Archive for the Features Category
Watch it: “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey”
Sesame Street has proven to be a timeless show that appeals to all age groups. Maybe the last time you watched it was the other day; your nephew could not stop laughing every time Big Bird appeared. It is possible that you have not visited the residents of one of America’s most known neighborhoods since [...]
Suffering from post-Spring-Break blues
Well, Spring Break is over. It is the sad, but an obvious truth. Now, students face a challenge more diffi cult than trying to fi gure out where to go on vacation— how do we reintroduce ourselves to the lifestyle of a college student after having an entire week of no classes? The majority of [...]
Visiting ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’
Since its original publication, Mary Norton’s “The Borrowers” has been adapted into a series of novels, two made-for-TV movies, a television series and now two feature films. Though the story is vaguely familiar to people from different countries and aspects of life, it has never been presented in a manner similar to the most current [...]
Honors students perform with purpose
Last semester, students in the Macon State Honors Program teamed up to present a concert that raised money to build a playground for Cambodian children. This semester they are putting together another benefi t concert to send further aid to the same group, the Supplemental Teaching Education Program, or STEP for short. This program is [...]
Finding Campus Jobs
There was once a time when a person could walk into an establishment, explain that they are looking for work, and the manager would come from behind the counter and put the person to work directly. That time has gone with the increasing use of technology and various department changes. Macon State College is a [...]
Students attend leadership training
146 members attended Orientation and Leadership Training Day Jan. 13. By Allison Boutwell National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) is an honor society that provides leadership skills to college students so that they can be successful in the world. Three speaking events, which are video seminars, takes place in both fall and spring [...]
Student media widens oppurtunities for the future
One of the best secrets on the Macon campus is the Student Media Organization, which is part of the Offi ce of Student Life. Student Media is made of three outlets: The Macon Statement, Macon State College Television (MSC TV), and The Fall Line Review. The Macon Statement is the student newspaper and provides the [...]
Events on campus celebrate Black History Month
February is Black History Month. The celebration can be traced back to the efforts of many. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASNLH), it was Carter G. Woodson’s participation in “a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the sate of Illinois” that led him [...]
Merging colleges: Welcome, work, and understand
Hank Huckaby, chancellor for the University System of Georgia recommended a merger to consolidate eight of Georgia’s 35 universities and colleges. Of these eight, Macon State College and Middle Georgia College were chosen to conjoin. On Jan. 10, 2012 it was decided by the Board of Regents to approve the consolidation. The merger will unite [...]
Cooking for the holidays
The winter holidays are right around the corner and we all enjoy the great traditional foods that are typically served during this time of year. However sometimes you just aren’t able to make it home for the holidays or you’ve been asked to bring a dish to a party. So to help feed your appetite [...]