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Last
Winter Issue
This is the last issue of
The West Georgian for the
winter quarter.
Publication will be
resumed on March 28.
Six Busted For Theft
Six students have been
arrested in connection with the
vandalism of a cigarette ven
ding machine in Roberts Hall on
February 1. The arrests, which
were made Wednesday af
ternoon and Thursday morning,
follow one month of intensive
investigation by officials of the
campus public safety depart
ment.
Detective Ken Webb, who is
heading the probe, said, “The
arrests made are in connection
with the vandalism of the
machine and the money and
cigarettes taken from it." He
said the arrests do not mark the
close of the case but said he will
“continue the investigation
until disposition is made of it in
the courts.”
The six students arrested
were identified as Anthony
McLaughlin, a 19 year-old
freshman from Columbus Ohio;
Micheal Born, a 20 year-old
freshman from Roswell, Ga.;
Carlos Lopez, an 18 year-old
freshman from Puerto Rico;
Jerome Land, an 18 year old
freshman from Ringgold, Ga.;
Eugene Eden, an 18 year-old
freshman from Jesup, Ga.; and
Pete Schandolph, an 18 year-old
freshman from Savannah. Ga.
Eden, Land, Lopez,
McLaughlin, and Bom were all
arrested Wednesday afternoon.
Schandolph turned himself over
to Assistant Dean of Student
Services Charles Smith and
Webb early Thursday morning.
Of the six arrested, five face
up to a possible total of 15 years
in prison each. Eden, Land,
Lopez, Bom, and Schandolph
are each charged with theft by
taking and criminal damage to
property, second degree. Theft
by taking is punishable by up to
10 years in prison and the
second degree criminal damage
Arsonists Set
Building Fire
Between the hours of 8:30
p.m., Tuesday and 3:00 a m.
Wednesday morning five
crimes were reported to the
West Georgia College depart
ment of public safety.
For the third time in little
more than a month, the small
ply-wood warehouse near the
HPE building which contains
archery equipment, was set on
fire. According to Jody Hicks,
acting director of public safety,
the valuation of damages done
to the building and its contents
was set at $125.00 minimum.
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SUSPECT Acting Director of Public Safety
Jod.v Hicks is shown fingerprinting Jerry Land,
freshman from Ringgold. Land was one of six
charge carries a maximum
sentence of five years in prison.
McLaughlin is charged with
theft by receiving stolen goods.
This, according to the public
safety department, will
probably be tried as a
misdemeanor case. If so, it
carries a maximum sentence of
one year in jail.
All of the students were
turned over to the Carroll
County jail for security pur
poses because the school has no
such facilities, said Jody Hicks,
acting director of the depart
ment.
As of Thursday, Hicks said
there were no suspects in the
arson which is classified as
second degree felony and
carries a penalty of one to ten
years in prison.
Also in that six and one half
hour time period, a public in
decency case was reported.
Stanley Ross, a Roberts hall
student, reportedly exposed
himself under the influence of
drugs. “Ross was taken to
Grady Memorial Hospital in
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West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. 30117
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No court date has been set for
any of the cases as of yet. All of
the suspects, except
McLaughlin, will be tried in
Rumanians Are Coming
The Gaudemus Choir of the
Cirpian Porumbescu Con
servatory in Bucharest,
Rumania, will visit Carrollton
to repay a tour made by West
Georgia’s choir to Rumania last
summer. The Rumanian group
will present a concert on Sun
day, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in
the First United Methodist
Church.
The choir arrived in the
United States on March 5 under
the auspices of the
Ambassadors for Friendship,
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Friday, March 7, 1975
students arrested for their alleged involvement
in the vandalism of a Roberts Hall cigarette
machine on February I.
Superior Court. McLaughlin, if
his case is tried as a
misdemeanor charge, will be
prosecuted in State Court.
Concert Set
an East-West cultural exchange
group that arranged for the visit
of more than 5,000 Americans to
Rumania last summer.
West Georgia’s choir was
among that number.
The Gaudeamus Choir gave
concerts this week at the
Rockefeller Center in New York
and the Kennedy Center in
Washington during their first
tour of the United States. All
participants are juniors and
seniors at the music con-
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Committee
Adds Two
In Search
The advisory search com
mittee, which began looking for
a successor for President Ward
Pafford five months ago, may
possibly begin wrapping up its
work next week, according to
the committee chairman.
Dr. Don Wells, head of the
political science department
and chairman of the committee,
said he is “98 percent sure” the
committee will begin
evaluating, probably by the
middle of next week, the can
didates interviewed thus far.
The full 23-member committee
will meet with Chancellor
George L. Simpson of the Board
of Regents to discuss
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servatory in Bucharest.
The choir gives about 50
concerts annually in Bucharest
and other Rumanian towns. The
group also participated and won
prizes in several international
music festivals. The repertoire
of the choir consists of
Rumanian and world music,
from the pre-classical to con
temporary periods. The choir
director is Gheorghe Oprea,
faculty member at the
Bucharest Conservatory.