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Volume XXXVIII Number IT
1971- Year of Presidents And Protests
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STALLINGS CLOSES CRISIS CENTER
It was a case of now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t, as the Crisis
Center was closed, reprieved, and finally closed for good by
Dean Tracy Stallings in January.
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David Harris, draft resister and advocate
of nonviolent social protest, spoke on campus
at the end of spring quarter.
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DRUG PROTESTORS HEAR SPEECHES
Protest speeches and demonstrations followed the arrests of 22 students in massive drug
raids in May.
Major news stories at West Georgia
during 1971 were made by presidents
their retirements, elections, and
inaugurations —and by protests in op
position to marijuana trials, pollution and
shoddy products, the closing of the crisis
center, and society in general.
Dr. James Boyd, who had served as
president of West Georgia for 10 years,
announced his retirement early in
January. A thorough search for anew
president finally yielded Dr. Ward B.
Pafford, who was appointed in June, took
office in August, and was inaugurated in
formal ceremonies on Oct. 29.
Winter quarter of 1971 saw the demise
of West Georgia *s Crisis Center, a student
operated service intended to aid students
with drug and other problems. In
January, Dean Tracy Stallings closed the
center, re-opened it when presented with
a petition signed by 1700 students, and
eventually discontinued the service
And drugs and protest hit the front
page again with the arrest of 22 students
in a pre-dawn raid on Tuesday, May 18. A
rally and a march into Carrollton were
staged to protest the arrests.
Two noted critics of American industry
and political structure, Ralph Nader and
David Harris, addressed groups on the
West Georgia campus during spring
quarter.
Another president was in the news in
February as Don Smart was elected to the
top office in the Student Government.
The reins of the West Georgian
changed hands five times during 1971 as
three editors served during fall quarter.
Irene Young ended her career as editor in
January, and Jeanne Mathews assumed
the post for winter, spring, and summer
quarters. Lisa Hughes became editor in
the fall only to resign in protest near the
end of the quarter, charging advisor
censorship.
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SGA PRESIDENT DON SMART
Smart elected in February to succeed
Chuck Hill.
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CONSUMER ADVOCATE NADER
Ralph Nader, celebrated defender of
consumer rights, addressed an assembly at
the Parents’ Day festivities in May.
January 7, 1972
