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ARCHIVES THE CECIL W. ROBBINS lIBRAfJV LOUISBURG COLLEGE LOUISBURG. N.C. 27549 Vol. XXXI LOUISBURG COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C. OCTOBER 8, 1971 Number 2 S6A Opposes Present Policy \ LJC STUDENT COUNCIL LJC To Get New Constitution Louisburg College will have a new student constitution next year. The SGA has appointed a constitutional committee to draw up a new constitution that will better serve the students. Jack McAllister and Lee Nichols head the committee and are backed by many capable UC Welcomes Parents Louisbu]^ College welcomes parents to Parent’s Day, beginning at 9:00 a.m. tomor row in front of the Audito rium-Classroom Building. The day’s events consist of registration, visiting in dormi tories, a parent’s meeting at 10:45 a.m., lunch at 11:45 a.m., parent-faculty visitation from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., a parents-faculty tea at 4:00 p.m., and small concerts. Committee Appointed After the school-wide meeting on the Absence Policy, a committee was created by the SGA to research the prob lem. The Committee consists of seven student researchers and five faculty researchers. The Committee is chaired by Charlie Davis and advised by Dennis Newell, President of the SGA. This committee is now collecting data and plans to submit it’s findings to the proper authorities in the near future. minds. The committee shall study the present constitution and a number of model consti tutions in an effort to write a more flexible, up-to-date docu ment. Some of the proposed areas of reform are as follows: Election of Officers, Duties of Pantie Raid By Danny Strickland On September 27 the girls of Lou U were honored by the unexpected visit of approxi mately three hundred fright ened young men. Because of a sudden “shortage” of power in the dorms, the young men (apparently afraid of the dark) sought the protection of the opposite sex. Because of cer tain regulations which seemed to have been unappreciated by the raiders” but necessary for peace and order, the panty seekers were kept out of the dorms. (Better luck next time). After a conference with a few of the members of the adminis trative staff, the group of sex- crazed young men were per suaded to return to their rooms. My sincere apologies go to the girls who weren’t asked to show themselves or to throw certain articles of clothing out of the window. If you will please post the location of your room in the Student Union, the young men of the school would be glad to you the next time (II there is one). PS. Approximately 20 coat hangere were found behind Frankhn Dorm on this night. If the owner would like to clain them, please go to Mr. Daniel’s office and they shall be returned. These Officers, Revamping the Men’s and Women’s Councils and Judicial Boards, and many more areas. Anyone with a good proposal, please come by the SGA Office and let them know. This action by the SGA is just another attempt to give the students a more representa tive voice in the functioning of their school. Please give the SGA your backing in this effort to serve you better. Disatisfaction over the present Absence Policy brought a showdown between the Student Government Asso ciation and the faculty at a meeting held Thursday, Sep tember 9 in the AC Audito rium. The SGA presented a new policy whereby students with an A or B average in any given subject could have unlimited cuts in that subject. The SGA stated that it believed this proposal to be a con^romise between last year’s unlimited cut system and this year’s Absence Policy, which allows all students three unexcused cuts from Monday-Wednesday- Friday classes, two for Tuesday-Thursday classes, and one unexcused cut for a lab. Debate began after a brief prayer and a short introduc tion. The proposed Absence Policy was read by Dennis Newell, President of SGA. Mr. John B. York, Aca demic Dean of Louisburg College, stated that no one individual or group of individuals changes or makes policies. He went on to describe the stages through which a change must go before it becomes policy. Dean York ended his address by saying that the Administration will support students, and is willing to give students responsibility, but not until students have exerted the capability to accept responsibility. Newell stated his belief that responsibility for class attend ance should rest with the student. He also cited statistics to back a more lenient absence policy, such as the fact that more people were on the Honor Roll last year than ever before, and that was the only year Louisburg College has ever had a policy of unlimited cuts. Several faculty members spoke out against the SGA’s proposal. Mr. David Daniel, Adminstrative Vice-President of the College, stated that the SGA President should act as a moderator to represent stu dents instead of a contributor to the debate. When ques tioned as to why last year’s policy was changed, Mr. Daniel replied that excessive abuse of the free cut system called for a stricter system. Miss Lunsford, teacher of history at Louisburg, said that since teachers were in charge of class attendance in their own classes last year, each teacher set different requirements. This led to confusion since there was a different absence policy for each class. After over an hour of discussion, the meeting ended in a stalemate with neither faculty members nor students coming to any kind of agree ment. The Student Govern ment is still working for their proposed policy and, as yet, there is no definite answer within sight. Student Pictures Taken For Yearbook student pictures to be in the student section of the Louisburg College Yearbook were taken September 13-17 and the 20-22. Pictures were taken by Smith Studios in Raleigh, who did a good job by having proofs back as early as September 25. A total of 535 students had their pictures made out of the 600 that had scheduled appointments. The Annual staff was pleased by this num ber, although there were over 200 students who did not show up for pictures. Editor of the Yearbook, Cade Beasley, stated that there will be no retakes unless a number of students are disatis fied. She also expressed her gratitude to the students who showed up for pictures. Students have been able to look at their proofs in the Student Union for the past week. Pictures to be shown in the student section of the annual were chosen by the students. POSES FOR YEARBOOK PICTURE
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