University of West Georgia. Special CollectionsUniversity of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History ProgramUnited States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661Sethna, Beheruz, 1948-Camp, Michael2019-11-05Beheruz Sethna was president of the University of West Georgia from 1994 to 2013. In this interview, he discusses several controversies that occurred on campus during his presidency. He begins by discussing the breakup of the former College of Arts and Sciences into three separate colleges: Arts and Humanities, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. He then talks about the controversy about the school's mascot designation of the Braves, and how it was eventually changed to the West Georgia Wolves. Sethna then discusses the "Go West" campaign, and how the expenditure of advertising dollars in order to increase student enrollment numbers during tough budget times created a controversy. The fourth topic of discussion has to do with controversial faculty, including Daniel Helminiak, whose research was on Biblical views of homosexuality, as well as another faculty member who spoke out against the Iraq War upon its launch in 2003. The final topic of conversation has to do with an underage high school student taking an English class on campus, who was given a "racy" class essay to workshop in an in-class paper exchange, and how that created anger among some prominent community members.video/mp4engCarrollton, Ga. : Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia, 2019http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West GeorgiaSethna, Beheruz, 1948-State University of West GeorgiaState University of West Georgia--FacultyHelminiak, Daniel, 1942-University of West GeorgiaUniversity of West Georgia--FacultyWest Georgia CollegeCollege presidents--Georgia--CarrolltonUniversity of West Georgia--PresidentsOral history interview with Beheruz Sethna, 2019 November 5MovingImage