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published WEEKLY
APRIL
13,1978
number TWENTY ON
yew Officers
Stress Unity
lottieStudents:
In getting together for the first
fe„- times as the newly elected
taiinet of fte SGA, one word
tot expresses an important
objective for the four of us is
We are confident of our
aWi()' to work together for a
ffloreunified student body in the
, coming year. We recognize our
undertaking as a difficult one
[bsl m'JI require the combined
ijilerest and effort of many
j (iverse individuals. Competent,
creative, and active leadership
ffntot we pledge in our effort to
iitsurea productive year.
The goals we have in mind for
Ike SGA are progressive,
realistic, and worthwhile, but
ubether or not the SGA achieves
anything at all next year
Spends on the support of the
student body through your in
terest, input, participation, and
constructive criticism.
We hope you share some of the
e.witement and enthusiasm that
we have for the coming year.
Respectfully,
Don Berry,
President-Elect
George Murphy,
Vice-President Elect
Sandi White,
Secretary Elect
Chuck Wheeler,
Treasurer Elect
SGA Board
Wraps Up Year
Seniors Display Projects
The 1977-78 edition of Student
Government Assocation ended
their year-long tenure in office
Tuesday night by hearing a
rousing State of the SGA
message by President Jones
Fuquay.
Fuquay ended the meeting
with his stirring speech which
set out to prove that the SGA has
been an effective force on the AC
campus in the past year.
Apathy, according to Fuquay,
has not been running amuck in
the SGA. Instead, the apathy lay
in those people not involved with
(he government.
F’uquay noted many
achievements which have been
made by the board in the ptist
year. These achievements were
many. The President pointed out
that, while the bad news which
came out of the SGA meetings
received notice, the
achievements did not. Fuquay
then attacked the year’s
Collegiate editor, Keith
Bracknell, by stating that
Bracknell complained about
Student apathy, and at the same
time “apathetically resigned
from his past as Chairman of the
Publicity (’ommitttHv"
■Vside from his attacks on
Bracknell, Fmiuay 's s(H>iH'h was
on a positive note. Student
Government, to Fuc)uay can be
an effective and vital pari of the
AC campus
During the rest of tlie nnH'ting,
the Hoiird dealt with matters
that needed conclusion before
the next Boiird takes over A
plaque and tree has now b(H>n
placed in front of the Library in
honor of the late President Dr
Arthur Wenger. Jim Cornick,
who statwl th^it he tws been
pleased to not sw his name in
the Collegiate, delivere<) a
delightful spwch concerning the
activities of the year's Knter-
tainment Committee The
Student-Faculty Six'ial will be
held April 27 at 7'.;«) p.m The
Howard Hanger Jazz Fantasy
will be in concert on the AC
campus April 19 at 8:(>() p.m. The
Senior Class will have a diince
April 28 from 8:30-12:30,
,). Fred Pearce
Bulletin
Board
You’re Invited to
“Serendipity”
April 27,1978
at
7:30p.m.
in the
Hamlin Student
Center Cafeteria
"A chance to discover
new people and
new things
about old people.”
STUDENT-FACULTY SOCIAL
sponsored by
S.G.A.
final meeting of p;
'^one should attend.
Current work by students in
the Atlantic Christian College
Department of Art is being
featured in the gallery of Case
Art Building, located on the
college campus through May 5.
During the period through
April 13, nine senior art majors
will display special art projects
completed during this school
year. Patricia Howard from
Swan Quarter, Paula Patterson
from Goldsboro, and Lynne
Covington from Colonial
Heights, Va. are represented by
a series of drawings and pain
tings. Judy Phillips from Wilson,
Cindy Hill from Colonial
Heights, Va., Elizabeth Morton
from Rocky Mount, and Nancy
Phelps from Raleigh, are
commercial art majors and are
showing a wide variety of styles.
techniques and subjects.
Rebecca Weinheimer from
Wilson, is represented by
several sculptural ceramic wall
hangings.
The final exhibit of the school
year will be from April 17 - May
5, and will feature a large
variety of styles, subjects and
media chosen from the work of
the entire art department.
Included will be paintings,
sculptures, drawings,
photographs, ceramics, com
mercial art, graphics and
weaving.
The public is invited to view
the exhibition free of charge.
School groups are welcome.
Gallery hours are weekdays: 10
a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays:
1:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
Rally Held To Discuss Revisions
Campus Celebrities
Dean
Whitehurst
and
:‘‘^cken and Professor Eddie
Tessner
*fainar
recently attended
■^»ierican
^ogram. The
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Mrs. Gaylord
Catherine Gaylord has been
librarian at Atlantic Christian
since 1969. The role of librarian
has changed radically in the past
few years, and now incorporates
much more than merely
“checking out books.” Mrs.
Gaylord is kept busy with jobs
ranging from heading up the
student assistants right on down
to collecting fines, But no matter
what the job, she does it with a
smile.
The new library has caused
changes in Mrs. Gaylord’s life.
The hours are longer and the
work is harder, but she wouldn’t
have it any other way. The new
library takes more of her time,
because the students are
keeping her busier than ever
before. “With the new library,
the materials are being used
more than ever, by the students
and the faculty. We have worked
for a reference library for a long
time, and we finally have one. I
think it’s great!”
Vivian Sorrell
ByJOH.NGAY JH.
A small group of students
assembled in front of Hines Hall
plaza Tuesday afternoon to
discuss the possible revision of
student government at Atlantic
Christian.
Keith Bracknell, leader of the
rally, cited a lack of involvement
between elected representatives
and the students they represent,
a mechanical attitude prevalent
among student representatives,
and student apathy as reasons
for revamping representation in
student government.
Speaking for over 25 minutes,
Bracknell pointed out that the
recent Student Government
Association elections were “a
joke.” He said that write-in
candidates such as Mickey
Mouse, Donald Duck, and other
similar personalities and low
voter turn out demonstrated the
lack of student satisfaction with
the present type of represen
tation,
Bracknell stated that the SGA
is “only a machine because
nothing changes. Rules for the
SGA may be changed from time
to time, but these rules are only
changed for another set of rules.
Rule changes don’t change
people.”
Bracknell asked, "What would
happen if the SGA was
eliminated? Would students
care’’ If not, is the college
obligated to provide an S(JA for
the students’” he answered
tht'se questions by indicating
that the S(iA would not be
mi,ssixi and that the S(iA is not
really a neces.sary part of
student life as it now operates.
Bracknell said that “there is
evidence of an attitude on
campus that could be described
as dangerous: apathy.” He
asked, “How is the new student
government going to gel
anything done with the apathy
that now exists on campus’’”
During the assembly, a
petition was circulated calling
for the withholding of all allotted
funds to the governing bodies of
the S(;A until such a time as one-
half of the student body w ould be
present at a meeting to voice
opinion on action to provide
better representation for
students.
Bracknell was di.sappointed
that fewer than 12 turned out and
that it further demonstrated
student apathy, although he said
that he expected a small turnout.
When asked afterwards what he
intended to do to follow up this
rally, Bracknell replied, “I'm
not going to do anything,
because that is what everyone
wants. I'm going to do their
thing.”
Arts Council Sponsors Events
N. C. Poets Series
The Arts Council of Wilson in
cooperation with the W'ilson
County Public Library is
sponsoring the North Carolina
Poets Series, a series of three
poetry readmgs and workshops
by six Eastern North Carolina
poets, that will be held the
second Thursday of each month,
April 13, May 11, and June 8 at
7:30 P.M., in the basement of the
See ARTS COUNCIL Page 4