Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 8-3-1989 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" (1989). The George-Anne. 1137. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1137 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]. Covering Georgia Southern Like A Cloud of Gnats George-Anne Vol. 62, No. 2 » Georgia Southern College Statesboro, Georgia 30460 • Thursday, August 3,1989 GSC Small Business Institute gets grant A $13,332 grant from the Georgia nomic conditions. If the prospective Power Foundation will enable GSC's business is begun, the Institute will Small Business Institute (SBI) to keep in contact with the entrepre- begin a service to help prospective neur and help in decision-making new small businesses with start-up critical to the survival of new busi- decisions. nesses. The grant will fund the purchase and set-up of computer equipment The computer program will further and software known as the "Business the purpose of the Small Business Disc" that can be used to examine Institute, which is to provide coun- prospective entrepreneurs' decisions seling by students to business in beginning new businesses. The clients. The students develop case simulation system allows the busi- reports, tailored to the client's busi- ness. ness owner, or Georgia Southern students working with the owner, to Another possible use for the pro- contrast their plans with standard gram is for lending institutions to comparisons developed by Robert consult the system as a test for poten- Morris and Associates and other tial success or failure of a given busi- data bases. ness when making loan decisions. The computer is to go on line by fall 1989. The system will also provide simu- lated business experiences for the "This system will enable anyone students studying entrepreneurship who is thinking about starting a and small business management. business to do some testing about that particular endeavor," Dr. Rich- ard Stapleton, director of the SBI Prospective entrepreneurs who said. "It can help them determine are interested in using the Business Disc should contact Dr. Richard Sta- Work continued on the Student Union Building last week. The project is how realistic their basic plans are." pleton at the Small Business Insti- scheduled to be completed by December. Workmen are shown putting The program can be modified from tute, Georgia Southern School of the finishing structural touches on the Union's rotunda entrance.(Special business to business to fit local eco- Business. photo: Frank Fortune) Regents approve three new majors at GSC George-Anne staff reports In approving the new majors, the pare students for entry level posi- dents, with 75 to be participating by Board noted the American Textile tions in the specialized hospitality the third year. In the restaurant Three new majors have been ap- Manufacturer's Institute figures industry; and to meet the increasing major about 40 majors will be drawn proved for GSC by the Board of Re- showing that Georgia ranks second demand for restaurant, hotel, and the first year in the curriculum, 50 gents. in the nation with 176,885 individu- institutional administration gradu- the second, and 60 the third. als employed in the textile industry ates in the southeast Georgia area. In their June meeting, the Regents have expressed the need for more Both textile major programs will Both textile majors will be inter- approved the Apparel Design major and better qualified managerial and be funded by a $317,700 appropria- disciplinary with the schools of Tech- under the existing Bachelor of Sci- administrative employees in their tion included in the 1990 state nology, Health and Professional budget. ence in Home Economics degree in field. The specific objectives of the Studies, and Business and will com- the School of Health and Profes- Restaurant Management major, as plement existing majors in Textiles, The Georgia Department of Indus- sional Studies. Also approved was cited in the college's proposal to the Clothing and Fashion Merchandis- try, Trade, andTourism figures show the major in Apparel Manufacturing regents were "to prepare students ing, Industrial EngineeringTechnol- that the hospitality industry em- under the existing Bachelor of Sci- who are knowledgeable and skilled ogy, Manufacturing Technology, ploys over 253,600 Georgians and ence in Technology Degree, School of in the science, management, and Marketing, and Management. generates some $9 billion a year in Technology, and Restaurant, Hotel, leadership aspects of restaurant, sales revenues. It is the state's sec- and Institutional Administration hotel, and institutional administra- Estimated enrollment in both tex- ond-largest industry, behind agri- which will exist under the same title. tion and related enterprises; to pre- tile majors the first year is 60 stu- business. SOAR Team busy with summer orientation By Clint Rushing The SOAR Team is comprised of gins with new students and their through with orientation. Editor GSC students who help new GSC parents checking in and registering "We had about 250 turn out for the Every summer GSC is ridden with students learn how to register, go for for the session. Dr. Henry and Dr. new students either fresh out of high last session, but we expect 400 stu- advisement, and become better ac- Nolen then address the new students dents plus at least as many parents school or from othercolleges, and this quainted with the campus. in an assembly, Next each SOAR summer has been no exception. The for the upcoming session this week- "Our most recent orientation was Team member takes a group of 20 to end," said Binkley GSC SOAR Team (Southern Orien- last Thursday and Friday (27th, 30 students and parents on a tour of tation Advisement and Registration) 28th); our next orientation will be the campus, and then comes advise- The SOAR Team is doing 3 transfer is in the process of advising and reg- this coming weekend on Friday and ment. At the end of the first day of student orientations and 7 incoming istering new GSC students in ten Saturday," said SOAR Team mem- orientation SOAR holds a party for freshmen orientations this summer, different orientation session this ber Jerilyn Binkley. the new students. The next day the Binkley said. The adviser for the nmer. A typical orientation session be- students register for classes and are SOAR Team is Michelle McManus. Page 2 • Thursday, August 3,1989 vj} George-Anne Since 1927, Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper The end of an era Clint Rushing Allen Allnoch In the business world hostile take- Editor Managing Editor overs and leveraged buyouts are Bill Neville, Student Publications Advisor , common among businesses; how- From the The GEORGE-ANNE is the official student newspaper of Georgia Southern College, owned and operated by GSC stu- ever, usually those business ven- dentsand utilizing the facilrNes provided by GSC. The newspaper is theoldest continuously published weekly newspaper in Bulloch County and Statesboro, Ga. The ideas expressed herein are those of the editor or the individual authors and tures are forseen ahead of time and do not necessarily represent the views of the Student Media Committee, the administration, the faculty and staff of employers are given the chance to editors desk Georgia Southern College, orthe University System of Georgia. The GEORGE-ANNE is published twice weekly during the academic year and twice during summer quarter. bail out and find other jobs before their jobs are terminated in the OFFICE: Room 110, F. I. Williams Center. • MAIL- The GEORGE-ANNE, Landrum Center Box 8001, Clint Rushing Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, Ga. 30460. • PHONE: 912/681-5246 (News) or 912/618-5418 (Advertising) move. Such was not the case with a friend and former employer of mine, cause Biff had been working there for Tom Hines. 3 years and J.D. for 5. I remember Most GSC students do not know we'd stand back in the kitchen and who Mr. Hines is, but I'm willing to watch all the hung-over students Tremble will be missed bet that most all of them have done come in and order breakfast. The business with him before. Mr. Hines guys would wreak of beer and the is the former co-owner of Hardee's on girls always looked extremely worn out, with tangles in their hair and no Marvin Pittman Laboratory School is as much a part of GSC Main street; the one which stayed open 24 hours a day, much to the make-up on. Ah, the good ole' days; as any other entity on campus. The school provides an excellent relief of many a drunk GSC student we'd make fun of every clown who place for the GSC education majors to acquire classroom teach- searching for a bathroom, a cup of came in, and how they all deserved it! ing experience with highly representative elementary and coffee, or some food to take the place Gone are the days of meat presses middle school students, and a faculty which more than meets of other substances in their stom- and fry vats. Gone are the days of sweeping and mopping the dining any standards set by any educational facility. achs. I worked for Mr. Hines for about room. Gone are the days of "welcome three months, a relatively short time to Hardee's, may I take your order?" MPS has recently been dealt a bad hand with the news of compared to other employees who And now everything has changed.