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Founding (Cont. from page 1) Thelma Turner. “I’m very happy because 1906 really is the beginning of this institution,” she stated. “My mother, father, and grandmother attended the groundbreaking cer emony for the A&M School, and everyone was just so thrilled to have the opportunity for more education.” At that time, according to Turner, the Tallapoosa Community School went through the seventh grade, and then county children had to pay tuition to attend either Carrollton or Bowdon schools. “The A&M School provided high school for all us county folks,” Turner explained. “I walked to the A&M School for four years and I don’t regret a minute of it!” Sethna pointed out a second benefit of the change. “This will enable us to cele brate the centennial year of our founding within the professional lifetimes of our current faculty, staff, and leaders of our alumni and community constituencies,” he noted. Doyle Akins, president of the West Georgia Alumni Association, anticipates that celebration. “I am quite pleased that UWG's true founding date is now established and we can look forward to celebrating our centennial in 2006. I am sure all alumni appreciate Dr. Sethna's work to get this change approved,” Akins said. Jackson Hill, chair of the UWG Foundation, agrees. “The historical accuracy and lurvT3l Every clay at Ipm. spm. ficllpm Charter Cable Channel 13 A CNN Student Beaureau Affiliate Don't just watch - Get involved! Call 770-836-6461 to k volunteer! A importance of this change is quite obvious as it gives our uni versity an opportunity to begin thinking and planning for our 100th birthday”, he said. “As chairman of the Foundation, we will soon begin studying the fea sibility of a capital campaign to coincide with our now correctly recorded founding date.” A third implication of the change is in regard to seniority and “reverence,’’according to Sethna. “National lists of universi ties and colleges give seniority to those institutions with earlier founding dates, the implication being that the more senior ones in official listings have more rev erence attached to them,” Sethna explained. “While the relative change in seniority within the USG will be modest, we would move up in national lists by 27 years.” This is important to Shannon Clark, president of the Student Government Association. “1 am looking forward to the celebrations in 2006 due to the change in our founding date. 1 believe that these celebrations will be beneficial to the universi ty because it will enhance the historical acknowledgement of West Georgia,” she said. Sethna ipvites the university and local communities to cele brate this exciting change. “Please join me in celebrat ing this affirmation,” he said. “Rarely does one celebrate grow ing older by 27 years in one fell swoop, but this is an exception! UWG is 94 years old and count ing, and looks rather spry for 94 - in fact, the best is yet to come!” Colombian Poet Speaks to Spanish Classes by Amanda Farr White Guest Writer The State University of West Georgia was visited by Colombian poet Carlos Vasquez-Zawadzki on Monday, November 6, 2000. The visit came as a result of Vasquez- Zawadzki's attendance and participation in the U n i versi ty-spon sored 15th Annual Conference in Literature, Visual Arts, and Cinema held in Atlanta the previous weekend. The session Vasquez-Zawadzki participated in was coordinated by Dr. Cecilia Castro Lee, professor with the University's foreign language department. The topic of the conference was “Madness and Bliss”, and Vasquez-Zawadzki presented an informative paper on Arturo Alape, a Colombian author, during a session of the conference titled “Madness and Bliss in the Writer's Soul.” 'He also presented some of his own poetry later in the day. Dr. Lee invited Vasquez- Zawadzki, who is a personal friend, to visit the University on the last day of his visit to America and also to assist her in teaching a lesson on famed Remember Your Fee for Spring 2001: Pay your fees by Visa/Mastercard on BanWeb.O You will need your PIN Number. FEE PAYMENT DEADLINE FOR SPRING 2001 - DECEMBER 7TH @ 6:00 PM. Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges to her Spanish 2001 stu dents. The students of Spanish 2001 were given an introduction to poetry by Vasquez-Zawadzki IH ill * .>4l )] Jir ‘ 111 r - j/-' \ i #®i Colombian poet Carlos Vasquez-Zawadzki (center) donated copies of his works: Tercer Laberinto, La oreja erotica de Van Gogh, and Diario para Beatriz to the UWG Library. Pictured (l-r) are Amanda White, Spanish student: Charles Beard. Director of Library; Zawadski; Dr. Cecilia Lee. professor at UWG; and Maria Krach. Spanish student. (Photo Courtesy of the Ingram Library) and participated in a discussion on Borges and his particular style of poetry. Vasquez-Zawadzki's open and friendly discourse put stu dents at ease and encouraged discussion of the text. He adept ly managed to speak his native language at a comfortable level for the 2001 students, encourag ing them to join the conversation and also to contribute ideas of their own over the course’s sub ject matter. At the request of the students, Vasquez-Zawadzki pre- Friends of the Library Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, Ga Opening Night - Thursday, November 30 Thursday November 30 Friday, December 1 sented some of his own poetry to the class. Vasquez-Zawadzki is a native of Tumaco, Colombia and now lives in Cali. He has writ- Diario para Beatriz. Vasquez-Zawadzki's work is mainly comprised of love poems and reveals a depth of emotion compressed into deceptively short poems. These three vol umes are now available to be checked out by students and fac ulty in the library. Vasquez-Zawadzki's visit to the State University of West Georgia marks an important event for the foreign language department, and for the University as a whole, because it (Continued on page 10) mm ffiXMflss Saturday. December 2 Sunday. December 3 10:00am - s:oopm' 5 30pm - 8 OOpin 10:OOam - s:3opm Monday, December 4 ten several volumes of poetry. Dr. Lee composed the intro duction to one of his works, Tercer Laberinto. During his visit to the University, Vasquez- Zawadzki toured the library and presented three volumes of his poetry to Charles E. Beard, director of the University library, for inclusion into the University’s selection of Colombian authors. The volumes includ ed Tercer Laberinto, La oreja erotica de Van Gogh, and s:3opm - 8 OOpm lO:OOam - s:3opm 5