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VOLUME 47-NUMBER 22
Faculty Senate Passes Two Degree Programs
By ELLEN WILSON
I A master’s and batchelor's degree
' program in Special Education with a
j concentration in Speech Pathology
j were passed and the revival of
Reserve Officer's Training Corps
|< ROTC i at West Georgia was discuss
'ed by the Faculty Senate last Friday.
I The Senate also adopted several
1 course changes and discussed current
‘ admissioas figures
> The Speech Pathology programs
were both passed unanimously after
-f very little discussion and the ROTC
study was introduced by President
Marice Townsend.
The President first introduced
studies by Assistant Dean of Student
Services W H Smith and Director of
Financial Aid M J Holmes, citing the
reports as reasoning behind the re
birth of ROTC According to these
Florida Braces For Invasion
By MARK McCLOUD
Lying in the sun. lotting out all
the tension West Georgia is a
million miles away. What a
beautiful picture. The salt air is
fresh The warm sand is soothing.
The sound of the rolling surf is like
a lullaby . So what are you waiting
for moosebreath?
Motels are filling up fast and
Florida officials are expecting
close to a half a million college
students notoriously known for
beer drinking and hell raising, to
invade the Florida beaches as the
1982 college spring break gets
underway.
In Daytona alone, over 250,000
are expected to flock the "world’s
most famous” beach. Daytona is
usually the most popular of the spr
ing vacation spots. I-ast year over
150,000 jammed into the city for fun
and sun, and that figure may dou
ble this year "Many parents don’t
want their kids going to Ft
because the crime rate
is spilling over from Miami, so
they are financing the trips for
them* to Daytona'"said Terry Kiel,
asst director of conventions and
tourism in Daytona Beach.
However. Tommy Mercer, with
Ft. I-auderdale’s Chamber of Com
merce says that isn’t so. "It's jam
med packed right now and we are
expecting that about 250.000 will
visit this year,” he said. Mercer
said most of the kids were flying in,
but there were a lot of cars with
out-of-state license plates from the
Midwest.
Panama City, another popular
vacation area, expects 30.000 to
visit their bountiful beaches and
are campaigning on the slogan,
“We are only a tank away from
Georgia " Here's a look at the
three most popular getaways.
DAYTONA Some vacancies,
but remaining hotels are filling up
very’ quickly An eight hour drive
from West Georgia. Spring Break:
March 11-April 15.
How's the weather’' We’ve had
an extremely warm February It’s
in the mid 70s right now and for the
(Daytona) 500 it was 85 degrees”
says Terry Kiel. asst, director of
tourisms.
SGA Survey Reveals
Students' Likes, Gripes
By THOMAS BALLENGER
The surveys that the SGA took
two weeks ago have provided some
interesting responses for Vice-
President Tony Baumann to con
sider in the association’s effort to
better serve the student body.
In response to the question con
cerning the infirmary. 89 percent
of the students surveyed use the
facility and have varied impres
sions of the service. The responses
given range from “excellent” to
“sorry as Hell! I pay money for
this service?”
Seventy-two percent of the
students surveyed were satisfied
with the extent of the safety on
campus, proving that most people
feel safe on the campus. One resi
dent of Bowdon Hall, however,
does not feel that safe here at West
Georgia; “Asa female. lam ter
rified to walk from Bowdon to the
library at night alone. We need
many more lights. I think doors
should always be locked and
residents issued keys to outside
doors.”
Last Edition of the Quarter; Good Luck on Finals
WEST GEORGIAN
reports, if President Ronald Reagan s
budget cuts pass through the
legislature without changes, federal
assistance to students will be cut ap
proxunately in half.
Townsend also pointed out that
West Georgia received more tuition
monies from students with financial
aid than those without this year
"The army is coming back to look at
student interest for ROTC with my in
vitation." Townsend said. He doesn't
expect to lose enrollment to a great
degree because of the cuts. "We will
gain students from higher cost in
stitutions, but we will lose some
students who just can’t afford to go to
school anv more "
Having the ROTC program, he said,
could help some students to stay in
school Asa matter of fact, he added,
that West Georgia was "conspicuous
7 PANAMA CiTY jP
Most of the hotel rooms are ex
tremely expensive, ranging from
$45 to sllO a night for a room for
two. However, considering the in
genuity of most college students, it
usually winds up eight to a room to
cut down on the costs, according to
Kiel
Why do so many flock to Daytona
for the fun and sun? "Mainly to get
away ... let off some steam, and
have a genuine good time,” says
Marty Carpenter, a junior at West
Georgia, on his second college
break rendezvous. Carpenter says
he will finance the trip by using his
income tax refund.
Of course the college clientele
manages to keep Daytona police
fairly busy with some imaginative
entertainment ideas. So busy, a
booking station called, “Coatstreet
Substation” will be set up on the
beach, according to Lynn Foster,
Zone parking is an issue that
most students oppose, and of
course it remains to be seen if it
will be reinstated for next year.
One big problem with parking is
the lack of spaces near certain
dorms. Most people would rather
see parking return to the old first
come, first serve system, allowing
students freedom to park
anywhere they can find a space. A
rather absurd idea submitted to
the SGA to increase parking
spaces would be to "convert the
park on front campus drive to a
parking lot.”
One of the survey questions ask
ed for complaints from students.
Answers varied from poor mail
delivery on Saturdays, to the need
for better intramural athletic
equipment. Other suggestions
were: attendance policies should
be abolished; the library should be
open later hours; there should be
more areas for leisure time ac
tivities; and there should be a bet
ter weekend meal plan.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30118
in its absence" in a Board of Regents
study of system schools with ROTC
programs.
Dean of Student Services Bruce
Lyon said that his office will be spon
soring the ROTC student interest
study. Colonel Nils Johannesen will be
visiting the campus on May 10 for
registration, and students will be
allowed to register for Military
Science at that time.
A mass mailing of literature concer
ning ROTC will be made in April and
information will be distributed to
students in residence halls.
If enough interest is shown by conti
nuing students at these times, ROTC
wll be re-introduced on campus.
"No student has to join (ROTC),”
Townsend said, "and no student is any
worse off (for joining) than in any
other program.”
community relatioas officer for the
police department. She said most
arrests will be for public drinking,
fighting, and possession of drugs.”
Most of the kids get caught up in all
the excitement and don’t pay at
tention to any of the laws,” she
said.
Florida law provides that an in
dividual arrested may be released
on a reasonable bond as the ar
restee concludes the booking pro
cedure. The legal drinking age in
Florida Is 19 and it is illegal to
drink on the beach.
The Beach Boys will give a free con
cert on the Ocean Pier, tentatively
scheduled for Tuesday, March 16.
One of the biggest attractions in
Daytona is the College Expo, a con-
Senior Faces Charges in Friend's Death
ByDEBBIE GODBEE
Senior Jackie Eugene Brown faces
multiple charges including vehicular
homicide after he struck and killed a
fellow FARM brother and former stu
dent who was walking in front of the
college early Friday morning.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday for 21-year old Scott Benson
Swanson of Uthia Springs, who was
killed instantly, officials believe,
when he was struck by the Brown
vehicle and hurled an estimated 90
feet about 2; 30 a ,m. Friday.
Brown, of Montezuma, remained in
the Carroll County jail Monday
without bond pending a hearing. He
also has been charged with leaving
the scene of an accident, driving
under the influence, and two counts of
violating the Georgia Controlled
Substances Act.
Swanson and Dawn Fisher,
freshman from Marietta, were walk
ing on the grass along Maple Street
just across from the Chi Phi fraternity
house when Brown, who was driving a
1968 Chevrolet Bel Air, left the road
The Speech Pathology master’s
degree program was introduced by
Graduate Studies Committee Chair
man Ben Griffith, while the bat
chelor’s degree was presented by
Academic Programs and Procedures
Committee Chairman W.S. Doxev,
although the two programs are con
tinous and share the same faculty and
budget.
Three new faculty members will be
needed according to the application,
to provide the state with well qualified
pre-professional speech pathologists
who can service the public schools
while completing full accredidation
and certification; to meet the regional
needs of the area by providing in
dividuals for speech training ser
vices; to upgrade the quality and
quantity of services offered handicap
ped children; and to prepare students
sumer fair where college kids can
take advantage of bargains from
beer and liquor companies,
cigarette companies and etc. T
shirts, free booze and free product
samples are all passed out to the
students.
This year Skoal is planning a big
campaign featuring appearances
by football players. Earl Campbell
and Walt Garrison, who both do
television commercials for Skoal.
Chrysler Corporation is also
planning an art exhibit featuring
rock-album covers.
“Home is just a phone call
away,” sums up the Miller Brew
ing Company’s new spring break
program. Students will be able to
call home free to anywhere in the
continental United States, except
Florida, and talk for two-to-three
minutes. "We want to give
students a chance to let the folks
back home know how much fun
they're having,” said Paul Block,
Miller’s college marketing coor
dinator The Lowenbrau telephone
booths will be an integral part of
the Miller Welcome Centers
located on the southwest corner of
Jasmine and U S. Highway AIA in
Daytona Beach, and at 515 S.
Atlantic Avenue in Ft. lauderdale •
Disney World is an hour away by
car and Marineland is 30 minutes.
Jai alai and dog racing are also
available.
PANAMA CITY: Six hours from
West Georgia. Probably exhibits a
more laid back atmosphere when
compared with the biggies. SPR
ING BREAK; March 8-14. Panama
City’s biggest attraction is usually
the Memorial Day weekend. “Our
beaches are beautiful; the climate
is very nice; we have all kinds of
entertainment, and the seafood is
fantastic,” says Shirley Gordy of
the Bay County Restaurant
Association.
FT. LAUDERDALE: 13 hours
from West Georgia, this city Is
“where the boys are.” Spring
break usually begins the third
week in February and lasts
through Easter weekend.
“It’s going great,” says Tommy
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way and struck Swanson, according to
Carrollton Police Sgt. Mike Bradley.
Fisher was not injured.
Brown continued traveling west un
til his car reportedly stalled at the In
dependent Baptist Church located ap
proximately one mile from the scene
of the accident. As he examined the
extensive damages to the front right
side of his car, Brown was spotted by
a Carrollton police officer looking for
a suspect in the accident. As the of
ficer stepped out of his car, Brown
allegedly told him he thought he had
hit something or someone, according
to Bradley.
Fisher, a FARM little sister, said,
according to reports, that she heard
an explosion-like noise and thought
Swanson had been shot. She ad
ministered mouth-to-mouth resuscita
tion to the victim until campus Public
Safety arrived on the scene and took
over her efforts, according to campus
Assistant Chief Jeff May.
Swanson and Brown were together
at a FARM fraternity party Thursday
night.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 1982
for positions that involve diagnosis
and management of speech and
language at any age level in clinical
and educational settings.
According to a letter from Rebecca
Reeves, a consultant for the Speech
Language Impaired Program for Ex
ceptional Children with the State
Department of Education, "Georgia
continues to experience a severe shor
tage of speech-language pathologists,
(and) one of the major contributing
factors appears to be a need for addi
tional training programs outside of
the Metropolitan Atlanta area.” Grif
fith echoed this statement, saying he
doubted the program would ever lack
participants for this reason.
Course additions presented to the
Senate as information included a
series of Educational leadership
courses, a Foundations for Health and
Regents' Exam.
New Hope For
Repeat Failures
By CINDY BOOKER
AND KATHY BRACEWELL
“I can’t believe I failed the Regents’
test. Now I’ll have to take the
remedial course.”
This is a common complaint among
college students who fail one or both
parts of the reading/writing state
administered Regents’ test.
However, for those students who
continue to fail the reading part of the
exam, even after biking the remedial
course designed to help them pass,
there may be new hope.
Dr. George McNinch, chairman of
the department of middle grades and
reading at West Georgia College, and
his colleagues are working to in
troduce anew remedial course to help
students who have enrolled more than
once in the now-existing remedial
Reading 200 class and still continue to
fail the Regents’ exam.
The proposed new remedial course
is called Reading 201-Extending the
Skills of Reading. If it’s approved, it
should be available as early as this
summer, according to McNinch.
If the 201 remedial course does
meet approval, this will not cut out
Reading 200. Students failing the
reading portion of the Regents’ exam
for the first time will take remedial
Reading 200. If they fail again, they
will proceed to take the proposed
Reading 201.
Reading 200, entitled Review of
Reading, is a 5-credit-hour-course
which meets daily one hour for the en
tire quarter. Diagnostic testing is
given to see what the students’ pro
blem might be. The couses’ lab work
involved vocabulary comprehension,
recalljng main ideas from written
passages, and recognizing various
writing styles.
“It works for a majority of the
students involved,” Patricia Hughes,
West Georgia’s testing coordinator,
said of Reading 200. “I’fn pleased with
'Scott was more or less the epitome of ihe old-line
FARM brother. It was very hard not to like Scott.'
An unidentified friend of the victim,
drove to lithia Springs Friday after
noon to notify the victim’s mother,
after authorities unsuccessfully at
tempted to reach her throughout the
day while she was at work.
A group of FARM members travel
ed to Uthia Springs for Swanson’s
funeral Sunday afternoon.
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first day of spring quarter classes
is Fri., March 26.
First paper -- Wed., March 31.
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Nutrition course and three coin ses for
the Mass Communications degree
program adopted last month by the
Senate. One mass communications
course was dropped while several
underwent minor modifications in
preparation for the progi am next fall
These changes were also pi esented to
the Senate.
Vice President John Uwvis gave an
updated report on applications figures
for next fall. He said that applications
have increased approximately 1!) pei
cent over last March and that last
year’s figures were considerably
higher than the previous year’s
figures. He also added that the school
has turned down four times as many
students than last year because of
new admissions standards. However,
Lewis pointed out, only 57 students so
far have been turned down.
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the number of students that encounter
difficulty on the Regents’, then take
200 and pass f the exam) on the second
try.”
Hughes explained why some
students have to take remedial
reading course for a second time. She
observed that there are two writing
courses (English 101 and 102) to
prepare students for the writing por
tion of the exam; there are no reading
courses designed to prepare them for
the reading portion.
"It is more difficult to improve
one’s reading skills in a shoi t time (ie.
one quarter) because they are based
more on the abstract.” It is virtually
impossible for a college student to
develop reading skills in one quarter;
it takes most students 12 years of
school to develop this basic skill.
“A lot of students just don’t read,"
added Hughes. “TV has replaced
novels, poetry and even conversa
tion.”
“In Reading 200 a letter grade is
given and it is averaged in the
students’ GPA, but no credit is given
after taking it once. According to
Hughes, it seemed unfair for a student
to have to take the course without
credit, so officials began experimen
ting with anew appoach
If the student does not have 75 hours
when he fails the exam, fie is under no
obligation to sign up for a remedial
course at that time. Hughes, however,
strongly suggests that the student
enroll immediately in the proper
remedial course in order to get it out
of the way, thereby avoiding the
possibility of delaying the students
graduating.
McNinch is also contemplating a
remedial reading concept built on the
Open Lab idea.
“It (the open lab concept) is
something f believe the college
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“Scott was more or less the epitome
of the old-line FARM brother. It was
very hard not to like Scott; he had
been around for a long time,” said
David Carter, FARM brother
Swanson is survived by his mother,
Jean Swanson of Austell, and his
father, Harry Swanson of Asheville,
N.C. He has attended six quarters at
West Georgia but was not enrolled
this quarter.