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THE WEST GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1980
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Hour Long Classes May Be In Future For West Georgia
By MICHAEL BYRD
Hour-long classes could be in the
offing for the 1980-81 academic
year, according to Dr. Paul Baker,
chairman of the Academic Policies
and Procedures committee
The plan would give an ad
ditional eight to nine free days
between quarters, Baker said.
The plan is only one possibility
being studied, however, to
alleviate the academic calendar
scheduling problems that have
become more prominent for the
upcoming year, partly because of
the way the days fall in the
calendar for 1980, Baker said
He pointed out that there has
always been a difficulty of having
enough days at the end of academic
quarters to process information for
the previous quarter, and to
register students for the following
Students Prepare For Competition
SGA, Placement Office Combine
To Offer Information to Students
By MICHAEAL BYRD
Although Senator Barry
Easterwood sent anote to Thur
sdays eight a.m. meeting of the
Student Government Association
ending in the sentence, “I think the
meeting time begs for lack of
Quorum,” the assembly of
February 14 saw 12 of the 17
senators discuss first aid kits.
Student Buying Power cards, and
SGA sweaters, as well as possibly
ways the student government could
spread the word about the college
placement office
Dr. Lynn Holmes, director of
Placement at West Georgia, ad
dressed the student represen
tatives, telling them that
placement services were not being
used to their fullest extent.
“The job market is terrible right
now," Holmes said. "There are
jobs out there, but the problem is
getting through to the students the
urgency of getting started. They
should get going at least three
quarters before graduating.”
“We need help getting the
seniors into our office." You, as
student leaders, can be a valuable
help to us."
The acting placement director
Watch Out For False Aid
By BRUCE GORE
Students may be being ripped off
through some financial aid ser
vices, according to M. J. Holmes of
West Georgia's financial aid office.
“There have been cases of
profiteering in financial aid,"
according to Holmes. “Not all
articles concerning financial aid
sources are legitimate, and some
offer little or no chance to actually
receive the assistance."
Some of the articles or ad
vertisements require that the
student send in sls-$25 to receive a
list of possible aid sources.
Holmes says that a much better
alternative is the financial aid
office here at West Georgia. The
previous quarter, and to register
students for the following quarter.
Under the present system, the
academic year 1980-81 would have
three days at the end of the quarter
for final examinations instead of
the usual five, and only one day
between winter and spring quar
ters. But the calendar scheduling
dilemma has become much more
critical this year, in large part
because of the particular “fall" of
the days in the upcoming calendar
year.
“We’ve always had this
problem," Baker said. “The
calendar is such that with the
current 50 minute classes, the
interval between quarters will be
short.”
Baker explained that West
Georgia operates under guidelines
set by the Central Office of the
suggested an ad hoc committee of
senators who could work with the
placement office on possible ways
to inform students of the office, and
on ways the placement services
could best be tailored to meet
student needs.
He stressed the need for student
action, saying, “I don’t want
people who would be on a com
mittee in name only. I want active
people, with suggestions and
ideas."
The Projects committee, an SGA
subcommittee, reported that this
year’s campaign for merchants
willing to participate in the Student
Buying Power program would
include food establishments.
tThe student Buying Power card
provides students with a specified
discount at the establishments
listed on the card.) But the
necessity of franchise managers
calling district managers for
permission to participate in the
plan has slowed progress, a
committee spokesperson said.
The plan to place first aid kits at
five locations around campus
should prove to be relatively less
expensive than originally an
ticipated. According to a report
students' chances of getting help
are greater, and none of the
students’ money is risked at the
college offices.
"They should definitely come
here first,” Holmes said. "Be sure
that we can’t help you before you
turn to other services."
Holmes, the director of financial
aid, added that while some of the
offers are legitimate, “GPA’s must
be very high to receive a
scholarship from these services.
Your locale or field of study may
disqualify you. There are many
qualifications that must be met."
Financial aid forms for 1980-81
are available in the financial aid
office, located in Mandeville Hall.
university system along with every
other college and university in the
state.
“They don’t dictate the exact
days of operation,” said Baker,
“but they give guidelines."
The “60-minute class” plan is the
major proposal under con
sideration right now, he explained
Other plans of dealing with the
problem could be considered.
Under the plan, classes would be
extended to 60 minutes, gaining 50
classroom minutes per week. This
would leave an extra eight to nine
days per quarter for ad
ministrative chores such as
compiling and distributing grades,
and registration of students for the
upcoming quarter. “The present
system puts a tremendous burden
on the computer center," Baker
said.
from one senator, campus phar
macist Doug Almon said kits could
be stocked for “less than $10.” The
senator also reported that Almon
would “Put things in the kits
to make them practical.”
The Senate passed unanimously
the subsequent motion to purchase
five such medical kits "If they
were less than 10 dollars."
Delinquent senators, those who
have missed meetings without
approved excuses, will be sent a
letter, according to SGA secretary
Cheryll Lovell.
These senators are: Barry
Easterwood, Phil Thurmond,
Moses Thomas, and Theresa
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Students could feasibly complete
fall quarter before Thanksgiving or
shortly thereafter, Baker ex
plained, if the proposal is adopted.
But there are drawbacks to the
plan. Dr. Bruce Lyon, dean of
students, pointed out to the com
mittee that if classes ended in
November, those receiving VA
(veteran’s administration)
benefits would be cut off for their
December allowance, since they
would not be attending classes for
that month.
Another drawback would be felt
in lab classes such as chemistry
and biology, Baker pointed out.
Lab classes operate primarily on
the number of classroom periods,
he said, not the number of
classroom minutes. The plan, if
adopted, would cut the available
number of periods from the
Business Games Set at Emory
West Georgia Will Enter A Team
Emory University is conducting
its annual Business Games, and
West Georgia has a team in the
competition.
The Business Games are a
method of challenging students to
use skills of management, finance,
market analysis, and basic
economics in competition with
other colleges and universities
Twenty-four teams are
represented in the games.
The students make decisions
about how to run an imaginary
company should they alter their
company’s methods of production,
expand the facilities, increase or
decrease the advertising budget, or
renegotiate the labor contracts.
The firm may profit or collapse
based on how the team uses the
given information in making its
decisions.
The games began Jan. 10 and will
conclude with final judging and
awards being given Feb 23 in
Atlanta. Last year the West
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A third disadvantage to the 60
minute plan would be felt in some
graduate courses which meet only
once a week, he said.
“They already have 4 1 * hour
classes now," said Baker. "They
would have to run periods five
hours (if the plan is adopted.)
It would not be feasible to add a
week onto spring quarter to extend
the "spring break", in an effort to
provide more time between winter
and spring quarters. Baker said.
Summer quarter would then be
moved up another week, which
would “knock out primary and
secondary school teachers from
taking classes summer quarter.
He explained that there must be
a period of at least four weeks
between summer and fall quarters
for teachers taking summer
classes “We will try to end
summer quarter in time for
Georgia team was the overall
winner defeating such schools as
Purdue. William and Mary, Wake
Forest, and the University of
Arkansas.
The teams will meet in Atlanta
Feb. 21-23 to defend their decisions
and make further decisions.
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teachers,” saic Baker.
Other solutiors to the problem of
insufficient tim* between quarters
include the possibility of having
registration oa the Saturday
following the eid of a quarter,
instead of the fcllowing Monday.
The committet is considering
input from many areas, including
the deans of academic schools.
Baker said that Dr. Dangle, dean of
the school of arts and sciences,
solicited input from instructors in
the department. Reaction was
generally favoraole, that in
structors didn’t rejtct the idea.
And, although Baker said the
Academic Policies and Procedures
Committee didn’t specifically ask
for input from the Student
Government results of an SGA
sponsored survey of student
opinions on the proposal “would be
taken into consideration.”
“I think it’s a grand idea," said
Raker.
West Georgia's team is made up
of ten students: Tom Moore, Bill
Vaughn, Diane Sullins, Kathy
Tally, Ann Barr, Stan Lowery, Bret
Ridgeway, Marty Underwood, Van
Williams, and Clair Dixon. Faculty
advisers are Dr. Bill Phillips and
Dr. inland Gustafson.