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WEDNESDAY, MARCI 114, 2007
Media Day set to link students, pros
By Jessica I)aher
Guest Writer
Jdaherl@my.westjia.edu
The 26th
annual Media Day,
sponsored by the Mass
Communications &
Theatre Arts Department
and Career Services, will
be Wednesday, April
4, 2007 in the Campus
Center Ballroom.
Every year the
department hosts the
event for students
interested in furthering
their career in the mass
communications field.
Students will
have a chance to meet
Diamonds out of the dead making fasionably late relatives
By Dana Edwards
Staff Writer
dedwardl@my.westga.edu
Consider it the most
fashionable way to spend the
afterlife; as a diamond. Life Gem,
a British firm, is offering anew
service to those who lose a loved
one. With just a sample of human
ashes, Life Gem can produce a
synthetic diamond for families
to cherish and perhaps display.
While the process is a relatively
new way to memorialize loved
ones, its services come with
a heavy price. Many families
around England and the United
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released on video.
And for those who just
wanted to relax, there were
two remote control massage
chairs to soothe aching
muscles.
“It seems to be a pretty
gcxxl turn out,” said Stephanie
Bierlein, coordinator of
student programs in the
Student Activities office.
"We've had students coming
in and out all night.”
Several prizes were
raffled to lucky winners, such
asa Sony PSP, a portable DVD
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Croy. Croy is the head of
intramurals at UWG, and he
gave his rendition of the hit
country song ‘To Be Your
Man’ by Josh Turner. The
audience and judges both
enjoyed his performance,
and he was awarded an
honorary mention and third
place.
Another outstanding
androof raising performance
was given by Prodigy.
Prodigy claims the creation
of anew music genre called
‘rip.’ His ‘rip’ performance
called “Robin Hood' got
the audience on their feet
and earned him second
place, with a prize of 100
dollars.
But, first place went
out to a slower R&B
performance given by
Brandon Duffie. Duffie
treated the audience with
lis rendition of ‘Love’ by
®lje West (Benrgtatt
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with recruiters from
television stations,
public relations and
advertising companies,
magazines, newspapers
and radio stations. All
of which are looking for
future interns. Students
will have the opportunity
to meet with over 30
professionals to help
further their knowledge
in the field.
The internship
fair is from 8:30 am to
11:30 am and will be
followed by a keynote
speaker luncheon along
with a question and
answer segment with a
panel of professionals.
States are shocked at the notion,
yet some are jumping at the
chance to have such a rare token
of remembrance.
Life Gem's process for
turning humans into diamonds
involves heating ashes to
produce graphite, then placing
them into a diamond press
and subjecting them to high
pressures, according to BBC.
com. The result is a raw diamond,
ready to cut and polish. The
process takes about six months.
The company guarantees that
the diamond produced comes
only from the relative’s ashes,
which are dispatched by secure
player, a digital camera, Wal-
Mart gift cards, and backstage
passes to the upcoming
Goo Goo Dolls concert at
UWG. Lauren Kania and
Jessica Gerjets both won free
backstage passes.
The event was sponsored
by the Campus Center staff,
and it was financed by monies
from student activities
fees. The Campus Center
received money for the event
from the Student Activities
Fees Budget Allocation. All
student activity fees go into
Music Soul Child. He had
the women swooning and
melting over his smooth
voice, and maybe even a
few men too. The judges
agreed with the reactions of
the audience and awarded
him 200 dollars.
Natural Flo, Marcus
Adkins and Camille
Pressley, Big-C, Dante
Jenkins, and Versatile gave
other talented performances.
With all these acts, UWG
proved it had talent.
Hopefully, the Variety
Show will continue to be a
tradition where the UWG
community can continue
to prove their abilities and
entertain at the same time.
The Student Activities
Council will be hosting their
next event, ‘Celebration of
Womanhood,’ on March
27th at 7p.m. in the Campus
Center Ballroom.
The Alums that will be
part of the discussion
are Shaunya Chavis,
a Fulton County TV
Anchor; Ken Eysantan
from the Marietta Daily
Journal; Matt Cook of
640 AM WGST; and
Susan Hale, who is the
Fulton County School
System Communication
Project Manager.
Students will also
be awarded for their
excellence and career
achievements outside
of the classroom. Any
students who completed
an internship between
the Summer 2006 and
Spring 2007 qualify
courier to America and given a
16-digit tracking number. The
company asks for 11.()()() British
Pounds for the service, a mere
$21,463.20 in American dollars.
While many people cringe
at the idea of turning a loved
one into a showpiece, the Tandy
family, of Reading, Berkshire was
thankful for the opportunity.
Gayle Tandy, 24, had the
remains of her father Brian
turned into a diamond after he
succumbed to heart disease in
2003.
The family gave an interview
to BBC news, where Gayle
stated, "I miss dad every single
this fund, and \ arious campus
organizations submit budget
proposals to an SAFBA
committee, which decides
how much money each
organization w ill receive.
The Campus Center
staff plans events similar to
Midterm Madness not only
to provide students with tree
entertainment, but also to
promote students to stay on
campus for the w eekend.
“Midterm Madness
is a Campus Center staff
initiative—it’s a weekend
Spring-like weather continues to please
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Photo h\ Josh Grubb
Carrie Hints and Jonathan Henson toss the Frisbee between Pafford and Humanities on a sunny Thursday afternoon.
Scenes like the one above of have become more and more common as the fair weather lingers on.
Jesse Duke, Editor-in-Chief
Stephanie Smith, Advertising & Business Manager
Larry Peel, News Editor
Erik Waters, A&E Editor
Josh Grubb, Photo Editor
Rebecca Cheek, Copy Editor
Lauren Lovvom, Webmaster
Doug Vinson, Advisor
Masthead Art by Jesse Duke
for a professional
development certificate.
Also juniors and seniors
can apply for the Mass
Communications Award
of Excellence in the area
that applies to their field
of experience. Interested
students can fill out an
application with Teresa
Yates in Humanities
139 before March 14
and purchase luncheon
tickets for $5.
Businesses still
have time to register for
a table at the internship
fair by logging onto
http://careerweb.
westga.edu.
day. and 1 see having a part of
his ashes made into a diamond
as a way of keeping him close to
me.”
The managing director of
Life Gem’s UK division, David
Hampson, believes the decision
to turn a loved one into a diamond
is similar to other traditions,
such as the Victorian mourning
jewelry. Victorians used to cut a
locket of the deceased’s hair and
keep it in a locket around the
neck as a personal memorial.
Hampson states to BBC.
com, "It's all about personal
choice. People visit headstones
and memorials because they
programming initiative,”
Bierlein said. “It provides
them with alternative
activities to do on the
weekends—hanging out
with their friends, there's free
stuff, there’s entertainment,
there’s a movie that’s not
out on video yet, ptxtl
tournaments, oppt >rtunities
to win things, so 1 think it
encourages people to stay on
the weekends. They can’t use
the excuse 'there’s nothing to
do here on campus'.”
The Campus Center
Correction
Last week's article on the new
Leadership to Go program was
incorrectly credited. Our own Lauren
Kania was actually responsible for this
fine piece of journalism. Sorry Lauren!
Distribution Manager Needed
We're currently looking lor a reliable
student interested in delivering the news
to the masses once a week. Expect to
spend a few hours every Wednesday
morning making the rounds around the
campus. Pays SIOO a month.
E-mail UWGpaper@westga.edu
staff began hosting w eekend
activities in the fall of 2<X>6,
but some of the programs
did not work out as well
as planned. But Midterm
Madness was the second
event this semester to include
a variety of games and
entertainment, and the staff
has discovered that these
kinds of events have a better
turn out. Thus, the staff looks
to possibly host one weekend
event similar to Midterm
Madness every month in the
upcoming fall semester.
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act as a focal point. This gives
people a mobile focal point. It’s
something that will never have
to leave their sight.”
It's not hard to imagine that
a mourning family wants their
loved one nearby ; just not in an
old fashioned urn. The process
of turning a loved one into a
sparkling diamond serves as a
fitting tribute to our modern era
of "bling." In a world where rock
stars and rappers have diamonds
in their teeth, perhaps the trend
of memorial diamonds w ill catch
on. After all, diamonds are a
girl's best friend, or in this case,
family member.
Over all. students were
pleased with the event, and
they l(x>k forward to future
Campus Center activities.
"I think it is great that
the Campus Center staff
plans events for students
on campus.” Woods said.
“These events help students
enjoy our school atmosphere
by giving us fun and social
activities.”
For more information
about Campus Center
activities, call 678-839-
55(H).