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Slie NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 217 Rocky Mount, N. C. Non-Profit Organization VOLUME XI, NUMBER 16 ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1970 Pool Room Reopened; Vandalism Corrected BY GARY CHRISTOPHER Attorney General Jim Gill used his prerogative on January 16 to close the campus game room as a result of the exten sive damage that was inflicted upon one pool table and several other implements of recrea tion. Gill stated that the condi tion of the room was “deplor able” and that students had made it their practice to de stroy the game room machinery as quickly as it could be re paired. The pool room was clos ed as a last resort after it wis discovered that a plexiglass window and frame that had been replaced three days earlier were destroyed. At that time Gill conferred with SGA Pre sident John Roberts and with the Athletic Commission Chair man, Hugh Cross, and the de cision was made to close the room for a week. Gill questioned, “How can game room privileges be given if no responsibility is taken by students? No one is being hurt Clifford Currie, pictured above, backed up by Jonah and the Whale, will be featured at the Social Commission dance which will be held February 7 at8.K)0p.m. Currie is best known for his hit “She Shot a Hole in My Soul.” Tickets for the dance may be purchased in the campus book store or Almand’s Drug in Down town Rocky Mount for $3.00 per couple, $2.00 stag. Explosions Occur; Search Conducted Inter-Faith And Religious Life Begin Sunday Services Tom Fredericks, campus ARC, commenting on the two explosions set in South Hall on January 22, 1970, said, “I was up on third floor between 12:30 A.m. and 1:00 A.M. and an explosion went off down on the second floor landing, so I went down and saw someone stand ing there, who has been suspect ed of having fireworks in the past.” Fredericks stated that there were two explosions which oc curred Thursday night, but no one was injured. The first one was set at approximately 12:45 A.M. and the second at about 1:30 A.M., resulting in a room search of six rooms, one on first floor and five on second floor. Fredericks commented, “The reason was to find any explosives, firecrackers, cher- ry-bombs, or gunpowder we could find.” The search was (Continued on Page 2) As a result of student re quests there will be a series of Sunday morning worship ser vices sponsored by the Reli gious Life Committee. Gary Christopher, Chairman of the Inter-Faith Commission said that the first of these services will be held on February 1 in Garber Chapel, and that the fre quency of subsequent services will depend on student involve ment. Requests from the Senate as well as from individual students prompted the adoption of the Sunday serviceswhichwillbe on an informal yet thought-pro voking level. The program is seeking to be diversified and to meet stu dent needs as much as possible. Students are urged to make sug gestions and to become invol ved in the presentation of the services. The first worship service will be conducted by President Collins, while subse quent programs will largely be in the hands of students. \ except the students who use the room.” When the game room reopen ed at noon on January 23, it had a rather new face. The pool table that had been damaged was removed by workmen of the Thorpe Music Company, the firm from which the amuse ments are rented. The decision to remove the pool table and several pinball machines came from the SGA. Gill said that the Thorpe company was undoubt edly losing money on repair bills, and although Mr. Thorpe had consented to provide the pool tables at his loss, the SGA decided that this was asking too much. The table was there fore removed rather than re paired. “Although profits are divided between the SGA and the Thorpe Company, it is Mr. Thorpe alone who must take the brunt of the damage. And it is a rather embarassing situa tion to ask his repairmen to come out here two or three times a week. ' Although the (Continued on Page 3) Weekly News Review By JOHN HINNANT International Newsmen report starvation, rape and looting to be occur ring deep in Biafra. Over 7000 tons of food, or enough to feed five million people for 20 days, lies in warehouses, stopped by an embargo by Nigeria because the agencies donating the food helped the starving Biafrans during the war. Thousands of children too weak to move be cause of starvation are expect ed to die in the next week if food is not forthcoming. A Lon doner stated, “God help these children. Nobody else seems to want to. I cannot believe this is happening.” Several nurses described the Nigerian troops as “monsters” and report cas es of beatings and rape among their own number. 1970 appears to have begun with a horrible example of man’s inhumanity to man. National Thursday at 12:30, President Nixon delivered his State of the SAAB Reaches Goal For Ad Building Elevator Bill Brantley, spokesman for the Students Against Architec tural Barriers, announced last week that the organization has achieved its goal of $6,000 to ward installation of an elevator in the main classroom building. SAAB instituted the project less than one year ago—in March, 1969. The SAAB expressed the hope that the administration would now push for the installa tion of the elevator. SAAB spok esman, Bill Brantley, stated that they wish to thank all of the contributors on the Wesleyan campus and in the Rocky Mount area who helped them raise the $6,000. Union message to a joint ses sion of Congress. Going against the traditionally detailed speeches, Nixon based his mes sage on broad national priori ties. The major concerns of his administration will be inflation, crime, federal spending, and pollution. Under the topic of pollution, Nixon urged the Con gress to spend over 10 billion dollars over a period of 5 years to find a way to stop the de struction of our environment. Monday the Supreme Court declared that local draft boards could not speed the induction of Viet Nam protestors by a 5/3 decision. Justice Douglas stated in the majority report that the law does not give the Selec tive Service “free-wheeling au thority to ride herd on the re gistrants using immediate in duction as a disciplinary or vin dictive measure.” The Selective Service Board has issued instructions to the local draft boards not to draft persons whose lottery num bers exceed 60 during the month of February. (Continued on Page 2) Judy Johnson, Martha Polley, Ed Hardy, Sam Morris, and Barbara Epps rehearse an emotional scene from “The Hundred and First.” More cuts of the one-acts are on page 4. It is one of three one-acts scheduled to open in the experimental theatre January 29, Student-Directed Comedies Produced Wesleyan College Theatre Department’s one-acts are sch eduled to open Thursday nigiit, the 29th in the experimental theatre. The plays, three con temporary comedies are en tirely student-cast, student- produced, and student-direct ed, with the drama faculty act ing only as advisors. The one acts are “A Morn ing After the Fig Tree Bloom ed,” “The Hundred and First” and “The Sandbox,” directed by Ann Bland, Bob Br^onough, and Sheila Glover, respective ly. Working along with the direc tors and cast are the production crews. Rick Houck is set de signer and technical director as well as the head of set con struction and pain crews. Bill Watson is stage manager, Nancy Hannon, head of properties, Betty Lee, costumes, Jan Tur ner, publicity, and Helen Stein er, makeup crew. The plays, which are farci cal. deal with aspects of so ciety as each playwright sees it. They ridicule the middle class, while at the same time they express man’s lost iden tity, as his true nature becomes “socialized.” The plays will be presented on Thursday, Friday, and Sat urday nights the 29, 30, and 31st at 8:30. The cost of tickets is fifty cents, and they are sold at tl;t‘ .KM.ikstore.
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