E. C. NEWS
LIBERATED PRESS
vol. 1
ELON COLLEGt FRIDAY. JANL'ARY 31. 1969
NO. 10
A SPECIAL
Student
I As Nigger |
S; As do black slaves, students vary in their awareness of
igwhat’s going on. Some recognize their own put-on for what itS;'
iffiis and even let their rebellion break through to the surface*
Sijinow and then. Others -- including most of the "good students”;®
have been more deeply brainwashed. They swaltow the bulliS
S?—^with greedy mouths. They’re pathetically eager to be pushedvi;
iS::around. They’re like those old grey-headed house niggers you%|
Sjcan still find in the South who don’t see what all the fuss is jS
Sjabout because Mr. Charlie “treats us real good.” Sv
S:-: College entrance requirements tend to favor the Toms andi-S
iSiscreen out the rebels. Not entirely, of course. Some students
Cal State L.A. are expert con artists who know perfectly:;:;:;:
jiSwell what’s happening. They want the degree or the 2-S and;:;:-:
:S::;Spend their years on the old plantation alternately laughing andv:-;
ifficursing as they play the game. If their egos are strong enough,-S:
SSthey cheat a lot. And, of course, even the Toms are angry down;;:-::
Sideep somewhere. But it comes out in passive rather than active:;;;::
Siaggression. They’re unexplainably thick-witted and subject to:;;;;;
■infrequent spells of laziness. They misread simple questions, ivi;
®They spend their nights mechanically outlining history chapters;:S
Awhile meticulously failing to comprehend a word of what’s in::-:;:
i^front of them.
M The saddest cases among both black slaves and student slaves iS:
wjare the ones who have so thoroughly introjected their masters’;:;!;'
;:;:;:;values that their anger is all turned inward. At Cal State,;:;:;
;:;:;:;these are the kids for whom every low grade is torture, who;;;:;
;;;;;;:stammar and shake when they speak to professors, who go;;;;:
:;:;;;:tlirough an emotional crisis every time they’re called upon:;;;:
ffiduring class. You can recognize them easily at finals time.
:;:;:;;Their faces are festooned with fresh pimples; their bowels;;;;;
;;;;;;:boil audiblyacross the room. If there really is a Last Judgment,;;;;;
;;;;;;:the parents and teachers who created these wrecks are going;;;:;
;:;:;;;to bum in hell.
So students are niggers. It’s time to find out why, and to do;:;:;
;;;;;;this, we have to take a long look at Mr. Charlie. :•;;;
;;;;;; The teachers 1 know best are college professors. Outside thex;;
;;:;:;classroom and taken as a group, their most striking character.
;;:;:;istlc is timidity. They’re short on balls. ^
Just look at their working conditions. At a time when even;:;:;
:;;;;; migrant workers have begun to fight and win, college profes-
!;;;;; sors are still afraid to make more than a token effort to Im-
;;;;;:prove on their pitiful economic status. In California State col-:,;:;
leges, the faculties are screwed regularly and vigorously by:;:;:
the Governor and Legislature and yet they still won’t offer any:;:;:
;:;:;:solid resistance. They lie flat on their stomachs with their:;;;:
pants down, mumbling catch phrases like “professional dig.;:;:;
;:;:;:nity” and ‘‘meaningful dialogue,”
Professors were no different when 1 was an undergraduate:;;;;
:;:::;;.at UCLA during the McCarthy era; it was like a cattle stam-;;;;:
;:;::::pede as they rushed to cop out. And in more recent years, 1:;;;;
::;::;:found that my being arrested in sit-ins brought from my col-:;:;;
not so much approval or condemnation as open-mouthedg;
S;;astonishment. “You could lose your job!”
Now, of course, there’s the Vietnamese war. It gets some;;;;;:
opposition from a few teachers. Some support it. But a vast;;;;:
number of professors who know perfectly well what’s happen- ;:;.;
;;;;;;;ing, are copping out again. And in the high schools, you can for-;;;::
inter-Orgcmizational Meeting Held
. On Monday, Jan. 27, a meet-
of the presidents of the var
ious non. social clubs and or.
SMizations was heldintheS.G.A.
wf’ Allen presided.
The two major topics discussed
1) a joint S.G.A. club
. ce, and 2) an inter-organiza-
council. Presidents from
ATO, the Elon Players, S.A.M.,
"e P.E. majors. Circle K, and
6 Miithatians were present.
The general consensus was
fongly in favor of a joint dance
„ ^he organizations and the
ail V split the cost. While
Elon students could attend
of charge, each club could
O’NeUl To Direct
Spring Weekend
SGA President Noel Allen an
nounced this past Tuesday that
Miss Sally Ann O’Neill has been
appointed as chairman of the
Spring Weekend activities.
Miss O’Neill will be responsi
ble for planning and coordinat
ing the various special events
for the 1969 Spring Weekend.
She has previously served as
secretary, treasurer of her So-
phomore class, and as a dele
gate to this year’s State Stu
dent Legislature.
Over 50 students have signed
up to work on this vital com
mittee. Miss O’Neill plans at
least one preliminary meeting
Campus Center Exposed
MISS SALLY ANN O’NEILL
of the committee before the end
of the Winter term. With the
entertainment prospects being
very favorable Spring Weekend
promises to be an unforgettable
and incomparable weekend.
By BRUCE WASIIBI RN
What’s your bag? Is it sip
ping a cup of hot java and mun-
ching on doughnuts? Playing
cards, or pondering over a chess
board? Watching television or
listening to the stereo? Read
ing, or shooting the bull, or may
be just plain relaxing? Well, there
is a little known retreat, just off
campus, that can probably fill
your bag. It’s the All-Saints
Coffee House, better known as
the “Campus Center.”
The Campus Center, which is
sponsored by the Episcopalian
Church of the Holy Comforter of
Burlington, is open to all Elon
College students and faculty from
9 a.m. to 12 a.m., Monday thru
Friday. It is located on North
O’Keliy Avenue, directly behind
the President’s home outside the
east wall of the campus.
The All-Saints Coffee House
was first opened in 1960, For
the past three years it has o-
Delegation Prepares
For S.S.L.
have a display and claim par
tial sponsorship. A $300 dance
is tentatively set for April 18,
Response also strongly sup.
ported the idea of an inter-or-
ganizational council which would
serve simply as a forum for
common interests, problems, and
plans as well as a method of
coordinating joint activities.
The group met again Thursday
at 12:30 in the S.G.A. office to
formalize plans for the dance
and the council. The prospects
look very bright for the revival
of clubs and other special groups
on campus.
B> DON TARKENTON
The Elon College Delegation
to the N.C. State Student Legis
lature is once again making pre
parations for the ensuing session.
For those who are unfamiliar
with the State Student Legisla
ture (SSL), it is a legislative as.
sembly of college delegations,
modeled after the N.C. Legisla
ture, Bills, introduced by the
college delegations, are acted
upon in each house of the legisla
ture, Every college and university
in the state of North Carolina is
invited to send a delegation. Last
year, there were thirty-three
colleges and universities repre-
sented at the session. This year,
the number ofparticipants willbe
even greater.
The SSL is a bicameral organ,
ization in which representation
in the Senate is equal for all in
stitutions, and in the House, the
representation is based on the
enrollment of the college or uni
versity, This year, the Elon Del
egation will have two delegates
in the Senate and four delegates
in the House,
The members of Elon’s delega.
tion began making plans andpre.
parations in November. The leg
islature will meet from Feb. 26
thru March 1, at the Sheraton-
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Be
tween now and the beginning of the
session, the members of the Elon
Delegation will be spending many
hours in the library, doing re
search on our bill and the bills
submitted by other colleges. It is
a great deal of work, but theout-
come is rewarding.
The title of the Elon Delega
tion’s bill for this year is: A
BILL TO AMEND THE GEN
ERAL STATUTES OF NORTH
CAROLINA TO PROVIDE FOR
ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO BE
AVAILABLE FORTHOSE AMER
ICANS LIVING OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES AND EMPLOY.
ED BY UNITED STATES COR
PORATIONS WITH FOREIGN
BASED INDUSTRIES. The title
of the bill is quite descriptive,
therefore 1 see no necessity for
elaboration. We feel that our biU
has a great deal of promise, and
we are hopeful that it wiil be
passed, unamended, by both hous
es of the SSL.
Due to the increased enroll,
ment of Elon College, we are
classified as a “large college,”
this year. Therefore, we will be
in direct competition with insti
tutions such as: U.N.C., East
Carolina University, Duke Uni-
(See NUMBER 2, Page 4)
perated under the supervision of
Mrs. William Chandler, who,
along with nine other women of
the Episcopal Church, serves as
hostess. Though the Campus Cen-
ter is supported by the Episco-
pal Church, its function is not
to push religion, but rather to
provide a place where students
and faculty can find a few
mements of relaxation and/or re.
creation, in a “home away from
home” atmosphere. For this pur
pose, the coffee house offers
a variety of games, an assort,
ment of snacks and beverages,
and the comfortable furnishings
of home - including TV and
stereo. The delightul companion,
ship of the hostesses, and of cam
pus friends is also available.
In addition to providing these
facilities, the Campus Center
also assists by enteftaining and
providing quarters for guests of
the Elon College Liberal Arts
Forum Symposium.
As Mrs. Chandler put it, “The
Campus Center is here because
we care,” and there are those
here at Elon, students and fa-
culty alike, who have already
discovered the hospitality the
Campus Center offers and make
use of its facilities habitually.
But there is always room for
more.
Women’s
Rules Committee
Has First Meeting
The Special Committee to Re
vise the Women’s Regulations
held their first meeting on Jan.
23 to set guidelines and choose
a student chairman, Mrs, June
Looney, Dean of Women, mod
erated this first meeting.
Dean Looney expressed her
concern for the several outdat-
ed regulations - some of which
are not observed - which are
still on the books. Copies of the
Women’s regulations stipulated
in the handbook and the supple,
ment rules were distributed to
the members.
The student members of the
committee appointed by the Pre
sident of the SGA are as follows:
Elaine Beech, Beth Brinkerhoff,
Sherri McGirt, Sally Ann O’Neill,
Kay Savage, and Linda Wesley.
Professor Council will serve as a
faculty advisor. Dean Looney and
Noel Allen will serve as ex-
offlcio members. . ....
Others invited this firs! meet-
(See NUMBER 4. Page 4)