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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 16
Two Local Students
Killed in Auto Wreck
A West Georgia College freshman
and a local high school student were
killed in a single-car accident early
last Wednesday morning when the
driver apparently lost control of her
car and rammed into a telephone pole
Sheryl Ann Bridges, 18, of
Tallapoosa and a freshman here, and
Michael Todd Rather, 18, a senior of
Carrollton High School, were both
dead on arrival at Tanner Memorial
Hospital after suffering massive head
injuries in the collision It was
Pavilion Project Moves
From Love Valley Site
BY MARK McCLOUD
A new dimension will be added to the
West Georgia campus with the con
struction of a pavilion to be used for out
door concerts, displays and summer
campus purposes
The $25,000 project will be funded by
Auxiliary Enterprises and school of
ficials are expecting the building to be
completed by summer quarter
The pavilion was planned for Love
Valley on what is now the duck pond
However, upon recommendation by the
Institutional Studies and Planning
Committee, a location behind the ar
chery range was eventually selected
The reason for the change was that it
was felt by the committee that the
metal building would detract from the
campus atmosphere
West Georgia Students Take
First at SIMUN Competition
BY STAN HARDEGKEE
For the second consecutive year,
West Georgia participated and won
awards in the Southeastern Invitational
Model United Nations (SIMUN) com
petition at Auburn University Feb. 12,
13 and 14
l,ed by Cheryl Lovell and represen
ting the United States. Michael Kay,
Pam Steese and Tony Bauman won
first place in the General Assembly
competition over 89 other teams It was
the first time West Georgia has placed
first Also representing West Georgia
were Mike Flinn, Keenan Mitchell and
Bobby Smith, who were on the Iraq
team
Teams from Auburn and 15 other
schools met and formed three of the
seven committees which constitute the
United Nations to debate issues of inter
national importance, i.e., Palestinian
autonomy, terrorism, etc , and attempt
to pass resolutions answering par
ticular problems The committees were
Barry Easterwood Brings Music From Around the World
' Exposure' Celebrates 50 Broadcasts on WWGC
BY MICHAEL BVRI)
Barry Easterwood takes the task of
bringing selected imported music to the
ears of West Georgia very seriously It
is his calling, in a way.
Celebrating 50 airings of "Exposure”
last Tuesday on WWGC. the mass com
munications major has lost none of his
zeal He arrives 20 minbtes early for the
10 p.m to 2 a m show He looks like
that comic caricature of the housewife
with hubby's charge cards after a shop
ping spree Boxes and bags ip his arms
practically cover his face On this par
ticular night, every thing is wrapped in
plastic or hidden under a raincoat It’s
raining hard, so hard that the DJ runn
ing the shift before Easterwood ex
perienced more than four power
outages and the disc-jockeys
nightmare—dead air.
People at parties tell
me they listen—people
from Spain, Finland,
Greece, and even a
French teacher.'
WEST GEORGIAN
Rather’s 18th birthday.
According to police, Bridges and
Rather, employees at a local fast-food
restaurant had worked late Tuesday
night. Bridges was driving them east
on Bankhead Highway when she lost
control of her Toyota Celica on a
curve. The car became airborne,
clipped a sign, hit a telephone pole
and spun off and hit a tree before
landing upside down.
Funeral services for the two were
last Saturday
According to committee chairman,
Dr. Gerald Sanders, if the pavilion were
to be built in Love Valley, it might
“stick out like a sore thumb. We had to
consider what the building would look
like 10 years from now," Sanders said
The structure is being built "primari
ly to relieve the pressure from the gym
and Z-6,” Sanders said The pavilion
will have a stage and bathroom
facilities
Meanwhile, since there is no longer
sufficient water flow to keep the duck
pond attractive and since it would even
tually dry up, Pete Russell, director of
Campus Development and Engineer
ing, says the pond will probably be fill
ed back in and restored to lawn condi
tions
Political and Security, Economic and
Social and the Special Political commit
tee The Security Council was also in
cluded
Dr Paul Masters, faculty adviser,
says the sponsor of the event assigns
specific countries to the competing
teams Being assigned the United
States allowed West Georgia to again
compete in the Security Council since
the United States maintains a perma
nent seat on the council.
Teams are judged by how accurately
they protray their assigned countries.
Masters said that representing the
United States was especially difficult in
that there is anew administration that,
in concert with U S. allies, must at
tempt to pass resolutions condemning
Soviet policy in Afghanistan and Poland
and exhibit a more assertive foreign
policy overall.
Last year ’s team placed second in the
Security Council and General
Assembly.
But the 50th anniversary has
favorable karma. Methodically Easter
wood unloads his important
audiophile’s arsenal albums, singles,
his personal record cleaner kit and,
perhaps most importantly, his notes
They are meticulous, a playlist with ar
tist names, song titles, and countries of
origin He’s done his homework.
Pronunciation of the artists and song
titles on his infrequent “voice breaks"
sound like an argument in the United
Nations Slowly, nearly monotonic, he
runs down a list ot 27 cuts to be played
this particular night from 26 countries.
There have actually been more than
50 airings of an imported music show .
Easterwood did 28 broadcasts erf ’’Ab
solutely Elsewhere” beginning on April
8, 1979 The format was the same as
“Exposure" which began on Jan. 8,
1980 He hasn’t missed or been late for a
shift since its inception.
The idea for an imported music pro
gram came as a result of Easterwood’s
own music preference, and a feeling
that the station format was not suffi
ciently diversified, a view he still holds.
“The music I was listening to was im
port, and I didn’t hear any on this sta
tion.”
Keith Ellison, then music program
director liked the idea “Absolutely
Elsewhere” started as a one-hour taped
broadcast "on the afternoon of some
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More Services Now Available for the Handicapped
FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS encounter the obvious physical as well
Most students at West Georgia as cooperative difficulties >
move from class to class, from dorm These people are not to despair
rooms to the Student Center, from because there are services here
front campus to Food Service and available for the handicapped, many
rarely, if ever, stop to appreciate the more now than ever before, according
ease of their mobility. But what about to Dr. Ann Phillips, counselor in the
those handicapped students who Student Development Center.
weekday,” Easterwood said It grew
“They just kept allotting me more
time."
“Steve Harper, the drummer in my
band also helps me choose some
music.” Easterwood is manager of a
local band, "Alaska ” There is so much
imported music I try to play a wide
variety of styles But I do neglect some
of it which I find personally
distasteful.”
The name "Exposure” comes from a
song by Peter Gabriel of Genesis,
Easterwood said. Another of Easter
wood’s favorites, Robert Fripp record
ed an album titled “Exposure”,
“That’s what I try to do on this show
expose people to music they haven’t
heard before,” he added.
The station import expert obviously
never tires of hearing his “brand”. He
repeatedly turns the volume up on the
studio speakers between questions in an
interview.
The show has gone through some
changes since its birth. “I used to talk a
little more and read a few news clipp
ings. The management didn’t like it.
There’s not supposed to be any editorial
‘tilt’ allowed. I was never told directly
not to do it, but it was put to me in a way
that everyone knew what was being
said,” Easterwood indicated.
He relishes fans who compliment his
show. “People at parties tell me they
Choosing the Acts ;
The CPB Decides
BY JIM HAMMETT
The College Program Board has been
under attack for several months now.
The verbal barrage stems from the fact
that many students here at West
Georgia are not satisfied with the enter
tainment that the CPB sponsors,
presents, pays for or obtains one could
say. Students want more bands, more
smaller concerts, or "something enter
taining.”
An analysis
If one doubts the verity of the lack of
CPB concert support, just attend one of
the coffee house concerts at Z-6 There
are usually no more than 30 folks there.
Is it the lack of funds that limits the
College Program Board’’
The CPB’s budget for the year was
about $45,000, according to Mel
Caraway, Student Activity director
Around S29,(KK) is used by the CPB con
cert committee.
Where does this money come from?
The CPB’s total budget stems from
allocation of Student Activity fees and
the Business Office. The Business Of
fice decides on a projected income. 'Phis
year’s projected income was $16,500.
This is the figure the Business Office
believes the CPB will earn.
At this point, the CPB’s actual
revenue is about S2O,(KM) according to
Caraway.
Where has some of this money gone?
On whom has it been spent?
listen people from Spain, h inland,
Greece, and even a French teacher.
Then there are those who call up, ask
ing why he plays and where he finds
“all that wierd music.”
I will get a call from a football player,
or a drunk, asking for Southern rock. I
tell them to request import music. If I
have it, I’ll play it. If they don't want to
do that, I tell them they can turn the
channel. Then I thank them for listen
ing. They don’t bother me much. ”
Station management has presented
few obstacles for “Exposure ”
‘At one time during the Susan Lord
administration (the station manager
last year) they tried to whittle my
showtime down some. Otherwise
they’ve always been kind and given me
time. I abide by FCC rules, so they (sta
tion management) don’t examine my
selections. I play what I want.”
, Although “Exposure” is given a free
reign, Easterwood still believes the sta
tion need more efforts extended to pre
sent different kinds of music to the West
Georgia audience. Since the station is
non-commercial, he believes there is no
reason to “sell” the music to the au
dience. If a listener doesn’t like what is
being played at the time on WWGC, he
can turn the dial to just about any for
mat he prefers, be it rock, country, etc.
Continued on page 6
WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 18,1981
The Mother's Finest-Brains concert
cost roughly SII,OOO. This includes the
$6,000 paid to M.F. and SSOO paid to the
Brains, while ticket production fees,
concert lighting fees and payment of
police and security cost around $4,500.
"The concert grossed close to $12,500."
says Caraway.
This concert made money, it’s ob
vious But were the students satisfied?
“Mother's Finest is shoved down our
throats." “If you’re a freshman,
they’re okay, but what about up
perclassmen. We want something
new." Attendance at the concert was
mainly teenagers and freshmen.
What of less expensive shows? Nina
Kahle was paid $750, with fewer than 15
people at the performance. The school
paid SSO for each of those students to see
Kahle. Robert Starling was paid $450;
there were about 30 people in the au
dience. Michael Guthrie will appear
March 3 at Z-6. He will be paid SSOO, ac
cording to Laurie Paul, chairman of
CPB These acoustic performances are
not drawing crowds.
What about alternatives? “Because
of weekend programming, we’ve run
short of money,” says Paul,
Homefcoming cost about $4,000. This
included a dance band, “Devastation”,
and a performance by Gene Cotton The
crowd turnout for both of these shows
was very good.
Continued on page 6
Phillips, who is responsible for
coordination of service programs for
handicapped students, has assisted
over the last two years in organizing a
“Handicap Support Group.’’ The
group serves to provide the handicap
ped with a home base, mainly for the
personal sharing of experiences, to
discuss difficulties encountered and
campuswide changes they would like
to see.
’* Since disabilities also include
organic disabilities, handicapped stu
dents have expressed need for a
first-aod counseling program. The
program mainly will cover some do’s
and don’t’s about first aid in cases of
epilepsy, cerebral palsy, multiple
sclerosis, or partial blindness and
deafness.
Phillips said, “The administration
and faculty are very cooperative. I like
to prepare teachers for handicapped
students - to ‘pave the way’.”
And “pave the way” she does, by
providing, for example: carbonized
note paper for deaf students; setting
up oral exams for blind students;
providing reader to read material to
the blind; and acting as a liaison
between the students and vocational
rehabilitation counselors in order for
the disabled to obtain work experience
in their field.
Services available for blind students
and the visually impaired include a
braille typewriter, a career information
center in braille as well as in larg
print, a large print dictionary and a
catalog for “talking” books.
Pete Russell, director of Campus
Development and Engineering, point
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ed out many physical alterations made
to provide easy accessibility for the
handicapped.
Changes made at the entrance of
the library include an extended ramp,
gravel removed and poured over with
concrete, and the curb and gutter cut
out and sloped to the sidewalk.
Short water fountains are provided
all around campus They are
especially designed for those in a
wheelchair, just as are restroom
facilities with railings.
There is an increased number of
parking spaces marked for the
handicapped.
Other campuswide changes include
ramps leading into doorways; one-time
graveled areas now paved; walkways
extended and paved; cracks in
sidewalks repaired; and curbs and
gutters cut out and sloped up to
sidewalks.
Street signs have also been raised
to the blind can walk under them
safely.
Russell pointed out lack of funds a s
a major obstacle, but nevertheless
concluded, “We try to do everything
which is requested if it is within our
economic means.”
Future projects for the handicapped
are installation of more elevators and
a “Handicap Resource Booklet"
listing services available here for the
handicapped.
It is simply a matter of reaching
out, according to Phillips. “I at least
want the students to have the
knowledge that there is someone who
can try to help,” she said.