van Beville, 58, has found himself living out of his car in an unfortunate predicament. “I haven’t always been homeless,” Beville said. “I am doing everything I can do to [...]

Election 2010: younger vote a necessity

The importance of voting is stressed to students at GSCO as governor, senate, and Athens district house elections draw near. With the coming elections many important matters that will affect students are to be decided. The fate of what will happen rests with those who participate in their one chance to be heard and have [...]

Angel in disguise: dog in classroom

  GSCO students may have noticed a new member to campus this semester with the presence of a guide dog on campus.  Ashley Oglesby, a GSCO student, has become an active volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. and since last April, has been a puppy walker for Angel, a purebred black [...]

GSCO deals with student Adderall problem

  The abuse of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications is widespread, according to Melinda Hawley, the coordinator of personal health and wellness at the Oconee campus of Gainesville State College.  Students use these drugs with the intent to improve their ability to focus in class, but are not aware of the dangers and consequences [...]

Oconee separates graduation from Oakwood

Watkinsville- Gainesville State College Oconee, starting this semester, will have a graduation ceremony separate from the Oakwood campus. Senior leadership, as well as the president and vice president of GSC decided last spring that a ceremony unique to GSCO would be beneficial. “It gives students the opportunity to celebrate being a part of this community,” [...]

GSCO fully maxed out, adding 500 more students since opening

GSC Oconee has reached the maximum capacity of students that it can physically hold. According to Kristen Roney, GSCO Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, since the opening of the Oconee campus in 2003 with 1,800 students, the school has had an increase of roughly 500 additional students. The largest increase was from Fall 2004 [...]

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