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Page 2 Wednesday, March 29,2006 Roberts Hall set to implode this summer i JMj -if itHntL ■• knife lT "T ■ ’ I I . ...'Saj B'9H| - - Photo hy lams ha Williams 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 ROBBERY continued from page 1 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 r moo re 7@ my. we.v tga. edu 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 MhBIHhBhF W B * 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. alie Hlcat (freuryian 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.