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SGA Described As
'Active, Involved'
Refrigerators, Legal
Aid Among Services
It will probably never be said with any accuracy that West Georgia
College students aren’t involved in politics. In days like these when
Georgia politicians come a dime a dozen, this liberal institution the
land of the free and home of the braves ... is producing anew breed of
politicians.
For several years, students
have gotten together and rapped
about their dreams of producing
a student government that would
be strong enough and active
enough to organize the student
viewpoint. The many
aggravations and strong words
will remain hidden in the past,
but the product of their work is
memorialized in what some
observors call “the most active
and powerful student govern
ment among all schools in the
state of Georgia.”
STUDENTS ARE CITIZENS
“It has taken years for people
to recognize that the student body
at West Georgia are citizens like
everyone else who deserve the
rights and protection of the law.
Just as important is my own
personal belief that students have
a message and a view point all
their own and they certainly will
have the ways to express them,”
says Rick Waites, president of
the Student Body.
The present student govern
ment as outlined in the Brave
Handbook, consists of three
governmental branches where
students have their own judicial
system, appropriate their own
student activities fee, and
produce their own legislation
regarding campus life. What’s
more, Student Government
representatives are members of
all faculty committees, the City
Council of Carrollton, the Student
Advisory Council to the Board of
Regent’s and the National
Student lobby.
Within such a vast
bureaucratic structure endowed
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The Wesley House, (open all day), Recreation,
Singing, Discussions, Service Projects - All are a
part of the United Methodist sponsored Wesley
Foundation. Come and join us. .. . Everyone is
welcome.
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OUR DIRECTOR IS REV. MIKE CORDLE
with so many responsibilities that
few people realize, the Student
Government makes it a point
never to get too wound up in it
self. There has been a special
effort made to get the SGA in
volved with the everyday lives of
the Student Body. This essen
tially means making student
problems into SGA problems.
Within the past year a Consumer
Relations Board has been
organized to recommend ways to
the student body to get around
hassles with renting and buying
in the commercial world. A legal
counsel program was established
to give legal advice to students
who have legal problems.
It is sometimes a hassle living
in a residence hall, so student
government tries to help out by
leasing refrigerators to students.
What about your professors? It’s
always interesting to see how
they stand in the SGA’s Faculty
course Evaluation. There are
many other services from the
SGA that you should look into.
VOTER REGISTRATION
So far the SGA has sponsored
three voter registration drives.
According to Michele Shellam,
coordinator for these drives, as
well as secretary for the Student
Senate, “We want students to see
the importance of placing the
person they want into public
office. In Newnan we organized
and the selection of student
delegates to the Democratic
National Convention. We won!”
It has been said that working
with Student Government is a
“gas.” You’d think that when you
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Dean of Students Tracy Stallings confers with
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Pictured left to right are: Stallings. SGA Vice-
walk by that little office on the
ground floor of the Student
Center and see the place packed
with people.
“Student Government work is a
blast, that’s true, but its real
politics. We have a job cut out for
us in finding out what students
want and then getting it done
and we like it! The greatest
pleasure to me has been the raps
with other students. I guess I
know a lot but I’ve learned a
great deal more from other
people. For that reason, I never
turn anyone away who’ll work
with us. Asa matter of fact, we’re
usually looking for people to help
us,” says Waites.
WANTS TO
JOIN YOU
How better can it be said than
the proverb that students get out
of education what they put into
it? SGA wants to join you. When
you are in the Student Center stop
by the office to see Rick or the
other SGA people. They sure do
need you.
SGA LEADERS
Money Matters
Getting Some
BY LM HANSON
These days, when the whole nation is economy-minded to the point of
nearly being bezerk, students often find that money matters are just
as critical as the marks they make on mid-terms. Funds for
educational expenses come in two flavors, parental assistance and
school or government sponsored financial aid. Both seem nearly
impossible to get, especially in large quantities.
Yet, once you have located
some cash, you may be faced
with the problem of stashing it.
Establishing a checking account
becomes almost an inevitable
step for the newly arrived
collegian. Home town banking
offers too much hassle when
trying to cash a check with a local
merchant, and the result is
usually that your check is
covered with so many notes and
figures and identification
numbers that your bank doesn’t
know which end is up.
CASHING CHECKS
Out of town and out of state
checks are unquestionably ac
cepted on campus for payment of
fees. The Business Office in the
Administration Building will
cash personal, one-party checks
with your student I.D. for not
more than $25.00. Also, the book
store accepts checks as payment
for purchases.
Financial aid ranging from
loans to grants to jobs on or off
campus to scholarships are
available through the Financial
Aid Office in the Administration
Building. The office is open from
8:00 to 5:00 daily and under the
scrutiny of Mr. William C.
Carter, the Office of Financial
Aid offers to the otherwise un
funded student money if you have
terrific grades, more if you are in
dire need to continue your
education and still more if you fit
under both categories.
BEING PENNILESS
The problems incurred by
being penniless, however, seem
trivial when compared to the
trouble involved to secure finds
from either the federal
government, local scholarship
funds, banks, or private concerns
through the financial aid office.
To many students the trouble is
worth it; to most parents of
college aged youngsters it is
essential. There are annual
forms to be submitted, including
for most the Parents’ Confidental
Statement or Student Financial
Statement, the college
Scholarship and Loan Ap
plication, or the college Work
Application for placement with
either College Work-Study or
Student Assistant jobs.
President Jackson Hill, President Rick Waites,
and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Coker.
Two major loan programs are
offered: the National Defense
Student Loan through which
needy students can obtain SI,OOO
per academic year, and the
Georgia Higher Education
Assistance Corporation loans,
which vary in amount per class
standing. The GHEAC loans are
secured from lending in
stitutions, such as banks and
credit unions, and are not based
on a student's need.
Educational Opportunity
Grants are available to students
with low family incomes. These
grants are provided for by the
federal government and range
from S2OO to SIOOO per academic
year.
WORKING STUDENTS
Well over 900 students this past
year worked their way through
college through the college work
programs. The federally sub
sidized College Work-Study
Program provides students with
jobs both on campus, in such
places as the library or depart
ment offices, and off campus, at
locations like the city hall or local
recreational centers. Students
can work an average of fifteen
hours per week while school is in
session and up to forty hours
chiring weeks when classes are
not being held. Student
Assistanceships are also
available on both the un
dergraduate and graduate levels.
The jobs and requirements are
basically the same as for CWSP
job 6, yet they are harder to locate
and sometimes the pay is higher
The college bulletin outlines the
various scholarship funds
available. Some are based on
need and others on potential or
ability. Many students find
themselves eligible for either the
West Georgia General
Scholarship or the Regents’ State
Scholarship, both of which are
given to the upper twenty-five
percent of each class. The
amount awarded per academic
year is determined by a students’
need.
SEPTEMBER 18, 1972