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Robert Roller, UWG alumnus and owner of R.T.
Roller Studio and Gallery will display his talents at
the OIF the Square" arts and crafts show this
weekend.
March 4,1999
Volume 44
Number 8
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News 1-2
Opinions/Features 3
Campus News/Organi
zations... 4
A& E 5
Sports 6
ETC 7
Classifieds 8
News Briefs
The annual Braves Super
Night is being held on March
11. Radio personality Rhubarb
Jones from Y 106.7 will be the
MC and JefF Foxworthy will
provide the entertainment.
Call the Athletic Department
at 836-6533 for ticket infor
mation
A&E Briefs
The Movie: Holy Man will
air in the Bonner Lecture
Hall today from 7:00p.m.,
and 9:30 p.m.
The Society of Professional
Jounalists will meet March
11 at 7:00 p.m. in Humani
ties Room 226. All inter
ested are welcome to attend.
Sports Briefs
The Braves play in the NCAA
Division II tournament to
day at 9 p.m. in Memphis,
Tennessee versus Gulf South
Conference Tournament
Champion Henderson State
University.
Briefs
Interested in running for
SGA?
Pick up applications in Stu
dent Activities Office. Ap
plication deadline is March
19 at 5:00 p.m. Also SGA is
raffling oiF administrators'
parking spots to raise money
for Habitat for Humanity.
Quote of the Week
" Those who agree with us
may not be right, but we
admire their astuteness."
Cullen Hightower
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Inside this
week
UWG Men
Basketball team still alive
John House
Sports Editor
The incredible season by the
West Georgia Braves al
most ended on a sour note
as the Braves were shockingly de
feated 89-75 by the Southern Arkan
sas Muleriders in the Gulf South Con
ference Tournament
It was almost certain that if the
Braves lost early in the conference
tournament that they would not be
invited to the NCAA Division II Tour
nament.
The Braves received new life when
they were selected by the NCAA com
mittee to the Division II Tournament
South Regional, despite twoemotional.
losses in Harrogate, TN to Lincoln
Memorial and Southern Arkansas.
The expected route for the Braves
to enter the NCAA Division II field
"Academic excellence in a HOPEful environment"
HH.
Steven Broome/UWG Public Relations
CEO of Capital Publishing Cos.
to visit West Georgia next week
Randy Jones, CEO of
Capital Publishing Cos.
in New York, is the
sixth Executive-in-Residence for
the Richards College of Business
at UWG for the spring semester
1999.
As the former publisher of Es
quire, Jones resigned in 1991 to
develop his own company which
publishes Worth, The American
Benefactor, and Civilization.
Through these magazines, he
speaks to a demographically se
lect audience with a mixture of
first-class journalism, investiga
tive reporting, economic and fi
nancial analysis, and social com
mentary.
The Executive-in-Residence
program was established in 1996
by Dr. David Hovey, dean of
Richards College of Business, as
a way of bringing successful ex
MOVING INTO THE
MILLENNIUM “
News
UWG professor receives jour
nalism award
See page 2
was to win the tournament and re
ceive the automatic bid as Gulf South
Conference champs.
The Braves lost a close game to
Lincoln Memorial in the season fi
nale, losing the ability to host the
conference tournament in the pro
cess, and then went into the confer
ence tournament hoping to erase the
season ending defeat from theirminds
and focus on the championship.
The Braves were expected by many
to go far into the 17th Gulf South
Conference Tournament. With a2l -5
record going into the tournament, and
the talent on this team in the likes of
Gulf Sbuth Conference leading scorer,
Curtis Pass, the Braves couldn’t help
but be one of the favorites for the title.
Southern Arkansas entered the
tournament, with seemingly less pres
sure on their backs than the Braves.
The Southern Arkansas
ecutivcs to the University cam
pus in order to enrich students,
faculty, and the surrounding com
munity with their expertise.
Since the beginning, Dr. Frank
R. Hunsickcr, retired professor
and the chair of the management
and business systems department,
has directed the program.
These executives have spoken
to over 1500 students, faculty,
and members of the community.
They have addressed a variety
of issues from entrepreneurship
to managing a large family busi
ness.
Jones will arrive on the UWG
campus on Mon., March 8 and
remain until March 9.
Jones will address the Ad
vanced Academy in a dinner talk
on March 8.
The next day, Jones will dis
cuss “Starting a Publishing Busi-
Opinions
Editor addresses submission
policy
See page 3
Muleriders, making their first appear
ance in the Gulf South Conference
tournament, made a dramatic turn
around from the 1997-1998 season
under the leadership of first time head
coach Brian Daugherty.
The Mulerider program improved
from 12-14, in 1997-1998, to an im
pressive record of 15-11 (9-3 GSC
West), in one of the toughest confer
ences in Division 11.
The Muleriders received a break
on the night, as Braves freshman point
guard Jeff Hickman was hampered by
a sprained ankle sustained in practice,
and was not able to start the game.
Guard Ashley Lawson stepped up
admirably with 13 points, six re
bounds, five assists, and three steals
in 20 minutes of play.
The Braves were plagued by poor
shooting throughout the night, as they
tried to adjust to the Muleriders, a
Joelle Prine /The West Georgian
Randy Jones
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team the Braves have never faced
before in their history.
Senior Curtis Pass, the Braves leader
in scoring, finally lost his scoring touch on
the season, shooting adismal eight-for-21
on the night for 17 points and seven
rebounds. Pass also fouled out of a game
for the first time this season.
The Braves, as a team shot, an incred
ibly ugly 29-percent from the floor in the
second half of the game. The Braves
shooting from the floor, paired with 23
percent shooting from the foul-line in the
second half, spelled doom for the Braves
on the night and seemingly brought an
end to the Braves otherwise amazing
season.
On Sunday, the Braves received the
incredible news that despite two season
ending losses, the Braves received the at
large bid based upon their 21 -6 record and
number two regional ranking entering the
conference tournament.
ness” with mass com
munications students
and be the guest speaker
at the Executive
Roundtable. His subject
for this discussion is
titled, “Live Rich,
Don’t Retire, Die
Broke.”
“The executives bring
experience into the class
room which bridges the
gap between theory and
practice,” said Dean
Hovey.
The five previous Ex
ecutive-in-Residcnce
were Don Baker, execu
tive consultant with the
North Highland Com
pany; Bob Stone, chair
man and CEO of Sys
tems and Methods. Inc.
(SMI); Kathy Babcock,
uwgpeper@westgajedu
Weather
28-57 degrees.
See page 7
"We’re very pleased and honored to
receive the bid," said Head Coach Ed
Murphy.”
Even M urphy was pleasantly surprised
when hearing about the bid.
“I think it’s a great tribute to thejob our
players and assistant coaches did all sea
son. But we weren't very optimistic after
what happened to us last week,” said
Coach Murphy.
Now the Braves, ranked fifth in the
tournament, must battle Gulf South Con
ference tournament winner Henderson
State in tlie first round of the NCAA
Division II Tournament. Thurs. March 4.
at 9:00 p.m. in Memphis. TN.
If the Braves win that game, they will
go into Friday’s semifinal round to face
the tournament host and top seed.
Lemoyne Owen.
The Championship game will be Sat..
March 6, at 7:00 p.m. in Memphis. TN.
UWG’s President Sethna
and senior education
major Angela Minish
show off the plaque that
honors former Georgia
Governor Zell Miller.
Miller initiated the
HOPE grant that allows
college students with a
“B” average to receive tu
ition, fees, and a book
allowance. All University
System institutions will
display the plaque. The
one at UWG is located at
the entrance to Sanford
Hall.
general manager of the
Remarketing Group, a Hewlett-
Packard company in Palo Alta,
California; Bill Loftin, an apparel
magnate; and Emory W. Mulling,
president of the Mulling Group,
an Atlanta-based outplacement
and executive coaching firm.
Jones is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia with a B .A. in
journalism and was honored by
UWG in 1988 with the John
Dewey Award as an outstanding
alumnus.
He is a member of the Creative
Coalition, and serves as a board
member of Child Hope USA and
the New York University Center
of Publishing.
He lectures in the summer at
Sanford University.
He lives in New York with his
wife, the former Connie Cole from
Carrollton, and their three sons.