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UWG presents Preview Day to prospects
By Miranda Byrd
Staff Writer
mirandajbyrd@yahoo.com
Prospective students
came out in masses
Sunday as the University
of West Georgia held its
first Preview Day of the
year.
Preview Day is an
opportunity for future
students to get a close look
at what UWG has to offer.
Many families took
advantage of this rare
occassion to get a sneak
peek at a university many
students are considering
to attend.
The day opened with a
welcome from Dr. Thomas
Hynes, acting UWG
President.
After the assembly,
bus and walking tours
were available to take
visitors around the 400-
acre campus.
An academic fair
exposed potential students
to the many departments
and majors available at
UWG.
The organizational
fair gave students the
opportunity to ask
questionsabouton-campus
housing, freshman
centered initiatives,
intramurals, Greek life
and other organizations
with which students can
get involved.
The university held
informational sessions
for students interested
in the Honors College,
SPAN offers progressives a place to share ideas
Photo by Kristal Dixon
Dr. Mark Kunkel, professor of psychology, SPAN President David Sluder, and former
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of Georgia, various
scholarship opportunities
and financial aid.
In past years Preview
Day has been held in
the TLC Atrium, but
with the addition of the
new Campus Center to
UWG, the academic and
organizational fairs were
both held in the Ballroom,
allowing for easier
accessibility.
Student organizations
that participated in the
event include the Black
Student Alliance, the
Student Government
Association, The West
Georgian, the Student
Activities Council, and
Greek Life.
As part of the
festivities, future students
and their families were
invited to tour many of the
UWG residence halls.
Resident Assistants
presented tours in each
hall that will house new
freshmen next year.
These tours included a
walk-through of residence
halls such as the University
Suites and Watson Hall.
With these walk
throughs, prospective
students and parents can ask
the Resident Assistants and
the Resident Director or the
Residence Life Coordinator
what they could expect to
encounter while living in a
particular residence hall.
Some of the topics of
discussion with these tours
included visitation hours.
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Dr. David Goff, department chair of the Mass Communications and Theater Arts, talks to a student interested in joining
the West Georgia community.
picking a room mate and
what is and isn’t allowed in
a room.
Prospects and their
parents were also shown
a model room. From
viewing the room, they
could grasp a mental
picture of what a room
looks like and can also
have an idea of what a
student will need in that
particular room to make
the room feel like home.
Prospective students
and their parents were
also given the opprotunity
to visit with departments
such as Financial Aid,
Residence Life, and
By Tim Sowers
Staff Writer
tsowers I @my.westga.edu
Students on campus
have a diverse set of ideals,
and there are organizations
for all student interests.
One group that
represents a segment of
the diverse student ideals
is the Student Peace
Action Network, known
as SPAN.
SPAN is a group
of students who are
concerned with promoting
“progressive and activist
causes in general, so those
causes we pursue are
going to be the ones that
the members care about”
said David Sluder, the
group’s president.
Some events that the
group has sponsored or taken
part of in the past include a
showing of “Sir, No Sir” last
Thursday, October 19.
The movie told the
story of a group of Vietnam
veterans who worked to
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Admissions to further seek
any information they may
have missed during the
designated tour hours.
Also, this gave them
a time to go over any
requirements a student
needs to meet before
being able to attend the
university.
bring an end to the war.
The movie was
followed by a question and
answer session with two
Iraqi war veterans.
SPAN attends the
protest of the School of
Americas each year. 15,000
people typically attend the
protest.
As part of this years
protest, SPAN hosted
Father Bourgeois who
spoke about Americas
Latin American Foreign
Policy in relation to the
School of Americas.
The group also plans
to hold a screening of “The
Corporation” as a means of
discussing business ethics
and what responsibilities
corporations have to
society they serve.
Last year, the group
also held a die-in to mark
the three year anniversary
of the Iraq War. Participants
of the demonstration lay on
the ground while the names
of dead Iraqi civilians were
read aloud.
Photo by Kristal Di xon
UWG will host
two more Preview Days
throughout the year, but
prospective students can
also request a tour during
regular business hours on
Monday through Friday.
For more information
about Preview Day, visit
http://www.westga.edu.
SPAN was founded in
the fall of 2003 and meets
every Tuesday at 6 p.m. on
the third floor of the UCC
near the television.
The group has about
five members who are
active at all meetings
and roughly ten to fifteen
people who also come out
to their events.
David Sluder said
that he would like to see
more people come to their
meetings and hopes that
the group can help people
become more informed
and aware of the events
that go on in the world
around them.
Sluder believes that
“for those progressives
and activists out there
who are looking for a
group of people that share
your ideas and concerns,
we can help.”
For more information
about SPAN and their
events, contact David
Sluder at dsluderl@my.
westga.edu.