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Changing demographics shown in Gordon enrollment trends

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Friday, August 31. 2012

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In his remarks to the Gordon State College Foundation at its meeting August 22, college president Dr. Max Burns presented some interesting data regarding enrollment trends.

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#1 Benny Horne on 08/30/12 at 08:39 PM

Gordon must have some smart students, many don't need to spend time studying they just sit on the wall on College Drive.

PS, Dr Burns, Walter & Foundation members, this is a not a good picture to parents thinking about enrolling their sons & daughters.

#1.1 Guy Fawkes on 08/31/12 at 01:54 AM

I think you're right. They are so smart they can play basketball till two in the morning, hang out at the corners smoking and playing grab-ass till all hours.

Is the GSC oversight group that out of touch with what is really going on at their school?

#2 Cats on 08/31/12 at 06:10 AM

Mr. Horne, I'm going to disagree with your comment.
Part of the fabric of a college town IS seeing the students, their young faces & vibrant energy. We want them to infuse the town with their energy and their young chatter. Their ideas and their creativity.
We don't particularly want their cigarette butts and empty drink cups all over town, but if the town provides trash receptacles, hopefully litter can be kept to a minimum. Trash tossed out the window is a particular irritation to me, but I tend to think that's more homegrown than student created.
As Gordon shores up their enrollment standards, and continues building its reputation as a fine small town college, I think it will become the town jewel. I'm hopeful.
I've been a critic of the college in the past, but I see some positive movement on Gordon's part.

#3 George Riber on 08/31/12 at 06:23 PM

Next to the Dominican Republic, I have never seen so much garbage on the side of the roads as here.
Don't get me wrong, I like it here, but it is what it is. When you go to other parts of the Country, you realize, even in some metro areas that people have more, respect, pride, and love of their Community. Sometimes I think it's a small segment of the Community, and then I look at all the garbage everywhere, and realize it's a larger problem than that. Sad, Sad, Sad. No Litter signs might help, trash cans would help, but I know enforcing no litter laws, and Community service, or a $1000.00 fine or two would change their bad behavior, and spread like wildfire.

#3.1 Cats on 09/01/12 at 08:14 AM

I agree, Mr. R. I'm from another part of the country & find the litter throughout the state jarring. It's not just Barnesville, it's the entire state.
Last year, a young man attending Gordon spent some time cleaning up around the college. He did get recognition for the task in The Herald-Gazette.
The city has plenty of trash receptacles downtown & there's no excuse to toss trash on the sidewalks. Once you get to College Drive, the problems begin.

#4 Barnesville Runaway on 08/31/12 at 10:30 PM

Maybe Gordon needs to focus more on where they are recruiting students from. I mean, there are some school systems out there who graduate students who can actually read and write. We all know that the Atlanta Public school system blows. So lay off recruiting there as much and focus on school systems where the students score above average. You get what you ask for ya know? You recruit from the hood and hood is what you bring to your college.

#5 Fed Up on 09/07/12 at 12:41 PM

I live near the college on a main thoroughfare and at least once a day I have to go pickup someone else's trash from my front yard, and I see my neighbors do it too. I have seen with my own eyes, all different walks of people throwing trash out the window and it makes me sick. It's not just the college kids, I've seen people that I know are well to do. I've even considered placing cameras out to record people doing this and then demanding that they be cited for littering. There is also a man that rides a bicycle to the liquor store, drinks his pint, and then throws the plastic bottle in my yard. If I catch him he really doesn't want to know where that bottle's next stop is. It's just plain laziness.

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