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Library suffers
budget cuts
By Monica Lafitte
Staff Writer
The West Georgia College Irvine
Sullivan Ingram Library as well as
college and university libraries na
tionwide are experiencing set backs
due to this year's budget cuts.
The WGC Ingram Library took
SBO,OOO worth of cuts in books,
$8,500 in cuts to the quality im
provement funds, and $3,000 in the
library’s travel budget. The quality
improvement funds were to be used
to pay for back files of periodicals.
The library is unable to purchase any
books this year but was able to keep
all periodicals and standing orders
for resource materials.
“The hardest part is missing a
whole year of publishing,” said Betty
S. Jobson, associate director of li
braries.
The Ingram Library has not yet
had to reduce hours or services.
They have increased the hours of
operation this quarter. Instead of
closing at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday, the library remains open
until 6:00 p.m. both nights.
“We received our share of the
budget cuts but we have not been hit
nearly as hard as others in the Uni
versity System. The West Georgia
College administration is more sup
portive of the library because they
know how important it is to the stu
dents and they don’t want to disrupt
service,” explained Jobson.
Not all libraries in the University
System of Georgia have been as for-
See LIBRARY, page 2
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Heat wave hits West Georgia College
WGC sophomore Scott Darnell of Carrollton enjoys the warm weather while he studies on Front Campus Drive.
Early payment system being tested this quarter
By Edie Massengale
News Editor
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During this quarter’s early regis
tration period, a test group of almost
500 West Georgia College students
will be subjected to a trial run of the
new early payment system.
Members of the test group were
selected on the basis of financial aid
awards. All students receiving fi
nancial aid from WGC Foundation
funds such as scholarships, athletic
grants or special awards should have
been notified by letter to participate
in the test group according to Dr. W.
H. Smith, associate dean of student
services. Any student who feels they
should be a part of the test group but
hasn’t received a letter should con
tact Smith’s office.
“These 490 people are going to
get every kind of financial aid and
scholarship that we offer here. All
kinds of financial aid will be repre
sented in that group, so it will give
our new system a complete test of all
the different aspects of the awarding
process that we have.” Smith ex
plained.
Students in the test group will
notice the change when they receive
their class schedules. The printout
will be a summary of the students’
fees and financial aid including the
amount owed to WGC Smith said.
The students in the test group
will then have to pay the difference
by December 6 or have their class
schedule canceled. If the student
receives financial aid in excess of
their fees, a check for the balance
will be available after the first week
of winter quarter Smith said.
Students receiving their financial
aid from outside sources, such as a
Stafford loan (GSL) will receive
Homecoming activities begin next week
By Joe Dunlop
Staff Writer
The 1991 Homecoming will be
kicked off next week as the Student
Activities Council presents “Late
Night with West Georgia.”
For the first time, a Homecoming
King and Queen will be crowned.
According to Kelly Denny, chair
person of the special events com
mittee of the Student Activities
Council (SAC), this year they wanted
both a male and female representa
tive in the interest of fairness.
Photo by Mallard Holliday
deferments for the amount of the
loan. These students will have to go
to arena fee payment to endorse their
checks. All students in the test group
who meet the deadline will not have
to attend arena fee payment.
Smith pointed out that only stu
dents in the test group must have
their fees paid by the December 6
deadline. All students, however,
will be using this system for spring
quarter.
“When this is in place for every
body in the spring quarter, you go
through early registration and you
early pay. If you don’t, your classes
will be dropped and you’ll need to go
through arena registration.” he ex
plained.
Students with questions should
contact Virgina Herron of the Student
Aid office, Sue Myers of the Finan
cial Aid office or Bill Carter, Director
of Business Services.
“The Homecoming Queen is a
representative of West Georgia Col
lege, and we felt it would be more
fair to the students if both a king and
queen were selected,” Denny ex
plained.
Homecoming candidates wishing
to register must be sponsored by a
registered student organization or
residence hall, must have a minimum
2.00 cumulative GPA with at least
45 hours completed and must be
currently enrolled in at least 12 hours
through spring quarter 1992. Can
didates must also submit a brief (one
Wednesday, October 30,1991
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WGC Happenings .2
Perspectives j. 4
Arts and Entertainment .6
Sports ...7
Mumps cases
reported in
Carrollton
By Joe Dunlop
Staff Writer
An outbreak of suspected mumps
at Carrollton High School has been
confirmed by the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) in Atlanta.
According to Dr. Claudette
Hayes, head of the West Georgia
College Health Center, there have
been no reported cases on campus.
Hayes said that she did not expect
any cases among WGC students and
that an outbreak of the mumps virus
on campus would be unusual.
“All incoming college freshmen
are required to have their MMR
(measles, mumps and rubella) vac
cinations.” Hayes said.
She added that this is the reason
the Health Center on campus doesn ’ t
provide immunization shots.
“The MMR would cost us about
$26 per shot, but the county health
departments could give it for about
$5.”
Although most children are vac
cinated at an early age for mumps,
their immumizationscan break down
sometimes, according to Dr. Hayes.
She said that this is the reason for
requiring freshmen to have the MMR
shot. The shot should last until the
student graduates, Hayes added.
The intensity of the symptoms
varies in patients, and some don’t get
seriously ill, according to Hayes.
She added that mumps cases are
rare, and usually involve a small
number of students.
page maximum) biographical sketch,
essay of his/her experience at WGC
and a co-curricular resume of cam
pus and community involvement.
The activities begin next
Wednesday night with the Home
coming Pageant, featuring comedian
Jordan Brady, host of MTV’s game
show “Turn it Up”. Thursday night
there will be a free showing of the
movie Terminator 2 at the Social
Sciences lecture hall. The SGA will
See HOMECOMING, page 2