By CAITLIN KNOX
Editor-in-Chief

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This painting of Crouch was displayed at his farewell reception Tuesday, April 30.

President William H. Crouch, Jr., like many people, has a business card. The front states his occupation as President of Georgetown College, his address on 400 East College Street, and his phone number with a 502 area code. All of this information is about to change, as Crouch will step down after 22 years to let another leader step in. Although the front of his business card will soon be irrelevant, the back, he says, will remain the same. It reads, “Personal Calling: To empower young people to reach their fullest potential.”

“Your calling is something you do your whole life regardless of what your job is, so whatever I do, it’s going to be for that purpose,” Crouch says.

After taking a brief three-month break, he plans to keep working, and has had several job opportunities come his way. These all relate to giving young people opportunities in one way or another, and range from raising money for youth programs across the country, to helping a large African American church with college coaching for their young people, to being the CEO of a company that helps non-profit organizations raise money.

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President Crouch and wife Jan are “excited about the future.”

Dr. Crouch and wife Jan plan to move to Raleigh, North Carolina— a sweet spot close to their grandchildren, and even closer to the beach. They are renting a rather snug apartment for a year to “make sure that’s where we want to live, and to see if I’ll have to move because of jobs,” Crouch explained. The couple plan to travel, rest and relax.

Although they are excited about the future, the parting with the college is bittersweet from all the memories made in a little over two decades.

When asked to share some of his favorite memories, Crouch replied with, “Nothing creates more excitement than winning national championships, and we’ve won six since I’ve been president.”
He will also cherish the moments when individual students have come to him with exciting news about getting a Fulbright, getting to go to Oxford or getting into the grad school of their choice.
Although Dr. Crouch and his family will not be around campus next semester, they plan to still be a part of GC.

“I want to be available to the new president, to help with fundraising or anything that they might need me for,” Crouch says. He added that his face will no longer be a common sight on campus.
“I hope I can stay away a whole year, but come back for graduation a year from now, because I still know the students and I’d like to be around.” He encourages his Georgetown College family to contact him at his personal email address, wcrouch51@gmail.com.

Dr. Crouch says that he could never be another college president, the reason being:
“My love is for Georgetown College, and I can’t give my heart and soul to another college because I gave my heart and soul to Georgetown.”

He continued to say, “If I was president of another college, I couldn’t split the loyalties. I bleed black and orange, and I’ll always bleed black and orange.”

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Kati Wilson and Cailley Harris dress up for last semester’s Midnight Brunch.

By far the most popular meal in the Caf each semester, the meal where your favorite professor serves you a pancake with a smile, the meal where the Caf is open way too late for any sane person to want to eat, the meal where certain groups of students dress wild and crazy and dance on the tables for fun, known as none other than Midnight Brunch, is upon us!

What makes Midnight Brunch so appealing? By this time in the semester, I’m sure most students would agree, we are exhausted and half crazy in a caffeine-induced state, trying desperately to crank out those last few papers or banging our heads on the desks in frustration trying to memorize 50 pages of notes for that one final that we know is going to kick our butts. Suddenly, out of nowhere comes this meal that seems to magically fit our hectic schedules… mostly because we can only afford to take meal breaks halfway through the night.

This is a Georgetown tradition that truly exemplifies our sense of community on campus. From professors serving their students in an act of volunteer humility (sometimes in wacky outfits!) to the simple act of sharing a meal together, this meal brings the campus together (albeit in a mostly trance-like state of mind) for a break from the books and the stress to enjoy some delicious food and fellowship.

For anyone who has yet to experience the fun of Midnight Brunch, I say you are cheating yourself out of a priceless Georgetown College memory that someday you will cherish (once those finals are over, that is!) for the time spent with friends.

Phi Mus on campus certainly embrace this unusual meal by dressing up in strange, awkward costumes and generally acting like crazy people dancing on tables or singing loudly along with the music!

In whatever way you can, making Midnight Brunch the best it can be starts with having fun and enjoying the last bit of time with friends outside of classes before the end of the semester.

So take a break from the head banging and the typing and the caffeine for just 30 minutes or so to sit down and enjoy each other’s company! Midnight Brunch will be this Thursday, May 2. Be a part of the tradition and Keep Calm: Midnight Brunch is here!

At the end of every semester each student must overcome the dreaded finals week. However, there is a silver lining to this sad affair and that would be all of the events sponsored by GAC (Georgetown Activities Council). Here are this semester’s events:

Finals Throwdown will be held in the Rec on Wednesday, May 1 starting at 8 p.m. There you’ll find inflatables, games, tournaments and even prizes. As if that wasn’t enough, there will be a variety of food delivered every hour on the hour. Who doesn’t like free food? This event is completely free and you can come and go as you please!

Every good college student knows that you have to take breaks in between all of your studying or you might go a little crazy. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” right? Come to the Rec to relieve some stress by playing with puppies and kittens. Yes, you read that right: puppies and kittens. There will be two chances for you to “stress less with pets”: Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

There will be four different study breaks featuring different types of food. It is first-come-first-serve so don’t procrastinate and miss your chance!

There will be cupcakes in the grille on Thursday, May 2, at 10 p.m.

Meet GAC at Hong’s for donuts on Monday, May 6 at 2 a.m. The first 100 students that arrive at Hong’s will receive 2 donuts or one dozen donut holes.

There will be cookies on Monday, May 6 at 10 p.m. and Subway on Tuesday, May 7 at 10 p.m. in the Grille.

Finals have a way of stressing everyone out, but make sure to enjoy the last few days that everyone will be together before summer break!

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Students held signs expressing their support.

The Non-Discrimination Work Group, or as member Cristian Nuñez refers to it, the Social Justice League, held a peaceful rally on Friday afternoon in front of Giddings Hall. The goal of this rally was to show support for the group in their effort to change Georgetown’s current non-discrimination policy, which does not ensure the protection of members of the LGBT community. Staff, faculty and students gathered together, many holding hand-made posters expressing their support. Two performers sang renditions of a few songs, changing the lyrics to fit the situation. The last song ended with, “Trustees, what matters more to you?”

Dr. Homer White gave a speech expressing the reasons why the Board of Trustees has yet to make progress in the situation. One area that concerns the Board is the matter of increased liability. In response, Dr. White brought up the fact that Georgetown’s athletics brings on an increase in liability but we find that the benefit outweighs the cost. As he said, “shouldn’t we embrace justice?”

At the end of the rally, strips of t-shirts were passed out to everyone in attendance. They were asked to tie them together and form a circle in which everyone became a collective unit. Many chose to sign their name in support of the group as part of a petition. This petition can also be found online at www.change.org/petitions/gc-non-discrimination. The online petition currently has 344 signatures.

The rally appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth website www.kftc.org) bringing further attention to the issue. The hope is that the awareness will spread and the Board will feel the need to act.

Students have the chance to meet and talk to all three presidential candidates that have been chosen by the presidential search committee.

Jason Rogers, one of the three candidates, has already made his visit to Georgetown, but you still have an opportunity to meet the others.

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Jim Newberry

Jim Newberry, former mayor of Lexington and current Vice President and General Counsel of Georgetown College, will be available for student questions in the John L. Hill Chapel this Wednesday, May 1 from 1-2 p.m.

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Cheryl Kimberling

Cheryl Kimberling, president of Multicultural Alliance, will be following the same schedule on Thursday, May 2.

The Mid-South Conference baseball tournament is played over the course of just a few days, yet each team gets two losses before they’re out for good. In the opening match of the tournament, the Tigers fell to St. Catharine College 1-2 and won in the second round 13-7 to stay alive another day.

Despite being conference rivals, this was the first official game between St. Catharine and Georgetown all year. St. Catharine’s was 36-19 coming into the game and had the seventh seed, whereas the Tigers came in with the second seed. In this game, Jordan Hinshaw had the lone run as the Tigers opened with a 1-0 lead, yet offense was scarce for the game for both teams, and the Tigers didn’t score again. Saint Catharine’s went on to play Lindsey Catherine in the winner’s bracket while the Tigers had a date with University of the Cumberlands.

This game saw the Tigers make a furious comeback in the eighth and ninth innings after being down 6-2 in the seventh, scoring five runs in each for the win over University of the Cumberlands. It was highlighted by a grand slam in the eighth by Martin Lemus that gave the tigers the lead for the game. He was 3-for-5 with a run scored and 5 RBI. Tanner Baldwin, Jordan Hinshaw, Marvin Flores and Justin Moore all also had multiple hits while Ryan Serrato and Hinshaw each had two RBI.
With the game, the Tigers lived to play another day and face Cumberlands University.