Volume 10 Number 6
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Dallas
North Carolina
Tuesday, March 23, 1976
Meet. ...
Helen Marvin, Candidate For N.C. Senate
HELEN RHYNE MARVIN
“I am happy to announce my
candidacy for the North
Carolina Senate in the up
coming election. I want to point
out that I am not running
against any incumbent. I am
running for one of the three
seats in the delegation
representing Rutherford,
Cleveland, Lincoln, and Gaston
Counties,” said Helen Rhyne
Marvin, a professor of Political
Science and American History
for 11 years at Gaston College.
She made this announcement at
the Democratic Headquarters
in the new Eastridge Mall in
Gastonia.
For many years as a teacher
of government, Mrs. Marvin
has encouraged her students to
take an active interest in public
affairs and to accept en
thusiastically and con
scientiously the obligations of
responsible citizenship, and
even run for public office if
qualified. Mrs. Marvin feels
now is the time to practice what
she has been preaching. She
believes that citizens
everywhere have lost con
fidence in public institutions
and public officials and thus
have become apathetic about
politics and feel alienated from
our political process. Mrs.
Marvin said, “Unfortunately
there are valid reasons for this
disillusionment. However, we
who believe in the American
system of constitutional
democracy and free enterprise
cannot just sit idlely by and
permit our political system to
disintegrate.”
Other excerpts from Mrs.
Marvin’s announcement speech
were ...
“I am totally committed to
the allocation of sufficient tax
dollars to provide quality
education for our young people
and continuing educational
opportunities for all our
citizens.
“I am equally determined
that the individual tax load be
held to a minimum and that the
taxpayer receive the best value
for each dollar spent.
“This government must be
both efficient and responsive to
the needs of the people. To
assure this we must select
public officials of unquestioned
honesty and integrity and
committed to the principle of
open decision making and
accountability to the voters.
“We must face up to the fact
that there are many problems
which cannot be solved by
adding another government
program or committmg huge
sums of money.”
Mrs. Marvin then concluded
her announcement speech. “To
these ends I pledge myself.”
Presently, Mrs. Marvin is
serving as the head of the
department of Social Science at
Gaston College. Her experience
and work with the Democratic
Party includes serving as
President of the Gaston County
Democratic Women. Mrs.
Marvin was educated in the
Gastonia City Schools, received
her B.A. Degree from Furman
University and her M.A. Degree
in Political Science from
Louisiana State University.
Mr. Fenwick Huss, New Administrative Council Has Approved
Economics Instructor Enforcement Of Traffic Regulations
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‘In the classroom, I have found them inquisitive. Already, I’ve
had some to come by the office for extra help, which is a good sign
for me that they are concerned about their progress in the course,”
said Fenwick Huss, a new instructor at Gaston beginning during
the Spring Quarter.
Huss who is 25 and single has been at Gaston for three weeks now.
He attended Tryon High School which has since then been con
solidated with Bessemer City and Cherryville High Schools. He
then traveled to Chapel Hill where he did his undergraduate work
and then on to the University of Connecticut where he received a
Master of Arts in Economics.
While in Chapel Hill, Huss was involved in a club called AIESEC,
a French title meaning Association International Etudiant in
Economics and Commercials. This is an international organization
which places foreign students in different business for internship.
During the summer of ’74, Huss participated in a study tour
organized by Guilford College called Seminars Abroad. In Am
sterdam, the mayor held a seminar on city planning, city politics,
etc ... While in Russia, Huss had dinner in the home of a member of
the Communist party. He feels Russia has a class structure, but
that the Russians don’t want the American people to believe this.
In West Berlin, he attended a seminar on East-West Relationships
with students and instructors from the local schools.
While at Gaston, Huss has had the opportunity to sit in on an
Administrative Council Meeting. Mr. Huss said, “The atmosphere
was cordial and relaxed among administrators. I noted no
hesitancy on the part of the group to voice their opinions which is
important for the effective administration of the school,” Huss
went on to say, “I’m having difficulty in getting supplies but
progress is being made. I now have a bookshelf and the key is on
the way.” He is favorably impressed with the teachers at Gaston,
“They all seem to be sincere and dedicated,” stated Huss.
At the present time, Huss is finishing up two classes for the
Winter Quarter at Cleveland Technical Institute in Shelby where he
is teaching Income Tax Accounting and Money and Banking. Huss
is teaching one class at Gaston, Accounting 201 in room C-118 at
12:00. He is also teaching two classes at the Lincoln Center in
Lincolnton, including Accounting 202 and Economics 202
Anyone, other than a visitor,
who comes on this campus for
any reason is required to have a
parking sticker,” stated Mr.
Russell Keck, Chairman of the
Traffic Committee.
Traffic Regulations were
approved for enforcement by
the Administrative Council on
Tuesday, March 16, but will not
be effective until they are
passed by the Board of
Trustees. Some of the
regulations include: 1) the
Dean of Students will have the
authority to suspend or revoke
for a period of time not in excess
of 12 months the parking
privileges of a student who has
committed three or more of
fenses within a period of 12
months; also the Dean of In-
struction will have the authority
to suspend or revoke for a
period of time not in excess of 12
months the parking permits
issued to staff and faculty
members who commit three or
more offenses within a period of
12 months; after parking
privileges have been suspended
or revoked, cars found parked
on the campus will be towed
away; 2) No student may
register a vehicle not owned by
himself, his spouse, a parent, or
his guardian, or assigned him
by his employer. Falsification
of registration information may
result in the denial to park a car
on the Gaston College campus;
3) Failure to properly register
a vehicle may result in it being
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SGA Elections April 22
The Student Government
Association announces that
elections will be held on April 22
to elect executive officers and
two sophomore senators for the
next academic year.
According to the constitution,
the candidates for President
and Vice-President must run as
team, and candidates for
Secretary and Treasurer run
individually. The above officers
will receive scholarships of $100
■per quarter to cover the ex
penses of books and tuition.
Two sophomore senators will
also be elected individually.
Filing deadline for petitions to
run for the above offices is April
8, and petitions may be picked
up and returned at Room 106 in
the Administration Building at
the office of the Dean of
Students. All persons interested
in the SGA can get additional
information at Room 106 in the
Administration Building or
Room 108 in the Classroom
Building, the SGA office.
are as follows: $2.00 per
academic year or any portion
thereof, beginning with the fall
quarter, $2.00 for one additional
vehicle, $1.00 for replacing lost
or defaced permits; 5) Parking
is permitted only in designated
areas, except that vehicles of
the College, its agents, or public
utility companies are permitted
to park in other than designated
parking areas as the main
tenance of streets, grounds, and
utility lines require; 6) Parking
is prohibited anywhere on
campus for the purpose of
displaying a vehicle for sale,
washing, greasing, or repairing
a vehicle; 7) Loading and
unloading areas, visitors’ area,
and Rhodes Drive are strictly
enforced as tow-away zones;
and 8) All persons receiving
citations for violations of these
regulations have the right to
appeal provided they submit, in
writing such appeal to the Dean
of Students within 48 hours,
exclusive of Saturdays, Sun
days and College holidays.
Student appeals will be referred
to the student court and then to
the College Traffic Com
mittee, Faculty, staff, and
administrator appeals will be
referred directly to the College
Traffic Committee, and visitor
appeals shall be handled by the
(See REGULATIONS P. 3)