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1990

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REESE LIBRARY - AUGUSTA COLLEGE

lock wise from top:

members of the

udent Government

Association,

aQuita Mincey

Judicial Cabinet,

Wendy Creer

SGA Secretary/

Treasurer, Tim

Bond Student

Vnion Chairman,

and James

Tammond SGA

President, take a

break from the

Summer Student

Advisory Council

(SAC) Meeting at

Jekyll Island.

Augusta Con^g^^^^/^

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CAMPUS LIFE

Expansion, graduation, & visitors to Augusta Coiiege.

ACADEMICS

Priding ourselves on our educational excellence.

ATHLETICS

The athletic attraction of AC is lead by the Jaguar.

U D E N T S
& ORGANIZATIONS

student life and involvement in organizations means different things to everyone.

1 RQ CLOSING

" V^ V^ Each student helps AC grov* and progress to the future.

Augusta College is an institution
of subtle, yet constant change.
With the passing of each year,
buildings are expanded, issues
arise, and new students are enrolled
to take the places of those before
them. All new students are unique
in that they bring with them their
own goals, their own values, and
their own ideas. Augusta College
has evolved over time as this annual
cycle of change has been repeated,
with each student adding to our
richness and diversity. The student
body is often mistakenly classified
as one generic group having unified
beliefs. More realistically, the stu-
dent body is comprised of individ-
uals who are constantly adding new
ideas, adding new outlooks and new
perspectives which improve the col-
lege.

Augusta College prides itself on
the educational excellence that it
has established. As this continues
into the new decade, our college
will climb in enrollment, new struc-
tures will open and we will attract
educational leaders to our campus.

President Richard Wallace I
quoted his vision that "10,000 stu-
dents will attend Augusta College
by the year 2000." This year's en-
rollment rose 400 students to 5239
students above the anticipated
5121. At this rate of

All campus activity isn't spent
indoors. Studying and ice cream
socials pull students out of the
classrooms.

Opening

YOU CAN

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ON THAT

current increase, President
Wallace's vision will be
fulfilled.

Along with increasing
student population, tuition
rose 4% ($16) to bring a full
load cost to $472.00. The

6 By the year 2000, at least 10,000 students
will demand our educational services each
academic term . . . Cynics say this is only
a dream. They are right that it is a dream. I

challenge the 'only' part.

9 9

.an

President Wallace

increase was used to
increase staff salaries.

Prominent figures visiting
Augusta College included
Andrew Young, former
Mayor of Atlanta who had
an unsuccessful bid for
Governor. James Rosen,
Augusta College's Eminent
Scholar in Art, assisted the
college in securing an ex-

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OPENING

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Augusta
College
^^s a rising
star in the
sM University
ip System.

There is more to a college campus
than class, books, and studies. The
real memories of college days come
from the friends that are made and tie
actinties held.

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QUOTE ME

change program with the
Dosso Dossi Art Institute
in Ferrara, Italy. And
who could forget Paula
Poundstone who kept us
in laughter with her visit
to the PAT for the Ly-
ceum Series.

In the academia, the

i i

All new
students
are unique
in that they bring
with them their
own goals, their
own values, and
their own ideas.
All these charac-
teristics help im-
prove the college.

9 9

English Department abol-
ished the English 101 De-
partmental exit exam.
Failing this single test
meant the repeat of En-
glish 101. Columbia
County has a new Augus-
ta College campus at Ev-
ans Middle School, for-
merly located at Augusta
Preparatory Day School.
Duck when you enter the
Reese Library. Chains
went up in front of the li-
brary because bricks on
the second floor came
loose due to the lack of
expansion joints. And the
Education Department
developed a new program
to enlist "near to" retiring
military personnel. Class-
es that enabled second ca-
reers in education were
offered to those military
personnel with math or
science undergraduate
backgrounds.

In the sporting arena,
our Table Tennis Team
captured their second
consecutive NCAA
Championship. The best
of the best belong to Au-
gusta College.

In retrospect, Augusta
College is a rising star in
the University System.
There is much to talk
about and YOU CAN
QUOTE ME ON THAT.

OPENING

Clockwise from left: Studying in the CAC took
all shapes and forms. This marked the end of
the Student Union serving beer at their func-
tions. Participants in SAIL kept their spirits up
during those mind-stretching sessions, didn't
they Maria? Rains Hall at the top of the AC
campus is home to President Wallace.

OPENING

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, ''^J^:tl^%',,/^^T^P^^ lifs ^t Augusta College%-
'sS'^rj^i^'-^^'Sc^was, at the least, very interes,!?;;
"'=''^"-^^' ing in 1990. "Try and find a park-
ing space at 9 a.m." quoted a recent
*vv parking lot connoisseur. "I enjoy
Cp- watching the dash for the prime

r^: spots. People have ^n evil side to
'rj^' them behind the wheel." If that

wasn't enough fun, go to the CAC

/'^^^r/.c-'i^^if^;:-^^^ l^J^^/iJ^fe-"^' and watch the light bulbs dive

"^ ^ bomb students. Too exciting? How

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^ . about sitting across from the Reese
JlS^i; Library and watch bricks wor^
-ti^^^^^^ themselves free to rain down o%

-^^::^^^rSome unsuspecting student. w^

\^j^?^^^?^^^i On a more serious side, August!

''^^'i^-fZr^^J^: College has many diverse forms of

.''"*X'VS^,?v entertainment for a great campuft

?^^^^^^^^fe Lyceum Series introduced tjif:
V^'^^'i^^>^v5^^ famous comedienne, Paula Poui^d-^
^'^^'^ stone. Student Union kicked off the^
the Oktoberfest. For thf
minded, AC has sporting
^^oi:y>;,^:j^2W/^^ events all year long. Alternative
^Mr<>?^^rU.^^^: movies at the CAC and PAT, ArtS:-

ir

and entertainment such as the In-
^^c ternational Food Fest or Jack

, .4> '<:J>>rfy^^ White, a billiards professional. An
>^te' '~^'^^'^'^ ^^^^^ ^^^^y surprised stu-

-v.

^5^ dents
- vS-c ^ student had to really not want
to get involved to say that Augusta
College doesn't have a great cam-
pus life. j^v>^

I

;

ly/ia/ Ar/nd of day would it be without
reading ttre morning paper, eating a
well-balanced lunch from the CAC
cafeteria and taking a leisurely stroll
to class?

CAMPUS LIFE

"It has a lot of
potential to be
better, but there
are still a lot of
complaints. "

Julie Dickerson

From the bills, to the pool, to the party's in the
clubhouse. College Station gave many AC students
an opportunity to experience living on their own.

10

Photos: Troy Campbell

COLLEGE

ii

My social life
improved

dramatically when I
moved here. It's the
closest thing to
campus life.

Nanci Collins

A

jj

Ithough most students
would agree that living in
an apartment is better
than living at home under parental
supervision, some College Station resi-
dents resent the lack of freedom. But there
are many positive aspects about the new
complex that opened in June of 1989.

With space available for 240 residents,
the only requirement for living in College
Station is that you have to be an AC stu-
dent. Nanci Collins, an AC senior and
member of the tennis team, is one of the
many who meets the requirement.

The apartments have completely fur-
nished bedrooms and living rooms and
fully equipped kitchens. Built to house
four students, the apartments have two
different floor plans. Students can choose
between a four-private bedroom apart-
ment for $175.00 per person per month, or
a two-shared bedroom apartment for
$160.00 per person per month. Each
apartment comes with free cablevision and
central heating and air.

However, as Collins points out, "The
walls and ceilings are thin." Her upstairs
neighbors blast their stereo early in the
morning or late at night. She has resorted
to calling the police on occasion, if man-
agement is not there to handle the prob-
lem.

One of the biggest advantages accord-
ing to Collins is the swimming pool. "The
pool is great when I want to escape. It's

like a party we all go out to the pool and
talk and listen to music."

There is also a furnished clubhouse with
big screen TV which can be used for meet-
ings or rented out for parties. And for
those of us who are brave enough to wash
our own clothes, there is a laundry facility.

For those students that don't own cars,
the Augusta Public Transit shuttle arrives
every hour beginning at 7:30 a.m. to take
you to your class on campus. Collins says,
"It's good right now because my car's
messed up. I don't have to worry about
getting to and from school. It's regular, so
I can depend on it."

The rules are one of the biggest com-
plaints among several of the College Sta-
tion residents.

There is a list of 49 rules and regulations
that the residents must sign. Rules such as
no alcoholic beverages, no loitering in the
parking lots or no alcoholic beverages in
the clubhouse or in the pool area. Resi-
dents must have written permission if they
plan to have an overnight guest for more
than two nights. Unmarried residents must
share an apartment only with persons of
the same sex.

With these rules, the residents are con-
fused about the status of the College Sta-
tion: Are they dorms or are they apart-
ments?

Mrs. Powell said that they are apart-

ments, "owned by a limited partnership
between two men. Augusta College does
not own the College Station, but has given
us a land grant. The college does not make
up the rules, but they do have a say in what
takes place. We work closely with the ad-
ministration at AC."

Collins explains, "I resent the fact that
they're always telling us what we can and
cannot do. It feels more like a nursery
school than college as nice as it is,
you're treated like a child."

Julie Dickerson, a rising sophomore,
feels, "It has a lot of potential to be better,
but there are still a lot of complaints. If
we're paying $175 a month, we should be
given the same rights as adults."

The rules will continue to be an issue at
College Station, but Collins admits, "My
social life improved dramatically when I
moved here. It's the closest thing to cam-
pus life. People are always dropping by.
It's not conductive to studying, however.
My grades really suffered after moving
here."

About to reach it's first anniversary, the
College Station is something that AC stu-
dents are talking about. Whether it's to
complain about the rules or to tell about
the party that happened last weekend.
Abbie Marsh

Troy Campbell

Home to as many as 240, College Station opened its
doors to students of Augusta College in June of
1989.

College Station

11

AGE IS NO

If I'm lucky
and the kitchen
gets cleaned in a
hurry, I can have
from 6:30-7 to
rest and catch my
breath

Brenda Videtto

he alarm buzzes 5:50
a.m. Brenda Videtto, a
senior Communications
major hits the snooze button and
lays in bed half awake. The alarm buzzes
again at 6:00 a.m. Brenda forces herself
out of bed. Her struggle just begins.

"It's hell. It's rush, rush, rush," Brenda
confessed.

From 6:00 until 6:20 a.m., Brenda gets
herself ready, suiting up for battle. While
preparing a breakfast for her 14 year old
son, Videtto guzzles her own cup of coffee.

"We have one of those coffee makers
with the timer. The coffee is ready when I
get up."

By 7:00 a.m., Brenda has completed her
exercises: running down the driveway to
fetch the morning paper and running up
and down the stairs waking her son, while
trying to dress herself.

Videtto's husband is still in bed when
she and her son leave the house at 7:15,
after she has prepared their lunches and
stolen a quick glance at the newspaper.

"While I'm preparing breakfast, I've
got those notecards right there, cramming
for classes."

.Av;

At 7:25 a.m., Brenda steps foot on cam-
pus.

During the course of the day, from 8:00
a.m. until 1 1 :00 a.m., Brenda is a tradi-
tional student. However, at 11:30, it's back
to the hectic world for Videtto who reports
to work while eating her lunch en route.

"I work from 11:30 until about 3:30 or
4:00, depending on how much work there
is to be done. Then at 4:30, it starts all over
again," she said with an exasperated
chuckle.

At 4:30 p.m., she picks up her son from
a relative's home and begins supper prepa-
rations promptly at 5:00. Even during
their evening meal, the Videtto's overlap
eating with conversation and watching the
6:00 news.

"If I'm lucky and the kitchen gets
cleaned in a hurry, I can have from 6:30 to
7:00 to rest and catch my breath. I hit the
books at 7:00 and study until about

1 1 :00." Those four hours of studying don't
go uninterrupted though. She finds herself
helping her son with his homework and
doing the laundry. By midnight, Brends
has usually had a hot bath and is nearing
the bed.

"I enjoy the hell out of it! It's my life
and I chose it. I love the pressure. It eats
my stomach up sometimes, but I enjoy it."

At 12:30 a.m., it's lights out. "It's lights
out when my head hits that pillow."
Bill Coxwell

Miady MMrtin

12

Non-Traditional

"It's hell. It's rush, rush, rush.

Brenda Videtto

left: Brenda Videtto prepares to rappell down the
CAC. This was Brenda's quarterly "challenge" for
SAIL, a leadership program started this year by
Student Activities.

below: Age is no barrier to be a member of the
Student Union.

bottom: Sheila Johnson, besides raising a family
and taking classes, was an active member of
SAIL Students Active In Leadership.

Jenoifer Spngue Jennifer Sprague

Jeumifer Spngme

Noa- Traditional

13

below: One of the many duties of the AC Public
Safety is to attend on-campus student functions.

bottom: The Public Safety building is the first to be
seen when driving onto campus.

left: Officer Lanny Wadkins

"... when you look behind you
and see how far that you've
really gone (Public Safety), it
makes you feel good. "

Ken Jones

14

Public Safety

SERVE AND

a

We've had a rash of
parking citations
today. It's been a
madhouse!

Officer L. Terry

JJ

W^ ruising in the patrol
car, Public Safety Officer
Landon "Lanny" Terry
shows no favoritism when writing
those "infamous parking tickets" at Au-
gusta College.

May 3rd was an unusually slow day for
officers at AC.

11:15 a.m. Parking in handicapped
space. "Let's check this out . . . No State
Handicapped sticker ... no Temporary
Handicapped sticker . . . gotta write this
one up." Two male students walked by,
"Bust 'em!" they shouted. "Students just
don't like to see unauthorized people park
in a handicapped space . . . They really
love to see 'em get ticketed," he said.

11:30 a.m. Cruising again. Made a
right turn onto main drag in front of Har-
dy Hall. Turn right again by Butler Hall.
Student parked in service area. "Another
popular spot for students to park illegal-
ly," he said. Another ticket was written.

1 1:35 a.m. Traveled around campus.
Left turn onto main drag in front of Reese
Library. Crossed the road approaching
quadrangle . . . turn left into parking lot
behind quadrangle . . . Now into parking
lot behind baseball field. "This parking lot
is never full. Students complain that there

is never any place to park and they always
say, "I'm not going to walk that far."

12:15 p.m. Car 505 headed down-
town to turn in traffic violations." Tickets
were issued to traffic violators early in the
morning. "Running a stop sign and failure
to yield right of way." These tickets were
issued off campus and must be turned in to
Richmond County Records Bureau.

AC Public Safety has jurisdiction with-
in 500 yards of Board of Regents Property.

An average of 15-20 parking tickets are
issued daily. Officer Terry said, "It de-
pends on the mood of the students. We
have the same set of people who park in
the same handicapped space or in facul-
ty/staff lot."

May 5th proved to be another unusual
day, but differently.

3:15 p.m. Lt. Jasper Cooke reported,
"We had a missing person, a tree split and
fell in the parking lot, a car rolled into
another car, and there was a gas odor in
the pool area. We had to evacuate the
pool."

"There is only one officer on duty today.
We've had a rash of parking citations to-
day. It's been a madhouse!"

The "missing person" actually turned
out to be a domestic dispute the person
was hiding.

In addition to issuing citations, officers
escort students to their cars, check build-
ings, boost batteries, and assist in any dis-
turbance that may arise.

According to Director of Public Safety,
Ken Jones, some ex-faculty members are
not allowed on campus. If caught, they are
asked to leave. Rarely do they give any
trouble. "Sometimes we get a report of one
(ex-faculty member) on campus and by
the time we get there, the person has al-
ready left."

Students often stay late in science, com-
puter or ceramic labs and are afraid to go
to their cars at a late hour. Phones are
available in these labs and they may call
Public Safety and ask for an escort. It
takes only minutes for an officer to be
there for this service.

"We have 10-20 battery boost a day."

"Sometimes we have people who are
parked in a tight space. Usually women.
They are afraid to back out. They don't
want to hit another person's car. We are
called to assist them even drive the car
out of that space for them," said Officer
Terry.

Stolen or lost items are reported to Pub-
lic Safety in hopes of recovery.

According to Lt. Cooke, Public Safety
officers are required to be at student func-
tions such as artists' receptions. Student
Union functions such as Oktoberfest,
Homecoming Night, and a variety of oth-
er on-campus parties.

Improvements have been made at the
Public Safety Office.

Jones said "We have a new computer
system to enable us to call up statistics of
parking tickets issued, traffic violations,
thefts, social disturbances, rape, battery
boosts, escorts, and other incidents just by
a touch of a button. Information can be
accessed by student ID number or name,
faculty name, date, or type of incident."
This program began its operation in spring
quarter of 1990.

"We've come a long way," he said.
"When you look ahead, sometimes it
seems like you are moving ever so slow as
far as accomplishing long range goals and
short range goals; but when you look be-
hind you and see how far that you've really
gone, it makes you feel good. I can reflect
back from 1980. We virtually could not
compare to what we are today. As far as
equipment, manpower, or anything. We
didn't have patrol cars. We had a cush-
manscooter and a pickup truck. That was
our entire patrol fleet. Today we've got
four fully equipped and marked Crown
Victoria cruisers equipped with cages, in-
terstate radio systems, and all other mod-
ern equipment."

"... Our goal is to serve and protect the
faculty, staff and students as they live,
work, and grow in an educational environ-
ment."
Brenda Videtto

Public Safety

15

AUGUSTA

u

Teamwork is crucial
because you are only
as strong as your
weakest link.

Rebecca Dent

w

E

jjjlm tes-vous prets? Partez!
'"- This traditional French

command (Are you
ready? Row!) starts every rowing
race in the world. In October 1988, some
student athletes at Augusta College heard
those commands for the first time when
they inaugurated the club sport of rowing
at Augusta College.

Every rowing program begins with the
crews being placed in a Novice status
which takes into account the crew's unfa-
miliarity with the fine points of competi-
tion. After the 1988-1989 Novice year, the
Augusta College teams were required to
move up to Varsity level competition. De-
spite its brief history on the rowing scene,
our teams made the transition smoothly,
gathering honors every step of the way.

In three of the five 1990 regattas, A.C.'s
teams have captured medals in competi-
tion with other teams' programs that have
been in existence for many years. In the
Greenville, SC regatta, hosted by Furman
University in February, Augusta's light-
weight women's four and lightweight
men's four both placed first in their re-
spective events. The Augusta Invitational

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Regatta saw the women's lightweight four
win gold medals on their home course
against the likes of Clemson, Florida Insti-
tute of Technology, and Duke University.
The men's lightweight four captured the
bronze medal against the same level of
competition. Two gold and two silver med-
als for the lightweight and heavyweight
teams in the Atlanta Regatta, sponsored
by Georgia Tech, rounded out a very suc-
cessful spring.

"Our crews have put a lot of effort into
this sport and that has helped us accom-
plish what we've done so far," comments
Rebecca Dent, sophomore student and
President of the A.C. Rowing Club. "The
blisters and callouses on our hands are
given proof that we do sweat it out on the
river. Besides training on the water in
boats, we run, swim, and use the rowing
ergometers (rowing simulators) that Stu-
dent Activities has provided to build
strength and endurance for our races."

Senior student and varsity swimmer
Valerie Carter adds, "I started rowing be-
cause it was a new challenge for me.
Something I had never done before. I en-
joy the sport because of the beauty of the
river and that you have all rowers working
as one unit. There is no one single standout
on the team. It's truly a team effort. It's a
tougher sport than I thought it would be
because it challenges you physically and
mentally. Your technique is equally as im-
portant as your strength. Teamwork is cru-
cial because you're only as strong as your
weakest link."

With the students class schedules being
at all different hours of the day, the rowers
are forced to practice in the early morning
or late afternoon.

"Rowing in the early morning just be-

fore sunrise is great," says junior studen
Dan Dent. "The water is as smooth a;
glass and we have the whole river to ou
selves. Sometimes if there's a low fog oi
the river, as the rowers go by it looks liki
they're floating in mid-air."

In retrospect, the performance o
A.C.'s rowing team in Southeast regatta
in this second year of competition ha
been remarkably successful. Succes
doesn't just happen. People make it hap
pen and the person most responsible fo
Augusta College's success in its first twi
years has been its coach, F.P. Meehan,

Coach Meehan is a full time insurano
broker who voluntarily guides the Au
gusta College rowing program in its de
velopment and competition.

"The kids that joined the progran
have shown a real interest in this spor
and have gotten really involved,
thought that when some of these guy
came to row, they were gonna just have
good time with it and take it easy bu
they have turned out to be some of ou
best rowers. Once they raced in a regatta
they loved the competition involved an(
the aspect that even as beginners in row
ing, they have a good chance to win."

Everybody is eligible to row and every
one has the opportunity to row. Thi
sport is like no other in the way tha
comparing it to football or baseball, yoi
don't have just 1 1 players or 9 player
going at once, you can have 40, 50, O!
even 100 rowers in different groups al
playing a vital role to the team. Last yea:
we started with about 1 5 rowers and ha:
grown to 35 rowers for this year's team.'

Rowing is the sport of the student
athlete, not the athlete-student.

Etes-vous

prets?

Partez!

In addition to Meefian's vital role is the
support rendered by the members of the
Augusta Rowing Club whose facilites have
become Augusta College's base of opera-
tions.

Meehan and the A.C. rowers have re-
cived a tradition that began in Augusta in
1837.

With the beautiful Savannah River at
our doorstep and the dedication of our
rowers, look for the Augusta College Row-
ing Team to become a major power in the
nation in the not too distant future.
Charles Kelleher

above: Preparing for a trip down tbe Sarannab.

Rowing

Eric Carlin

"We have now
exceeded the theoretical
capacity of the library. "

Marguerite
Foglemann

Mindy Martin

Tbey searched, slept and studied in the Reese Li-
brary. Late night cramming, exam weeli and class
assignments sent AC students in drores.

Mindy Martin

18

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Reese Library

GROWING

JJ

Students should feel
pride in the library.
It's theirs.

Mary Cashin

w

u

ith each year that
passes, Reese Library
changes faster than a pre-
cocious child. Since its move from
the Hardy Hall "infant ward" in Decem-
ber of 1976, the library has grown steadily
towards maturity. The 1989-1990 school
year witnessed two major changes: the
elimination of cigarette smoking in the li-
brary and the addition of the ATLAS ref-
erence system.

Smoking was outlawed in January of
1989, after students voted overwhelmingly
to prohibit this activity in the library. Mrs.
Marguerite Fogleman, associate librarian
in charge of day-to-day operations in the
library, was happy to see this "clean air
act" ratified.

"It has greatly improved our air quality.
You used to could walk through the smok-
ing area on the 2nd floor, and you could
tell it was a smoking area, whether anyone
was smoking or not, by the smell. It helped
with the custodial duties, too," she said.
But this year's most dramatic change in
Reese Library occured duri"e the fall
quarter of 1989, with the adcuion of the
ATLAS reference system. Mrs. Mary Ca-
shin, assistant librarian and coordinator of
reference and circulation, believes the AT-
LAS system is a tremendous benefit to

AC.

"Compared to the old Com Cat, AT-
LAS is much more user-friendly, and
much more immediate. It used to take six
months for a book to be catalogued, but
now it is instant. When a book is checked
out, now you can see when it's due back. In
the old days, it was hard to tell if it was
even checked out," Mrs. Cashin explained.

By the summer of 1990, students could
even access the ATLAS system from their
own homes, if they had a PC and a mo-
dem. Students could check to see if the
library had a book on file, or they could
organize their research in advance. Mrs.
Fogleman believes the new system provid-
ed students with an exceptional conve-
nience.

"The ATLAS allows them to do the
same thing as in the lobby, in the privacy
of their own homes. They know what we
have available before they even set foot in
the library," Mrs. Fogleman said.

With the additions, Reese Library is
feeling its growing pains.

"We have now exceeded the theoretical
capacity of the library. The building was
built to house 400,000 volumes, and now
we have 462,659. In order to fit them in,
we've had to do some shifting," Mrs. Fog-
leman said.

In 1990, Reese Library is already the
largest building on campus with 80,000
square feet, and future additions are in the
works to make way for more volumes.

"We're hoping for a big addition, an
expansion towards Walton Way. That's
how the architects see it, but we're looking
at a good five years from now," Mrs. Ca-
shin said.

Reese Library continues to offer AC
students a variety of resources and ser-
vices, benefits which students should never
hesitate to enjoy.

"Students should feel pride in the li-
brary. It's theirs. They should get upset
when other students don't show respect,"
Mrs. Cashin said.

Indeed, it is hard not to respect a library
that continues to grow into such a mature
resource.
Bruce Willig

Eric Carlin

top: The chain in front of the library caused a tem-
porary detour for many while the building was re-
paired.

Reese Library

19

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AS THE CURTAIN

When I'm wait-
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for my cues, I
always wonder if I'm cra-
zy for doing this. ^ ^

Jonathon Craft y ^

AS the actress stepped
on-stage for the curtain
call, she saw the audi-
ence rise to its feel like
a giant wave while their deafening
applause boomed in her ears. Closing per-
formance the finish of six weeks of
endless nights of rehearsal, monotonous
repetition of lines, tears of frustration and
an overwhelming sense of accomplish-
ment.

Any student actor involved in the the-
ater program at Augusta College can asso-
ciate with these activities and feelings.

The process actors go through to reach
this final climactic closing night begins
five to six weeks before the show opens
a five to six weeks in which they devote
their entire life to the production of the
show.

Studies suffer. Sleep is lost. And their
evenings are spent in the Chateau an
unglamorous barn-like building; freezing
cold in the winter, boiling hot in the sum-
mer. Musty old clothes, unwanted furni-
ture and other discarded relics litter every
corner.

Auditions

"They always make me wonder why I'm
putting myself through such trauma. You
hear other people ahead of you reading
and you think they all sound a thousand

Photos by Mindy Martin

^:

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Backstage of a production is a
world in itself. The actors are
transformed into their charac-
ters with make-up and cos-
tumes.

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They (auditions) aiways malce me wonder wiiy I'm putting
myself through such trauma.

Susanne Pruett

Bell Riager File

Bell Ringer File

Bell Ringer File

THEATER

21

r^;

Blocking rehearsals are
boring but necessary. We
would all look pretty stupid
onstage if we didn't know
when and where to move.

Rene Jankus

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22

THEATER

Photos: Bell Ringer File

AGAIN AND

^

6 6

Everyone's on edge and
usually pretty tired.
When we make it

through that night, we know it can

only get better.

Tony Cooper y y

times better than you. You have to have
self-confidence or it (auditions) would give
you a terrible inferiority complex," says
Freshman Suzanne Pruett.

During auditions, the director and stage
manager listen to cold readings in which
the actor reads a passage from the script
with only a few minutes preparation. From
these readings, the director chooses his
cast and the long, tedious rehearsal pro-
cess begins.

Blocking Rehearsals

"They're boring but necessary. We
would all look pretty stupid onstage if we
didn't know when and where to move,"
says Sophomore Rene Jankus.

The first week of rehearsals is devoted
to blocking the planned movement of
the actors onstage. These rehearsals tend
to be very long and tiresome. It is a lot of
stops and starts. Actors must pause during
the rehearsal to record their blocking in
the script. It can take an entire night (7-
10pm) to block only one act.

Off Book

"It's terrifying," says Sophomore Julie
Kentner describing the dreaded night, two
or three weeks into rehearsal, when the
actors must be completely memorized.
They finally have to put their script down
and "wing it".

The first night off book is almost as
nerve racking as opening night. Even

though most actors are thoroughly memo-
rized, their script serves as a kind of secu-
rity blanket. "I just want to hold it (the
script). I don't want to look at my lines
I just want it to be in my hand. When I
have to put it down, I have a hard time
finding things to do with my hands," says
Senior Beth Rindt.

The first night off book is slow and frus-
trating. Many lose their tempers and pa-
tience while a few have been reduced to
tears of exasperation. "Everyone's on edge
and usually pretty tired. When we make it
through that night, we know it can only get
better," says junior Tony Cooper.

The Move

"It's the time when we have to move
from the comfort and security of the Cha-
teau into the newness of the Performing
Arts Theater (PAT). You realize there is
no turning back after we move into the
PAT," says Senior Les Borsay.

The cast and their set are moved from
the Chateau into the PAT the weekend
before the show. Mixed feelings accompa-

ny this move. The Chateau is "home, secu-
rity, memories, and creation". The PAT is
"technical, busy, nervousness, and dis-
placement".

Many actors have a hard time adjusting
to the new stage after rehearsing for weeks
in the Chateau. To others it is exciting to
be on the actual stage and see opening
night quickly approaching.

Tech Week

"It's the technicians (lighting and
sound) turn to have their rehearsals. We
set the lights and rehearse our light and
sound cues. We only get five days to do
this so it's usually long and tedious," says
Junior Tim Loungeway. Along with the
designing of the light and sound, is the
building and painting of the set and gath-
ering of all the costumes and props.

By tech week, the actors are completely
comfortable in their roles and they usually
find themselves taking a backseat to all the
other preparations they are no longer
the center of the director's attention.

Opening Night

Miady Martin

THEATER

23

OPENING

6^ Until you have experi-
M enced it, you can not un-

^ derstand the emotion
that actor feels when he hears the
audience voicing their approval dur-
ing the curtain call.

9 9

Gene Muto

"Says Gene Muto, Director of Theater,
"Life in the Theater is not easy. It takes
discipline, hard work, and the realization
that you will never be as good as you want
to be no matter how hard you try. But it
also has its rewards. Until you have experi-
enced it, you can not understand the emo-
tion that actors feels when he hears the
audience voicing their approval during the
curtain call. That's what every actor lives
for."

Katharine Colgan

"Wheri I'm waiting in the wings for my
cues, I always wonder if I'm crazy for
doing this," says Junior Jonathon Craft.

Tension and anxiety permeate the back-
stage area as the actors fill the dressing
rooms, pace nervously in the green room
and finally wait restlessly in the wings.
Many, seemingly calm, wait patiently,
while others flit about adjusting costumes
and wigs. Still others crowd nervously out-
side the stage door dragging on their
"good luck" cigarette.

"I feel like there are a thousand butter-
flies in my stomach before my entrance,
but as soon as I step onstage, they all go
away. It's a high to step out there in front
of all those people and assume another
character. You really can tell when you've
got the audience's attention," says Les
Borsay.

Closing Night

"I'm very ambivalent about it. I'm glad
that it's over so I can finally get some rest
and catch up on my studies. But I know
this play is finally finished and I'll never
see this character again. It's like saying
good-bye," says Rene Jankus.

All actors experience these mixed emo-
tions on finality, relief and sadness, but
they always know there will be another
show.

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THEATER

"I feel like there are a
thousand butteflies in my
stomach before my
entrance, but as soon as I
step on stage, they all go
away."

Les Borsay _

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THEATER

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Before giving a speech to your Speech 101 class, you
must be sure to have the following: friends in the
class who will laugh WITH you and not AT you; an
interesting topic to give your demonstrative speech
on such as, "How To Hop To Class On One Foot
While Juggling Your Lunch"; and lastly, a get away
vehicle in case things don't go as planned.

Jennifer Sprague

Many people rank the
fear of public
speaking second only
to the fear of death.

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SPEAKING

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How-To-Make A
Christmas Ornament.

Kelly Ellis

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ublic speaking. Sever-
al years ago a study sug-
gested that many people
rank the fear of public speaking
second only to the fear of death. For some,
the mere thought of making such a presen-
tation causes cold sweats, dry mouth, and
even heart palpitations.

Case and point is Speech 101 a ser-
vice course required of various majors,
and studied by hundreds of Augusta Col-
lege students each year. Having survived
the old fears and embarrassments that
seem to walk hand in hand with speech
class, several seniors share their initial
memories and experiences of a course that
strikes terror in the hearts of many.

"Do you mean 'Public Humiliation
101?' " laughed Kelley Ellis, a Communi-
cations and French major. "I delayed
speech class for as long as possible because
I have this fear of standing up in front of
people and speaking," she said.

Although Miss Ellis confesses she never
really learned to like the course, she does
recall her two most memorable speeches.
They were her informative and demonstra-
tive addresses.

"I think I learned a lot about myself as I
researched and developed my delivery on
"Alternatives to Animal Testing". I real-
ized there were some things that I could

contribute to help end animal abuse," she
said. "It was very positive experience."

Conversely, Miss Ellis also shared the
disaster of her demonstrative presentation.
What began as a festive, "How-to-Make a
Christmas Ornament" ended shamefully.
"It was my first speech. I knew what I was
doing. It was a simple step-by-step pro-
cess. It's just that I was so nervous I
ended up with glue everywhere, and I was
covered with glitter!"

Although Miss Ellis is an experienced
campus reporter for the Bell Ringer, she
said being a journalist is different from
being before an audience. "As a reporter, I
feel much more in control. I feel more like
the audience instead of the speaker."

Another Education major, Stephanie
Bell, who also is presently enrolled in
speech class added, "I'm still very nervous
about being up in front of people. I always
feel as if my zipper is down."

According to Gene Muto, Associate
Professor of Drama, Director of Theater,
and speech instructor, "Speech is nothing
more than oral writing, and writing is
nothing more than organized speech."

"It's an important course because com-
munication is a craft, an art," he said.
"Speech class can help people crystallize
and clarify their thinking and speech."

This theory takes on special meaning
when a student can use learned techniques
immediately.

"At the end of my speech class, I felt
more self-confident," said Robert Wil-
liams, Communications major. "And it's a
feeling that has carried over to the present.
The organizational skills that I have
learned help me in the process of prepar-
ing presentations that I have to make."

Williams, Editor-in-Chief of the Bell
Ringer and former radio newscaster, re-
members too, the headaches of speech
class.

"Delivery was the hardest part for me.
Even though I had radio experience, the
station provided you with the closed-room,
studio setting; there's no visible audience,"

he said.

The graduating Broadcast/Film senior
said, even though it wasn't always obvious,
he suffered bouts of nervousness like ev-
erybody else.

"After about three minutes of standing
and speaking before the class, my mouth
would just go very dry," he chuckled.
Katharine Colgan, Speech and Drama
Communications major, credits Speech
101 and her instructor, Candice Coleman,
for steering her into her major.

I'd only done a little drama in high
school, but I never thought I'd like to
make it my life," she said. "It was Candy
Coleman, in Speech 101 class, who got me
seriously involved in theatre."

Just as diverse as the personalities that
research and deliver them, speech topics
have been creative and light, political and
controversial.

One student recalled a speech given by a
fellow classmate on her experiences as a
volunteer at Gracewood State School and
Hospital:

"Her description of the clients who live
there, many of them for their entire lives,
became so vivid, that I was floored. It just
gave me so much insight into a subject
that I'd never thought of before."

Another remembers the defense of Pres-
ident Jimmy Carter:

"There weren't many of us who were
aware of the Iranian hostage situation, and
the raw deal Jimmy Carter received. One
of our classmates, a political science ma-
jor, gave the class a real lesson in politics
that day!"

Finally, a word on the effectiveness of
persuasion:

"The topic was heated back then. It was
whether or not to advertise condoms. Af-
ter a very pro-ad oration, the speaker, a
woman in her early thirties, passed out
printed handbills with the saying: 'Instead
of flowers or candy, give a condom to the
one you love." And taped to the handbill
. . . you guessed it!"
Sharon C. Caldwell

Speech Class

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FRIDAY AFTER

^ Tonight I've just
^ V got to relax and
do some catch
up work.

Wanda Newsome X y

fter completing the
mandatory tasks of eat-
ing, sleeping, studying
and more studying, Au-
gusta College students find time to
indulge in various other activities
other than the necessities.

On Friday, May 4, 1990, a random sam-
ple of students were asked what their plans
were for the evening. Many chose different
options for their Friday nights with some
similar responses, yet most were catego-
rized according to their age. The obvious
was concluded; the older the student, the
more availability the student had for his or
her plans for the night with 21 being the
ideal age.

Freshman Wendell Johnston, a Business
major, sometimes works on Friday nights,
but had different plans for this particular
Friday. He said, "I'll probably go to a
movie or get something to eat . . . go to a
party if I hear of one ... I just don't have
any choices since I can't get in anywhere."
Johnston is 19 and would like to go to
different bars, not necessarily to drink, but
to listen to bands. He can't wait until he's
legal.

Another Freshman, Tracy Penny, is 20
years old and had plans to rent a movie.
She likes to go to different places, but
mostly meets with her friends.

Sophomore Mark Yaghmai, a 20 year

old Biology major, had counted on a
camping trip for the night. He said, "The
weather's not perfect, but we're going any-
way . . . Fve gotta get away ... too much
of a workload this week."

In contrast, those students 21 and over
had broader options.

Senior Currie Kilpatrick, Psychology
major, said, "I'm first going out to eat
dinner at the Cafe du Teau, and then prob-
ably go to the Partridge Inn, Post Office,
or Fox's Lair . . . it's hard to pinpoint ex-
actly."

CocoRubio, a senior Communications-
/Spanish major, said that he was going to
practice with his band Sho Fly Pie and
then go to the Tip Top.

Senior Vic Baker, an English major, had
plans to go fishing and then nonchalantly
added, "I'll relax and then play awhile
with the band . . . and that'll be a night for

me.

Although, not all students prefer the
"bar scene".

Senior Renee McKinney, and English
major, was going to see the Opera perfor-
mance of Carmen with her husband. She
often works on Friday nights, but got off
for this showing.

Junior Wanda Newsome, Art major,
said, "Tonight I've just got to relax and do
some catch-up work."

Sophomore Maria Beasley, Finance ma-
jor, was planning to spent the night with
her famiy and "go to Pizza Hut so I don't
have to cook," laughs Beasley.

Perhaps the differentiation in the ages
of the Augusta College students accounts
for the different and various ways a stu-
dent spends his or her Friday night, espe-
cially this Friday, May 4, 1990.

Harriet Maguire

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Fridays

"The weather's not perfect, but we're going any-
way . . . I've gotta get away ... too much of a
workload this week. "

Mark Yaghmai

Fridays

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LYCEUM

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The Augusta College
Lyceum Committee
strives to present the
college and
community with the
finest in stimulating
lectures and cultural
activities.

JJ

he Lyceum originated
in Athens, Greece as a
center for intellectual
growth and stimulation for students

in the ancient world; the teacher was Aris-
totle. The great philosopher introduced his
students to a curriculum that embodied
the sum of human knowledge.

Following in the footsteps of the ancient
Lyceum, the Augusta College Lyceum
Committee strives to present the College
and the community with the finest in stim-
ulating lectures and cultural activities.
Each year the committee spends months
planning its presentation to the communi-
ty. The result is a wide array of entertain-
ment in the form of music, dramatic pre-
sentations, and dancing.

Among the performances last year, co-
medienne Paula Poundstone proved to be
one of the biggest attractions. On October
4th, the Performing Arts Theatre was
transformed into a comedy club for one
night. Poundstone entertained the sold-out
crowd with her quick witted humor and
upbeat comic routine. She was discovered
by Robin Williams a few years ago and has
since appeared on Late Night With David
Letterman, The Tonight Show, and sever-
al HBO Specials. Poundstone showed the
Augusta crowd how she earned her place

as one of the country's best comic stars.

In a more traditional presentation, the
Lyceum brought the National Players to
the Series on January 26 and 27. They
entertained the students with Shake-
speare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream",
and the Charles Dickens classic, "Nicho-
las Nickelby". Both performances attract-
ed a large crowd and gave the students a
taste of live theatre at its best.

In addition, the Lyceum presented the
Jazz Dance Theatre South, a five member
professional dance company specializing
in blues, hot jazz, classical jazz, comic
jazz, and contemporary jazz. The dance
troupe has performed throughout the
United States and Europe and gave the
Augusta College community a look at the
diversity of jazz.

The Lyceum Series is also a series of art
exhibits in the Fine Arts Center Gallery.
In an effort to expand the visual experi-
ence of students and of the Augusta com-
munity, the Department of Fine Arts fea-
tures exhibits by different artists monthly
from September through May. Last year,
the paintings of James Rosen gave the stu-
dents a look at one of the premier artists in
the country. In addition, the students got
to look at the work of some of the faculty
members in the Fine Arts Department.
The Augusta College Faculty Exhibition
presented paintings by Eugenia Comer,

sculpture and photography by Steven
Greenquist, the sculptures of Jack King,
and paintings and drawings by Janice Wil-
liams. Humanities students analyze a
piece of art each quarter and are intro-
duced to a wide variety of art forms in the
Gallery.

In spite of all the events and entertain-
ment the Lyceum Series brings to the col-
lege, there is some controversy about the
types of artists to bring into the series.
According to Professor John Schaffer, the
program needs to stick to events that are
more learning oriented, and comediennes
like Paula Poundstone should not be con-
sidered part of the Lyceum Series.

John Groves, Director of Student Activ-
ities, feels that the program should con-
centrate on events that will attract the stu-
dents, and let them see how their money is
being spent. According to Groves, there is
a lack of money to keep the program cur-
rent. "It is expensive to put on a perfor-
mance; the money doesn't last long."

With the five dollar increase in Student
Activities fees for the 1990-91 year, things
are looking bright for the Lyceum Series.
There will be a 35 percent increase in the
budget, which means $10,000 a year more
for the series.

"We have a few surprises planned for
next year," said Groves. And it will be up
to the students of Augusta College to de-
cide what kind of entertainment the Ly-
ceum Series should provide.

Following the tradition of the Lyceum
where Aristotle taught Ancient Greeks,
the Augusta College Lyceum Committee
will continue to provide stimulating lec-
tures and cultural activities in order to
further the community and college in their
quest for human knowledge.
Keith Edmonds

Mr. Squeers (Curtis Sbumaker) is the headmaster of
Dotbeboys Hall Boys School in Charles Dickens'
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS
NICKLEBY, presented by the National Players 41st
Tour. Pboto:Natioaal Players

Lyceum Series

31

STUDENT.

ii

The AC ROTC unit is
out on tine intramural
field weekday
mornings doing their
physical training.

Dave Elliott

w

JJ

hen your alarm
awakes you every week-
day morning and you
can't even get out of bed at 6:15
a.m., just think of the AC ROTC unit out
on the intramural field doing their morn-
ing physical training. This PT, as it is
called, consists of calisthenics and a two
mile run.

The AC ROTC unit had one of its top
performances during the '89-'90 school
year. During Summer Camp, over half of
the 23 cadets finished in the top third of
their respective cycles. Seventy percent of
graduating ROTC cadets accessed into
the Army receive Regular Army or Active
Duty Commissions. This is a remarkable
feat considering the government's budget
cuts of the military services.

The cadets travelled to Ft. Stewart near
Savannah, Georgia. They did a forced
march from there back to AC to raise
money for the March of Dimes. This
march was not only tiresome because of
the march, but also from the thirty pound
pack strapped to their backs. The cadets
also flew down to Ft. Stewart via helicop-
ter for knowledge of transporting troops.
While at Ft. Stewart, they also trained in

32

the gas chamber, This trained the cadets
how to use a gas mask and also be able to
warn fellow troops of gas in the air.

Some cadets trained at Ft. Benning in
Columbus, Georgia for airborne school.
This is a three week course that possesses
one of the most strenuous training area
known to the military. They were also in-
structed on air assault. Locally at Ft. Gor-
don, the cadets had a survival weekend
that taught them the poisonous plants and
the edible ones. There were also plants
that could be eaten once they were boiled.
They were taught how to set snares for
small game. The cadets learned how to
retrieve water from a vine growing up a
tree as well as getting it from the ground
with a cup, rock, and plastic. The earth
and heat create condensation inside the
plastic covered cup. Another method they
were taught for water retrieval was putting
green leaves in a bag and hanging them in
the sun. The leaves give off water that is
drained from the bag. Navigation by use
of the sun was taught as well.

Back on campus, the ROTC cadets ra-
pelled off the side of the College Activities
Center. This is also recommended for the
CPR class that is offered by ROTC. They
held the JROTC Olympic Games for the
high school cadets interested in ROTC. It
showed them navigational methods as well
as grenade throwing.

Third year cadets attend a basic camp in
the summer which teaches them marching,
the uniform, and basic military skills.
Fourth year cadets attend an advanced
camp which instructs them on action in
the real military. Many cadets have prior
enlistment experience and have returned
to school for ROTC which will be followed
by four years of active duty. Anyone on
ROTC scholarship who falls below the
minimum GPA is enlisted into the Army
as a non-commissioned soldier.

Many students join ROTC for the nurs-
ing advantages. The nursing graduates are
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Getting into ROTC is not just signing
up as with any other major. One must pass
an Army physical containing vigorous cal-

isthenics.

Also on campus is the Ranger Clui
which is composed of the elite cadets o
the unit. They compete with other school
in shooting, running, and road marches.

In recognition of these accomplish
ments, the AC ROTC unit has been nomi
nated for the MacArthur Award. Thi
award is presented to the best unit in th
3rd ROTC Region. Major Kuehn look
forward to even better things to come ii
'90-'91. The AC ROTC unit is keepinj
with the Army motto of "Be All You Cai
Be."
David E. Elliott

Jennifer Sprague

In field camouflage and rappelling ropes, this cadi
awaits bis turn to scale down the side of tbe CAt

ROTC

Eric Carlin

From forced marches, Survival Weekends, and gas mask

training to CPR classes, JROTC Olympic Games and

grenade throwing, AC cadets do it all.

Jennifer Sprague

top: Before leaving on a weekend mission, the
ROTC students paclced everything from canteens
to sleeping bags.

above: Quick directions on how to tie your safety
ropes for repelling.

Eric Carlir

ROTC

33

below: For bronzing, Dani Griffin malies the case
that will hold the artists wax image.

bottom: A liquid mold poured over the wax image
will harden and the artist will be another step closer
to completing the bronze casting process.

center: Carefully pouring the liquid bronze into the
mold is the most dangerous step. If the students are
not careful, the mold could crack and the 800 degree
liquid metal would explode.

"The average student is

29. Usually this is their

second degree. "

Jack King

34

Photos.T. Campbell

BACK OF THE

We nicknamed it
'Jack's Weight
Training'

Dani Griffin

JJ

T

wo of the largest class-
rooms on Augusta Col-
lege's campus are rarely
visited by the custodians. They
have no heating or air conditioning. In
fact, they are not even used during sum-
mer quarter. However, almost any other
time, day or night, students can be found
in these classrooms.

These rooms are the Sculpture and Ce-
ramic Studios in a warehouse at the back
of campus next to the Physical Plant.

These two large rooms, covered with a
heavy layer of dust, are used by students
and faculty from early morning until late
at night, seven days a week. Jack King, an
art teacher at AC, spends most of his time
here. He teaches here every day for several
hours and works here on his own projects
afterwards. He is quick to point out that
these courses are not all fun.

"Many students sign up for an art
course because they think that it is going
to be a crib course, and then they find out
that it is probably one of the most difficult
courses they've ever had because of the
work commitment."

And what a commitment he is speaking
of! Art students have a variety of classes
that they can take throughout the year.
Some quarters sculpture or bronze casting

may be taught. Other quarters, ceramics
may be taught. However, every class that
is taught down in these warehouses re-
quires its students to spend two hours a
day in class and they are also required to
spend two additional hours a day outside
of class working on class projects. This
doesn't leave much time for other things,
but many students seem to enjoy the chal-
lenge.

John Albert, a transient student from
the University of Georgia, works on one of
his sculptures as he talks.

"I guess I'm down here about twenty
hours a week for this class. I will come
down at night when no one is here. But I
wouldn't be here if I didn't like it."

Some students enjoy working down here
so much that they are taking the class as
an elective. Kathy Payne is a respiratory
therapist at a local hospital and has re-
turned to AC to finish a B.S. degree in
nursing. As she kneads the clay in front of
her, she tells how this class has helped her
to relax.

"I suffer from chronic tension head-
aches. I come down here to work and after
about fifteen minutes, my headaches dis-
appear."

Not only does the inside of the classroom
differ from other classrooms on campus,
but the outside has two distinct parts that
make it special.

First, there is a small brick building that
is used for mens and ladies changing
rooms. The students are encouraged to
wear old clothes that they do not mind
ruining, because of all the dust and hot
materials that they are required to work
with.

Second, there are four large brick ovens
where students fire their ceramic wares.
These ovens are used every quarter by stu-
dents who are taking ceramics. These ov-
ens will be the final step in a long process
of steps used to make pottery.

Jack King feels that this part of campus
is very special.

"We're very underrated in comparison
to other schools for what we have. But, it's
rare for a college this size to have what we

have developed."

The art department is also unusual in
another way. Its students.

"The art department is very different
from many of the other areas on campus.
The average student is 29," explains Jack
King. "Usually this is their second de-
gree."

Abbott Smith, 27, fits the mold that
Professor King describes. Abbott received
his first degree at Wabash College in Indi-
ana. He is working on an additional degree
while his wife is stationed at Fort Gordon.

"Currently, I'm taking a 20 hour over-
load with two studio courses and I work 40
hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as
an X-Ray Technician at Eisenhower," Ab-
bott explained.

Even though Abbott is not your average
student, all of these students are extremely
hard workers. Almost all of them take be-
tween 10 and 15 credit hours, work 20
hours a week in the studio, and hold down
jobs.

Many students attending Augusta Col-
lege may not realize what events are tak-
ing place down at these studios. Many may
not realize what hard work these students
are doing. However, it is quite obvious
when one visits these studios that these
students are experiencing a very different
aspect of AC campus life.
Renee Garner McKinney

Art Studio

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Magic Under The Big Top

HOMECOMING

1990

Augusta College's Homecoming 1990: "Magic
Under The Big Top" provided a week full of fun
festivities and magical memories including the all-
time favorite ice cream party, a homecoming basket-
ball game (in which AC topped Central Florida 73-
65), and the Homecoming Dance Friday night.

"Everybody liked Craig Karges and they loved the
ice cream party," said Al Rice, Chairman of the
Student Union, who sponsored this year's Homecom-
ing. "All in all, I think it went pretty well."

All the festivities led up to the crowning of the new
Homecoming King and Queen and much to the
crowd's approval, James U. Hammond and Shannon
Quintin became AC's newest set of royalty. First
runners-up were Shawn Hughes, who was accompa-
nied by his new bride, Christina Hughes, and Monica
Townsend. Second runners-up were Dave Holmes
and Justina Jones.

"It's an honor for me to receive this award," said
Hammond. "I am thankful to all of those who sup-
ported me in this endeavor." Hammond, a senior
psychology major, was sponsored for Homecoming
King by the Weightlifting Club, of which he is Presi-

dent. His additional AC activities include being Pres-
ident of the Student Government, delegate to the
Board of Regent's Student Advisory Council, and a
member of Students Active in Leadership (S.A.I.L.).
Hammond also serves the Augusta community by
participating in the Mother's March of Dimes and
Golden Harvest Food Bank.

"It was a lot of hard work," said Quintin. "I
couldn't have done it without my sorority sisters.
They were always there for me." Quintin, a sopho-
more nursing major, was sponsored for Homecoming
Queen by her sorority. Omega Xi Epsilon, in which
she serves as Vice President and Treasurer. Among
her community activities are her participation in the
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon and her service as
College/Career Class Secretary for Southgate Bap-
tist Church.

Turnout for the Homecoming Dance was better
than usual with almost two hundred people milling
around the CAC listening to the Sounds of Spell-
bound, the contemporary top-40 band engaged for
the event. President and Mrs. Richard Wallace were
on hand to present the awards for the Homecoming

Court. They were assisted by the 1989 Homecoming
Queen, Keitra Jordan.

Because the Homecoming Dance is one of the two
AC events that serve beer (the other being Oktober-
fest), plenty of Public Safety officers were on hand to
check identification and to insure that no one caused
any trouble and, as usual, there was none. Persons
over 2 1 were given wrist tickets for which they had to
sign, with four tabs of them, representing the four-
beer-limit.

Homecoming Week was also the week when AC's
student population went to the polls to elect new
student Senators. Only four students ran for the open
spots on the Senate, and therefore they were all elect-
ed. David Ciehan received 31 votes. Melissa Hayes
received 84, Tracy Pinkston, 51, and Sally Simpkins,
22. A total of 242 ballots were cast in the Computer
On-Line Polling System (COPS) election.
Lisa Ackerman
Contributions by Kelley Ellis
Bell Ringer Staff

xv:^v> Homecoming Week

The Recording Booth
sponsored by Student Union
was a huge success. Students
had the chance to sing lead
vocals to their favorite tune.

Activities During Homecoming Week

Below: The infamous Student Ice Cream
Party was a nice break between classes.
All You Can Eat Chocolate, Vanilla, and
Strawberry ice cream, topped with syrup,
nuts, whip cream and a cherry was prob-
ably cause to skip class. Bottom: GO
JAGS!! Students show their spirit at the
game.

Far left: How could the Jags but not win with
all the support of the crowd. Left: Bake Sales
during the week was a booster for the clubs
and kept everyones sweet-tooth satisfied.

Homecoming Week

37

Top right: Craig Karges entertained audi-
ences with his mind reading abilities in the
CAC Cafeteria. Allison Kertnar can't even
pull one over this guy! Above: Shannon
Quintin, the 1990 Honnecoming Queen
enjoys the ice cream party with a little
friend.

These brownies are only a
quarter, but I'll give you
this one with only one bite
missing for a dime.

Activities During Homecoming Weeic

38

Homecoming Week

James Hammond, Senior Psychology Major, Es-
corted by Elizabeth McKibbon, Sponsored by the
AC Weightlifting Club, Member of Student Govern-
ment, S.A.I.L. and the delegate of the Student Advi-
sory Council to the Board of Regents. Future Plans:
U.S. Army Officer and to someday own a business.

Lewis David Holmes (Dave), Sophomore Marketing
Major, Escorted by Elizabeth Wilkinson, Sponsored
by Pi Kappa Phi, Plays Intramural football, assisted
with P.U.S.H. (People Understanding the Severely
Handicapped), Future Plans: Pursue a career with a
citrus fruit marketing company.

Shawn M. Hughes, Senior Psychology, Major, Es-
corted by Christina Hughes, Member of Delta Chi,
AC Chess Club, and S.A.I.L., Worked with the UCP
Telethon and the Sunshine Foundation, Future
Plans: Pursue a Masters Degree from Augusta Col-
lege in Psychology, then Emory University for a
Psychology Ph.D.

Homecoming Week

39

President Richard Wallace awards a bou-
quet of roses to 1990 Homecoming
Queen, Shannon Quintin. "It's an honor
for me to receive this award," stated a
very happy and surprised Quintin.

Spellbound, a contemporary
top-40 band, entertained the
crowd at the Homecoming
Dance.

Activities During Homecoming Weeic

Kellye Wilkes Blancbard, Senior Business Educa-
tion Major, Sponsored by Pbi Beta Lambda, Presi-
dent ofPbi Beta Lambda, Worked an Intern Scbol-
arsbip for Senator Sam Nunn, Future Plans: Teach
Business at tbe Secondary Level and pursue a Mas-
ters Degree then a Specialists Degree in Education.

Victoria Jarnagin, Senior Education Major, Escort-
ed by Jonathan Heyman, Sponsored by Zeta Tau
Alpha, Member of AC Purrfections, Assisted with
Association for Retarded Citizens and United Cele-
bral Palsy, Future Plans: To travel and tour overseas
and work for an Embassy or a museum.

Shannon Quintin, Sophomore Nursing Major, Es-
corted by Jamie Turner, Sponsored by Omega Xi
Epsilon, Assisted with tbe United Celebral Palsy
Telethon, Works as Secretary of College/Career
Class at Soutbgate Baptist Church, Future Plans:
Becoming a nurse after graduation.

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Homecoming Week

Jennifer Coy Stewart, Senior Marketing Major, Es-
corted by Bobby Watkins, Sponsored by tbe Mar-
keting Club, Member of tbe AquaJags and Secretary
of tbe Marketing Club, Future Plans: Pursue a ca-
reer in marketing or advertising sales and go on to
own a marketing consulting firm.

Monica Townsend, Junior Computer Science Ma-
jor, Escorted by Brad Bobler, Assisted with Delta
Cbi/Sunsbine Foundation Haunted House and the
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon, Started at AC as a
Joint-Enrollment Student, Future Plans: Working
with Walt Disney World Computer Animation.

Not Pictured:

Alexis Larry, Junior Sociology Major, Escorted
by Carlton Johnson, Sponsored by R.OT.C,
Member of tbe AC Concert Band, Participated in
the Ranger Challenge, Future Plans: Pursue a
career as an Officer in the U.S. Army and obtain
a Masters Degree in Hospital Administration.

Not Pictured:

Justina Jones, Sophomore Business Management
Major, Escorted by Marc Johnson, Sponsored by
Athletics, AC Lady Jags Basketball Team
Manager, Black Student Union, Purrfections,
Volleyball Team Manager, Future Plans: Become
a singer/entertainer and go into hotel
management.

Homecoming 1990

Queen & King

Sonetta Williams, Sophomore Accounting Major,
Escorted by Valdon Daniels, Sponsored by Alpha
Kappa Alpha, Member of the AC Student Ambassa-
dor Board, Crowned Miss Black Augusta and Miss
Black Georgia, Future Plans: Obtain a degree in
Business Administration and work as a financial
executive.

Sheri Lyn Winkler, Freshman, Escorted by Kevin
Howe, Sponsored by Athletics, Member of tbe AC
Cheerleading Squad, Assisted with cheerleaders in
North Augusta, Future Plans: Be successful, have
fun and have a successful marraige.

The 1990 Homecoming Queen and
King, Shannon Quintin and James
Hammond.

Homecoming Week

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COUNSELING &

\

U

Approximately 40 to 50
percent (of the students)
come (to the center) needing
assistance In career
development.

Dr. Mike Burgan

JJ

o get into or (as a
graduate) out of Augusta
College, a student must
pass through Bellvue Hall, home of
the Counseling and Testing Center, many
times during his or her enrollment. Every
student must take an admissions test, a
Regent's Exam, the GRE, and Exit Exam,
and pre-law and pre-med students must
take law school and medical school admis-
sions tests. As you walk through the front
door, you see stacks and stacks of pam-
phlets and booklets with information
about different programs and tests: Mov-
ing Ahead with CLEP, What To Do When
A Friend Is Depressed, Learning Disabil-
ity Advisement, and Rape Prevention. The
topics of these pamphlets vary from Per-
sonality Tests to How To Avoid Rape. The
Counseling and Testing Center provides
many needed resources to AC students
such as Stress and Time Management
seminars that better enable them to cope
with life.

Secretary Cindy Harper is always be-
hind her desk ready to help those who
come in. Her warm greeting is sincere and
makes you feel as if she is really willing to
help you. That is Cindy Harper's job: to

help students. And helping students is the
entire purpose for the Counseling and
Testing Center.

Director of the Center, Dr. Mike Bur-
gan, says "Approximatley 40 to 50 percent
(of the students) come (to the Counseling
and Testing Center) needing assistance in
career development, selecting a college
major, and academic problems. Approxi-
matley 20 to 30 percent need help with
personal problems such as dealing with
anxiety, family problems, or problems
with a boyfriend or girlfriend."

A wide variety of tests are offered
through the Center. An exam that has
been introduced to AC freshman this year
is the ACT, American College Testing.
This exam is used to measure the validity
and reliability of the core curriculum for
the new students. Students must take this
test again after their sophomore year to
determine how much progress has been
made. This exam determines whether the
core curriculum is preparing freshman for
other courses they will be taking later on
during their college careers.

The ACT was administered during the
fall quarter in Galloway Hall, Room 101.
The test was given over a span of three
days to some freshman.

The students sat quietly and listened as
the test administrator read out the instruc-
tions for the ACT. The test was divided
into different sections, each one having a
specific topic such as mathematics, sci-
ence, English, and reading comprehension.
The students were only given forty minutes
to complete each section. The entire test
took two and a half hours.

Student reaction to the exam was

mixed. "God, I don't know why we have to
take this test," said Chele Shouse. "It
seems so stupid to me; it really seems like a
waste of time." But Jesse Warner, also a
freshman, disagreed. "They're just testing
us to see if the curriculum is too hard. It's
no big deal, really. It'll probably make
things easier for us in the long run because
if it turns out that the curriculum is too
hard for the incoming freshman, then
changes will probably be made."

Another area that the Counseling and
Testing Center is involved in is Learning
Disabilities Advisement. It helps those
who have learning disabilities such as poor
study skills, or physical handicaps which
impair learning and adjusting to the de-
mands of college. One such student is
Everette Proctor, a freshman who is blind.
The Counseling and Testing Center ad-
ministers special tests to Mr. Proctor and
helps him transcribe his recorded notes
from his classes using Braille equipment.
"They are really a help to me. I probably
couldn't get through my classes without
their help. I'm glad they're there for me. I
really am."

Bellevue Hall is one of the first build-
ings you see when you enroll at AC, and
one of the last buildings you'll see on your
way out. The Counseling and Testing Cen-
ter has varying services to offer AC stu-
dents. One service stands out: help. It is
the most important service the Counseling
and Testing Center provides. This help
lessens the pressures and difficulties stu-
dents experience during college which
could be one of the best times of their
lives.
Stephanie Shaw

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Photos:Eric Carlin

The Counseling and Testing Center offers
informational programs from Time Man-
agement and Coping With Stress to Rape
Prevention and Moving Ahead With
CLEP.

"I probably couldn't get through my classes

without their help."

Everette Proctor

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Counseling/Testing

43

This year, the bookstore donned a
new look. Along with remodeling
the store which allowed for easier
access and book purchases,
Augusta College added a "Jag"
Wear section. Everything from T-
shirts, jogging suits, and pajamas
to picture frames, mugs, and
buttons was available.

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Photos: Eric Carlin

OUR LIVING

U

It's a little more
social than the
library.

Leslie Styles

JJ

T

he College Activities
Center. That funny-look-
ing castle with the tower
on it. The social center of the Au-
gusta College campus; the rappelling cen-
ter for the ROTC.

Walking past the new brick patio and
the Trident Maple sapling both new
this quarter and entering the CAC, the
first thing you notice is the noise. It's the
loudest during class change and the "lunch
hour"; 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The five girls sitting on the brown pad-
ded bench are talking to the guy standing
there, while another girl looks out of the
stairwell and tells them to be quieter.

Inside the cafeteria, the fraternities and
sororities have the tables nearest the doors
staked out as theirs. The tables closest to
the lobby always fill up first.

Most students who use the CAC use it
to relax and to socialize. Freshman Leslie
Styles, uses the CAC every day. "It's a
little more social than the library," she
says, taking a drink from her white styro-
foam cup.

Although it houses a lot of school offices
and activities, including the Student Acti-
tivies Office, the Career Placement Office,
the bookstore and the Student Govern-
ment Offices, the CAC is mostly a place

where students, like Leslie, relax, eat, and
meet with their friends. Some students
even study.

Kathy Thompson, Assistant Director of
Student Activities, calls the CAC the "liv-
ing room" of Augusta College. "The CAC
should be a place where students can come
relax," she says.

Some students don't use the inside of
the CAC. "I like to sit outside when the
weather's nice," says Freshman Biology
major Alexis MacDougall. "My apart-
ment's real close by, so it's easy to go there
instead of the CAC."

A lot of other students like to sit outside
and relax. Students sit on the low brick
wall in front of the main door and talk and
the ones who are studying outside usually
sit at the picnic tables.

The most notable change this year has
been the beautification program started by
AC'S Physical Plant. Kathy Thompson de-
scribes it as "making it look like someone
lives here."

Physical Plant has created a brick patio
for the picnic tables, planted numerous
trees and bushes (azaleas, what else?) and
reseeded the grass on the side facing the

library.

Inside the CAC has a lot of changes this
year too. In January, a new ice cream ma-
chine was installed, the cafeteria received
new carpeting, and during spring break,
the snack bar was retiled. Little changes,
but they make it a much nicer place to be.

Many students have come to the CAC
this year to see the special activities that
have been presented by the college and/or
the Student Union; a mentalist, a band,
the award ceremony for the Table Tennis
team, and the Friday night movies, to
name a few.

For pre-med Senior Willard Gartman,
it's a place to study and relax. He also uses
the typewriters available in the Student
Activites Office.

Dee Johnson, a Freshman pre-nursing
major, describes the CAC as "someplace
to go when it's raining."

Senior Nilsa Gonzales, Biology major
and ROTC cadet, uses the CAC every
day. "I study and pick up a cup of coffee."

Senior Sociology major Mary Saffold
likes everything about the CAC except the
video game in the vending machine area.
She loves the staff in the CAC. "I think
they're the best on campus. They're really
super."

The CAC is an individual experience.
With over 5,000 student on campus, there
are over 5,000 different reasons why stu-
dents like the CAC. But most of them
agree on one thing, if Augusta College
didn't have a College Activities Center,
we'd have to invent one.
Robert T. Wahlmeier

By early evening, the cafeteria bas quieted and stu-
dents catcb up on studies.

CAC

45

COLLEGE LIFE

U

Alumni participation
is as good Inere as
at any other sclnool,
around 15 to 20
percent.

Hillis DeRoller

JJ

T

I he joy of graduation is
often tempered with sad-
ness for many. They will
miss their friends, the faculty and
college life in general after they have
moved on to bigger and better things.

But students need not totally remove
themselves from Augusta College once
they've graduated. They can still experi-
ence some of what the college has to offer
through the Alumni Association.

Through a plethora of annual events,
alumni can still socialize and hobnob with
active students and faculty, as well as par-
ticipate in many college activities.

One of the first events to kick off each
new school year is the annual Bar-B-Que.
About 800 alumni and friends come to the
quadrangle each October to listen to a live
band, eat barbeque, and talk to old
friends.

The association also sponsors two golf
tournaments at the Forest Hills Golf
Course. One is a fundraiser and costs
about $125.00 per person. There is usually
a good showing, "a couple hundred" for
the one day event scheduled for the fall
quarter, said events coordinator Hillis
DeRoller.

The other tournament is called a "frien-
draiser" and only costs about $40.00 per
person. "We don't really make any money
off of that," she said. Its primary purpose
is to garner friends for the association.

Along more formal lines is the Annual
Spring Gala, which was held at Jones
Creek Country Club this year. At this
event, alumni, family and friends can en-
joy a cocktail buffet, a live band, and
dancing. There is also an award ceremony
to honor alumni and certain members of
the community.

Planning all these activities keeps DeR-
oller busy, but one event that she especial-
ly loves to coordinate is the 50-year re-
union. "It's my very favorite thing I do,"
she said. "We have people coming from all
over the country who haven't seen each
other (in all this time)," she said. "It's
exciting."

Reunions consist of food, mingling and
much picture taking. There are cocktails
and dancing to a live band as well.

"In 1992, we will have a Junior College
Reunion," DeRoller said, referring to the
period before AC acquired its full four
year status. "It will highlight the Class of
1967," the first class to graduate from AC
after it gained its present status, as well as
the classes up to 1966.

Other fundraisers include Phone-A-
Thon's, which hire students to solicit

pledges for the college and for the associa-
tion, and direct mailing campaigns, ac-
cording to DeRoller.

In addition, there is the Alumni Board,
which consists of about 45 people who
contribute to the organization in various
ways. In light of the fact that Augusta
College is a commuter school, it would
seem that active participation on the part
of the Alumni would not be very high due
to low numbers of graduates living in Au-
gusta for an extended period of time after
graduation.

According to DeRoller, however,
"Alumni participation is as good here as at
any other school, around 1 5 to 20 percent.
Functions are attended very well not only
by alumni but by friends of the college."

To become more directly involved with
the school on a day-to-day basis, alumni
can pay an annual fee of $50.00 and get
the same use of facilities that students do.
This includes the pool, the library, film
series, parking, etc.

In light of all these events, those gradu-
ates who look upon their AC experience
with nostalgia and reminisce about their
"college days" can take heart: with active
participation in the school through the
Alumni Association, those "college days"
are never really over.
Nanci Collins

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Photos: AC Public Relations

left: At an Alumni gathering. President and Mrs.
Wallace danced the evening away.

below: Dr. Farmer and her husband took a minute to
relax and enjoy the music.

"It's my favorite thing I do
(coordinating tlie 50-year
reunion). We tiave people
coming from all over the
country.

Hillis DeRoller

Alumni Association

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Students, staff and faculty alike enjoy knowing that
their children receive special attention and guid-
ance.

"The service is

convenient, very

economical and I like the

child to staff ratio. "

Cookie Lawrence

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Photos: Mindy Martin

TENDER

U

It takes lots of energy and
patience because if you're
not genuine, tlie children can
see through you like polished
glass.

Viola Henderson

A

5J

ttention! This is for all

of you parents who make
up the faculty, staff and
student body of Augusta College.
Are you worried about your kids? Well,
obviously you haven't heard about the lit-
tle campus Day Care Center on the corner
of Katherine and Pickens Road.

There was a man who used to take and
pick up his daughter on a regular basis
from the Day Care Center, but on this
particular day the duty was to be done by
the wife. Can you believe the Center de-
nied the mothers request to pick up her
own daughter? Unfortunately, the moth-
er's name wasn't on the authorization
sheet for pick up.

Viola Henderson, manager of the Day
Care Center, said that she was just doing
her job and couldn't have been held re-
sponsible if anything had of happened to
the child. If this isn't the kind of protection
that you want as a parent for your child,
you won't ever find it.

Henderson and her staff are a very qual-
ified and unique group of workers. Most of
the students who work there are Education
or Nursing majors because of their child-
care backgrounds.

Watching Henderson at work really
makes you appreciate this beautiful wom-

an and her job.

The doors open at 7:50 a.m., but she is
swamped by parents and their children at
7:30. She prepares herself on the drive to
work by praying. "It takes lots of energy
and patience because if your not genuine,
the children can see through you like pol-
ished glass," said Henderson. She loves
kids and has dedicated her life to them.

Her philosophy is that children will only
be children once and then it's gone. "It's
like baking a cake and forgetting to put
the eggs in," said Henderson.

She believes that it takes a special per-
son to help a child develop. She feels that
the lack of attention that children receive
cause problems such as delinquency. She
stated that they teach problem solving and
internal control.

There is no set curriculum that the kids
have to follow. The kids learn by simply
playing.

They listen to music on albums with a
voice that leads tham through a variety of
games. Mousercize, Hand Jive, Boogie
Walk, and The Freeze are just a few of the
games played.

The students who use the Day Care
Center praise it with the highest regards.
Senior Cookie Lawrence, Vice-President
of Alpha Kappa Alpha, highly recom-
mends the service. Her two year old son
Nagel Khalil, has been going to the Center
since he was one.

"The service is convenient, very eco-
nomical, and I like the child to staff ratio,"
she said. "I was thrilled at the $1 an hour
rate as opposed to the $50 a week rate at
Kinder Care."

"I like their diaper cleaning, and time-
out routines. I wish Nagel could go after
(my) graduation."

Professor Greenquist says his five year-
old daughter enjoys the Center and it pro-
vides her an opportunity to mix with other
children.

Henderson said that the biggest prob-
lem the Center has is the lack of funds.

The money comes from the Student Activ-
ities Fees, but just isn't enough. There are
27 people on the waiting list for Spring
quarter 1990, but there is just not enough
room for everybody.

After watching Henderson and her staff
at work with the busy bodies, one can't
help but feel that not enough is being done
to promote the Day Care Center and the
excellent job that the people who work
there do.
Tawain Brown

Day Care Center

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STU[MJT

i 6

We all wear 50
hats, and the
priorities change
daily.

Wendy A. Cakanic

he Student Senate is

to most Augusta College

students an intangible, an

undefined but living and breathing

object that resides, well, somewhere on

campus.

"Somewhere" is on the second floor of
the CAC, a home away from home for the
Senate Chair and the Senators. They're
real students, lugging the over-stuffed
baggage all students carry jobs, sports,
classes, exams, families, and homework.
Their specific job as Senators require that
they act as a vehicle for explaining stu-
dents feelings, wants, and needs to the fac-
ulty and administration. For many, it's an
introduction to what awaits us all in the
world beyond college. It's a lesson about
life's little balancing act between personal
and group goals, between friendship and
professional relationships, between the se-
curity of inertia and the uncertainty of
change.

The name of the game for 1989-1990
has been change. As is often the case with
positive change, it was motivated by dis-
satisfaction and conflict. It began with the
disqualification of an SGA Presidential
candidate, grew into a call for a new elec-

m.

50

itiSfe

Photos: J. Sprague

tion, and led to a slog through the muddy
waters of constitutional interpretaiton of
Student Senate appointments versus elec-
tions.

In the May, 1989 SGA Election, a can-
diate for President was disqualified for
campaign violations. The Election Com-
mittee of the Student Senate, acting in its
capacity as election judge, ruled to dis-
qualify Shawn Hammond for campaigning
in polling places and placing posters in
unauthorized locaitons. Although Ham-
mond appealed to the Judicial Cabinet, it
upheld the Senate committee ruling, vot-
ing that Hammond had been treated in "a
fair and unbiased manner."

The Election Committee had time for
one collective sigh before a four-and-a-
half hour session to respond to Presiden-
tial candidate Anthony Pete's call for a
new election. He claimed the Computer-
ized On-Line Polling System (COPS) was
difficult to use and cut down on the num-
ber of voters. Pete's bid was turned down,
but the committee's official minutes stat-
ed, "It's unanimous that an easier, more
personal access needs to be developed and
that more education is needed."

But wait, there's more. Informal sum-
mer Senate discussions about dissolving
the Senate and holding elections for sena-
tors turned into a rumble in October, when
Parliamentarian Al Shiley quit, contend-
ing that the Senate was sitting illegally,
since there had been no Senate elections
since 1980.

Constitutional interpretation was the
root of the problem. Senate Chair Wendy
A. Cakanic contended that the Constitu-
tional By-Laws allowed for the appoint-
ment of Senators if no general election was
held. Shiley interpreted the By-Laws as
limiting the appointment of a Senator to
one term only. He read the By-Laws as
applying only to a Senate seat that had
been vacated through resignation.

After the smoke cleared, the Judicial
Cabinet recommended during Winter
quarter, 1989, putting up all unfilled seats
for immediate election, with the entire
Senate running for re-election in the
Spring of 1990. Because Computer Ser-
vices was unable to get COPS back up to
speed before the end of Winter quarter,
the Special Election was held in February,
1990, followed by the full Senate election

in May.

As a result, the Constitutional By-Laws
dealing with elections were amended to
facilitate filling Senate seats. Under the
old By-Laws, a student could only petition
for a seat in the department of his or her
major. The new By-Laws effectively make
all Senate seats at-large positions. And
while the SGA President and the Senate
Chair will determine department represen-
tation, consideration will be given to a stu-
dent's major.

It's easy to view the Student Senate as a
microcosm of the real world. Assistant
Student Activities Director Kathy
Thompson sees it as an introduction, an
opportunity for learning that is an impor-
tant balance between personal friendships
and professional relationships. "I've seen
many people who don't get along personal-
ly, work well together on issues. There's an
opportunity to develop respect for one an-
other that is something outside personal
like and dislikws."

What can be difficult is that the accom-
plishments, all those positive results, aren't
often tangible; they don't often fit with a
particular name and face. On the other
hand, some of the Senate's projects are
highly visible on campus. Some of the Sen-
ate-backed improvements include:

A change in the College Station bus
schedule, extending service from 5 p.m. to
10 p.m.;

The extension of the Bufler Hall
snack bar hours to 7:15 p.m. Monday
through Thursday;

Two yearly graduations, June and
December;

Additional lighting between the Fine
Arts Building and Bufler Hall;

New stoplights on Wrightsboro
Road at College Station;

An SGA Student Survey during the
Winter quarter, with a response of 745 out
of 1,000 targeted students.

Senate Chair Wendy A. Cakanic and Sen-
ator Mike O'Neill echo the view of Stu-
dent Senate as a slice of life. Cakanic, a
senior accounting major, compares the po-
sition of Senate Chair to middle manage-
ment in the business world. The Chair has
to answer "up" to the Executive Council
and "down" to the Senate. "It's taught me
practical skills," says Cakanic, "how to be
a manager and how to delegate authority."

"I've seen many people who don't
get along personally, work well
together on issues. There's an
opportunity to develop respect for
one another that is something
outside personal like and dislike. "

Kathy Thompson

Robert Williams

Advisory Council Conference, 'Jej^ylkfflani
'udent Union, LaQuita Mincey -- Jtiditi
S^Cj-etary/Treasurer^Ji

Senator O'Neill, also a senior, was last
year's Outstanding Senator. He's been a
Senator since his freshman year in 1987.
He's a basketball player, an Accounting
major, and President of the Accounting
Club. A typical day for O'Neill runs from
8:30 to 8:30 and that's before he starts
to study. "It's hard to juggle stuff," he
says, "but I'm managing."

He's considered a career in public of-
fice. He's now running as a candidate for
SGA Vice President. "I've enjoyed this a
lot. Something I've wanted to do in real
life, I'm doing now."

Thompson, Cakanic, and O'Neill agree
that there's often a perception that those
involved in Student Government have a lot
of spare time. "We all wear 50 hats,"
smiled Cakanic. "And the priorities
change daily."

Welcome to life. The individual compo-
nents of the intangible object, the Student
Senate, are its Senators. They are a sub-
stantial reality, the tangible voices of con-
flict, change and improvement.
Deborah Day

SGA

51

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Though they come from

different places with

different reasons,

commuter students plan to

keep on going the extra

mile in pursuit of their

degrees.

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52

Commuter Students

AC STUDENTS

4 4

I don't know
where they

come from but they

sure do come.

Ted Nugent

9 9

A

^ ^ dually they come
from all over the
CSRA and beyond.
"They" being the host
of commuter students who drive
hundreds of miles each week in or-
der to attend classes at Augusta College.

"I drive over 100 miles a day getting
back and forth to school, said Susan Wells,
a junior nursing student. "That's 700 miles
a week because I come in on weekends to
use the library."

Wells is one of at least seven students
who make the trek from Lincoln County to
Augusta every day, according to Winter
quarter, 1990's Academic Dean's List.

Beyond Lincoln County, students travel
to Augusta from as far as McDuffie and
Burke counties in Georgia, and from Ai-
ken and Edgefield counties in South Caro-
lina.

There is even talk of a student who
drove well beyond that to attend this quiet
college on the hill.

"We had a bad snow storm a couple of
years ago," said John Groves, Director of
Student Activities, "and a girl came to my
office wanting to use the telephone so that
she could call home to let her folks know
that she would be late.

"When she started talking about the
conditions of overpasses, I became a little
curious. It turns out that she lived in Ath-
ens and drove every day. I couldn't believe
it," said Groves.

"I drive 50 miles roundtrip a day." said
freshman Ross Harper of Edgefield, S.C.
"Sometimes it's a little more because I go
to the mall or do other things that I can
only do when Lm in Augusta. It's at least
250 miles a week."

Another student recalled that she didn't
know where Augusta was when she was
accepted as a freshman here last fall.

"My father is in the Army and we were
living in Hawaii when his orders came
through for Fort Gordon," said Khristine
Hayman. "I had to look Augusta up in the
map to see where it was. I have to drive
from Evans every day, but I had to fly
halfway around the world to get here."

Both Wells and Harper agree that it is a
lot of miles to travel over the course of a
week but differ on the reasons why they do
it.

"I wanted to go to the University of
Georgia," said Wells, "but their nursing
program was closed at the time. Their
nursing students were going to MCG, so

AC was actually the closest school with a
nursing program."

Harper's reasons for stacking up the
miles are a bit different.

"As long as my daddy is paying the bills,
this is where I have to go. I don't have a lot
of say-so in the matter," he said.

To relieve the boredom that goes with
driving long distances day after day, each
has developed an on-board routine that
helps break up the monotony of the road.

"I listen to heavy metal and read the
newspaper when I'm carpooling," said
Harper. "It makes the time go by faster
and gets me pumped up for my day."

Wells doesn't have the luxury of being
in a carpool so her means of killing time
has to be done from behind the wheel.

"Sometimes I study with a cassette re-
corder or listen to the radio," said Wells,
"but lately I've been counting dead ani-
mals along the road. I've been keeping
track, you know, five dogs, three cats,
some are unidentifiable."

Though they come from different places
with different reasons, both commuter stu-
dents plan to keep on going the extra mile
in pursuit of their degrees.

John Bentz

Commuter Students

53

CO-OP

,/^i'"^ ,^

^ L I think it is a
valuable ex-
perience in
the 'real' job world.

Tim Bond

9 9

hree Augusta College
students recently re-
turned from Walt Disney
World in Orlando where they
took part in the Walt Disney World Col-
lege Program. Tim Bond, Susan Blackman
and Michelle Singer were the first AC stu-
dents to participate in the program.

The program, which requires students to
live and work at Disney World for four
months, is designed to give participants an
opportunity to learn about and experience
various aspects of the leisure industry, es-
pecially the ways they are practiced at Dis-
ney World.

For Bond, that was part of the lure of
the Disney program. "I think it's a valu-
able experience in the 'real' job world.
You get to work for an incredibly large
company and see how they do things," said
Bond.

The program consists of a series of 10
three-hour seminars, each covering a dif-
ferent aspects of the Disney way of doing
business.

After instruction on the Disney way of
accomplishing business goals, each stu-
dent was placed in a group to complete a
project. Choices for the projects included

Tim Bond is briefed
during the Disney Co-Op
interview.

hospitality, theme park business, studio
production and business Disney-style.

During the next few weeks, the students
attended seminars to learn some practical
applications for their newly acquired
skills, and presented their projects to a
group of Disney "executives" for evalua-
tion.

Throughout the program, students were
required to live and work at Walt Disney
World. Jobs were available in five areas:
food service, merchandise, attractions,
custodial, and resort operations. Although
the pay wasn't great, the unique experi-
ence is invaluable.

Bond, who chose studio production as
the topic for his group project, said that
his group was assigned to produce a Dis-
ney World ad. They completed all the
work involved in producing the ad, includ-
ing story boards, but did not actually pro-
duce the commercial.

Bond said that overall, the experience
was good, although someone in a hurry to
graduate may not like taking the time off

from school to participate. "It's hard at
first to adjust to living with international
students, to the way Disney does things,
and so on. You need to go into it with an
open mind," Bond said.

If students are looking for a "different"
internship. Bond said the Disney program
certainly fulfills the requirement. "I'd rec-
ommend the internship program to any-
one. The co-op experience is a lot of fun
and it gives you good job experience. If
you like Disney World, you'll have a lot of
fun working there."

The program is open to any college stu-
dent who is a sophomore or above with a
GPA of at least 2.5

Brad Poole

54

Co-Op Program

It's hard to at first to adjust
to living with international
students, to the way
Disney does things and so
on. You need to go into it
with an open mind.
Tim Bond

Below: Besidaa the Co-Op pro-
gram with Walt Disney World, the
Planning and Placement Office
sponsored an Employer Expo.

Co-Op Program

All hail, Augusta College

Our voices now we raise

To give thee, Alma Mater,

Our fervent love and

praise.

Photos by Jennifer Sprague

Above Relatives and friends crowded the Civic Cen-
ter to witness the Augusta College graduation on
Sunday, June 17, 1990 Top Left Friends gather
after the ceremony to pose for those photographic
memories Top Right Al Rice, Chairman of the Au-
gusta College Student Union receives his Bachelors
of Art. Right: Frank Lake after the ceremony looks
ready to face the world ahead of him.

56

GRADUATION

STEP TOWARD THE

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made it. I
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I ommencement for the

I . Class of 1990 was held
^^ Sunday June 17, 1990 at
3:00 p.m. at the Augusta-
Richmond County Civic
Center. This is the sixty-
fifth graduation ceremo-
ny for Augusta College.

Presiding over the ceremony was Presi-
dent Richard Wallace. Valedictorian for
the Class of 1990 was Laura Townsend.
Greetings were given to the crowd by Jo-
seph D. Greene, member of the Board of
Regents of the University system of Geor-
gia. The Commencement Address was giv-
en by William S. Morris III, Chairman
and Chief Executive of Morris Communi-
cations Corporation. Presenting the candi-
dates. Conferring of Degrees, and Award-
ing of Diplomas was President Wallace; F.
William Monge, Acting Vice President for
Academic Affairs; Ronald D. Tallman,
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences;
Joseph A. Murphy, Dean of the School of
Education; Martha K. Farmer, Dean of
the School of Business Administration;
Gregory N. Witcher, Registrar; Alan S.
Cooke, Announcer. Leading the graduat-
ing class was the bearer of the Augusta
College Mace. The Mace serves as the
symbol of academic authority and was
carved by Nathan Bindler. The Class of
1990 consisted of four hundred fifty nine
members.

GRADUATION

57

Alma Mater

Where sentinels once guarded

Thy armaments of yore,

Now aged oaks sublimely

Bespeak a lofty lore

(Chorus)

Thy sword is now a plowshare,

And peace enshrines thy name;

The flag unfurled above thee

Adds glory to thy fame.

(Chorus)

And we, thy sons and daughters.

Who pass thy portals through,

Will keep thy inspiration

With honor high and true.

(Chorus)

CHORUS:

All hail, Augusta College

Our voices now we raise

To give thee, Alma Mater,

Our fevent love and praise.

58

GRADUATION

What would a graduation
be without your friends to
stand by you. This is the
stuff memories are made
of.

Photos by Jennifer Spragae

GRADUATION

59

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Every Student Has

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Within Augusta Coilbgg, there
is room for every students in-
dividual interests and pursuits. The
joint effort of students and faculty
helps us achieve knowledge in a va-
riety of fields. The academic de-
partments at Augusta College fo-
cus on giving the students the best
education possible. Our faculty
helps to prepare graduates for the
challenges they will face tomorrow
and gives them the skill base neces-
sary to succeed in the work world.
Biology Department members and
students took field trips into the
wild to explore our world. The
Chemistry Department demands
their students to unravel the make-
up of the world. Exchange pro-
grams with artists, archaeological
digs providing answers to our past,
theater, music, guest lecturers, the
list goes on.

Augusta College has 16 different
schools from which a student can
earn a degree. The variations
among majors makes it possible for
j^^v^;;;^ our student body to feel that their
" -!~s personal choice of study and life on
campus is important and will be
beneficial upon their graduation.
You make your studies as much as
you want at AC and You Can
Quote Me On That!

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President Richard S. Wallace

Not Pictured: Martha Farmer, Dean School of Business, and Ronald
Tallman, Dean School of Arts & Sciences.

Fred Baraabei
Vice President for Student Affairs

F. William Monge
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Joseph F. Mele
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Roscoe Williams
Associate Dean of Student

Augusta College is located on a hill overlooking the down-
town area of the city of Augusta in the Central Savannah
River area. It traces its beginnings to the Academy of Rich-
mond County which was chartered on July 31, 1783.

In 1910, the Academy of Richmond County, under the
Board of Education of Richmond County, added a year of
college and commercial work to the standard four-year high
school program.

The increasing need for a junior college led the Board of
Education on August 15, 1925, to found The Junior College
of Augusta. Its operation started with the 1926-27 session in
what was at the time the new Academy building. The college
has been accredited since its beginning in 1926.

The present campus is the former plantation of an 1 8th
century Southern leader. Freeman Walker, who sold the
land to the Federal government in 1826 for an arsenal. In

62

ACADEMICS

December 1955, after the closing of the Augusta Arsenal by
the United States Government, the County Board of Educa-
tion made application to use the property for educational
purposes.

In September, 1957, the Junior College of Augusta
opened on its new campus. During the year, the Board of
Education applied to the Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia for the incorporation of the Junior Col-
lege of Augusta into the University System. The property
was awarded to the State in June 1958, with the Board of
Regents assuming control on September 1, 1958. The name
of the college was changed to Augusta College.

In 1963, the Regents of the University System authorized
senior status for Augusta College, approving programs lead-
ing to the bachelors degrees. Since that time, programs
leading to master's and specialist's degrees have been ap-
proved.

Former presidents of the college are George Phineas But-
ler, James Lister Skinner, Eric West Hardy, Anton Paul
Markert, Gerald Burns Robins, and George A. Christen-
berry. Dr. Richard S. Wallace assumed the presidency on
February 1, 1987.

Joseph A. Murphy
Dean School of Education

Timothy Bond: Senior Mathe-
matics Major. Student Union
Chairman, S.A.I.L., Lyceum
Committee, NACA Estab-
lished Leadership Certificate.
Upon graduation, Tim plans to
attain a graduate degree then a
Ph.D. in Student Affairs.
Graduates June 1990.

Wendy A. Cakanic: Senior Ac-
counting Major. Student Sen-
ate Chairman, Phi Beta Lamb-
da, Student Ambassador.
Wendy plans to pursue a CPA,
CMA, and a BBA while work-
ing in accounting. She says,
"Pressure is what turns a lump
of coal into a diamond." Grad-
uation date June 1990.

Phillip Hibbard: Senior Politi-
cal Science Major. SGA Sen-
ate, SGA President, Student
Advisory Council, Political
Science Club. Phil plans to
work after graduation and
eventually pursue a law or oth-
er advanced degree. He says,
"Process is as important as
product, in every endeavor."
Graduates June 1990.

Laura Townsend: Senior Span-
ish Major. Alpha Mu Gamma,
Student Ambassador Board.
Outstanding student in Span-
ish. Laura enjoys writing,
swimming, and acting. Upon
graduation, she plans to attend
graduate school in library sci-
ence.

Brenda Videtto: Senior Com-
munications Major. Judicial
Cabinet Chairman, Media
Arts Club, Advertising/Public
Relations Club, Los Amigos
Hispanos. Upon graduation,
she plans to begin a career with
a local advertising or public re-
lations firm.

Constance Norene Williams:
Senior. Communications Ma-
jor. Public Relations/ Adver-
tising Association officer. Vol-
unteer Girls Center, Easter
Seals, and First Baptist Church
of Augusta, National Colle-
giate Communications Arts
Award. Enjoys painting, aero-
bics, and antiques. Plans to
pursue a career in marketing or
PR.

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ior. Music Education Major.
GA Music Teachers Associa-
tion, AC Choir, AC Jazz En-
semble, Maxwell Music Schol-
arship. In her free time,
Virginia plays the piano and
spends time with her children.
She plans to teach general mu-
sic on a primary education lev-
el. Graduates June 1992.

Maria Elizabeth Loo: Senior
Mathematics Major. Phi Kap-
pa Phi, Campus Outreach,
MVP Tennis team. Big South
Presidential Honor Roll, Ma-
ria says, "Whatever you do, as
working for the Lord, not for
men." She plans to teach High
School math, get married and
live in Augusta. Graduates
June 1990.

Robert Williams: Senior. Com-
munications Major. Adverti-
sing/Public Relations Club,
Bell Ringer Editor and report-
er. Best Newswriting GA
Press Assoc, Best Print Jour-
nalism, Best audio, and Best of
Show GA Speech and Com-
munications Assoc. Enjoys
photography and model rail-
roading. "There is no such
thing as a free lunch."

Not Pictured:
Sheila K. O'Neal

63

BEHIND

^ ^ Here at AC, I
don't feel like the
Physical Plant
gets the exposure it de-
serves. g| A

Mimo Guerrieri y /

Even though the Physical Plant is one of
the largest departments at Augusta Col-
lege, the Physical Plant is often over-
looked and unnoticed by people who visit
or attend school here.

The Physical Plant has 61 employees,
including administration, and is divided
into eight smaller departments.

"Here at AC, I don't feel like the Physi-
cal Plant gets the exposure it deserves,"
said Plant Director D.C. "Mimo" Guer-
rieri. "There is a preconceived idea that all
the Physical Plant is is janitors and
groundskeepers. That's far from the
truth."

Butler Hall is an average size building
on the AC campus, but when you look at it
through Guerrieri eyes, suddenly the small
building becomes very detailed.

Butler Hall has two main hallways.
Each side has 10 classrooms. There is even
a snack bar on one hallway, in which there
are four snack or drink machines. There is
a refrigerator and a freezer. A large grill
and a double sink are also included in the
tiny space where hundreds of students en-
joy sandwiches and drinks everyday.

In each classroom, there are between 25
and 30 desks. There are blackboards and
podiums. There are the lights and electri-

cal outlets in each room. And don't forget
the ceiling tiles and painted walls. There
are also the faculty suites and a small audi-
torium. Two mens and womens bathrooms
must have the sinks and toilets cleaned.

Now think about all the materials that
go into the cleaning and maintenance of
each of these rooms and hallways. And we
haven't even gone outside.

There is the landscaping around the
buildings. Windows and doors. The side-
walks and streets. The roof and exterior
painting. All these things are the responsi-
bility of the Physical Plant, and that is just
one building.

The AC campus has over 20 buildings,
and spans more than 500,000 square feet.
So it's really not hard to understand why
the Physical Plant is one of the most im-
portant divisions of the campus.

Guerrieri has outlined the "mission" of
the Physical Plant in a booklet, so that
students have a better understanding of
what the Physical Plant really does.

"The mission of the Physical Plant De-
partment is to maintain campus buildings
and fixed equipment, including interior
and exterior of buildings, support equip-
ment, grounds, utilities and custodial ser-
vices necessary to support academic activ-
ities and auxiliary enterprise services."

Although Guerrieri would like more
people to know about the other depart-
ments of the Physical Plant, the ones ev-
eryone see are the custodial and grounds
divisions.

"I am very proud of our custodial staff.
They are the front line of the Physical
Plant. They receive the most exposure.
When visitors come to AC, the appearance
of the facilities is the first impression they
get," said Guerrieri.

"I expect more out of them that anyone
else. But I also realize that there isn't a lot
of time for them to get the job done. They
work under a compressed time of opera-
tion. Because of the increasing enrollment.

faculty and administration, they have tc
find time to sneak in and out around the
time that classes are being held," saic
Guerrieri.

With half a million square feet of land-
scape to take care of, the grounds crew
also has lots to do. Augusta College ha;
one of the best landscaped campuses in the
state. The job of the groundskeeperi
makes Guerrieri proud.

"This is a beautiful campus. There is
lot more to keeping it up than just the
plants. The grounds crew is also responsi
ble for the streets, sidewalks and there i;
also the areas around the buildings," saic
Guerrieri.

The Electrical Department handles all
of the maintenance for the high and lov
voltage transformers that supply the pow
er for AC and maintains the exterior am
interior lighting around the campus.

The Heating and Ventilation and Air
Conditioning Shop maintains 10 coolinj
chillers during the spring and summe:
months. During the winter, they switch to
boilers. They are the ones who try to keef
AC'S classrooms cool in the summer anc
warm during the winter.

The Plumbing Department, just one
man. Earl Maddox, makes sure that all the
sinks, showers and toilets are working
properly at all times.

One of the larger departments of the
Physical Plant is Building Maintenance.

The Building Maintenance is sub-divid-
ed into four smaller areas: the Carpenter's
Shop, the Paint Shop, the Roofing Shop,
and the Locksmith.

"Service means a lot to me," said Guer-
rieri. "Service is our business. It's all that
we have to sell. Our image is tarnished
when we let our customers down. It's just
like any other business."

And by the looks of Augusta College,
the Physical Plant appears to be a well run
business.

Shawn Hackett

64

PHYSICAL PLANT

"I'm very proud of our
custodial staff. They are
the front line of the physi-
cal plant. "

PHYSICAL PLANT

65

Maxine Allen

Stephen Boulay

Fred Bowsher

Richard Bramblett

Joan Brodie

Nancy Childers

Sharon Covitz

Georgia Cunningham

66

ACADEMICS

Standards Still High

English Department Abolishes
101 Exit Exam

'^

The dreaded English 101
departmental exam has
been abolished, turning yes-
terday's nightmare into to-
morrow's dream for fresh-
man English students.

In an unanimous vote, the
Department of Languages
and Literature decided to
discontinue the exam, which
was relieved of its pass-fail
status in the spring of 1988.

Before the exam was
depressurized in 1989, ti
was an all-or-nothing propo-
sition. "The student has to
pass the exam," said Profes-
sor Les Pollard of Lan-
guages and Literature.

If the student didn't pass
the exam, he had to repeat
the course, unless his profes-
sor successfully appealed
the grade on behalf of the
student.

The policy associated
with the exam changed
mainly because the ap-
proach to English 101 has
changed. "The emphasis is
not on more writing as a
process, following integrat-
ed steps, and the 101 exam
is no longer following that,"
said Professor Pollard.

"Research has shown that
the way to teach writing is
to give the student opportu-
nity to revise," said Profes-
sor Richard Stracke, Direc-
tor of freshman English.
"The more you work on re-
vision, the better it will be,"
By being able to revise, said
Stracke, the student be-
comes a better writer.

Revision gives the student
time to learn about his sub-
ject, to think about it, and to
talk to family and friends
about it.

"It is a process of genuine
thought," Stracke said, "not
like the old English 101

when a student was assigned
an essay, the teacher wrote
comments in the margin,
and then assigned another
essay."

Computers have also
changed English 101 since
their introduction in 1985.
Computers allow professors
and students to have instant
conferences, said Stracke.
The computer physically
puts the teacher close to the
student and "the interaction
is more productive," said
Stracke.

With the abolition of the
departmental exam, the lan-
guages and literature de-
partment has "instituted
several fall-back regulations
to make sure that standards
don't slide," according to
departmental chairman,
Fred Wharton. "We actual-
ly raised the Nelson Denny
reading cutoff score. We in-
stituted certain minimum
quantities that we require
students to write in a quar-
ter, approximately 5,000
words."

Also, the department will
require a minimum of 10
hours of homework each
week, 20 percent of which
must be reading assign-
ments. "We are going to
continue to pay attention to
technical correctness in the
form of spelling, grammar,
punctuation, syntax, and us-
age," said Wharton. "We've
also stipulated that students
must be still instructed in
the skills of writing extem-
poraneous essays as well as
in the proces method on
which most of our classes
concentrate."

"These are safeguards to
make sure that students
write in quantity and contin-
ue to write correctly and

have certain basic skills."

The effect not having the
exam will have on future
English students is yet to be
determined, but Wharton is
optimistic. "We are not
worried that this means our
standards have declined,"
said Wharton, "We've been
very encouraged by recent
Regent's Test results.

"Since we adopted our
new methods, our past-rates
in Regent's Tests have risen
by three percent and we ex-
pect our success rates to
stay high even with the 101
exam abolished. But we'll be
keeping our eye closely on
that just to make sure that
our students continue to ex-
cel."

Melissa M. Bernstein and
Kelley Ellis

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Second Careers In Education

The Augusta College De-
partment of Education is
doing its part to help retired
or retiring Army personnel
to be all they can be.

To relieve the shortage of
school teachers, AC is tak-
ing part in a program called
Second Careers in Educa-
tion that gives Army retir-
ees who already hold de-
gress an opportunity to earn
certificates in education.

Dean Joseph Murphy
said that AC has been in-
volved in the program since
last summer.

"It is done in cooperation
with the National Executive
Service Corps," said Dean
Murphy," which has worked
with organizations and busi-
ness in attempt to get their
members who are at the re-
tirement stage to consider
teaching as a second career,
and organizing alternative
ways for them to get their
teaching certificate.

"In the last few years,

they have started working
with some military estab-
lishments, such as Air Force
and Navy. As they were
looking around, they
thought that Fort Gordon
would be an appropriate
place because their major
concern is to provide teach-
ers in the areas of science
and math. With the high
technology that some of the
servicemen have at Fort
Gordon in the communica-
tions area, they thought that
that would be an appropri-
ate place to deal with the
Army."

In February 1989, the
National Executive Service
Corps contacted Dean Mur-
phy, the Georgia Depart-
ment of Education and the
education group at Fort
Gordon and set up the
schedule for the courses to
be offered here and at Fort
Gordon.

"The program itself is in-
tended to take people who

are near retirement in the
military and who already
possess college degrees in
math and science and give
them the courses they need
to get a teaching certificate
so that upon retirement they
can teach school," said
Dean Murphy.

The participants in the
program will be taking the
same kinds of courses that
undergraduate math and
science education majors
who want to teach high
school would take.

"If the participants in the
program go through the
courses offered on the post,"
said Dean Murphy, "it
would take them about a
year and a half to two years.
We have only one course a
quarter that they could take
at Fort Gordon. There
would be a five course se-
quence and then they would
have to do student teach-
ing."

If the participants want to

complete the courses faster,
they can take two courses
per quarter, one at Augusta
College and one on post.

Most of the publicity for
the program is done through
the education service at
Fort Gordon.

Maria Manfredonia

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Ansel Hicks
Willene Holmes
Nabil Ibrahim

Lewen Kellman
Michael Kuehn
Ernest Lanford
Jonathan Leightner

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Roxanne Padgett

Patti Peabody

Cheryl Player

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Quadrangle comes alive with

ELIZABETHAN FAYRE

Augusta College's Eliza-
bethan Fayre a yearly
rite of spring around these
parts got off to a slow
start, but progressed in
grand style nonetheless.

Stormy weather threat-
ened to wash out the festivi-
ties. The sky remained a
dark gray for most of Satur-
day afternoon. Languages
and Literature professor
Bill Johnson said the weath-
er had been a cause of con-
cern. "We don't mind get-
ting a little wet, but if
lightning starts dancing
around, we get a little ner-
vous."

Fayre organizers, said
Professor Johnson, had no
plans to move the festivities
indoors. "It's just natural
for the Fayre to be outside,"
he said.

But the rain stayed away,
and the Fayre, as always,
did not disappoint its visi-
tors. Usually visitors who
are not dressed in medieval
costume are charged $1 to

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Creative Anachronism square off in

combat. Right: Les Borsay and Forrest

Jordan (right) in "IS-Minute Hamlet."

ACADEMICS

get into the Quadrangle.
But that was scrapped, be-
cause of the possibility the
Fayre would have to quickly
fold its tents if the weather
deteriorated.

Members of the AC The-
atre opened the afternoon
with their famous "15-Min-
ute Hamlet," although
Town Crier (and professor)
James Garvey warned the
crowd that "because of slick
conditions, it will take 17
minutes."

The cast, which included
Forrest Jordan as Hamlet,
Les Borsay as the Ghost,
Sean Neville as Claudiu-
s/Polonius, Kevin Rathke
as Laertes/Horatio, Patri-
cia Ferguson as Gertrude,
and Susanne Pruett as
Ophelia, performed well,
delivering some of Shake-
speare's best lines with
tongue planted firmly in
cheek.

There were other diver-
sions: Bell Ringer writer
Harvey Lynch engaging vis-

itors with word games; a lei-
surely game of bowls presid-
ed over by Languages and
Literature Chairman Fred
Wharton; and recorder and
hurdy-gurdy music courtesy
of Geoffrey King's consort.

James McGaw gave dem-
onstrations on his hammer
dulcimer, and the Davidson
Fine Arts Players staged a
fine drama, "Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight."

The Society for Creative
Anachronism staged dem-
onstrations of medieval war-
fare, with young "knights"
doing battle in homemade
(but stout) armor.

In calmer moments, SCA
members performed medi-
eval dances for the crowd. A
little spice was added with a
performance by belly danc-
er Gail Gunter-Schultz, also
a SAC member.

Visitors had some tasty
treats to choose from at me-
dieval prices (cheap), al-
though a little careful study
was needed when reading

the menu. Hot dogs, for ex-
ample, were listed as "King
Theseus' Hounds." Other
delicacies included Pomo-
na's Bountie (apples), Fal-
staff Smoked Sawsages, and
the ever-popular Francie
Bred.

The threatening weather
kept the crowd small when
the Fayre opened. But as the
afternoon progressed, visi-
tors increased in number,
with a peak crowd of 100 to
150 people in the Quadran-
gle at any one time.
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Helen Story

Kathryn Thompson

Gary Stroebel

Joseph Tollison

Artemisia Thevaos

Janice B. Turner

Gerald Thompson

Emil Urban

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Willis Woodson
Rebecca Wright

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Marvin Vaiover
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Jennifer Sprague

It was a year of recognition for
individual as well as team ac-
complishments in the areas of ath-
letic accomplishment. It was also a
year of anticipation as the reality of
a new sports complex came closer.
As we look forward to the bright
future, we look back on the year's
events.

One of the most fascinating ath-
letic accomplishments of the year
was the NCAA crowning of the ta-
ble tennis team as number one for
the second year in a row nation-
ally. Scott Butler and Derek May
won spots on the U.S. National Ta-
ble Tennis Team and became con-
tenders for the 1992 U.S. Olympic
team. Another outstanding athlete
was Debbie Born who scored her
1,000th career point against Bap-
tist College. She assured herself a
permanent slot in the AC record
books. Augusta College golf team
captured the Big South Conference
1990 Championship.

The quotable achievements of
Augusta College athletics is sewn
as the foundation which holds great
promise for the future.

"We played with our hearts.
We had something to prove
and we came out to prove it."

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tial that
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program will have
in the new facility
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Alan Sharpe is versatility personified.
He describes himself as a "jack-of-all-
trades," but unlike most people with that
label, he has mastered all of them.

Alan attended Applachian State Uni-
versity and graduated in 1982 with a de-
gree in Media Advertising. While he was
there, he lettered in both Cross Country
and Track, worked with the campus radio
station, participated with the University's
Forensic Team, and even did a little danc-
ing and acting. After graduation, he at-
tended the Army's Officer Candidate
School and became an infantry officer as a
Ranger.

He left the military in 1984 as "medical-
ly retired" because of a training accident.
(He was literally run over by an armored
personnel carrier.) At 23, he and his wife
moved to Atlanta where Alan taught high
school Special Education students. With
his parents in Augusta, Alan learned of a
job opening at Augusta College as the
Sports Information Director. Alan applied
for it and the rest is history. Once again, he
was in a position of versatility.

"Sports Marketing Director" is a better
description of Alan's job. He has had to
direct promotions, direct fund raising,
oversee the Jaguar's advertising and me-

dia production, gather statistics, and even
announce at a few basketball games. Es-
sentially, he has created an image for Au-
gusta College Athletics.

"Augusta now has more sporting events
to compete for advertising dollars. It takes
more work to set you apart," said Alan.
He feels that the college and the athletic
program will have much to look forward
to. "The potential that the athletic pro-
gram will have in the new facility is enor-
mous. I really feel Augusta is about ready
to get behind the Jaguar program in the
next few years. This program has paid its
dues and now it's time to cash in."

Unfortunately for Augusta College, this
will be Alan's last year as Sports Informa-
tion Director. He was recently accepted
into Ohio University's graduate program
in Sports Information. "I've enjoyed my

time at A.C. I'm really appreciative of the
freedom in my job that I've had from my
bosses Marvin Vanover and Clint Bryant."
Hopefully, AC might have the chance
to see his smiling face at Jaguar games
during his trips back to Augusta, and
hopefully he will have the opportunity to
see the image he created for the Jaguars
prosper.

Troy Campbell

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RANDY KERSEY
VALERIE WONG

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SOCCER TEAM BEST TO BE SEEN

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Lg^^gJ cer team has several
reasons to keep their
heads held high. According to Low-
ell Barnhart, head coach of the Jag-
uars, "This has probably been the
best season of soccer that Augusta
College has ever had." The Jaguars
may be young, but they are the most
talented squad since the sport began
at Augusta College.

What else would you expect with
the speed of Ken Dawson, a sopho-
more forward from Lithonia, who
surpassed his season total of 24
points? However, Dawson isn't
along, forward, Jeff Huberty, mid-
fielder, Joey Spires, and fullbacks
Kevin Kilchenstein have also been
great assets for the team. Other
standouts include fullback Sean Col-
lett from Decatur, Georgia, fullback
Danny Kight from Decatur, Geor-
gia, and forward Jason Schott also
from Decatur, Georgia. Also includ-
ed in the spotlight are Brett Brackett
of Augusta, one of the team's leading
scorers, goal keeper Randy Meyers
of Stone Mountain, forward Jimmy
Garcia of Augusta, midfielder John
Reardon of Tucker and midfielder
Scott Stamper of Augusta. These
men all added to the success of the
Jaguars. Augusta College awarded
Ken Dawson the "Most Valuable"
player and Scott Stamper, the "Most
Improved" player.

"Soccer is a continual series of op-
tions which change constantly," said
Barnhart. "To exploit the best op-
tions it takes familiarity with your
teammates. With so many new play-
er, my biggest question is how well
we are going to come together as a
team."

The Augusta College soccer team
will be a great success in the years to
come and their commitment and
dedication to excellence will take
them straight to the Big South Con-
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Gone were top golfers
such as Roger Rowland, Alasdair
Watt, and Jim Gilleon who led AC
golf for the last two seasons. Several
men who stepped in to fill their
places were Coleman Tidwell, Jeff
Foster, Steve Foote, Mikael Peter-
son, Matt Mankin, John Sheehan,
and Brandt Gessner. These golfers
stepped in and continued Augusta
College's winning tradition.

Coach Ernie Lanford stated,
"This group works awful hard. When
you work hard, you play hard. This
team does that . . . and it pays off for
them." These golfers do indeed work
hard. Daily practice sessions last up
to five hours. These practices include
stretching, two-mile runs, and
weightlifting to build endurance that
is needed during those long tourna-
ments.

The Augusta College Jaguar golf-
ers regained their Conference title
which they held from 1985-1987.
This title was recaptured with an im-
pressive victory at the Big South
Conference Golf Championship held
at Prestwick Country Club in Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina. The AC
golfers had a 36 stroke advantage
over second place Winthrop. Four
All-Big South Awards went to AC
golfers and Coach Ernie Lanford
claimed the "Coach of the Year"
Award. The four golfers to claim
All-Conference honors were Cole-
man Tidwell, Jeff Foster, Steve
Foote, and Matt Mankin.

In all, the 1989-1990 golfers had
an impressive season. They won
three tournaments with eight top-
five finishers in twelve contests for a
145-51 record. Coleman Tidwell was
the low golfer on the team. He was
the recipient of the Milledge Petter-
son Award.

The Augusta College '89-'90 golf
season will be hard to follow. Coach
Lanford feels that, "Next year, we
should be solid with four legitimate
players coming back." With experi-
enced golfers returning, the Augusta
College golf team will undoubtedly
continue the winning tradition.

Lisa Walters

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train like this. They

play nine holes here

and nine holes there. It pays

off when you get on a hilly

course.

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tessner, Phil Trailes. ifuss Foster, Coach Ernie
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end of the year Sports Banquet rtbicb was held at
Pendleton King Park. Coleman Tidwell was
named Most Valuable Player and Jeff Foster was
Most tmprored Player. The golf team finished the
season in 1st place with a 14S-S6 record.

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PERFORMING WITH THEIR OWN GRACEFUL STYLE

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women in tight
suits looking for a
good time" perfect-
ly describes the Lady Aqua-Jags.
Whether working out, in the
classroom, or in competition, the
Augusta College women's swim
team always performed with their
own graceful style.

The team led a successful year
with wins over Georgia State Uni-
versity and Pfieffer College.
Sophomore Antigone Foust
claimed records in spring free-
style events and Freshman Stacey
Duchemin chased down marks in
backstroke and distance events.
Other awards were given to the
Aqua-Jags during the end of the
year Sports Banquet held at Pen-
dleton King Park. Stacey Duche-
min was awarded as the Most
Valuable Swimmer for the 1989-
1990 season while Amy Weather-
ford was awarded as the Most Im-
proved Swimmer for the season.
The Lady Aqua-Jags also set
records in the classroom. The
team averaged a GPA of 3.2. Last
season, three swimmers, Suzanne
Johnson, Antigone Foust, and
Kelsey Kemple all made the Big
South All-Academic Team. "Tra-
ditionally, swimmers are always
very strong academically," said
first-year coach, Jeff Rout. " A
lot of it has to do with the disci-
pline it takes to be a swimmer.
You have to be organized and
dedicated and that carries over to
the classroom." The Aqua-Jags
finished their season with a record
of 2-4.

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Most Improved Player

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T^B^B records were the
final results for the 1990 Au-
gusta College tennis season.
Unlike most coaches, Bogue
had to start building a tennis
program rather than rebuilding
an existing program. He was
very optimistic about the up-
coming spring season, al-
though, and his optimistic atti-
tude showed through on AC's
win against Newberry College.
This sweet taste of victory gave
AC the extra boost it needed to
win over USC, Spart. (9-0),
Mercer (7-2), Savannah St. (8-
1), Campbell (6-3), and
Ogelthorpe (9-0).

The men's squad directed by
Trey Bogue finished with a 10-15 record, while the women's team directed by Trey Hatfield finished with a 14-4. Both of these
records were the best efforts made by the AC tennis program in Division I.

The Lady Jaguars had one player in the singles finals and two teams in the double finals. Although the Lady Jaguars only
received fifth place with 43 points, they played an outstanding match. AC's star player Maria Loo didn't play as well as hoped by
ending with a 7-6 loss to Kate Gorky of UNC-Asheville at Women's No. 2 Singles. Cheri Cathey and Lori Randolph also were
assets to the Lady Jags.

The AC men finished in seventh place for the third consecutive year. Campbell won the men's title, followed by Coastal
Carolina and Baptist. Alan Van Camper finished fourth in the men's No. 6 Singles, dropping a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 decision to
Winthrop's Todd Stone.

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DREAMS

Success Isn't Just A Dream, Rather A Destiny

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round Augusta College basketball circles,
success

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^^^^^ dream,
rather a destiny. Some-
times the score isn't the
only factor that deter-
mines a victory. To the
Augusta College Jag-
uars, a new athletic com-
plex, an excellent coach-
ing staff, and the best
recruiting class in recent
memory was the "stuff'
that turned their dreams
into reality for 1989-90.

The men's basketball
season started with a
bang in the Augusta Col-
lege gym October 15 at
exactly 12:01 a.m. This
first practice session,
known as "Midnight
Madness", featured an
intrasquad scrimmage
with Sam Crenshaw of
Channel 12 and Stan
Byrdy of Channel 6 act-
ing as honorary coaches.
"Midnight Madness"
helped to not only build
team spirit, but also pro-
mote student support
with an estimated 200-
300 people filling the
Jaguar gym.

Although the season
opener against the Re-
public of Estonia didn't
bring triumph to the Jag-
uars with a score of 92-
75, many accomplish-
ments were attained during the game.

The season continued up to a action-filled game

against Radford where 2,100 fanatical fans cheered for
AC. The Jaguars defeated the Highlanders in a 82-79

over-time thriller at the Civ-
ic Center. "The key to the
game was with 49 seconds to
go." said Bryant "We felt
good about overtime be-
cause we knew the crowd
would be into it."

The Jaguars received
their eighth win of the sea-
son Tuesday February 27 in
a wild 70-58 victory over
crosstown rival Paine Col-
lege in the Civic Center.
During the game Brian
Schmall scored a game high
27 points, followed by
Keenan Mann with 15
points and seven rebounds.
Derek Stewart had 14 points
and three blocks. This win
ended the 1989-90 season
with an overall season
record of 8-19.
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be higher than my winning percentage. If
that's the case, I've done everything I can
for the players both on and off the court.

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fter finishing Big
Soutii league play in
second place and sur-
viving a season ending
bus wreck, what's a
team to do for an en-
core? This question wasn't easily an-
swered. To begin with, the Lady Jag-
uars started the 1989-1990 season by
returning four starters and signing
the best recruits in recent memory.
Then the hard work came to play.
The Lady Jaguars had to begin pre-
paring to play their all-time toughest
Division I schedule.

Coach Lowell Barnhart stated
that early in the year that the '89-'90
women's basketball season would be
the toughest season ever. Because
the Lady Jags would be playing in
large universities such as Clemson
and Virginia, they would have to be
better than in year's past in order to
have a winning season.

Part of Coach Barnhart's predic-
tion came true. Several teams on the
schedule were difficult to beat, but
all in all, the women did better than
ever expected. With a season record
of 1 3- 1 6 and a Big South record of 9-
5, the Lady Jags successfully proved
their endurance and skills on the
court.

This success was attributed to sev-
eral factors. Sophomore Debbie
Born was one of those factors. She
was a tremendous asset to the team
throughout the season. Not only was
she ranked 34th among Division I
women's basketball scoring leaders,
but she also led the Big South Tour-
nament. Born also became the first
athlete in the Big South to earn All-
Conference honors in two sports,
basketball and softball. Additional-
ly, Born reached the 1 ,000 point pla-
teau with 1,257 points along with
Senior teammate Francean Leverett
who scored 1,014 points.

At the Sports Banquet, awards
were given for the season. The Most
Valuable Player went to Debbie
Born and the Most Improved Lady
Jag went to Linda Grooms.

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of Jaguar players and head coach

Skip Fite.

At the Big South Conference
awards breakfast, Fite was named
Co-Coach of the Year, while first
baseman Bobby Jay and second
baseman Chris Hodge were both
named to the All-Big South first
team.

For Fite, who is in his sixth year
at AC, the award is very gratify-
ing since the Jaguars finished the
season with an overall record of
22-30, including a 6-10 mark in
the conference.

"I thought it was a big honor,"
said the 34-year old Fite. "It was
a big surprise, but it's nice to be
recognized among your peers for
working hard and doing the best
with what you have to work with.
I feel very fortunate."

"We played a pretty tough Di-
vision I schedule this season. The
only way you're going to improve
is to play against the best compe-
tition that's out there, and I think
we did that this season," Fite said.

"I think next year is going to be
the year we've been looking for. If
we can keep everybody academi-
cally eligible and injury-free be-
cause we've got a good nucleus,
then I think we've got an excellent
opportunity to win this thing
(conference title) next year," said
Fite.

With not a senior on the pitch-

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seball. (L to R)

Tirst Row; Jason Cianciolo, Roger Landress, Greg
5Slweil, Kenny Shook, David England. Chris Cope.
jBobby Jay, Brad Bohler. Second Row: Arnold Riley,
Chris Conner, Ted Couch, Car! Rau, Mark Ethridge,
Bobby Gagnon, Rob Jackson. Tony Bowen, Scott
Henley. Third Row: Coach Skip Fits, Assistant Dan
Kosobticki, Paul Henley, Allen Dempsey, Moe Mon-
tenegro, Chris Hodge, Johnny Gordon, Mike Pro-
vencher, Assistant Mark Turner.

ing staff, pitching would appear to
be AC'S strongest point going into
next season. The Jaguars are also
very young at many of the skill
positions, so the future does look
bright for the baseball team.

But for right now, the Jaguars
and Fite will have to wait until
February to find out just how
good they are.

Shawn Hackett

OBSTACLES
TO OVERCOME

GAINING CONFIDENCE
THROUGHOUT

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I f I ^ y he Augusta College softbal!
I I I team opened their 1989-
1^1 1 990 season with several ob-
'^^B stacles to overcome. They
had little time to practice
and little experience. The lack of experi-
ence was due partly to the fact that the
1988-1989 season was canceled by the col-
lege and the NCAA when the Lady Jag-
uar basketball team was injured in a bus
wreck that ended their season. A majority
of the women's basketball team made up
the Jaguar softball team also. The team
had only two players with collegiate expe-
rience, Debbie Born, a Junior from Pasa-
dena, Maryland, and Sheri Morgan, a
Senior from Colbert, Georgia. The top
newcomer to the softball team was a pitch-
er, Rebecca Riddlehoover. Riddlehoover
was awarded "Most Valuable Player" at
the Sports Award Banquet. Rene Key was
awarded "Most Improved Player". The
1990 softball team finished with a 10-21
record. This record left the Jaguars at
sixth in the Conference. The record is re-
spectable considering the lack of experi-
ence of this team.

The softball team made progress
throughout the season. They started the
season off slow with a 1-6 record. As they
gained confidence, the team took victories
over Campbell, USC Aiken, Baptist Col-
lege, Clafin, and Winthrop College. The
season ended with a doubleheader against
USC Aiken, in which the Jaguars domi-
nated with 15-2 and an 11-6 scores.

Ending the season with a doubleheader
win can only produce optimism for the
upcoming team next season. With more
experience on the upcoming team, next
season's Augusta College softball team
will no doubt have a promising future.
Lisa Walters

SOPTBAl

COMPETING FOR

FUN

INTRAMURALS ARE FUN AND GOOD EXERCISE

m

ave you ever come up short
on cash when it comes to
working out at a health
club?

Couple being broke with
unbending work schedules and relent-
less classwork and you have a problem
that faces many Augusta College stu-
dents who want to keep fit.

Take heart, because there is a solu-
tion, and it may be the best kept secret
at AC: the intramural program.

Coach Denny Bureau, who oversees
the program, said AC would be offering
basketball winter quarter. "The pro-
gram is opened to both men and women
this year because not enough women
sign-up to form separate teams."

Some of the appealing aspects of in-
tramural sports included: indoor facili-
ties, flexible game times of 12 p.m. and
1 p.m., and a chance to work out with
friends free of charge.

Currently, there are 70 to 80 students
involved in the flag football competi-
tion. These games are well organized,
fast paced and exciting to watch.

"It's fun and good exercise," said
Freshman David Franqui. "We're just a
bunch of guys who like to compete."
Franqui plays receiver for Tau Kappa
Epsilon which was one of the six teams
in the football program.

An average 140 to 160 students were
expected to turn out for basketball, the
most popular intramural sport, accord-
ing to Bureau. The program also fea-
tured two-pitch Softball, a modified ver-
sion of regular softball, in the spring.
Weightlifting has also been offered in
the past when there has been a demand
by students.

"We really expect the program to ex-
plode over the next two to three years

due to the Forest Hills facility," said
Bureau. "Right now we cater to day
students, but that's going to
change."

Beyond exercise, all intramural
sports offer a playoff tournament.
The single-elimination tournaments
determine respective champions,
with tee shirts awarded to the win-
ners.

All prospective athletes should be
aware that AC is not responsible for
injuries. There are injuries, which
are usually minor, but there are risks
associated with sports. Bureau re-
minded.

Varsity baseball players were pro-
hibited from playing intramural
sports, which is a team policy. Facul-
ty members are not permitted to play
flag football due to the nature of the
game, according to Bureau.

Jon Bentz

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STUDENTS

Enrollment Tops
AU-Time High

Jennifer Spngue

Remember the words of President
Richard Wallace: "By the year
2000, there will be at least 10,000
students attending Augusta College
and these students will demand edu-
cational services each academic
term." At the current projection of
enrollment, his view of the future
may become a reality. Many possi-
bilities may become of this growth.
Meanwhile, the growth can be felt by
students around campus as they race
for parking spaces and the book-
store. With this increase in enroll-
ment, students will meet new faces in
front of their classes. New faculty
members and an expanded class
schedule was needed.

The author of Swim With The
Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
offered friendly advice to AC view-
ers. "You have to grow or you will
die."

With ten years left in the century,
these next ten years will be years of
change at Augusta College. Students
growth will be the major issue. With-
out the growth of enrollment, our
college would surely wither and die.

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Eric Cariia

It takes so many different personalities to create
a college. Anyone is sure to see that AC has
something for every student. The ball games, so-
cials, study balls, library and CAC bring tbose
students together to form Augusta College.

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Jeanette Adams

Business
Beatrix Albright

Nursing
Craig Alger

Chemistry
Valerie A. Allen

Elementary Ed.

Holly Arnold

Nursing
James Atkins

A ccounling
Louis Audel

Graduate Student
Nicole Baker

Jim Barrett

History
Felecia Beale

Occupational Therapy
Mikka Bernard

Psychology
Melissa Bernstein

Communications

Valensa Sing

Math
Krista Blair

Nursing
Russell S. Blanion

Accounting
Patrick Blankensbip

Psychology

Rebecca Blocker

Computer Science
Vicki Boggan

Accounting
Francis Bolton

Accounting
Tim Bond

Math

Dannette Bonifazi
Kristen Bowers
Lynn Bowers

Political Science
Holli Brassell

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115

below: Lisa Larger and Jana Sandbarg sell

Spanish delicacies for Los Amigos Hispanos.

right: AKA recruits during Homecoming Weeli.

Natalie Brinson
Tracy Brooks
Trina Brunette
Errol Bryant

John Burdett
Melissa Burke

Communications
Patrice Burke
Jane Burks

Cherlyn Burnett
Tavia Burnett

Marketing
Darrell Burnside
David Caddell

Psychology

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Brinson

CULTURAL
CUISINE

Augusta College students got a
chance to sample the foods of the world
Friday, May 4, when the AC Student
Union presented the International Food
Fest in the CAC.

The evening featured something for
everyone, complete with the authentic
food from various countries, flags from
around the world, and entertainment.

The event attracted students, faculty,
and their families as well as many visi-
tors from off-campus.

A wide variety of dishes were served,
from Hungarian goulash to apple stru-
del. Junior David Simmons, a history
major, said the food was interesting and
"pretty good."

Entertainment was provided by co-
median Phil Nee. Nee poked fun at the

various dishes, explaining that he was a
vegetarian. "All the dishes had meat in
them. I ended up eating only rice and
water!"

Brian DeRosa, a Student Union
member, said the Food Fest attracted a
sizeable crowd. The goal of the fair, he
said, was to "get people to realize that
there are other people in the world too."

"The Food Fair gives them a chance
to sample different cultures," DeRosa
said.

Student Union Chairman Al Rice
noted that there were many people who
came to the Food Fair who had an in-
terest in learning about different cul-
tures.

"Everyone needs to start thinking
globally. We as Americans are no long-
er isolated in the world. Now there are
greater influxes of Africans, Asians, In-
dians, etc. We all need to learn to live
together," Rice said.

Margaret S. McGinnis

Wendy Cakanic

Accounting
Angela Campbell
Timothy Canchola
Larry Canupp

Communications

Eric Carlin

Biology
Michael Carvell

Communications
Lisa Cason
Martha Causby

Pre-Med

Helen Cech

Biology
Rosalyn Chacon

Computer Science
Michael Chance

English
Brian Cherry

Cherry

117

Crystal Chism
Psychology

Jenna Chitty
English

David Ciehan

Dorinda Clark

Gail Codle
Scott Coe

Graduate Student
Brian Coke

Computer Science
Christopher Conell

Virginia Connell
Duana Coleman

Nursing
Bessie L.E. Coley

Psychology
Michael Colett

Biology

Tara Collins

Nursing
Barbara Cooper

Elementary Ed.
William R. Cooper

Communications
Linda Crawford

Thomas N. Crawford
Wendy Creer
Rebecca Cristil

Secondary Education
William Crocket

Art

118

Chism-Curry

Olympia Cruel

Special Education
John Culler

Business
Stephanie Cunningham

Primary Education
Yvonne Curry

Education

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Linda B. Daniel

Accounting
Vanessa Darren

Nursing
Carol A. Davis

Psychology
Cassandra Davis

Accounting

Charles Davis
David Davis

Pre-Med
Cwen Davis

Applied Science
Shirley Day

Richard Deas

Math
Laurent De Bar
Donald Denard

Computer Science
Jennifer Dennis

SENATE
SURVEY

120

Augusta College students don't want a
free hour from classes, and want smoking
banned from every building on campus,
according to an AC Student Senate sur-
vey.

The survey, which polled 744 students
on subjects ranging from Saturday classes
to teacher evaluations, was completed by
students in classes the week of March 5.

"I think we had an excellent response,"
said student Senator Jennifer Sprague,
who heads up the Senate's Rules and Effi-
ciency Committee. "I don't think we
could've done it without the cooperation
of those 15 or so teachers who gave up
class time for the survey," said Sprague.

The result will be used to guide the Sen-
ate's action on the issues covered in the
study. "The committee on Student Affairs
is going to use the information we got on
smoking to go ahead and submit a propos-
al to President Wallace on what we're go-
ing to do on the smoking policy."

Some of the survey results:

Wendy A. Cakanic was
Cliairman of the Student
Senate in 1989-1990
when the surrey was
done.

* On the smoking issue, 70 percent said
they were in favor of limiting smoking on
campus. A majority of 44 percent wanted
to ban smoking in all buildings on campus.

* Weekend classes were shot down, with
a 77 percent responding they would not
take a Saturday class.

* Sixty-one percent of the students re-
sponding said they would be in favor of a
school policy that prohibited professors
from giving tests on the last few days of
the quarter before finals.

* Eighty-five percent of the respondants
said they would use a guide compiled from
students reviews describing teachers'
styles (type of tests given, outside assign-
ments, etc.) Fifty-nine percent said they
would pay for such information.

* Forty-nine percent said they didn't
know where to take a problem or sugges-
tion about class availability, lighting in
parking lots, smoking, etc.

Robert Williams

Daniel

Robert DeVaney

l-.ducalion
Uemaris Dickey

History
Kleanor Diccey
Diane Dinu

Susan Dray
John Drew

History
Sandra Dunham

Computer Science
Donna M. Dye

Business

122

Dray

Betsy Elliott
Sandra Emerson
Janet Evans

Biology
Timothy Faircloth

Business

Al Fennell
Meredith Ferguson
Marion Ferrer

English
Matarsba Finch

James Fletcher

History
Robert Fillingim

Communica tions
Linda Fogleman

Computer Science
Scott Fogleman

Accounting

John Ford
Psychology

Ginger Franke
Nursing

Mike Friedman

Alicia Funderburg
Engineering

Jennifer Gardner

Accounting
Christine Gargis

Special Education
Darrell Gaskin

Communications
Michael Gearhart

Gearbart

123

David Gissentanna

Pharmacy
David Cliazi

Biology
Cynthia Glaze

Elementary Education
Allen Gleaves

Early Education

Ashley Golden
Barbara Gordon

Computer Science
Brenda Gracey

Political Science
James Graham

Mary P. Graham
Accounting

Amy Graven

Paul Greene

Dani Griffen
Art

abate: Members of the AC Band

entertained audiences in front of the

Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre.

right: Omega Xi Epsilon support their

Homecoming candidate, Shannon

Quintan, during Homecoming Week.

Gissentanna

Jackie Griffith

Accounting
Martha Griffin

Biology
Debhie Grist
Edwin Groover

MBA Management

Frank Guthrie
Byron Hall
Janet Hall

Early Childhood Ed.
Mike Hall

History

Tracy Hall

Biology
John Halvorson

Political Science
James Hammond

Psychology
Robert Hancock

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Victoria Hardin

Sociology
Rose Marie Hargrove
Linda Hartley

Computer Science
Clarise Hattaway

Melissa L. Hayes

Education
Carol Michelle Heath

Biology
Clarence Heath

Business
Gail Heath

Gina Henderson
Denise Hendrix

Marketing
Robyne Henley
Ray Hickson

Graduate Student MBA

Sean Hilard

Chemistry/Physics
Terry W. Hill

Marketing
Shawna Hirata

Journalism
Sandra Hixon

Education

Travis Hixon

Biology
Angela Hobbs

Nursing
Tammy Hobbs
Ty Hoff

Physical Education

126

Hardin

Melissa Holley

Nursing
Lewis Holmes

Marketing
Robin Holsonbake

Nursing
Deborah Howard

Art

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below: Nothing is better than

tailing a iuncit breati with a

good boofi and a highlighter.

right: Wendy A. Cakanic and

Elizabeth McKibbon were two

of the participants in AC's first

S.A.l.L. (Students Active In

Leadership) program.

Mary Howard
Rhonda Howard
Tammy L. Howell

Biology
Kenneth Hudson

Biology

Linda Hudson
Crystal Hydrick

Communications
Andrea A. Jackson
Buddy Jackson

Robert Jackson
Gunther Jackson
Shelby James
Mark Janes

128

Howard

Bell Ringer Takes Top

The Augusta College Bell Ringer was
once again an award winning newspaper.

The Bell Ringer brought back three
awards from the Georgia Press Associa-
tion's Press Institute, which was held Feb-
ruary 15-17 on the University of Georgia
campus in Athens.

The judges, who were all professionals
in the newspaper field, awarded the Bell
Ringer first place in objective news report-
ing, second place in campus community
service news coverage, and third place in
campus community service features.

More than 19 college papers entered the
contest.

Bell Ringer editor-in-chief Robert Wil-
liams said the awards vindicated the hard
work that goes into each issue. "I'm elat-
ed. These awards are largely due to the
long hours put in by Maria Manfredonia,
our news editor, by Kelley Ellis, my assis-

tant editor, as well as the rest of the staff.
It's a clear message that we do a good
job," said Williams.

Department of Languages and Litera-
ture Professor James Garvey was equally
pleased with the results of the contest.
"This is terrific. I feel great for the staff,"
said Professor Garvey. "In the past four
years we've had Bell Ringer editors and
staffs who have worked awfully hard to
make the paper more and more profession-
al. When I think of the distance it's come,
it amazes me."

"I hope these awards just mark the start
of an era of awards for AC. All our writers
should know that they are read, they can
compete and win, even against schools like
Georgia Southern and Mercer, Georgia
Tech and Georgia State."

Maria Manfredonia

Bonnie Jenkins

Biology
Carolyn Jenkins

Nursing
Julie Jenkins

Education
Sabrina Jenkins

April Johnson

Pre-Med
Carlton Johnson

English
David Johnson

History
Sheila Johnson

Education

William Johnson

Physics
Alison Jones
Charran Jones

Computer Science
Cornelius T. Jones

Computer Science

Jones

129

130

Jones

Buddy Keller
Allison Kertner

Marketing
Danny Kight

Math
Kathryn Kimberly

Juliann Knight
Ami Kurtz

History
Kelle Langham

Math
Lisa Larger

Communica tions

Alex Lehocky

Chemistry
Grady Leonard

Physical Therapy
Kimberly Leopard
Michelle LePore

Marketing

Sherrie Leverett

HPE
Belea Lively

Business
Tim Livingston
Laurie Lockliear

Art

Clifton L. Lorah

Graduate Education
Tisha Lowden

Physics
Michele Lowry

Marketing
Roy Luke

Political Science

Luke

131

Sherron Lux
Tracey Lynam

Art
Robyn Maeey
Nathalie Mache

Monica Madden

Biology
William Maddox
Michael Mann

Education
Melissa Marshburn

Dale Martin
Philip Martin

Computer Science
Alicia Mason

Occupational Therapy
Lewis G. Mathis, Jr.

Business Management

Cathy Matthew

Psychology
Derek May

Computer Science
Allison Mayfield

Music Education
Tracie Mays

Susan B. McCorkle
Jimmy McCoy
Sabrina McCracken
Suzanne McDaniel

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Fred McNeal
Julie Merritt
Charley Meyer
Jacqueline Mickens
Business

Tyronza Miller

Biology
Candace Mills

Biology
Jane Millward
LaQuita Mincey

Marketing

Misty Mitchell

Nursing
Gene Moore

Psychology
Vickie Moorehead
Jan Moragne

Education

Victoria Morales
Physical Therapy

Mae Morris
Nursing

Dawn Morris

Melinda Morris
Nursing

Tricia Morris

Nursing
Angela Mullins
Julie Mullins
Kimberly Mullins

134

McNeal

Jennifer Navarre
Kimberly Neal

Drama
Natalie Nelson
Sonya Nelson

Computer

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Members of the Alpha Mu Gamma National Foreign Language Honor Society. They include: (not in order) Abbie Marsh (President), Tiffany Bruner (Vice
President), Deborah Day (Secretary), Harriet Deas (Treasurer), Mitzi McCoy, Julia Foley, Paul Christian, Nidia Rosas, Betty Elliot, Oanh Hoang, Danielle
Long, Katherine Colgan, Susan Mucha, Abbie Marsh, Jennifer Frye, CoCo Rubio. Advisors: Professor Jana Sandarg, John May, Mary-Kathleen Blanchard.

Valerie New
Nancy Newby
Michelle Newman
Lisa Marie Newsome
Sociology

Michael Nicholson

History
Anita Nogai

Math
Kimberly Oatman

Biology
Henry Oglesby

Math

Stephanie O'Kelley
John O'Leary

Biology
Michael O'Neill

Accounting
Michelle L. Opfermann t

Business

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left: Dr. Urbina shows off his culinary talents downtown at the Municipal Building.

below: Members of Los Amigos Hispanos took their Friday meetings to Vallarta's for a taste of the

culture.

Lisa Perry

Education
Krista Person

Business
Anthony Pete

Political Science
Chandra Peters

Peters

137

below: If I have to rework this problem

one more time . . bottom left: School is

serious, life is serious, we must all look

serious, bottom right: Hmmm, should I

more out of her seat or risk having that

ice cream dumped on my head?

Kim Peterson
Eric Phelps
Lafaye Philippe

Education
John R. Pbilp

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Susan Pinkston

A ccounting
Jennifer Pitman

A ccounting
Roland W. Pitts

Computer Science
Becky Postell

James R. Potter
Communications

Era Inglett Powell
Sociology

Connie Powers

Annette Prescott

Ester an Price
Accounting

Kim Price

Shannon Quintin
Nursing

Michelle Rabun
Business

Thomas Raduszewski

Nursing
Jason Raiford

Business
Scharinell Ramsey

Education
Lorri Randolph

Regina Ray

Management
Pamela Reynolds

Nursing
Claridge A. Rice

Political Science
Lynn Richardson

Nursing

Richardson

139

Byron Roberson
Donna Roberts
Letbia Roberts
Tonia Robertson
Criminal Law

Ashley Robinson
Anne Rogers
Susan Rooks

Biology
Kenneth Roper

Tara Salley
Peggy Schmidt

Management
Mark Schreiber

Biology
Linda Seebode

Business

Norman Senior

Biology
Jennifer C. Settle

Math
Shannon Shelton
Maria Simon

Glenn Simpkins

Sociology
Michelle Small
Jayme Smalley

Psychology
Genell Smith

Sociology

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at me. Center: Taking a snooze in the Teardrop tops
class any day. helow: Two of the students in the first
square dancing class get instructions on dance steps.

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Larry Smith
Lawrence S. Smith

Pre-Medical
Russell Smith

Art
Tammy Smith

James Snyder

Business
Melissa Sousa

Communica tions
Katbryn Speering

Math
Jennifer Stewart

Marketing

Jennifer Sprague

Marketing
Joseph Steed

Psychology
Jennifer Stewart

Marketing
Paul Stewart

Management

Trade Stone

Business Education
James Street
Robin Strickland

Nursing
Wayne J. Stripling, Jr

Accounting

Marcell Strobridge

Economics
Greg Sumner

Communications
Christopher Sutphin
Carlesa Symonds

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Smith

Roger Templeton

Math
Erin Thomas

Business
Velinda Thomas
Karen Thompson

Nursing

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Business
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Monica Townsend

Computer Science
Debra Trulson

Business

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Denise Turner
Kim Tustin
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Duane W. Usry

Markus Van Den Heuvei

Business
Brenda Videtto

Communications
Larry Vinson
Robert Wahlmeier

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Margie Walker
Edie Wall

Education
Tenilyn Wallace

Education
Dalisa Walton

Accounting

Wendy Walton

Nursing
Lillian Wan
Lydia G. Wang

Graduate Psychology
Sandra Warren

Nursing

Wilson Watkins
Vicki L. Watts

Nursing
Jon Webb

Aeronautical Science
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Darlene Westbrooli

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Shannon Wheatley
David White
Deryl While
Marketing
Shirley White
Nursing

Elizabeth Wilkinson

Education

Alisa Williams

April L. Williams

Nursing

Bryan Williams

Drama

Constance Williams

Communica tions

Donna Williams

Biology

Shirley Williams

Psychology

Sonetta Williams

Accounting

Valencia Williams
Lisa Willis
Occupational Therapy
Donald Wilson
Biology
Shari Wilson

Amie Woo

Walter Worsham IV

Business

Lori Wren

Business

Dorothy Wright

Psychology

Wright

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Gray Skies Don't Dampen Annual

ELIZABETHAN FAYRE

Augusta College's Elizabethan Fayre
a yearly rite of spring around these parts
got off to a slow start, but progresses in
grand style nonetheless.

Stormy weather threatened to wash out
the festivities. The sky remained a dark
gray for most of Saturday afternoon. Lan-
guages and Literature Professor Bill John-
son said that the weather had been a cause
of concern. "We don't mind getting a little
wet, but if lightning starts dancing around,
we get a little nervous."

Fayre organizers, said Professor John-
son, had no plans to move the festivities
indoors. "It's just natural for the Fayre to
be outside," he said.

But the rain stayed away, and the Fayre,
as usual, did not disappoint its visitors.
Usually visitors who aren't dressed in me-
dieval costume are charged $1 to get into
the Quadrangle, but that was scrapped be-
cause of the possibility the Fayre would
have to quickly fold its tents if the weather
deteriorated.

Members of the AC Theatre opened the

afternoon with their famous "15-Minute
Hamlet," although Town Crier (and Pro-
fessor) James Garvey warned the crowd
that "because of slick conditions, it will
take 17 minutes."

The cast, which included Forrest Jordon
as Hamlet, Les Borsay as the Ghost, Sean
Neville as Claudius/Polonius, Kevin
Rathke as Laertes/ Horatio, Patricia Fer-
guson as Gertrude, and Susanne Pruett as
Ophelia, performed well, delivering some
of Shakespeare's best lines with tongue
planted firmly in cheek.

There were other diversions: Bell Ringer
writer Harvey Lynch engaging visitors
with word games; a leisurely game of
bowls presided over by Languages and Lit-
erature Chairman Fred Wharton; and re-
corder and hurdy-gurdy music courtesy of
Geoffrey King's consort.

James McGaw gave demonstrations on
his hammer dulcimer, and the Davidson
Fine Arts Players staged a fine drama,
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

The Society for Creative Anachronism

staged demonstrations of medieval war-
fare, with young "knights" doing battle in
homemade (but stout) armor.

In calmer moments, SCA members per-
formed medieval dances for the crowd. A
little spice was added with a performance
by belly dancer Gail Gunter-Schultz, also
a SCA member.

Visitors had some tasty treats to choose
from at medieval prices (cheap), although
a little careful study was needed when
reading the menu. Hot dogs, for example,
were listed as "King Theseus' Hounds."
Other delicacies included Pomona's Bon-
tie (apples), Falstaff Smoked Sawsages,
and the ever popular Fancie Bred.

The threatening weather kept the crowd
small when the Fayre opened. But as the
afternoon progressed, visitors increased in
number with a peak crowd of 100 to 150
people in the Quadrangle at any one time.
Robert Williams
Bell Ringer !

Debra Young

Psychology
Michael Young
Shonta Young

Biology
George Joseph Zachmann III

Business

From Top: Two caring AC

students sign-up to donate blood

in the CAC.

Mennbers of Pi Kappa Phi help

Community Outreach during

Halloween by sponsoring a

Haunted House. What a bunch.

Another one of those Vallarta

lunches by Los Amigos

Hispanos.

AKA supports their Homecoming

Candidate, Sonetta Williams

during Homecoming Week in the

CAC.

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x.A ' ^i(jji^g j^eyy perspective from
each individual student is how Au-
gusta College grows and progresses
toward its academic goal of excel-
lence. The input from the collective
minds of the student body helps
build upon the rich foundation of
the arsenal tradition. All students
add to as well as take from this
nstitution certain aspects and
characteristics which are unique to
their educational experience.
Through interaction with others,
we gain a great deal of insight and
information about the world
around us. "You are here to learn
how to think," quoted Dr.
Creighton Peden. You must open
doors to knowledge and impart that
knowledge upon others allowing
the dialogue of shared ideas to be
continued. This unique exchange of
ideas is one for which the students
as well as the school will be en-
hanced forever.

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Top: Augusta Collage students took part
in a Leadership Retreat held in Columbia,
SC on the USC campus. Above: Taking a
break in the day relaxing in the cafeteria.

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qiJOTe me

Take a closer look at something
familiar, for you may see some-
thing that has always existed, yet
was so subtle that it blended in with
the surroundings. Four years at
Augusta College allows one to take
a closer look at things. Choices are
there to be made and dreams are to
be pursued but most of all, the ex-

as you wish to make them. With the
variety of experiences that are
available, students can find areas of
interest and friends with which to
share the time they spend in pursuit
of their academic goals.

The diversity of the student body
and the preservation of tradition
adds to the educational experience

periences to be had can be as rich found at Augusta College. "There

^ i Four years at Augusta College allows one to
take a closer look at things. Choices are there to
be made and dreams are to be pursued

is a diversity within the classes of
students, yet we are all bonded
within the context of the communi-
ty we all share. Our college is con-
tinuously evolving over time due to
the new issues and concerns which
arise. Yet it still maintains many of
the traditions which are essential to
the school as the students them-
selves." YOU CAN QUOTE ME
ON THAT.

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Left: Kathy Thompson, Assistant Director of Stu-
dent Activities and William Wansley President of
the Alumni Association, talce a break during the
President's Annual Fish Fry.

Abore: Ginny Connell takes a "challenge" for SAIL
by repelling off the side of the CAC with the help of
the ROTC.

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to meet,

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attend, and

memories to

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ME

This is always the toughest
part of completing this an-
nual because there are so many
people to
thank. But, by
the time I
write this arti-
cle, it means
the other 153
pages in the
book are
completed. I
can sit back
and breathe a
sigh of relief
and get ready
to start pro-

ductin on the next White Col-
umns.

It has become and remained
a tradition for the WC to ar-
rive "casually late" each year.
I, unfortunately, have not been
able to break this spell, even on
my second try. With this said, I
owe my first thanks to you, the
students. For waiting patiently.
I have used up every favor I've
accumulated over the past two
years getting this book done,
plus some.

John Groves what haven't
you done for me? Advisor,
friend, and catalyst. You still
have faith in me and my ideas
and I thank you for that.

Student Activities staff
You always found time to help
me out. Always.

Bell Ringer staff This
book is really a hard-bound
Bell Ringer. Without your arti-
cles, photos, and coffee pot-
penicilin experiments, I'm sure
I would have thrown in the
towel.

Dr. Garvey Campus life
section is dedicated to you and
your class. Without the feature
writing class
submitting
articles, this
book would
probably still
not be done.

Alan
Sharpe and
Athletics
for wonderful
support with
the sports sec-
tion.
Public
Safety for the many nights
you guys gave me escorts to my
car after working late.
Tex and Mike (N & W)

My film and developing
guys! Thanks.

WC Photographers Good
job!

Pat Cornelius from Jostens

you came in after-the-fact
and worked hard. You've be-
come a good friend and I'm
sure you will go far in the busi-
ness.

Mom, Dad, Angle, Stacey,
Gina, Ryan, Daniel, and TC
Another one down, one more
to go. Thank you, thank you,
thank you! I love you all very
much.

For anyone I have over-
looked, thank you.

I hope looking through this
annual brings back many mem-
ories of the year. I know it does
for me.

Until next year Augusta
College . . .

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Jennifer Sprague

left: The AC Jaguar stirs up
spirit at a ballgame

Loolc at some of the faces
that malie up the AC cam-

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