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The West Georgian
VOLUME 39, NUMBER 19
Cobb labelled ‘neglected’
Residents insist dorm needs numerous repairs soon
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By Joe Callahan
News Editor
Long-term problems exist in one
of the oldest residence halls on
campus, including relocation of
new and old appliances, according
to Cobb Hall Resident Advisors.
“We had an ice machine to begin
with, but they relocated the
machine to Pritchard Hall,” said
Resident Advisor Shawn
Hollenkamp, a 21-year-old junior
from Doraville. “There wouldn’t
have been a problem with the ice
machine if it wouldn’t have been
moved.”
According to Bob Townley,
Director of Plant Operations, he
was “clearly told in the summer
that Cobb would not be reopened in
the fall, so I decided to move their
machine to Prithard because
theirs broke down.” Due to the an
nual summer camps and the
breakdown of Pritchard’s old ice
machine, the move had to be made
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“There are very accessible means to ac
complishing action. We have the greatest avenue
maintenance requests whether it be through
Residence Life or through our dispatch. If there
were problems, how come I didn’t know about
them?”
Bob Townley
Director of Plant Operations
because “they pay for their
rooms”, and the camp par
ticipants expect ice.
According to West Georgia Col
lege President Maurice Townsend,
“If in fact, it (ice maker) was
moved to Prichard, it may have
been a wrong move.”
The Cobb residents’ complaints
not only arise because of the ice
machine, but other appliances as
well.
“Our washers and dryiers came
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Georgia debut as Penny Sycamore in “You Can’t
Tate It With You*’’ plays Meg Macgrath, the strug
gling blues singer she describes as “hardened.”
“She’s terrified of being weak,” Rollheiser said.
• ‘Her defense is to be cruel and biting. She comes
home after four or five years of hiding from the
tragedies of her life and is confronted with them.
They kind of attack her.”
An old boyfriend of Meg’s, Doc Porter, played by
John Rogers, hears she’s in town and plans to pur
sue her so he can find out why she left him under a
collapsed roof during Hurricane Camille.
The sisters’ snooty cousin, Chick Boyle, played by
Borin Johansen, adds flavor to the plot by dropping
in occasionally to “turn up her nose at the sisters
and generally create trouble.”
The sisters hire a lawyer, Barnette Lloyd, played
by Jay Stewart, to defend Babe in the case against
her recently shot husband. “Barnette sees himself
as a knight in shining armor, gallantly defending his
damsel in distress,” said Stewart, a veteran of five
mainstage productions.
Lloyd is “very fanatical” about winning the case,
because he has a personal vendetta against Babe’s
husband.
“It would be very easy to play him as a
charicature, becuase he’s so animated,” Stewart
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from Row, Tyus or somewhere,”
said Hollenkamp, “while those
dorms get brand new ones.”
The laundry room appliances
were moved from Tyus Hall after
the purchase of new machines and
according to Townley, Cobb was
scheduled to be closed, thus did not
warrant new equipment.
“It seems to be a lack of equity
towards our dorm,” said Doug
Hale, a 23-year-old senior from
Marrieta. “With no ice maker and
adversity in a small Mississippi town.
The play marks the return of Dr. J.
Oliver Link, the company’s^veteran
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half-working laundry machines,
Cobb seems to be the catch all,
dumping ground, and spare parts
dorm.”
Cobb HaU, erected in 1964, has
the same stove that was puchased
at completion 22 years ago and ac
cording to one resident, “the stove
only works on one temperature
and the rack inside will not stay in
place.”
According to Resident Advisor
Neal Jarrio, a 22-year-old senior
from Wiley, “this is just a drop in
the bucket” concerning accusa
tions of maintenance negligence.
“There are a large amount of
problems in our dorm from peel
ing ceilings in a couple of
bathrooms, rusty old broken
heaters in the bathrooms, shoddy
furniture in the downstairs T.V.
room which has no television
all the way to one drape in that
same downstairs room,” said Jar-
Please see COBB, pg. 4
SGA initiates action for
dorm residents at meeting
By Tray Baggarly
Managing Editor
After weeks of requests and
complaints, it looks as if residents
of Cobb Hall will finally receive
the long awaited cable television.
At Monday’s Student Govern
ment Association meeting, Presi
dent Rodney Smith announced that
Dr. Bruce Lyon, vice president of
student services, has taken it upon
himself to make sure the cable will
be installed by the first of the year.
“Dr. Lyon is working hard to
make sure the cable is installed,”
said Smith. “The cost for installa
tion will be split and bared by the
school and the cable company and
everything should be in by my
January 1.”
While the cable problem is
seemingly solved, the request for a
new ice machine for that dorm still
is in a limbo. The machine that
was in Cobb was taken and put in
Pritchard Hall and residents of
Bid accepted for Arts Center
Work should be underway in the near future, officials sa\
A low bid of $2,798,000 has been
submmitted for construction of the
Performing Arts Center at West
Georgia and work should be get
ting underway in the near future.
That was the word brought back
from Atlanta late Thursday by
President Maurice K. Townsend
and Dr. Richard Dangle, dean of
the school of arts and sciences,
both of whom attended the bid
opening ceremony at the State
Capitol.
The low bidder was Williams
and Assoiciates of Macon. A total
of five construction firms submit
ted bids.
At a bid opening several months
ago, all the bids submitted were
well above the amount allocated
by the state for the project. Minor
revisions were made in the plans
for the facility by the architect,
and additional monies were pro
vided by the Board of Regents and
the college. This time, then, the
low bid came in under the pro
jected amount.
“I am really pleased,” said
Townsend, “that this long-desired
project finally will become a reali
ty. It is something that many peo
ple associated with the college
have worked on for many years,
and I am personally very grateful
for their efforts.”
The state through the Board of
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986
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Cobb Hall residents say their dorm is not being given a fair shake.
They cite peeling ceilings, rusty, broken heaters and shoddy fur
niture as examples of the numerous maintenance problems they say
their dorm has. However, Plant-Op Director Bob Townley says the
residents had not contacted him about the problems. (Photo by Ken
neth Shiver)
Cobb have worked hard to have it
replaced.
“Money has been sought by
Plant Operations to purchase a
new ice machine,” said Smith,
“however, the business office
must okay the use of the money
before anything can be done. I
have explained to school officials
that it is very important that the
machine be installed before the
end of fall quarter so that residents
will know that the administration
is responding to their needs. ”
It is still not known, however, if
it will be possible for the machine
to be replaced before the end of the
quarter.
Plant Op. has also put in a re
quest for money from the State
Board of Regents to be used to
replace televisions, ice machines,
etc., however, the request has not
been awarded.
“They (Plant Op.) are still
waiting to hear from the Board of
Regents, with the support of the
local legislative delegations, pro
vided the original allocation for
the building, and the West Georgia
Foundation during the past year
cbnducted a drive which raised
more than $430,000 for enhance
ment of the facility.
The Performing Arts Center will
be unique in the University System
and in the State of Georgia. The
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Regents,” continued Smith, “I am
afraid that if they don’t get that
money, they won’t get the machine
and that just won’t be right.
In other business, Linda
Picklesimer, director of student
services, urged the senators to
help spread the word about the up
coming “Berlin” concert to be
held tomorrow (Thursday) night
at the school gym.
“We have sold only 300 of 3,000
available tickets to this concert,”
said Picklesimer, “the students
said last year they wanted a big
name concert on campus and now
that we have one, no one is buying
tickets.”
Tickets may be purchased at the
ticket window of the student ac
tivities office in the student center
through Thursday. Cost is $3 for
general admission, but that same
ticket will cost students $7 at the
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26,150 square-foot facility will
house two theaters seating 500 and
250. Special features will include a
large proscenium stage, an or
chestra pit and lift, music storage
area, scene shop, costume shop,
and state-of-the-art technical
equipment for a wide range of
musical, theatrical, and speaking
events.