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New fee payment procedure
becomes effective this quarter
Beginning next quarter, arena fee
payment will be a thing of the past.
All students who early register, in
cluding those on financial aid, will
pay their fees and charges prior to
the end of this quarter, according to
Ken Batchelor, vice president for
business and finance.
A test group of 400 students
participated in a trial run of the new
system last quarter, and “the changes
worked very well,” said Dr. Bruce
Lyon, vice president for student
services. “Some minor problems
were worked out and everything is
now in place for conversion to the
new system this quarter. This change
will bring us in line with what other
University System schools are doing.
Lyon said that once the new
system is in effect, changes will save
both students and staff great amounts
of time and effort. He indicated that
those who will benefit most are
“probably those who now must attend
arena fee payment. No longer will
they have to return to campus two
days before classes begin and stand
in line to pay fees. Others will find
extra class seats available at arena
registration or drop/add which
before were tied up by those who
earlyregisteredbutdidn’tretum.”
The new plan essentially means
that students who early register
for the next quarter must pay their
fees by a deadline near the end of
the current quarter. Those who
have scholarship and other finan
cial aid awards must meet the same
de?ilinesby paying whatever they
owe after their awards are credited
to their accounts.
If the award is for more than the
fees, the student will receive a
check for the difference at the end
of the first week of classes or at
the end of the second week if the
student registered at arena regis
tration. Those who do not pay by
the deadline will have their
schedules dropped and must attend
arena registration.
Batchelor said that it will take a
year to implement fully the new
system, but when it is totally in
place, “we believe this system will
be very beneficial to students,
faculty and staff in having a
smootherregistration procedure.”
Fowler addresses students’ concerns
By Lynn Williams
Staff Writer
A small number of West Georgia
College students and Carroll County
citizens gathered in the Carroll
County Courthouse on January 9 to
voice concerns in an open forum to
Wyche Fowler, Democratic
represenative for the United States
Senate.
Fowler answered several ques
tions concerning college tuition,
rising health costs, social security
funds, and layoffs in Georgia.
Ad sparks free speech debate
By Amy Reynolds
Special to the West Georgian
(CPS) —An advertisement ques
tioning whether the Holocaust took
place has appeared in four college
newspapers, spurring protest rallies
and a debate over free speech, the
responsibility of the press and po
litically correct censorship.
The ad, which first appeared in
The Daily Northwestern at North
western University in Evanston, Il
linois, last spring, more recently
By Victor Lewis
Staff Writer
A common New Year’s resolu
tion for many people is to stop
smoking. Although it is a couple of
weeks into the new year, it is not too
late for a person to begin kicking the
habit.
There are many tips on how to
quit smoking. Dr. Don Rice, A
psychology professor at West
Georgia College, holds seminars and
workshops for the infirmary on “How
to quit smoking.”
Some of the tips Rice gave in
cluded deciding on a definite date to
quit smoking and drink plenty of
liquids, mainly juice or water. It is
best to avoid any caffeine and alco
hol. Tips such as these and others are
effective depending on a person’s
smoking history. Those that are
Photo by John S. DiMauro
“We’ve got to make some
changes,’’Fowler said in response to
questions in reponse to the economic
recession. “The policies have got to
be changed and taxes have got to be
cut for people.”
In an effort to combat the cut in
student loans, Fowler ia a co-sponsor
of the Financial Aid for All Students
Act. The bill would make $70,000 in
loans available to undergraduate and
graduate students, including those
from middle income families. The
bill is still pending. Fowler also
appeared in the Michigan Daily at
Michigan State University, the Duke
Chronicle at Duke University and
the student newspaper at Cornell
University. Both Michigan State
and Duke students held organized
protests of the decision to run the
full-page ad.
The Committee for Open Debate
on the Holocaust, based in Califor
nia, paid almost S6OO to run the ad in
the Duke newspaper. It maintains
that no one was “gassed” at
Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration
Wednesday, January 15,1992
INSIDE
WGC Happenings 2
Perspectives 4
Arts and Entertainment 7
Sports... .9
Class Work 12
Studies show that
up to half the
people who stop
smoking start
again after just
six months.
chronic smokers quit more gradu
ally than others.
Most studies report that up to
80% of the people who have tried
these methods actually quit for six
months. Studies show that up to
half the people who stop smoking
start again after just six months.
Please see “Smoking”, page 2.
hopes to increase the number of
scholarships granted to students.
Fowler also addressed residents’
concerns about insurance coverage.
According to Fowler, 90% of
Americans have insurance through
their jobs; however, the recession
has resulted in over 100,000 Geor
gians being laid off from work, and
these people are no longer covered
under an insurance plan.
“There will be several proposals
immmediately on how we reform
our health care system and on how
we include everybody,” Fowler said.
camp, and that eyewitness and pho
tographic evidence of the attempted
genocide are not valid.
“The truth appears to be, with
regard to the alleged extermination
of the European Jews, that there was
no order, no plan, no budget, no
weapon, (that is, no so-called ex
ecution gas chamber) and no victim
(that is, not a single autopsied body
at any camp has been shown to have
been gassed),” the ad reads.
Please see “Free Speech”, page 2.