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In Hard Time* -p. dj Maranatha I Driving Miss Daisy -p. 4 | Bears Update -p. 8 Mttttt (Bluster VOLUME 72, NUMBER 9 MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990 Registrar and admissions offices implement $125 returning student fee Beginning Spring quarter, students will be required to pay a $125 returning student fee in order to reserve preregistered classes for fall quarter. This fee must be paid by June 1st. The overriding reason for this fee is to determine how many upperclassmen will be retur ning fall quarter. This system will work by charging the $125 fee at the end of Spring quarter and of- feuag a full or partial refund through Sept. 1st. For students who do return, the $125 will be ap plied to Fall quarter's tuition. According to Bill Miller. VP in charge of Enrollment Management, this fee will serve three purposes. First, the fee will guarantee finan cial aid to returning students. As it stands, there is no guarantee that returning students will receive their financial aid because they have*'* made no binding commitment to return for the next school year. However, by* paying this fee. students have made a monetary ■etjmTTflGnentto return to Mercer for .the fall quarter and therefore can claim their financial aid. Any stu dent who does not preregister and pay the returning student fee will forfeit his or her financial aid. The fifumcial aid will be returned to a common pool and reassigned to other eligible students. The second capacity that this tee will serve is that it helps to provide information to Resident's Life on space availability in the dorms for the upcoming fall term. Having a relative idea of how many students will be returning to the dorms will tell resident’s life and the Admis sions Office how many Freshmen can be accepted. It also gives Resi dent's Life a chance to make alter nate housing arrangements if necessary. In other words, this will help to ensure that Mercer is func tioning at full capacity. “One of the things I see for this place is that its attractiveness in the market place is greater than before.'* said Miller, "therefore, the applicant pool will grow. Space and dollar availability will become major fac- Stadium Drive continues. Mercer students are quickly learning that when annoying “life must go on.” i i 1 tors." 4 Finally. Miller said that having this estimated number of returning students gives the Registrar time to determine class bods. The deans of the various schools then have time to arrange extra sections of popular courses if necessary. Therefore. students will have a better chance of getting into the classes that they need, especially introdjetory courses. Although this process will pro bably take 2-3 years to perfect. Miller feels that it “will cut fall registration lines in half. ' Two Mercer students accepted for publication Literary works of Leigh W. White and Jason S. Poole have been accepted for publication in The Rectangle, which is the litrary magazine of Sigma Tau Delta In ternational English Honor Society. Approximately thirty-five students are chosen for publication in this magazine yearly. The Rectangle receives manuscripts from over 400 Sigma Tau Delta chapters. “Being published in the Dulcimer was great,” said White, “but being accepted by a national publication almost makes me feel like a real poet.” White, a senior English major, has been published in the past two issues of Mercer's literary magazine. The Dulcimer. also winning first place in poetry last year in the same magazine Poole, a junior English major, is ihe editor of the 1990 Dulcimer this year. “This is the first time any of my work has been accepted by a national publication," said Poole “1 was quite honored when I received the acceptance letter” Poole has also been published in the last two issues of The Dulcimer. winning first place in fiction last year Poole's short story. "Tall Talc,” and While’s “To the Boy Lying on the Bench Looking Up” and "En try 26 August 1945” were ac cepted. These works will be automatically considered for writing awards. The Rectangle will be released in April. "We were really excited to hear of Leigh and Jason’s acceptance.'* said Kimberly Sullivan, Sigma Tau Delta advisor, especially since this was the first time dial the Mercer chapter has submitted manuscript World renown ballet troupe to perform in Macon By AVILL YOUNG On February 20. 1990. The Alvin Ailcy Repertory Ensemble will perform at the Macon City Auditorium at 7 30 p.m. The event will be sponsored by the Fort Valley and Macon Alumnae Chapters of Della Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc. The ballet company will perform classical and modern routines, and the performance is expected to be "cultural and enlightening," in the words of Donzaiia Simmons, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. "This is the first time we (Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.) have brought them to’ Macon." Donzaha added, and it is also the first time that the ensem ble has been on tour since the death of their founder. Alvin Alley, in December 1989. Tickets at the time of the performance are $15.00. but $7.50 student tickets may be ob tamed by contacting Donzaha Sim mons at 745-2998 before-the per formance. There are a limited amount of tickets available