On May 7, Chargers baseball went up against #5 West Georgia Tech at Darton State, ending the season with a 4-2 loss.

This game decided whether or not the team would be moving forward in the playoffs.

GHC’s 43rd annual Honors Night recognized and celebrated student achievements in the Georgia Highlands College community at the Clarence Brown Conference Center on April 9.

A mix of nursing, academic, special recognition and leadership awards were presented during the ceremony, and over 60 students were honored for their accomplishments.

Donald Green, GHC president, said, “As I watched the Honors Assembly ceremony, I had the opportunity to reflect on the brilliance of our students. They shine in a variety of pursuits including scholarship, arts, athletics and social justice.”

He continued, “These students succeed because of their hard work AND the dedication of our faculty. I appreciate both our students for attending GHC and our faculty who choose to serve at Georgia Highlands College.”

A full list of awards, nominees and recipients can be seen here: HONORS NIGHT_2015 Program_43rd Annual

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) hosted a women’s history program titled, “Trained Brains: Women Scientists in WWII,” on March 17 at the Cartersville campus.

According to Diana Sakmar, co-president of Cartersville-Bartow AAUW, “The aim of the program was to celebrate the contributions of these women, achieved against tremendous odds and prejudice against women in science at the time.”

 Suzanne Marshall, Ph.D. in history from Emory, was the speaker of the evening and focused on female scientists including Blanche Lawrence, a Tuskeegee educated biochemist, Ella Tyree, a Spelman biology grad, as well as Virginia Gildersleeve, dean of Barnard College and AAUW member.

 Gildersleeve used her position as dean to encourage women to pursue science and mathematics, and during WWII wrote, “A shortage is becoming apparent that is far more serious than a shortage of sugar or rubber. This is a shortage of trained brains.”

Marshall derived the title of the program from this quote, as the “trained brains” Gildersleeve had been referring to were female scientists to replace the men who had gone to war.

Sakmar said, “The take-away message, I think, is to perservere and follow your dreams no matter what the field or the obstacles.”

During GHC’s spring break from March 23-27th, filming for a TV pilot will be taking place at Berry College.

Students wishing to take part during the film shoot should send three pictures of head, body and profile as well as age, height, weight and all contact information to KingmakersAtl@gmail.com.

Anyone aged 18-28 are eligible to apply to be an extra.

Also, students will be paid a rate of $64 per eight hours on the set. This includes time spent in make-up and costuming, on camera and time waiting around the set for filming to begin.

For 40 years Ken Weatherman, professor of physical education, frequented the halls of Georgia Highlands College, making him the longest employed faculty member prior to retiring in January.

He hopes to continue teaching part-time rather than full-time, and also believes that he will continue to go on the ski trip for years to come.

Weatherman does not see his retirement as a time to “sit back on the couch” though.

Ken Weatherman shows students how to register to vote on Georgia Highlands College’s Voter Registration day, Jan. 29, 1992. File photo.

“I look at it as changing directions a bit,” Weatherman said.

From six years of full-time teaching to student life coordinator then back to full-time teaching, Weatherman has definitely left his mark on the college’s history.

Weatherman was responsible for coordinating multiple trips including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, New Year’s Eve in New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl, Washington and Williamsburg, Va. and, the one he is most proud of, the annual skiing/snowboarding trip to N.C.

Of his most memorable moments, Weatherman said, “My relationships with the students…relationships with my colleagues.”

David Mathis, assistant athletics director, stated, “I’m happy for him, but sad for us as a college because I know how much of a dedicated educator he is and how many students he has influenced.”

Renva Watterson, vice president for academic affairs stated, “Dr. Weatherman is a dedicated, thoughtful, courageous man.” She continued, “His tenure at Georgia Highlands College is simply incomparable, and his positive impact will be felt for years to come.”

Weatherman stated, “This is the centerpiece of my adult life, Georgia Highlands College.”

David Fincher, director of notorious films like “Fight Club,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “The Social Network,” has released his latest and greatest film to date, “Gone Girl,” based on a novel by Gillian Flynn.

During its opening weekend from Oct. 3-5, the film took the top spot at the box office, earning $37.5 million according to Rotten Tomatoes website.

Fincher surprises audiences with an oddly casted group of characters including Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, and, most surprising of all, Tyler Perry.

Affleck plays Nick Dunne, a man who finds his wife missing from his home on the morning of their anniversary. He quickly becomes swept up in the mystery of her disappearance and her suspected murder as he becomes entangled with the police investigation.

The entire cast provides stellar performances. Affleck, director and actor in “Argo,” portrays a character who is neither likeable nor disagreeable. Harris, famous for his role on “How I Met Your Mother,” shows that he is not to be typecast as a womanizer for the rest of his career.

“Gone Girl” takes a marvelous idea in itself and evolves it rapidly into a movie with so many twists and turns that it will keep the audience guessing the whole way through. The two and a half hour film keeps moviegoers so entranced that viewers should not even feel the need to check their watches.

The only thing holding the film back is its overly-humorous writing which, at times, draws attention away from the tension-driven plot.

Fincher’s films have so far been snubbed for a best picture nomination at The Academy Awards, but “Gone Girl” could be the underdog at the awards ceremony in 2015. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “The Social Network” are Fincher’s only two films to date that have earned any recognition at The Academy Awards, and this was in the best director category.

“Gone Girl” is a must-see for anyone who is a fan of a suspenseful story or anyone who is a fan of Fincher’s other work.

This movie gets a grade of: A-