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Roberts Hall opened in 1970 and has been a staple of the West Georgia residence hall
community. Last fall, it served as temporary housing for displaced Hurricane Katrina
victims from the Gulf Coast.
UWG senior popular among restaurant patrons
By Daniel Brown
Guest Writer
dbrown3@my.westga.edu
It is 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and
people are starting to tile into the South
Street Grill on South Street.
Jamie Gibson, a UWG senior,
sets up her computer and audio system
while checking her sound levels on her
microphone to ensure that everyone can
hear clearly.
Gibson then pulls from her bag and
sits 100 pencils and a massive amount of
scrap paper onto the table.
Because this is not her first time she
knows to bring extra supplies to be used
by all the patrons of her work.
During the next two hours, Gibson
will ask 20 questions to teams of people
while determining who is wrong or right
and award the top three scoring teams
with a special prize. Gibson said, “ I love
my job. What other job in the world pays
you to be the center of attention while
socializing with friends, asking questions,
and reading jokes?”
Gibson transferred to UWG during her
sophomore year from Darton College in her
hometown of Albany, Ga.
She became interested in hosting
trivia after her favorite place to play
offered her a job.
Her first night of hosting trivia was at
the former 302 Restaurant, now known as
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was Oliver (Williams) and
Clarissa (Hoskins).”
An employee at
the gym stated that she
remembered the girl
(Hoskins) coming in and
going into the women’s
locker room.
According to Dobbs,
he went into the women’s
locker room and found
Hoskins crying.
He asked her what
was wrong, and she replied
that she was sick and not
feeling well.
Dobbs said that the
police then went to UWG
and got her information.
The police were not
sure if she was a suspect at
the time, but they wanted to
talk with her to find out why
she was upset and why they
(Hoskins and Williams)
only stayed at the gym for
a short period of time.
South Street Grill
Gibson said, “I wasn’t even nervous
that night even though I now wonder why I
wasn’t. I thought that it would be hard for
me to be in front of a large group of people
for hours. It turns out I really like it.”
Gibson admits she could not handle
the hours of weekly research, required for
this job all by her self.
That is why a longtime friend, Matt
Williams, has been helping her with score
keeping and question development since
her beginning.
“I am the talent. Matt is the brains,
and together we are the best hosts of any
trivia game ever.”
On Tuesday nights Gibson can be
found at South Street Grill where she
begins trivia around 8:30 p.m. South
Street usually draws a crowd of at least
10-15 teams and sometimes even more.
“It is sometimes hard to find a seat
if you arrive late. We always arrive early
and get a good table” according to trivia
regular, Kathy Camp.
Gibson has built quite a following
over the years, and soon she will have to
make a choice.
“I really don’t know what to do after
graduation. It will be hard to see trivia
end,” said Gibson.
Gibson, a graduating Mass
Communications student at UWG, has spent
many hours hosting trivia in Carrollton.
Gibson hopes to have a career in Public
In talking with
Hoskins, the police found
out that Williams lived at
an apartment building in
the area.
‘‘We decided to go
over and talk with him,”
said Dobbs.
Dobbs said that
Williams’ residence was
secured by police upon
arrival and both his and
Hoskins’ car were present
at the apartment complex.
Hoskins arrived about
30 minutes after the
police arrived at Williams’
apartment, and at that time,
both cars were secured
and search warrants were
obtained to search both
Williams’ apartment and
the two cars.
A book bag with an
undisclosed amount of
money that was stolen
during the robbery was
found in the trunk of
Hoskins’ car.
Police also found
a handgun and a pair of
shoes in the car. Shortly
after 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
both Williams and Hoskins
were arrested.
Williams was charged
with armed robbery, four
counts of aggravated
assault, two counts of
kidnapping, one count of
possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon, and
one count of possession
of a firearm during the
commission of a felony.
Hoskins was charged
with armed robbery. She
had no prior criminal
record.
Both Williams and
Hoskins were denied
bond by Carroll County
Magistrate Court Judge
Alton Johnson during their
first court appearance on
March 22.
According to Dobbs,
they are tentatively
scheduled for a second
bond hearing on April 14.
By Bobby Moore
Editor-In-Chief
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Since it opened in
1970, Roberts Hall has
served its purpose, serving
as on-campus housing for
years and, more recently,
housing Hurricane
Katrina victims.
Once it became clear
that the building was no
longer going to be part of
West Georgia’s housing
for incoming freshmen, the
school began to petition
the Board of Regents to get
permission to tear down
the building.
The request to
demolish the building was
approved last month, with
Governor Sonny Purdue
signing the executive order
on Feb. 20.
At one point,renovating
Roberts and installing suites
was considered.
According to
Lynn Agan, director of
Campus Planning and
Development, “The
building is inaccessible.
As good stewards, we
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Photo by Daniel Brown
Local trivia host Jamie Gibson reads the final scores, calculated by her assistant Matt
Williams, to trivia fans at Parelli’s Brick Oven Pizza on Monday night. Gibson is currently
a Mass Communications major at UWG and is scheduled to graduate in May.
Relations.
Gibson said, “Now that I am
graduating, I need to focus on my career.
I will miss everyone and always think
trivia on Monday and Tuesday nights.”
Campus Calendar
(All sporting events listed are home games.)
Wednesday, March 29
• Realm, UCC Rm. 207, 5 p.m.
• Diamonds and Gems, UCC Rm. 204-205 5:30 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford Rm. 302, 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 30
• UWG Softball: UWG v. West Alabama. Oil Park Field. 3 p.m.
• SGA Meeting, UCC Rm. 207, 3:30 p.m.
• Mass Comm Society, UCC Rm. 208, 5:30 p.m.
• SPAN, UCC Rm. 208, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 31
• Muslim Student Alliance, UCC Rm. 208, 12:30 p.m.
• Parking Appeals, UCC 206, 3 p.m.
Events are taken from web-published university calendars and sports
schedules, press releases and from information sent to The West
Georgian by event organizers. Organizers wishing to list an event may
e-mail the details, as far in advance as possible, to uwgpaper@westga.
edu.
looked at other ways to
use the building, but it has
served its purpose for the
university.”
At this point,
environmental, design and
developmental issues are
being considered.
According to Ryan
Rowley, an English major
from Monroe, Ga, “It
seems like a waste of power
for them to be running the
stairwell lights at night.”
This is another
safety procedure, as these
lights are tied in with the
emergency panel.
It is important that
design consultants and
also the workers who are
trying to salvage things
like doorknobs and smoke
detectors from the building
can have an easy way out
of the building.
Also, the school is
required to leave the power
on as long as the doors are
not chained and padlocked.
To conserve energy,
the heat in the building
is never turned on and
the main lights are never
turned on.
For some patrons it will be hard to
see Gibson leave Carrollton.
“Tuesday nights w ill never be the same
after Jamie is gone,” said trivia regular and
UWG student Angela Hoover.
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Once Roberts goes
down, the land will not be
used as a parking lot, like
many students assumed
last spring.
“A parking lot was
never part of the master
plan,” Agan said.
The land will be
used as a small park with
basketball courts.
There is also a plan to
move the volleyball court
that is next to the University
Suites Community Center
building to the park to
move it away from the bus
stop near the Suites.
The demolition is
planned to take place
in the summer, with
completion of the park to
be done around the start of
the fall semester.
The next step in the
process is advertising the
demolition for about a
month so contractors can
put in bids.
Once the school accepts
the lowest bid, the land that
Roberts Hall is on will go
from being an eyesore to
being green space to be
used by students.