RESULTS OF WOMEN’S POLL
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resolution was authored by Women’s Rules Study Commission and en
dorsed by WIDC. Campus would be defined as follows: The student will not
be allowed to leave the campus except under emergency conditions.
(Vote: Yes-416, No-2)
PROVISION VI
Every woman above a first-semester freshman should have an “overnight
permission”, to sign out for an overnight or weekend at any time without a
note from hostess or parents. First-semester freshmen would observe
regulations.
(Vote: Yes-417, No-2)
JUSTIFICATION
In view of the greater amounts of freedom to which increasing numbers of
freshmen women have been previously accustomed, the Commission feels
this change in permissions is necessary to avoid a rise in incidents of
falsifying destination or unauthorized absence from the dormitory. Also, to
this tendency toward freedom that freshmen women possess, the Commis
sion feels that a sense of responsibility should be added, and that this
change in permission regulations would provide such a chance for responsi
ble action.
(Vote: Yes-417, No-2)
PROVISION VII
Closed study for first-semester freshmen would be terminated.
JUSTIFICATION
In view of the fact that male students have no such restriction, and
realizing that women (and men) are individually responsible for their
academic performance, the Commission strongly recommends the termina
tion of closed study. Also, upperclassjwomen are greatly inconvenienced by
their freshmen roomates who are forced to observe the restriction.
(Vote: Yes-412, No-12)
PROVISION VIII
Friday through Sunday dormitories would be locked at 2 a.m.; Monday
through Thursday at 12 a.m. A door will be designated at each dormitory to
which the night watchmen will have keys. This will necessitate a lock change
at Staley of the door facing the campus at an estimated cost of ten to fifteen
dollars (reference: Samuel Sides, locksmith). The designated doors will be:
In New - the end door (nearest the street)
In Virginia and for West - the end door (nearest the street)
In Staley - the side door (facing campus)
First semester freshmen must be in at closing. All other women may enter
the dormitories after closing by going to the appropriate door, which will be
unlocked by the night-watchman every hour on the hour after closing until
3:00 a.m., Monday through Thursday and until 5:00 a.m. Friday through
Sunday. Any woman out after these hours will be considered as taking an
overnight.
NOTE: On March 13, 1973 a resolution to extend the women’s closing
hours was passed by acclamation in the Student Senate (S. R. 73-3.5). The
resolution was authored by James S. Denton and endorsed by WIDC.
(Vote: Yes-412, No-12)
PROVISION IX
Signing out (but not for overnight) would be done on signout cards
anytime the student leaves the dormitory after 7:00 p.m. Th^re would be no
signout card requirement at any time prior to 7:00 p.m., regardless of
destination. In order to facilitate the closing time provisions, first-semester
freshmen would have cards distinguished by color from those of all other
women. Each woman shall put down expected time of return.
(Vote: Yes 415, No-2)
PROVISION X
Signing out for a weekend or overnight would be done at any time prior to
closing hours. The student would pidce her exact destination and a means of
contacting her in a sealed envelope; she would then sign her name and write
her expected time of return on the face of the envelope, which she would put
in her sign-out slot or box. A woman would be allowed to call in at any time
before closing and have someone perform the above procedure for her,
adding their own name to the face of her envelope. These envelopes would
remain untouched except in the case of an emergency or in the event that
the student has not returned within 24 hours after her expected time and
date of return specified on the face of the envelope. Women must be paged
before their envelopes are opened. Envelopes may then be opened in the
presence of a counselor.
JUSTIFICATION
Obviously, this system ensures the privacy of women students when they
take overnights or weekends and, just as obviously, it provides more
concrete information of her whereabouts should an emergency arise. An
address, telephone number and name of hostess would be, for example, a
great deal more helpful than the word "Burlington” written in a signout book.
Also, the cost of such envelopes would be no more than the cost of huge,
bound books, chained to the wall, and could be kept by housemothers to
guard against their unauthorized use by students.*
'Estimates from Will's Bookstore:
envelopes, $6.28 per thousand
ledger book, I6V2” x 12”, $10.15
(Vote: Yes-399, No-20)
PROVISION XI
Housemothers may give calldowns for the following offenses:
1) First-semester freshmen who are late (for being X minutes late)
2) Women who have not returned by the time of return specified on
the face of their envelopes (for failure to return on time from
weekend or overnight)
3) Women who take an overnight but have merely signed out on
their cards (for failure to sign out properly)
4) Women who fail to sign out on their cards or on their en
velopes or who fail to pull their cards or envelopes upon return
(for failure to sign in or out)
All other rule infractions would be handled by WIDC members.
JUSTIFICATION:
Housemothers have many duties and the Commission feels that this
provision would lighten their load considerably. Also, limiting the types of
calldowns housemothers may give would prevent their involvement in many
WIDC cases and not force them into a position as an accuser, which may
cause ill feelings with the women involved. In other words, it would protect
housemothers considerably from being "put on the spot” before women with
whom they must live and by whom they should be loved and respected.
(Vote: Yes-417, No-2)
BIOGRAPHY: GRIN
On May 4th, in the gym, GRIN will
begin the Spring Weekend festivities
at Elon College at 8:00 p. m.
The decade of the ’60's brought
three important things to the art of
music: The Beatles and the “birth” of
rock music, the “discovery” of Bob
Dylan and the rebirth of folk music,
and the advent of the Buffalo
Springfield and country-rock.
These contributions matured into
new expressions of music in the
'70’s; the merging influence of folk
and rock, the growing popularity of
country music, and the importance
of the singer-song-writer. Two
groups of musicians and song
writers until this year best expressed
this new maturity: Creedence
Clearwater and Crosby, Stills, Nash
and Young. As in the case with all
art, the past affects all new artists
and their efforts. Both of these
groups passed their influence on
and they find it expressed today by
Nils Lofgren and his group, Grin.
Nils Lofgren, 21, song-writer,
guitar-player, piano-player, accor-
dian player, formed his first and only
group. Grin, in 1969 with: Tom
Lofgren, 18, rhythm guitar; Bob
Berberich, 24, drums; and Bob
Gorden, 22, on bass.
Most of the “experts” of contem
porary music and their followers first
heard of Nils Lofgren in connection
with Neil Young and his band. Crazy
Horse. The short history of Nils
Lofgren and Grin, begins in
Washington, D. C. at the Cellar Door.
Young and Crazy Horse were
appearing at the Cellar Door. The
Buffalo Springfield had just recently
broken up and, as Nils recalls, “The
only thing I knew about The Buffalo
Springfield was ‘For What It’s Worth.’
I went to .hear Neil and he turned me
on. I went to his dressing room after
the show and we talked .. .Someone
gave me a guitar and they asked me
to play some songs of mine and we
all hung out for a few days.”
When Neil Young brought Nils to
Los Angeles and introduced him to
David Briggs, who co-produced
Neil's albums, an album was started
by Briggs to be released more than a
year later. Between the making and
release of this album. Nils sat in with
Crazy Horse on their first album,
contributing two powerhouse songs,
“Begger's Day,” and “Nobody.” As a
temporary member of Crazy Horse,
Nils played piano on Neil Young’s
most important album, “After the
Gold Rush.” Crazy Horse wanted
Nils to tour with them, but Nils
already had a committment to Grin.
Grin's first album, “Grin,” started
Nils Lofgren on his way to being
recognized as an artist who could
cut it on his own. He would no longer
have to be a side-man or a studio
musician for Neil Young.
“Lofgren can not only play
guitar, piano and organ ex
tremely well, but he also writes
beautifully simple songs and
has a gift for composing ex
uberant melodies and
choruses. On top of all this. Nils
is a first-rate rock and roll
singer . . . who possesses at
least a half-dozen different
vocal styles . . . Grin is a good,
solid band with no pretensions.
Its first record stands head and
shoulders above every album
released this year. Thanks to
Nils Lofgren, 1971 will not be
devoid of hope. So long as Grin
keeps recording, there will be
reasons to smile.”
— John Koegel, Rolling Stone
Mag. 1971
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