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Students aid campaigns, become ‘part of history 9
BY SAM STEINBERG
The Red & Black
In politics, some lean
right, others left, and
University students
Christie Haynes and Chad
Brock agree students must
play both roles in the polit
ical process.
These students work on
presidential campaigns.
Haynes, a sophomore
from Marietta, will join
more than a dozen stu
dents to travel to South
Carolina Friday to cam
paign for Republican presi
dential candidate Mike
Huckabee. The South
Carolina Republican pri
mary is Saturday.
Haynes will spend the
day holding up signs in
support of Huckabee.
“I think it is a great
experience to be part of
that process because in 10
years you don't remember
standing outside on the
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the disease increase,
Winskell said.
“They help to critically
question social norms
they’re absorbing from the
environment.”
More than half of the
past participants were part
of a mixed-gender team, a
key part of the process,
Winskell said.
“Scenarios” produces
about three films per year,
using award-winning
African filmmakers and
local actors to bring to life
the winning stories. Films
run from one to 14 minutes
in length.
The messages of the
films center on disease pre
vention and the reality of
living with HIV/AIDS.
Winskell said.
“These are the true voic
es of the vanguard," she
said. “They dedicate their
lives to helping people liv
ing with the infection.”
In 2007’s contest, more
than 20,000 stories were
received and judged by a
panel of filmmakers, public
health specialists and peo
ple living with HIV/AIDS
Past winners have been as
young as 9 years old.
In 2008, contestants will
submit ideas about HIV/
AIDS for a short film to be
aired during the 2010
“These are the true
voices of the van
guard. They dedicate
their lives to helping
people living with the
infection. ”
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South Africa.
"The process is so much
anchored at the communi
ty level,” Winskell said.
“They are dying to have
their voices heard.”
The lecture was the first
in the annual lecture series,
“Global Diseases: Voices
from the Vanguard,” spon
sored by Grady College.
The next lecture, on Feb.
12, features Jim Yong Kim
from the Harvard School of
• Public Health.
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The second lecture in the
‘Global Diseases: Voices of the
Vanguard series": Jim Kim,
director of the Frangois-Xavier
Bagnoud Center for Health and
Human Rights at the Harvard
School of Public Health will
speak about his work with HIV/
AIDS.
There will be a reception
after the lecture in
Demosthenian Hall. The series
is presented by the Knight Chair
and the Center for Tropical and
Emerging Global Diseases.
road,” Haynes said. “You
remember if your candi
date won and that you
were involved. It sounds
cheesy, but you’re part of
history.”
Brock, president of
Georgia Students for
Barack Obama, said he
agreed.
“All Americans should
be involved in politics
regardless of their age,” he
said.
The South Carolina
Democratic primary is Jan.
26, and Georgia Students
for Barack Obama will be
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the future that will not dif
fer greatly from Tripp
Umbach’s recommenda
tions.
Regents then will lobby
legislators for funding,
Davis said.
“We will make the abso
lute best case possible (to
legislators) and try and
suggest that this is a bat
tle that we cannot afford
to lose," he said. "My
assumption is that it will
be given a very high prior
ity in the legislature.”
The plan calls for
expanded facilities in
Augusta, the location of
MCG’s main campus, and
increased use of existing
residential campuses in
Savannah and Albany.
If the plan is imple
mented, MCG could
expand from 745 students
to 1,200 by 2020, with facil
ities in Augusta, Athens,
Savannah and Albany,
according to the release.
Expansion of MCG
comes as a result of an
increased need for physi
cians statewide, Davis
said. He said Georgia
ranks 40th among states
in the nation for number
of physicians per capita.
“If we do not find a way
... to produce more doc
tors quickly, by 2020, we
are going to be last in the
nation in terms of the
number of doctors,” he
said.
Officials Tuesday tried
to downplay perceived
competition between
growth of MCG in Athens
and Augusta, pointing to
the anticipated economic
growth for both communi
ties and the state as a
result of the plan.
“This is not an Athens
plan we’re talking about.
It’s not an Augusta plan
we are talking about. It is
a Georgia plan we are talk
ing about,” Davis said.
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canvassing in South
Carolina and Athens on
Saturday. Brock said he
plans to be busy as he pre
pares for the Georgia pri
mary. Both parties will hold
primaries in Georgia on
Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Several University stu
dents traveled outside the
region to help candidates.
Freshman Patrick
Burnett spent his winter
break in lowa working for
Bill Richardson’s campaign
as a “road runner.”
“What is so interesting
is that in lowa, people
who presented the report
to regents Tuesday, esti
mates the plan to expand
MCG will generate more
than 10,000 additional jobs
and $1.6 billion annually
statewide, the release
said.
Daniel Rahn, president
of MCG, said his college
and the University will
have enhanced research
capabilities as a result of
the partnership
The enhancement
comes from the University's
strength in science
research and MCG’s
strength in clinical
research, Adams said.
“Our research scientists
will be competitive for the
kinds of science that nei
ther of our institutions are,
at present, competitive for
on our own." Rahn said.
Adams said the closure
of the Navy Supply Corps
School as part of the
Defense Department's
Base Realignment and
Closure process made the
58 acres available to the
University.
“It didn’t take long for
the light to go off in my
head that we could possi
bly convert the Navy facil
ity to educational purpos
es as a health sciences
campus,” he said
A medical campus in
Athens makes sense,
Adams said, because the
University produces more
undergraduates who
attend medical school
than any other institution
in the state.
Umbach said expand
ing medical education
facilities is a trend around
the country right now.
“All eyes in America are
on Georgia today," he said.
“I was really moved by the
hundreds of people that
we were engaged with
throughout this process
that weren't in health care
and they weren’t in higher
education ... they were
involved in the fabric of
their communities.”
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actually care what you say,”
Burnett said. “People
would invite you inside and
offer hot chocolate and cof
fee .”
Burnett also made
phone calls and described
some of his conversations
as “linguistic adventures.”
Richardson withdrew
from the Democratic race
last week. Burnett said he
treasures his experience on
the campaign trail.
“I wouldn’t trade it for
anything. I was there for a
reason and I really like the
candidate," Burnett said.
“Maybe I will get lucky and
take all the Bill Richardson
stickers and add ‘Vice’ in
front of Bill.”
Burnett said he believes
young Americans can make
a difference if they vote.
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“If people in our age
group actually voted, we
can do whatever we want
to in this country,” Burnett
said.
Audrey Haynes, a politi
cal science professor, said
in some places, college stu
dents could be as much as
one fourth of eligible vot
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Americans are Interacting
with politics is through
social network sites includ
ing' MySpace and
Facebook.
Many campaigns creat
ed their own Facebook
pages and asked students
to create local groups.
Hillary Clinton campaign
workers in Atlanta asked
sophomore Jake Campbell
to create a Dawgs for
Hillary Facebook group.
“Facebook also allows
others to see who has sup
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would not venture to say
that Facebook and
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candidates’ organizations,
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Involved easier and to some
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