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VOL. 45- NUMBER 24
Election slated Tuesday
'Wild and crazy' candidate says 'abolish SGA'
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President candidate Randy Evans
BY RICKY MEHAFFEY
AND ROBIN STACY
SGA elections, to fill vacancies for president, vice
president and five senators will be held Tuesday.
Students can vote in three places: at Z-6 from 4:30 to 6
pm., at the student center from 9 a m. to 12 noon and
from 4:30 p.m. to 6 at the humanities building during
the same times.
Randy Evans is the only candidate to have officially
qualified for president, but John Fincher is running as
a write-in candidate on an abolish-the-SGA platform.
Evans is the current judiciary chairman of the SGA.
He is a senior political science-pre-law major from
Warner Robins. He is part of the (Paul) Weathington-
Evans debate team that placed number three in the
nation several weeks ago.
Among his honors and activities, he was listed in
Who’s Who Among American College and University
Students, he is a member of Pi Gamma Nu national
social science honor society, a Presidential Scholar, a
member of the faculty-student funds committee and a
finalist in the Truman Scholarship Awards.
“I intend to set up an advisory council with four
sections and eight ministers, Evans said. There will
be a board for greeks, blacks, on-campus students and
general students. They will serve as fingers for the
SGA to feel what’s going on here.”
Evans says he will reduce his salary to equal that of
the judiciary chairman “Because they are of equal
importance.’’
Evans said he will also appoint a public relations
person to provide information to The West Georgian
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Vice President candidate Eric Maxwell.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA 30118
and to students.
Fincher is a junior political science major from
Douglasville, who served as campus coordinator of the
Virginia Shapard congressional campaign and is
current head of the campus Young Democrats. Fin
cher’s symbol for the campaign is the arrow he wears
through his head, in the style of Steve Martin.
According to Fincher, “I wear the arrow to show that
I’m tired of being shafted by the SGA. I believe that the
$6,000 saved by the SGA’s abolition could better be used
to fund a weeklong Octoberfest-beer bust, centering
around a bonfire made from our ‘auditorium.’ ”
Fincher has challenged Evans to a debate. “Even
though he’s a master debater,” he said. “I’m up to the
task.” He has planned the debate for Lexington, Ky.
the site of the National Debate Tournament. Fincher
said, "I’ll see you there, Randy.”
Fincher is unconcerned about the rule requiring the
president to have at least one quarter’s SGA ex
perience. “Judging from what experience has done for
my opponent, who needs it? The rule requiring ex
perience doesn’t apply, because if I’m elected, I’ll
abolish the SGA.”
Fincher felt it was important that he run because
Evans was unopposed. “Evans made sure he was
unopposed by coercing potential candidates to run for
lesser offices, but of course I can’t think of a lesser
office than the one we’re running for,” he said.
Fincher’s platform rest on several planks.
1. “If elected, after abolishing the SGA, I will
resign.”
2. “Greek initiation should be required of all entering
freshmen.” M
3. “Ducks will be restored to the duck pond.
4. “I will have the infirmary moved to Z-6, so
students can get speedier service.”
Fincher says that he is running against Evans,
“Simply because he’s from Warner Robins. If you’ve
ever been to Warner Robins, you’ll realize that’s
enough reason to vote against anybody. I don’t want to
beat Evans, I just want to win the election.”
“This campaign may make me a bigger joke than
Billy Lovett, but who cares? Nothing’s a bigger joke
than the SGA,” Fincher concluded.
“If he was a serious candidate who had qualified I
would have gone out and campaigned against him,”
said Evans of Fincher. “But I don’t think this is the
area for jokes.”
VICE PRESIDENT
Eric Maxwell and Mike Stiggers will run against
each other for vice president.
Maxwell, a sophomore accounting major from
Peachtree City, is a current senator in the SGA and the
president pro tern. Maxwell is a member of Chi Phi
fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi service fraternity.
“I can provide adequate representation to the
school,” says Maxwell, “I have been put in leadership
positions before l’ve been to the Student Advisory
Council and 1 know what’s going on.
Write-in candidate John Fincher.
If elected vice president, Maxwell said he plans to
have a covered walkway built between the humanities
and social science buildings, to lobby for more left
handed desks, to work on blind intersections and to
have more SGA picnics.
Stiggers, a sophomore business management major
from West Point, is also a current senator. He is a
member of the Black Student Alliance, the College
Programming Board and the honorary student league.
He is also an orientation leader.
“I plan to have more functions that involve the whole
campus,” said Stiggers. “I can get along with people
well; I love dealing with people.”
Stiggers said he intends to establish regular office
hours so “You won’t have to go around looking for me.
There’s no way students can’t get in touch with me.
Stiggers said he will form a student sounding com
mittee to seek out problems from students and turn in a
report at each SGA meeting.
JUDICIARY
Edwin Williams is the only candidate for judiciary
chairman. He is a junior geology major from Macon
who is the current vice judiciary cnairman. The West
Georgian could not contact Williams for his views.
SENATORS
There are seven candidates for five senate spots this
year. Here are brief sketches of the candidates:
Camillia Johnson, a sophomore political science
major from Forysth, is president of the all campus
residence hall, a member of the honorary student
league and a member of the Alpha Angels sorority.
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Vice President candidate Mike Stiggers.
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1979