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Page 2 Editorials Senate Bill 69-1*9 Ever since he was elected last spring, SGA Presi dent Comninaki has been attacked and criticized by several student **factions.*^ These criticisms were especially brought into focus last week when two student senators sought to impeach Mr. Comninaki on the grounds of “non-performance of duty and mal-ad- ministration,” Fortunately, for the stability of me Student Government, the impeachment bill was de feated. Since the health of the SGA requires it, there must be comment made on the proceedings and several general conclusions drawn. The charges brought against Mr. Comninaki under the title of ‘Non-Performance of Duty” seem at the best very ludicrous. For example, the charge that he did not appoint a S.G.A. secretly is false. There is a secretary working in the SGA office. Comninaki also “did not state his reasons for vetoing a Senate bill.” Is there a specific rule stating he has to? Does the President of the United States state his reasons for vetoing bills? Another charge brought against Comninaki was that he failed to enact a poll passed by the Senate. Has it ever occurred to his opponents that he simply hasn t gotten around to it? The most ludicrous charge is yet to come, however. According to his prosecutors, he has not up held the oath of office. Such a charge is too general to apply — it almost reminds one of the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson over a hundred years ago. Under the title of “mal-administration” such charges as “using SGA stationary for personal letters to the faculty” and “making a stated stand on the Vietnam Moratorium” were placed. These seem very petty— they suggest that Com ninaki’s prosecutors are digging in any garbage barrel they can find — even though their chances of finding anything really concrete and signi ficant is almost nil. However, there is one charge that needs a flash light beam on it. That is the charge of misappro priation of funds. It seem s that the two senators would not make this charge without substantial evidence. There are only two methods (note these coexist) by which to attain the truth behind this charge. First of all, Mr. Comninaki should call either a student body meeting or a special senate meeting and either deny or admit this charge, which is a very serious one. His statement would determine the next step or “method.” If he admitted that he has misappropriated funds, he should resign, on the . other hand, if he should deny this charge, he should be ready to defend himself against his two “state prosecutors.” Whatever will be done, this is a serious matter to consider. The possibility of misappropriation of funds by elected officials shatters the student voters’ con fidence in his judgment.. Also, the very fact of this try for impeachment leads one to some serious questions. For example, why are the two senators conducting this matter — for the students, for their own ulterior motives or for the fact that they may have something personal against Mr. Comninaki? What would happen if a high official were impeached and convicted of a charge? Would not the SGA be in a shambles? It would be an overwhelm ing possibility that the students would possess no faith at all in their SGA, something that must not happen. With these and other thoughts in mind, perhaps Mr. Comninaki should act prudently in every aspect of his office duties and perhaps, also, his “opponents” should consider their evidence before they present it and the possible effects an impeachment would have on the students. However, if there are definite con crete charges, instead of silly Catch-22 class, against Mr. Comninaki that the student body does not know about, they should be presented immediately. Maroon and Gold LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS srupe^T C/NlW fountain SPectAc 25*^ 'Ithinkqoing to coLie&e i^gkeat.'—r^\ sm TO LOO toth' pay t^iat I'ul have ime to TAyce €>oN\e " Grad Student Plans Unusual Calendar Editor*s Note Maroon and Gold wel comes all letters to the editor. It reserves the right, however, to edit any letters for grammat ical errors, for reasons of libel, for good taste, and for length. (CPS) Temple Univer sity’s official calendar of events was a little differ ent this fall. Included among the tra ditional items were dates for the Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions and for the birthdays of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Harpo and Karl Marx. Adjacent to the date of Oct. 12, 1492 was the in scription: Indians dis cover Columbus. The chicanerous soul behind all this was female graduate student, Linda Weiser, who was placed in charge of producing the publication. After the calendars You and I are alive! If that is not good news, I guess I’ll never hear any. The most dynamic as pect of our life is that we have the ability to recognize the social, po litical and natural forces that shape our lives. We have grown up in a world that has had relatively few of the life-restrict ing events that have pla gued nearly all the gen erations before us.There has been no economic de pression where mankind has felt the collapsing of the structure that sup port his existence. No wars on the scale of this century’s two world wars have brought all political and social forces into the sole purpose of defending and supporting our coun try in both physical and idealistic aspects. Even so, without the forces that made the lives of our parents a struggle for life itself, without growing in a world that knows many upheavals we cannot help but be come aware of the exist ing powers that restrict the ability to live our lives to the fullest extent were on sale for a week, the Temple administra tion stepped in. Presi dent Paul Anderson, claiming the calendar contained “extraneous material” that disquali fied it as a ‘pure docu ment,” ordered the 1700 copies not yet sold to be taken from circulation. There followed an edi torial in the Temple stu dent paper to the effect that since the administra tion had already spent $800 to publish the calen dars, it would be waste ful to dispose of them. But the administration, at last note, planned to print 1500 revised calendars. feasible. We have been able to learn from past events how to control such forces that caused the so cial and moral upheavals. This control has enabled our lives to develop as they have, yet today we face new and different op positions to the social and moral dimensions that we hold as parts of our lives. We are in the position to develop the potential to expand and better our lives and those of all liv ing. As we are alive in our own segment of time with the differences from past ages quite self-evi dent, we have the respon sibility to further what developments have al ready taken place. Our age holds more promise of newness and the means to spread the understand ing and experiencing of this newness than any age in history. The movies speak of it as do maga zines and newspapers.All forms of art are alive with it: poetry speaks it, music sings it and sculp ture and painting give it substance and shape. Newness always brings wi* it change ^nd the de- Thursday, October 9,19^9 Elon Choir Gives Plans The Elon College Choir, under the direction of Prof. Richard Apper- son, opened the 1969-70 year on Sunday, October 5, performing for the Vesper Service. Boasting a membership of 90 members, the choir includes 27 music ma jors. Professor Apper- son stresses the fact that the choir is open to any interested student who desires to become a member and is not a de partmental organization open only to music ma jors. For the first time, members of the choir re ceive a grade for the course. It carries one hour’s credit per semes ter and the student’s grade is based on at tendance and participa tion. Prior to this year, students received either satisfactory or unsatis factory for the course. The next performance on the choir's schedule will be a service of mu sic for the North Caro lina Music Teachers As sociation on Sunday, Oc tober 26, in Whitley Au ditorium. The Alamance Country Club will be the setting for the choir’s perform ance for the Burlington Music Club on October 30. On Sunday, November 2, the Elon College Choir will present Choral Ves pers in Whitley Auditor ium at 4 p.m. A highlight of Parents Weekend will be a concert on Saturday afternoon. The annual perform ance of Handel s “Mes siah” will be on Sunday, December 7, in Whitley Auditorium. This will be performed by the choir and accompanied by the Elon College - Commun ity Orchestra. The final event in the choir’s schedule for fall semester will be a Can dlelight Service held in Whitley Auditorium on Thursday December 11. This will be a service of sacred and secular Christmas music. All performances of the Elon College Choir are open to the public. gree of change is direct ly proportional to the de gree of newness. Change brings with it opposition from those who control the social and political manifestations of the ac cepted truths of the time. This can only result in clashes of ideas which m turn result in struggles on both sides. The opposition to tho»e who do not wish to see change can take its forni in either passive or vio lent resistance. Violent resistance has been tne common means, as is quite apparent in moder history. Passive resist ance has not been ticed to the same extent. In recent years there have been many advocate of its use. As our live have shown, the of such movements na (Continued on Page Maroon & Gold The American Heritage: Democracy and a Free Press Published weekly by the students of Elon College "••■y. David Spiclr Associate Editors Rev. Marvin Morgan , Carl Reynolds ^^Poners Ed Kathy Davis Larry Sage Janet Winstead Richard Youmans A1 Zink Gary Dean Lee Loy Photographer RaymondsSey Miss Marilyn Spencer Member of Irtercollegiate Press pitll
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