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WEST GEORGIA\
Public Agencies
Select 9 Interns
BY STEVE LINER
Nine West Georgia College students have been certified to be
eligible for the Georgia Internship Program according to Dr. Stephen
McCutcheon, director of public services. “This represents more
participation than from any other individual internship project in the
state,” said Dr. McCutcheon. director for the program
Participants in the program
from WGC include Dan H.
Ahrens, who will be working with
Atlanta City Planning; Cathryn
New Bill
Changes
Traffic Code
The last session of the General
Assembly saw the passage of
several new laws concerning
state traffic codes. Of these only
a few represent drastic changes
in the make-up of the State
Traffic Code.
Perhaps the most jarring
deviation from the normal
process of changing the code was
the enforcement of the laws
beginning the moment the
Governor signed the individual
bills into law. Usually there is an
adjustment period in order that
the changes may be properly
publicized.
Of the new laws there is only
one that is a departure from
existing policies. According to a
new law it is generally illegal to
turn right on red. TTiis new law
repeals the bill which stated that
turning right on red is generally
legal. The new bill also states
that turning right on red is
permissible only when there is a
sign permitting such right turn.
Two new laws were enacted
concerning the operation of
motorcycles. The first stipulates
that “motorcycles shall be
required to burn the headlights
and rear lights during all hours of
operation upon the public roads
of this state.” The other law
states that all operators of
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BY ALLEN GUNTER
While many West Georgia
students vacationed away their
summer days, some 2900 others
began or continued their studies
at the WGC campus. For those
students it was school as usual.
But for those recent returnees
who took a break from the books
during the summer, the events of
that quarter may rate a review.
An SGA sponsored voter
registration drive in the
Carrollton area continued in
response to the drug related
arrests hare late spring quarter.
Midway of the summer months,
less than 300 students had
responded to the drive by
West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. 30117
Couch, with City Planning in
Villa Rica; and Mrs. Tracy
Axelberd, with the Department of
Human Resources in Atlanta.
The other students are currently
being assigned their fall quarter
duties.
The program works on a
volunteer basis with various
public agencies volunteering to
hire the students for a ten week
period. At the end of this period
the participating students are
required to turn in a term paper
describing their experiences.
Students are also required to
meet several times during the
quarter with their advisors. The
West Georgia College Program,
under the direction of Dr. Mc-
Cutcheon, is a division of the
Georgia Internship Project based
in Atlanta.
Students serving with the In
ternship Program are assigned to
many of Georgia’s cities in a
variety of agencies.
Chieftain Staff Sets
Deadline For Pictures
BY DAVID WILLINGHAM
Class pictures for the 1974 edition of the college yearbook, the
Chieftain, will be made from now until September 28. The photography
will be done between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in meeting rooms one and two
on the main flow of the Student Center.
This year’s photography will be
done on an appointment basis in
order to keep students from
having to stand in line to have
their picture taken. According to
Martin Mosteller, a Chieftain
staff member, “We are asking
students to make appointments
because we (the staff) feel that
this will make things easier on
both the students and the
Summer Quarter Shares In School Year Events
registering to vote in local
elections.
A moratorium on payment of
traffic fines continued throughout
the summer months. The
moratorium, enacted by the SGA
was in force while SGA members
worked to revise the traffic
appeals system. A revised ap
peals systems was finally agreed
upon by SGA members and
campus officials as the quarter
drew to a close. No back fines
were levied at the registration for
fall quarter.
An SGA task force on campus
health services produced a report
which was critical of some
aspects of the campus health
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Mandeville Hall has become the new home for
West Georgia’s Housing office which is located
SAC Reviews Student Bill of Rights;
Committee Continues Probe of SGA
BY LM HANSON
Members of the Legal Rights
Committee of the Student
Advisory Council to the Board of
Regents are currently finalizing
Chieftain staff.” Mosteller fur
ther commented that ap
pointments could be made
anytime between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. in meeting room one.
The Chieftain photography is
being done by Stevens Studios, a
nationally known firm and one of
the largest yearbook photo
graphers in the world. “We are
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services and facilities.
West Georgia College chief of
police, Dock Johnson, was
selected “Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year” by the
Carrollton Optimist Club.
A college reorganization plan
took effect July 1 resulting in
replacing the previous academic
divisions with four schools.
Heading the various schools
as deans are Dr. Richard
Dangle, Arts and Sciences
School, Dr. Ben Griffith,
Graduate School, Dr. J. Mark
Miller, Business School, and Dr.
Tom Sills, Education .School
Several job and title changes for
HOUSING OFFICE
on the main floor on the bridge between the
annex and the old structure.
the recently proposed draft of the
Student Bill of Rights. .
The bill, authored by the WGC
Student Governance Committee,
was tentatively completed at the
close of summer quarter,
representing the completion of
phase I of the committee’s work.
At that time it was submitted to
Dr. Ward Pafford, President,
who is also currently studying
the document.
In addition, the bill was
presented to SAC which is
comprised of all student body
presidents in the University of
Georgia system. A final draft is
expected by December and will
be sent to the Board of Regents
for adoption.
Student Governance Com
mittee members are now un
dertaking to develop phase II of
their three-fold objective; they
are developing specific proposals
for the implementation of this bill
and are outlining student
responsibilities which will
become effective upon im
administrators were also the
results of the reorganizaion.
Anew Faculty Senate began
functioning as the legislative and
executive agency of the Faculty
Association. Dr. Lemuel Norrell,
Professor of English, was ap
pointed as the first Executive
Secretary of the organization.
Finishing touches were put on
the new T-5 resident hall
readying the facility for fall
quarter occupation.
A petition for the
legalization of beer and wine
pouring licenses in the Carrollton
area was circulated throughout
the campus during the summer
Volume XL No. 8
Friday, September 21, 1973
piemen tation.
Formed by President Pafford,
the Student Governance Com
mittee’s task has been to study
the Student Government
Association with particular
regards to the following:
First, the nature and ef
fectiveness of the tradition
concepts, organizations, and
functions of student governance
systems;
Second, the role of students in
his or her relationship with the
institution and with members of
the Faculty and Administration;
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FALLQUARTER
LIBRARY HOURS
7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday thru Thursday
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday
4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday
months. Presentation of the
petition to the Carrollton city
council was postponed twice
during the summer months but is
apparently due to be presented at
the upcoming meeting of the city
council. The petition had been
circulated by Butch Black, a
local citizen and John Mock, a
WGC alumnus from Atlanta.
Tragedy struck West Georgia
during the summer months when
two WGC students perished in an
early morning fire which
destroyed their off campus
residence. A third West Georgia
student was found dead at his
Marietta home, the victim of an
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