Campus Review
January 23, 2012
Page 14
Zeller Takes Eddins Trophy,
Ellington and Stillion Gear Up for 2012
Trivia Time
Dixville Notch?
by John Shiffert, University Relations
Only in America could a hamlet with
nine registered voters attract the
entire nation’s attention for one day.
Yet, as Brett Reichert noted, he must
have heard the name of Dixville
Notch, N.H., at least 50 times before
9 a.m., on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
And, only in Dixville Notch do the
nine voters stay up past midnight to
be the first to cast their votes in the
state’s presidential primary. Is this a
great country, or what?
Actually, Reichert was a little slow
with the “Reply” button this time, as
his answer came in fourth, behind Jill
Ellington (one of last year’s second
place finishers, who vows to go for
the top this year), Rob Taylor, and
B.D. Stillion. Defending champion
Kurt-Alexander Zeller (see accompa-
nying story) was fifth.
Now, maybe you can guess that one
of the candidates who split those nine
votes was once a professor in the
University System of Georgia.
The question is, where did he teach?
Don’t send your answer to the presi-
dent, since he won’t need this infor-
mation until the fall, send it to
johnshiffert@clayton.edu. First cor-
rect answer gets an all-expense paid
trip to Dixville Notch.
Shooting Struggles Hurt
Clayton State in Loss at Armstrong
by Lee Wright, Sports Information
intertwined, meaning that Clayton State
game coverage can now be automatically
updated as the games are in progress.
There also are a lot more live stats avail-
able, and a better video system, since the
entire Peach Belt uses Ustream. Thus, all
Peach Belt basketball games will be on
live streaming video.
The winner of the 2011 Tom Eddins
Virtual Trivia Trophy, Director of Opera
and Vocal Studies and Coordinator,
Division of Music Dr. Kurt-Alexander
Zeller, is naturally thrilled with this singu-
lar honor.
“I am, of course, thrilled — perhaps this
high honor will convince my students that
it is useful after all to set out with the actu-
al intention of never forgetting anything
you learn, in contrast to merely retaining
it just long enough to get through a course
final,” he emails. “Although I must say
that it is quite an unaccustomed experi-
ence to find myself in some position other
than runner-up.”
Zeller partially explains his last comment
with a cryptic reference to one of his
biggest singing competition wins, but,
he’s probably just being modest.
The joint runners-up for 2011, Jill
Ellington, and Dr. B.D. Stillion, both also
commented on Zeller’s victory.
“I'm happy that my dear friend Kurt-
Alexander won, and I am also considering
my total as a win, since I usually can't
download the Campus Review for a day
or several, so I basically can count on
never having the first answer to any-
thing,” emails Stillion. “To come in sec-
ond under those conditions I definitely
consider `winning.’"
“(It) doesn’t sit well that I was second!”
emails Ellington with a happy face.
After enjoying one of their better shooting
performances of the season on Thursday,
the Clayton State Laker men’s basketball
team had its offensive struggles on
Saturday as the Lakers dropped a 62-55
decision at Armstrong in Peach Belt
Conference action.
The defeat drops the Lakers to 10-6 over-
all and 3-5 in the Peach Belt, while
Armstrong improves to 9-9 overall and 5-
5 in the Peach Belt.
Clayton State shot only 32 percent from
the field and only 32 percent from 3-point
range in the process. The Lakers’ leading
scorer, Teondre Williams, was limited to
only seven points on a struggling 3-for-17
shooting performance from the field.
“I am so proud of the way our guys battled
in a tough situation,” said Clayton State
head coach Gordon Gibbons. We didn’t
have the greatest possessions offensively,
especially in the second half. But we bat-
tled hard and refused to quit.”
Reco Lewis paced the Lakers with a
career-high 15 points, while Drew
Bachanov scored 13 points. Clayton State
is at home on Wednesday, playing host to
Lander at 7:30 p.m. at the Athletics and
Fitness Center.
Other features of the new website include
the ability to do text, Facebook and
Twitter blasts. Individuals can register to
have text results as well as Facebook and
Twitter posts sent direct to their cell
phones. In addition, the graphics quality
on the new website is better, since better
photos can be loaded onto the new site.
Having just rolled out the new website
this week, it’s still a work in progress as
far as results for past seasons are con-
cerned. For now, there is a link to the old
website for past season results.
Website, cont’d. from p. 15