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THE DECREE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1969
Letters To The Editor Faculty Moves To Extend
per level hours, i.e. juniors
and seniors. Also, those offer
ed seem to reflect the interests
of the professors, and, unfor
tunately, do not frequently coin
cide with those of the student.
For students who have to take
upper level hours, virtually no
thing is offered. There is no
thing offered in the field of
history, political science, or
education on campus. Certainly
there are upper level courses
provided, but the original pur
pose behind minimester was to
establish a supervised study
for students in a field or in
terest they wished to explore.
Therefore, when one is not in
terested in any of the limited
number of on-campus projects,
what alternative is available?
Another gripe voiced by many
students is the extra fee re
quired by many of the pro
posed minimesters. When we
pay $2,050 to attend North Ca
rolina Wesleyan College, this
supposedly Includes the cost
of minimester. Why then is it
necessary to charge students
to take a minimester on camp
us? Another point to be made
is that most students who re
main on campus during May
are forced to do so due to lack
of funds with which to finance
an off-campus trip. How, then,
is a needy student going to be
able to finance these addition
al on-campus cos.ts?
The trips that have been plan
ned, I agree, offer many stu
dents a great opportunity. Of
course, some students are un
able to afford even one of these
trips, while other students are
able to travel each year. Isn’t
there some way in which the
school could set up a fund en
abling one or several worthy
students to take advantage of
this opportunity?
I suggest that the Decree
send out a survey questionnaire
to the student body to find out
how the students feel about the
minimester, the courses they
would like to have available,
expenses, and so forth. Though
it is most likely too late to
effect any significant change
this year, it could provide a
basis for reforming and impro
ving next year’s minimester
program.
Sincerely,
Becky Frankel
Dear Editor:
It has come to the attention
of most Wesleyan students that
the Decree has attained a sick
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posture of late as a result of
the motley crew of staffers who
compose the paper. It is no se
cret that the newspaper of
fice is normally inhabited by a
group of undesirables that are
welcome in few other places on
campus.
It is not my purpose to clas
sify or to stereotype the De
cree staffer. Nor am I intent
on glorifying my questionable
name, but it may be in the in
terest of someone that this
particular staffer--a photogra
pher (traditionally a question
able profession at Wesleyan)
--has short hair. Ido not smoke
pot (or tobacco), drink alcoho
lic beverages, use profanity, or
engage in the many and vari
ous practices which qualify one
to be a full-fledged Decree
staffer.
As stated above, my pur
pose is not to inform the pub
lic of my moral character, but
from my standing as a non-un
touchable, I would like to point
cut a few facts which in turn
point out incidences of bla
tant hypocrisy on the part of the
Wesleyan student body and ad
ministration.
It is no secret that the news
paper has endured (hopefully)
several attacks upon the char
acter of its publications. I can
say that in many cases these at
tacks were justified, but I can
also say that the intolerance
and insensitivity on the part of
students and administration are
not justified. The paper has
doubtlessly made tremendous
strides in terms of diversity of
material and the development
of noteworthy news since the
October suspension of funds.
Yet there is an apalling failure
on the part of other Wesleyan
contingents to recognize this
advance and to become invol
ved in the production of the
Decree.
The latest incident in this
vein is the refusal to allow
coverage of the Homecoming
dance. In a conscious effort to
broaden the scope of report
ing, the staff had planned a
six-page edition on the theme
of Homecoming; this edition
may not be realized as a re
sult of the barring of report
ers and photographers from the
dance. The standing rationali
zation is that these staff
ers were dressed more casual
ly than was desir.*ble. The fact
is that, due to the ardent de
sire to obtain news that bet
ter represents the Wesleyan
milieu, a group of Decree re
porters and photographers ar
rived atTarrytownatanungodly
hour. Because they were not
adorned in semi-formal luxury
(no gowns, flowers, coiffure,
etc.), their admission was not
allowed. Thus the current edi
tion will not contain coverage
on the dance, a fact for which
we will undoubtedly be criti
cized.
If this particular incident
were unique or unprecidented,
I would hardly be incited to
write such an inflammatory let
ter. The motivation behind the
letter is rather the disgust I
hold for the general insensiti
vity and apathy of Wesleyan stu
dents and administration to
ward the sincere attempts of the
Decree for a better newspaper.
Sincerely,
Gary Christopher
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Sim O. Wilde, Faculty Se
cretary and Dean of Students
reported in a letter to SGA
President John Roberts that
two items of business which
concerned the student body had
been discussed at the meet
ing held on November 25, 1969.
The letter, in the form of a
memorandum, was written and
sent to Roberts in order to keep
the student body informed of
what was occurring at the facul
ty meetings.
The first item of business
Governments Spend
$18 Billion on Welfare
Nearly $18 billion was spent
in 1968 by federal, state and
local governments for welfare
programs, about two-and-one-
half times the cost in 1960, a
new Tax Foundation study
shows.
Included in this total are
dozens of separate welfare pro
grams: public assistance, in
cluding cash and medical care,
for the aged, blind, disabled,
and for families with depend
ent children; other hospital
and health care, food stamps,
school lunches and special
Office of Economic Opportunity
programs.
which concerns the student body
directly was the faculty position
of the food situation. Vance Mi-
zelle, Chairman of the Student
Life and Services Committee,
reported that his committee had
not had time to consider Dan
Davis’ request for a faculty
position on the cafeteria situa
tion. Mizelle also stated that
he would have a report from
his committee concerning this
situation at the next faculty
meeting.
Corbett Rushing, faculty par
liamentarian recommend
ed that the student privilege of
presenting motions. Despite the
fact the student representative
has no vote, he can now pre
sent student-support motions,
giving him a greatly increased
expansion of privileges.
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