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UWG's homecoming parade will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. in the parking lot of
Gold's Gym on Maple Street. As in past years, prizes will be given for best float
'Mardi Gras' is theme
for homecoming week
By Brett Miles
Staff Writer
Bmiles2@my.westga.edu
The Student Activities
Council has declared
that the University of
West Georgia’s 2005
Homecoming will be
“Mardi Gras UWG Style.”
Each year, SAC plans
and coordinates activities
throughout homecoming
week and encourages all
students to be involved
during this festive time.
UWG homecoming
has a different theme each
year, and all activities
during this week are
coordinated with the
current theme. This year's
homecoming week begins
Monday, Oct. 3 and lasts
through Saturday. Oct. X.
Registered student
organizations, Greek
SGA offers advice for students' parking problems
Bus Schedule
• UCC - Tyus shuttle:
runs every 5 minutes
from 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.nt.
• Band parking Lot -
Z 6 - TLC Shuttle: makes
a U-turn at Bowdon from
7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
• Two Red Routes:
run 10 minutes apart.
Both run from 7:30 a.m.-
4 p.m. and one runs from
4 p.m.-12 midnight.
• Apartment Shuttle:
runs from TLC bus Stop
to Chateau, Mandeville
Lofts, Rivers Edge and
River Place; runs from
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Sunday Red route
runs on Sundays from 4
p.m.-12 midnight
• Target Shuttle:
runs every 15 minutes
from the UCC to Target
Parking Lot.
Source: SGA
“The Student Voice at the University of West Georgia since 1934 "
organizations and residence
halls were eligible to
enter in the homecoming:
registration ended on Friday.
There will be contests
throughout the week,
where these registered
organizations will compete
to earn points.
The points will be
tallied at the end of the week
and the organization with the
most points will be honored
with the "Grand Champion
Award" during half-time
activities at the homecoming
football game.
The activities that the
registered organizations
compete in to win points are
a banner contest, sidewalk
contest, decorated car or
truck entry, boat entry and
novelty entry. Not only do
the winners and runner
ups win points for their
team, but they also win a
By Dave Word
News Editor
daveword@bellsouth.nel
The Student
Government Association
has a message for students
about parking on campus:
“We feel your pain."’
That was the headline
on a recent SGA press
release, informing
students that the student
government is aware of
the situation and thanking
them for their cooperation
and understanding so far.
They also want
students to know that they
are working on the issue
and things are going to be
better soon.
In the meanwhile, SGA
offers advice for students
who have been receiving
parking tickets, which they
say could have been easily
avoided. The advice?
“Students who drive
should leant to ride on buses
while on campus as that
cash prize for each contest
if they place first, second
or third.
Although the previous
activities are limited toonly
registered organizations,
the majority of the week’s
activities are school wide.
SAC President Jenna
Ann Kaufman said, "We
want to incorporate all the
students at UWG. not just
the organizations.”
There are numerous
activities in w hich all UWG
students are encouraged to
participate and all are free
of charge.
On Monday of
Homecoming week there
will be a homecoming
celebration in Love Valley
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
I here w ill be free food and
a T-shirt swap. The first 50
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is the surest way to avoid
getting unnecessary tickets,”
reads the press release.
The press release goes
on to say that revised bus
schedules will be posted
as soon as possible at all
the bus stops on campus.
Currently, the old band
field parking lot is usually
underutilized.
Students who cannot
find a parking spot should
go to the band lot a couple
of minutes early, park their
cars and ride the shuttle to
class to avoid being late.
The release also
menitons the Target
shuttle was introduced for
the benelit of commuter
students who find it difficult
to find a space anywhere
on campus.
There is currently a
promotion on this route:
Students who ride it 25
times get a $25 gift card for
the University Bookstore.
The SGA also wants
to keep students informed
Student robbed at gunpoint;
police still search for suspect
By Dave Word
News Editor
daveword@hell.south.net
University police say they are
looking for a man who robbed a student
at gunpoint early Friday morning.
The incident happened around 1:30
a m. w hen the man approached the male
student in front of the Z-6 and demanded
money, displaying what appeared to be a
small black firearm. The robber left the
area on foot, after the student handed over
his wallet.
The victim then followed the man
to the corner of West Georgia Drive and
Shaclkeford Drive, where he observed the
robber getting into a white, box shaped
Roberts guests talk about
present, consider future
By Kristal Dixon
Staff Writer
Shuntay2l &■ hotmail.com
For the evacuees from
New Orleans living in
Roberts Hall. Georgia will
be home - for now.
They all lost
everything in the storm,
including their homes,
w hich were destroyed by
the high flood waters.
Despite their
situations, they are
able to smile and face
another day. They are
able to look forward
and see the possibilities
instead of looking back
and lamenting the past.
Peter Williams, from
New Orleans’ 7th Ward,
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Photo by Dave Word
Horns blare and tempers flare as students contend for parking spaces in the north com
muter parking lot Monday. Three minutes later, the Band Field parking lot was observed
to be less than half full.
about other changes being
made to make the traffic
and transportation system
at UWG more convenient.
By now, everybody
is getting used to the new
hanging tags. That change
took the SGA three years
Wednesday. September 2H % 2005
vehicle parked across from the Day Care
Center.
He told police that there were
two black females in the car, which
left the scene traveling south on West
Georgia Drive, in the direction of
Maple St. UWG and Carrollton police
searched the area, but were unable to
find the robber.
The man is described as a black male
about 20-years-old, with a muscular build
and about 5’ 8” in height, with his hair in
corn rows.
Anyone who thinks they have any
information that would assist the police
in locating and prosecuting the robber
are asked to contact Public Safety at
(678)839-6000.
did not stick around to
see Katrina hit.
“I left the Sunday
before the storm hit. 1
didn't take a lot of stuff.
I only packed as if I was
going on a three day
vacation,” he said.
His relatives stayed
behind and laterevacuated
after the storm had passed.
They informed him of
the status of his house,
which was completely
destroyed, as soon as he
contacted them.
When asked if he
would go back to New
Orleans, Williams said it
was a tricky question.
“It’s a possibility,
but I'm not sure. I mean,
the minimum wage is
to make and they say they
pushed for it in response
to students’ concerns and
complaints.
The organization asks
students not to forget to
hang it back on if they take
it off every time they park
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higher here, the education
system and quality of
life is much better here
than in New Orleans. I
enjoyed my years in New
Orleans, but if changes
aren’t made, I may not go
back,” he said.
Williams’ sentiment
is echoed by the other
evacuees staying in
Roberts. DeShone
Augustin, who did not
leave New Orleans until
three days after Katrina
hit, was more forthcoming
about his decision not to
return to his hometown.
“I don’t want to go
back. I may go back and
get my belongings, but 1
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their car.
They advise students
who drive without a rear
view mirror to tape the tag
in the middle of the dash
with the numbers facing
up where it can be read by
the parking control officer.