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For more information, please contact [email protected]. ■I ^ CarterOr Suit-WhichOne? „-£2555v I Qfeorjge-Arme VOLUME 51 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1970 STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458 NUMBER 7 Inside This Week Elections Close Colleges What to Do 2 Photo Feature 7 Masquers 3 Poll Results 8 As Students Take To Polls Editorials 4 Organizations . .9, 10, 11 Columns 4 & 5 Southern Woman 13 colleges to dismiss classes on an Forum Page 5 Sports 14, 15 By GEOFFREY S. BENNETT governor's chair in the general election day. This is supposed to Letters 5 Intramurals 15 G-A Staff Writer election today as classes in all of give students an opportunity to Pulse of the People 6 Football Contest 16 NEWS ANALYSIS Georgia's collegesare called off. Democrat Jimmy Carter and An obscure state law was vote in the election today. Republican Hal Suit vie for the discovered which requires all In the less publicized yet equally important lieutenant governor's race, current Governor Lester Maddox is seeking the Suit Wins state's number two position. Maddox is expected to have little or no trouble in defeating his Mock Vote opponent, Republican nominee Frank Miller from DeKalb County. In the Secretary of State slot, By 3-1 Democrat Ben Fortson is favored Hal Suit, the Republican over Republican Bob Carney. candidate for governor, won by an Fortson has been in office for 25 overwhelming nearly three to one years. Carney hasn't been running margin in "Choice '70," a mock a serious campaign, and only election held last Wednesday. sought the nomination to beat Of the 1606 votes cast, Suit Hosea Williams. received 1147 (71.4 per cent) and Johnnie Caldwell and W. Lewis Jimmy Carter, the Democratic Johnson are in contention for the candidate, received 451 (28.1 per Comptroller General spot. Former cent). State Representative Caldwell, the The turnout of this election Democratic candidate, has won (28.1 per cent of the student much support from Georgia's body) was considered "good" by youth with his platform to abolish Student Association of Governing premium insurance discrimination Councils President Rod Meadows. based on age. Johnson's platform In Meadows' recent pledges to eliminate unscrupulous "President's Poll on Problems and insurance companies. Priorities," only 17.5 per cent of Democrat-turned-Republiean the students voted. "I predicted Jimmy Carter Hal Suit Jack Ray is running for re-election 30 per cent of the students would for State Treasurer. Ray first took vote," said Meadows, "and I came on the job when he was appointed close." by former Governor Ernest Georgia Southern is the third Vandiver in 1961. largest residential college in the Curfew Regulations, Parking Bill Burson, the Republican University of Georgia system. contestant, was the controversial According to Jim Hatfield, director of the Department of chairman of the Young Top SAGC 'Presidents Poll' Family and Children Services. He Republican Club, the college is in came under much fire for his liberal food stamp and birth the middle of "peanut country" got down to fine shades of gray, control plans. He advocates as well as being located in the Curfew regulations and parking anticipated to tabulate all the hometown of the wife of Carl facilities topped the list of returns. and we are having problems trying depositing of state funas only in Sanders, the man Carter defeated problems designated by students to catalogue all of this gray matter banks that make loans to college "With a poll like this," the into specific areas." students or sell food stamps on for the Democratic nomination. in the October 14 "President's SAGC President continued, "the A specific timetable will be request. "Suit's strategy was to visit as Poll on Problems and Priorities." questions could not be answered The results, announced at last placed on each of these Tommy Irvin has been many places as possible," Hatfield by students in yes-and-no, Thursday's Student Association of said, "and, apparently, this plan black-and-white terms. The poll See POLL, Page 8 See ELECTIONS, Page 13 paid off." Governing Councils (SAGC) Larry Lewis, president of the meeting, have given SAGC Young Democrats Club, could not President Rod Meadows a clear be reached for comment. indication of "what the students SAGC Constitution 'Inadequate' Hatfield attributed Suit's consider the most important victory to three factors: first, the issues on this campus." 20 members of the Young In the area of regulations (on Implications Unclear-Meadows Republican Club who worked the poll questionnaire) the top ranking issues were: curfew "day and night" to aid their presidents of the various classes, regulations, mandatory meal By BILL NEVILLE conflicts in student government candidate in his campaign. and the members of the executive tickets, mandatory dormitory Assistant Editor have arisen over the interpretation "The Young Democrats did council of the. SAGC. residence, and off-campus housing ANALYSIS & COMMENT of the constitution. not show the same enthusiasm in Meadow's solution to the regulations. "The Student Association of "Just who is to interpret the campaigning for Carter," Hatfield interpretation problem is just one Parking facilities,, overcrowded Governing Councils (SAGC) is constitution?" asked Meadows. stated. The SAGC is presently part of a package deal which "Second," Hatfield continued, cafeterias, the campus phone working under a basically system, and student center use inadequate constitution," said considering adopting measures would clearly define many of the "the endorsement of Suit in last now obscure inadequacies in the were designated as the top Rod Meadows, SAGC president. which would define exactly who week's GEORGE-ANNE was a constitution. priorities in the physical facilities "The constitution implies will interpret the constitution. great boost. The newspaper came Also included in this policy section of the poll. many things," continued Under these new policies, the out the day before the election package are measures to define The results from the rest of the Meadows, "but it is not specific President's Council would have and may have helped to sway exactly who can initiate poll have not yet been tabulated. on who interprets these "explicit responsibility" to quite a few of those undecided legislation on a specific issue and "It has been a big hassle," implications." interpret the constitution. votes." recording procedures to help Meadows said. "The questionnaire The SAGC is presently in a The President's Council is Hatfield said the final factor organize the SAGC's secretarial was very complicated, and it's constitutional dilemma. Over the composed of the presidents of the seven major councils, the See CONSTITUTION, Page 13 See SUIT WINS, Page 13 taking much longer than we past two years many of the Conclusion What To Do In Bulloch ? Take A Tour By JANE LIGHTCAP BROWN prayers, sayings, and mottos, all reflecting the lives and attitudes and hopes and fears Instructor of English of the people. Dairies Admittedly, this section might better be entitled "last resorts." But since I am an City Dairy at 52 West Main Street (4-6131) will guide you through their dairy optimist, I'll stick to "guided tours" as a name for a group of activities of possibly farm in the afternoons (around 3 p.m.) and around their bottling plant in the low individual interest, but high group appeal. mornings. Call Smith Banks. In other words, if you take a group of friends with you on one of these The Starland Dairies had a dairy farm in Nevils - call Sam Neville at 839-3535. excursions, you'll find a great deal to discuss/laugh at later. Manufacturing Plants It is entirely possible that, having already been exposed to similar tours in grade The Rockwell Manufacturing Company produces meters and electronic school, you now feel contempt for such experiences. accessories, is located two miles from the city on Highway 301 North, and can be However, may I remind you (gently, of course) that there is nothing like the glow reached at 4-5471. of maturity (or any other ego-developer) to reveal hitherto unknown facets of The J.P. Stevens Company spins carpet yarn, is located 10 miles north of the city practically any activity. Thus saith the professor. on Highway 301, and can be reached at 587-2291. Airport And the Blackstone Foundry, which has a huge, impressive apparatus for refining Yes, indeed, Statesboro does have an airport, Virginia, and a nice one at that. and casting steel, is located five miles north of Statesboro on Highway 301. Glynnaire Aviation is located on Highway 301 North and will provide flying In each case, call the plant managerandask for an appointment for a tour. lessons and chartered flights and hours of entertaining ***** beginnings-and-endings-of-flights. Call Roy Riser (4-4225) for prices and hours. 1 began this investigation in a tongue-in-cheek manner, suspecting I'd find little to Bottling Plants write about. As my research progressed, I grew foolishly hopeful that at last someone The "bottling days" at the Coca-Cola plant vary, so you should call between 4-5 could put the lie to the alleged cliche, "There's nothing to DO in Statesboro!" p.m.