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VOLUME 47 - NUMBER 8
Panel To Use ‘Common Sense'
Approach in University Research
BY ELLEN WILSON
West Georgia officials do not intend
to dive head first into the prospect of
university status. Instead the Universi
ty Status Steering Committee will pre
sent to the Board of Regents a plan
which will allow the college to phase in
to its new status over a five year period.
“We would rather remain a good
solid four-year college than become a
second rate, mediocre university-in
name-only,” said Dr. Richard Folk,
Director of Instructional Research Ser
vices and recently-appointed Chairman
of the University Status Steering Com
mittee. This committee has been set up
to assess the potentialities of the school
as a university.
This committee will probe into every
aspect of the college to determine the
feasibility of becoming a univesity —a
first-rate university. The committee
will then submit its completed proposal
to the Board of Regents of the Universi
ty System of Georgia.
Folk said the school will use a com
mon sense-approach towards becoming
a university rather than of a child
screaming, “I want to be a university
this minute.”
This approach was outlined by Presi
dent Maurice Townsend when he set up
the steering committee. The commit
tee, according to Folk, feels it would be
better to present a plan that phases the
school into university status over a
period of five years. This is thought to
be a different approach from that taken
by Georgia Southern and Valdosta
State in their proposals of being
elevated to a university. It is believed
that these sister Institutions will seek
university status immediately.
Students, Police Co-Habitate in Aycock Hall
BY DEBBIE GODBEE
Would you want to live in a residence
hall which also housed the campus
police station? Some West Georgia
males are, and neither they nor the
public safety officials seem to mind.
The second and third floors of Aycock
Hall were cleaned and renovated dur
ing the summer to provide temporary
housing for male students until they
could be placed in rooms in the other
halls.
Public Safety offices are located on
the first floor of the building, but the up
per levels had not been used to house
student s in almost 10 years
The housing arrangement has caused
no major problems for public safety,
according to Assistant Chief Jeff May.
“There are from time to time little
noises wiien people above me drop
things. And from time to time one of us
has to go up and ask them to cut down
their stereos,” he said.
Other problems pertain to parking
and to room keys. The locks to the
rooms are old, so there are a lot of
malfunctions, May said. “One student
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'We would rather remain a good solid four-year college
than become a second-rate, mediocre
university-in-name-only'—Folk
It is Folk’s feeling that the gradual
approach will give the school a better
chance to be ready should it become a
university in five years —and still have
room for improvement. In fact, the plan
to become a university in the next five
years projects an additional five years
to add new programs and put "em
phasis on research, emphasis on con
tinued improved instruction, and
magnification on efforts to serve the
community," Folk said.
When Townsend announced in
September plans to apply to the Board
of Regents for consideration, he took
the first step in a long series of steps
which must be taken before West
Georgia can become a university.
Univesity System Chancellor Vernon
Crawford has approved Townsend's
plan and authorized the school to sub
mit the formal proposal.
This proposal or institutional review,
according to the “Procedures for
Determining the Feasibility of Altering
the Mission and Status of an Institution
of the University System”, adopted by
the Board of Regents during their
September and December meetings
will include: a “needs assessment” of
the school, students, and community; a
study on the impact of West Georgia’s
proposed status change on other in
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had to be spoken to because he kept
locking himself out of his room. ”
“We’ve got a pretty good relationship
with them,” said Steve Moore,
freshman from Cartersville. “It’s not
any different from any other dorm.
Rush Hour
before classes begin. Long lines of students have been seen
backing the drivers up to ten car lengths. (Photo by David
Edwards.)
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stitutions including those programs
which need to be changed or added in
the case of a status change; a study of
the facility requirements and personnel
additions which would be necessary to
the change; a budgetary plan and any
additional information which the
chancellor might request.
The University Status Steering Com
mittee will be the driving force behind
this review which is the initial phase in
the actual process leading to the final
decision about West Georgia’s status.
The committee members are Folk,
Townsend; Vice President and Dean of
Faculties, John Lewisr Vice President
of Business and Finances, Kenneth Bat
chelor; Dean of Student Services, Bruce
Lyon; Dean of School of Education,
Evelyn Fulbright; Dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences, Richard Dangle;
Dean of the School of Business Mark
Miller; Director of Continuing Educa
tion and Public Services Stephen Mc-
Cutcheon, and Director of the library,
Charles Beard.
According to Folk, these people were
chosen to sit on this extremely impor
tant committee because they are “key
people with access to needed informa
tion and the resources and ability to
pull together other information which
They come up here and talk to us, and
they tell us if our stereos are on too
loud. But, we’ve found out now how high
we can turn it up. ”
“It’s not like they’re running up here
every five minutes; they don’t bother
they need. This way, accurate informa
tion will be fed in to the process and
later, to the Board of Regents.”
The committee is presenty working
on the needs assessment portion of the
institutional review.
This part of the study will measure
the cost-effectiveness of teaching the
students in relationship to the jobs
available for them in the area. The cost
effectiveness will be compared to
similar figures at other existing
Georgia universities both state
system and private.
Using the following hypothetical
situation, Folk explained what the main
work of the needs assessment would in
clude. “If we decided that, as a univer
sity, we would build our nursing pro
gram to a four-year program rather
than a two-year course, we would have
to answer the following questions in our
report: What kind of faculty would we
need? Do we need MD’s to teach higher
nursing courses? What laboratory
needs would we have? What kind of
hospital connections would we need?
And most importantly, how much
money would this cost, and where
would that money come from? And
then...what about jobs for graduates of
the program?” Folk commented, “We
will need to find out what academic
areas we should concentrate in; which
ones will be most useful to people in our
target area. The whole gamut of educa
tional programs will have to be
studied."
According to the September 1980 edi
tion of the System Summary, a publica
tion of the University System, a senior
four-year college is defined as an in-
us. My dad laughed when I told him
where we were staying and said
‘Good! ’, said Moore.
“I don’t mind it one bit; it’s a good
place to live. They’re not real strict on
us,” said Andy Irvin, Dunwoody
freshman.
Scotty Scoggins, freshman from
Chamblee, said, “It’s fine because we
lock ourselves out of our rooms and we
can just go down there and they will
come up and let us in.”
All of the students will be moved out
of the rooms in Aycock before the end of
this quarter, Tom Martin, residence life
director said.
But, most of the temporary residents
are happy where they are, according to
Scoggins. “We know everybody in the
dorm and if they move us to another
room, it’ll take us another three or four
weeks to get to know everbody again.”
“I don’t want to move out of here
before next quarter because I’ve got too
much stuff up here,” said Irvin.
“It’s fun, and Watson Hall (women’s
dorm) is right next door,” said Scog
gins.
Buying Power Program Gets Third Trial
BY LISA KERLEY
The Student Government Association
is once again sponsoring the Student
Buying Power Program which
enables students to receive discounts
from local merchants.
“The Student Buying Power Pro
gram is designed to provide students
cheaper ways to live while at college,”
says SGA vice president Tony
Baumann.
The program was first started in Fall
of 1980 by former president Randy
Evans. The program got off to a poor
start after 14 local merchants had the
understanding that with the Student
Buying Power Cards, they would also
receive “free advertising,” in the West
Georgian and in “advertising flyers.”
However, free advertising space in the
campus newspaper was never promis
ed and Evans wound up apologizing to
the merchants.
Last year, the SGA recruited 30 local
merchants for the program in which
discounts were available for students
with valid I.D. cards. Free advertising
was issued to businesses by flyers
which were distributed to students
through the campus mail.
A recent survey conducted by the
SGA concluded that out of the students
who participated, two-thirds had used
the buying power program.
More than 35 merchants were con
sulted last spring about the upcoming
program, however Baumann said last
week that they had only received 14
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13 Candidates Running For
SGA Senatorial Positions
BY LASONA RAWLINS
SGA Senate candidates for the 1981-82
academic year are now into the cam
paigning stages of the election after a
meeting last Thursday to discuss elec
tion policies and procedures.
SGA Vice President Tony Baumann
informed the applicants of the
academic requirements for the senate
position and stressed the need for a fair
and courteous campaign. Baumann
also explained how students will be
voting when they go to the polls on Oc
tober 20.
With 12 senate positions available,
Baumann stated that there will be three
seats in each school. Each candidate
will be running in the school of his ma
jor. Any offices that remain vacant
after the election on the Tuesday will be
filled through appointments by the SGA
Senate.
On Tuesday, the ballot will show 13
names listed according to the school in
which they are running.
SCHOOL OF ARTS
In the school of arts and sciences,
Marty Carpenter, junior criminal
justice major, said, “I feel it is time to
get off my can and do something con
structive for the students! ”
Another junior, Twana Gardner said,
“Being a student of West Georgia for
over three years, and previous SGA ex
perience enables me to want to take
part in the SGA. I will perform my best
in informing the students of what is go
contracts. “This year we are trying to
get a good diversity of businesses not
all clothes or fast food places. We’d like
to get a steak or a pizza place,” he said.
A local health spa, the Raquetball
club is reportedly working on a contract
concerning discounts on membership
rates.
Government Day Arrangements Jell;
Parking, Cable TV Studies Underway
BY GREGORY HILL
The S.G.A. is planning a Government
Day on Nov. 10, and is studying the
parking situation on campus and the
feasibility of cable television in all
residence halls.
Twenty-five businesses were con
tacted to participate in the Government
Day program. Six booths will be set up
in the Student Center, Room 3A. Fur
ther details will be released later.
The S.G.A. is comparing this year’s
parking with last year’s problem as
well as temporary housing. Infirmary
problems, lighting problems and park
ing ticketing will be the basic main con
cerns for the 1981-82 school year, accor
ding to Vice-President Tony Baumann.
Student representatives have been
assigned to serve on various Faculty-
Senate Committees.
The Academic Programs Committee
consists of Louis Amis, chairman, Cliff
Oxford and Gregory Hill.
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ing on and to influence them in taking
more interest in the school. ”
Julie E. Johnson wants the chance to
represent her fellow students. “Asa
senior at West Georgia, I have seen this
institution go through many changes. I
look forward to being a voice for the
students in how and what future
changes occur.”
Michael Jones, also running for a seat
in the school of arts and sciences, is a
sophomore and a biology major. “I feel
I have an important contribution to of
fer our student government with the ex
perience I have gained throughout life.
My main interest is to get involved in
the decision-making process of our stu
dent body and to offer some fresh new
ideas.”
Majoring in psychology, Kristen
Lewis feels she can add to the leader
ship of the senate. Kristen says, “I am
willing to work with and for all the
students of WGC. I will try to do my
best as a student government senator
and as a representative of WGC.”
Senior political science major Bobby
Curtis Smith, Jr. says, “I am seeking
the position of senator because I feel
that I can make positive contributions
to the SGA. Having served in the
capacity of student advisory council
representative, senator and president
of SGA at other institutions, I am very
familiar with the duties of the position
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The SGA is hoping this year’s pro
gram gets underway shortly after next
week’s senate elections. However, they
are still in the process of recruiting
businesses, he said.
Baumann stressed the importance of
the awareness of the program and us
ing it only to the student’s advantage.
cedures Committee consists of Tony
Bauman, chairman, Cameilla Johnson,
Steve Malone and Donald Rhodes.
The Learning Resources Committee
consists of Dana Pace, chairman and
Solomon Thomas.
The General College Matters Com
mittee consists of Emery Mills, chair
man, Sharon Jones, Alan Castor and
Carla Glover.
The Instructional Planning Commit
tee consists of Pam Steese, chairman,
Sam Mosteller and Scott Bragg.
The Student Services Committee con
sists of Karen Seymour, chairman,
Mona Thompson, Carla Glover, Steve
Malone, Julia Rupurod, Donald
Rhodes, Debbie Christenson and
Ginger Barrow.
Die Student Activities consists of
Alan Castor, chairman, Mehra Sargent,
Debbie Christenson, Cam Coxwell, Cliff
Oxford, Sharon Jones, Frank Langston
and Gregory Hill.
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