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Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 11-29-1984 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" (1984). The George-Anne. 1012. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1012 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]. "NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION GSC Basketball Team U. S. POSTAGE GEORGE PAID SOJ1HB3N STATESBORO, GA. Wins Season Opener —see P. 12 PERMIT NO. 286 The George-Anne Volume 65, Number#{£ Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Thursday, Nov. 29, 1984 BOR names Pre-legislature forum held at GSC By JIM TORELL The progress being made under amendment to balance the budget to Sports Editor Governor Harris's administration is gain congressional attention to H. Dean Propst becoming obvious. In the last decade control spending. Lt. Governor Zell Miller, Georgia is one of the top five states in Congressman Mack Mattingly and growth. In the last year 150,000 jobs new chancellor newly elected Representative were created for Georgians, combined Lindsey Thomas were the speakers at with the fact that taxes haven't been 'The deficit has The Board of Regents named the pre-legislature forum held Nov. 15 raised in a decade; only Alaska can H. Dean Propst as chancellor of here on the GSC campus. also boast that feat, so it's easy to see dropped by $20 Georgia's University System on The conference, sponsored by the why Georgia was second in the Nov. 14, 1984. Statesboro Chamber of Commerce, nation in growth in the first quarter. was held in an effort to familiarize Georgia's prosperity is also billion—it's a start/ the Congressman and Lt. Governor showing in the budget. "There is a $78 Propst beat out candidate with the people in this district. After million surplus right now," said Fred Davison, University of brief speeches by Miller and Georgia president. Miller, "and nearly 70 percent of the —Mattingly Mattingly, the two fielded surplus at the end of the year goes to Propst, now the system's questions ranging from drug traffic new money for education." This new executive vice chancellor, was in south Georgia to tax reform. money will go to pay increases for elected by the board during a 50- teachers and additional, and more Mattingly would also like to give Lt. Governor Miller, who held minute meeting behind closed extensive educational research. the President a two year trial basis on his office for ten years, longer than doors, according to the some tax bills instead of forcing a yes any Georgian previously, is now the Savannah Morning News. or a veto. The senator also believes in chairman of the National Conference Senator Mack Mattingly spoke maintaining the current economic Propst will take over the of Lt. Governors. Miller spoke at primarily on the subject of tax reform growth. "As more people go back to operation of the university length about the state of Georgia's and was greeted with applause on his work," said Mattingly, "there are education process, keeping the speech system after Chancellor Vernon plans to help the tax problems. more taxpayers. The deficit has Crawford retires June 30. in perspective. "We've made a great Mattingly proposes a constitutional dropped by $20 billion—it's a start." deal of progress," said Miller, "narrowing the gap between us and the rest of the nation." Academic Intervention program to ■ be implemented winter quarter By AMY SWAN 220 for two hours and one physical Assistant News Editor education course. The LRC 220 course is specifically Implementation of the Academic designed to improve study skills and Intervention program will begin at academic performance. Students on the start of winter quarter, 1985, probation must enroll in LRC 220 according to Dr. Cindy Legin-Bucell, until they have completed that course MMK assistant to the vice-president of with a grade of C or better. Academic Affairs. Dr. Legin-Bucell stated, "We saw The program, which was a fairly high number of students who presented by the Retention Study have to leave GSC for academic Committee chaired by Dean Nolen, reasons. Through the Academic was approved by the Faculty Senate Intervention program we hope to help for implementation for winter. students succeed from the beginning According to Legin-Bucell, Nolen of their college career." and the nine person committee Students who qualify for the composed of faculty and staff, program will be notified by mail examined a variety of programs that around the time they receive their fall encourage student retention before grade report. A special drop/add will selecting the Academic Intervention be set up on January 2 so that program. students on the program can sign up The program is designed to assist for classes and not miss the first day freshmen who have a GPA below 1.50 of the quarter. and are on academic probation. On The program will be handled out the Academic Intervention program, of the vice-president for Academic A car belonging to a GSC student was destroyed by fire Monday and they can only enroll in 13 hours until affairs' office. Parents or student who one other car was damaged. • The fire, which occurred in the the probation has been lifted. A have questions concerning the MPP/Landrum parking lot around noon, was believed to have typical load would include two program are encouraged to contact originated from a faulty exhaust system. academic courses for 10 hours. LRC Dr. Carter or Dr. Legin-Bucell. Page 2, Thursday, Nov. 29,1984, The GEORGE-ANNE GSC's nursing program ranked first in Ga. Special to the George-Anne jail the others," she said. There are 365 who "claimed that nursing should be environments similar to those where Competing with the 30 registered baccalaureate programs in the taught only in areas of higher they are most critically needed," nurse programs in Georgia and 10 nation. population with access to urban times that number in major colleges The National Licensure Examina- medical centers and hospitals." Bevis said. She describes her and universities nationwide, GSC's tion rankings are determined The department's focus on rural- colleagues around the state and on nursing department ranked first in annually by comparing the scores on oriented nursing also drew objections the Board of Nursing as "very the state and in the top 14 in the a uniform test given each July to that the concept was "an untested, helpful'.' since the program was country in this year's national graduates of schools in all 50 states untried and largely risky venture that initiated. licensure examination rankings. plus the territories of Guam, would produce unqualified "To appreciate what this means American Samoa and the Virgin graduates," she said. The program has succeeded not you have to realize that the program Islands. Bevis explained that "unlike only over objections to a uniquely- is only five years old and has had sports, the colleges are not put into Advocates of the program designed curriculum and departure only two graduating classes," said competition groupings, but are all countered with statistics showing from traditional settings, but over Nursing Department Head Em Bevis, lumped together." rural Georgia with one of the highest obstacles to building a high quality noting that GSC's tiny non- Bevis labelled national ranking in death and disease rates and lowest faculty in a small rural school. 1 traditional endeavor was competing the top four percent "a wonder in numbers of nurses in the nation, a nationally with "the big, better- itself' for a program with only two disparity they contended must be Bevis admits that it is not easy to funded and well-established graduating classes to prove itself and addressed by educating nurses in the attract highly qualified faculty to a schools." disprove its early critics. area they will serve. "rural area, a small liberal arts "What's so amazing to me about Acknowledging that "some of our college and a small South Georgia the results is that we are competing greatest critics are now our closest "We believe the nursing should town to make their lives and build a with programs such as Emory, the friends," Bevis remembered the be taught in settings with people in career." University of Alabama, Yale, UCLA, "clamor of opposition" from nursing need and that the rural areas require North Carolina, Penn State, leaders, the then-constituted State the best, most highly educated and She credits the success of the Michigan, Case Western Reserve and Board of Nursing and sister colleges skilled nurses who are prepared in program to wide support from the people of southeastern Georgia and the college administration, the commitment of an expert faculty and the dedication of students, plus project grants from the Department of Health and Human Services that GOING OUT OF have fiscally underwritten aspects of the program. BUSINESS Army ROTC MILLION DOLLAR INVENTORY SALE to offer new survival course By BRUCE LAW News Writer AND The Army ROTC program will be offering a new basic course in back UP TO packing and survival training this Winter, which will include a trip to Georgia's barrier island, Cumberland OFF REG Island. MINIMUM PRICE The course, called Back Packing , and Survival Training, is open to DISCOUNT AND MORE anyone who has less than 50 credit hours and wishes to join the ROTC program.

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