I am a journalist. As journalists, a mantra is drilled into our heads from the minute we decide to join this lifestyle (yes, it is a lifestyle): your audience doesn’t care about what you think; they care about themselves. Yet, here I am, writing a column (which no one really cares about), my farewell column, no less. Hi.…
By: Farhin Lilywala On Tuesday, April 14, the Georgia Board of Regents approved a plan for tuition increases for all 30 public colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia. The board also approved 22 mandatory fee increases at various institutions, including commuter-dining fees at Kennesaw State, Georgia Gwinnett and the College of Coastal…
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By: Farhin Lilywala On Feb. 24, as requested by Georgia State President Mark Becker, leadership from the Clarkston campus gathered in the CN building. Attendees included most Consolidation Implementation Committee members, as well as other faculty and staff members, totalling about 50-60 people. At this meeting, Clarkston Dean of Student Affairs Matthew Robison and Clarkston Dean…
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By: Farhin Lilywala At the end of January, University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby charged 21 members of the GPC community to represent GPC on the GPC/Georgia State Consolidation Implementation Committee. Twenty-one members from Georgia State’s side joined them. The respective presidents of the two institutions chose the committee members. They come from varied…
By: Farhin Lilywala The Georgia Perimeter College and Georgia State University consolidation came as a surprise to most people affected by the process. As usually occurs with change, many students and faculty members at GPC are apprehensive about the conoslidation and the future of GPC. To voice his own opinions on paper, Honors Program Director…
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“That has yet to be determined,” says GPC interim president Rob Watts. By: Farhin Lilywala Effective early 2016, GPC Jaguars and Georgia State University (GSU) Panthers will merge into one university. The Board of Regents, a unified governing body for public higher education, made the official announcement at their last meeting on Jan. 6…
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By: Farhin Lilywala In my wildest dreams, I did not imagine that I would have the opportunity to hear a live CNN reporter say, “Nick Valencia, CNN Atlanta.” Nick Valencia says this phrase every time he ends a segment. I saw him say it about six to seven times on Sat. Oct. 26. Each time,…
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By: Farhin Lilywala The Case of the Stolen Tire On Oct. 6, a student’s tire was reported missing from her vehicle on the Dunwoody campus, parking lot 11. She reported that she parked her green Honda Civic at approximately 8 a.m. Around 9:30 a.m., she returned to find her front left tire, hubcap, and four…
By: Farhin Lilywala The Stolen J-Card On Aug. 20, dispatch received a call at 5 p.m. erage on the Collegian’s website: http://www.collegiannews.com At apporoximately 4 p.m. in building G of the the case of the missing Clarkston campus, a student’s J-Card was stolen. A suspect has now been arrested and charged. This case is now closed. Attempted…
By: Farhin Lilywala Homeless people should stop being lazy and get themselves jobs. Homeless people don’t have anything to eat. Homeless people don’t do much. That’s according to some of the people in the Hollywood, Fla. community. Over Labor Day weekend, I attended a program called Will Write for Food in which 20 other journalists…
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