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Wednesday, November 9, 2005
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Dinner and
opera at Rome
Street Tavern
The University of
West Georgia Opera
Workshop will present
“A Taste of Opera" at the
Rome Street Tavern Grill
at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14.
Dr. Larry Frazier,
professor of music
and Opera Workshop
director, will accompany
student singers in
a performance that
includes a dinner buffet.
RomeStreet’smusical
menu includes a prayer
from Hansel and Gretel by
Engelbert Humperdinck,
the quintet from Carmen
by Georges Bizet and the
famous Letter Duet from
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The Marriage of Figaro
by Mozart.
Performers will
include Philip Jones
of East Point, Dale
Edwards of Vidal ia,
Holly Nations of Temple,
Jenna Hughes of Rocky
Face, Brittany Forrest of
Abuse survivors share experience with students
By Kristal Dixon
News Editor
Shuntay2l @hotmail.com
The Women’s Inter
est Group hosted a series
of speakers that included
a diverse group of women
who have survived do
mestic violence, sexual
assault and abuse last
Tuesday night.
The stories the wom
en told, while shocking
and horrific, provided a
window into the lives of
what many ordinary wom
en go through.
Carisa Bonner, the first
woman’to speak, told the
audience of mostly female
college students about her
experiences with abuse at
the hands of various men.
Her first boyfriend, made
her walk behind him and
stare at the ground.
She told the audience
that he cheated on her and
abused her many times.
She hid the mental and
physical bruises and scars
from her family, who
remained in the dark about
her abusive relationship.
Audrey Smith,another
woman who spoke to the
audience had a similar
experience. A recovering
addict, she has been clean
and sober for seven and a
half years. She repeatedly
told the young women in
the audience that there
Jennifer Duncan, freshman
I live in Row Hall. The rooms in Row
are livable. The rooms aren't a star
suite, but yes I think they are
affordable.
Decatur, Andrew Scott of
Stone Mountain, Michael
Bumaman of Woodstock,
Holly Kaylor of Villa Rica,
Melissa Huckeba Stamps
of Carrollton, Bridget
Bohman of Alpharetta,
Rose Blanchard of Austell,
Valerie Beck of Cordele,
Jeff Orme of Douglasville
and Kerri Harshaw,
Rebekah Hogsed, Jennifer
Andall and Cory Speakman
of Lawrenceville.
Tickets are $lO in
advance and sl2 at the
door and can be purchased
at the Rome Street Tavern
Grill, located at 206 Rome
St., Carrollton, and at the
Department of Music in the
Humanities Building.
Those seeking more
information should call
(678) 839-6262.
Breakfast with
economists
Thursday
Economic pressures
affect every sector of our
society and business leaders
will discover just how much
when Dr. Donald Ratajczak
and Michael Chriszt
present their views at the
2005 Economic Forecast
is no reason for anyone
to suffer at the hands
of an abusive spouse or
significant other.
“There's help and
there’s hope. There are
people you can talk to
now that 1 did not have,”
said Smith.
Smith recalled the
days that led her astray.
She attended the
University of West
Georgia in 1975, but she
didn’t graduate due to her
appetite for parties.
“See, I was into the
parties and the men. My
first boyfriend, who was
much older than me, had
a car and everything else
I wanted, including the
drugs,” Smith said. She
recalled how her parents
disapproved of her
relationship because of the
age difference.
Smith also told the
audience about the abuse
she suffered at the hands of
her boyfriend. She recalled
one weekend in which she
went to Atlanta to get away
from him after deciding
she couldn’t handle the
abuse any longer.
She decided to stay in
Atlanta to attend college
shortly after. One day
while she was leaving
class, she was surprised to
see him waiting for her.
“He then took me
back to my apartment
Are prices for residence halls too high?
Rebecca Waters, junior
Considering the fact that our phone
and utilities are paid for in our rent,
I think that it is affordable to stay on
campus.
Breakfast, Thursday, Nov.
10, on the University of
West Georgia campus.
Ratajczak, a Regents
Professor of Economics
Emeritus at Georgia State
University, is one of the
most quoted economists
in the world and consults
with senior management
of major corporations and
financial institutions.
Chriszt, director of
International and Regional
Analysis at the Atlanta
Federal Reserve, excels
at analyzing political and
economic conditions in
Georgia and the Southeast.
Dr. David Boldt,
chair of the Department
of Economics at UWG,
said participants will not
be disappointed.
“The speakers
will address important
economic issues of the
day,” said Boldt.
“The impact of high
energy price* and Hurricane
Katrina on the state and
regional economy will
certainly be discussed.”
Both speakers will
use their expertise to share
economic forecasts for West
Georgia, the state of Georgia
and the United States.
The West Georgia
and repeatedly raped
me,” she recounted.
Smith also recounted
her days as being addicted
to various drugs. She
eventually went into rehab
in 1989, which did not curb
her short-term appetite
for drugs. Also, her
relationships after rehab
did not get any better. She
wanted the audience to
understand that these types
of relationships do exist
and to be quiet about it is a
big problem.
“If it does happen to
you, you need to remember
that you are not alone. We
can’t turn a deaf ear to this
problem,” Smith said.
Rebecca Riofrio, a
Carrollton native, also told
her harrowing story that
included a relationship
filled with domestic
violence. She said that
by her being quiet during
her relationship was
empowering him.
“My silence was his
power and your silence is
his power. You have to
tell it. We have to stand
together with confidence
and say you will survive,”
said Riofrio.
Revonda Bowen, a
native of Alabama also
told students about her
past. A former stripper,
she reminded the audience
about the immediate
effects stripping can have
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Justin Arrington, grad student
The cost of a private room in
Tyus is quite high. Resident Life
should consider revising their
prices. Otherwise, I like it.
region includes Carroll,
Coweta, Douglas, Haralson,
and Paulding Counties.
Attendees will also receive
a copy of the 2005 West
Georgia Regional Outlook.
The conference is
scheduled from 7:30-9
a.m., at the Z-6 building on
the UWG campus.
More than 350
business leaders,
educators, government and
agency officials attended
last year’s event.
Hosted by the UWG
Department of Economics,
the Richards College of
Business and the Carroll
County Chamber of
Commerce, the breakfast is
open to anyone interested in
the future of the economy.
Tickets are $25 per
person or $175 for a table
of eight.
To reserve space for the
breakfast, contact the UWG
Economics Department at
(678) 839-6477 or by email
at dboldt@westga.edu.
Anthropology
club meeting
The Anthropology
Club will meet on Friday,
Nov. 11 at noon in Pafford
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Photo by Kristal Dixon
Revonda Bowen talks to the audience about her experiences being a former stripper and
a survivor of an abusive relationship. The women who shared their stories moved some
audience members to tears while others were shock at the graphic details of the women's
stories.
on a person.
“Fast money goes
fast. And that inner person
inside you tells you when
you’re not in a good
position,” Bowen said.
She told the audience
that she got caught up in the
lifestyle and had her share
of abusive relationships.
Bowen told the audience
that they have to talk
about the issue of
302. Anyone who is
interested in anthropology
is welcomed to attend.
Professor to
direct jazz
ensemble
On Friday, Nov. 11, at
8 p.m.. Dr. Daniel Bakos,
Professor of Music, will
direct the University
of West Georgia Jazz
Ensemble in its first
concert of the fall season
at the Townsend Center for
the Performing Arts.
The university's big
band will perform a variety
of compositions including
Quintessence, composed
and arranged by Hank
Levy, written in 5/4 meter.
Other performances
include: Dancing in the
Dark by Arthur Schwartz
and Gerry Mulligan and
recorded by the Stan Kenton
Orchestra; Intermission
Riff by Ray Wetzel and
arranged by Stan Kenton,
the famous orchestra break
that Kenton used for many
years; The Wiggle Walk
by Benny Carter: and The
Waltz 1 Blew For You by
Rob McConnell.
Bakos describes
domestic violence.
“They don’t know
what you’re going through
if you don’t speak up,”
Bowen said.
Some students had
tears in their eyes, but most
students sat in shock while
listening to the horrific
details of what the women
went through.
“I was shocked to
learn that there are people
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Joe Buchholz, freshman
I live in the suites. I do not have any prob
lems with the rent or facilities I would pre
fer staying in the suites than off campus,
since everything is paid for.
the McConnell piece
as “a lengthy, highly
developed jazz waltz
that demonstrates several
different styles -a rather
complex work with
difficult improvisations.”
Two vocal charts sung
by Lauren Humphrey
are also included in the
performance “A Lot of
Livin’ To Do" by Charles
Strouse and Lee Adams,
and Duke Ellington’s
“Day Dreams."
The final selection
in the performance is the
“Vine Street Rumble" by
Benny Carter, recorded
by the Count Basie
Orchestra.
In addition to
preparations for this
concert, Dr. Bakos and
the UWG Jazz Ensemble
are currently preparing
to host the 2006 Twenty-
First Annual Sunbelt
Jazz Festival, featuring
vocalist Kathy Cousins,
in the Townsend Center
on April 28.
The concert is
free and the public is
invited to attend. For
more information on
the ensemble, call the
Department of Music at
(678)839-6516.
who go through stuff of
this nature,” said Mandy
Fowler, a UWG student.
Fowler also expressed
that she was appreciative
of the women telling
their stories.
“But I do think it’s
nice to know that there
are other women who are
going through stuff like
this and are speaking out
about it,” Fowler said.