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POSTAGE PAID SOilHERN STATESBORO, GA spring break... —see p. 12 PERMIT NO. 286 The Geotge-Unite Georgia Southern College's Official Student Newspaper Vol. 65, No. W Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Georgia 30460 Thursday, March 28, 1985 Pay fines or move out ATO fraternity house vacated by members By BO JOYNER to vacate the house or pay a fine for, "Everything's worked out for the He believes that finding a house Staff Writer the numerous violations. ATO best," said Hill. farther off campus will benefit the The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity decided to leave. fraternity and make their parties less will be looking for a new place to hold bothersome to others. ATO has yet to functions and meetings this spring find a new fraternity house. quarter, according to ATO president Brian Hill. The ATOs will be moving out of the small brick and white wood house at the corner of Georgia Avenue and 'Everything's Chandler Road at the end of winter quarter. Complaints to the Statesboro Police Department about excessive worked out for noise at ATO parties is the reason for the move. The Statesboro Police Department the best' has been receiving complaints over the past four years about loud music —Hill at ATO functions. ATO was told by the police to minimize the noise at Although Hill Delieves me move parties or action would be taken. will be the best thing for everyone, he ATO did cut down on the party says that moving out of the house will noise to an extent. Over the past be like "losing a piece of our heart." school year, complaints had been The fraternity has occupied the house received on only two occasions. for the past six years. After the last incident, which took Hill went on to say that everybody place at the end of January, the case involved, from the police officers to against the fraternity was taken to the judge, was extremely nice and court. On February 18 at the Bulloch The ATO house, located at the corner of Georgia Avenue and very cooperative and the school was County Court House, ATO was asked Chandler Road. in no way involved. The matter was - strictly between ATO and the city of Statesboro. Deadline extended for SGA applicants By ALYSON BENNETT Eighteen senators wil, be elected present to ask ~ questions to the INSIDE Staff Writer from resident halls and the candidates or sit and watch. The The last day to apply for a SGA remaining seven senators shall be present SGA officers hope that this , Officer position has been extended determined by campus wide elections. debate will draw more student until Monday, April 1st at 4:30 p.m. In order to run for an office you involvement this year. This is the David Wallace, vice president of SGA must have at least a 2.0 GPA and first debate to be scheduled in five said that only one person has applied have 15 credit hours. Anyone who years. How to so they extended the application runs for president must not hold the deadline so hopefully more people office of president of any other An added convenience to the will get involved. He feels that the organization. elections this year is the use of write a reason for this hesitation is that it was A candidates meeting will be held Validine machine instead of the near exam time and many students Monday April 1st at 5 p.m. in the computer printout. This way students did not have the time to think about Presidential Dining Hall at Williams can vote easier and faster without resume... anything but exams and Spring Center. Then the first day of having to look thro.ugh a whole list of Break. campaigning will begin Tuesday, names to be checked off. April 2nd at 8 a.m. The candidates The SGA is composed of five will have one week to campaign and All GSC students are encouraged executive officers and 25 student the elections will be held Tuesday to consider running for an senators, all elected by the student April 9th in Landrum from 8 a.m. to 7 office. Only you can provide body. The officers are: President, p.m. SGA with suggestions and Executive Vice President, Vice improvements. Don't sit back and EDITORIALS 4 President of Finance, Vice President One day before the elections a wait for someone else to come along— CLASSIFIEDS 10 of Academic Affairs, and Vice debate will be held in the Biology get involved and run "for SGA. Yov SPORTS 11 % President of Auxiliary Affairs. Lecture Hall at 7 p.m. A panel will be may surprise yourself! Page 2, Thursday, March 28,1985, The GEORGE-ANNE Sign-up for fall quarter housing starts April 10 By KARA J. KING "A possibility exists that GSC next year. If enrollment is down, we'll Screws explained if Oxford is Assistant News Editor may house less than 3,200 students close Oxford," she continued. closed, then Hendricks will be Currently enrolled students who converted into an all-male dormitory plan to continue living on campus according to the anticipated needs of next year should attend Fall Housing male and female students. Sign-up Day on April 10 in front of the She said there are reasons to close Landrum Center. The program Oxford other than the decreased begins at 11:00 a.m. and lasts until enrollment factor. 7:00 p.m. Louise Screws, assistant director The main reason is Oxford Hall is of Housing said, "We've tried to make in the worst state of repair than any fall quarter sign-up convenient to other building on campus, Screws students by conducting it at Landrum pointed out. "Also, it is in a somewhat Center. Alsoj we plan to operate isolated location and closing that during hours students are likely to building wouldn't hurt student frequent the area." morale as much as closing one closer Sign-up continues through April on campus would," she added. 12 and will be conducted in the Another reason is that by closing housing office between the hours of down one large building rather than 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. two or three smaller buildings, fewer Before coming to Sign-up, staff members will be affected, students should obtain a housing Screws said. agreement from the housing director Each of the students living in at his dorm and have it completed Oxford or Hendricks will receive a and ready to turn in. Screws added all letter explaining the possibility at the deposits carry over and no additional first of spring quarter assured deposit is required. Screws. She thought it would be a Also, students presently on good idea if residents of those halls campus who are not planning to live stated alternate housing for fall on campus next year should file their quarter. cancellation during Sign-up week. Screws announced there would be "Fall housing sign-up is designed several changes fall quarter ' to give current students top priority in including a slight price increase of all housing," said Screws. about ten or fifteen dollars per unit She continued saying, "In order to each quarter. get first priority, students should get Also, Pat Burkett, director of there early. Also, students wanting to housing, confirmed that cable will be be roommates, should sign-up extended to all dormitories so that together." students could subscribe to that service. Currently plans are to operate all Finally, the college will be buildings the same next year, stated installing telephones at In-The-Pines Screws. "There is some indication apartments. Screws said this would that we may not have sufficient prevent students from having to pay enrollment to open all residence Oxford Hall will be closed fall quarter if enrollment decreases. such large deposits on telephone halls," she said. Another reason is the poor state of repair the dormitory is in. service. NEWSBRIEFS News No tray-sledding Refugees housed Use of cafeteria trays as sleds A sanctuary for refugees from was suspended by two dorms at Central, America has been the U. of Kansas after a student declared at the U. of Arizona there suffered a fractured spine Campus Christian Center. More while sledding down a 100-foot than 300 UA faculty, staff and baldinos hill on campus. Although "tray students risk federal charges of Giant Jw««y Subs sledding" is a popular pastime at harboring illegal aliens in KU, the injured student was making the declaration and in . i 459 South Main Street, using a saucer sled, not a tray. providing refugees housing, food, transportation and jobs. 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