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j^TLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, DECEMBER 2, 1976
NUMBER ELEVEN
Good
Evening
VA Representative
Mr Sutton, the VA
representative, has changed
his hours at Atlantic
Christian. He will now be
here the first and third
Mondays of every month from
9:15a.m. to3:30p.m.
Health Careers Day
Health Careers Day will be
held on Friday, Dec. 3 in
Hardy Alumni Hall from 12
noon until 4 p.m. The day
should be of special interest to
all nursing majors.
Room Changes
Tomorrow is the last day to
request, in writing a room
change for the second
semester. If you wish to
change your dorm, contact
either Dean McCracken or
Dean Ward. If you wish to
change your room within the
same dorm, contact your RA.
Gamma Delta Iota
Gamma Delta Iota will meet
tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Hines
Hall, room 208. All members
are urged to attend.
Afro-American Awareness
Dues for the Afro-American
Awareness Society will be due
for this semester by Dec. 8. All
members be sure to pay your
dues to Earlene Ransome on
or before that date.
Wilson Crisis Center
The Wilson Crisis Center
needs volunteers im
mediately. Applications can
be obtained in the Placement
Office. Volunteer your time to
help others.
Student Center Decorating
The Student Center
Christmas Tree will be
decorated on Sunday, Dec. 5 at
8 p.m. Come to help out and
bring a decoration. On Dec. 10
there will be a Caroling Party.
Meet in the Student Center at 7
p.m. After singing around the
neighborhoods, the party will
meet back at the school for hot
drinks.
Toys For Tots Drive
The Wilson Jaycees are
sponsoring a Toys for Tots
Drive to benefit needy
youngsters. If you have any
old toys or playthings that
children could enjoy please
donate them to this worthy
cause. These toys will be
distributed to the children at
the annual Christmas party.
Toy pick up boxes will be
locat^ in the Student Center
behind the information desk
and in the Administration
building.
Alpha Omega Fellowship
The Alpha Omega
Fellowship holds a coffee
house every Thursday night in
the Old Gym from 7 p.m. to 10
p m. All are welcome to share
in the worship of God.
Inside Today
•Artwork Page 3
Basketball Prospects . Page 6
Campus Alcoholism Page 4
Earl Scruggs Preview . Page 5
Editorials Page 2
Forum Page 2
Intramural Report .... Page 6
Poetry Page 3
Spirituality Page 3
Viewpoint Page 3
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RURAL SCENE. Staff photographer Pete Chamness found this scene on Route 58 north. The windswept fields, bare trees and lead
grey skys mark wmter’s entry into North Carolina.
Carter to Grant Pardons
to Vietnam War Evaders
(CPS) — Now that the
presidential elections are over,
it is only a matter of time until
President-elect Carter makes
good on his campaign promise of
unconditional pardons to draft
evaders.
The National Democratic
Party platform called for a “full
and complete pardon for those
who were in legal or financial
jeopardy because of their
peaceful opposition to the
Vietnam War, with deserters to
be considered on a case-to-case
basis.”
However, Carter said in
September that he would not be
bound to the party platform and
would refuse to give pardons to
draft non-registrants or to
upgrade less than honorable
discharges.
Earlier in his campaign,
Carter stated that “amnesty
means that... what you did was
right. Pardon means what
you did, whether it was right or
wrong, you’re forgiven for it.
And I do advocate a pardon for
draft evaders.”
Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s
Director of Policy and Issues,
claimed that the new ad
ministration’s policy is “not one
of unconditional pardon for
deserters” but would instead
depend on several criteria, one
of which is whether or not the
man was deserting because of
opposition to the war or op
position to the Army itself. Such
a condition would be determined
by a hearing officer, Eizenstat
said, and offering a hypothetical
case he added that if the man
had deserted from the middle of
a key battle and had led to the
death of twenty people, he
probably ought not be pardoned.
Those who will be paying
particular attention to Carter’s
treatment of the amnesty issue
will include a reported 8,700
convicted draft violators who
have served sentences, paid
fines or gotten suspended sen
tences. Ford’s program ex
cluded these men and it is not
clear whether or not Carter will
pay closer attention.
And then there are the 792,000
veterans who hold less than
honorable discharges. These
men include the non-deserters
who refused orders to Vietnam,
who talked questioningly about
the war or who even organized
radical newspapers. The fate of
these men is as unclear as
President Carter’s focus on the
issue. Said Carter in August.
“Where I come from, most of the
men who went off to fight in
Vietnam were poor. They didn’t
have the money to hide from the
draft in college ... the Vietnam
veterans are our nation’s unsung
heroes, I do not favor a blanket
amnesty, but for those who
violated Selective Service laws,
I intend to urge a blanket pardon
SGA to Rewrite Constitution
The Constitution and By-Laws
Committee is working on a new
constitution. Because of the
many loopholes and ambiguities
of the present constitution, the
Executive Board and the Con
stitution and By-Laws Com
mittee feel that there is a need
for a new constitution. Amen
ding the present constitution will
no longer suffice as a means of
correcting the constitution. Any
interested students are
welcomed to help with the
writing of this new constitution.
If you want to help or have any
suggestions, contact Tommy
Mercer or Carl Frazier.
As another means of helping
the students, the student
members of the Student Life
Committee have begun meeting
with Mr. Grumpier on a regular
basis. The members of this
committee hope that this will
serve to improve the com
munication between the students
and the cafeteria. Any
suggestions or questions may be
sent to the Student Coordinator,
and they will be considered at
these meetings.
As students, there are a few
things we can do for Mr.
Grumpier, When any one of us
takes glasses, china, or
silverware out of the cafeteria,
we are cutting our own throats.
Eventually the cost of replacing
these items is passed on to us.
The same goes when people
come in the front doors. If we
could be certain that only paying
students were entering the
cafeteria, it would not be so bad.
As it is, there is no way we can
tell how many students are
paying. If non-paying students
are allowed to eat, the cost of
this, too, is passed on to us. Do
yourself a favor and think before
you take dishes out or before you
open the door again.
News Briefs
Science Club
Visits ECU
GREENVILLE - The
Atlantic Christian College
Science Club visited East
Carolina University, Nov. 19,
to study the biology depart
ment’s electron microscope
facilities.
The purpose of the visit was
to give the club members a
better understanding of the
theory and practice of elec
tron microscopy.
Members of the ACC
Science Club who visited ECU
were; M. Graham Davis,
Denise L. Averette, Marsha L.
Manning, Margaret Barkley,
Tim Smith, Douglas Graham,
William S. Moore, Ellen
Bragg, Anne Wilder, Debra L.
Berry, Lou Hyman and Sue
Wallace.
Tait Elected
to NCAE Post
Warren R. Tait, assistant
professor of education and
director of student teaching at
Atlantic Christian College,
was recently elected as
president of the Eastern
District, Division of Higher
Education of the North
Carolina Association of
Educators (NCAE).
The eastern district is
comprised of 10 colleges and
universities from Elizabeth
City to Wilmington.
Senior Piano
Recital Set
Miss Cheryl E. Sanders of
Graham, N.C. will be
presented in a senior piano
recital by the Atlantic
Christian College Department
of Music, on Monday, Dec. 6,
at 8 p.m., in Howard Chapel.
Work included in the recital
program will be by Handel,
Satie, Mozart, and Rach
maninoff. Miss Sanders will
be assisted by Lester Southern
in a duet by &tie.
Paulsell Presents
Lecture
Dr. William 0. Paulsell,
professor of religion,
presented a paper last night
entitled ‘‘Monastic Per
sonalities in the Middle Ages,”
in the choral room of Hackney
Music Building.
Dr. Paulsell stated that
contrary to popular opinion,
medieval monks were not all
pious saints who spent their
time meditating on the
"divine mysteries.”
Monasteries experienced the
same human problems found
in any community.
Dr. Paulsell’s paper
described some of the per
sonalities found in the famous
monastery of Clairvaux in
12th century France to
illustrate the fact that great
religious movements are often
carried out by very ordinary
people with common human
weaknesses.
Noted nationally for his
scholarly research on
medieval monasticism, he has
presented three other papers
on the subject. During the past
summer he published a book
entitled “Taste and See: A
Personal Introduction to the
Spiritual Life.”
Phi Mu’s Raise
Money for Fund
On Nov. 19 and 20, Phi Mu
Sorority sponsored a “car-
window wash” to raise money
for the Kay Dawson Memorial
Fund.
Kay Dawson Warren, a Phi
Mu alumnus and graduate of
Atlantic Christian in 1970, died
last month. Having graduated
from ACC with a Bachelor of
Science degree in music, the
memorial fund will be
awarded to an outstanding
keyboard player. Though her
musical talents were many,
her specialty and love was the
piano.
The Phi Mu’s raised $150 by
washing car windows to be
used in the fund.
Faculty-Student
Social Success
The Student-Faculty Social
held November 22 was a great
success. It was well-attended
by both faculty and students
A beautiful program was
presented to those attending
The highlight of the program
was the presentation of a tree
to Dr. Wenger.