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PAGE TWO THE CLARION January 3i EDITORIAL COMMENTS ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Gripes, gripes, and more gripes. This is all we hear lately about everything from no sex on campus to the weather in Brevard. We strongly sugge^ that you take advantage of the op portunities that are opening up to you and express that two-cent’s - worth or a nickel’s - worth or what ever you may have. Mr. David Holcombe, Mrs. Doris Potts, Mr. Richard Wilson, Miss Gayle Ander son and four students whose names appear in print close - by are trying to find out what some of these knuckleheads who call themselves students are griping about. Admittedly, some gripes are very legitimate. But make them known to some one who can do something about them. Attend one of those committee meetings. You will not regret it. We also get rumors. Presently, there is one circulating that deals with a “select” group of our female students who are on AP. We have a few facts. Let us know of more- “The pen is mightier than the sword,” so you twenty - five (if you exist), let us hear something besides mumbles. We have to commend the Freshman Class of ficers for coming through with such a good plan for the Spring Dance. Ken Eaton, President of the class, recently announced that the class has secured Willie Mitchell and His Group (of “Soul Sernade” and “Green Onions” fame) for the May 3 affair. In cidentally, if Mr. Mitchell does not make the dance, the famous Eisquires are standing by, according to Pres. Eaton. A reminder Several students were lost last semester (in more ways than one) by over - cutting their classes. Remember that all students are allowed one unex cused cut. A “C” average on the previous semester releases two unexcused cuts and a “B” average three cuts. But most important remember that four over cuts requires a judicial board appearance, besides the loss of four quality points- However, the total of excused and unexcused cuts can not total more than twenty per cent of the class meetings. Over cutting here results in an “F” for the course. Think “The three foundations of learning: Seeing much, suffering much, studying much.” Catherall A Projected Look Last year, 1968, was one of the most tumultuous years in recent history. Two prominent leaders were aissa^inated. Student power was evident in the Presidential campaigns and campus rebellions. A new President was elected. These and other events are the continuing legacy of 1969. The peace talks have moved from discus sion of tables to confrontation of issues. Militant destruction is gaining monentum. The Presidential inauguration was given the stigma of a counter - in augural. And as one national magazine put it, “We can orbit the moon, but we can’t solve the problems of the ghetto.” All of these problems are the result of the com mon feeling of dissension. The last relationship mentioned above best reflects the paradox facing the individual. Alienated in computerized progress where anonymous_ specialization is on the increase, he is fast losing his sense of relevance. This romantic outlook is out of step with the technological emphasis of today. That one serves as the foil of the other circumscribes the challenge ahead. What is needed is an interrelated harmony of the two forces; for as dramatically as one advan ces, the other reacts. The solution offered to this dilemma is taken from the idea that man is a member of a great com munity where he should develop loyalties to his fam ily, his own community, and in turn to the communi ty of all mankind. For Brevard students the opportunities for de velopment along these lines are excellent. Because of the fact that we are a small college, we have clos er ties with one another and also with our communi ty. We should take advantage of this relationship to better understand our own relevance to our com munity and that of the world. Censorship Hits Colleges (CPS) — Threatened censor ship and controls by the North Dakota Board of Higher Edu cation and the North Dakota leigislajture drew editors rep resenting six North Dakota college newspapers to Fargo last month. Meeting in a day - long ses sion, the editors voted to adopt part of the newly - issued Code of Conduct of the Board as the basis of their own policy state ment on obscenity. “IStudent puiblieations should be free to act as the voice of the student body, to praise or criticize at will and to espouse any cause, whether camipus-or- iented or not, deemed by them to be appropriate. However, “any and all material in such puiblieations should be in ac cord with thie rules of common decency and fair play.” “The Board has reserved the rigiht to censor us,” said Mike Zaharakis, editor of the Minot (N.D.) State Ckilleige newspap er. “They’re saying it’s the peo ple in the state who should de termine content of the student press. We’re saying the camp us should.” At Muihlenberg College, in Allentoo, Pa., the student pa per’s supply of its Dec. 5 is sue were ‘toyisteriously” taken from the Weekly’s office after the college administration ac- cusedi ithe paper of “obscenity.” An earlier issue of the paper last fall, containing a story on the Democratic Convention, was repotedly confiscated in the same way. In the weeks before Christ mas vacation, the “obscenity- censorship” cycles were evident on more college caiirupuses. The RANKIN FILE BY BILL RANKIN Check this. Now I’ve got my own newspaper column with a clever title and everything. I ^an write about anything I like (or dislike) and use al- most real language. Of course. I can’t use really real language because, as everyone knows, there aw “certain limitations,” good taste and all. You know It would be improper to write certain words, even though I and everyone I know uses them- So, for the sake, of propriety, I’ll just have to settle for poor grammar to add the personal touch to this column I hope that this will blend satisfactorily with the rest of the paper. In the Rankin File, despite the corny name, I will be making observations of signigicant or insi^i- ficant occurences on campus or relating to mem'bers of the college community. I will express viewpoints which may or may not be my own and I’ll probably throw in some totally unrelated subject matter. It would be a good idea to take nothing written in this column too seriously. That’s all the wamin? you’ll get. I am looking forward to using this as an oppor tunity to express a more or less liberal viewpoint, to entertain those of you who agree with me and to abash those of you who do not. I never liked endings. f What About Attendance? Do you like the iwesent at tendance sysitem at Brevard? What do you think would be a suitable system to replace the present one? These are just two of the many questions asked on the questionnaire from the Commit tee on Attendances and Penal ties distributed this week. The purpose of the question naire is two - fold. First, the committee feels that in or^r to develop a suitable system for students and faculty, it is necessary to determine opon- ions outside the committee. It is the hope of the committee that possibly someone outside of the committee will have a logical proposal which the com mittee may have failed to see. Secondly, before any new system which the committee proposes is enforced, the new sysitem must be approved by both a majority of votes from the student body and faculty. If there is not a majority vote of approval from either the student body or faculty, the new system will fail and be sent back to the committee. Therefore, the questionnaire serves as a way for the commit tee to see exactly whait the feeling is on campus and de velop, hopefully, a system whioh can win the majority vote of both students and f^c- —Turn To Page Three It’s Happeningl Love-in, Sit-in, Laugh-in, and Lunoh-in. Lunch-in? What is a Lunch - in? It is what happens every Tuesday and Thursday around 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Besides lunch, the Lunch-in contains all the elements of the other in; you sit and laugh and love because you let your feelings fly to meet head on with the Church - ins, Rev. John Setzer and Rev. Edsel Keith. They are there to talk to you on almost any level. All faculty and administra tion end students are invited not to lunich out apart from each but Lunch-in and meet each other face to face. There is no guarantee of per sonal success, good grades or the like. It is for your sole enjoyiment. And who knows, you might even fill in some of the answers to some of your questions about everything and anything. (jCettepA Dear Editor, It seems obvious that the “Clarion” does its best to hold the interest of students. Since the paper is printed primarily for the students, it contains items about students and stud ent interests. Many students are asked to give an opinion on some su!)- ject or information about an event by a reporter. Some are afraid that their name will ap pear in print, or they might lose a friend or two. Yet students still say that the paper is not interesting. The thought never hits upon the grey matter that they might be partly at fault. When and if it does sitrike, try to do some thing aibout it. It might help to make for better reading. (Sincerely, Kiekey Nichols The CLARION The VOICE of Brevard College Wayne Morton Editor-in-Chief Ronnie H. Smith Associate Editor Dorothy Biangs Business Editor Kiekey Nichols Feature Editor Ronnie D. Smith Sports Editor Sally Perkins, Linda Martin, Kenny Eaton News Staff John Lum, Tony Galvan Editorial Staiff Monte Sharpe, Bill Rankin Colmmnists Gloria Locklear, Pat Downing Feature Staff Bob Gray, Bonnie Brewbaker Sports Staff Loretta Sanders, Bill Robinson Business Staff Robbie Tillotson Cartoonist Rory Blake, Bruce Laudig, Don Kirkendall, John Copes van Hasselt photo'graphers Mrs. Ena Kate Sigmon Advisor Published weekly during the college session, with the exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud ents of Brevard CoUege. Printed by The Transylvania Times, North Broad St., Brevard, N. C.
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