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the clarion
April 26, 196J
editorial
COMMENTS
The new drinking rule has been released about
a week now and already situations are wh^ch
have the possibility of causing students to be dis
missed from the colleg'©. . .
Therefore, with less than three weeks of this
academic year remaining, we feel that^ clarificatio
should be made and ask for the readers attention i
order to not cause expulsion in these closing mo-
"^^’^^^'rphe rule, written below as was released, states
that there is to be no drinking on campus at all. ine
campus is considered where the boundar^s of the
town property stops and the college property •
Therefore, a parked car in Beam parking lot i
campus. The area under the bridge near the bam is
on campus.
The^e^ to be no possession or manufacturer on
campus. Since we have not heard of an instance in
volving the latter, we shall not deal with
But there has been possession on “w
ramous is the key word. A car in a campus parki g
lot is on cam'pus. A suitease in a closet is
A misplaced block yielding a hole in a dorm wil
is on campus. Okay? ^
Point # 3 and a very important one.
Although the college does not halt off campus
consumption, except at college - sponsored fu^etjons,
jurisdiction does prevail on the , ^^Id the
tion has risen concerning someone L
consumption rule on campus, but who to As e
ville drank, and returned to campus. / f
is according to the statement of the rule, that such
aA Son wHl be tolerated as long as mdmdual
creates ns commotion or big disturbance. If such
TdMurbance is created, this is cause for automatic
referral to the Judicial Board. _ ^ j-jnW
Is it too much to ask if one is going to drink,
to do 80 off campus and when he returns to camp
us, to act in a civilized manner?
We, the Presidential Council, and the Student
Government Association do not think so.
Look Before You Leap
Over the past two weeks, a widespread and ar
rogant opinion has been formulated by many ®^«dents
regarding the actions of the Judicial Board. In ^
ening to this scuttlebutt which apparently has di
seased the thinking of many, we have observed that
the varying accusations, are unwarranted and ar
merely expressions of emotions, not necessarily truth.
Ignorance always finds its way into a contro
versy, but in this case, it has come to roost at the t^
level. We have again noted from an objective ob
servation, which is only way to evaluate a matter,
that those violently opposed to the
Board actions cannot relate the names of the boam
members, the manner in which the board was ef^^ab-
lished, nor the actual duties and jurisdiction of tne
It appears that such a situation is ve^ danger
ous. Lashing out at the unknown is indeed hazardous
and is like placing one’head on the block of a guillo-
Therefore, we suggest that students find the
facts before starting to draw conclusions.
You just might save your head!
College Establishes
New Drinking Rule
A Strange
Encounter Made
By Student
BY KEN EATON
Greenwich Village is the tj^e
of place where almost anything
can happen.
When the Glee Club was on
tour, I went to Greenwich Vil
lage one time. And while I was
there I bumped into something
that was quite fascinating.
A man was standing on a van
truck talking to a crowd of
about 20 people. He was a fun
damentalist minister or evan
gelist, and had the nerve
enough to face this crowd of
hippies. Black Power advocates,
etc. The man was preaching on
what he thought was the answer
to the world. “Only by giving
your life to Jesus Christ can
you have Love, Peace, and Un
derstanding. You must be born
again and made anew.”
Many in the crowd sniggered
and laughed aloud at him. M-
ter a little while a well bum
black man with an African style
haircut yelled out: “What is
this garbage that you’re trying
to feed these people? They want
something that’s real, man.
Like the concept of God is re
Love, man. Love! Love! Love!
And it doesn’t matter what col
or your skin is.”
And the iblaok man kept talk
ing like this, very loudly, and
completely drowning out the
evangelist.
This crowd soon grew tirea
of both of them and the people
started leaving. As I I
couldn’t help feeling that the
greatest thing in the world
would be that these two seem
ingly different people come to
a “meeting of the minds. I
couldn't help but think that
these men were talking about
the same thing. They were just
on different wave lengths.
Dear Editor;
It sieems as though a new
rule has been set in West Beam
Dormitory. All girls are re
quired to have a signed out by
six o’clock on Friday evening
for the entire weekend. We have
been informed that we should
observe the dorm mother’s of
fice hours, being from
six Monday through Friday.
We’ve also been told that this
has been set by Dean Burgess.
If this is so, then why doesn t
this rule apply to Jones SWs
also? She has, however, made
an exception and that being
that, if you have made late
plan’s she will sign it, but not
continuosuly. My main Sripe
about the whole problem is that
I have gone to the office dur
ing hours without finding any
one to sign me out. Consequent
ly many other girls have been
forced into not signing out and
a punishment, possibly a camp-
usment follows. I feel this very
unfair. Could someone try to
clear this up?
Name withheld upon request.
■C
Dear Editor,
It seems that someone wants
to know who I am. (Dear Cla-
rio - last issue). As to why the
sheet signs *■ it is quite sim*
pie. It serves as an outlet for
stress and adds an element of
adventure to an otherwise dull
diet of school routine. The
time of year may have some
thing to do with it too. iUi
all, the motive is primarily fun.
However, some who puli
pranks tend to exercise their
immaturity by getting excited
and overriding good judgment
and sense and hurting some
one or destroying property. My
first rule in fun and pranking
is “Weigh the consequences be
fore hand and NEVER do any
thing to hurt, destroy proper
ty, or hinder the rights of oth
ers.” “If this rule is follow
ed, we will all have a good
grin and no one will be sorry.
So, see how high you can
hang ’em and in the weirdest
location possible.
Yours truly,
THE PHANTOM
Different Aims Bring
Revolution In Protestors
(ACP)—Although most stud
ent protesters are deadly seri
ous aibout achieving their de
mands, some groups are making
their points in other ways.
Six blind students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina hsve
demanded blind professors ainl
braille textbooks. Although
they admitted their protest was
made “to take the wind out of
the black student movement,”
they also suggested blinding
everyone so no one ‘^vould
know what’s black and what’s
Demonstration Restrictions
Established By CoUege
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The Presidential Council has
X>assed a new policy on drinking
and drugs on Brevard College
campus and released it last
week.
The council has been work
ing on the new policy all year.
The new policy is as follows;
“Beyond local, state and fed
eral laws which restrict and
regulate the manufacture, sale,
purchase, possession and con
sumption of alcoholic beverages
and drugs, Brevard College dis
courages the use of these com
modities in any form at any
time by its students, and spec
ifically prohibits their manu
facture, sale, purchase, posses
sion and consumption on the
Campus or at any off - campus
College function; further, any
abuse of persons or property,
whether on or off thie Campus,
resulting from the use of these
commodities shall not be tole
rated.”
Northfield, Minn.—(I.P.) —
The Student Life Committee at
St. Olaf CoUege has passed a
demonstration policy statement.
There is at present no college
policy with regard to demon
strations.
According to the statement
“peaceful and non-obstructive
demonstrations are among
those activities in which mem
bers of the college community
are free to enage.” An ol^ruc-
tive demonstration, which is
prohibited, in generally defind
as “deliberate and continued
impending or disruption ^ of ac
cess to or conduct of institu
tional activities relevant to the
college’s educational mission.”
Dean Bruce Rolberts stated
that “St. Olaf needs guidelines
in this area to insure the rights
of the students.” He indicated
that without a stated college
I>olicy administrative action
could become arfbitrary on oc
casion. “This is an eWort to
assure the freedom of the stud
ents.”
Dean Roberts also pointed
out the section of the joint
statement on rights and free
doms of students which refers
to off - campus freedom of stud
ents. “As citizens, students
should enjoy the same freedom
I of speech, peaceful assembly,
and right of petition that other
citizens enjoy.” Summing up,
Dean Roberts said, “This is not
a negative statement, hut a pos
itive one, designed to protect
the rights of the students.”
white.”
A group of students at Q^ieens
College (N. Y.) who call Uiem-
selves Irish Revolutionaries In
terested in Scholastic Help
(IRISH) issued a series of de
mands to the college and took
over a campus building used
for storage. Their deman(b in
cluded the observance of St.
i Patrick’s Day as a holiday and
establishment oS a Gaelic stnd-
' ies program.
I A grouip of students at the
I University of Wisconsin in Mad
ison presented a list of de
mands from the “Homophiles
of Madison” requesting the es
tablishment of a homosexnal
studies department and the m-
stitution of “gay” social everts,
A new counter - revolution
ary organization formed at Wic
hita State University calls it
self SPAlSiM — the
the Prevention of Asinine stna-
ent Movements.
Brevard Students
Attend Convention
Three Brevard students at
tended the annual Spring Con
ference of the North Carolina
Baptist Student Union. The
conference was held in Gastonia
and was attended by senior and
junior college representatives
from around the state.
Gary Trotter, President of
the BC chapter, June Garren,
and Rory Blake attended &e
meeting which saw the election
of new state officers for the
coming academic year.
Jo Ann Pace of Mars Hill
College, a former student at
Brevard, was elected Secretary
of the State BSU.
During the three-day confer
ence, students stayed in the
homes O’f members of the First
Baptist Church of Gastonia
Combes Addresses
Fellowship Hall
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Indian towns and The Bnte
Fort Prince George ^
subject of a talk by
D. Combes to the Friends of
Library and their J
April 24, at 8:^ P- M- m fte
Fellowship Hall 0‘f the
terian Church.
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