Records are confidential
in registrar’s office
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By D. H. Nicholson
A problem of continuing concern for
the college student today is the confident
iality of his permanent records in the
files of his college or university. This a
problem because so few students really
understand the confidential nature of their
records and-or the role of the college or
university in keeping the records confid
ential.
With a definite increase in the number
of governmental and private agencies
which are making demands for more
information about students for various
reasons, most institutions of higher edu
cation have developed very definite and,
lerefore, rather firm policies concerning
release of information about their
present or former students. With the pre
ceding in mind, the rest of this column
will be devoted to a summary of the
policy of Chowan College which pertains
to student records and the obligations of
the College to the maintenance and avail
ability of these records.
The Registrar here at Chowan, as he is
elsewhere, is responsible for the mainten
ance of all permanent records of students,
present or former, of the College. He is
also generally responsible for the release
of any information to agencies outside his
office, including other departments of the
College; the student; other educational
institutions; local, state, and federal agen
cies; prospective employers; or commerci
al enterprises.
Since, student records in the Registrar’s
office are considered personal and confid
ential, most information therefrom will be
released to sources outside of this Col
lege only upon the written request or
consent from the student, his parents, his
guardians, or his next of kin. However,
the following information may be re
leased to prospective employers, credit
investigators, insurance companies, gov-
Plans are complete
for Spring Festival
By JULIE HOSKINS
The 1970 Spring Festival is scheduled
for April 25. This year’s festival wUl have
a coronation and a “campus carnival.”
Planned events include parents’ day, open
house, and class reunions, as well as the
coronation, performances, carnival, supper,
and dances. The coronation and carnival
will be held on the campus green.
THE COURT
The coronation of the Spring Festival
Court will be held at 3 p.m. in the center
of campus. The queen Pauline Robinson,
escorted by Pete Carpenter will be crowned
at this time. The princess and court will
be presented with their escorts.
This presentation will include Susan
Brothers escorted by Joe Parker, Donna
Burnette escorted by Chuck Pinnell, Deb
bie Vinson escorted by Bob Ambrose, Amel
ia Garner escorted by Larry Tice, Paige
Buren escorted by Bobby Kilboume and
Pat Clifton escorted by Jimmy Crawley.
Flower girls for the coronation ceremonies
are Suzanne Edwards and Joy Garrison.
Crown bearer is Rowland Pittman.
The girls will be dressed in white formals
with flowers and ribbons in an accenting
color. The queen and princess’ outfits
will be accented with green. Pink, blue,
and orange will accent the court’s outfits.
Escorts will wear white dinner jackets.
After the coronation of the court, per
formances will be given by gymnasts on
the balance beam, the men’s glee club,
and the Chowan pep ^uads. Queen Pau
line Robinson will officially open the “Cam
pus Carnival” at 3:30 p.m.
CARNIVAL
The carnival will be opened from 3:30
until 5 p.m. Dorms and clubs will sponsor
booths which will be arranged in a circle
on the green. A calliope has been rented
and will be played by Prof. Bob Mulder.
Supper is to be served on the green from
4:30 until 5:30.
A banquet is planned for the court in the
President’s dining room at 6 p.m. The
court, their parents, escorts, and admini
strative officials will be present.
DANCES
Two dances are scheduled in the Spring
Festival activities. Friday night Maurice
Williams and the Zodiacs will play for a
casual dance. Admission is free in the
Thomas Cafeteria from 8 to 12 p.m.
Saturday night the Tams will perform at
a formal dance in Thomas Cafeteria from
8-12 p.m. Admision is $3 a couple. There
will be a receiving line including the court
and administrative officials in the Presi
dent’s dining room. The court will be pre
sented at the dance and the queen and
her escort will lead a closed dance for
the court and their escorts.
PARENTS’ DAY
Parents have been invited to the col
lege to join in the festivities. Parents will
register in East Hall lounge. A President’s
Coffee Hour will be from 10 to
11 a.m. on the President’s lawn. Students
are invited to accompany their parents.
Open House will be held in Green Hall,
Askew Student Union, Gymnasium, McDo
well Columns, Penny Infirmary, Whitaker
Library, Daniel Hall, and McSweeney Hall.
Student hosts and hostesses will be in each
building.
Lunch will be served to the parents in
Thomas Cafeteria. The meal is free upon
presentation of identification.
Open House will also be held in all resi
dence halls from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Marks
Hall will be op^ed at this hour. Student
hosts and hostesses are to be In each
building.
ALUMNI
There is also a program scheduled for
the alumni. They will have coffee in Marks
Hall. Class reunions for the classes of 1930,
1940 and 1950 are planned for the day.
A campus tour is scheduled and a re
union luncheon is the President’s dining
room in Thomas Cafeteria. President’s
reception will be held from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m.
in McDowell Columns for alumni only.
Miss Virginia, Sydney Lee Lewis, will
be present at the Reunion Luncheon and
coronation ceremonies. Miss Lewis is a
former student of Chowan.
In case of rain, the Spring Festival Pro
gram will be held in the gymnasium. The
decision will be made by 2:30, April 25.
Three Chowan students
to attend printing show
By FRANK GRANGER
Three Chowan College students will repre
sent the college at the Phildelphia Litho
Clinic to be held in Philadelphia April 3-4.
Phil Ferguson, Tom Hoggard, and Tom
Manning will operate a booth for the School
of Graphic Arts. They also plan to attend
the five sessions to be held relating to the
new developments in the printing industry.
The clinic is sponsored by the Phildelphia
Litho Club and is designed to bring members
of the industry together to discuss common
problems and solutions as well as to keep
abreast with the current changes in the
field.
Chowan College and Rochester Technical
Institute will be the only colleges operating
booths at the clinic as they are two of the
most prominent institutions offering a gra
phic arts program.
The students will distribute examples of
the four-color process work done by the
students at the college and be on hand to
offer information to those interested.
A special brochure has been printed to
Kescribe the school. Chowan College is one
f the most well known institutions offering
a degree in graphic arts.
The students at Chowan College School of
Graphic Arts design and print a student
newspaper, an annual containing four-color
printing, a monthly magazine as well as
all other printing requirements of the col
lege.
With Wooden Lighter?
A mail-order house offers a lamp that
gives “a gracious, intimate glow to your
dinner table.”
It comes complete with a windproof glass
globe that keeps it lit, indoors or out. “Fills
with kerosene at the base — just like those
of the earlier era! No need for outlets —
no cords to trip over!”
Wow! Ain’t progress wonderful! — Annis
ton (Ala.) Star
PHIL FERGUSON
rOM MANNING
ernmental agencies, either in writing or
orally on the phone, without consent of
the student: name of a particular student;
his recorded home and local address;
his dates of attendance; degree, if any,
and date granted; curriculum. In addi
tion to the preceding general policy con
cerning disclosure of information about
the student’s record, other educational
institutions may be furnished class stand
ing, grades, reports on disciplinary act
ions, if these reports should exist.
Generally, transcripts (copies of the
student’s official educational record)
may be obtained only by the student
upon request to the Registrar, within the
guidelines established by the Registrar
and published in the Chowan College Cata
log and the Student Handbook. The trans
cript with the seal of the College and
the signature of the Registrar is never
sent to the student but directly to the
address of the agency or institution to
which the student is making application
for one reason or another. If the stu
dent wants a transcript for himself, his
will be without the official seal and the
Registrar’s signature.
Another area of growing concern and
importance is that related to investigative
agencies and their increasing demands for
information about present or former stu
dents. We, at Chowan College, feel that
we must do everything to protect the
student and insure his right to privacy.
Therefore, when processing confidential
forms, or other matter, for possible employ
ment with governmental agencies or pri
vate institutions, if it becomes evident that
disclosures of information not otherwise
releaseable will be in the best interest
of the student, the student will be notified
at the last known address and requested
to make his desire known as to whether
or not the information will be disclosed.
Impetus for the release of possibly
derogatory information must originate with
the student, his parents, or his guardians.
In cases where the present or former
student is involved in a court proceeding,
and information is requested by some
party for the proceeding, this request will
honored only with the student’s consent
or a subpoena from the court.
To local, state, and federal agencies
such as the FBI, the SBI, to local and
state police officers, to the Civil Service
and Military Intelligence, et cetera, all
academic and personal information, other
than that information identified before,
which is deemed pertinent may not be
released except under approval and super
vision of the Registrar. It is assumed that
the Registrar will have authorization from
the student concerned if the former feels
that the release would result in the stu
dent’s being placed in an unfavorable
situation or if that release would jeopard
ize the integrity of the College.
Circle K attends
state meeting
By STEVE MARLOWE
On March 6, 7, and 8 three members of the
Cirlce K Club, Ken Goodman, Steve Marlowe,
and Carl Clary, represented Chowan at the
Carolina Convention, held in Charlotte at the
White House Inn.
Saturday morning the convention began
with welcoming addresses by such distin
guished guests as John Belk, the mayor of
Charlotte, Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon, chaplain
at UNC-Charlotte, and Chip Wright, conven
tion chairman.
The key speaker at the opening session
was Mike Adams, president of Circle K, as
well as improving Kiwanis relations with the
local campuses.
During the afternoon session some of the
members attended several of the successful
workshops. From the things mentioned in
these workshops the club hopes to improve
its fund-raising projects, service projects,
and its relationship throughout the Circle K
organization.
Saturday night was strictly politics. Ken
and Carl were delegates who participated in
the divisional caucauses. Each club was
allowed only two delegates.
The convention came to a close with the
election of divisional and state officers for
the coming year. John Coleman from Davidson
was elected governor, Ned Hill from N.C.
Wesleyan was elected lieutenant governor of
the Eastern Division, while Charles Cook of
N.C. State University was elected secretary.
The Circle K club of Chowan College was
financed at the convention by the Ahoskie
Kiwanis club.
Odyssey psychs
By ANNE HANDEL and
ROBERT WALKER
The Odyssey came from nowhere and
hope to end up somewhere.
The group consists of five members
whose main interest is to enlighten the
student body of Chowan about music. The
current trend seems to be hard-rock and
underground, or better called psychodelic
music.
It is the band’s hope to create a spirit
of enthusiasm in the student body.
The band members are Bob Stone,
drums; Dennis Rothrode, organ and vocal;
Barry Ashley, base guitar; Tom Overfield,
lead guitar; and Michael Marseglia, lead
singer.
Their first engagement was at the Pub
and the performance was met with an
enthusiastic response from the students.
It is hoped that this enthusiasm will stay
with the students.
(4kO/C£
Friday. March 27, 1970
Volume 2—Number 13
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Pauline Robinson named
Queen of Spring Festival
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PAULINE ROBINSON
. . .New Queen of Spring
Remarks quoted which
Presidents dislike hearing
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (AP) - Remarks that a col
lege president gets tired of hearing:
“There’s a delegation of outraged students
waiting to see you, sir.”
“Your office will be quite shipshape. Dr.
Bedrock, as soon as we finish sweeping up
the broken window glass.”
“Do you teach anything at this place ex
cept rebellion.?”
“Certainly the board feels you deserve a
raise. Dr. Bedrock, but let’s look at it
realistically. After all, you’re already earn
ing more than a master plumber.”
“There’s a delegation of outraged alumni
waiting to see you, sir.”
“It was bad enough for them to scatter
your confidential files to the winds. Dr.
Bedrock, but when they also stole your
Phi Beta Kappa key-well, that’s really
playing dirty pool.”
“Good old Cobweb College. No wonder I'm
sentimental about it. Some of the best riots
of my life were fought here.”
“It’s the mayor on the phone, sir. He
says he’s sorry but he has to have his police
force back. City Hall is under attack.”
“In a way I envy you fellows who live the
academic life. It helps protect you from hav
ing to face reality.”
“No, this isn’t a battlefield. It’s our cam
pus.”
“I know you must be starving, sir. If you
will give me permission. I’ll try to break
through their picket lines and bring you
back a sandwich. Even though they know
I’m your secretary, I don’t think they’ll
strike an old woman.”
“I hate to twist the arm of an old class
mate, Bedrock, old buddy, but for old times’
sake can’t you overrule your admissions
committee and get my son in somehow? He
lasted almost a full semester at his last
college.”
“There’s a delegation of outraged parents
waiting to see you, sir.”
“It’s the governor on the phone, sir. He
says he’s sorry but he’ll have to withdraw
the National Guard troops in order to pro
tect the State Capitol. It's surrounded by
a delegation of outraged taxpayers.”
“Of course, we will admire your scholarly
reputation, Dr. Bedrock, but what this col
lege needs is more endowment money. To
put it bluntly, you’ll have to get it or go.”
“About the only real emergency we have
to confront this morning. Dr. Bedrock, in
volves the student infirmary. They’re out
of birth control pills again-and there’s a
full moon tonight.”
Women Outdistance
Men—But Bad
Militant feminists are always kicking up
a fuss over masculine assumptions of a su
perior status.
They point out that women are not only
the equals of men in every regard except
mutual respect, but are physically more
durable, live longer, have fewer mental
breakdowns and are prettier to look at. All
ture.
They also declare that their intelligence
is the equal of any man’s, and any man who
has a mind in proper working order will
readily admit it.
But why is it, girls, that the U. S. Depart
ment of Public Health can report that in
the past 10 years the percentage of American
women who smoke has increased from 28
per cent to 40 percent, while the number of
men smokers has dropped from 59 per
cent to 40?
Don’t look now, dears, but your smart
is slipping. — Asheville (N.C.) Citizen
Chowan College’s Queen of Spring, Mary
Ritchie lost her title in a final ruling by
the Faculty Judiciary on March 17.
At the Queen of Spring Pageant held
in McDowell Columns Building on Feb. 17
Miss Ritchie was chosen to reign over the
Spring Festival April 24.
Miss Ritchie was brought before Women’s
Council on March 9, on a charge of failing
to sign out for an overnight destination on
Feb. 26. The Womens’v Council placed Miss
Ritchie on preliminary suspension and 16
days strict campus. The 16 days of strict
campus is to end when students leave
the campus for the spring holidays.
Last year Becky Gantt, a member of the
Spring Court, was on disciplinary probation
at the time of the Spring Festival. There
is a college regulation which stipulates
that no person on discplinary probation
or preliminary suspension may be a public
representative of the college.
At that time Dean McKeithan requested
that an exception be made because this
charge was such a minor one. The Faculty
Judiciary granted the exception.
Because an exception was made at that
time, the Faculty Judiciary met in the
case of Miss Ritchie on March 17 and
members ruled that no exception would
be granted in the case of preliminary sus
pension.
On March 18 Miss Pauline Robinson,
first runnerup in the Queen of Spring Pag
eant, accepted the title of Queen of Spring
and will serve in that capacity.
Roger Mudd
scheduled to
speak here
CBS newscaster, Roger Mudd, who has
reported from the nation’s capitol for nearly
12 years, will speak at Chowan College Monday,
April 6 at 8 p.m. in McDowell Columns audi
torium.
Mudd was project^ into the national lime
light in 1964 when he set a record in marathon
reporting of the Senate debate on the Civil
Rights Bill, broadcasting for 67 days from the
Senate steps.
He is seen frequently on ‘‘Face The Nation,
“CBS Reports,” “CBS Evening News With
Walter Cronkite” and has his own show on
Saturday, from 7-7:30 p.m. (E.S.T.).
Mudd joined CBS News in July, 1%1 after
serving as a member of the News and Public
Affairs Department for WTOP and WTOP-TV
in Washington. While a member of the WTOP
staff, Mudd accompanied Soviet Premier
Nikita Krushchev during his 1959 tour of the
United States and provided the commentary on
the televised Senate Select Committee hear
ings on racketeering in labor and management.
Before joining WTOP, Mudd was News
Director for WRNL in Richmond, Va., and re
porter for the Richmond News-Leader.
A top news reporter and authoritative speak
er, he brings years of experience and research
to the platform in a program of behind-the-
scenes reporting from Capitol Hill. His topic
is “Inside Congress.”
His appearance is under the sponsorship
of the Student Government Association. A re
ception will follow his address in Marks Hall
auditorium.
ROGER MUDD