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VOLUME Xn, NUMBER 5
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 1970
Orientation Reviewed:
^‘^Hazing” Questioned
Pictured above is Diane Wakoski who will read her poetry
in Garber Chapel, October 15, at 8:15 p.m
EDITOR’S NOTE; The follow
ing is Doug Cook’s report to
the student body of the agenda
of the faculty meeting held last
week, Doug is the Student
Representative to the Faculty.
It has come as a welcome
surprise to this writer to see
that there is some organiza
tion on this, campus which is
willing to take action concern
ing individual student rights.
I am referring to the recently
passed, faculty resolution mak-
Diane Wakoski Reads Poetry-
On Wesleyan College Campus
ROCKY MOUNT-- Diane Wa
koski, young author of five vol
umes of poems, will read from
her works at N. C. Wesleyan
College here Thursday, Oct. 15,
at 8:15 p.m in Garber Chapel.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Miss Wakoski, a native of
Berkley, Cal., received her B.
A. degree from University of
California at Berkley. She has
lived in New York since 1960
where she has taught in a ju
nior high school while writing
her poetry.
Her published collections are
“Coins & Coffins” 1962, “Dis-
Shankar Creates
‘Hypnotic Mood’
By ROLAND SHAW
Friday, October 2, Wesley-
an’s gym was graced with the
presence of two of India’s grea
test classical artists, Ravi Sha
nkar and Alla Rakha. To a gen
erous crowd they performed a
series of classical evening ra-
gas, a classical gat, a tala
rhythmic cycle, and an informal
set of variations which might
be compared with Western folk
jazz.
Upon entering the stage, the
performers seemed slightly ir
ritated by the buzzing of the
sound system, and rightfully
so. Perhaps if Ravi Shankar
had spoken above a whisper,
the system would not have been
needed; however, a little check
ing into the system before con
cert time might have avoided
this distraction.
Although Mr. Shankar and Mr.
Rakha started off rather halt
ingly, before they were far into
the first raga, they were crea
ting improvisations which
blended, at least to this rather
inexperienced ear. into a beau
tifully complicated whirl of ex
citing, yet hypnotic music. Af
ter this the rest of the even
ing’s program continued uphill
to a peak the reviewer had not
expected.
All Rakha’s solo on tabla and
banja clearly showed how two
simple hand drums can, when
placed under a master’s hands,
produce sounds more fascina
ting than any produced by the
massive sets used in the west
ern world.
Following the display on
drums, Ravi Shankar start
ed a slow solo on sitar which,
after first inducing a deep re
laxation, ended with a display of
dexterity and technique which
was almost impossible for the
Western eye and ear to com
prehend.
The crowning touch to the
night, however, was the infor
mal variations with exchanges
between sitar and percussion.
The obvious glee with which
the performers indulged their
“battle” flashed so easily and
complexly that, at its end, it
produced an instantaneous re
sponse from the audience.
At the concert’s end, the per
formers seemed pleased both
with their work and the au
dience’s response. Looking
over the whole program, per
haps the audience’s response
was enough to relay its plea
sure to the performances. This
member would like to think so.
crepancies and Apparations”
1966, “The George Washington
Poems” 1967, “Inside the
Blood Factory” 1968 and “The
Magellanic Clouds” 1970.
The “Library Journal” re
view by Bill Kats of “Inside the
Blood Factory” states, “Miss
Wakoski in the present collec
tion demonstrates a growing
sureness of form and content.
Unquestionably she is one of
the best modern American poets
n
She will appear here on the
poetry Circuit in North Caro
lina which each year sponsors
appearances of young promis
ing poets at eight colleges in
the state. N. C. Wesleyan
has been on the circuit contin
uously since 1962, its second
year of operation.
Following the reading of Miss
Wakoski’s poetry, the Bruits
will sponsor a question and
answer session concerning the
nature of the poems. Re
freshments will be served at
this informal reception to be
held in Faculty Lounge. The
Bruits, Wesleyan humanities
society, has presented an open
invitation to all of the Wes
leyan community.
ing “hazing” (beanies, kan
garoo court, etc.) “strictly vo
luntary to incoming freshmen.”
Yet it must be recognized that
the intent of Freshmen Orien
tation— “hazing (beanies, kan
garoo Court)” is not to “haze”.
Therefore, the purpose of bean
ies is not to usurp individual
student freedoms. It is an at
tempt to give young men and
women of diverse backgrounds
some kind of commonality.
Some Wesleyan students and
faculty scoff at the beanies’
function of competition and
community. Yet, if the beanie
dnlj^.^ives the freshman some-
i which to assert himself,
’"served its purpose. For
^■!)S^^beanie has aroused his in-
■‘dividuality while also making
him part of the community.
This principle also applies to
the competitive athletics (up
perclassmen vs. freshmen) at
Field Day.
Unfortunately, this “spirit of
the beanie” is not shared by all.
Individual upperclassmen have
abused their seniority—this
years’ Kangaroo Court--and
have taken much of the “fun”
out of “Hell Week”. Thus, I
feel the faculty as an organi
zation interested in student
freedom was justified in re
sponding to the abused fresh-
men--by acting concerning the
future.
This action raises two seri
ous questions. Should the fa
culty be so quick to act on
student issues without first con
sulting the student Government
Association? Which leads to
another question. Why hasn’t
Student Government acted be
fore this time?
Regardless what your ans
wers be to these questions they
imply dangerous precedents. If
the faculty finds it necessary
to involve itself in every facet
of student life, we may never be
able to clearly define student
powers.- Yet, if our Student
Government is not strong and
decisive in its enforcement of
student rights and freedoms, a
substitute power may become
necessary.
SGA Re-Organizes
Board Of Directors
The most common complaint
on the Wesleyan campus is al
ways directed against the cafe
teria. In the past, the only stu
dent sounding board was the
Food Service Committee. Food
Service is a constitutionally or
dained committee under the
direction of the Senate. Its
chairman is appointed by the
President of the Senate from
the ranks of the Senate mem
bership.
During the winter term of
last year, a group was composed
of the Dean of Students, one Se-
Ravi Shankar . . . “hyponotic whirl” ...”
nate representative, the Presi
dent of the Student Govern
ment, and a student elected at
large. This group was call
ed the Board of Directors. This
board was given the broad re
sponsibilities of supervising the
preparation of food and menus,
and tlie hiring and firing of em
ployees. Under these broad re
sponsibilities, the Board of Di
rectors began to create a train
ing table for athletics; sup
port for this proposal did not
develop. The training table
never appeared. Another pro
ject was the recommendation
that soft drink machines be pla
ced in the cafeteria. Such ma
chines were installed this sum
mer. Since the primary con
cern of the Board is handling
complaints from and about stu
dents. Students are giyen com
plaint forms, and staff of the
cafeteria were alerted to me
thods of handling student con
duct. This Board is to be run
on a trial basis for the rest of
the school year. Allen Winter,
Chairman of the Elections com
mittee, announced recently what
applications for the office of
at large student representative
will be available October 12-16.
These applications are due on
October 16, the election will be
held October 30,