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Regents Approve Hike;
Student Fee lncrease-817
BY HI It HA HOMS
The state Hoard of Regents
approved a tuition hike last
Wednesday which, effective
summer quarter, will increase
fees by approximately 15
percent.
Under the plan, tuition at
West Georgia and other lour
year colleges, presently slls
will be raised to $152 Students
at the University of Georgia and
,Georgia Institute of Technology
will feel their tuition increase to
SIBB trom its current level of
$145 The fee at Georgia State
University, also standing at
$145, will be elevated to $155
Junior colleges will see their SBS
tuition jump to S9B Students
enrolled in the state’s medical
colleges will experience an
increase of SSO.
Non-residents will bear the
brunt of the hike, paying an
increase ol two to three times
he amount that in-state
WEST GEORGIAN
Second Front
Smoking
New Rule May Stomp Our Butts
BY BUBBA HOVIS
A subcommittee assigned to
study the smoking rule has
recommended to the dean of
faculties that instructors and
students be reminded of the
regulation concerning smoking
in the classroom
The rule, as stated in the
college handbook. "The
Brave." says "No smoking is
permitted in the gymnasium or
iho library except in special
areas. Smoking, whether by
laculty or students, is not
Spring Grads
Registration
All candidates for graduation
in June are urged to apply as
soon as possible, according to
Elizabeth Parker, registrar.
According to Miss Parker,
graduate students should apply
in the graduate office, and
baccalaureate candidates
should apply in the Registrar's
office.
Miss Parker also said that
August applications are being
accepted, but. "the urgency >s
tor June graduates "
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Dr. Ben de Mayo
students will be expected to
bear.
W.H. Smith, director of ad
missions, said he does not feel
that the increase will have an
adverse effect on enrollment.
“Since it is a system wide in
crease,” he said, “everybody is
in the same boat Our tuition is
still lower than the lower
private school costs II
anything, the had economic
situation is bringing more
people back to school.'
The rise is expected to
generate an additional $7.4
million in revenue, and some
legislators have acknowledged
they will cut the board’s $273
million in appropriations to
offset the increase Bui
Chancellor George Simpson
admitted at the meeting that he
does not believe the legislature
will follow through with that
kind of action
permitted in the classrooms
while class is in session.
Smoking is permissible in the
classroom between classes and
at other times, provided ap
propriate receptacles are
used.”
The subcommittee further
recommended that any student
w ho is offended by other people
smoking in class should report
it to the instructor. If no action
is taken, then the student should
go to the department head, the
dean of the particular school,
and if necessary, to the vice
president.
W.H. Lankford, chairman of
the subcommittee, referred to it
as a “touchy situation” and a
“clear collision of rights.’ He
said, “I do not like to take away
one person’s rights to insure
someone else’s rights, but the
right to breathe is more basic
than the right to smoke.”
According to Lankford, the
responsibility of reporting
violations lies with the students
He said. “If they (the students)
are not willing to do that, then
they will have to sit there and
suffer in silence."
John Murch. a student
According to Chancellor
Simpson, the main reason for
the larger fees is the growing
concern over whether or not the
students are paying their “fair
share” for higher education
The traditional policy has been
lor the taxpayers to pick up 75
percent of the bill, with the
students picking up the
remaining 25 percent. Regent’s
figures show that the ratio has
been reduced to an 80-20 split
Some members of the
legislature have indicated that
they do not believe the
historical precedent is
justification enough for the rise
in tuition, and perhaps the
tioard is trying to avoid having
to budget the money more
rigidly next year The Regents
deny this
The final vote on the issue was
13 tor, one against, and one
abstaining
representative on the sub
• ommittee. said, "I virtually
see no way to abolish smoking in
ihe classroom It will be up to
the students and instructors to
either ignore it or enforce the
rule.”
In addition to Lankford and
Murch, the subcommittee
consisted of Mary Davidson,
assistant professor ol
elementary education. Dr. Jack
L Grogan, associate professor
of chemistry, Dorothy Haynes,
a graduate student, and Dannv
Stewart, vice-president of the
Student Governme n i
Association.
Prof Seeks Funds
For Experiments
BY C HARLES PITTMAN
Dr. Ben deMayo. assistant
professor of physics, is working
on an experiment with
hydrogen and metals which is
related to the energy problem
To aid in his experiment. Dr.
deMayo is getting support from
several sources, including
$1,400 from the faculty research
committee.
Dr deMayo said that he has
applied for non-federal funds
from several sources, totaling
approximately $51,700. "These
funds would be used to buy a
new $21,000 Mossbauer Spec
trometer and a computer, along
with other needed equipment
for the extension of the study.”
"The purpose of this ex
periment is to detect the
reaction of hydrogen in
metals,” Dr. deMayo saixi
“Hydrogen may play a big role
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AWARD Lamar Chambers, president of the Student Govern
ment Association, reads from a plaque to Dr. and Mrs. Ward
Pafford presented by the student body expressing appreciation for
their support of the college athletic program. Ihe award was
presented at the last home basketball game.
SGA Candidates
Make WWGC Waves
BY RONNIE YATES
WWGC-FM. the West Georgia
College radio station, presented
an interview program with the
candidates for Student
Government Association offices
Tuesday night
The program featured Scott
Evans, WWGC program
director, as moderator, and a
panel consisting of Allen
Gunter, managing editor of The
West Georgian,” Benjamin
Bateman. WWGC news
director, and Dr. Jack Persh
ing. professor of education.
The SGA candidates answered
questions from the panel, as
well as those telephoned into the
station by listeners
The candidates present at the
station for interviewing were
John Hays, candidate for
judiciary chairman, vice
presidential candidates Dan
Knab and Bill Kraus, and
presidential candidates Tripp
House and Thurmond Tillman
The other candidate for
judiciary chairman. Mike
in the future ot energy
resources.”
Dr deMayo started on his
research in the summer of 1973.
He has been working in the
physics lab located in the
basement of the math-physics
building. The professor stated
that he has achieved some
preliminary results and he
hopes to continue his work on
the project.
In Dr. deMayo’s project. he is
trying to find out why hydrogen
makes metal very brittle. As it
stands now. hydrogen cannot be
used as a good source of fuel
l>ecause when hydrogen and
metal mix, the metal becomes
brittle and breaks. But, ac
cording to Dr. deMayo, if he can
help in the use of hydrogen as a
fuel resource, the energy
problem will diminish by a
sizable amount.
Jackson, was not at the studio.
The program was divided into
wo 15 minute and one 30-minute
segments, with the final 3<)
minutes of the program being
devoted to a discussion with the
presidential candidates
House, a political science
major trom Atlanta, and a
former SGA senator, said that
he is "an involved student and a
student who cares." He stated
that he would like to make the
SGA a "functional organization
again” by cutting out some of
the committees and con
central ing the power of the SGA
on a tew problems at a time
House advocated placing a
student on the faculty senate
He is also in lavor of bringing
more activities to the college on
weekends.
Tillman is a junior and
president of Pritchard Hall He
is involved with the SGA as the
minister of academic affairs.
He is also a member of the track
team, and a member of the food
service committee Tillman
*aid he wants to bring the SGA
closer to the students by in
volving the \arious campus
organizations in the SGA
meetings. He said that by
"getting the organizations
involved, the SGA can represent
all of the students.” Tillman
also said that the faculty
evaluation sheet information
should be published and made
available to the students. “The
SGA is effective and under my
leadership has the power to
make changes of this type."
The second 15 minutes of the
program dealt with questions
directed toward the vice
presidential candidates. Bill
Kraus and Dan Knab.
Bill Kraus, who has been
active in the past with the SGA
and is now president of the
College Programing Board,
said that before the students
can get behind the SGA. the
SGA must get behind the
students.” Kraus advocated
setting up task forces made up
of students to deal with in
dividual problems on campus
He also said that he would like
to change the “Maple Street
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