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Jan. 16,1997
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Gunn Hall residents
clash over 2nd floor
living arrangements
By Chris L. Watkins
News Editor
Upset students from Gunn
Hall at UWG are pushing for a
meeting with President Beheruz
N. Sethna to formally protest an
expanding program that could re
sult in some students being moved
to another hall.
The Advanced Academy, a
group of high school students who
excel academically, are allowed to
earn college credits. These stu
dents are able to complete the last
two years of of high school and
two years of college core classes.
This program has grown in
enrollment from 21 to 43 students
for the 1996-97 school year. The
academy is presently on the third
floor of Gunn Hall on the UWG
campus. However, with the ex
pansion of the program, UWG is
considering using the second floor
of the dorm.
According to Mark Karan,
Resident Life Coordinator at Gunn
Hall, the proposal of expanding
the academy in the building origi
nated from Vice President of Stu
dent Affairs, Dr. Bruce Lyons.
At present time, Karan said he
and residents of Gunn Hall are
arranging a meeting with Lyons to
discuss the issue. “It’s pretty clear
that (expansion) is their plan,” said
Karan. “There has been talk of
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them taking over the whole building
in the next few years.”
Sethna said there is no formal
meeting arranged with Gun Hall
residents at present time, but he
added he would be willing to ad
dress the issue. He added that Lyons
would meet with the students first
before others plans can be set.
"I’m willing to meet with any
one,” said Sethna, who was sched
uled to meet with Gunn Hall resi
dent Erica Douglas yesterday to dis
cuss the matter. “I would like to see
what her concerns are before it goes
any farther.”
Sethna also said he and Lyons
would work to “clarify any misun
derstandings, “ he said. “At this
point it’s a matter of communica
tion. It’s always good to look into
such discussions.”
Gunn Hall resident Joelle Prine
said her fellow students would be
upset if pushed out of the hall by the
academy’s growth. “It’s supposed
to be a hall for academic students
(of UWG).” She said the dorm’s
residents are planning a forum with
school officials “to show our sup
port and present arguments to keep
our floor.”
The hall residents met Jan. 15.
“We’ve been here three or four years
and we’ve formed a community.
We don’t want to break that up,”
said Prine.
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The Kiwanis Club ofNewnan recently donated $2,500 to its existing scholarship fund at the State
University of West Georgia. Pictured are Mayo Royal, Kiwanis president, Susan A. Mabry, director
of development and alumni services, and Walker Home, Kiwanis seccetary/treasurer.
New drop/add runs smoothly for
second quarter, despite long lines
Daniel Stansbury
Staff Writer
Drop/ add and late registration
for winter quarter were held in
rooms 311 and 312 in the Student
Center on Jan. 6-8.
The process for this quarter was
set up the same as last quarter and
everything seemed to go smoothly,
except for the long lines.
Chris Bailey, a sophomore bi
ology major, said, “The lines were a
pain in the mornings, longer this
quarter, but in the afternoon there
were almost no lines at all.”
According to Bonnie Stevens,
registrar, there were two main rea
sons the lines were long. “Over the
winter break, about 500 students
had their classes dropped because
their fees were not paid on time,"
she said. "Most of these people tried
to late register that first morning,
and that’s why the lines were so
long. After that first day, they
thinned out.”
Stevens also said that "shop
pers”, students who go through
drop/ add just to see what classes
were available, took up a lot of the
space.
“After about two days, we
started recognizing the same stu
dents coming back and sitting
around looking at the available
classes so we would ask them to
leave,” Stevens said.
The only other complaint was
that there were not enough classes
for those students that needed them.
"There are not enough classes
offered for students, such as re
quired classes and night classes for
non-traditional students,” said
Diane Langely, senior secretary for
the Department of English and Phi
losophy, a non-traditional student
herself. But despite the lack of
courses, the whole procedure was
run very smoothly, she said.