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College Furniture
Is It Used Illegally?
BY CAREY SMITH
Is college or state-owned furniture being
used in private housing?
"Probably and quite possibly," say
college officials who have seen
photographs taken of the furniture in
rental housing that is owned and furnished
by a West Georgia College employee.
The item of furniture in question, a vinyl
and walnut sofa manufactured by Thonet
Inc. of York, Pennsylvania, was
discovered in the student s’room recently.
The owner said. "I have not bought any
turniture from the state; you cannot do
that."
According to Richard Dupree of in
ventory control, "No employee of the state
can buy surplus furniture.” Dupree also
said that faculty and staff are regarded as
employees of the state.
Dupree said no one could purchase 1
furniture from the college, but that if it is
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Candidate
Campbell
Visits WG
BY JEFF BARBEE
The fourth candidate called by the ad
visory search committee as a possible
successor to President Ward Pafford was
v erviewed on campus Wednesday and
Thursday.
Dr. Leslie Campbell, 42, dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences at Auburn
University was available Wednesday from
10:30 to 12 p.m. in meeting room three of
ihe student center for faculty, staff and
student interaction.
Dr. Campbell’s activities have resulted
in a number of publications and in
volvements in educational television
productions and films. Asked if he were
appointed as president, would he en
courage programs of this nature he said,
"Educational electronic media in these
days is an essential part of the general
education level for young people. It is the
key to developing creative and specially
designed programs. West Georgia already
has a good start."
As to how he might go about solving
some of the college’s present problems he
said, "I would take on a ‘can do’ attitude.
Most colleges, when solving problems, go
to a catalog and study other’s attempts at
problem solving. I would venture out and
try solving problems now, not waiting for a
proven method. I would have other
colleges look to West Georgia, not West
Georgia to other colleges. Spirit means a
lot here," he added.
What does he think West Georgia has to
offer? "The size is right," he said, "the
campus mass, its location with proximity
to cultural interest, academic facilities
and the capitol, are in its favor. West
Georgia has great things ahead, with a
high caliber faculty and good student
motivation. I would try to offer strength
and initiation," he continued.
Asked what he might do to improve
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not at the college, it is either "stolen or
declared surplus and taken to the state
surplus warehouse, or it is destroyed, with
evidence of destruction."
"When you have surplus, it has to be
declared surplus. It is then put up for in
spection by state agencies. Then it is in
spected by city agencies. If neither of them
want it, it then goes up for public auction
But no employee of the state can buy it,"
said Dupree.
According to Robert Townley, director
of plant operations, the type of furniture
identified as possibly being college fur
niture is the type which was purchased by
the college several years ago to furnish
Roberts, Strozier, Cobb, and Row
residence halls.
"They (whoever is responsible for the
placement of the furniture ‘into’ student
use) need to stand in front of a judge,
because this is a felony. The sofa in
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Learning Labs
For Degree Conscious Execs
BY ALLEN GUNTER
When the psychology department held a
weekend "organizational development"
(OD) workshop at the college recently, the
participants weren’t the ordinary college
breed. They were established executives,
management personnel, and business
leaders working, according to a printed
‘overview’ of the OD program, toward
balancing the more “cognitive approach"
of organizational development with "a
more personal orientation to individual
and organizational development.”
They were also working on five hours of
graduate credit from the college.
The weekend workshops are only one
part of a controversial program started
here last year in conjunction with Lear
ning Laboratories, Inc., a private con
sulting firm in Atlanta which has as its
vice president a former administrative
assistant at the college.
Some opponents of the program, on and
off the record, have questioned the validty,
question is in excess of $100," said
Townley.
According to William Betten, Thonet’s
area representative in Marietta, Thonet
manufactures 34 lines of sofas ranging in
price from $2OO to $lOOO.
The place where the students live is
turnished by the owner, according to the
students and the owner.
Under Georgia law, both the students
and the owner could be charged with theft
by receiving stolen property, if the fur
niture is indeed stolen
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worth, and ethics of the non-contract
agreement Learning Labs has with the
college.
The OD program is one designed, says
the seven page overview, "to increase the
ability of the participants to: understand
themselves, to be more effective in their
interpersonal relationships, and to deal
more creatively with supervisory,
marketing, and organizational problems.’
Segments of the nine month training
program for the degree conscious
executive include monthly lectures by
outside professionals who "have achieved
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Thelaw also says that a person is guility
if "he retains stolen property which he
knows, or should know was stolen, unless
the property is received, disposed of, or
retained with intent to resore it is to the
owner."
The students who have been living in the
college employee owned housing said it
was furnished when they moved in.
When asked how the rented housing was
turnished, the owner said,"Any way I can
I buy furniture at the store what are
you getting at anyway?”
Friday, February 21, 1975
SGA Elections
Slated Tuesday
Elections for the three student govern
ment officers will be held Tuesday with
three polling places set up around campus,
according to Danny Stewart, vice
president of the Student Government
Association
s' related stories on pofie I
Stewart announced that the closing
hours for the voting centers are tentative.
The voting locations and their hours are :
the humanities building, 9 a.m. until 3
p.m.; the new education center, 9 a.m.
until 3 p.m.; and the student center, Ba.m.
until 5 p.m.
According to the vice-president, all
write-in candidates must be registered by
Monday or their votes will not count.
national and international prominence in
their respective academic disciplines,” bi
monthly discussions of the material
coordinated by a West Georgia faculty
member, and independent work by the
participants.
Learning Laboratories price tag for the
entire package: $650 per head. Each
quarter, $4B of that per person goes to the
college the usual tuition fee for five
hours of work. In addition, Learning Labs
pays the college an undisclosed amount
for the use of facilities here, such as the
Strozier Hall annex used for housing
during the weekend workshops.
Successful completion of the criteria can
lead to 15 hours of graduate credit from the
college in three courses which are offered
as a block by the psychology department.
Thus far, the psychology department
has added one faculty member to the staff
to work as the instructional coordinator of
the OD program. He is Dr. Don Chandler.
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