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WEST GEORGIAN
VOL. 4 —NUMBER 65
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Paradise Is Dirty
Residents Isolated
BY DEBRA NEWELL
Crowded places, void of their multitudes, possess an
emptiness not found anywhere else. Corridors become long
and desolate when untraveled. Rooms seem bleak and
anonymous when unoccupied. Still silence seems pronounced
in the wake of noise, laughter, and voices.
A college dormitory in the middle of a quarter hardly
conjures a picture such as this to anyone familiar with on
campus living. However, this quarter, several West Georgia
students got something a bit different than they expected
when they applied for housing.
While the bulk of on campus residents were located in
Roberts Hall, these students were assigned to the third floor
of Strozier Annex.
This floor, which could hold 48 occupants, now houses six.
“They put us here because of an overflow,’’ one resident
explains. “And we were told it might only be temporary, but I
see no sense in moving back and forth.”
Quiet and serene is how the residents describe their dorm.
One relates, “You could walk around for three hours and
not see or hear anybody.”
Interestingly enough, four of the six residents are from the
same part of the state.
“We’re a happy crew,” one student says, “We mainly just
ignore each other.”
It is also a bit homier without the jam-packed sense of most
public lodgings.
One student feels that, “Because it is so empty, you can
feel in control.”
The desolation is met warmly by these individuals. One
explains, “It’s like the outside world is still there, but if I
want to, I can isolate myself.”
Despite the somewhat ideal aspects of Strozier, there are
flaws.
“Paradise is dirty,” a resident proclaims, “We are living
in filfth.”
The overflowing garbage cans and unswept floors are
somewhat offset by the availability of hot water in the
showers.
“This is unique in my world experience,” says one student,
“To have hot water in the toilets.”
Alarm clocks are seldom needed by residents as con
struction crews beginning bulldozing, clanging, and banging
right below their windows at seven in the morning.
“It’s also kind of unique because the education offices are
still downstairs,” one student remarked, “If youß®
stairs Lnyour bathrobe to get a Coke, you walk through
education students and faculty.”
resists readily concur, “We don't miss them.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. CARROLLTON. GA. 30117
Budget Causes Anger;
Organizations W ant More
Reactions of the 1978-79
student activities budget have
ranged from satisfied to upset
to enraged from different ad
ministrators, faculty members
and student leaders.
Jim Burroughs, assistant
professor of speech and theatre,
said that he is glad the theatre
budget has not been cut but it is
still inadequate, and has been
so for the past four years. “At
one time our budget was
$12,000; now it is SB,OOO. Other
programs received increases
when they should have gotten
decreases. The money should
go to academic programs.”
Burroughs was aaked how
much money theatre needs for
an adequate program.
‘To catch up with the current
level we need $10,500 ami it
should be upped ten per cent
every year because of in
flation.”
Athletic director Roger
Kaiser says that athletics did
get a fair share but “We’re still
the last school in the conference
in budget.
“Expenses are going up it’s
costing more for food, motels,
and equipment.”
West Georgia’s athletic
budget is around SIOO,OOO while
Valdosta’s is around $120,000
and Armstrong State has a
reported $130,000 budget. Other
South Atlantic Conference
schools have athletic budgets in
excess of SIOO,OOO.
One organization, the
Southern Literature Guild, was
completely cut from the budget,
and the members are upset.
“We’re all mad about it,”
said Mark Askren, a spokesman
Student To Be ‘Disciplined’
For Cheerleader Shooting
The case involving the shooting of a cheerleader Monday, July 17
has been sent from the jurisdiction of Public Safety to the Depart
ment of Housing when a student was “disciplined” for the incident.
The hearing was held July 20 where the student, whose name
cannot be released without his permission by federal law, admitted
to firing the pellet gun which struck the cheerleader, according to
Rick Folsom, director of housing.
The student said it was accidental.
Rules governing weapons in the student handbook strictly
prohibit the possession or use of firearms and any other “offensive
weapons.”
According to the handbook, disciplinary measures can range
from expulsion to suspension, to probation, to a reprimand
The shot was fired from Roberts Hall and struck Melanie Har
digree as she and other cheerleaders attending a camp were
walking in that area.
She was treated at Tanner Memorial Hospital and released.
for SLG. "We went to see Mel
Caraway (director of student
activities) and Bruce Lyon
(dean of student services) and
they were not cooperative. They
said they had to make up a
deficit somewhere.”
Askren says he feels that the
student activity fee should go to
student organizations that are
related to academics.
“Our organization is strong
we have been holding meetings
all summer.”
‘We went to see Mel Caraway and Bruce
Lyon and they were not cooperative.
The SLG’s proposed budget
was $220.
“I guess administration feels
that if we can make it on our
own then they’re not going to
give us any money.”
Askren added, “We can only
complain we can’t fight it.”
Graduation Set;
McDaniel Will Speak
Dr. Charles McDaniel,
Georgia’s Superintendent of
Schools, will be West Georgia’s
summer quarter com
mencement speaker on Sunday,
Aug. 13, in 9 a.m. ceremonies.
West Georgia President
Maurice Townsend will award
degrees to approximately 400
who have completed associate
(two-year), baccalaureate, or
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1978
Caraway, director of student
activities, said that the
operations budget of SI4OO was
“adequate, but we can always
use more money. The minimum
wage is going up but we need to
keep things running.”
West Georgian editor, Robin
Stacy, said, The West Georgian
received the second largest cut
from the amount allocated by
the student finance committee.
Our budget was cut $2,000 from
the previous year. I think it is
patently unfair that so much of
the cut is bore by a single or
ganization.”
The West Georgian’s 1978-79
budget is $14,500.
The main reason for the
school paper’s cut is because it
can generate revenue from
advertising, according to Bruce
Lyon, dean of student services.
graduate degree programs.
The Georgia Board of
Education states as its policy to
administer those laws which
provide for adequate education
in Georgia. It is the highest
governing body of this type.
This is the last quarter
graduation that will occur at
West Georgia prior to final
exams.
Dr. Charles
McDaniel
NOTE TO GRADUATES
Graduates are advised to be
present at the HPE building at 8
a.m.
Caps and gowns may be
picked up Friday, August 11.