Augusta College - White Columns Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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student government mennbers, familiarize the incoming students with the facilities by guided campus and library tours. Displays in the College Activity Center provided the new students with information concerning the extra-curricular activities that are available at AC. ACES also finds time during this busy day to have a group discussion. The group discussion provides an opportunity for the students to inquire about things that may be unclear. In summary, ACES is to orient new students and that goal is accomplished with perfection. Orientation — 3

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College to incoming students. The organizers, better known as Actively Counseling Entering Students (ACES) and headed by SGA President Patti Peabody, expected orient approxinnately 175 students. Surprisingly, their expectations were almost doubled because of an impressive increase in student enrollment. For the first time, unusually long lines were prevalent. Fortunately, ACES had no problem accomodating the new students and successfully achieved their goal. What exactly is the goal or purpose of ACES? The ACES orientation is designed to fulfill the needs of the new students by introducing them to the academic structure, the extracurricular activities, and the social environment of Augusta College. The students become familiarized with the facilities, services, faculty and fellow students. ACES attempts to facilitate the new student make a successful transition to college life. Grouped according to major, the new students are directed by student-faculty teams who personalize the program for group members. Interest sessions provide introductory seminars on study skills, time management, and career development. Team leaders, student government members, familiarize the incoming students with the facilities by guided campus and library tours. Displays in the College Activity Center provided the new students with information concerning the extracurric- sular activities that are available at AC. ACES also finds time during this busy day to have a group discussion. The group discussion provides an opportunity for the students to inquire about things that may be unclear. In summary,, ACES is to orient new students and that goal is accomplished with perfection. : ' 2 — Orientation

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Something Is Missing! As the beginning of Fall Quarter ap- proached, faculty and students were dili- gently preparing for what they hoped to be a successful quarter at Augusta College. Ev- eryone expected a few changes, some good and some bad. One change, however, caught the student body by surprise. The surprise was what they were not hearing — bells! To bell or not to bell became the question asked by everyone. Many students felt hav- ing the bells provided more of a high school atmosphere, which we all try to escape once enrolled in college. The controversy erupted when students began complaining that pro- fessors were too involved in their lecture that they occasionally ran over class time, caus- ing students to be late for their next class. A question posed on the Student Referen- dum during Fall Quarter indicated that 52% of the students wanted some form of bells, either at the beginning of class, at the end, or both, while 48% wanted no bells at all. Because a solution to the problem has not been proposed, the halls at Augusta College shall remain silent. Opening