Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 5-24-1984 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" (1984). The George-Anne. 2570. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/2570 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]. The Geotge-Mnne VOLUME 64, NUMBER 23 GEORGIA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30460 THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1984 Asbestos abatement program gets underway the actual abatement process will By AMY SWANN take six weeks and the cleanup could News Writer span the entire summer. However, Work will begin soon on Cone Hall Cook said that a lot of the work would and other GSC dorms and buildings be completed by fall. as the asbestos abatement program Originally Johnson Hall was also gets underway at GSC. affected but a consultant hired by the The work which will affect six Board of Regents has decided that dormitories and seven academic Johnson Hall has “no measurable buildings is tentatively planned to amount” of asbestos contamination. begin with the start of summer Because of this, the GSC camp quarter. program which houses its At present, GSC is still participation in the dorm will be able contracting for bids for the to proceed as usual. abatement program. In addition GSC The actual abatement process will has purchased a special vacuum involve removing the materials system and filters to clean the containing asbestos from the ceilings furniture and rooms affected by the of these GSC buildings. asbestos. Plant Operations workers involved GSC will hire extra maintenance in the process will wear protective personnel to ensure that the cleanup clothing aiid masks. will go as swiftly as possible. According to Cook the money for Cone Hall will be cleaned ot asbestos when the abatement program William Cook, Vice-President ot the extensive repairs will come from gets underway. financial affairs, has projected that the General Assembly. Economy is favorable for the job market Housing Department budgets But companies are getting more selective By MARJORIE DYKES very much in demand this year,” he $20,000 for lobby redecoration News Writer said. “The growth in the economy will' He also pointed out that these By STEPHANIE TRONCALLI Suttles Interiors has been hired to be reflected in the labor market this fields will be good prospects, because News Writer select and coordinate the furniture. year,” said Dr. George Lynch, the pay is increasing in these areas. Winbum Hall lobby is being This is the first time Housing has director of placement and testing. “If the interest rates are held down redecorated this quarter. ever hired an interiors company; Lynch, who bases his information and we continue coming out of the Pat Burkett said it will be normally they would have done it on the College Placement Council recession, the job market will be completed, with the exception of new themselves. and the U.S. Department of Labor, favorable for most any degree,” said carpet, when the accessories, such as Burkett also stated that the decor said the fields of business and Lynch. end tables and lamps arrive. They will be different than other lobbies. technology will be the main He said although the labor market hope to recarpet in 12 to 18 months to They are aiming for a more non- benefactors from this expansion in is looking better, there will still be a add the finishing touch. institutional atmosphere. the economy. lot of job competition. The Housing Department wants The lobby is available for use by “Specialized areas in these fields “Companies are becoming more to redecorate one lobby per year. They campus organizations, but residents such as accounting and engineering selective about possible employees,” budgeted $20,000 for the project. do have first priority. are in continued demand,” he said. Lynch said , Lynch said that the arts and sciences majors, who usually “Some college graduates act like Painting by acclaimed international artist generalize instead of specialize, will the village idiot,” he said. “They don’t find the job market very competitive. know how to dress, how to write a Bronislaw Bak, to be dedicated May 26 “The secondary science, math, resume, or how to act during an and industrial arts graduates will be interview.” SPECIAL TO THE Stanley and Schenk. Gallery owner GEORGE-ANNE Charles Stanley will join college One of the final paintings President Dale Lick, the Bak family completed by internationally and art department head Richard acclaimed artist Bronislaw Bak Tichich as guests at the ceremony. Inside shortly before his death in 1981 has been donated to GSC by friends of the Bak’s versatility and innovation The Natural artist, who was a professor at the as an artist were illustrated in the college, and will be dedicated May 26 variety and impact of his work, which Robert Bedford at 3 p.m. ranged from crafting the largest returns to the screen The dedication ceremonies will be stained glass window in the world at held in the Library where the large St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota, to after four years. untitled canvas will hang for creating more than 200 woodcuts —see page 9 permanent public display. The interpreting six medieval tales for an painting is an abstract of rows of Encyclopedia Britannica film series. Editorials geometric swatches reminiscent of Arts and Entertainment .. .. the stained glass which brought Bak His works have been exhibited Classifieds international fame. across the U.S. and internationally in Sports The painting was purchased Europe, the Orient and South through the Atlanta gallery of America. Page 2, May 24, 1984, The GEORGE-ANNE ‘Press is fundamental’ said Gunther to GSC Press Club By KATHY KENNEY ing, and house painting—but that no Assistant News Editor job provides a means to fulfil him the The press is fundamental to this way journalism does. country, said Alan Gunther, of the NEWS ) He said despite cynicism he feels Savannah Morning News, to the GSC towards some aspects of journalism Press Club Tuesday evening. he is actually happy with his job. But the credibility of the press is Gunther told the Press Club he Department of Physics to host shot by reporters who don’t know wanted them to understand there are what they’re doing. They make knocks in this business. public seminar on nuclear arms accusations against people about As students you are full of things they don’t know about, he idealism and convictions, I was, he SPECIAL TO THE exhaustively covered in the two-hour added. said. But your expectations are not GEORGE-ANNE period of the seminar.” Gunther said he has an aversion what you’ll really find. The GSC Department of Physics to crucifying people through the One ideal is that journalism is an will host a public seminar on the Panelists for the discussion will press. It’s not necessary and takes art or talent. But according to Nuclear Arms Race and Other include GSC professors James C. away from effectiveness. Gunther th is is not true. Journalism Related Issues May 25 from 3-5 p.m. Hare, head of the college’s military We’re at a very low point but I is not sonK thing innate but is instead in the Biology Lecture Hall as part of science department, Zia H. Hashmi, think the press will come back up, he a craft. its Lecture Series program. director of the international studies said. Reporters must learn to adhere The craft framework includes Billed as a “scholarly endeavor, program in the department of to principles and present the facte knowledge and perserverance. not a political debate,” the seminar political science, and John R. Pickett and eventually the press will win a Journalists put the pieces together in will cover topics from the MX missile, and Svend E. Thomas from the few. a predefined state, he said. balance of power and our Ballistic department of management. An open Something like Watergate boosts He said it is important to know the Missle Defense (BMD) to the SALT I discussion will follow with panelists the press sky high, he said, and it may black and white of how the world & II treaties, Zero Option and other fielding questions from the floor,. take that again. works and to know how to move proposals to reverse the arms race. He cited a recent poll where only through the system to find what In order to provide those who plan 13 percent of those polled were fond of you’re covering. “Guided by our panelists and with to attend with some means of journalists while 60 percent favored Gunther said he doesn’t want to the assistance of a wealth of preparations, the physics department doctors. discourage anyone but he wants information resources, we will will have books, fact sheets, briefing The reason for this, he said, is no students of journalism to make sure attempt, within the limits of our time papers, slide shows, and a film one likes you when you stick your they are flexible and can roll with the frame, to examine the facts and gain available to interested individuals nose into their business. There are punches dealt in this profession. an understanding of the problems of and groups. some things that really aren’t maintaining world peace,” explained anybody’s business.