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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
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Shawn Eddinfield, senior
“No. A lot of people go home on
the weekends and there is no one
here and there are always a lot of
parking spots.”
NEWS
IN A HURRY
Alumni assc.
needs
volunteers
The University of
West Georgia National
Alumni Association is
looking for local alumni
to assist with centennial
celebration planning,
according to association
president,Christy Sammon
of Carrollton.
“The NAA’s board
of directors is involved
in the process and its
homecoming committee
is hard at work, but we
really would like to
broaden the scope and
involve as many local
alumni as possible,” said
the former UWG Student
Government Association
president. “The centennial
celebration won’t be
a one-event show; it’s
planned to be a continuous
series of events that run
from August 2006 through
August 2007.”
One alumni-related
event is being planned for
the Bowdon community as
UWG shifts focus on the
area’s first institution of
higher learning - Bowdon
College.
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Photo by Kelly Williams
Logan Leslie injects water Into the stop-flow apparatus. A stop-flow apparatus is the
main instrument used by Leslie in his research on folding proteins.
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Cameron Brazzell, senior
"I don’t think they should because
the campus isn’t busy on Fridays,
and most of the faculty and stu
dents are not even here.”
A reunion event is
planned for Friday, Aug. 5,
at the Tisinger farmhouse
in the Farmers High
community.
A community-wide
Centennial Gala is being
planned for Aug. 18,
the actual date for the
founding of West Georgia's
predecessor - the Fourth
District Agricultural and
Mechanical School.
“West Georgia is
in high gear planning a
wide variety of events for
everyone,” said Sammon.
“The National Alumni
Association wants to be
just as active by providing
experiences for its
primary constituents - the
university’s 41,000 alumni
and its current student
body.”
Beyond Homecoming,
which will be staged on
Saturday, Nov. 4, Sammon
says the NAA is already
planning Dinner with
12 Strangers, a unique
program that brings six
students, four alumni
and two faculty members
together for dinner.
The purpose of the
program is to make the
transition easier for new
residential freshmen as they
enter the college ranks.
Long-term, the NAA
hopes it helps improve
retention by creating a true
Kendra Parker, sophomore
“No. There are plenty of parking
spaces on campus because many
students go home early on Fridays,
if they haven’t already left on Thurs
day.”
“home away from home”
for UWG students.
This event was held
for the first time last fall
and it was a great success,
according to Sammon. The
dinners are hosted by local
alumni board members
and other alumni in the
community.
Alumni and friends
interested in helping the
UWG National Alumni
Association withCentennial
planning efforts, can contact
Frank Pritchett, director of
alumni relations, at (678)
839-6582 or email him at
frankp@westga.edu.
Sethna to
speak at
Summit
Conference
University of West
Georgia President Beheruz
N. Sethna will be the
keynote speaker in the
Fourth Annual Summit
Conference hosted by
the RTM Institute for
Leadership, Ethics and
Character on April
6 at Kennesaw State
University.
The topic for the
conference is “Ethical
Challenges In A Global
Society: How Can
Universities Lead?”
The conference will
focus on reasons why
leaders of today must have
greater skills, knowledge
and vision than their
predecessors.
Sethna, along
with other university
representatives, will
emphasize the importance
of higher education and the
global ethical challenges of
the 21st century.
Other presenters
include Ann Helm,
executive director of the
Center for International
Services at the City
University of New York,
Staten Island, Dr. Greg
Weisenstein, University of
North Dakota's provost and
vice president for Academic
Affairs; Dr. William A.
Sederburg, president of
Utah Valley Sate College;
and Brian M. Wooten,
director of the Kennesaw
State University’s Center
for Student Leadership and
instructor for University
Studies.
One goal of the
conference is to involve
administrators, faculty and
students from universities
across Georgia in a national
dialog on the issues of
ethical challenges in a
global society.
Registration is $45 and
the deadline is March 17.
For more information,
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chemical reactions,” said
Leslie. “We try to show it
[science] isn’t all boring.”
Throughout all of this
Leslie has had his best
Campus Calendar
(All sporting events listed are home games.)
Wednesday, March 8
• Diamonds and Gems, UCC Rm. 204-205, 6 p.m.
• Lambda, Pafford Rm. 302, 7 p.m
• Celebration of Womanhood, Lower Level Z-6, 7 p.m..
Thursday, March 9
• Energy Committee Meeting, UCC Rm. 312, 2 p.m.
• SGA Meeting, UCC Rm. 207, 3:30 p.m.
• Mass Comm Society, UCC Rm. 208, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 10
• Softball: UWG v. Carson-Newnan, Oil Park Field, 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
• Softball: UWG v. Barry, Oil Park Field, 11 a.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.
Sr.
Nandani Presaud, sophomore
“No. I think Public Safety should
include Friday In the weekend
because the amount of students
who are here on Fridays is about
the same as the amount on the
weekends.”
call (678) 797-2000 or visit
http://www.kennesaw.edu/
ilec/summit.
Dr. Frazier to
direct
"The Mikado"
The University of
West Georgia Opera
Workshop presents Gilbert
& Sullivan’s most popular
comic operetta, “The
Mikado,” on Thursday,
March 9, and on Saturday,
March 11, at 8:15 p.m. in
the Townsend Center for
the Performing Arts.
The English comedy
about a Japanese tailor who
becomes an executioner
will be performed by an all
student cast in full costume
on a colorful stage set.
Dr. Larry Frazier,
UWG professor of music,
will direct the production.
“The Mikado,” also
known as “The Town of
Titipu,” features music by
Sir Arthur Sullivan and text
by W. S. Gilbert.
The production was
first presented in 1885
at the Savoy Theatre in
London and ran for 672
performances. It has been
a popular comedy ever
since.
The opera’s cultural
and political perspectives
friend by his side, Kelly
Antion.
Leslie said, “1 know
I would have never gotten
nearly so far without my
best friend Kelly to be
supporting me all the way.”
He adds, “She never
(Elje Wvat (Georgian
Cassle Cummings, sophomore
“No, because sometimes family
and friends visit on Fridays and
there are plenty of parking spaces
at the residents halls on Fridays.”
of Japan are based on
the notions of Victorian
England and are further
transformed by a constant
satirical tone.
Student performers
are Cory Speakman,
Rebekah Hogsed and
Kerri Harshaw of
Lawrenceville; Jeff Orme
of Douglasville; Michael
Bumaman of Woodstock;
Matt Jones of Mableton;
Andrew Scott of Stone
Mountain.
Other students
include Rose Blanchard
of Austell; Jenna Hughes
of Rocky Face; Melissa
Stamps of Carrollton:
Bridget Bohman of
Alpharetta and Valerie
Beck of Cordele.
Charles H. Stewart
Cos., a leading scenic
design company in
Massachusetts, designed
the sets.
Melanie Evans Parry
of Creative Costumes
in Griffin created the
costumes.
Tickets are available
at the Townsend Center
box office and are $lO for
adults,s7forseniorcitizens
and $3 for children.
Admission is free
for UWG students with
student identification.
For more information
or to purchase tickets, call
(678) 839-4722.
gets any credit for always
being there and helping
me out.” Antion is a junior
and is a chemistry major.
In the future, Leslie
plans to attend graduate
school, earn a doctorate
and continue research.