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Chieftain Re-emerges
With Doxey As Advisor
Yes, there will be a Chieftain this year.
Although there was speculation of terminating the
Chieftain last spring, it has re-emerged with anew advisor
Dr. William Doxey, professor of English, and hopes of put
ting out a better yearbook.
"There was talk of doing away with the annual,” says
Doxey. “I think it’s important because it’s a historical ac
count. It’s something you can look back on years later.”
Doxey will hold an organizational meeting Tuesday, Oct. 3
at 7:30 p.m. in the Chieftain office (downstairs in the student
center) for students interested in working on the annual.
"We’ll take students interested in artwork, layout,
photography, business... any aspect of the Chieftain."
Last year the Chieftain went over its allotted budget
($5,000), and Doxey said it would probably exceed it again
this year, but not because of mismanagement. The
publisher s representative told him that the yearbook would
probably cost as much this year as it did last year. The
Chieftain’s budget has been increased to S6OOO.
The ChlefUln will stick with Walsworth Publishing Cos.,
last year’s publisher. There was speculation that the annual
would change to publishers who would do the layout them
selves instead of students but Doxey decided to stay with
Walsworth "so we can deal directly with them.”
According to Doxey, Bruce Bobick, assistant professor of
art, will supervise photography.
Regents Exam to Be
The fall quarter Regents’ Test has been
scheduled for Monday, October 16, at 1:30 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m., according to Pat Hughes, coor
dinator of testing. Deadling for registering to
take the test is Thursday. Applications should be
turned in to the testing center in Mandeville 222.
Several changes will become effective with the
fall quarter Regents’ Test, Mrs. Hughes said.
The passing score for the reading portion of the
test will be increased from 50 to 59, from thellth
percentile to the 30th percentile. The minimum
score required for passing the reading portion of
the test will be increased each fall quarter
through fall 1980, when a score of 61 at the 38th
percentile will be necessary for a passing grade.
The time allowed for students to write the
essay portion of the Regents’ Test will be ex
tended from 45 to 60 minutes beginning with the
October testing. The time permitted for the
reading portion of the test will be maintained at
60 minutes
Perhaps the change having the greatest im
pact on West Georgia students, according to Ms.
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West Georgia's Computer System
Ties Into Wide State Network
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BY DEBRA NEWELL
West Georgia has ‘‘the
connection.”
With a flip of a switch,
students and faculty may cue
into a computer network which
makes available for their use
the University System’s entire
resources, valued in excess of
$1,000,000.
During the past two months,
computer terminals capable of
this and other functions have
been installed in various
locations, compiling a total of
nine such terminals on campus.
The school of education, the
school of business, biology,
math, and physics depart
ments, as well as the in
stitutional research services
office have all acquired ter
minals. Already in use is a
device allowing the library to
catalog books via an Ohio
system.
Resembling the set of “Star
Wars,” numerous intricate
facilities can be found in the
college's computer center, a
complex establishment
Given October 16
Hughes is the implementation of the catalog
policy prohibiting registration in academic
courses for upper division students who have not
passed the Regents’ Test. Effective winter
quarter 1979, students who have accumulated 90
credit hours or more, and who have not passed
the Regents’ Test will not be allowed to register
for additional credit (except remedial work
approved by the coordinator of testing) until the
test is passed. This policy will be phased in with
those students who first attended West Georgia
College in the summer of 1977 or later. Students
who attended prior to summer 1977 will
be permitted to register, but will be required to
seek appropriate remediation and to make the
Regents’ Test each quarter until it is passed.
Students who fail the essay portion of the test will
be required to enroll in English 200, composition
review, and students who fail the reading portion
must enroll in Education 100, advanced skills in
reading.
Questions concerning the Regents' Test should
be directed to Mrs. Hughes at ext. 472. Man
deville 224.
responsible for many campus
functions.
"There are three areas of
support by the center,” ac
cording to Joe Doldan, director,
business functions academics
and institutional matters.
Accounting, student records,
payrolls, inventories and
budgets are among business
functions which the computer
center handles.
The center aids academics
directly by providing assistance
to faculty in preparation of
physical resources for classes
and indirectly by making
available equipment resources
for student use in problem
solving, data processing,
research, and thesis work.
The smaller scale terminals
are used mainly as in
structional tools, Doldan says.
With the increased use of
computers in industry and
commercial enterprise,
business students who are
familiar with the machines are
better prepared for careers.
In order to keep abreast of the
trend toward computers as a
classroom learning aid,
education students are
familiarized with the terminal
as it is used in elementary and
secondary schools.
Doldan cites the evidence of
this approach in DeKalb County
schools, most often applied to
memory work and associative
learning.
In addition to drill and
practice exercises, computers
are also a means of ‘per
sonalized’ instruction,
providing all the benefits but
none of the stigma of individual
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work for students with
problems particular needs.
Doldan explains, ‘‘With
various levels of information
programmed into a terminal,
students may receive additional
emphasis in the areas they are
having problems with.”
Learning to operate com
puters is relatively simple,
according to Doldan, requiring
only concentration, effort, and
in his words, “the ability to
overcome a fear of not being
able to cope or losing control.”
He has found student interest
in the computers to be high.
Some enterprising physics
students recently created their
own terminal to use in
controlling solar energy ex
periments. They also found
their “baby” capable of art
applications, the production of
colors, and the generation of
music.
Most new approaches of any
kind are met with skepticism
and some resistance. However,
Doldan hopes that the ex
perience students and faculty
are now receiving will create a
greater demand for instruction
and exposure to these facilities
and eventually their becoming
an integral part of curriculum.
“One is so limited unless he is
able to use the machines,” he
said, drawing a parable bet
ween this skill and that of
driving a car.
Near future steps in the
direction of this approach are
the acquisition of terminals for
the admissions office, the
nursing program, the geology
department and possibly for use
with special studies program.