2008 Woodie Awards
Since he was 11 years old, Steven Phillips has been playing the drums. A music major and drummer for the Commercial Music Ensemble, much of Phillips's time is dedicated to the instrument. Originally he started playing because, "It just looked cooler than everything else in music. It always seemed like in school that girls like drummers, so that was a place I needed to be," he explained sarcastically. When he was younger, he was a big fan of Dave Grohl and Jimmy Chamberlin and cites both as big influences.
Volunteer State Community College has not had a cheerleading squad since it came back for a year in 2004. Before 2004, the squad had not been active since the 70s. Now, the team is back. This year, there are thirteen girls on the squad. Members include, Alicia Witt, the captain, Victoria Pedem, the co-captain, Trelonda Scruggs, Paige Alexander, Hailey Howland, Bethany Brooks, Ashley Winfrey, Andrea Price, Marissa Woods, Marcaela Hendricks, Sarah Townsend, Ashley Loftis, and Elizabeth Pride. Coach Bobby Hudson is the advisor this year. There were no tryouts because no one really knew, to have actual tryouts would have required girls that they didn't have at the time.
On May 21, 2007 the Gallatin Municipal Regional Planning Commission approved plans for Greensboro North, in conjunction with Greensboro Village. On July 17, 2007 the Gallatin City Council passed it, officially setting plans into motion. This plan would include a new block of stores near Volunteer State Community College's campus. "There has been a preliminary master development plan for Greensboro North. What that is, is a conceptual plan for what they want to be there," explained Gallatin City Staff Planner Kevin Chastine, AICP. "The preliminary plan is sort of the conceptual broad strokes. And then they're going to come back with a very detailed plan."
The Student Government Association forum was Tuesday and the turn-out was impressive. "Apparently, we had a good showing this time, from what I understand we had a lot more students than last year," said SGA President Lindsey Overhalser. Unfortunately, the large crowd sat in complete silence. Not a student had a single question or comment the entire forum. All of the questions came either from the question box set up by the SGA or from calls from the various satellite locations.
Immediately after the faculty meeting Monday, Nov. 17, Dr. John Espey, Terry Bubb and Warren Nichols will give a presentation on their trip to Argentina. It will include highlights of the trip and opportunities for faculty, staff and student cultural visits and exchanges in Argentina. It will be in the Rochelle Center on Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. Join Keith Bell and Clark Cropper for the Southwest Field Trip Presentation Wednesday, Nov. 19 at noon-1 p.m in the Rochelle Center. They will share adventures from the course last May and present some preliminary information on the upcoming trip in Maymester 2009. For more information contact Clark Cropper at 230-3294 or Keith Bell at 230-3788.