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THE
MERCER CLUSTER
VOLUME LX VII, NUMBER 14
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA
FEBRUARY 7. 1986
SGA sets election dates
by SEAN BLACK
Monday’s SC A meeting cen
tered upon the upcoming spring
elections and plans for it. Sena
tors also discussed issues re
volving around the Infirmary
and SUAB.
In his report. President John
Peyton announced that the
qualification date for the Spring
elections will be March 27,
which means that campaigning
will begin on the 29. President
Peyton also announced that this
year, the electioft\period will
feature an Election Theme Din
ner in the cafeteria. This din
ner, to be held on April 2, will
feature an " All-American”
menu. The cafeteria will be
decorated in red, white, and
blue.
Hunter Hall, SGA's represen
tative to the University health
Committee, spoke about plans
that have been discussed for
improving the Infirmary.
Among those ideas are the ac
quisition of an on-campus psy
chologist, expanded physician
hours, and student exit surveys.
Senator Tammy Robinson
spoke to the issue of a rumor
which has been circulating
Greer named Dean
of Mercer’ sCLA
Mercer President R. Kirby
Godsey has announced the
appointment of Dr. Sammye
Crawford Greer of Spartanburg,
S. C., as dean of the follege of
Liberal Arts and professor of
English at Mercer University in
Macon, Ga., effective July 1,
1986.
Dr. Greer is currently dean of
the college and professor of
English at Converse College in
Spartanburg, a position she has
held since 1982.
“Mercer is extremely for
tunate that Dr. Sammye Greer
has accepted the appointment
of dean of the College of Liberal
Arts,” said Mercer President R.
Kirby Godsey. “She is a sen
sitive scholar and a perceptive
administrator. She brings to
this important office new di
mensions of strength and vi
sion. qualities which are critical
to the life of the entire Uni
versity, as we move toward the
new educational challenges of
the next century."
The dean-elect did her under
graduate work at Ouachita Uni
versity in Arkadelphia, Ark.,
where she received the B. A.
degree, and she earned the M.
A. degree in English at Tulane
University in New Orleans. She
received the. Ph.D. degree in
English from the University of
Kentucky in Lexington.
Prior to her appointment at
Converse, she was chairman of
the department of English at
Illinois Wesleyan University in
Bloomington, HI., where she
also had served as professor,
associate and assistant profes-
about an SGA takeover of
SUAB. Such a thing is not
planned, nor has it been
considered. The only action
which SGA is involved with in
regard to SUAB is the appoint
ment of represenatives to
SUAB’s governing board. This
is an action taken at the invi
tation of SUAB and in accor
dance with their constitution.
The President’s report also
included the appointment of
Fontaigne Stafford to the posi
tion of Editor of the Freshman
Record. John Peyton also an
nounced the selection of the
new dean. He also asked that
Senators conduct a straw vote
during their 11:00 classes to
determine whether students are
in favor of moving commence
ment exercises to a date imme
diately following final examina
tions. He also asked that Sena
tors ask whether students are in
favor of retaining the six-week
Christmas Break.
Senator John Kennedy, chair
man of the Fiscal Affairs com
mittee. said that his committee
will soon be initiating the bud
geting process. During this
period, campus organizations
will submit budget requests to
SGA. Fiscal Affairs will eval
uate these requests and set the
budgets for these organizations.
During old businesses. Sena
tor Robinson distributed copies
of the Dulcimer. This magazine,
which has been delayed for over
seven months, features the lit
erary and artistic works of Mer
cer students.
Under new business, Tom
Cipolla introduced a motion to
move SGA meeting time to 8:00
p.m. When brought to a vote,
the motion failed, so SGA
meeting time will remain 5:30
p.m. It was also announced that
IFC will be holding a blood
drive on February 18 and 19.
Secretary Mary Carl Kay an
nounced that BACCHUS will be
sponsoring a booth on March 3.
4 and 5, which will have infor
mation on hotels in Florida
during Spring Break.
sor of English. Earlier she was
on the faculty of Kentucky
Southern College in Louisville,
Ky., as assistant professor of
English. She also has been a
teacher in the New Orleans
Public Schools.
She is president of the
Council of Academic Deans of
South Carolina Independent
Colleges. She has served as
president of the Association of
Departments of English (ADE),
a national organization of Eng
lish departments, and has
served on the organization's
executive committee.
Her special interests are Irish
studies and 20th century British
Literature. She is a member of
the American Committee for
Irish Studies and she has held
memberships in the Modem
Language Association, the
Women's Caucus of the Modem
Languages, the Illinois Faculty
Women's Caucus, the National
Council of Teachers of English,
and the American "Association
of University Professors.
Dr. Greer has published
extensively in professional jour
nals on numerous aspects of
20th century British and Irish
literature. She has presented
papers and delivered addresses
at numerous forums on the
subjects oiliberal education and
women in literature.
Since Dr. Roliin S. Armour
resigned from the deanship of
the College of Liberal Arts in
the fall of 1984, Dr. Robert J.
Hargrove has served as dean
protem.
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Mercer Singers and College
Street Singers to perform
Editor's note: The location of
the Mercer Singers and College
Street Singers Concert has been
changed. Please note the cor
rect information below.
The Mercer University Sing
ers and the College Street
Singers, both under the direc
tion of Michael Schwartzkopf.
will present a winter concert at
8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, in
Newton Hall on the College of
Liberal Arts Campus.
The concert will open with the
Mercer Singers performing J.
S. Bach's stunning motet. Lobet
den Herre, alle Heiden. Written
in 1723 or possibly earlier, this
motet differs from Bach’s five
other motets in both mood and
treatment. It is not music for
mourning but a hymn of praise.
The Mercer Singers will
continue their program with
Felix Mendelssohn’s setting of
Psalm 43 entitled, Richte mich,
Gott, (Judge me, O God)
followed by Lux Aeteraa, by
Edwin Fissinger; two works by
Randall Thompson, Alleluia and
Choose Something Like a Star;
andVoncluding with Portrait of
Duke Ellington, arranged by
John Cacavas. Soloists for Lux
Aeteroa will be baritone, Dana
Smith, and soprano, Andrea
Porter. Ray Peebles will ac
company the Singers on piano
and organ.
The College Street Singers
are featured on the second por
tion of the program. They will
perform popular music from
yesterday and today including,
''You’re Nobody 'til Somebody
Loves You,'' ’Somebody Loves
Me," “Misty," Manhattan
Transfer’s popular song,
“Trickle. Trickle," and a.med
ley of songs by George Gersh
win. The College Street Singers
are accompanied by Cyndi
Wood, piano; Rob Sumowski,
drums; and, Randy Bedingfield,
bass guitar.
The concert is open to the
public without charge. For
further information, contact
Michael Schwartzkopf, director
of vrv»| w/tMties at Mercer, at
744-2748.