Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 2-26-1976 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" (1976). The George-Anne. 796. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/796 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]. Cook Blames Apathy KB 26W$ Turnout Disappoints CCC Nominations for officers in have to be made by both the been more extensive than The representative of the President in his duties. the Central Coordinating CCC and the Elections anytime in the past. If the student body is the CCC The President recieves $290 committee will close at 5:00 Committee. Right now that nominations don't come in, President. In addition to a quarter, while a salary of p.m. tomorrow. possibility is doubtful." there can't be any excuse other initiating programs and $240 is paid to each, of the To date, nominations have Citing last years election of than apathy." making special student remaining five officers" been recieved for four of the David Kunkler to Coordinator The tenure of office will be appointments, his duties in- Any student may nominate six positions open. Those of Co-Curricular Activities and from March 1, 1976 to April clude the total operation and himself for an office by submitted are presently uncon- Tom T. Hall as Coordinator of 30, 1977. Nominees must not function of the Committee. completing the appropriate tested. Auxiliary Services, Cook added be on academic or disciplinary The Vice-President is in form in the CCC office. The nominations submitted that a candidate is allowed to probation and they must charge of .public information are Bert Roughton, President; assume any of the offices maintain a minimum 2.0 concerning the activities of the Consider Hike Sally Collins, Vice President; uncontested. cumulative grade point committee, setting office pro- Bennett Lovett, Coordinator of "It's hard to explain the average. cedures and assisting the Petition Budgetary Affairs, and Bill poor turnout, ' Cook said. "I Ellswood, Coordinator of suppose the students just Academic Affairs. don't care." The offices of Coordinator of "But the majority of Thirty-Seven Girls Compete Auxiliary Services and Coord- nominations in past elections inator of Co-Curricular Activ- have been submitted during ities have not yet recieved the last two days. Since they nominees. Positions on the (the nominatons) won't close In Miss GSC Pageant Pulse Committee are also open. until Friday, there will Despite last year's post- probably be a few more The Miss GSC Pageant will will meet with her judges over director, stated that the alloted ponement of the nomination candidates entering the race," be held in McCroan Audi- an afternoon tea. She will, at funds were not enough. "The deadline, it is doubtful that he said. torium on March 5 at 7:30 that time, be rated m the areas amount of $1,400 may seem such action would recur, "My tenure in office has p.m. Admission for the general of poise and personality. The like a lot of money to work according to CCC President proven as educational as my public will be $2.00. Students public that same evening, will with," said Ms. Heathe, "but Dave Cook. college career," Cook con- presenting ID's will be witness the evening gown, it's not for this type of "If nominations were held cluded. "For that reason I admitted for 50 cents. swim suit, and talent com- function. Out of that fund open, it would be in violation hope some students care Despite the present contro- petitions. Choice of gowns and comes $250 for Miss Georgia, of the committee's consti- enough about broadening their versy over the validity over swim suits are left to the payment for the judges, and tution," Cook said. "But if it education and decide to take the Miss GSC Pageant, the decision of each girl. The the $300 scholarship. The costs was decided to postpone the this opportunity. program continues on talent time limitation is two doesn't stop there and our only deadline, the decision would "The publicity this year has schedule. In fact, the number minutes and 45 seconds. other source is the entry fee of contestants over last year The winner of the Miss GSC each contestant pays. has jumped from 14 in 1975, to title will receive congratu- Controversy about the pageant 22 contestants in 1976. lations from Miss Georgia of has done some good. It has Kilpatrick Lecture This year's judges are Mr. 1972, Lisa Lawalan Smith, and drawn attention to the event and Mrs. Pat Johnson, Mr. the crown from Denise which should be just as Corwin Robinson, Mr. Hugh Watson, winner of last year's important as any homecoming. Gregory, and Mrs. Mildred contest. Miss GSC will then This year's turnout was Announced Winfred. With the inevitable Kilpatrick has held other walk off the stage with roses, a reassuring. James J. Kilpatrick, bicentennial theme of "Yankee trophy, a $300.00 scholarship lessrlofty positions including Any GSC student who has nationally syndicated col- Doodle" in the background, and the chance to be Miss Chairman on the National never been married, and is umnist, will give a lecture at the candidates will compete in Georgia. between the ages of 18 and 27 GSC on April 23. The site for Conference of Editorial Writers, and Vice-Chairman of four categories. When asked about problems has all the necessary qualifi- the lecture has not been Beginning at 2:00 on the the Virginia Commission on concerning the pageant, Dellis cations to try for the title of announced. afternoon of March 5, each girl Heathe, the 1976 pageant Miss GSC." Sponsored by the GSC Constitutional Government. Lecture Series, Kilpatrick identifies himself (in a quote first used by H. L. Mencken) as a "critic of ideas." In this Warm Day Brings Out Tree Nut' capacity he serves as a columnist, commentator, author, deitor, and observer of out times. Born is Olahoma in 1920, Kilpatrick graduated from the University of Missouri in 1941. His first job as a reporter was with the Richmond [Va.] News-Leader, reporting politics and court coverage. In 1949, he succeeded Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman as editor. In 1964, while still in Richmond, Kilpatrick began his three-a-week syndicated column, "A Conservative View." Two years later he left for Washington. Today Kilpatrick works from his home office in the Blue Ridge Mountains, originating his columns under the dateline of "Scrabble, Virginia." His column appears in 320 amer- ican papers. In additioon to being an regular commentator on CBS's "60 Minutes", Kilpatrick is a contributing editor for the National Review, and a regular Georgia Southern student Bert Turner gets high in tree and essayist for the Nation's studies. He says communing with nature makes him feel like Business.He has also written Thoreau and improves his concentration. or edited five books, and is presently at work on another. PAGE TWO-NEWS- Tuition Hike Petition Aimed At State Priorities By BETH BLOUGH State Legislature. Cook feels that the state The petition opposes the ten should provide for the As stated in last week's per cent tuition hike, matri- increased cost of education issue of the George-Anne, a culation fee specifically, but its rather than the students petition against the Board of implications are greater still. and/or their parents. He Regent's recent ten per cent further stated that there are GSC Bowl Team tuition hike has been drawn Generally, the petition requests that the Legislature already plans for another up. The petition will be to re-examine its priorities and increase in the total edu- circulated by the Pulse the rung which education cational bill for next fall, in Competes At Tech Committee, an ad-hoc com- occupies in that ladder. housing and food services. mittee of the CCC. A table will That will make the third hike The College Bowl Team will travel to Atlanta tomorrow to Since tuition at Georgia compete in the Southeastern Georgia Bowl Tournament hosted be set up in Landrum Center in four quarters. by Georgia Tech. to solicit signatures, the Southern is very low relative petitions will also be circulated to other state colleges and A bill was passed in the Team members include Ray Calhoun, Don Wood, David in classes and possibly at the universities. According to State Legislature this week Kicklighter, Mike Goodson, John Odom, Lori Duke, Chip Bray, Dave Cook, author of the that prohibits more than one and Roger Williams. Dr. Kathleen Dahir, Assistant Professor of CUB movies. French, is the coach. The committee is allowing petition and CCC President, tuition increase in a 12-month approximately four weeks for the main issue behind the period, and each increase must The format of the competition is similar to that of the old TV show "G.E. College Bowl." circulation of the petitions in petition is not the tuition be announced at least a increase. The crucial point lies quarter ahead. This may or Teams win points by correctly answering questions on a wide order to insure complete variety of topics. response. After the signatures in the minor position education may not affect future cost have been obtained, the occupies on the hierarchy of hikes in housing and food A team consists of four playing members and two alternates.