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Georgia iiouffiern College 1J4S3 Social Mores Change Freshmen Women's Hours Abolished On April 8 Freshmen that has no meaning to most discrimination regarding the Women's hours were officially students could possibly create freshmen women's hours in abolished effective Summer negative social attitudes in January of '74. The problem is Quarter '75. these students. still unresolved, and when The change in the current (5) The number of students asked if this affected the policy of Freshmen Women's choosing to go to this decision to abolish hours, curfew at 12:00 p.m. on institution will not be Davis replied, "Absolutely Sunday through Thursday and affected by the lack of curfew not, if anything it delayed at 2:00 a.m. on Friday and due to the fact that the action on the matter for a year. Saturday came when the majority of colleges in Georgia We were making plans to Housing Office began review- no longer require freshmen change the regulation when ing possible changes in womens hours, this reflecting the charges were brought operation for the coming year. the general trend that most against usi All the plans were The change was proposed by women students find the frozen. We decided to change Larry Davis, director of curfew inequitable. the policy now mainly because Housing, and approved by (6) Freshmen women will be there was no pressure for Deans Waller and Orr, Vice placed in halls which are change at this time. The President Quick and President directed by trained head opportunity came up naturally Pope Duncan. residents better able to handle with new year planning, we Mr. Davis gave the the problem the women may felt we couldn't pass it up. The following reasons for the encounter with lack of curfew proposal was passed smoothly action: (1) After study it was hours. through all the channels found that curfew hours have When asked why the showing that everyone was in no significant positive effects change would be made favor." Freshmen girls will no longer be resorting to desperate on academic or social Summer Quarter and not Continued on Page 2 measures for a late night out. performance. immediately, Davis said," We (2) Security in residence halls are reluctant to make major is little affected by a specific changes during the school GSC Utility Rates Soar; curfew hour under present year, especially in mid- dormitory operations. quarter. We are committed to (3) Absence of hours reduces a program which has been the problems encountered in contracted with parents, Students Asked To Conserve the Georgia Power Company. mixing classifications thereby students, and administrators, The increase in campus percent of the entire budget. To further reduce consump- making it easier to utilize and we feel that making the utility rates at Georgia The increase is due to the tion, more than half of the hall space to the fullest. change during this quarter Southern has been phenomi- rising cost of electricity, lights have been shut off, and (4) The students see freshmen would break this contract and nal. ' natural gas, and coal. The the candlepower of each women's hours as repressive promote bad faith in the "Operating on a budget price of natural gas alone has classroom will be physically and discriminatory, and there- college. Another reason is that that will reach $500,000 by multiplied several times for measured, and de-activated as by find little motivation to we won't have the detex cards next year," said director of the Georgia Power Company, necessary, to total 70 candles. obey the regulation; this leads until most of spring quarter is plant maintenance, Fred whom GSC is affiliated with, The igniting of the to much evasion. The over. Shroyer, "the increase at GSC and as the rates that GPC air-conditioning systems is maintainance of a regulation HEW charged GSC with sex has been $150,000, nearly 40 must pay for this necessity increase, the rates plant also being delayed as long as a maintenance pay will rise reasonable temperature correspondingly. exists. When the building Campus Traffic Survey To Alleviate A number of measures have temperature reaches 80 de- been taken and more are grees, the units will be turned on. Between Class Vehicular Congestion being planned, to combat the "If these measures had not rising costs. been taken, our budget would The newly installed under- Georgia Southern, for the trip such as time of day, trip roadside survey will be a large be close to $750,000 a year," ground utility system will first time, in the history of the end points, and method of undertaking and a critical part said Mr. Shroyer. operate more efficiently and college, will use professional travel. The map and data form of the data collection. In addition to a state reduce consumption, based on talent to take an overall look at supplied will be reduced to Organization and operational budget, plant maintenance the rates authorized by the the campus traffic and parking punch cards and analyzed control will be provided bv the also operates on an auxilary Public Service Commission of situations. As our campus has using computer methods by Continued on pg. 2 budget, which is supplied by increased in size and the State Department of To Be Reheld the students. A percentage of enrollment, vehicular flow has Transportation's main office the money paid for meal become severely congested at in Atlanta. tickets, matriculation and peak times during the day. The secondary phase is CCC Election Contested dorm fees, is allocated to the Our roads and traffic patterns intended to establish travel The CCC elections of Thursday, April 10 is being contested by auxilary budget. were not designed for this patterns between the campus two of the candidates, Janet Flowers and Stan Cochran who were What can GSC students do present volume of traffic. The and the community, and to defeated by a very slight margin; 12 and 13 votes respectively. to reduce cost? Reduce upcoming statistical survey verify the data from phase In the election Darryl Pollinger received 134 votes and Stan consumption. If no one is will provide planners with one. On a selected date, Cochran received 121 in the run-off for the vice-presidency. going to be there to listen to it, Bert Roughton obtained 138 votes and Janet Flowers received drivers will be stopped upon turn off the stereo next time optimum traffic data and 126 for the office of Co-curricular Activities. entering campus and ques- parking patterns for the Only the candidates can contest the elections and they must to you leave the room. campus. This will be achieved tioned regarding their origin so within 48 hours after the election. The election is being When the air-conditioning through the use of an and destination. The question- contested due to certain irregularities that were noticed at the does come on, unplug the "origin-destination" study. ing may result in thirty second Landrum Center polling station. window fans. In the long run The study will be conducted to two-minute delay for the The grounds for contesting the election are: they will increase utility costs. in two phases- The initial drivers. Obviously, some 1. The Landrum Center Voting station closed prior to the The AC units are central, and phase will consist of a mail inconvenience will occur from official 7:00 p.m. closing time. leaving the windows open to campaign where each student this brief detainment and 2. Several identification cards were punched twice. accomodate the fans will only Since the elections were so close these irregularities may have and campus employee will be instructors are asked to be heat up the building. had a definite impace on the results. lenient to latecoming stu- Professors, if there is not asked to outline a typical days The new election will be held Thursday, April 17. The travel. Questionaires will be dents. (Students likewise are candidates are the same: Stan Cochran and Darryl Pollinger for going to be any class during mailed to individuals request- asked to be lenient to Vice-President and Janet Flowers and Bert Roughton for the the^next hour, shutting off the ing key information for each latecoming instructors!) The office of Co-curricular Activities. lights would certainly help. Page TWO -the george-anne- Thurscla.v, April 17, 1975 Increase Not Foreseen r % For '75-"}76 Activity Budget george-anne The Student Activity to aid agencies who fall short Other members are William Budget Committee expects the of their expected incomes and Cook. Director of Ad- 1975-76 budget to be close to to aid possible new agencies on ministration and Fiscal second front this year's figure of $298,865, campus" said Nolan. Affairs, Vice-President N.H. according to Jack Nolen, Quick, and Jack Nolan, Director of Student Activities. The voting members of the Director of Student Activities. "Though the budget may go committee are the officers of Cook votes only in the event of as high as $302,000," ex- K J the Central Coordinating ties, Quick serves as chairman plained Nolen, "we estimate a Committee, two faculty for the committee, and Nolan figure close to this year's members and two administ- is an advisory member.