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Maroon & Gold Non-Profit Orgonization U. S. POSTAGE PAID Elon College, N. C. PERMIT No. I VOLUME 50 Return Requested Elon College, N. C. Wednesday, September 24, 1969 Number 1 New Honor Court Is More Effective A more effective Hon or Court system which was voted into enactment last spring by students, faculty, and the Board of Trustees has been set up for this year. Drawn up by a joint stu dent - faculty committee, the new system permits greater participation by student officials and clearly defines offenses and penalties. Headed by Chief Justice Pete,Fleming, a senior, the Honor Court will press charges through a student Attorney General rather than a college-ap pointed faculty member, as in the past. The At torney General, aided by four student assistants, will have at his command well-defined offenses and penalties, permitting a speedier and fairer trial. The court will no longer have to rely upon prece dent in reaching its de cision and is allowed lee way in cases which pre viously demanded su spension from the col lege. Included in the newly defined statutes are the Rights of the Accused and the Accuser. The Accused must be informed of the charges against him at least 72 hours before the trial and is now allowed the right to defense coun cil and the right to face and question the Accuser. Anyone intimidating a person involved in the judiciary process is sub ject to dismissal from school. Also, all students now have the right to nonvio lent protest, peaceful as sembly and peaceful dem onstration, However, anyone interfering with the function of the col lege or another student’s above given rights is sub ject to dismissal and pro secution under North Carolina State laws. SGA Announces Goals Comninaki Gives Optimistic View Comninaki Chapel System Changed; Credits Can Be Earned By Ed Baker The much disputed chapel system has been revamped and the new system takes effect this fall. In a newsletter to all students, Fletcher Moore, Dean of the College, an nounced the birth of a new “elective academic cre dit” chapel system to take effect this fall. In the let ter he related the demise of required chapel, but emphasized that ‘all stu dents are encouraged to attend program s of a re ligious, cultural, or in tellectual nature.” Under the new system a student may earn se mester hour credits for attendance at a minimum of thirty such events. To be given credit for at tendance at one of these “college approved” events, a student must turn in one IBM “chapel” card at its conclusion. If at the end of the year a minimum of thirty cards have been turned in by a On Campus Wed. Sept, 24 - Elon Players’ meeting for all interested students at 8 p.m. in Mooney Little Theatre, second floor, Mooney, Entertainment and refreshments will be provided by the Players and Alpha Psi OiViega, V Tues. Sept. 30 - Math- atians meeting, open to all interested students, will be held in large con ference room at 7 p.m. student, he will be given credit for one semester hour of academic work. The third and fourth such credits will count as jun ior and senior hours. A list of all college- approved programs can be found on the bulletin board in Alamance Build ing. Station Offers Free Time To Students Radio station WBBB in Burlington has offered free time each week for a student program. Station personnel will give technical assistance and advice, but the content and actual production will be done by the students. Rather than a typical rec ord-playing school pro gram, it has been sug gested that the show be of a more informative nature. Such things as round-table discussions on current events, cam pus news, and music pro grams might be a part of the show. Those students who are interested in participat ing in such a program are asked to contact Miss Marilyn Spencer, direct or of the News Bureau, second floor of the Stu dent Center. By Larry Sage Bill Comninaki, presi dent of the Student Gov ernment Association (SGA) for 1969-70, has proposed seven basic goals for his administra tion during the year. They include: (1) Setting up a Board of Advisors composed of professional instructors and administrators out side the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Universities to evaluate the curriculum and pre sent their views to the Board of Trustees. (2) Working with the departmental chairmen to prepare a program which would allow the chairmen a voice in the selection and retention of faculty within their own depart ments. (3) Setting up an Ad visory Board for foreign students which would help foreign students locate places to stay over vaca tion periods and provide them with tutorial aid in such subjects as English. (4) Securing a student member on the Board of Trustees who would have a voice on the Board. (5) Changing the hous ing and social rules for fraternities and sorori ties. (6) More liberal clos ing hours for women’s dormitories (7) Changing the drink ing rules to include per mitting students to have alcohol in the rooms and being able to drink in the Women’s Rules Are Reformed By Janet Winstead Long-awaited changes in women’s regulations have been put into effect. Through the efforts of a hard-working committee composed of Dean June M. Looney, Prof. Janie Council, and a student committee appointed by the Student Government Association, rules were reformed in the areas of parental permission and sign-out procedure, dor mitory closing hours, and late permissions. In July, a general per mission form was sent to the parents of all dormi tory women. Parents could give their daugh ters blanket permissions or they could ask for cer tain restrictions on their daughter’s overnight and weekend trips. Upper classmen with no restric tions are required only to sign out in the book kept by the dormitory hostess so that they may be located in case of emergency. Students with parental permission no longer need a note from the hostess in order to leave the campus. Fresh men are required to have a written invitation from their hostess sent di rectly to the Associate Dean of Students who, in turn, notifies the dormi tory hostess. All women are required to sign-out before leaving the cam pus for overnight or weekend trips. Dormitory closing hours have been extended to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; one a. m. on Friday and Saturday;and 12 midnight on Sunday, Late permissions of one-half hour in length are to be granted accord ing to class status. No wo man may use more than one late permission per night and lates may not be accumulated. Sopho mores and juniors may have four lates per month and seniors have unre stricted lates. Freshmen and all women students on academic probation are not allowed late privi leges. Dormitory hostesses will receive the exact class status of the women students in their dormi tories. Students whose class status changes in either winter term or spring semester must have the Registrar noti fy the Associate Dean of Students at that time. rooms, while at the same time retaining the penal ties for drunken disorder. In an interview on cam pus, Comninaki com mented on several SGA projects and topics of in terest to the students. On the investigation of the SGA financial records, Comninaki stated that he felt it was entirely ne cessary but should have been done last year dur ing the changeover of ad ministrations, He ex plained that the money is tied up now and this is causing problems, parti cularly in the entertain ment committee, Comni naki expected this situa tion to be cleared up in another week. When asked about the student radio station which has been a goal of several SGA administra tions, Comninaki ex pressed the feeling that money for the station would be better used for the Entertainment Com mittee at present. He still feels, however, that the radio station is a good idea and should be de veloped in the future, Comnlnaki’s plans for the Coffee House, which is located on the second (See SGA Plans, page four.) Dirk L, Bunch Student Dies In Accident An Elon student was killed June 5 in a single car accident at Nags Head, N.C. while on a camping trip. The accident proved fa tal for Dirk' L, Bunch, a rising junior majoring in history. He also was a member of Alpha Phi O- mega, a service frater nity, Dirk was the son of Mr. and Mrs, C, L. Bunch Jr, of 1321 Woodhurst Dr,, Virginia Beach, Va.
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