Six Mile Post

Inside April 19, 2005's Issue

-Editorials-

First Amendment 101

New kids on the block hate freedom

Georgia Highlands College�s growing pains not pleasant, but natural and necessary

There has been quite a stir in the local community recently concerning the changing of the name of a local college.

Out with the old, in with the new. Georgia Highlands College will now become Georgia Highlands College.

There also seems to be much confusion as to why the name will be changed to �Georgia Highlands,� and why the name must be changed at all.

Dr. Randy Pierce�s main reason for changing the name is progression. We�re moving on up, folks! Apparently by the year 2020, the Georgia population will increase by a projected 2.2 million people living mostly in the Atlanta area, not Floyd County.

So, we�re �refining� our image to cater to the �blob of booming population,� as Pierce called it in an October issue of the �Six Mile Post.� Apparently the Georgia Highlands College name is not comprehensive enough for blobish tastes.

Pierce contends that since the college is expanding in Bartow County and the Atlanta area, it should not remain named for the region it was built in.

Georgia Highlands College isn�t funded by Floyd County residents alone, but by taxpayers all over the state.

While the college is in a messy transition to adulthood, growing pains are natural as the institution continues to develop and expand.

So, friends, we are at the end of an era. The �Six Mile Post� would like to wish good luck to the last graduating class of Georgia Highlands College and to the first class of Georgia Highlands College.

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