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VOLUME 72, NUMBER 11
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1970
Say Goodbye
Friday, Feb. 23 President R.
Kirby Godsey sent a memorandum
to Jim Coomcr, Vice President for
Academic Affairs that announced
his decision concerning the propos
ed fall quarter calendar change.
“Based upon the recommendation
of the Calendar Committee and
(Dr. Jim Cromers] office, as well
as the strong encouragement of the
Academic Council." Godsey ap
proved the new Quarter Calendar.
According to the Calendar Com
mittee members, no single recom
mendation was submitted by them.
Since this committee was an ad
visory committee, instead of ap
proving one recommendation, the
members submitted nine different
options to Coomcr.
$125 Returning Fee No
Longer Affects Classes
At Monday nighfi SGA In otltel word*, paying the *123
meeting. Bill Miller. Vice Ptesi- docs not reserve classes. Likewise,
dent of Academic Affairs, an- failing ii pay the *125 will not
nounced that class registration was result in losing classes confirmed
no longer contingent upon payment during preregistration. This deci-
of the *125 returning student fee. Continued on page 8
To Six
In the memorandum from
Godsey to Coomcr, he wen( on to
say that "my approval of this
change permits, but does not re
quire, that it become effective in
September, 1990." In other words,
the Tinal decision to implement this
calendar change was left up to
Coomcr. On behalf of Coomcr, Bill
Miller, Vice President of the
Enrollment Management, announc
ed that the new Quarter Calendar
will be effective Sept.. 1990.
In this same memorandum,
Godsey also approved the "move
to Semester Calendar, effective
September. 1995, or any earlier
date which the Academic Council
recommends." No decision on when
the Semester System will be im
plemented has been announced.
Mercer Debaters Achieve Victory
On the weekend of February
16-18, the Mercer Debate Society
travelled to Athens'. GA to compete
in the annual University of Georgia
Debate Tournament. Competitors
from Mercer included Jonathan
Hickman (Sophomore. Newnan.
GA), Kevin Beckham (Freshman.
Perry, GA), Chandra Carter
(Senior. Palm Beach. FL). and
Mylo Carbia (Freshman, Port St
Lucie, FL).
The team of Jonathan Hickman
and Randy Griffith earned a plaque
for placing Second in the Varsity
Division. They pul together a 5-1
receod in their preliminary rounds,
defeating North Carolina (twice).
Valdosta State, and the University
of Georgia (twice). They won their
semifinal debate over the Univer
sity of North Carolina on a
unanimous decision.* but they lost
to Emory University in the Final
Round. Hickman earned a gavel for
placing 5th In individual speaker
honors in the Varsity Division
Kevin Hillman earned a gave! for
being Top Speaker in the Junior
Varsity Division. Kevin BeckJiam
was awarded, for 2nd Place
Speaker honors in the Junior Divi
sion. Mylo Carbia was awarded for
2nd Place Speaker honors in the
Novice Division, and Chandra
Carter was awarded for 5th Place
Speaker honors in the Novice
Division. In all, the Mercer
debaters won si* separate honors
at the Tournament, and It was
the most successful outing for the
program in the last several years.
By TOBIE GASS
The "Mercer First” all school
community service project will be
held on Saturday. March 3, from
two until five p.m. The March pro
ject will be held at the North Macon
Health Care Center Sign-ups will
be held in the student center lobby
On March 3. over 100 Mercer
students will be hosting a party for
ttw residents of the center The
OBS Choir and the Mercer Dance
Troop will be performing and
Mercer favors will be given out
Other students participating in the
project will visit with the residents
of the center "1 just want to en
courage people to turn out for this
event," said Lynn Creech, SGA
Overall, the program has won
over a dozen awards (for past two
seasons) at the University of
Alabama—Birmingham, the
University of West Florida, James
Madison University. West Georgia
College, and the University of
Georgia.
President "From what 1 unders
tand. the residents are really ex
cited about working with us."
"Mercer First," chose the
Macon Health Care Center because
of a desire to work with the elder
ly of the Macon community. SGA
and the Peer Advocates, who spon
sor the program, intentionally
chose a project of lesser size than
the Children s Home project of last
quarter. They hope toaltcmatc.the
size of the projects to help main
tain enthusiasm and to keep costs
down "Mercer First" is respon
sible for three service projects* a
year that arc designed "to show the
city of Macon that Mercer Univer
sity cares."
“Mercer First’’ takes
place Saturday
Week Break
1990-91 Academic Calendar
Fall And Winter Quarters
Fag Quarter
Opening Day
Registration
First Class Day
Thanksgiving
Last Day Class
Day
Firat Class Day
Martin Luther King Holiday
i Day
[Day
Final Exams
Number Class Days
22
September 25
September 25
November 21-23
December 7
Weekend
December 10T2
50
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f 21
113
March 14
March 13-18
49
Richard Jackson demonstrates one way of eating crawdads at last
Saturday's Mardi Gnut festival.