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October 3,2012 - October 9, 2012 Yoi. 41 No. 31
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAVANNAH
2012 JUNIOR LEAGUE
THRIFT SALE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
OCTOBER 5 th & 6 th
SAVANNAH CIVIC CENTER
S.S.U. Homecoming
2012 Week Begins Oct. 14
Savannah State Uni
versity (SSU) will celebrate
Homecoming 2012 Oct. 14-
21 with a slate of events for
students, alumni and the com
munity. This year’s Home
coming celebratory theme is
“We Are One SSU: Catch the
Fever.”
Expected to attract
thousands of Tiger fans from
around the country, Home
coming week culminates
with the annual parade and
football game on Oct. 20,
when the SSU Tigers take on
the Edward Waters College
Tigers at 2 p.m. at Theodore
A. Wright Stadium. General
admission game tickets are
$15 for youth and $29-$34
for adults.
The celebration
week begins Oct. 14 with
SSU Day at St. Philip Monu
mental AME Church, located
at 1112 Jefferson St. SSU
Pres. Cheryl D. Dozier will
be the guest speaker at the
service, which begins at 11
a.m., and the SSU Wesleyan
Gospel Choir will perform.
On Oct. 18, Tiffany
Hallback, a senior business
management major from
Austell, Ga., will be crowned
Miss Savannah State Uni
versity 2012-13 during the
queen’s coronation, which is
free and open to the public.
Tiffany Hallback
Other campus queens will
also be presented during the
ceremony, which begins at 7
p.m. at Tiger Arena.
Homecoming day
starts with the annual parade
through downtown Savannah
beginning at 9 a.m. This year’s
parade grand marshals are
Jacquelyn Stephens (’60) of
Savannah, Ga., and Lawrence
Young (’48) of Lumpkin,
Ga., both retired educators.
Honorary parade marshals
include Ruben Chiza, a two-
term Student Government
Association president who
graduated in May 2012, and
Horace Broadnax, Tiger bas
ketball head coach.
A full schedule of
events and other Homecom
ing details are available at
http://www.savannahstate.
edu/homecoming/2012/#/
events.
MARATHON & 1/2
American Cancer Society®!
OFFICIAL BENEFITING CHARITY m
Race to Be Held
Saturday, Nov. 3rd
See Page 16 for Details
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
Memorial University Medical Center First in Georgia
with New Breast Cancer Technology
Details on Page 5
Nettie Blake
14 year
Breast cancer survivor
Representing the
American Cancer
Society
Pink Fountain
Elizabeth Meyers
10 year
Breast Cancer Survivor
Representing the
Susan G. Roman For
The Cure
Matt Dillon, Geoffrey Fletcher, Diane Lane and
Michelle Monaghan will be honored at
15th Film Festival
Diane Lane
Academy Award-
nominated actors Matt Dillon
(“Crash”) and Diane Lane
(“Unfaithful”) will be honored
with Outstanding Achieve
ment in Cinema Awards at the
15th annual Savannah Film
Festival, Oct. 27 - Nov. 3.
The film festival, presented by
the Savannah College of Art
Matt Dillon
and Design, will also honor
actress Michelle Monaghan
(“Gone Baby Gone”) with
a “Spotlight Award” for her
performance in “Tomorrow
You’re Gone” and Academy
Award-winning writer and
director Geoffrey Fletcher
(“Precious”) will receive the
“SCAD Cinevation Award,”
Gabourey Sidibe
which is given to one director
for imagination, inspiration
and innovation in cinema.
Special gala screenings to
include “Silver Linings Play-
book,” “Flight,” “Amour,”
“Quartet,” “The Sapphires,”
“Rust & Bone,” “On the
Road” and “Rise of the Guard
ians. More info on page 9.
Eddie DeLoach
DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION
HOST FORUM
WITH
CANDIDATES FOR
CHAIRMAN OF
CHATHAM
COUNTY
COMMISSION
Col. McArthur Holmes
SPIRIT OF
EXCELLENCE
BLACK TIE GALA
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 20, 2012
SAVANNAH
MARRIOTT
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