Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 11-16-1995 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" (1995). The George-Anne. 1393. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1393 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]. ■■^^■^^■i^^H^^^^^^^^^H ^mm ^^^MH GOLD EDITION Thursday, November 16,1995 Vol. 68, No. 35 The > Four in a row Atlanta Braves' pitcher Greg Maddux wins his fourth consecutive Cy Young Award. Georgia Southern University's Official Student Newspaper Statosboro, Georgia 30460 Founded 1927 Please see story, page 6 Board votes to move Marvin Pittman BRIEFLY... By Erika Anderson gret that we will no longer Staff Writer 7-1 vote makes Langston Chapel Road the new site have a lab school." HOPE decreases two-year Despite apparent regrets by GSU President Nicholas Bulloch County School Super- Henry also expressed "disap- colleges' enrollment intendent Billy Bice and GSU pointment" at the loss of president Nicholas Henry, the Marvin Pittman. By Joan Kirchner laboratory school relationship "It will not help Georgia The Associated Press between Marvin Pittman Southern's education pro- ATLANTA — Enrollment at Georgia's School and the university likely gram," Henry said. "We will public colleges increased 1.1 percent this ended last week with the school lose a real educational advan- fall even though the popular HOPE schol- board's decision to move the tage that we will have to com- arship program is drawing students away school off-campus to Langston pensate over time. The lab from two-year schools, the University Sys- Chapel Road. school was a great asset and tem chancellor said. The 7-1 vote came last we regret losing it." Enrollment at two-year schools dropped Thursday after several months GSU will continue to work an average of 1.6 percent. Macon College of debate between GSU, the with the schools throughout suffered the biggest drop statewide: 14.7 school board and parents of Bulloch County in the train- percent. Marvin Pittman students. ing of its teachers. Bainbridge College, a two-year school Originally, Marvin Pittman Construction for the new el- in southwest Georgia, saw the biggest in- was to be adjoined to the forth- ementary school on Langston crease statewide: 7.1 percent. coming College of Education, Chapel Road is slated to begin Chancellor Stephen Portch predicted but there simply was not this spring or summer. The this fall's 1.1 percent increase overall will enough room for expansion, File photo school was originally sched- compare favorably nationally because en- Bice said. uled to open in August of 1997, Children attending Marvin Pittman will likely be January of 1998 . Superintendent Billy Bice and rollment across the country is expected to "Georgia Southern did all but due to the delays, it will playing at the Langston Chapel Road school by the school board hope to maintain ties with GSU. be down. National figures have yet to be they could to provide an ad- most likely open January 1998, released. equate site for the school, but oddly-shaped 10-acre site that require a high cost of develop the schools in Bulloch County. Bice said. "We do believe that's probably bucking there was a need for an accept- would not allow enough room ment. "A strong relationship be- The land that is currently the national trend," he said. able site to build a 600-student for expansion as needed. Bice also said that he and tween GSU and the Bulloch occupied by Marvin Pittman In fall 1994, Georgia posted a 0.4 per- school," Bice said. The second site was a 12- the board are committed to a County school system is a tre- will be developed in accordance cent increase in enrollment. According to Bice, the first acre site with four and a half long and healthy relationship mendously valuable asset to with the University Master Portch attributed Macon College's sharp site that GSU proposed was an acres of wetlands that would with GSU throughout all of everyone," Bice said. "I do re- Plan, Henry said. drop partly to the city's good economy, which may be drawing more residents to jobs than to college. "Two-year (college) enrollment is much Campus phone Eagles on a roll more reactionary to the economy. When the economy is good, enrollment in two- year colleges goes down," he said. problems persist Eight of the state's 15 two-year schools saw enrollment drop this fall despite a 5 By Meredith Whitt second time that following percent tuition decrease at those schools Staff Writer Tuesday. that was designed to boost enrollment. Just when students on cam- Rust's phone has been op- "We'd have seen more of a drop had we pus have gotten accustomed to erational ever since. not done that," Portch said. the Sprint Collegiate phone The brunt of the problems Portch has directed the presidents of system, another problem has with the on-campus phone lines the two-year schools to find ways to re- arisen — poor or no service. stems from getting the phones verse the enrollment trend. In early November, James fixed, international calling, and Portch said the HOPE scholarship pro- Rust, a senior Sanford Hall overload on the system, Schlierf gram, which pays for college tuition and resident, was without service said. books for students who maintain a B aver- for eight days. These problems have been age, is siphoning students from two-year When he asked Assistant occuring on and off since the schools because they can now afford to go Housing Director GregSchlierf beginning of the quarter and away to school. when his phone would be op- the nature of the problems were erational, he was told Christ- addressed in the Nov. 5 "Twirl," mas. he said. WORD OF THE DAY Upon leaving Schlierf s of- "All of the problems have fice, Rust and his roommates been either fixed, are in the ■> eyeservice n. work done only when spotted a Frontier process of being fixed, or the the boss is looking Communications truck on cam- problem has been identified," pus and chased it down. The Schlierf said. problem was identified and Another contributing factor Source: Weird Words fixed the next day. to the phone problems has been That night, the phone was Frontier's overdue expansion dead again. of their lines that was planned BORO WEATHER Rust called Frontier and was to be complete this summer, told that there was nothing said Steve Brett of Frontier they could do for him. Communications. And being Saturday, there Frontier supplied the phone Today was nothing Rust could do un- lines through the state of Geor- File photo Sunny and cool with til Monday when he could file gia, who in turn allowed them on the road to a possible playoff berth, the true highs in the upper yet another complaint to Hous- to supply GSU's dial tone. During home football games, many Eagle fans Eagle fan's excitement and support hasn't 50s. ing. Frontier also maintains the enjoy sliding or rolling down the grass seating The problem was fixed for a phone lines. at Paulson Stadium. And with the football team fallen off. Friday Fair skies with highs in the 50s Charity drive ends tomorrow to lower 60s. State earmarks $400,000 By Jeni Smith The program is chaired by Staff Writer President Nicholas Henry in funds for art programs Tomorrow is the last day of and co-chaired by Fred Whitt, GSU's charitable contribu- Dean of Health and Profes- INDEX By Kim Wagner festival, storytellers, theatre workshops, pro- tions drive that gives faculty, sional Studies, and Tony Staff Writer fessional artists working with schools or the staff and students an oppor- Phillips of Human Resources. Announcements 2 For the third year GSU will be a Grassroots community or anything with artisitic merit." tunity to help local programs United Way sponsors by giving through the United these programs with all types Classifieds 7 Agency responsible for providing the seven- Anyone is welcome to apply for a grant as county area with arts programming from a long as it abides by the guidelines provided by Way. of businesses and organiza- 7 Comics $400,000 fund estab- the council, she said. This is a statewide program tions. Whitt said it is impor- Crossword 7 lished by the state leg- "THIS IS STATE MONEY THAT IS A committee with that was created by the 1982 tant for GSU to be active in Georgia General Assembly to Bulloch County because the Opinions 4 islature. members representing "Basically the USED TO HELP PROMOTE ARTS AT each county will review help provide a yearly, state- university is the largest em- 2 Police Beat Georgia Council for applications and will wide opportunity for employ- ployer in the county. THE REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS, Sports 6 the arts divides the meet in December to vote ees to make financial contri- "Last year we surpassed state of Georgia into AND BASICALLY TAKE ARTS INTO on the recipients. The butions to help others. It also our goal for the first time in makes possible the use of pay- six years. 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