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VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER yf
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA
FRIDAY, JAN. IS, 1988
CLA faculty votes
54-35 in favor of
3/2 class schedule
By Karen Jacobs
Editor-in-chief
The faculty of the College of
Liberal Arts by a margin of 54-35
voted to accept a proposal pro
viding for a 3 day/2 day class for
mat in academic scheduling begin
ning next fall.
The proposal must be passed by
the combined faculties of the CLA,
business, and engineering schools
before it is made official.
The specifics of the proposal pro
vide for four 70-minute class
periods on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday with a 50-minutc activi
ty period. Morning classes on
Tuesday and Thursday would ex
tend 50 minutes while afternoon
classes would meet for 110
minutes. The 11 a.m. hour is
reserved for Thursday chapel
services.
Dr. Sammyc Greer, dean and
chairman of the university calendar
committee, pointed out that
Wednesday would be open com
pletely for classes, regardless of the
response to the 3/2 schedule
proposal.
Leslie Peck, professor of
mathematics, said that the 3/2 pro
posal was not an improvement on
the present situation, citing the
■Cttmiru.:*on of the 50 minute class
period. He .'xpressed that factors
such as student concentration and
attention span make the 50 minute
meeting time a viable optionr^Hc
suggested a 4 day/3 day format
which would provide for 50 minute
class time.
Eugene Bell, professor of com
puter science, commented that the
3/2 proposal would not support the
instructional program of the com
puter science department. He said
that his department has taught
2-day classes and added that less
material is covered, and that stuv
dent performance is not better. He 1
also voiced that with the 3/2 pro
posal students may select classes in
order to "have three Friday nights.
(Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday).
Peter Brown of the philosophy
department said that he didn't agree
that students may opt for a Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday
schedule in order to get "three Fri
day." He said that the current pro
posal was designed to help preserve
field trip and research times and to
provide a more flexible schedule.
Marlin Gilbert of the sociology
department voiced the concern that
the 3/2 schedule,might make it dif
ficult for work-study students to
fulfill required work hours.
In other business, professors
Peter Brown, Nat Frazer (biology),
Catherine Meeks (Afro-American
studies. IDs), Emory Whitaker
(math), and Paul Oppy (speech and
dramatic arts) were elected to the
university faculty house of
delegates, with Edward Weintraut
(German) named as alternate.
Gcrre Price, chairman of speech
and dramatic arts, introduced
Rhonda Parker, the new debate
coach and SDA professor.
Guesls at Tuesday's “Beyond War" forum include (left lo right) Dr. George Hertry, Dy. Mary Wilder,
Loiuy Edwards, Dr. Charles Proctor, Moderator Richard Thomas, Dr. Michael Kahn, Dr. Tatiana
Kabachenko and her interpreter Ms. Noll, and Carla Massoni.
Soviet researcher discusses
a world beyond war
Dr. Tatiana Kabachenko. senior
research fellow on the faculty of
Moscow State University, joined a
panel of prominent Middle
peorgians and other distinguished
guests in a forum on Sovict-
American relations held at the
Medical School Auditorium
Tuesday.
The forum was sponsored by
Beyond War, a non-partisan,
educational foundation that has
over 1200 active members, and
was held as a part of an educational
tour that is promoting Break
Through: Emerging New Think
ing, the first jointly authored
Soviet-American book on social
and political change.
Kabachenko, who co-authored a
chapter entitled *'Young People
and Nuclear War," said that being
a mother was what prompted her
involvement in the book project:
Young people are very worried
about war. the military, and the
nuclear arms race. Wars and
threats of war can have a great ef
fect on the lives of young people.
I felt responsibility, duty to
eliminate this fear."
She stressed the universal nature
of the nuclear threat: "In spite of
nationality and differences, we
have similarity in thinking
sometime.
The pain of someone clse’s life
is also your pain."
Richard D. Thomas, editor of
The Macon Telegraph and News.
served as moderator and described
the forum as "dialogue, a sharing
of ideas and hope." University
President R. Kirby Godscy de
scribed it as "the search for a bet
ter way of living together."
Panel members included Dr.
Charles Proctor, professor of Phar
macology at the School of
Medicine; Dr. Mary Wilder, pro
fessor in the English Department;
the Rev. Lonzy Edwards, a local
minister and attorney; Dr. George
Henry, a prominent psychiatrist;
Dr. Michael Kahn. Massachusetts
Coordinator for Beyond War; and
Carla Massoni. a member of
Beyond War’s National Task
Force.
Kabachenko answered questions
from the panel and the audience,
including one about the role of
women in Russian society: "Legal
ly. women have equal rights with
men. The difference is that women
have so many roles to take. There
is one most important; no one else
can bear children. It is very dif
ficult for modem women to be in
volved in all tasks and still ahve the
first priority and most important
thing to be a mother."
Miss Mercer to be crowned tonight
Thirteen coeds will vie for the
"Miss Mercer” title in the 1988
Miss Mercer Scholarship Pageant
tonight at 8 p.m. at the Grand
Opera House.
The pageant, sponsored by the
Student Union Activities Board, is
a direct link to the Miss Georgia
and Miss America Pageants.
Emceeing the pageant will be Kel
ly Jerles, the reigning Miss
Georgia. The reigning Miss Mercer
is Janet Jarriel of Dublin.
The contestants includes Claire
Curies of Meigs. 18, a child
psychology major, whose talent
will be a dance number,
"Chopsticks," by Lebrace; Ten
Carter of Nashville, 18, a business-
law major, who will play "Fur
Elisc' ’ by Beethoven on the piano;
Jennifer Wells of Sanford, Fla., 19.
a music education major, will per
form a vocal selection; Kimberly
Clarke of Macon, 21, an industrial
engineering hiajor, will present a
monologue entitled "Wings";
Dana Christian of Dublin, 18. a
biology major, will do a tap dance;
Anne Sanders of Dalton. 21, a
communications major, will sing
"I Got Rhythm" by George
Gershwin;
Kathryn Price of Lyons, 19, a
psychology-human development
major, will dance to “Ease on
Down the Road"; Ruth Odonvof
Lilbum, 19, a music major, will
sing "Upon This Rock"; Michele
Murrell of Winter Park. Fla., 20,
a communications major, will play
a piano selection, "Fantasy in D
Minor" by Mozart’ Cathy Bivins
of Moultrie, 18. a law major, will
dance to the "Twenties Roar";
Kimberly Talbert of Brandon, Fla.,
19, a business administration ma
jor, talent to be announced;«Amy
Boggus of Augusta. 19, a math-
aerospace engineering major, will
dance; Bonnie Thompson of
Bonaire, 22, an economics major,
will sing “Quiet Please, There's A
Lady On Stage."
Tickets, $5 for general admis- /
sion, may be purchased at the stu
dent center or at the door.
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