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Debaters Undefeated; Arrington Named Top Speaker. Details Next Week VOLUME 47 - NUMBER 5 Zoned Parking Trial: 'A Chinese Fire Drill' By ELLEN WILSON Zoned Parking was passed by the Faculty-Senate on May 15, 1981, when President Maurice Townsend broke a Senate voting deadlock saying, "We'll try it for a year as an experiment, ” The Zoned Parking plan was devised to help control the parking situation, especially around academic buildings, without changing the landscape of the school to accommodate expanded park ing. Zoned Parking is supposed to en courage people to park their cars in one place all day and not drive down the road just to park as close as possible to their classes. It was decided that the amount of parking available was not the problem, but the way it was used caused problems. This quarter, the Zoned Parking "ex periment” went into effect. "Right now, it’s a disaster," said Chief William Tuttle of Public Safety. “It’s like a Chinese fire drill.” During the first three days of classes, Tuttle explained, students are issued only courtesy wam , ing tickets and are not fined “We’ve given hundreds of warning tickets ... people are getting away with murder; they know it and we know it. Next week (September 28 through October 2),” Tuttle said, '‘we'll get even ” What Tut tle means is that there will be no more warning tickets after September 28 “Right now there is no way to predict what’s going to happen (with Zoned Parking). In two weeks or so we will be able to tell better,” Tuttle said. “We have no thoughts so far of abandoning the program; we will be trying to im prove on what we have now. ” “I haven’t had any feedback (on Zon ed Parking) yet," Townsend said Fri day. “I think that is because they are not enforcing it yet.” 1 It's been a while, but it's fun,” said President Maurice Townsend who leaves his j presidential duties in Sanford Hall for an hour each day to teach an 8 a.m. political science class this quarter. 7,000 See Braves Win as College Football Comes to Carrollton BY JEFF STYLES The crowd mills toward the stadium like a living thing, drawn together in its singleness of purpose. A thousand dif ferent types of people with a thousand different types of life-styles, but all with one, dominant thought in their mind. Everyone here is going to see West Georgia s first football team in over 20 years and this night is going to be a study of humanity. The stadium slowly fills with bodies and sounds. People from all the dif ferent areas erf that geographic chunk of terrain that is known as West Georgia. Many who are undoubtedly from somewhere else, are hauling their bodies up the steps and into the stands as they desperately try to find a hospitable niche among the sea of strange faces. Even though this event is a debut of its own kind, most of the participants know how to react. It is, after all, just a football game. And everyone knows what to expect from a crowd of people going to a football game. Everyone knows that you have to \THE WEST GEORGIAN J We've given hundreds of warning tickets people are getting away with mu-der; they know it and we know it Next _ week, we ll get even According to Tuttle, Zoned Parking cost an estimated $2,500 to implement. This cost included all zone signs and pasts and “several spare posts and signs in case some of them disappear,” Tuggle said. The signs are a special size and replacements would have to be ordered, he explained. Because it could take a long time to get replacements, spare signs and posts were included in the original order. “With the campus as crowded as it is,” said Pam Steese, SGA Judiciary Chairman,” (Zoned Parking) is pro bably the best way to (handle the park ing situation). I think it’s not so terrible to walk from one side (of the campus) to another; it’s a nice campus.” Students had other comments about the Zoned Parking system. Often their comments depended on whether they were new to the campus or not. As Lynn Nordey, a junior who transferred to West Georgia this fall, said, “You mean it wasn’t this way last year? Well, I would park by my dorm anyway...” “It’s confusing,” said freshman Lori Brown, "I guess we’U get used to it. I think it’ll work.” “I don’t know it any other way,” said freshman Angie Wood. “I think it’s abide in close quarters for a while and you should make the best of it by behav ing in a friendly manner to those who are around you. An occasional drunk or some other kind of obnoxious individual can make things quite comfortable for everyone but then again, it adds color to the situation and can be entertaining if looked at in the right manner. Everyone knows that popcorn smells better than it tastes and that football stadium cokes will rarely give you more than two good swallows before you find yourself sucking on ice. But that doesn’t stop everyone from stan ding in line to acquire such things. Lines can turn out to be great meeting places also. There’s no telling how many wonderful marriages started out in a refreshment-stand line at a football game. Its getting really crowded now. More and more people are pouring through the gates but nobody really notices because the center of attention is down on the field. The Carrollton High School Marching Band is strutting proudly up and down with horns blaring and flags flying. This band is particularly good. WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON. GA. 30118 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER#3fI,I9BI pretty neat. It’s like having reserved parking.” Robin Jones, freshman said, "It’s confusing. What curbs to park on ... which is which ... I guess it will be bet ter when every one learns ...” Others did not have such a positive outlook on the new parking situation. “It’s irritating. 1 hate to look for a certain area to park in, especially since I don’t know them,” said freshman Leslie Richardson. Freshman Donna Heath said, “It’s fine to keep other people off campus, but it is irritating.” “They should black top the back parking lot, near the Humanities and Social Sciences building. There’s just not enough parking for students. Also, someone should teach people how to park. Some people park across three spaces... I really don’t understand Zon ed Parking ...” explained a junior who calls himself "Wizard.” “There are no parking spaces. It’s awful. I’ve gotten two courtesy tickets already said Hayley Gilleland, freshman. According to sophomore Mark Poindexter, “It really sucks.” Students Awaiting Textbook Shipment If you’ve had trouble getting all of your textbooks for classes, check the bookstore again today. A rush shipment is expected to arrive to replenish the empty shelves. The increase in student enrollment coupled with the closing of the com peting bookstore over the summer, are attributed to the lack of books in the campus store, according to the manager Joan Pope Students have been paying on the average of $Wi to SBO for their books and supplies and this apparently has some of them upset “1 think they are higher than they would be if there were another bookstore around,” said senior Bruce Atwater “I think they’ve gone up because Braves (bookstore) went out of business,” echoed Kathy Clute, sophomore. However Pope isn’t taking the responsibility for the price in crease. "Book prices seem to go up every quarter, I’ve seen them jump as much as $2 in three weeks,” she said. Pope blames the higher prices on publishing companies. “We’re not mak ing much (money). People think we are making a killing, but we’re not,” she Panel Studies Grading of Administrators By DEBBIE GODBEE West Georgia administrators may have new report cards next year. President Maurice Townsend has ap pointed an ad hoc committee to study available literature on ways and means of evaluating administrators and pro duce its own formal administrator evaluation plan for his review. “The major thrust of such a program should be to improve the overall ad ministration of the college, to provide decision-makers with information necessary to strengthen our academic and administrative units, and to strengthen the performance of each ad ministrator,” said Townsend. Its rather large and communicating over their music can become quite a chore since its size and enthusiasm creates enough decibels to blow the spectators in the back of the bleachers right off into the night air. With a grand patriotic ending (complete with a giant flag and red, white and blue balloons) the band wraps up its performance and clears the field with an air of superiori ty and accomplishment. The place is really charged with elec tricity now. The national anthem has been played and there is no longer any reason to be quiet and calm. The air is sliced by various types of cheers: some are organized and some are not. The former usually comes from a section of the crowd filled with short haired young men in button down shirts and ties. The latter just drifts from unspecified points in the mass and floats down onto the playing field where the teams are beginning to file out, ready for the toss and the trot through the cheerleaders magnum-sized paper banner. The spectators are fidgeting in their Continued on page 3 F/ , , I V/ Ar "’• / c * ,/ '* / * j **^*Zl ** w j The Days of Grace Are Over Public Safety will he out to "net even" this week as the ty officials wrote up a record number of “courtesy tickets." crackdown on illegally parked cars begins. Last week, (Photo by David Edwards) students ignored signs everywhere on campus as public safe- i 1 , •***r* p |^as4_ Empty shelves said. “We have to go by wholesale buy ing guides." According to Pope, only a 20 percent mark-up on the publisher's list price is added but she says that’s been a standard for the past two years. Although some students have com plained also about the amount of used books available, Pope said, “We got all Committee chairman Richard Folk director of Instructional and Research Services, said the program should in clude an evaluation and a developmen tal phase. The evaluation phase would assess the administrator to identify his strengths and weaknesses while the developmental phase would aid the in dividual in improving in his weaker areas while maintaining his stronger ones. When the program is complete, which should be after the first of the year, it will also include how the administrator will be evaluated, who will do the evaluating, and what will be done with the evaluations. I XHE EACrli S j The cheerleaders expressed their pre-game sentiments with this magnum sized poster on Saturday night. the used books we could. We bought more used books this quarter than we ever have before.” She said they pur chased used books from eight different wholesalers. Pope explained the reason why prices are so high may he due to the fact that when bookstores buy used books first, Evaluations could be done through faculty, other administrative peers, students or self-reporters, depending on the contact the administrator has with the college population. For example, Folk said students would have pro blems evaluating his job as director of Instructional and Research Services because studenLs rarely see the iaside of his office in Sanford Hall. “There has been a constant concern about evaluations, whether by students or faculty. The idea is to strengthen West Georgia in all facets of what we’re here to do, which is to research, serve the public and educate,” Folk said. noiinoin oc*niiik>n U S POSTAGI PAID CAMOUTOH 040*01* m* in publishing companies will either come out with new editions or up the prices to make up lor lost profits. “But, we are in the business to help students, not rip them off, “she said. Pope also pointed out that profits from the campus store go back into the college, where as a privately owned bookstore funds do not go to the school. Wednesday, the first day of classes, was the busiest day for store personnel. "We've been working on re-orders all day long. They're buying books, soft goods, and supplies,” Pope said Friday. Pope said prices seem to go up more for the fall quarter and that publishers are coming out with new editions more frequently. “That hurts,” she says. Used books are sometimes significantly lower-priced and when the bookstore buys them back, they pay half-price regardless of whether it was anew or used. There has been discussion concerning a student directed book exchange pro gram sponsored by the Student Govern ment However, according to recently elected president, Michael Kay, nothing has been decided yet. “There’s always room to improve and everyone wants to improve,” he said. Other committee members are: Dr. Bruce Lyon, Dean of Student Services; Dr. Frank Hunsicker, chairman of the department of management and marketing; Dr. Prentice Gott, Assis tant Dean of the School of Education; Dr. Donald Wells, chairman of the political science department; Harris Holmes, director of personnel; Lisa I>edbetter, director of publications and printing; Charles Wilson, chairman of special studies; and Dr. Michael Mc- Cord, associated director of In structional and Research Services.