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WEEKLY
A!l^g!LCHRISTIAN COLLEGF. MARCH
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25, 1971
Turnout Is
Disappointing
Baucom out-polled his
'Tooponent by over 100
‘tbecome the 1971-72 SGA
in the recent spring
. , A, of this writing
sure of only one
^ officer in the person of
Igheswho ran unopposed
K office of Treasurer.
«ffs were held Wednesday
i today between Robert
;5tonand Karen Lee ^ice-
nt and between Margie
and Fon Faulkner for
Wetary. Neither of these
succeeded in getting
Of votes in their in-
*1 contests. Cayton was on
164402 in the primary.
pe out scored Faulkner 164-
)-presidential candidate,
Oliver and Secrtarial
luaie, Donna Gail Adams
both eliminated in the first
fte-{
ibie
ididate,
ree other races were
led in the first election. Jim
,tt overran his opponent by
[[’votes to capture the
i ijest majority and editorship
' Ite Collegiate, Linda Hanna
tidts
id as
or i
:1a
: aiii
dnji
joined the publications leader
ship in her defeat of Dawn
Hassell. Linda will become the
new Pine Knot editor. Dark-
horse candidate, Diane Hickman
replaced her opponent, Myra
Price as Head Cheerleader.
Other winners by virtue of
running unchallenged include:
Barbara LaCourse, Collegiate
Business Manager; Imogene
Thomas, Pine Knot Associate
Editor; and the CCA officers,
Mike Wenger, President; Linda
Hanna, Vice-President; Kathy
Lilley, Secretary; and Steve
Sprinkle, Treasurer.
Voting was sparse in the
election with spring break in-
terruprting the continuity of the
process. Only 375 students voted
in the presidential race which
showed the heaviest voting.
There was some question as to
the validity of the election
procedures. Details of the
problems may be found in the
Executive Board report.
The new officers will assume
office on or around April 15
following installation.
■A
Winners Announced
»e
Eiors of “Crucible,” literary
ui art magazine at Atlantic
kistian College, have an-
iiinced seven winners in its
literary contest. The
; was made possible by a
ant from the North Carolina
rts Council.
First prize in poetry went to
uetteMize Rogers of Manteo.
iss Rogers graduated from
jiantic Christian College with
jSB.A. degree in art, after
jj [(, flichshe studied under Reuben
jjjjj Ik at the Brooklyn Museum
p I/I School, where she held the
jg jj lax Beckmann Memorial
jeJii Pularship. In 1970 she was
Jaduated from the University
vedii Carolina at Greensboro
the MFA degree. She
, there, the Graduate
Wase Award. In the summer
she studied in Province-
Mass. on the Province-
Workshop Scholarship,
ttler Leo Maneo and Victor
IWarried to Henry
Ipplwhite, she now lives and
wks in Manteo.
Second prize in poetry was
S'ffl to Todd Steven Davis, a
|®ior student at St. Andrews
|Wst)yterian College in
«inburg. He has worked
l^withRon Bayes in creative
Third prizes for poetry
awarded to Ann Deagon
I, “Becke Jenkins Roughton.
Deagon, who holds the
|«toral degree in Latin from
.'University of North
taa, is a member of the
I at Guilford College. She
in “Red Clay
HeviJ*^he “Wormwood
Soiiiho ^°“Sbton lives in
Hit where she writes
lir '' accepted
fiction went to
of Raleigh. A
fes counselor, he
''findhn' stories in
"eativo studied
.■^‘>ve writing with Cheryl
Owen and Sam
It
Ragan.
Second prize for fiction was
awarded to Pat Outlaw Cooper
of Wilson. A past contributor to
“Crucible,” she has also
published in “The Rebel,”
“Corradi,” “Windhover,”
“Southern Poetry Review,”
“Atheneum,” and “Success in
Reading” (Silver-Burdett). She
is presently working on a novel.
Third prize for fiction went to
Sue Ellen Bridgers, wife of an
attorney in Chapel Hill. She
attended East Carolina
University, where she worked on
the staff of “The Rebel.” She is
rearing three children, but she
writes whenever she finds the
time.
Contributors to the contest
numbered 135 and they came
from 43 different towns, cities,
and rural communities in North
Carolina. Over 500 pieces of
writing were submitted. The
winning pieces of writing will be
published in “Crucible” in the
May 1, 1971 issue.
Collegiate editor, Joyce Copeland,
Joyce Copelana, accepts certificate for
■ Rpct Small College Newspaper category
second-runner up m Best Smal g observer College Press
the recent Charlotte News, ar o place Davidson and
Awa*. The Cllegia.e .P» ■» ■"
lirsl runner-up Ne»berry Co | ■ ol les»
senior institutions in N. C. and t -
than 3,000.
Ex er uiTv0~Shh rd
Hears Protest
Bobby Baucom is the new
President of the Student
Government Association. Bobby
beat out three other contestants
for this title. In assuming this
new position, Bobby will succeed
Joe Harwood.
Collegiate
Is Finalist
Editors and reporters on
twelve college newspapers of the
Carolinas shared the twenty-
eight awards in the 1971 College
Press Awards competition
sponsored by the Charlotte
Observer and the Charlotte
News.
Judges considered 308 dif
ferent entries submitted in the
six categories from 21 college
newspaper staffs. All senior
college newspapers in North
Carolina nad South Carolina
were invited to submit entries.
First, second, third, and merit
awards were presented for the
best editorials, best news
stories, best feature stories, and
best sports stories. Two $75
awards were presented for the
best over-all college newspapers
— one for colleges under 3,000
and the other for the larger
colleges.
ACC’s Collegiate came home
with the second runner-up
certificate in the Best Small
College Newspaper Competition.
The Davidsonian of Davidson
captured top honors in this
category with the Indian of
Newberry College placing first
runner-up!
The awards luncheon was held
Saturday, April 3 in Charlotte’s
Manger Inn. Kaye Hollowell,
Collegiate Sports Editor and
Joyce Copeland, Editor,
represented ACC at this affair.
Voting procedures in the
recent election came under
heavy fire in the Monday night
meeting of the Executive Board.
Two attempts to prove
irregularities in the voting
procedure were dismissed by the
group.
The first protest came in the
form of a resolution presented on
behalf of the Junior Class by
Class Senator, Jerry Broyal. The
resolution protested the lack of
efficiency in fulfilling the rules
of procedure in the recent
election. The class resolution
asked for an investigation of the
election by a faculty, student,
and administrative committee.
This committee was not to in
clude any members of the SGA
Executive Board, but was to be
open to everyone.
Pat Parvin defended the ac
tion in explaining that the
resolution was not a protest of
the elections but rather of the
procedures involved. Mahlon
Aycock, SGA Treasurer, refuted
this statement due to the
omission of board members
from the investigating com
mittee.
President Joe Harwood ex
plained the time element in
volved in the elections, “We had
to cram elections into the time
specified in the constitution.
Last year elections were held
later according to the break.
Activity cards were bought and
placed in the Student Center
having been announced in the
Collegiate and the Green Slate
as well as constant announce
ments in the Student Center. It is
not the job of the SGA to spoon
feed the student body.”
The inclusion of faculty and
administration on the in
vestigating committee drew
opposition from the board. “This
is a student organization, not a
Co-op. We can carry out our
business,” stated Aycock,
Parvin insisted, “You evidently
cannot without help from some
body as evident in this election.”
The early closing and late
opening of the polls, distribution
of Activity Cards, and the failure
to display I.D.’s were cited as
revealing irregularities in the
procedure. Several board
members accused the
proponents of the resolution of
questioning the integrity of the
Executive Board. Parvin later
reminded the governing group
that they had vowed to uphold
the constitution.
The Junior Resolution was
tabled but the issue did not end
there. Ten of the candidates in
the recent election were
represented by Kathy Harten-
stine as she presented a petition
conteeting the election.
The petition cited violations of
regulations regarding I.D.’s, the
necessity of a run-off unless a
candidate formally concedes,
the position of the ballot box, and
the posting of the results.
Several affidavits accompanied
the petition stating participation
in or observation of violations.
The question of strict
adherence to the constitution
versus the inclusion of human
error in all elections underwent
heated debate. Harwood ex
pressed his belief that the
elections were carried out as
honestly as humanly possible.
The negligence of the poll
workers, he explained, was not
the fault of the board.
Several students did admit to
not showing I.D.’s along with
their voting cards. The polls,
according to Day Student
Senator, Bert Crawford were not
closed more than five minutes
early and those students
arriving during that time were
allowed to vote in the SGA of
fices. The ballot box was placed
on the table manned by the poll
workers rather than in the
booths. The results were posted
by Collegiate Editor, Joyce
Copeland in the absence of and
at the request of the SGA
President. Those candidates
who could be involved in the run
offs were not told that they had
to concede the elections or run
offs would be held.
All these discrepancies were
contributed to human error and
interpretation of the constitution
when the board overruled the
petitions. Note was made of the
probable existence of such
problems in all elections no
matter how many times they
were held.
Junior Class nominations were
ruled invalid by the SGA at the
request of Sophomore Senator,
Arnold Hamm. “A meeting was
called last Tuesday with only 10-
12 showing up,” he stated.
Another meeting was held the
following Thursday with only
nine in attendance yet
nominations were held. Only one
officer was opposed. “One of the
nominees,” Hamm said, “closed
the nominations after she was
nominated.”
The class was instructed by
the board to re-open
nominations.
A petition by Sandra Huggins
protesting the candidancy of her
opponent, Jimm Abbott, was
presented to the group and
promptly ruled out of order by
the president. The acceptance of
Abbott in the previous board
session was made as an ex
ception to constitutional dic
tates.
Huggins argued that Abbott
did not file in written form as
specified in the constitution nor
was he a student at the time he
filed. She stated that any student
from any college could file for an
office at ACC.
SGA president, Joe Harwood,
explained that Dean Lewis
Swindell had told him that
Abbott was on a leave of absence
from the college and was
currently taking correspondence
courses that would transfer to
ACC.
The previous board rule on the
matter was made under the
recommendation of the
publications committee that this
not be set as precedent and that
appropriate changes be made in
the constitution.
The board adjourned having
declared the election valid in all
terms.