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Newspaper Page Text2 THE WEST GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21,1981 Opinion Stay This Weekend No, there won’t be a real Homecom ing celebration this weekend with floats, the crowning of anew Queen, or any other such festivities. That will come next quarter during the basketball season. But, this week 'a game with Randolph- Macon will be something special. Many former West Georgia football players, other alumni, and families will be traveling to Carrollton to see for themselves just how good their alma mater’s new football team really is. The College Program Board Ls bring Business Accreditation Following suit to improve West Georgia's image is the School of Business, which is seeking national ac creditahon for it’s programs It's about time. West Georgia made their first at tempt for the sanctioning in 1976 -but was turned down. We feel the school may have been slighted then. Perhaps asking for approval on both the bac caluareate and graduate levels was asking a bit much This time, we are seeking approval solely on the undergraduate level. There’s no ear thly reason why we shouldn’t be granted our wish this time. However, it could be Spring 1983 before we ever see the business school certified. We wonder why the school of business administration didn’t try again sooner. Nevertheless, it’s a deci Visitation Rules Visitmg hours in dorms are there for a reason: so that people may visit their friends, but not overstay their visit. A person with an eight o’clock class needs to la* in tied by midnight which is the weekday hour for visitors to leave. But there are people who use visiting hours to simply go erasin', to prowl the halls of dornus whether they are visiting anyone or not Male students who hang around in the halls of girls' dormitories who are not visiting anyone in particular and who, as often happens, stay past midnight talking loudly are, at best, thoughtless Their presence and aimless socializing is not only a distraction to students who are trying to study or visit with friends, but, as the hour grows late, it becomes a very crude invasion of privacy. Some coeds have complained that they have stumbled out of sleep in the wee hours of the night, made their way THE WEST GEORGIAN EDITOR Mark McCloud MANAGING EDITOR DebbieGodbee NEWS EDITOR Ellen Wilson ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Hal Partridge ASSISTANT ENT’ EDITOR Bob Haynie ART EDITOR Alan Kuykendall SPORTS EDITOR Mike Mead SPORTS REPORTERS Dave Miles, George Agnos. Eric Herbst COPY EDITOR Jo Mathen.v ADVERTISING MANAGER Dennis Cooper STAFF WRITERS Allen Adair Kelly Frainey, Kim Crowe, Amy Wilson, Cindy Booker. Eldred Hightower, Lisa Kerley, Jeff Styles, Anne Wallace, Derwin Smith, Jacqueline Elliott, LaSona Rawlins Barbara McKinms Twana Gardner STAFF ACCOUNTANT Judy Wells PHOTO EDITOR David Edwards PHOTOGRAPHER John Steed ADVISER JoeCumming The West Georgian Ls published every Wednesday during the fall quarter ex cept for final exams week Office hours are from ltosp m each weekday Subscriptions are $5 per year. Please send name and address along with pay ment to: Subscription Dept.. The West Georgian, Student Center, Carrollton. Ga 30118 Editorial policies and unsigned editorials reflect the consensus of the Editorial Board of the West Georgian The board will consist of the editor, managing editor and five editors selected by them The Board is also responsi ble for amending policy when the need arises ing The Producers for a concert that evening following the game. If West Georgia's football program continues in its successful course this year, it’s very possible that there will be two annual Homecoming Weekends or that the present one will be moved from basketball season to football. Whatever the decision is, we en courage students to stay on campus this weekend and plan their own homecom ing celebrations this year. It may be the rebirth of another tradition for West Georgia. sion that’s long overdue and we are glad to see them trying for it again. With the increased emphasis on graduates with business degrees, it can only work to our advantage. Coasider ing the fact that only 10 percent of the nation’s colleges/universities are ap proved by thus organization, thus should look good on West Georgia’s record. We feel the School of Business has a quality program and a quality staff to comple ment it. The accreditation us a measure of quality and it separates schools that don’t quite meet that standard with those that do. This separation of quality could mean the difference when West Georgia grads are seeking jobs. Seek ing jobs’ 7 Isn’t that what college Ls all about? down the hall wearing nothing more than a night shirt and the strands of the dreams they have just broken, assum ing they were alone Then, suddenly, they are startled to find themselves confronted by male “visitors" who are treating the place and hour as if it were a Friday night lieer bust. Director of Residence Life Tom Mar tin has expressed serious concern over these violatioas of visiting hours He means to take action to enforce the visiting hour rules We agree that this us important to lie done Any visitor friend or stranger who is not sensitive enough to leave when a person being visited says, "I have an eight o’clock class tomorrow," should know that the visiting hour rule is going to be enforced. It is there as a substitute for their temporary lack of manners It is there for a purpose The Difference Is Worth Knowing'— By Mark McCloud, Editor © • ,f3ri When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant. I could hardly stand to have the man around. But, when I got to be 21,1 was as tounded at how much the old man learned in seven years. Mark Twain. That little passage has been hanging around my house for a long time and although I understood the humor of it, since I'm 21 this month, it caught my eye as well as my imagination Reflec ting over my youth, now that I realize tis over, f can recall the many stages of misinformation that I've lived through I'm sure we can all remember periods in our life when we thought we knew all there was to know and then the dawn suddenly lit on anew ly discovered slice of life Shortly after learning the "facts of life” and I felt goyishly confident that I had the full story about where babies came from, my family moved down South where I first discovered that there were actually people who were "t>orn again " Damned if I could figure out how they managed that. < \/oo\hcxov\s\ yf i sub \ rfibSL Vdo\+'.y I 'l/ /'VoSI it M K\ 1 CijJe r\ ifn W M \\a IN\ Mfy S\ Tl I "iM Mi jam |ftT ' lift N \ I / ft -— 4 l \ H : l|ji — tot In Style By Jeff Styles \ Through the smoggy skies of subur ban Ixis Angeles, to the poverty stricken slums of Boston, one lone figure stands out. shining as a symbol of hope to upper class America, the symbol of affluency and conservatism. Right Man has become the nation's number one super-hero in the fight against liberal ignorance. Right Man who leaps to the sky with a hearty cry of "Hi Ho Stockman" is the only thing standing between the op pressed and bewildered silent majority and the hordes of bleeding-heart humanists who threaten to take over the world. With his nifty uniform of gray tweed and his sparkling eyeglasses of gold, Right Man strikes fear into the heart of even the most outspoken liberal. When leaders of the country find that their plans are being foiled by the petty complaints of environmental ex tremists, or even worse, civil rights workers, thev send out a signal for help, sos sos and Right Man comes streaking to their aid. Faster than a cruise missile, more powerful than the NRA gun lobby. Right Man will always answer the call. We find Right Man disguised as his alter ego, mild mannered James Watt, quiet yet hard working Secretary of the Interior for President Reagan Letters Frustrations The Editor: My complaints with this college don’t concern themselves with any lofty in justices. There are no peat wrongs to set right: there are no intolerances to conquer. My complaints center around the minor frustration and petty defeats that fill West Georgia. For instance who is responsible for covering over the Duck Pond (in Love Valley)? With that gone, the most Keep Your Chin Up While I realize 1 wasn’t wandering alone along the path of misinformation I’m sure most of us can recall with a smile of chagrin some whimsical view held about the working of the adult world My sister had a cat misnamed Tinkerbell she turned out to be a tom cat. Undaunted, my sister patiently waited for the day that Tinkerbeil would have kittens She finally decided to take matters into her own hands and gave the cat a push in the right direc tion We woke up one morning to find her holding that damn tom-cat on top of two eggs hoping they 'd hatch into kit tens of course Then, there were all those things my parents always told me, but I had to find out about them for myself Those included the mythical figures of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy, and the green monster with the hairy hands who lived under my bed Other things my parents told me: Keep your chin up Smile, it takes less muscles to smile New Hero “Jim," we hear the president call, “how are the plans going for turning Yellowstone over to the Exxon Com pany'’ They have assured me that there is plenty of uranium hidden under all those pesky trees and we don't need to keep them waiting. They get so angry sometimes." Peeking out from under an enormous pile of signatures demanding his im mediate resignation, "Damned Sierra Club’ ’he mutters to himself; he replies, “Coming along nicely sir. Just give me a few more days and I’m sure that we can have the park, I mean “area”, in the rights hands. The mountains will simply be alive with the sound of bulldozers." “Good. Good." The President replies as he drifts into his fourth nap of the day. Suddenly, the "hot Line" rings Somewhere big business is in trouble. Leaping over the bound body of a Washington democrat. Watt snatches the phone. The voice on the other end in forms him that an army of obviously in sane environmental extremists had surrounded the construction site of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant. They had some big names with them. A couple of rock stars and a few movie celebrities; it could get nasty. His duty clear, Watt slams down the romantic place left on campus is Z-6. Have you ever tasted the coffee from the machines in the Education Center? That one taste more than any other single item is responsible for more suicides on campus than any other single factor. As I’ve said these are minor offenses They do not matter much to the educa tional process. I would however, look back in a more favorable light on my college newspaper were I to forget that its slogan was “A Sack O’ Hell newspaper". than it does to frown Learn from the experiences of others you don’t have to make every mistake in the book yourself If you can t make a point using plain English, maybe you don't have a point In order to make someone else happy, you must first be happy yourself If it is worth doing, it’s worth doing, right Winning is not always good for you You have to learn how to lose If you're driving too fast and you hear the back door close St. Christopher just got out Choose your friends carefully, and don't hang out with creeps It's easier to admit a mistake than to have to continually cover up for one Telling lies will give you pimples on your tongue Paying someone a compliment makes two people happy Paying so meone a criticism makes one of them bitter It ’s better to give than receive Eagles soar, pigeons flock (Turkeys do tool phone and races into the closet. Being careful not to let any of the homesex uals out, he dons his uniform and takes to the sky. Right Man to the rescue. Arriving on the scene, the first thing that catches Right Man's eye is the fallen body of one of the protestors. Standing over the body is a large con struction worker with a smoking pistol in his hand. "My God” Right Man exclaims, noticing the long hair of the fallen pro testor and the marijuana leaf on his T shirt, “I hope you’ve got a permit to carry that pistol. Otherwise it could fuel the protests of those bothersome gun control organizations.' ’ “Of course I have,” comments the worker as he proudly displays his chest tattoo stating “If guns are outlawed, on ly outlaws will have guns”. “Good then.” Right Man responds, “And by the way, loveyourtattoo lt’s so original.’’ Gingerly stepping over the body he strides to one of the plant's massive cooling towers and demands the atten tion of the crowd. “Good people.” Right Man bellows, using his super voice control, “You are being misled. I know that you think you are doing the right thing, but you are making a mistake. Hus plant will be us ed to provide our great country with the power that it needs to see us through the These minor frustrations must be dealt with because change will not come quickly. Many of these problems have good, solid reasons. I can understand why physical education is required, but must I don a jock strap and run for six quarters? All of these annoyances from the fact that campus security officers drive through the college like komakazi pilots to the lack of sexually aggressive women pale in significance when com pared to the fact that you can’t find a parking space at 9:30 in the morning. Michael Wilson Be different Life would be miserable if everyone was the same. Be yourself Don't dnnk and drive it can only lead to trouble There’s one way to do every thing, it's figuring out how that's hard Never argue with a policeman A squeaky wheel will get the oil I realize now that I’ve probably wish ed half of my life away trying to get to the next age bracket When I got to be 15,1 could hardly wait to be 16 so 1 could dnve a car Next, I was wishing to be 18 so I could legally enjoy a beer For the last 3 years I thought being 21 would really make the difference Not only would I be legal in all fifty states, it seemed to me that I would have at last truly reached adulthood But then, on second thought, I just realized something else That’s the end of “wishing for age" that 1 thought would automatically produce wisdom I may be a little smarter than when I first started out, but nobody wishes to be 30 Do they? 1980's. It will heat our homes, power our T.V. sets, and provide jobs for thousands." “What about the fact that the plant is built on an earthquake fault and is liable to ex.umph One protester manages to get out before Right Man can signal to his henchmen in the crowds “Nuclear Power is good," he con tinues. “It is good, clean, safe way to provide energy to the people of America. If one site is built on an earth quake zone. Hey, that’s the breaks. You’ve just got to learn to trust the scientists who deal with nuclear power every day.” Obviously moved by this display of patriotism and faith in American know how, the crowd begins to hum “America the Beautiful" as they put down their signs of protest and accept the GOP lapel buttons being passed out by Right Man’s assistants in the crowd. And seeing that his job is done, Right Man turns to the setting sun, slightly steps over the growing crack in the wall of the cooling tower, and thinks to himself as a tear of happiness rolls down his cheek, “Screwed ’em again. This is getting easy.’’ And with a mighty leap, he takes off, into the sunset, looking for anew adven ture. Corrections In last week’s edition, we in advertently reported that the SGA was organizing and planning Government day. Well, that wasn’t quite right. The SGA is helping with the plans, however, the Placement Office is directly sponsoring the event. The West Georgian also erred in the photo identification of SGA can didate, Bobby Curtis Smith Jr. He was identified just as Bobby Curtis. The West Georgian apologizes for any inconveniences the errors may have caused.

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The West Georgian. (Carrollton, Ga.) 1933-current, October 21, 1981, Page 2, Image 2