Do As I Say
“DO AS I SAY,
NOTASIDO”
For some time it has
been obvious to me tliat
society, particularly
through its educational
system, has been guilty
of a massive and
hypocritical double
stEindard. This double
standard has been most
exemplified in the
controversy over
Watergate and the
activities of the CIA in
foreign countries.
All of us have been
through history and
civics classes in which
the primary emphasis
was the almost
religious devotion to the
ideals of American life:
obedience to law,
patriotism, respect for
the Constitution and
other great documents,
and so on. We were told
that these ideals were
inviolate, and that the
practice of them was
incumbent upon all
“good Americans.”
Recently, we have seen
protests by parents
against “Communist
and ungodly” books in
the schools.
On the other hand,
many of the very same
individuals will
vociferously defend the
massive lawbreaking
and downright sub
versive activities of the
Nixon Administration
as good patriotism, and
toe activities of the CIA
in Chile and elsewhere
as admirable acts in the
name of national
security.
What are we to make
of this? How can we
preach obedience to
long-held American
ideals as patriotic, and
subversion of those
ideals as patriotic in the
same breath? What are
our true values? How
can we go on teaching
respect for American
institutions in civics
and government
classes on the one hand,
while behaving in
public as though we
were about to spit on
those institutions?
It is my (pinion that
the nation is in a great
Students Opinion
P-s-s-ss-t OFF
Students at SCC are
involved in the study of
many diverse
academic disciplines.
Commencing with the
opening of classes this
year a new major was
added to the presently
available curriculum.
This major study is
entitled GRIPES. Many
students on campus,
roughly 99.44 percent,
have taken this course
of study as their major
concern. A glance at
the course catalogue
will reveal the manyi
and varied courses^
offered under the
GRIPES major. Fresh-i
man courses include,|
GRI 101, Gripes as
applied to faculty, staff]
and administration
and, GRI 102, 103,
Gripes as applied to
SGA. Upper level
courses, and these are
the bi^ies, requiring
intense concentration
and commitment, in
clude: GRI 201, 202, 203,
GRI as applied to fellow
students and student
oriented activities. (A
cautionary note
enrollment in the GRI
200 series may be
hazardous to the
students health). Many
courses are presently
under consideration by
the curriculum com
mittee to cover the full
range of griping
presentiy available to
students on the SCC
campus.
A few expressed by a
small minority of
students, ap-
proximately 56-100
percent, is that the
gripes courses will
become required study
of all majors. I am a
member of this small
minority and I have a
suggestion to prevent
the gripes series of
courses from becoming
all powerful. Become
involved, stop com
plaining and start
helping YOUR student
body accomplish your
aims and desires.
Remember: If you are
not part of the solution
you are part of the
problem.
Phyllis Raynor
RAM9 HORN STAFF
M.S. Metcalf
David Colwell
Phylis Raynor
Peggy Atkinson
Jan Ford
Bill White
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Editor
Sports Editor
Business Manager
Secretary
Secretary
Photographer
Reporter
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATION
testing time, a tirne in
which we will have to
determine, honestly,
where our true values
lie. If we truly believe
in the ideals we so often
mouth, we had better
start acting like it;
each person respecting
the laws and in
stitutions under which
he lives, right down to
things like traffic
r^ulations. This does
not mean mindless,
slavish obedience; it
rather means
respecting our in
stitutions as we respect
ourselves, being
grateful for the good
while being willing to
openly correct the
wrong. It seems to me
that tois should be the
true basis of our-
national security.
TotaUtarian enemies
fear an open, fearless,
and free society more
than all of the weapons
in the world, for they
cannot understand such
a society. God gave us
all minds; let us use
them as He intended.
Gene Haddock - S.G.A.
President
Gene is a sophomore
in the College Parallel
Program. He is
originally from
Wilmington, but is
currently living in
Whiteville. After
graduating from
Southeastern, Gene
plans to attend N.C.
State and major in
Electrical Engineering.
Joy Bullard
Sophomore Technical
Senator
Joy is working
toward a Secretarial
Certificate and plans to
work in that field after
graduation. She is
nineteen, engaged, and
currently living in
Chadbourn.
NOTES:
The S.G.A. is
currentiy involved in
planning for the 1974 -
75 college year ac
tivities. The S.G.A.
needs the in^t of the
student body in order to
accomplish the things
students want to do. If
students have any
suggestions, they feel
could be of help, do not
hesitate to inform the
S.G.A. via the S.G.A.
office, 6-253 (M* through
the suggestion box in
the lobby of the main
building. Parking has
become a major
problem on campus and
The RAM’S HORN is published bi-monthly by students of Southeastern Community College.
The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Board
of Trustees or the College Administration.
THE
EDITOR
APATHY
No. 1. Lack of Emotion
or Feeling
No. 2. Lack of Interest
In Things;
Indifference
(GK APATHEIA)
M.S.
METCALF
GENE HADDOCK
JOY BULLARD
the S.G.A. is in
vestigating several
solutions to the
problem. Meanwhile, it
is requested students
form car pools if they
can, and please observe
all current parking
regulations.
S.G.A. has authorized
the purchase of several
cameras for the newly
form Photo - Jour
nalism class. This will
enable full and
thorough coverage for
all campus activities
for the student
publications. A Board
of Student Publications
is being convened to
initiate and oversee the
Ramblings, Aries One,
and the Ram’s Horn.
During the wedcend
of October 4-6 the 1974 -
75 Student Government
Association Seminar
was conducted at
Wrightsville Beach.
Major cmicems of the
student body were
explored in depth. One
major concern which
was discussed was the
I»*oblem of both alcohol
and drugs on campus.
This has become a
majcH* coicem of both
the administration and
the S.G.A. Many
solutions to this
problem were
discussed and the
consensus (tf (pinion
reached was that help
will be needed from aU
members of the college
conmiunity to solve the
problem. The S.G.A. is
open to aiw suggestions
on this subject.