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Volume XXXIV - No. 5
Publications Controversy Continues;
Nepotism Knocked By AAUP Chapter
AAUP Discusses
Nepotism Satute
The West Georgia chapter of
the American Association of
University Professors met
Monday afternoon, adopted a
resolution questioning the
University system’s nepotism
policy, made plans for a recep
tion next quarter to attract new
members, and discussed whether
or not to request their president’s
resignation
The anti-nepotism statement,
finally adopted after heated
debate, included a clause that
called upon President Ward
Pafford to ask the University
System Chancellor, George
Simpson, to seek a ruling on the
present nepotism policy. If that
policy was rejected, the adoption
of this resolution by the whole
faculty would change that policy
for this institution.
NEPOTISM
The statement released by the
A.A.U P. included the text of a
statement by the national
A A.U P. body. That statement
included provisions that
nepotism statutes should be
continued in the case of ad
ministration personnel.
Basically, this implied that if a
husband and wife are both em
ployed by this college in the same
department and one of them was
made head of that department
then the other should resign -
particularly since, in the West
Georgia College situation,
department heads promote and
determine salaries.
This section was questioned by
several members during the
discussion, including Dr. Gerald
Garmon, associate professor of
English, who called it “a half
way statement,” and by Dr. Lucy
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When the mandatory
requirement for hall residents to
purchase meal tickets was
dropped at the end of Spring
quarter, so did student interest.
This quarter only around 275
students purchased a meal ticket.
It is doubtless that a great many
of these students are new to the
college and purchased their
ticket because the old regulation
is printed in the bulletin, because
their parents thought it was a
good idea, or because they felt
that “that’s what all the kids are
doing.”
The Food Services Office here,
under the direction of Mrs. Mary
Ellen Chrisman, realizes that the
number of students who pui
chased the meal ticket is quite
low, but is unable as of yet to
calculate whether this represents
a loss in business as a result of
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It was a different location and the way it came into being was not
exactly planned, but for a while, at least. West Georgia had its
fountain. As simhi as they cleaned off the valve enough to turn it.
though, it was life back to normal as the geyser disappeared and
maintenance men began cleaning up the area.
Main Stay Breaks
Forming Fountasia
For a little while Wednesday
morning, it seemed like plant
operations had finally given in to
some students’ wishes that a
fountain be constructed. Though
it looked more like a geyser as
the water gushed forty feet into
the air, it was actually a con
struction mishap.
A leak in the water main
beneath the porch of the old
education building caused the
city of Carrollton to decide to tap
the water main between the old
maintenance building and the
Math-Physics Lecture Hall and
reroute the water flow.
the regulation change.
A lot of their customers are
commuters and over half of their
anticipated customers are not
enrolled for the summer quarter.
Skip Yow, Director of
Auxiliary Services stated that the
regulation drop was inevitable in
keeping with the changing times.
The old rule was no longer needed
and often was inconvenient for
the residents on campus.
He stated that the change was
largely “to give students a little
more freedom of choice.”
Yow also commented that the
set price for meals purchased on
a cash basis was based on speed.
It is more efficient to set a limit
on what a student may purchase
and collect a maximum of $1.25
than it would be to itemize each
dish.
While the tapping was in
progress, the main burst and
caused water to shoot high in the
air drenching buildings and
passers-by alike. It was even
tually brought under control
when the college maintenance
department cleaned the mud off
the main valve and cut the water
off.
After the sludge was cleaned
from around the underground
pipes, the water main was
properly tapped and the water
rerouted as originally planned.
But, for one brief moment,
West Georgia had a fountain.
The lack of time and proper
machinery to initiate a change
here would create more com
plaints and feedback than the
present method does by those
who, as a result of a change,
would have to stand in long lines
at the cash register.
Students complain of being
served things they don’t like, of
the lack of variety offered and of
improper or unusual cooking
methods of seasoning. Popular is
the view that the dining hall
cooks are true connoisseurs of
fine eating, with the emphasis on
sewer.
Yow explained that little can be
done of students’ common
compliants, because of the tight
economy, the convenience or
popularity of certain foods, and
the varying tastes of students.
Pafford’s Official Policy Curbs
Attempt To Remove" Deadweight”
Using the same medium that originally aroused controversy, Dr.
Ward B. Pafford, President of West Georgia College, this week
released a memorandum addressed to the Board of Student
Publications which rescinded the recently adopted constitution for the
Board of Student Publications in favor of their former charter and
reprimanded SGA president Rick Waites for overstepping the bounds
of his authority.
Pafford based his decision on
official policy as set forth in the
faculty handbook.
According to the handbook, the
make-up of the Board consists of
the chairman of the Humanities
Division (chairman); the dean of
students; the director of student
activities, the director of public
affairs; the two faculty advisors
to the West Georgian; the two
faculty advisors to the Chieftain;
one faculty advisor to the
Eclectic; the editor-in-chief,
managing editor, and business
manager of the West Georgian;
the editor, associate editor, and
business manager of the Chief
tain; the editor of the Eclectic;
the president and finance
chairman of the SGA; and two ex
officio members, the President
and the Dean of the College.
The student publications board
had attempted to cut down on its
unwieldy size by eliminating
certain “dead weight” members
who rarely attended meetings but
who got their membership
because of their position. The
revised roster of members would
have preserved the student to
faculty ratio, while limiting the
voting members to those persons
most directly involved.
Also, according to the faculty
handbook, no suspension of
properly allocated funds may be
accomplished without the ap
proval of the President of the
college, the chancellor of the
Campus Food Services is ex
panding facilities with the ad
dition of another dining hall to be
located on the west side of
campus, near the T-5 complex
and the new education center.
This building, currently under
construction is planned to open in
fall 1973.
Yow emphatically stated that
the new building will be rec
tangular. While there are ad
vantages to a round structure,
like the present student center
and dining hall, they are
primarily for the students.
He explained the round
structure offers far too many
inconveniences to the food ser
vice personnel and adds expense
to their entire operation.
The new building will have a
large two-line cafeteria, a two
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•university system, and, possibly,
the Board of Regents.
Waites sought to suspend funds
to the campus publications
during the recent controversy
surrounding the attempts to
revise the constitution. Though
the former SGA representatives
had favored the move to make
the document less cumbersome,
the incumbent members from the
SGA opposed the move when they
found themselves a part of what
the Board considered the most
cumbersome.
Under the leadership of
Chairman James Mathews, the
Board decided to make itself
more effective through
reorganization last year,
following the censorship crisis
and the resignation of several
editors. A committee consisting
of Dora Byron, the West
Georgian advisor, Ann Norrell,
the Chieftain’s former advisor,
and Barry Banther, formerly the
SGA Finance Committee
chairman, was appointed to
study revision of the constitution.
The actual research and
writing done by this committee
was conducted by the two faculty
members because the SGA
representative never attended a
meeting.
When the new document was
presented for consideration, the
membership had been cut nearly
in half to a maximum of ten
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level rathskeller type of room
which will have a permanent
dance floor and will seat three
hundred, a snackbar, and a 150
capacity dining area with center
Venetian partition for smaller
gatherings.
This multi-purpose building
will also feature such things as a
portable stage for dance bands,
collapsible tables for easy
storage, as well as a lounge with
fireplace and carpeting.
With the wave cf in-town eating
establishments 1 eing constructed
and the fact tbit the college is
still basically a commuter school,
this addition could just compound
the present problem of losing
money and student interest. It
could perhaps be enough of an
added attraction or need to the
students and campus personnel
to warrant their frequence.