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Nausheen Lakhani, freshman
“I think more students would be
attracted to UWG if the Z-6 was
open seven days a week and if the
library was open longer."
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IN A HURRY
Genealogy
researcher to
speak
James W.
Liddell will speak on
Genealogy, Genetics,
Family Genealogy and
Demography as anew
research strategy in
Room 148 of the UWG
Biology Department on
Wednesday, February 15
at 4 p.m.
Jim is a retired
newspaper editor and
military officer (USAF)
residing in Carrollton,
Georgia.
He holds a number
of national and regional
journalism awards, . has
two masters degrees, one
in journalism (University
of Mississipppi) and one
in demography (Florida
State University) and
is the facilitator for a
worldwide genealogical
society, which he helped
found with three close
cousins four years ago.
The group, Team
Liddell et al, is a
recognized world leader
in the application of the
new science of Genealogy
Genetics to traditional
Family Genealogy
and the use of the
migration component of
Demography.
It is the subject of a
large article in Wikipedia,
the Free On-Line
Like to draw?
The West Georgian is looking
for student drawn cartoons and
comics. If you got the talent we
want to print your work.
Submissions should be sent in
grayscale as jpeg or tiff files to
uwgpaper@westga.edu.
The West Georgian will pay
students who have their work
printed.
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Chloma Okafor, freshman
“Higher admission standards would
attract more students. Also, there
should be more activities on the
weekends."
Encyclopedia.
Liddell is in the third
year of a self-funded
worldwide field study
that he hopes will lead
to a systematic merging
of Genealogy, Genetics,
Family Genealogy and
Demography as anew
research strategy.
He expects to complete
his study within the next
four years and produce a
series of papers derived
from it in conjunction with
Faculty at Florida State
Faculty.
Team Liddell et al. has
also launched a two-year
study into techniques for
using
Liddell’s work as a
means to use traditional
family genealogy data to
predict inheritable diseases
for specific families and
serve as a resource for
.medical .„ ..practitioners
in preventive medicine
strategies to lessen the
impact of forecast-able
negative health events for
individuals in a family.
Team Liddell et al is
the world’s first genealogy
group to be enrolled in
the National Geographic
Society’s S4O million, ten
year Genographic Project,
launched during April
2005.
English prof,
lectures on
medieval art
The University of West
Georgia and the Georgia
Collegiate Honors Council
will present a lecture and
What would make the University of West Georgia
more appealing to prospective students?
Kenemie Littlejohn, sophomore
“I think improving the appearance of the
classrooms would attract more students.
The Pafford and Humanities buildings
for example need new desks, and larger
classrooms would also attract students"
viewing celebrating the
Bayeux Tapestry on Friday.
Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. at Kathy
Cashen Hall on the campus
of the University of West
Georgia.
It is a free event with a
dessert reception following
the lecture.
The Bayeux Tapestry
is one of the most famous
works of art created in the
Middle Ages. Measuring
231 feet in length, it
illustrates 58 scenes of
William of Normandy’s
Conquest of England in
1066.
The only full-scale
reproduction of the
Bayeux Tapestry in the
United States hangs in the
Humanities Building on
the UWG campus.
Dr. John Micheal
Crafton, professor of
English at UWG, is writing
a book on the tapestry and.
will give the lecture.
“The mysteries
behind the production and
meaning of the tapestry
are fascinating,” said
Crafton. “There is the rich
and imaginative literature
surrounding the tapestry,
there is the amazing variety
of artistic styles reflected in
the tapestry and there is the
fact that it survived to the
present day.”
Crafton teaches
Chaucer,medieval literature
surveys, the history of
the English language and
critical theory at UWG.
He is considered to be
an emerging expert on the
Bayeux Tapestry.
“It’s a process of
reading the tapestry and the
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Jeff Threet, junior
“I think bigger buildings would attract
more students. There are too many
small ones that make the campus
look funny.”
narrativeandlyrical design,”
said Crafton. “Repeat visits
are recommended.”
Atlanta artist Margaret
ReVille produced the West
Georgia replica. More than
1,000 hours were spent
in research, testing and
comparison of design and
colors. More than 3,000
hours were dedicated to the
replica.
Dr. E.D. Wheeler,
a former judge and
former dean of students
at Oglethorpe University,
commissioned the work
and donated it to UWG.
For information, call
(678)839-6582. To get a
glimpse of the Bayeux
Tapestry , go to
www.westga .edu/~artdept.
Academy
hosts
discussion on
education
The University of
West Georgia will host its
Sixth Annual Julian Stanley
Distinguished Lecture
Series at the Advanced
Academy Board of Trustees
meeting Feb. 17.
The event features
guest lecturer Dr. Bob
McMath, dean of the Honors
College and professor of
history at the University
of Arkansas.McMath, who
was a Fulbright Lecturer
in Italy, will speak on
“Religion and American
Higher Education in an
Age of Culture Wars.”
McMath has received
numerous awards including
Campus Calendar
(All sporting events listed are home games.)
Wednesday, Feb. 8
• Lambda, Pafford Rm. 302, 8 p.m.
• Career Services Workshop, UCC Rm. 204 & 205,4 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 9
• SGA Meeting, UCC Rm. 207, 3:30 p.m.
• Energy Committee Meeting, UCC 312, 2 p.m.
• BSA, UCC 311,4 p.m.
• Mass Comm Society, UCC Rm. 208, 5:30 p.m.
• Women of Diversity, 6 p.m., Student Rec Center.
Sunday, Feb. 12
• Baseball: UWG v. Stillman, Cole Field, 1 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 13
• SPAN, UCC, Top Floor, 8 p.m.
Events are taken from web-published university calendars and sports
schedules, press releases and from information sent to The West
Georgian by event organizers. Organizers wishing to list an event may
e-mail the details, as far in advance as possible, to uwgpaper@westga.
edu.
the George W. Griffith
Award for Outstanding
Teaching, the Dean James
E. Dull Administrator of
the Year Award and the
Governor’s Award for the
Humanities. He served as
Vice Provost at Georgia
Institute of Technology
before accepting the
position at UA.
The Advanced
Academy is a UWG on
campus academic program
designed to meet the
challenges of advanced
and gifted high school
students.
Dr. Julian Stanley,
who died in 2005 at the age
of 87, was known for his
dedicated research on the
teaching and the reaching
of gifted children.
The evening begins at
7 p.m. in the Food Services
Building on the lower level.
For more information on
this free event, contact
the Advanced Academy at
(678) 839-6249.
Music student
presents
research in
Savannah
Music Education major
Melissa Stamps presented
her ongoing research
project, “Choral All-State
Goals and Assessment
Practices” at the 2006 In-
Service Conference of the
Georgia Music Educators
Association’s Annual
Conference, which took
place at the Savannah,
Georgia International Trade
ItU’ot Georgian
Ashley Easterday, senior
“More students would be attracted
to UWG if we had a football stadium, a
softball facility as good as the baseball
team's Cole Field, and parking decks.
and Convention Center.
In this session, music
educators from the state
of Georgia discussed
recent research projects
and findings and their
impact on school music
instruction.
Her supervising
professor, Dr. Dawn
Harmon McCord, also
highlighted the exemplary
UWG Student Research
Assistant Program that
is providing financial
support for Stamps’
research project.
The response by
attendees was affirming
as they expressed their
interest in hearing
the results at a future
conference.
All-State Choirs are
a long standing tradition
in music education in
Georgia and throughout
the United States.
Deadline for
organization
budget nears
The deadline for
student organizations
to send in their budget
proposals for fiscal year
2007 is February 25 at 5
p.m.
Organizations
who wish to continue
operating must submit
their proposals to Linda
Picklesimer in the Student
Activities Office.
For more information,
please contact Picklesimer
at (678) 839-6526 or
lindap@westga.edu