Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 11-5-1981 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" (1981). The George-Anne. 944. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/944 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]. GSC Eagles play first intrasquad game in Dublin —See p. 12 P PA Volume 62, Number 5 Georgia Southern College Statesboro, Georgia 30460 November 5, 1981 Repairs complete, McCroan reopens By DICK NEWBERN brown proscenium. These colors Staff Writer don't look good together at all" McCroan Auditorium, located in the Johnson added that because Plant rear of the Administration Building, was Operations used cable instead of chain to reopened for public performances on connect the stage lights to the ceiling, they October 27 with a rendition by the will be more difficult to maneuver. He Savannah Ballet. thinks that, "Although we'll have to redo McCroan had been closed since March some things, Plant Operations has for a renovation of its electrical and done a generally good job. The labor from curtain rolling system and a repainting of Plant Operations was used at a very low the main walls and proscenium. price. Therefore, what we have from Plant According to Bill Cook, vice president of Op is better than what we could get Business and Finance, "The renovation commercially." cost around $90,000. We had been planning Last spring's electrocution of Freddy for more than a year to renovate cost Thompson, a GSC senior who died while around for more than a year to renovate working with McCroan's antiquated McCroan, and last spring, we finally electrical system, set off much speculation realized some money from short-term concerning the quality of the wiring in the investments. These repairs were clearly auditorium. Since the renovation of the long overdue, and we still have a long way electrical system, Johnson claims that, "In to go before McCroan is an adequate terms of safety, the electrical wiring theater." system is good. Last spring's accident The theater program simply didn't get wouldn't have happened if the wiring had all the results it expected in this reparation been in the condition it is now. The effort. Richard Johnson, an associate electrical system is as safe as can be professor in the Department of expected." Communication Arts said, "The theater Don Gaughf, who is an instructor in the program is generally satisfied with this Department of Communication Arts, partial renovation, but there's been some complained that, 'The auditorium house frustration. Some things simply didn't get lighting was reconstructed without con- done. sulting the theatre staff. We've hence lost "For instance, it took three committee the capacity to texture the auditorium meetings to select the paint colors, lighting." Don Gaughf climbs the ladder up to in McCroan that allowed it to open someone arbitrarily changed them. The He added that the cable winches which the renovated lighting port in for the first performance of the results are that we have a main wall that is hold the curtains up over the stage could be McCroan Auditorium. This was only season October 27. reddish-tan, matched with a grayish- See McCROAN, p. 2 one area of major repairs completed SGA constitution under rework By VALLERIE TRENT continued. "We proposed in the summer when Students within the same Managing Editor the rewording after looking nobody was here or the 14 days. The SGA has made and at the overall view of the set- following fall quarter, when The student will then approved several changes up of the constitution." everyone would have have seven days to submit to their constitution Among the changes forgotten about it," said the actual petition to the concerning staff titles and approved for submission Johnson. Dean of Students, after petition of submissions. are changing the staff Petitioning procedures which a referendum will be The changes, approved two titles, which "have been in now call for all petitions to held for all "eligible weeks ago, will be put into use since the Central be submitted to the Dean of students" within 14 days of effect two weeks after Coordinating Committee Students, with each petition submission of the petition. publication, according to (CCC) was in operation." "bearing names of 15% of all In order for statute SGA President Don Other changes were GSC students paying the changes to be made, a Johnson. submitted in the area of college activity fee, student must "notify the "We made the changes petitioning. These revisions including graduate or Dean of Students of his because the previous will now enable students to undergraduate students. i intention to petition for the statutes seemed to be submit petitions at any time Each sheet of the petition changes." After this, the ambiguous," said Angie except "14 days before the must contain a statement student will have one week Smith, SGA vice president. last day of classes of fall clearly indicating the in which to submit his The SGA began re- quarter until the first day of purpose of the petition." petition to the Dean of viewing the constitution winter quarter" and "from If any student wishes to Students. A referendum will this quarter upon request by 14 days before the last day petition the proposed be scheduled within the the Judicial Board last of classes of spring quarter changes in the statutes, or following two weeks of the submission. MNRHRRRgRRRBRi spring quarter, according to until the first day of fall petition against the SGA The newly-formed Eagle football team partici- Johnson. "They did not ask quarter." budget when submitted In a third area of revision, the changes have pated in a Blue-White intra-squad game us to make these specific "We've had a problem in spring quarter, that student proposed that any student Saturday night, October 31, in Dublin's changes—they suggested a the past with students will have two weeks in may petition for "recall of Shamrock Bowl. The Eagles White Team 'rework' of the consti- submitting petitions at the which to "declare his any or all elected officers of triumphed over the Blue Team by a score of tution," he added. very end of spring quarter, intentions to petition" and must submit the purpose of the SGA" after submitting 28-17. "These changes are which meant that we would clean-up changes," he have to hold our referendum the petition to the Dean of See SGA, p. 3 ■■■■■■HBBBHMnMHRnMMMEi I '#-•'• « • Page 2, Nov. 5, 1981, The GEORGE-ANNE Higgins describes international terroristic acts decided that the quest for intelligence field. The State By DICK NEWBERN 256 deaths during last year human rights should be Department is formulating Staff Writer alone. The high level of conducted on a "quiet more useful computer' "The real impact of terrorism has continued bilateral basis" rather than programs to gain better jende international terrorism this year." : intelligence out in the ■'■""'" " goes far beyond the actual The Reagan administra- taking noble stands." He field." A second point is ■■■■ ■'- incidents themselves," said tion's response to this rash said that the American "energizing local govern- Richard Higgins of the U.S. of tyranny is a "no people should give Secre- ments to take actions State Department's Office concessions" policy, tary Haig's policy of "quiet ~ against terrorists." for Combatting Terrorism. according to Higgins. "We diplomacy" a chance to Preparing contingency Higgins spoke at a Political in the State Department feel work. plans is the third objective, Science Club foreign policy very strongly that giving in which involves "crises session in Foy Auditorium to any terrorists' demands Higgins denied that preparedness." Contin- on Wednesday, October 21. would not save lives and terroristic acts constituted acts of war. He reiterated gency planning encourages He defined international would only strengthen their that terrorism was "the use planners to think through a terrorism as being "the use cause." of force outside the laws of terroristic scenario and test of force outside the laws of During the question and war for political purposes." their ability to handle a war for political purposes." answer session following particular crises situation. Because international his presentation, Higgins Higgins said that a The fourth point involves terrorism is a direct attack was confronted with the "firm, no concessions policy "crises management and on the countries the targets fact that the Reagan with swift, direct retri- developing quick access to represent, explained Administration has aban- bution," was the best way to information centers" in the Higgins, "the reper- donded Jimmy Carter's counter international event of a major terroristic cussions are far more human rights policy so that terrorism. He added that activity. significant than the actual it can concentrate on because the State Depart- The final means of numbers of people killed." combatting international ment has recommended implementing Reagan's terrorism. Higgins care- this policy to other govern- "no concessions" policy Higgins described fully explained that the ments, it may have a involves international international terrorism State Department does chance to be tested on a cooperation. "This policy against American business- indeed have a human rights universal scale. won't work unless the world men, diplomats, and policy,' but is is being gets involved in fighting servicemen as being a pursued through "quiet A five point program has this movement towards critical problem that is diplomacy." been devised to implement anarchy," declared Hig- getting worse.