E. C NEWS
LIBERATED PRESS
vol. 1
ELON COLLEGE
Saturday, February 22, 1969
No. 13
Student Center?
By RALPH MOORE AND DAVID SPICER
In 1966 the William S. Long Student Center was opened, supposed
ly a place where students could congregate, hold meetings, and do
other such things that would fully enrich their lives. So it is now
two years later, and what is the state of things concerning the "Stu-
dent Center?” Read further to find only a smattering of the uses the
"Student Center” is being put to.
1) There is an office downstairs occupied by an Administration
official. It could be used for an office for one of the student publica
tions. Did you know that in one tiny office upstairs there are three
different staffs crunched up? The above mentioned office could be
used by one of these publications.
2) Also, on the second floor another HUGE office is being occu.
pied by the editor of the other newspaper, which is a mouthpiece for
the Administration and NOT the students.
3) Several of the meeting rooms upstairs are used by the Admin
istration to hold conferences that have nothing directly at all to do
with the students. When these are held, the students are told to
leave the above rooms.
4) The display window downstairs hardly ever contains anything
eicept advertisements for the Campus Book Shop. It could also be
used for displays of student art and special projects.
5) A juke box was placed in the Snack Bar. It was arranged for by
the Student Affairs Committee, but the Slater Regime gets all the
profits. At least, because it was the students' idea, some of the
profits could be forwarded to scholarships for needy students.
6) The United Church of Christ holds meetings in the Student
Center. The church has crowded itself in our lives as students
enough the way it is, and now they are invading our only “para-
dise."
In conclusion, it must be said that this is a student center (and
we are paying for it, although the administration, with its vast
building program, built it), and it should be used by the students
and NOT the Administration. What is going to be done about this?
Just a lot of griping? Or is some positive action going to be taken?
Remember, it Is your student center.
Term Registration Revised
(A Review)
By NEIL HENNING
From the administration that
brought you a one week school
opening postponement, came an
other spectacular featuring a cast
of thousands. It was called Spring
Term Registration or 101 Desks
to Nowhere and Back Again, pre-
sented by Poor Planning Project
Production Inc. Under the “direc
tion” of the administration, the
usual registration farce was ere-
Queens Boycott
On Feb. 12, 1969 approxi
mately 400 students boycotted
tlie chapel of Queens College.
Queens has an enrollment of 770
students who have a required
chapel system p.i Wednesdays.
Also they have an assembly on
Fridays and from time to time
a convocation on Mondays.
Queens co-eds are given sev-
sn cuts a semester. Any more
seven will make the per-
son lose two quality points.
Captain Elon Elected
, the highlights of a
^ccessful Captain Elon Week-
r .’f®® the announcement of
TOm Elon at the dance on
nigjit. Bob Sutherland
^ chosen in a student body
Mr. Sutherland was
ere ^ of contend,
that mcluded Ed Baker, Jim
aJ D Bart Shaw,
Cant,^^ Spencer. The new
^ member of
and he ischair-
mittee ^"t^rtainment Com
ated with relish. Many students
waited in line for iimumberable
hours to see this spectacular.
Refusing to believe the student
who saw it in the morning, many
stayed in line to catch the matinee
show.
The show has to be one of the
all time greats because it was a
repeat of what happened at the
beginning of the year, never has
such a repeat performance direc
ted such verbal critique from the
students. After waiting in line to
see the show, students found
themselves faced with more lines,
trouble was they all led to no-
where.
This piece of theater in the ab
surd must have been hard to cast.
How could so many people who did
not know what was going on be
chosen to be compiled into one
group? The cast was obviously
the best to be had at the lowest
possible price.
Spring Term Registration was
enougji to force a Southern Belle
to spit or cuss even. People
dered lost over the campus in a
beaten path between Whitley and
McEwen, Many felt like sojourn
ers, but where was the Promised
Land? I hated to see one poor man
cry because he was forced to be
come a Home Ec. major because
he was closed out of History 4049.
The administration deserves a
standing ovation, because that s
what we did all day for another
fine show from Poor Planning
Project Productionlnc. This show
is recommended for students only
and none will register without an
I.D. card, charge card, etc.
Sherwood To Head
Book (Commission
Mr. Jim Sherwood has been
appointed to serve as chairman
of the S.G.A. Presidents Special
Commission to Investigate the
College Book Price. The com
mission was set up to study
comparative price lists of books
used at Elon College and to take
into the possibility of a student
operated “Book Exchange.”
Mr. Sherwood, presently a
freshman class senator, plans to
write and visit other schools,
colleges and universities to
learn more of the standard book
prices and general bookstore
operations. The commission
was awjointed as a result of
numerous complaints concern
ing new and used book prices
at the Campus Shop. It is hoped
that, if the prices are not out of
the ordinary or if they are too
high, the commission will be
able to fairly report such infor.
mation the S. G. A. President, the
Student Body, and to recommend
any changes which might be of
help in the situation.
Veritas Destroyed
During the last three weeks
hundreds of copies of Veritas
have been destroyed by vandals.
To put out one copy of this
newspaper cost the students,
through their S.G.A. fees, ap
proximately $110.00. Fortunate,
ly we are able to defray expenses
by averaging about $75.00 worth
of ads. However, the remaining
expense is the burden of the
average student.
Though the destruction of hun
dreds of Veritas may be wel
come in some quarters, it is
still an infringement of the free,
dom of the press. If anyone would
care to destroy Veritas let them
at least do it in a column which
has proved in the past that it is
open to derogatory opinion.-the
Letters to the Editor.
Trip To England
During the winter term a
group of twenty three American
students from Elon led by Dr.
Gerard Priestley, visiting scho.
lar in social science, and Prof
James Elder, professor of Brit-
ish history, spent three weeks
in London, England. Billeted at a
haven of continental hospitality,
the National Hotel. The group
s-iw such magnificent sights as
St. Pauls, Westminster Abbey,
Parliament, Canterbury Cathe
dral, the British Museum, the
Tate Gallery, Winsor, Running-
mede, and Hampton Court. Sev
eral of the members of the group
went to Dublin, Edinburgh, Am
sterdam, Switzerland, and Par
is. To say the least, their ad.
ventures were unique, but it is
best that that chapter be left
unread.
PROXMIRE
8;00 WHITTLEV
FRIDAY
Box Tops Reviewed
On Friday, February 14th at 9 p.m., the Elon College S.G.A.
presented the Box Tops, a rock group from Memphis, in concert.
This group performed a varied amount of material, including soul,
blues, country and western, jazz, and rock (which consisted mainly
of their own songs). This versatility helped make this concert one
of the best that Elon has had.
The group began the first set with an instrumental, which was
abruptly ended by some foul.up in the plugs. The lead singer, Alex
Chilton, then sang several Box Tops favorites, including "The
Letter,” “I’m Your Puppet,” “Neon Rainbow,” and “Cry Like a
Baby,” The Box Tops were very adept at performing these songs
--but it was in experimenting with ditterent types of rock^hat the
group came across best. In doing songs like “She Shot a Hole in my
Soul" and “Soul Finger,” the group displayed their ability to per.
form soul songs, approaching them in a unique manner. For exam
ple, “Soul Finger” was almost completely a harp instrumental.
Other songs that the Box Tops did in the first part were the country
and western “Break My Mind," the B. B. King song, “Rock Me
Baby (which was inferior to King's version of it and the Jefferson
Airplane's rendition). Buddy Holly's “Everyday,” and their own
“Choo Choo Train.”
It was during the second set that the concert came alive (although
many people left). The Box Tops’ opening number was “Boogie,” a
fifteen minute instrumental in which each member of the band delved
into a solo. The lead guitarist did his thing first, noting out sharp,
piercing screeches from his guitar. The band then started up again,
to be followed by organ, bass, and harp solos. It was during this
number that the members of the band expressed their casualness
and their comfortableness with each other .-an aspect that must
be possessed by good concert rock groups. Other songs performed
during the second set were “1 don’t want Nobody to Lead the bn,”
“Nickel Head,” “Nivram” (a jazz number), “Born in Chicago.”
(not quite as good as Paul Butterfield’s version .- they just did not
have the style to perform this song the way Butterfield does in
concert), and “Sweet Cream Ladies,” their current hit.
The concert was made interesting by the group's ease with the
audience. The lead singer, who was obviously a little stoned, was
the most exuberant. He jumped around the stage, wiggled, and
cracked jokes about sex. He also showed a versatility.- he sang
and played the guitar, bass, and organ. The organist, Rick Allen,
displayed a cool that the others did not have. He did not say much,
but the audience could feel he was there because of his fine harp
and organ playing. The other members of the band rounded out the
band to give it a style somewhat peculiar to ordinary Memphis groups.
However, the band was not flawless . - they left much to be de.
sired. First of all, their sound system was not the best. The voices
were garbled at times, plus the volume was not loud enough at all.
Also, there was a tremendous amount of feedback from the ampli.
fiers’. As the general quality of the “live” performance of their
songs, the Box Tops failed .. the recorded versions of their songs
were ’much better (that is expected, however, of any group), and
their renditions of other people’s music were good, but not quite
good enough when compared to the original versions. Despite these
facts, though, the Box Tops, because of their versatility, performed
a weil.done concert and provided a welcome change for the students
of Elon.
Dance Saturday
A special S.G.A. dance spon.
sored by the Coffee House will
be held this Saturday night from
8 p,m, until midnight. Vic Rola
announced a change inplans ear
ly this week to liold the dance in
second floor McEwen rather
than in the Student Center. The
reason for the change was to
accommodate a larger group.
The “Imaginations” will te
playing for the dance. All Elon
students and their dates may
attend free of charge.