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Published weekly by students attending .Atlantic Christian
College. Wilson, ,\,C. 27X93. The views expressed herein are
not necessarily those of the facultv or administration of .ACC.
Is Atlantic ChristianOutside The Law?
by Carroll Aldridge
Pursuing The
American Dream
Maybe a college newspaper is not the place to harp
on the nation’s economy. Maybe all concerned would
rather hear about visitation, self-regulating hours, and
grading systems. But for the college student the real
crisis to come can be viewed on the economic scene.
A general laxity in morality has caused this country
no end of problems in this decade of the seventies. Who
cares anymore if the man they voted for was honestly
defeated? Who cares if people are dying because they
cannot get heating oil that is sitting four miles offshore,
waiting for the price to rise? Who cares if there are
MIA’s in North Viet Nam? Who cares for anyone else
besides number one?
On February 4, Duke Power company asked for a
raise in rates amounting to a 40 per cent rate hike plus a
subsidy to make up for profits lost when its customers
cut back their electric consumption 5,2 per cent.
On the same day all but one of the major oil com
panies raised their gasoline charges by 2V2 to 5 cents per
gallon. Credit is due American Oil who said they would
cut their prices back by two to four cents per gallon
(brilliant advertizing gimmick!).
The teamsters are contemplating a trucking strike.
Now, truckers have their rigs parked at truck stops,
blocking fuel pumps. They want higher cargo rates and
lower fuel prices. Violence flares up nearly everyday.
One man lies dead and several more are injured.
Produce prices in major cities are expected to double by
the weekend if the truck traffic draws to a close.
Local forces are at work, too. The national average
for a half gallon of milk is 84 to 88 cents. In Wilson prices
of 95 and 98 cents are commonplace.
One wonders if the economic advisors in this nation
aren’t truckers who own oil companies with contracts to
supply the electric industry. Not one finger has been
lifted to support the consumers. The government has
imposed rules to keep fuel prices under control, yet they
are allowed to raise gas prices about five cents every
month. Some control!
Everyone (at least for now) needs to forget about
Watergate and start thinking of ways to keep this
precious country’s economy from inflating to the point
of depression. One should be reminded that they said
World War One was the war to end all wars. And they
called it the Great Depression?
The Tax Revolution is a very real way of letting this
government gone to .... (author is a religion freak)
know about the average man’s situation. One should
face the facts, the only way to survive is be rich or so
poor as to get all the government relief.
Back to the tax revolution. If one year the taxpayers
refused to donate their salaries to Uncle Sam, the
Federal Bureaucracy would be forced to cut out big
budget expenses. Everyone else has to keep a balanced
budget, why not? Then strict price and wage controls
would be imposed. America would again become an
independent country, not relying on foreign imports.
Then, foreign aid would be, by necessity, cut. (Not a
hard-hearted point of view, just a matter of saving this
country first, then helping others.)
Unless something is done immediately, depression
will hit... hard. In fact, in seven months, students won’t
be returning to the classrooms of dear old Atlantic
(Kristian College if recession does hit. They will be
pursuing the American Dream ,.. being first in the daily
bread line. It’s the American way.
Briggs Petway
Question: In the end,
Yossarian deserts in order to
find sanity in Sweden—
Answer: But he’s not going to
get there, he knows that.
Question: He’s not?
Answer: Oh, no. I mean he s
told, “You’ll never get there.”
And he says, “I l<now, but I’ll
try” ,,
There’s also implicit — well,
it’s not implicit if people miss it
— that this is an act of opposition
or an act of protest. It’s the only
way left that he can protest
without cutting his own head off.
And he doesn’t choose to do that;
he’s not a martyr. But the very
act of doing what he does will
stir up things, will stir up a
certain amount of talk and
dissension, will embarrass his
superior officers.”
Joseph Heller interviewed by
Krassner in The Realist.
Dr. Wenger and members of
the Board of Trustees, the time
has come for a day of reckoning.
The “establishmentarian
Goliath” which you represent
(the super-respectable image of
Atlantic Christian College) is
long out dated and
discriminatory in its policies.
Atlantic Christian College lags
far behind in the social trans
formation that has occurred on
the American college scene.
Certain policies must be
changed.
Point Number One: In the
college handbook, 1973-74, on
page 15, under “Housing,” the
fifth paragraph, it so states—
“The college reserves the
right for authorized persons to
insp>ect all resident hall rooms,
and to enter these rooms in order
to check on room maintenance,
property damage, or to conduct
other college business.”
This is an unlawful regulation
which directly runs contrary to
the Constitution of the United
State. In the Fourth Amendment
to the United States Constitution
it is clearly stated that—
"The right of the people to be
secure in their persons, house,
papes, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated,
and no warrants shall issue, but
upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation and
particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons
or things to be seized.”
It is of my opinion and others,
that you. Dr. Wenger and
members of the Board of
Trustees, have not prescribed to
the letter of the law. Because of
this illegal regulation, you have
deprived the students residing in
the dorms, of their constitutional
rights, which is of course
depriving them of their civil
liberties.
The Keeper
On Ocracoke
Sea-Oats sown to hold the sand
Dig in tenaciously
When wind and sea march
ashore.
Forts of wire, timber, concrete,
Succumb to the elements
While now we spare the coast
our help.
Spare it war!
May the earth enjoy a sabbath
Before the shores, skies, and
hills be black
With second homes, auto-reefs,
and oil spills.
Who then will tend the “refuge”,
Count the fowl and crustacean?
Who will enumerate the sand
And measure the ocean’s ex
panse
If we be gone?
Where were you, Job,
When I held inventory last year?
Point Number Two: The code
of living for resident women is
discriminatory in its
regulations. Male students who
reside in their dormitories have
unlimited hours. Why isn’t it the
same for the women? Thus, Dr.
Wenger and members of the
Board of Trustees, you have
committed another unlawful act
against the female students at
this school. Your actions have in
this way, created a great
disturbance in the lives of many
of the female students here. As
with any unconstitutional act or
illegal regulation, either an
evaluation should be made to
correct these two illegal
situations or you, Dr. Wenger
and members of the Board of
Trustees and any other
responsible persons engagerf
the regulations of these actl
should be lawfully tried in .
court of law to be held J
countable for your actions I
denying the civil liberties ofth!
Atlantic Christian CoHes^
students. Authority exercised in
an illegitimate way is just that
illegitimate.
My final suggestion for the
Board and Dr. Wenger is to read
Ed Sorel’s book, Making iht
World Safe for Hypocrisy I
think you fine folks would find it
quite enjoyable.
“You know that might be the
answer — to act boastfully about
something we ought to be
ashamed of. That’s a trick that
never seems to fail.”
—Catch 22
Voice Of Reality
I am writing in reference to the letter to the editor in
the Jan. 30,1974 edition of this paper. Perhaps I can save
those poor misguided young men from a hfe of stark
reality.
First, let me say that it is high time we got off of the
Board of Trustee’s and Administration’s backs. Let us
remember that it is only through their divine grace (and
a hell of a lot of money) that we are able to attend this
institution. Yes, it is only the stern guiding hand of these
men that keeps us from leaving here prepared to face a
world of real people. Can’t you see how wonderful these
men are? (Even if you can’t see these men.) Oh, and you
say they have no right to search your room. Rememter,
you only pay an outrageous rent for that hole-in-the-wall
with the community john, you have no right to privacy.
And then, you could have something there that might
warp your morals: a Playboy magazine, alcohol, or
even a girl. God forbid!
Did someone say girl? Well that brings us to another
point. Some people say that we should allow visitation, I
disagree. Visitation would only hurt the motel business
in Wilson. And besides, where can you find such en
tertainment,- around here, as that in the parlor of a girl’s
dorm on Saturday night? You say go to the movies at
Hardy Hall? No thanks, I’ve already, seen “Snow
White” three times.
You say you’d like to be able to talk privately with
your girlfriend or maybe be able to study with her?
POPPY-COCK!!! If visitation is allowed, there will be
nothing but sex during these hours. Still think I’m
wrong! Well just remember: “Cleanliness is next to
Godliness.” And what could be any dirtier than boys and
girls being together?
Now we come to alcohol. It’s a nice drive to a place to
get a beer and sit and talk with friends. That’s the way it
should be. I say, let’s keep the drunks out of the dorms
and on the streets and highways where they belong!!!
Now, I hope you guys can see the follies of your
reasoning. You have made valid points about pertinent
issues, but you are only children. (20-year-old children).
How do you know what students want? You are oiJy
students. You only live, eat, sleep, and go to class with
other students. The Administration was seen peeping
out the window at students walking by last week and
somebody showed the Board of Trustees a picture of
Hines Hall, These people really know what’s going on;
they are really in touch. Besides, what right have you to
say how life on this campus should be? Your name is not
emblazed across the front of the dorm. You only live
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