The magic of studying Mass Communications is the embellishment of a creative identity and the fulfillment of creating art fueled by the soul of that identity. A journalist changes countless lives through an addiction for untold stories, a television personality inspires masses with their platform, a cameraman captures the world’s majestic secrets and moments, and…
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West Georgia Hoping To “Find The Money”
The University of West Georgia has a dilemma in regards to their budget. Due to a poor enrollment for the Fall 2019 Semester Interim President Michael Crafton held a meeting at the Campus Center Ballroom on Nov. 12 to explain in detail how to fix the problem. Crafton was met with a large number of…
NAACP Gives Back to Community
On an early Saturday morning, the NAACP community service group traveled to Douglas County’s The Pantry to help give out groceries to 200 families in need. The members were able to bring joy to those whose current conditions that may be bleak. “Seeing the smile on the people’s faces made getting up at 5:30 a.m. worth it,” said…
Pow-Wow Celebrates Native American Heritage
The Native American Festival and Pow-Wow is the largest Native American gathering in the state of Georgia and it focuses on the sharing and the importance of the almost lost native culture in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Held at Stone Mountain Park, this festival is open to the public and attracts thousands of people…
Budget Crisis Rocks UWG
UWG students lined the walls of the Campus Center Ballroom and held protest signs on Nov. 11, during an open forum meeting regarding the university’s current budget crisis and proposed faculty cuts of first and second-year hires via non-renewal letters. The open meeting came shortly after a closed meeting of the Faculty Senate on Friday,…
An International Perspective on the First Moon Landing
There was a panel discussion held on the events surrounding the first moon landing in 1969 by speakers Dr. Elaine MacKinnon, Emily Hunt, Dr. Larry Rivers, and Larry Stephens on Nov. 4 in the Humanities Building at UWG. Discussion was centered around the Soviet Union’s influence on space travel, African-American views at the time, music about…
Ellie Hightower: Navy Bound
Ellie Hightower is an eighteen-year-old girl who has decided that the Navy is her best option after high school. Being so young, many people question if she truly understands what she is going to be getting herself into. She confidently assures everyone that this is what she wants and that this is what she was made…
UWG Alumni Soldier: From class to the Iraqi Desert
Sgt. Nathan Ploeg is a UWG Alumni who graduated in the Fall of 2018 with a Mass Communication degree and is currently on a nine month deployment to Iraq using his degree as a Combat Camera soldier. Ploeg was just a regular college freshmen, going to classes, heading home, learning the day to day of college life, until…
Construction Plans for Future Bankhead Highway
Recently, the City Council of Carrollton has considered changing the roadways of Bankhead Highway in Carrollton, GA to a three-lane highway. They addressed these plans in a Community Connections Forum meeting on Sept. 24, 2019 at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center at UWG. This meeting was conducted to establish a connection with nearby residents to determine what their stance is…
10 Year Anniversary Atlanta Skates’Out
Friday marked the tenth year anniversary for Skates’ Out skating. Skates’ Out has been the leader in revamping the skating community in North Georgia by hosting weekend skating lessons. Since the early 2000’s no more than 19 percent of Americans were actively roller skating leisurely, unlike the height of past time in the 60s and 70’s. Skates’ Out has raised their skating…