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THE WEST GEORGIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,1982
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Miss Carroll-Carrollton Crowned
Beverly Meßrayer, 20-year-old sophomore mass communiratioas major
at West Georgia, was crowned Miss CarrolM arrollton Friday night. She will
advance to state competition in Columbus later this sprint*. The winner of
that pageant w ill compete in the Miss America pageant later this year.
Mcßrayer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Meßrayer of Bremen.
Annette I xitii.se Harr, a sophomore from Tucker, was named second
runner-up at the first annual pageant for Carrollton and C arroll County. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Harr.
'Experience' Culminates
Black History Celebration
By JACQUELINE ELLIOT
As Black History Month comes to an
end, one can not forget all the special
programs and events that occurred
here on campus. The last program
that left an effect on many black
students was “The Black Ex
perience," a program sponsored by
the Alpha I’hi Alpha fraternity.
“I was very impressed and over
whelmed by the organization and
talent performance,” says Barbara
MeKinnis, freshman from Atlanta. “I
feel if you missed this Black History
program, you missed a thrill. It was
very touching. You could exactly feel
the actors and actresses emotions and
feelings,” she said.
Willie Burner and Harry Richard
son hosted this program, along with
the many participants who entertain
ed the audience with dramatizations,
singing, and short skits.
14iurence Barber, dressed in a loin
cloth with chains around his chest and
arms, portrayed Kunta Kinte.
“You Were There,” a dramatiza
tion of the case of Rosa Parks, a black
woman who would not give up her seat
to a white man, on a bus in Mon
CYBER Crash:
And Other Important Computer Jargon
If you have ever used a computer
terminal on the West Georgia cam
pus, you have probably experienced
the frustration of what most jioople
call “CYBER crash" or the CYBER
going down". These collective terms
are not precise because most of the
time when you have trouble on a ter
minal the problem is not caused by
the CYBER. This article should help
you understand the UGA network and
make your experiences with the ter
minal less nerve-wracking.
The CYBER is a large-scale com
puter located on the University of
Georgia campus in Athens. Thirty-six
different colleges and schools all
around the state are able to use the
CYBER by communicating with it
over the telephone in the library,
math, physics, school of business,
chemistry, the school of education,
and at a few other locations. When you
sit down at one of these terminals and
Guide to
Common
Terms
Compiler it changes the set of in
structions written by the programmer
into a machine language that the CPU
will be able to process.
Hardware refers to the metallic
on “hard" components of a computer
system li e printer, tape drive, CPU,
etc. >
Packaged Programs refers to
sets of programs used in particular
applications. Some of the statistical
packages available at West Georgia
are SPSS and SAS.
RJE Remote Job Entry
Software - The term is used to con
trast w ith tin* "hard" components of a
computer system. Software items are
the programs, languages, and pro
cedures of the computer system.
Variables refers to names
representing data or are names to
which data may be assigned.
tgomery, Ala., as very' entertaining
and recreated many painful
memories of how blacks were treated.
A portrayal of Martin Luther
King’s, 1 Have A Dream was perform
ed by Bobby Smith. His voice similari
ty was astounding.
Tomorrow’s Realities, a promising
trio, highlighted the evening with
great gospel singing and harmoniza
tion. Their rendition of “When the
Roll is Called” was especially good.
The program ended with the
brotherhood hymn of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
February was a month for
rediscovering one’s roots and takuig a
glance at how far the black race has
come and how far it must go to
receive equality The various pro
grams and activities helped students
become aware tluit they are descen
dants of people with remarkable
spiritual strength.
The following statement from
“Essence" magazine sums up the
goal of Black History Month ... "We
must help the future generation
develop a stronger historical
memory, so that there will lx* no
forgetting how far we’ve come and
how far we have to go."
dial 275 on the telephone, you are ac
tually calling the THAN system w hich
is located in the computer center in
the basement of the math physics
building. The TRAN is a small
microcomputer controlled system
that allows computers and terminals
to communicate over telephone lines.
Once you get hooked up to the TITAN,
every time you key a carriage return
to send a keyed line to the computer, a
signal is sent from your terminal
through the phone to die TRAN. The
TRAN then encodes your signal and
sends it down a high-speed telephone
line to another TRAN at the Universi
ty of Georgia. The TRAN at UGA then
decodes the signal and sends it to a
small computer called the Front End
Processor. This computer helps
organize all the signals coming in
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SGA 'Drains' Itself; Surveys Students
By THOMAS BALLENGKR
The West Georgia College Student
Government Association took two
surveys and a petition last week
which will help the SGA to better
serve the student body, according to
*SGA Vice President Tony Baumann.
The petition concerned the state's
raising tuition to 25 percent of total
Spring Issue of Umoja Promotes Unity
By JACQUELINE ELLIOTT
“Umoja” is not only a Swahili term
meaning Unity, but is also a black
newsletter that contains editorials,
poetry, and feature stories here on
campus. It is produced under the
leadership of Marie Cochran, and
published quarterly by the Black Stu
dent Alliance.
Cochran has been on the staff for
two years This is her third year work
ing on the Umoja, and her first year
as editor.
“There will be at least three issues
of the Umoja published this year,”
says Cochran. We would like to put
out an Issue once a month, but can’t
because we do not receive enough sub
missions We have problems gettmg it
School May Purchase Tornado Alarm
By TERRY MIDURMON
The week of February 21-27 was
designated as Tornado Preparedness
Week for the state of Georgia by
Governor George Busbee. On Wednes
day, Feb. 24, there was a statewide
tornado drill held. West Georgia Col
lege did not participate. The drill was
so unsuccessful last year college of
ficials decided simply not to bother
The Ebony Dancers celebrated their history as Black History Month drew to
a close last week.
from all over the state so that each
message is identified as coming from
your terminal The signal goes from
the Front End Processor to the
CYBER, where it is processed. Then,
for the response from the CYBER to
get back to you, it must travel the
same route, in reverse order.
However, most of the time all these
steps are done so quickly that you
don’t notice any delay.
The next time you are working on a
terminal, remember that you are
talking to the CYBER over a long
land sometimes fragile* communica
tion network with many links. .Any one
of these links may have a problem
which could cause your session on the
terminal to experience anything from
a temporary problem that is self cor
recting to being disconnected. If you
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ment contributing the rest The tuition
is now 19 percent, and the SGA does
not want to see it go over 20 percent.
An academic advisement survey
was also available to the students.
This survey asked how students used
their advisors, what kind of job their
advisor has done, and other advise
ment questions. This information will
printed, for our writers have no out
side experience and no certain
deadline.”
“We're not trying to take members
from the newspaper staff, but we do
need volunteers to write for us," says
Cochran.
The Umoja deals with outside
achievements as well as campus ac
tivities. In the next issue, it will
feature an interview with Chris
Dickerson, a weight-lifting champion.
"We will try to get more interviews
with other outstanding blacks in the
near future," says Cochran.
The newest addition to the Umoja
are advertisements from the black
community. The reason for this,”
Chief Tuttle of Public Safety was
quoted as saying, "By next year we
will have something far superior to
the present system.”
The comnuttee on Emergency
Preparedness suggested that this
nught be accomplished by the in
stallation of an alarm system that
could alert people in the event of a
storm or disaster It was discussed
do experience a problem while work
ing on a terminal, please call ext .'583
to report it We will check the TRAN
to try to locate the source of the pro
blem and then notify USCN at Athens
so they can resolve the problem It is
not always possible for us to tell you
how long the system will be down, as
some of the problem corrections are
not under our direct control, such as
when the problem is with the
telephone company's equipment
Whenever possible, we will give you
an estimate of how long the system
will be down
These articles are being presented
to aid the reader. If there are any sub
jects you would like to see discussed,
please contact User’s Services at ext
.183 or write to User’s Service, Com
puter Center MP Duilding.
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The second survey was for the SGA.
It was a general survey, and asked
students about the infirmary , safety
on campus, zone parking, and any
complaints that they might have. The
question asking for complaints was
needed according to Baumann,
says Cochran, "is to try' to bring
togetherness among the community
and campus "
"The poetry and editorials appear
to be the most popular." says
Cochran. The sprmg issue will have a
writing contest on the topic of unity. A
$25 prize will lie awarded. "I am sure
many people will enter this contest,"
says Cochran, "especially since there
is a $25 prize."
The Umoja is a very interesting
newsletter, and benefits not only the
black students, but other students as
well. The newspaper’s goal of bring
ing about unity is a large one, but with
cooperation from more students, that
goal may not be as unattainable as it
seems.
and approved by the president and the
executive council. The siren that is to
lx? purchased is manufactured by the
Federal Signal Corporation. When
purchased the siren will be placed on
top of Aycock Hall to be controlled by
Public Safety.
Mr Kenneth Batchelor, Vice Presi
dent for Business and Finance has
said the horn sounds similar to the air
raid sireas that are heard in the
movies and occasionally on defease
liases. The device costs S3OOO accor
ding to Batchelor
The alarm would alert students to
various impending dangers using a
system of signals. For example, two
short blasts could mean a tornado,
while one long blast could mean
another type of disaster. Batchelor
said that the success or failure of the
siren depends on whether or not peo
ple learn the new system.
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"because we drain ourselves, we need
to hear the students ideas, and a lot of
students don’t know where to go with
their problems.” Also included in this
survey was a question concerning the
students expectations and the SGA.
The answers to that question will be
used by the SGA to further their
understanding of what the students
want.
Cheating
C ontinued from page 1
Have the methods of cheating
changed 1 According to an article
in Glamour magazine, a student
wore a fake hearing aid to class all
semester and, on the day of the
final exam attached the earphone
to a mini cassette with recorded
answers that was tucked in her
shirt pocket. She was caught
cheating by her professor.
Is cheating really considered a
serious defense? The following
story reveals what can happen to a
student who cheats
David Kaplan, (the name
has been changed to protect
him) was a good student who
cheated arid got caught. He
was an athlete and a frater
nitv member, and a "B" stu
dent. He held a highly
coveted sales internship with
a top company, the summer
before his senior year. He
was caught breaking and
entering in a professor's of
fice after hours a semester
before graduation.
“It was just a spur of the
moment thing," he explains.
"I was drunk, and the idea of
stealing an exam seemed so
easy. A lot of guys I knew
had done it and gotten away
with it ”
The University suspended
him for a year and a half,
and the city fined him $250
along with a 30 day suspend
ed sentence for receiving
stolen property. He calls it a
"stupid mistake.”
Regardless of what effect it has
on a person’s career, according to
one West Georgia faculty member,
cheating will hurt one’s future.
•It’s like getting a gravy stain on a
necktie, you can never quite erase
it from your memory."