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Alum starts
college life
comic strip
By RUSTY BAILEY
The Red & Black
Out of all the comic
genres superhero, detec
tive, science fiction, auto
biographical Scott
Selsor chose to create a
comic about college life.
“I still think (the whole
college experience) is the
most important time in a
person’s life,” said Selsor, a
University alumnus.
A few years after Selsor
graduated, he created a
comic called “Bohemia”
that was based on his
experiences in Athens.
Selsor then moved to
Los Angeles, putting
the strip to rest, and start
ed working as an illustra
tor and a writer. However,
the comic strip wasn’t
something he could just let
Breaking into the music scene ‘easy as A-T-H-E-N-S’
As a native of the
“North” (Maryland,
that is), the ques
tion I get asked is, “Why
did you decide to come all
the way to Georgia?”
It warms my heart as I
answer them because I’m
proud to be a product of
this town’s incomparable
independent music scene.
This is the handbook on
acclimating yourself to this
land of live music
because getting to know
the Athens music scene is
as easy as do-re-mi or
A-T-H-E-N-S.
Act like you belong:
Not to be confused
with the approach of
“making it by faking it,”
showing up to a show and
abiding by “act like you
belong” embraces the
exciting opportunity to be
a total chameleon.
From the “headier”
shows at the Theatre to a
singer-songwriter show
case at Flicker, remember
to be confident, be one
with the crowd and boogie
like there’s no tomorrow.
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“Over the past years I
got e-mailed by people
wondering what happened
to the past strip and I
thought I would re-launch
it under the current time
frame,” Selsor said.
Thus, “Bohemia” retu
rned with the name “Zero.”
“A lot of the characters
are just sort of slackers
and they don’t have a lot
of ambition yet or they
don't know where they
want their life to go,” he
said. “The term ‘Zero’ just
sort of reflects that.”
Selsor said he likes to
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Promisloff
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Annual Guide to Athens
and Web sites such as
www.visitathensga.com,
collegiate culture vultures
can access the self-guided
tour of the city’s music
meccas.
Filled with tons of trivia
and history, the list of
landmarks ranges from the
remaining steeple of the
church that housed
R.E.M’s first gig to the
original array of locations
for venues that still exist
today.
Help out:
When concert-goers
get crazed, concert-goers
turn pro. Behind the music
is a world of business.
Most of the city’s local
ly-run music entities oper
ate on a national scale.
hear students’ stories to
keep the comic fresh and
on his Web site students
cant submit ideas.
“I get a lot of my mate
rial from talking to other
students about things that
are happening on cam
pus,” he said. Already,
“Zero” is running in several
college papers including at
the Umversity of Alaska
and the University of
North Carolina in
Asheville.
“This is just something
that I loved and I just
wanted to bring it back to
life and see where it goes.”
These kinds of experiences
are indispensable.
Opportunities include
organizations such as
Nu?i’s Space and local
NPR affiliate WUGA. The
world is at your fingertips
—and music to the ears of
future “real world” employ
ers.
Educate yourself:
It is up to you, stu
dent, to understand and
appreciate Athens’ great
ness as a lovechild of this
legacy.
Take one listen to
Bright Eyes’ “Southern
State” and you’ll know
how to see the Athens
scene from the outside.
Never stop talking.
Word of mouth is a
powerful weapon and it’s
up to fresh ears and eyes
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Habitat for Humanity to promote
awareness for urban area threats
By JENNIFER PAXTON
The Red & Black
Urban areas currently
are home to almost half of
the world’s population.
Approximately one bil
lion urban dwellers or
one out of every three
are living in slums or oth
erwise desperate condi
tions, according to the
United Nations Centre for
Human Settlements Web
site.
World Habitat Day,
annually on the first
Monday of October, aims
to spread awareness on
urban poverty issues, in
hopes of eventually pro
viding sustainable living
conditions for all.
“It’s a huge problem,
but every little bit that
you help or donate, some
one’s life is affected,” said
Seychelle Vos, a junior
from Clemson, S.C., and
everywhere to come out
swinging. Support your
friends and the sounds,
and you support your
scene! In a town this size,
everyone knows someone.
If it was a show you saw, a
single you heard or a
MySpace you stalked, talk
it out.
Satisfy your curiosity:
Between the low cost of
admission and the amazing
accessibility, experiment
your heart out. You’ve got
four years minimum to
master this —and that’s a
long time so don’t be
afraid to screw around with
whatever concert that’s
creeping up.
Samantha Promisloff
is a variety writer
for The Red & Black.
The Red a Black | Monday, October i, 2007
WORLD
HABITAT DAY
What: World Habitat Day
Where: Tate Plaza and the
Arch
When: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Tate, 6 to 7:30 p.m at the Arch
vice president of the
advocacy and education
chapter of Habitat for
Humanity.
“If we don’t do any
thing, then there will be
no change.”
The University’s
Habitat for Humanity
chapter will promote the
event today at Tate Plaza
and the Arch.
“It’s a way to make
students are aware of the
problems of poverty and
affordable housing around
the world,” Vos said.
The theme of this
ROLLER: Team volunteers,
gives proceeds to charity
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the Hittin’ Misses and
the Dames of Maim,
plus an all-star travel
team. The two teams
play only against each
other.
The teams also prac
tice together, making
their team rivalry unique,
Buckelew said.
“The girl you beat up
one week is the one help
ing you out the next
week,” she said.
Each girl has a compe
tition name, such as
Buckelew’s Carmen
Slamdiego, which she
said references women
she admires.
year’s observance, as cho
sen by the U.N. is, “A safe
city is a just city.”
It was chosen on behalf
of the threats facing
urban areas today, includ
ing increased crime and
violence, forced evictions,
unreliable tenure and nat
ural disasters.
“Let us resolve to
make cities around the
world safer, greener,
more inclusive and more
secure places for every
one,” said U.N. Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon last
Monday on behalf of the
event.
The University’s chap
ter will ask students to
help write letters.
They will be sent to
Georgia Senators Saxby
Chambliss and Johnny
Isakson, addressing the
need for affordable hous
ing for low-income citi
zens.
The Rollergirls also
participate in volunteer
work, said Ashley Helton,
a University graduate stu
dent and the outreach
coordinator for the
league.
“We try to participate
in at least one volunteer
activity as a league each
month,” she said. “We
also sponsor a charity at
each home bout, which
entails donating a portion
of our proceeds to that
charity.”
On Oct. 21, the league
will sponsor “Drumming
for Success,” a group that
teaches percussion to
local kids in the commu
nity.
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