Faculty speaks: technology, tweets and time

In a recent class, I asked all my students to turn up the volume on their phones. I appointed one person to count the times the class was disrupted.There were sixty-four rings. One gentleman alone got 12 text messages. I’d suggest that the immediacy of communication compromises the quality of presence—of one’s ability to give [...]

A Southern Heritage school?

Nesbitt’s act of censorship raises questions on freedom of speech

Americans ruin films

Americans think they can do everything better than everyone. I don’t know if this is something that is ingrained into our genetic code at birth, or if it’s a narcissistic trait we acquire in youth. Either way, some of our attempts to do things better are absurd. The bottom line is Swedish people make good [...]

Trippy travels through the Windy City

I rode in from the South. Past old iron sides of lamed boxcars and rusted out automobiles and into the windmill fields of the Midwest. Faded brick smokehouses and barbeque shacks lined the narrow strip where black women held babies and watched silently from stockyard stoops as I sped toward an arthritic skyline. Chicago loomed [...]

Where’s our T.A.G.?

As some of us get towards the end of our educational careers here at Gainesville State College the reality of transferring begins to set in. “What if I don’t get in?” begins to play on loop inside the heads of those of us who have our hearts absolutely set on one particular school. Regardless of [...]

A love letter to Georgia voters

Dear Georgia, Your candidates suck.  No, seriously, they do.  How did we get Roy Barnes and Nathan Deal as choices for governor? It never fails in the South.  Progressives see who wins the Democratic Primary and think “well great, looks like the Republicans have this one in the bag and just might pick a candidate [...]

A transfer peptalk

As November draws near at GSC Oconee, registration and advising are playing big roles in our lives as college students.  We’re looking to our future trying to get our classes lined up so we can go to UGA, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, or even out of Georgia to further our education.  What about those of [...]

What about the smokers?

Worldwide there are 1.35 billion cigarette smokers. That is one out of every five people.  With all numbers considered, it would be pretty accurate to guesstimate that there are a decent amount of tobacco users attending GSCO. Then why is it that the official policy regarding cigarette smoking on both GSC campuses is that it [...]

Random thoughts of an editor

In recent weeks, many thoughts have come to my head. Below are ten thoughts which somehow entered my psyche and got my attention; enjoy. 1. I wish German expressionism would make a comeback. It is more of a trip than psychedelic films could ever hope to be. The more distortion the better. 2. I don’t [...]

Wal-Mart grinds my gears

Dear all, you know what really grinds my gears? Wal-Mart! This corporation practically owns parts of the United States, yet its appearance is so shoddy. Every time I slink into that place I come out with the weirdest sensation that I just left a Lewis Carrol novel. A box of Cheez-Itz in the shoe isle [...]

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