A NEWSPAPER OF IDEAS
jAPRIL?, 1977;
Help in the Job Search
Seniors graduating this May face the dreadful un
dertaking of searching for a job. The search can be
made much easier however if there is some careful
planning a recently published study by the Department
of Labor finds. Millions of young adults successfully
sought work in 1976; two-thirds of this year’s crop of
jobseekers can expect to find adequate work depending
partly on their method of search. The trick is not to get
discouraged if you don’t find a great job immediately —
the average job search takes about five months, many
take much longer.
The study also found that there are three methods
which seem to be the most effective in securing a good
job. The most effective is applying directly to the em
ployer, the second most effective method is asking
friends about jobs where they work, and the third most
effective is consulting the newspaper want ads. A more
formal and costly method is the use of a private em
ployment agency; this is suggested only when work is
extremely difficult to find. The service might not be
worth the money.
The job search may be rough, but it isn’t impossible.
Hang in there.
Decriminalize Marijuana
It is high time Congress decriminalized the simple
possession of marijuana. At present the maximum
penalty is a $5,000 fine and one year in prison. Hundreds
of thousands of people busted for simple possession are
now unnecessarily crowding the nation’s prisons.
Several weeks ago North Carolina Attorney General
Rufus Edmisten suggested that the sentences of those
convicted for simple possession in this state be com
muted to ease overcrowding in prisons here.
The Carter administration, which has come out for
decriminalization, estimates that as many as 35 million
Americans have tried marijuana, 11 million smoke it
regularly. It is also estimated that the sale of marijuana
is a $5 billion a year business — of which $1 billion leaves
the country.
The present law with its’ ridiculously stiff penalty
smacks of another attempt at prohibition.
Thanks for a Good Time
Last year about this time we
began editing and publishing the
Collegiate. We didn’t know a
damn thing about putting out a
college newspaper, or any kind
of a newspaper for that matter.
We didn’t even know how much
there was we didn’t know. We
were in sorry shape. One year
and twenty-two issues later
we’re still in sorry shape, we just
hide it much better.
We've learned a lot over the
past year — about Atlantic
Christian (complex little society
that it is), about journalism and
newspapering and about people.
More specifically, we’ve learned
what a difficult task it is to
communicate effectively with
others.
When we formed our
newspaper’s policy, we had
some basic ideas about what it
was we wanted to accomplish.
Simply, we wanted to relate to
you, our readership, as young
people — citizens of the world.
So we broadened the scope of the
paper a bit. Some people un
derstood, some didn’t. That
seems to be the way it is with
any project of this type.
We’ve made too many
mistakes — more than we care
to count, but we’ve done a few
things well also. We never did
achieve the balance of campus,
national and international news
we would have liked, but we
were right in trying. We wish
that we had initiated more in
vestigative reporting. We also
wish that we had taken more
surveys, done a little more
student interviewing. On the
positive side we think we’ve
improved the appearance of the
paper and raised the standards
of some of its content. Our main
feeling of accomplishment lies in
the fact that we published a
newspaper of some small merit
every week for the past twenty-
two weeks. We feel good about
that.
As with any bye-bye editorial
we’d like to say a few thank
you’s. Thank you Mr. Rogerson
for your very capable help. Mr.
Rogerson keeps newly-elected
Collegiate editors from freaking
out every spring. And thanks to
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Other Voices...
Editor-The sign in question
below has since been take'
down.
The infamous Ku Klux Klan
sign which towers over
metropolitan Smithfield nay
soon be coming down, Erectwl L
1%7, the sign urges visitors to
Smithfield to “Join and Support
the United Klans of America "
The hardest thing to Mieve
about the news that the sign is
coming down is the fact that it is
still up. I’ll never forget alter
coming to Raleigh, the first ttme
I went from here to the beach.
You go through Smithfield on (he
way, and all of a sudden there it
is — it makes you feel ae you
just walked into Mr. Peabody's
WAYBACK machine and were
transported to the days cf
separate drit&ing fountains and
George Wallace standing in
schoolhouse doors.
The sign itself is a telling
commentary on the mentality ol
those who supported and-orwere
members of the Klan; across fee
top it reads FIGHT COM
MUNISM AND IN-
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'R'orld’s Energy?
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To the Editor:
I would like to begin this letter
with the idea of individual
freedom v. social committment
in mind. When does individual
freedom supercede social
commitment; all of the time,
not at all, or only when we’re in a
good mood? At what point must
we give up concern for ourselves
in order to preserve a stable
social order? These questions
have been asked before and
people have tried to answer
them, even to the point where we
are sick of hearing them men
tioned. But the fact that we’re
tired of listening is no reason to
dismiss them as unimportant,
especially when society seems
precariously close to total
disruption.
I am thinking specifically of
energy consumption: super
fluous energy consumption.
Everyday we flick on a light
switch or fill our cars with
gas; we expect the light to turn
on and gas to flow from the
pump. “It happened today; it
will also happen tomorrow,” we
rationalize. For sure, it may
happen the next day or even next
week, but what about 10 or 20 (or
sooner) years from now? Can we
afford to be as sure of that
tomorrow as we are of today?
In February of this year the
United States was using 21
million barrels of oil per day.
With one barrel holidng 42
gallons we managed to consume
daily 840 million gallons. Figure
it up for the month of February
alone, then add in the other 11
months at this rate, and then
consider all the years oil has
been used as a principle energy
source, and then remember the
U.S. is not the only energy
consuming country. It’s a
miracle Mom Earth wasn’t
sucked dry long ago, but we’re
trying hard.
On the 20th of this month
President Carter presents his
energy program. I imagine the
man has worked hard to con
struct a program that will work
effectively, but it won’t be worth
a damn if there isn’t positive
reaction among the populus
(that’s us, folks). It’s a question
of freedom v. committment: I
have the freedom to drive my
car, any car, any time I lilie, 1
have the freedom touseasmucli
gas and as much oil as 1 want in
any method I want - pour it
down the sewer, even. Butwlieji
it appears that we are stretching
our resources thin, as well as
doing harm to our environment,
. we must begin to think beyond
self and personal convenience.
At that point we must realize we
share this planet with a billion
other humans. We don’t live ot
separate islands as much as
we’d like to think we do. When 1
act, someone is affected, When I
waste, others have less; and
when everybody wastes, nobody
has anything.
I fear the only thing that wil
wake people up to the situation is
a disaster. It is inevitable. Color
me pessimistic if it gives you
satisfaction, but what 1 see in
dicates we’ll never stop being
wasteful until we have precious
little or nothing at all to waste.
Each of us has heard of methods
that can aid in conservation: use
them. It’s your turn to move,
Greg Coates
Phil Faison: His Years on the Entertainment Committee
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Royce Goff and Bruce Langley,
the two professionals who are
responsible for the technically
excellent appearance of the
Collegiate every week.
In closing we think it safe to
say that the publication of a
small college newspaper is one
of the most fascinating,
aggravating, rewarding,
damnable, educational and
nerve-wracking experiences we
have had the pleasure of living
through. Thanks again for the
opportunity.
To the Editor:
Some of the most rewarding
learning experiences I have had
as a student here at Atlantic
Christian have been related to
my work on the Entertainment
Committee. As a senior I can
look back over four years that
have changed the course of my
life immensely. Many people are
to be thank^ for the help
received trying to “entertain”
students. If any student has ever
been to the gym on the day of a
concert, he will have seen many
people running about and
screaming like madmen.
From the Eagles to Poco,
Charlie Daniels, Fleetwood Mac,
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
Jimmy Buffet and more, the
crowd has never been the same.
Memories of laughing with
Norbert Irving, drinking coffee
with Dean Whitehurst, filling out
social forms (yeechh!) with Doc
Sanford, and selling tickets with
Sue Wilson — all will never be
forgotten.
We had hoped for a date with
Gregg Allman, but due to the
poor financial state of our
budget (because of poor
showings at the Atlanta
Rhythm Section and Jimmy
Buffet concerts) it will be im
possible.
The Entertainment Com
mittee is the largest budgetary
organization on campus. It’s a
shame students don’t try to
support it more than they did
this year. This non-support, if
you will, can be found in the
Executive Board also. I say to
the newly elected officers —
support the Entertainment
Committee.
We have a reputation for great
concerts here at ACC. This
cannot be said of any other small
college in North Carolina.
In my opinion the Enter
tainment Committee is just as
important as any basketball
game or any other kind of ac
tivity. More money is spent to
bring bands here. Students have
just as much right to the gym for
a concert as a coach has for ball
practice. Many concerts we
could have had were impossible
because of basketball practice —
even with a month’s notice.
More work goes into concerts
than many students realize.
Many sleepless nights went by —
with the end result of a showing
of five-hundred students.
In closing I would like to thank
Matt Mancini for not kicking me
out of the room for worrying him
with these problems.
Sincerely,
Phil Faison
Entertainment Committee
Chairman
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lam.
You are.
That is enough.
We are.
That’s good
Sherri Holoweli
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FREDERICKCLARIDGE
Editor
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MICHAEL WALKER
Associate Editor
ROBERT WILSON
Business Manager
DARRELL ENGLISH
Cartoonist
DOUGLAS HACKNEY,
peter CHAmSSS
Photographers
GUY HYATT,
RUSSELL RAWLINGS
Sports Writers
NICK GLENNON,
SPENCER SMITH
BRIANHUNT
Feature Writers
DALE ADAMS,
TERHV BOSLEY
Proofreaders
MILTON ROGERSON
Advisor
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