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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 Continued on page 3 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. Don't forget-- first day of spring quarter classes is Fri., March 26. First paper -- Wed., March 31. u i eoiiACi e/un (AJKNOON MOK' >|lW’ m 111 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. ( ontinm il on page 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 < ontiniied on page l> “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.