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The West Georgian
1996 Olympic program
director speaks at WGC
By Monica Lafitte
Staff Writers
Administrative Director of Olym
pic Programs for the Atlanta Com
mittee for the Olympic Games,
Debbie Shelton, spoke to the West
Georgia College Accounting Club.
Shelton informed the audience
that in the beginning of the bid pro
cess Atlanta was unknown to many
and often confused with Atlantic
City. The group of nine people
representing the Atlanta Olympic
Committee (AOC) concentrated on
the 92 people responsible for casting
votes on the bids. The AOC visited
the homes and families of the 92 men
and women, instead of spending their
time and effort with elaborate pro
ductions.
‘The key ingredient was people.
The entire effort was fueled by vol
unteers. In no other country is vol
unteering such an art,” Shelton said.
The plans will include every
thing from a language bank of sorts
with multi-lingual persons aiding
communication, to transportation
and housing. Shelton expressed an
approximate need of 50,000 volun
teers as they approach the 1996
Olympics.
ACOG has two major goals with
the upcoming Centennial Olympics
to be hosted in Atlanta in 1996. One
is to stage the best Olympics yet, and
the other is a vision of the future
which keeps them motivated.
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Photo by Naomi Grunwald
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity celebrated their anniversary this weekend
with a variety of events including their annual Red and White Football
Classic, which pits the alumni against the current brothers. Pictured are:
Antuan Bibbs, Bobby Fryer, Stan Hill, Kelly Robinson, and Bobby
Pippens -. .Sag. Fraternity celebrates anniversary weekend on page 2.
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Robert W. Johnson of Decatur and Amy Kinsey of Armuchee were
recently voted "Mr. and Miss A DAY." Approximately S3OO was raised
in the contest sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, leadership honor
society. Johnson represented the Black Student Alliance and Kinsey
represented Kappa Delta Sorority.
A DAY raises record amount
By Victor Lewis
Staff Writers
West Georgia’s College’s A DAY
1991 ended with a bang as the col
lege raised $519,499 from all of its
fundraisers.
The Aerobathon held last Monday
night was sponsored by Total Woman
fitness center. There were 75 par
ticipants in all with Tri-Delta sorority
having the most.
The “Run for A DAY” also was
very successful according to Dr.
Emily Johnson, interim director of
developmental and alumni studies.
Tri-Delta sorority had many partici
pants, and Chi Omega sorority held
a fundraiser in conjunction with the
race.
Dr. Chester Gibson, chairman of
the faculty staff fund drive, is pleased
with what A DAY is doing for West
Georgia College.
“The concept is good for the
college because they focus on rais
ing funds for scholarships in one
concentrated period of time. It’s
good for businesses because they
know we won’t hassle them all year
for money,” Gibson said.
Johnson was also excited about
this year’s A DAY and the amount of
money it raised.
“We were swilled about the suc
cess. We increased our total by
$ 14,000 from last year, which shows
that the community really under
stood the need for scholarships,”
Johnson said.
Austin-Trucks elected to national SPJ board
West Georgia College student
Pratt Austin-Trucks was elected to
the Society of Professional Journal
ists’ (SPJ) national board of direc
tors at the society’s national con
vention October 16-20 in Cleveland,
Ohio.
•Austin-Trucks, a senior from
Wetumpka, Alabama, and
Shenandoah, Georgia, majoring in
mass communication and history,
Wednesday, October 23,1991
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Perspectives. 4
Arts and Entertainment 6
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Fall enrollment
sets new high
By Victor Lewis
Staff Writers
West Georgia College’s annual
enrollment report shows that WGC
set a record for fall enrollment.
The total enrollment has increased
449 students from last fall quarter’s
number and is 269 students more
than the previous record. The in
crease in the number of students is
primarily due to more students in
two areas.
“We had an increase in the num
ber of new freshmen and also an
increase of graduate students enrolled
this quarter,” said Dr. Gordon Finnie,
Registrar at WGC.
Finnie noted that there has been a
great increase in the number of new
freshmen and graduate students from
Fall 1990 to Fall 1991. There are
252 new freshmen and 197 new
graduate students. This figure of
449 students accounts for the total
number of new students.
Smith resigns as greek adivsor
By Edie Massengale
News Editor
After 16 months at West Georgia
College, Scott Smith announced last
week that he will be leaving WGC to
pursue a career at George Mason
University in Fairfax, Virgina.
Smith will begin his position at
George Mason on November 18. The
position will be a more expanded
role than Smith's current postion,
including a larger staff and a larger
greek system of 25, according to
Smith. The reason Smith gave for
leaving was the chance to expand
himself professionaly.
According to Linda Picklesimer,
the search for a replacement will not
begin until the Student Activities
Office receives permission.
was elected to a one-year term as
naitonal campus representative at
large by convention delegates.
Austin-Trucks is currently serv
ing a second term as editor of the
WGC campus weekly newspaper,
the West Georgian, as well as a
second term as the president of the
WGC campus SPJ chapter. She was
the recpient of the Atlanta* Profes
sional SPJ Chapter’s 1991-1992
Women continue to outnumber
men at WGC, with 65 percent of the
students being female. In-state stu
dents comprise 95 percent of the
population, with only 336 students
being from other states or foreign
countries. WGC’s black population
of 1,106 comprises 14.7 percent of
the total student population.
Jennifer Payne, director of ad
missions at WGC, said the admis
sions office attend college fairs all
over the state and visit all high schools
within a 100 mile radius. After
wards, they develop a prospective
student pool from the college fairs
and high school visits. In addition,
there are three scheduled visitation
days throughout the school year
where anywhere from 500 to 1,200
students attend.
Payne said that optimistically she
hopes the enrollment would increase.
However, she would be more than
happy to maintain the current num
ber of students.
Until then, the office will take
over Smith's responsibilities, she
said. Because of the current budget
cuts, there is no way of knowing how
long it will be before the search can
begin Picklesimer said.
Smith believes that whether the
greek system suffers from his resig
nation will depend on the greek lead
ership. According to Smith, the
current status of the system is satis
factory, even though some problems
arose recently during sorority rush.
"The feedback I've gotten from
the students has been supportive and
I appreciate that." Smith said.
"I don't think they've looked at it
in terms of 'Oh great he's gone; I'm
glad to get rid of him.' I think they
see it as a better opportunity for me."
he added.
scholarship. She is the current state
secretary of the Georgia College
Press Association.
SPJ is the largest membership
organization for professional and
student journalists in the world with
approximately 18,000 members. It
is dedicated to the perpetuation of a
free press. Members include Peter
Arnett of CNN and Lesley Stahl of
CBS News.