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Of Interest... THE WEST GEORGIAN VOLUME 51, NUMBER 8 COLLEGIATE a * EXCERPTS <tS3^=^ Kennesaw mascot departsfo r "litter box in the sky" The unofficial mascot of Ken nesaw College, affectionately known as Mama Cat, was put to sleep July 27 by a local veterinarian after a summer of failing health. The eight year-old tabby and white cat lived between the Library and Science buildings for a number of years. The library staff took in the cat seven years ago and had it spayed to prevent more of her off spring from dying during cold winters. On july 27, the aquisi tions librarian took Mama Cat to the vet for tests and the cat was diagnosed as having Feline Leukemia Virus and euthanasia was recommended. (Courtesy of the Kennesaw Col lege SENTINEL) GSU to take over DeKalb campuses After several months of intense : negotiations, Georgia State University will begin renting the north and south campuses of Dekalb Community College for only $1 per month. The University System Board of Regents met Sept. 20 and gave approval for GSU to use five classrooms at the north campus of Dekalb College to conduct 46 upper division and undergraduate courses in the next year. Under terms of the contract, Dekalb will still offer freshman and sophomore-level classes and GSU has agreed not to not to offer courses at the north campus which would conflict with the Dekalb College cur riculum. GSU spokesmen estimate the actual cost to operate the classes will be approximately $210,000 but are optimistic the move will lead to a set of four one-year con tracts which will see a merger of GSU and the north and south Dekalb campuses. ( Courtesy of the GSU SIGNAL) Kennesaw offers master's degrees Kennesaw College will begin of fering Master’s Degree pro grams in Business and Education effective Winter Quarter 1985, in corporating a core which will consist of unique courses in inter national management, effective communication and business ethics. Master’s Degree programs will be offered in accounting, finan cial services, marketing, human resource planning and develop ment and institutional ad ministration. Programs will also be offered in the K-4 and K-8 education fields but classes will also be available to teachers wishing to renew their certifica tion. (Courtesy of the Kennesaw Col lege SENTINEL) mm J| I § iHH' j G. GORDON LIDDY AT WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE. (Photo by Jane Cooper) SGA resignations leave Senate vacancies By Angela Webster Five senate seats are available and students wishing to run have un til Thursday to apply, said Student Government Association president Tony Parnigoni at Monday’s meeting. Some of the seats were never filled because students didn’t run for them, and two SGA members recent ly resigned, accounting for the vacancies. Senator Sharon Harrop was elected secretary at Monday’s meeting to replace Kellie Ashe, who resigned because of a schedule con flict and will not attend West Georgia winter quarter. Senator Laurie Walker also resign ed due to outside activities. Parnigoni said that students wishing to run for the seats must have a 2.0 GPA and must have at tended West Georgia two of the last three preceeding quarters. Applica tions may be obtained from the SGA office or the Student Activities of fice. SGA vice president Debra Globe CAN YOU BE INDUCED? Hypnotist searches for subjects ■■■■ - - M.T. CHOBE (seated left) tests 18 year-old freshman Scott Fagan's Extrasensory abilities with a deck of ESP Debate coach analyzes presidential debate see opinion page West Georgia College,Carrollton, Georgia 30118 America a 'little old lady'says Liddy By Don Stilwell West Georgian Editor Watergate mastermind G. Gordan Liddy, his eyes fixed squarely ahead, flatly says that he “fears nothing”...not the impending possibility of assassination, not the mushrooming potential for nuclear war, not the Soviets,...in short, not death itself. And he will readily admit to only one regret in his involvement with Watergate that the mission failed. In a nutshell, he is the spirit of ex istentialism. It is not enough to be a survivor. “One must prevail,” he says. So it is hardly surprising that he labels America a nation plagued by illusions, a land whose people fail to knowthe meaning of “prevail.” “The vast majority of Americans live lives of illusions,” he told a 1000- plus West Georgia audience Thursday night. “Either they are unable at all to apprehend the real or they tend to turn away from or shim the harder aspects of it. ” Symptomatic of that disease, he said, is the American penchant for double-talk, or as he puts it, a “con tradiction in terms.” The garbage man, he said, has become a “sanitary engineer;” our enemies have become “adversaries;” prisons have become “correctional institutions;” prisoners have become “inmates.” discussed last Wednesday’s interest group meeting for starting a year book. She said that approximately 20 people attended, and seven of these were past editors of their high school yearbook. “They seem like they’re really en thused about it,” Globe said. Despite this enthusiasm, Globe said not to look for the yearbook anytime soon, since it will take this year for the yearbook effort to get organized. Those involved in plann ing the yearbook will meet again this week to draw up a budget proposal and discuss possibilities for a faculty advisor. The meeting will be held Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in room 201 of the Student Center. The voter registration drive has continued to draw unregistered voters, with 220 signed up as of 12 noon on Monday. Parnigoni said that he expects the drive will have registered over 250 students before it ends. Denise Fulcher, an SGA represen tative to the Carrollton City Council, ‘The world is not Bel-Aire...lt is the South Bronx at 2:30 in the morning. , G. Gordon Liddy “We were all referred to as in mate,” Liddy said of his 52-month long stay in nine prisons, “as if this we were some kind of fat farm where we all went to to lose weight.” But, said Liddy, “The world is not Belle Air...lt’s the South Bronx at 2:30 in the morning.” On the other hand, said Liddy, there is the Soviet Union, the equivalent of a 6’7”, 279-pound, M-16- carrying offensive tackle. “The United States is viewed less and less in terms of an offensive tackle and more and more in terms of the little old lady.... The life of illu sion that we lead as a people is readi ly apparent to the citizens of the rest of the world and it doesn’t inspire confidence.” According to Liddy, U.S. military strength is “not even in the ballpark” with Soviet strength. “They are out-producing us 2-1 (in) in combat aircraft, 3-1 (in) tanks, 7-1 (in) artillery.” The Soviets, according to Liddy, have 194 army divisions aided by 50,000 tanks while the United States sports a meager 20 divisions backed gave a report on the Georgia Student Association (GSA). She said that the SGA will be receiving information on legislation that affects students in Georgia. Fulcher, Parnigoni and senator Juanita Parks, along with several other GSA members not from West Georgia, will meet with Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller the first week in November to discuss student pro blems throughout Georgia. Parnigoni reported on last Monday night’s City Council meeting where there was a discussion concerning the proximity of beer and wine establishments to local churches. One solution discussed was that all places serving beer and wine have mandatory 50 percent food sales. Parnigoni noted that if this were to occur, establishments such as the Longbranch and Faces might be forced out of business. The SGA will hold a credit card drive early next week to begin col lecting funds for the SGA Leadership Award, a scholarship given by the cards. (Photo by Ris Cowan) up by only 13,000 tanks. He listed other inbalances: the Soviet’s 653 naval vesse's to our 361; their 6500 planes to our 5000, 50 per cent of which, according to Liddy, are not ready for flight at any given time because “they are older than the pilots who fly them. ” In addition, said Liddy, the U.S.’s triad nuclear weapons system is out moded. Ground-based missies are all but useless because the U.S. sold the Russians the technology to make them so. Our submarine-launched missiles are equally useless, said Liddy, because the Soviets can pin point our submarines at any time where they are in the water; and air launched missiles are not any more help to us if they are being delivered by a fleet of planes that are so out dated that half of them can barely get off the ground. According to Liddy, the U.S. can launch an air attack against the Soviets with “the speed of Eastern Airlines.” Continued on page 3 SGA to an outstanding West Georgia student. Last year’s recipient was Sam Peabody, a theatre student. Senator Martin Rolle brought up a problem which he said has been oc curring to Black Greek organiza tions on campus. He said that “peo ple in the community” have been coming to the Greek’s parties and, in some instances, pulling guns on them. “There should be tighter security out there,” said Pamigoni. “They (public safety) have guys working the parties now,” said Rolle, “but you need a uniformed guard out there.” “We need to raise it to Public Safety’s attention,” said Parnigoni. Senator Michael Hanson said that similar incidents have occurred in the gymnasium, which he describes as a “free-for-all.” Hanson said that people have been destroying proper ty there. “It really doesn’t matter to them,” said Hanson. “They don’t go to West Georgia.” BY KYLE RICHARDS Most people mistake hypnosis as a form of entertainment in which a person is put into a zombie-like state and performs such uncommon acts as “clucking around a stage like a chicken,” but Dr. Don L. Rice of the West Georgia College Psychology Department will use it as a serious aid in his research parap sychological patterns people sometimes encounter while in a very relaxed condition. “There have been different reports of persons who, while in a state of relaxation have had extra sensory experiences, particularly while in the dream stages of sleep,” said Dr. Rice. “What we are testing for is the enhancement of this ESP ability while a subject is under a trance induced state.” Assisting Dr. Rice in research is Mr. Moreshawar T. Chobe, a graduate student from India who has studied parapsychology at Duke University’s Institute of Parap sychology. Chobe claims he has also had precognative dream ex periences which adds to his interest and excitement on the subject. “He (Chobe) will primarily be set ting up the ESP part of the experi ment, and I will be responsible for the hypnosis part of it,” said Dr. Rice. The types of things that willing participants of the experiments will be specifically tested for are 1) telepathy - which is the ability to communicate to another by means other than the five outer senses; 2) NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID CARROLLTON, GEORGIA PERMIT NO 155 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,1984 Liddy Analysis By Ris Cowan News Editor The hour approached midnight in a clammy, back room of the gym, and G. Gordon Liddy was still fielding line-drive questions from the college media in an icy cool style that sent shivers of disbelief up the spine. He was a pro at this game by now. He had “prevailed” over the doggedness of tougher reporters before and seemed unshakeable, even after hours of flawless lecturing and answering ques tions from a skeptical but cap tured audience at West Georgia College. He said he feared nothing and he definitely did not fear college reporters. Liddy made no excuses for his planning the Watergate break-ins of 1972 and admitted that he had no remorse for what he did. “My only regret is that I fail ed,” said Liddy. “I got caught.” In the 90 minutes that followed, Liddy handled questions ranging from his lack of religious beliefs to his plot to kill columnist Jack Anderson to how his family has been affected by his past. “Mrs. Liddy had sense enough not to ask,” he said bluntly. Liddy also said he did not discuss his Watergate involvement with his children because “they are my children, not my peers. ” Despite references to the Scrip tures and other religious writings as evidence for his off-the-wall brand of existentialism, Liddy claimed that the Bible is nothing more than a historical document and that even though he admits his actions were illegal, morality is “subjective” when it comes to judging his part in Watergate. “By my morality, it (the break ins) was ethical,” he explained simply. Liddy’s ethics did not prevent him from plotting to kill newspaper columnist Jack Anderson for allegedly revealing CIA operations in the Soviet Union. Claiming he acted under a directive “from the White House,” Liddy explained how he and other intelligence leaders were told to “guarantee” that Anderson never reveal secret in formation again. He and his associates decided the best way Continued on page 3 clairvoyance - which is the ability to perceive objects that are beyond the range of the ordinary senses; and also 3) precognition - which includes predicting an event before it hap pens. According to Dr. Rice, the tests will include “being able to predict numbers that will appear at random in such a way in which no one will be able to guess what the numbers will be.” Another test will involve the use of special cards developed by Dr. J. Rhine, formerly a professor of Duke University who is considered the father of modem parapsychology. Since these tests and others will be conducted while the subject is under hypnosis or a “trance induced state,” he may wonder if he will be doing things like walking on glass or levitating. Dr. Rice assures that there will be no such dangers . He stressed that people have the misconception that hypnosis is something mystical and beyond understanding. Rice simply defines hypnosis as “a very trance-like state; the ability to get the mind and the body relaxed.” He continued to say that one can not be hypnotized unless he wants to be, and the subject is able to leave the hypnotic trance anytime he wishes, and is, therefore, not in any danger. The ESP research which is ex pected to last into the next quarter will begin this Thursday evening at 6:30 in room 212 in the Social Science building.