By Dudley Salley Good that the recent T-SPLOST referendum got all Georgians thinking about transportation.  Management gurus often encourage us to think outside the box – that is, to have broader vision.  In this case of transportation, the box is Georgia. A satellite view of the entire eastern U.S. gives us a bigger picture...
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By Shannon Bontrager Editor’s Note: In a summer faculty meeting the idea of a faculty senate was discussed at length.  Several key questions arose, and Shannon Bontrager attempts to address some of those questions here.  Please comment below if you have an opinion about a faculty senate. I have had the privilege of publishing...
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By Elijah Scott As a librarian, I’m often asked what books I like to read – generally, the presumption seems to be that librarians must spend all of their time reading books, without any other activities of interest in life. In reality, this stereotype is one that often makes librarians laugh, with a touch...
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In this issue, Counterweights tackles a subject that can stir raw emotions – religion in our society and its appropriate place in American public life.  Discussing this issue are Becky Sims, associate professor of political science, and Alan Nichols, associate professor of philosophy.  They will be commenting on the establishment (which prohibits a state-sponsored...
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Dignitaries, faculty, staff, students and guests gathered Aug. 22 to celebrate the opening of Georgia Highlands College’s new student center on the Cartersville campus. Dignitaries participating in the festivities included Hank M. Huckaby, chancellor of the University System of Georgia; Willis Potts, regent representing the Rome-Cartersville districts on the Board of Regents; Joe Frank...
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Georgia Highlands College continues to evolve into a larger, more diverse institution with the start of competitive sports.  Academic year 2012/2013 ushers in the inaugural year of basketball, with a men’s and women’s team headquartered on the Floyd campus.  Both teams are part of the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Georgia College...
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Bontrager Storms Paris – in a Good Way If “April in Paris” is memorably a song, May in Paris is memorialized in a memory, at least for Shannon Bontrager, assistant professor of history.  He spent last May in Paris as a Memory and Memorialization research fellow exploring the relationship between memory, trauma and war...
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