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Campus Review
December 18, 2012
Clayton State Runs in
NCAA Division II National Championships
by Gid Rowell, Athletics
Trivia Time
The Art of
Compromise
By John Shiffert, University Relations
There’s something to be said for label-
ing the period from roughly 1820 to
1850 as the Great Age of Compromise
in American politics (those were the
good old days…)
Despite the deep divisions in the Union
brought about by the “peculiar institu-
tion” of slavery, some of history’s
great political figures managed to keep
the country together during those years
through the Art of Compromise, and
there was no one greater at this arcane
(and one is tempted to say now-forgot-
ten) art form then Kentucky Senator
Henry Clay, sometimes called the
Great Compromiser. Although Clay
died shortly after passage of his mas-
terwork, the Compromise of 1850,
both he and the nation were fortunate
that two other great men of the Senate
were available to shepherd the bills
(there were actually five of them)
through – Daniel Webster and Stephen
A. Douglas.
The first correct answer to the names
of the three senators behind the
Compromise of 1850 came from for-
mer Trivia Time champion Rob Taylor.
The second correct answer from for-
mer Trivia Time champion Kurt-
Alexander Zeller. Third was Jill
Ellington, followed by yet another
Trivia Time titlist, Lou Brackett.
While compromise may have been the
watchword for many notable American
politicians in the first half of the 19th
Century, not everyone was really into
compromise. Say, President Andrew
Jackson, who was sort of an early-day
Chris Christie – he said what he
thought, and let the chips fall where
they may (which may be why he
fought so many duels.) One of his final
pronouncements came as he lay dying;
that he had only two regrets. One was
that his race horses had never beaten a
certain swift filly of another owner.
His other regret, though, was that he
hadn’t hung a certain individual. Who?
B.A.S. Administrative Management
degree and in the Criminal Justice major.
“With all courses being fully online, these
are very popular options,” he explains.
“We offer the following courses;
Introduction to Homeland Security,
Introduction to Emergency Management,
Counter-terrorism, Intelligence and
Analysis, Legal Issues in Homeland
Security and Disaster Planning and
Response.
The Clayton State women’s cross country
team participated for the first time in
school history in the NCAA Division II
National Championships on Saturday,
Nov. 17, placing 28th in the event.
Although the Lakers finished in the bot-
tom of the half of the field, the squad did
set a team record average of 23:20.0 for a
6K race, which was seven seconds faster
per runner than the previous team best set
at the NCAA Division II Southeast
Region meet earlier this year.
“We finished ahead of most of the teams I
thought we could beat, except for
Columbus State,” says head coach Mike
Mead. “It was a good day but just against
an elite field. This bunch set a benchmark
that we will be gunning for next season.”
For Clayton State, senior Paige Galvin led
the way for the Lakers finishing in 111th
place with a time of 22:39, a career best in
her final collegiate cross country race. Her
time ranked 12th on the team's Top 25
fastest individual times for 6K.
“Paige ended her career on a high note,”
says Mead. “Any time you can finish a
career running your best at the national
meet is a worthy accomplishment.”
Junior Samantha Walling also ran a
career-best, breaking 23:00 for the first
time, finishing in 173rd place with a time
of 22:58. Her time ranked No. 16 all-time
on Clayton State’s all-time list.
Racquel Valadez, a sophomore, had the
team’s third best finish with a time of
23:11 to place 185th, while sophomore
Jessica Smith placed in 211th place with a
time of 23:50. Junior Gisele Javois round-
ed out the scoring for Clayton State in
219th place with a career best time of
24:00.
Freshman Taylor Galvin placed in 232nd
spot with a time of 24:26 in front of soph-
omore Maia Kuhnen in the 238th position
with a time of 24:52.
In addition, Bates’ two most recent arti-
cles in the area of terrorism are,
"Terrorism within the Community
Context" and "Dancing with Wolves,
Today's Lone Wolf Terrorists." Since
their publication in the online Journal of
Public and Professional Sociology, 872
downloads of these articles have been
recorded.
Bates, cont’d. from p. 4
and working with other science majors
and non-majors helping with outreach,”
she says.
To learn more about Clayton State’s
Chemistry Club and how to get involved,
please President Phuong Le, at gle@stu-
Chemistry, cont’d. from p. 3
dent.clayton.edu or the club’s faculty
advisor, Dr. Patricia Todebush, at
PatriciaTodebush@mail.clayton.edu