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Lady Eagles wrap up second in NSWAC See Page 5 George-Anne ■a 912/681-5246 Vol. 62, No. 30 • Friday, February 23,1990 Since 1927, Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern College • Statesboro, GA 30460 National News Briefs SGA advises Georgia Board of Regents paratory Curriculum as well. as a foreign language. the midpoint of the total grading mine the severity of schools' prac- By LAURA MCABEE period. The proposals state that tices on the environment, steps can Assistant News Editor O'Leary supports his proposals ©Copyright 1990. USA TODAY/Apple there should be a statement in the be taken to improve the status-quo by saying that American Sign Lan- Presently, international stu- College Information Network syllabus stating whether the pro- through the procurement of re- guage is recognized as a language in dents entering the University Sys- fessor intends to have a a portion of cycled products. DEATH PENALTY REFORM SOUGHT: Last week, representatives from its own right by California, Maine, tem are required to enroll in Eng- the class grade reported to students McLean recommends that all GSC's Student Government Asso- Michigan, Texas, and Illinois, and lish courses for humanity credit State officials, jurists and the prior to the midpoint of the grading schools in the University System of ciation attended the Student Advi- also that ASL plays a vital role in and take additional foreign lan- Bush administration urged Con- period. The proposals also stated Georgia have an environmental sory Council's Winter conference. culture, education, and daily life of guage courses for foreign language gress to reform the lengthy death audit of their campus, make efforts The conference, which began Feb- a significant number of hearing credit. penalty appeals process, saying it to minimize paper usage when pos- ruary 13, gives students an oppor- impaired citizens. that all assignments and examina- needlessly delays executing con- sible, and establish committees tunity to make suggestions to the tions should be graded and re- victed killers. But they differed on The 4th proposal deals with in- composed of 50% students and 50% Georgia Board of Regents. The second proposal, by Mike turned to students before the mid- how to do so. Appeals of death sen- juring that student Teaching As- faculty with the purpose of dealing tences can take years and can be Snyder of North Georgia College, point, and that the instructor requests that training and classes sistants ai ? adequately trained. with environmental concerns. costly for state and federal govern- Suggestions made relate to vari- should make every effort to be in all branches of military service Clifton Nor ;s, of Georgia Institute The final proposal, made by ments. ous facets of student's academic available for discussion of students' would apply toward transferable of Technology, recommended that Sean Schuur of GSC, concerns par- CONSUMER PRICES TAKE A JUMP: life. Three out of the eight proposals academic standing prior to the college credit. courses be developed which will tial withdrawals. There is pres- were made by GSC students Allen midpoint. Soaring food and fuel costs ensure a minimum standard of ently no policy concerning refunds Sanders, Thomas McLean, and helped drive consumer prices up 1.1 excellence in situations where for partial withdrawal, and there Sean Schuur. Snyder's proposal calls for a sys- Michelle Calandra, also from percent in January from December teaching assistants are employed. have been documented cases of tem-wide policy of awarding cred- Kennesaw State College, advocates - the largest monthly increase since Apparently, there have been students who have taken courses on its. Currently, 63% of the schools in the development of child care pro- June 1982. Even excluding volatile Thefirstrecommendation, made problems with insufficiently a course-taken course-paid basis the University system of Georgia do grams for members of the campus and were denied a refund. food and energy costs, prices rose a by Patrick O'Leary of Georgia Insti- trained student teaching assis- give military credit, 25% do not, and committees of the state. The proposal states that policy higher-than-expected 0.6 percent, tute of Technology, concerns Ameri- tants. the Bureau of Labor Statistics said can Sign Language. O'Leary states 11% determine policy on a case by be made and published establish- Wednesday. But economists say that ASL should be considered a case basis. GSC's Thomas McLean stressed ing a policy for refunds for partial inflation isn't breaking into a new, Fulfillment of the various foreign Jeff Barrett of Kennesaw State the need for a structured policy and complete withdrawals. higher range. language requirements of the Uni- GSC's Allen Sanders requested College offers proposal 5, which regarding environmental policies The Board of Regents will con- NO IRAN-CONTRA DELAY SEEN: versity system curriculum. He adds that students whose native lan- deals with academic feedback. Bar- within the University System- sider these proposals and possibly McLean says that although implement them when it becomes The judge in John Poindexter's that ASL should be recognized as a guage is something other than rett suggests that there be 3 items there have been no studies to deter- feasible Iran-Contra case says he won't let valid fulfillment of the College Pre- English be allowed to study English that students be advised of prior to legal wrangling delay the March 5 trial - and it's unlikely President Bush will be called as a witness. Firm discusses Poindexter, national security ad- viser under former President Re- agan, is accused of lying to Con- gress. PROPER AIRLINE LANGUAGE URGED: master plan Federal safety watchdogs Wed- These plans were designed from nesday urged pilots to use proper By SANDY HANBERRY the collective input of the faculty, News Editor emergency language, and control- y\ -.J'iKg:- Staff, administration, and students lers to be more alert to potential of GSC as well members of CRSS. problems, to prevent another disas- Lewis May, vice president of The plan recommended by CRSS ter like Avianca Flight 52. Poor CRSS Commercial Group Inc., held is not a definite one, but rather a communication contributed to the a conference Wednesday to discuss guide, a star to steer by, to take Jan. 25 crash, in which the jet ran the GSC master plan, which his Georgia Southern University to the corporation has been hired to de- out of fuel. Year 2010. sign. HAVEL BRINGS CONGRESS TO FEET: The plan calls for campus expan- The purpose of the plan is to Czechoslovakian President sion on lands already owned by the integrate a campus that has become college and possible land uses for Vaclav Havel called on the United decentralized with the growth of States Wednesday to guide Eastern other areas if additional lands if recent years. they are acquired. Europe and the Soviets along the According to Lewis, "The aver- "immensely complicated road to Lewis May presents a slide of GSC during Wednesday's Hulsey) Priority is given to the centrali- age student knows within five min- zation of classroom buildings on democracy." The former dissident- the campus master plan for conference. (Photo: Brent utes of seeing a campus if he wants political prisoner marveled at the campus. Dormitories and parking to go there." The plan has been will be moved to the outlying areas. lightning course of events that designed accordingly. brought him to the head of his coun- See Plan, page 2 try. SGA, High Hope join FLAG ACT OVERTURNED: A federal judge in Seattle has Pi Kapp overturned the Flag Protection Act in recycling program of 1989, dismissing charges against In addition to recycling paper four protesters who burned U.S. By KEVIN HUDSON Staff Writer products, Project High Hope is also PUSH flags Oct. 28. "Burning the flag as collecting aluminum cans. They an expression of political dissent... would like to ask anyone who has George-Anne staff reports does not jeopardize the freedom been saving cans at home to come which we hold dear," wrote U.S. Thirteen members of Pi Kappa GSC, along with the Student down and drop them off at the District Judge Barbara Rothstein. Phi and seven little sisters partici- Government Association are work- Johnson Hall parking lot on Mon- The dismissal will be appealed to pated in a canning project in Savan- ing together with the High Hope days from 1-4:00 p.m. Cans can be the Supreme Court. nah last Saturday to raise money Center to recycle the college's trash. left at the truck in the name of any RAITT WINS FOUR GRAMMYS: for Pi Kappa Phi's PUSH (People It is an effort to clean up the envi- participating organization in the Understanding the Severely Blues-rocking Bonnie Raitt, 40, ronment and to help a good cause as Golden Trashcan Contest. Handicapped) project. burst into the Grammy winners well. The contest is designed to moti- Pi Kapp raised about $1,200 circle with all four awards for which Paper collection boxes have been vate student groups to make recy- Saturday toward their goal of she was nominated - including al- placed around the college for sepa- cling a normal part of daily life.