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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 10-4-1979 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (1979). The George-Anne. 889. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/889 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GEORGE-ANNE Volume 60, No. 1 Statesboro, Georgia 30458 October 4, 1979 Panel may okay nursing program By MARTHA GSC President Dr. Dale Hospital, cited the facility's BUCKNER Lick presented a report critical need for nurses. The Senate Health and discussing what a nursing Dean, testifying on the Medical Education Study activities of the Board of Committee of the Georgia school at GSC could do to Nursing, stated the board's Legislature may recom- alleviate some of the area's problems with poor mend a proposed nursing problem with nursing funding. school be established at maldistribution, according Should the senate GSC. to Jean Barbour, the committee endorse the The Senate subcommit- nursing program's only program, "the (nursing) tee visited the campus in current staff member. board would take that into August and discussed the "We want to educate account" when the GSC school's proposed nursing nurses in this area. They proposal is sent back for re- program during a hearing will then be more likely to evaluation, GSC Vice with school and local health stay here and work," she President Charles Austin officials. continued. said, "This is one positive The GSC nursing Barbour remembers a factor." program, supported by the shortage of physicians a "I think things will go Georgia University System few years back. "Now there well," Lick said later. "But Board of Regents, was are many more doctors, yet, there is no guarantee." rejected last spring by the few in rural areas. There are Lick also explained that States Board of Nursing, still counties in Georgia the college is "reviewing the Chancellor Crawford, Dr. Bragg, Dr. Lick at groundbreaking. the final step toward the without a single doctor." concerns of the State Board program's initiation. of Nursing, and we are It was the board's 'We want to firming up our clinical rejection of the program agreements and explaining Construction begins that prompted the hearing. educate nurses more fully how we'll use those facilities." GSC President Dale Lick. offices. According to Senator Joe By CINDY STROZZO Kennedy, who presided, in this area. "We hope to get it Groundbreaking cere- "Continuing education, Phase two, which is still "the main purpose of the approved and make it monies last week marked both off and on the campus in the earliest of prelimi- visit. .(is) to see what we They will then operational by fall of 1980." has to be an important part nary stages will primarily beginning construction of a can do to help get the If the proposal gains the of our overall program- be an office building. Phase new continuing education nursing program approv- be more likely approval of the Board of ming. This new facility will three will contain a food building on Chandler Road ed." Nursing before the first of make possible many services complex and phase to stay here between Johnson Hall and As members of the the year, a $.5 million, three- four will be a large physical plant operations. additional activities, and committee, Kennedy, State year Federal grant may be exhibition hall. and work* Acting Chancellor Dr. will allow the college to Senator Thomas Allgood awarded to the school for Phase one was in the Vernon Crawford and Vice serve better our main and State Representative the initial establishment of "wishing and dreaming —Jean Chancellor for Services constitutencies." Jones Lane heard presenta- the nursing school. stage three years ago", said Howard Jordan were According to Bill. Cook, tions by GSC officials, local Barbour Also, over the summer, Cook. "The building was present for the 10:30 a.m. vice president of fiscal public health professionals an advisory council for the groundbreaking at the site affairs, the building is actually approved in May, and Nancy Dean, Executive In a report on the poor program was organized, of the proposed complex. phase one of a four-phase 1977, when the Board of Director of the Board of health status in this area by two consultants were hired, "We are committed to plan and will house Regents authorized the Nursing, regarding the local health officials, one on a regular basis, and serving the needs of the conference rooms, an Aldine Prosser, administra- a planning coordinator was See BUILDING, p. 6 health needs of Southeast people of this region," said auditorium, and a few Georgia. tor of Bulloch Memorial added to the staff. Dr. Doug Leavitt appointed dean of education Dr. Doug Leavitt, A search committee will believe he has the necessary sity, and his M.S. and chairman of the division of be formed in the near future qualifications to handle H.S.D. degrees in health health, physical education, to begin the process of this position during the and safety from Indiana. and recreation at GSC, has filling the position on a interim time." During his tenure at been named acting dean of permanent basis, according A native of Morgan- GSC, he has served in the GSC School of Educa- to Austin. Substantial work town, Ind., Leavitt has numerous capacities tion, according to Vice by that committee is not served as chairman of the including the graduate President Charles J. expected to begin until fall. GSC division of health, council, chairman of the Austin. "Dr. Leavitt has physical education, and faculty senate, chairman of h Leavitt's appointment provided a great deal of recreation since 1967. He the institutional self-study was effective July 1. He will loyal service to Georgia had previously served as committee, chairman of the serve in the position Southern and has done an director of recreation vice presidential search vacated by Dr. Starr Miller outstanding job in directing curriculum here. committee (1978), and ijW who recently resigned to our program in health, Leavitt received his B.S. chairman of the School of accept the presidency of physical education, and degree in physical educa- Education affirmative Brewton Parker College. recreation," said Austin. "I tion from Indiana Univer- action committee. DR. DOUG LEAVITT / I Page 2, October 4, 1979 Ken Buchanan GEORGE-ANNE Some just aren't ready Welcome back to GSC. unshaven, half awake is to prepare the student for* KEN BUChANAN DEREK SMITH Welcome back to over- mugs at worst, and most life in the real world. Out Editor Managing Editor crowded parking lots, ten- have in common only one there, students should mile-long food lines and thing—the blank look on remember, no one plans general -mass confusion. their faces. your life for you. Each Yes, it's fall quarter once Now, perhaps this is to individual person is totally JANICE SHEFFIELD STEPHEN JONES again, and one of the most be expected in the freshmen free to make something of News Editor Business Manager numerous complaints this year—or years, as the case himself or to mess up# year, just like last year and may be—but one would royally. And out there, there numerous years before, is expect that by the time the aren't any advisors to that GSC advisors are not student has reached the blame for your mistakes. Editorial views expressed in the George-Anne are not necessarily thoseof the GSC administration or faculty. Signed columns are solely the viewpoint of the writer. doing their jobs. sophomore year that he It's time that, college, Last year at this time an would be slightly more students began to'-behave editorial .appeared in the aware of how the college like the young adult citizens George-Anne voicing operates and have a better they claim to be. Taking'^ unhappiness with the way idea of how important the responsibility for one's own* the advisors here make first years are in his decisions and making thosp mistakes in scheduling of education. decisions based on firrii, Doors closed students, give them just any Unfortunately this is logical reasoning are tww- There is no doubt that Williams their collective faces during the second old thing to keep the lines not the case for a majority major steps towards ihatj Center has developed a bad reputation week of classes here ten minutes before outside their offices of students. Juniors and goal. with experienced GSC students. Food the posted closing time. moving, or rush students even seniors have been Last year's editorial also ] services routinely uses the cafeteria as into making snap decisions guilty of not knowing that reported that many seniors The cafeteria was not out of food— a release valve for the overcrowded which are then blamed on they had to have a certain have reached their fina;* they re-opened two minutes later and situations which come about every fall the student, by the advisor, course to graduate. When year only to realize that,.v there was enough food—and no reason and on the advisor by the that course is Myopic they have completely quarter. was given by the people inside except student. Entomology 359 for a missed many courses that Last year the closing of Williams that they had to close early so the history major, the confu- they should have taken and" left many students holding meal workers could get off in time.

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