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E. C NEWS
LIBERATED PRESS
VOL 1. NO. 5
Elon College
Thursday, November 6. 1969
“Reach For The
Sky Young Man”
By RICK BL'RNELL
Although I realize that police officers have a job to do, it appears
that in this particular area they thrive on the persecution of certain
groups of people. As a white citizen and not hailing from what could
be considered the “true south”, I could not comprehend what a
black man in the southern United States goes through. 1 say that I
“could not” because that was before several encounters with the
local police, both in Elon College and in Burlington. I now have some
insight as to what it feels like to be harassed by the local police
and can truly sympathize with some of the m'nority groups who have
been going through this for many years.
The attitude of the officers involved in several incidents 1 have
witnessed leaves serious doubt in my mind as to their basic intell
igence and/or capabilities for performing their duties. In some
instances there was nothing but hate in their eyes, and 1 really
believe that, if possible, they would have commenced firing and
killed us on the spot. Certainly they had good reason for giving
us grief-after all, some of the students involved were long-haired
“hiwies” and one them was actually a “nigger”-irtiat would George
Wallace think? It seems natural for these “brain, washed” or shall
we say “white-washed” local policemen to give trouble to people
different from themselves. If you*re not white, Christian, and
crewcut, then you’re in trouble in Burlington, North Carolina....
“understand that, boy!!”
What is it in these people’s minds that makes them hate so many
people and shun almost all new ideas? They hate the black man be
cause their father did and his father before him and his father before
Mm and so on down the family tree. They hate Communists and
they don’t even know what a Communist is or what Communism is
all about. They also despise “hippies” and long hairs and do you
know why? They hate these people because everyone else they know
hates them too. 1 mean “Hot Damn”, if your nei^bor hates some-
body you’ve got to bate him too!! Could it be that these individuals
are so ignorant that they can’t attempt to formulate their own ideas?
They also hate anything “hippie” because the hip generation re
presents something to the locils that they can’t comprehend. This
“something” is freedom or in their case the lack of it. I’m not speak,
ing so much of i;diysical freedom because of the citizens of the United
States have the freedom to do many things they would not be able
to do elsewhere. The freedom Pm thinking of is the freedom of the
mind-the ri^t and ability to think as one wants to think and not as
someone else would have them think. White Southern society dic
tates these people’s ideas as it has for many years and as long as
this continues there is little hope of converting the local population
and especially the law enforcement element to a more civilized
and humane outlook on life.
The following are four incidents that this writer witnessed and
they have prompted me to remain indoors as much as possible.
“Operation Dig-In”
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By MARK SHOCKLEY
On Wednesday, October 29, at
3:30 there was a silent vigil called
for Professor Michael Smith in
front of the Student Union. The
vigil, which turned out to be a
meeting, was coordinated by
Randy Spencer and William Com-
ninaki. They explained to the sixty
or more students what had hap
pened up to this time in the
Smith fiasco. President Danieley,
it seems, called Professor Smith
Wednesday, the day that Smith
was to go before the Board,
and informed him that the con
frontation had been postponed
for the second time. Danieley
gave him no indication when the
Board would meet over this is
sue.
The students at the meeting
then decided that everyone should
confront Dr. Danieley and de
mand some answers. The group,
then numbering about one hund
red, proceeded into Carlton
where Spencer and Comninaki
went into Danieley*s office where
they remained for some thirty
minutes. The students then re-
turned to the Union where Randy
and Bill explained what hadtrans-
pired in the office. The Presi
dent explained that the meeting
had been cancelled because Thad
Eure, chairman of the commit
tee, had a temperature. Restated
that he had no idea when the
meeting would be held.
It was at this time that “Op
eration Dig-In” was formed. The
students decided to begin by mar
ching on the President’s house
that night. At 6:30, a group that
had grown to about two hundred
marched to his house by candle
light, chanting, “We want Mike!”
There was no response from our
President.
The Board meeting to make a
decision on Prof. Smith was to
meet on the 29th. On that after
noon Danieley was still not sure
how the meeting was to be held.
He had called the meeting be
cause of one member’s illness.
There are thirty-seven members
on the Board. It only takes twelve
of these to make a quorum, all
that is required to make a deci
sion. This is obviously a flimsy
excuse to call the meeting. He
could pull these tricks out of
his crown indefinitely.
“Operation Dig-In” was
formed to mobolize the students
to apply pressure on Danieley.
We can’t let these arbitrary ac-
tions go unnoticed. Prof. Smith
must be taken out of his state of
suspended animation. If you give
a damn about your school, then
you’d better give a damn about
Prof. Smith.
New Department
Takes First Steps
By DAVID BOWDEN
The Audio-Visual Department
is a relatively new and ol>scure
department here at Elon. At the
present time it is part of the
Educational Department and is
located in the first floor of Mo
oney Building. Mr. Wicker, hired
this year to work in the depart,
ment full-time, stated although
there is not a lot of equipment
the machines they do have are
fairly new.
Equipment available for class
room use includes motion pic
ture, slide, and overhead pro
jectors. A new video tape ma
chine was purchased recently and
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Senate Notes
The Elon Student Senate held
its regular meeting on Ttairs-
day, October 23, 1969. The meet-
Ing was called to order at 6:05
p.m. by the speaker of senate
Lee Loy. There were several re
ports, bills and resolutions pre
sented.
Under old business, Chris
Walsh, chairman of the food and
cafeteria committee gave the re-
suits on the cafeteria poll. Also
included in old business, Bill
Walker gave a report for the
exam committee. He said that his
committee Is working to atiolish
exams. Plans are underway to
possibly have this taken place in
the spring semester. Mr. Loy
then said that there would be
changes in the senate structure
and also included new com
mittees. He said that details
would be released at a later
meeting. Buck Cobb, chairman
of the pep committee was ques
tioned as to the progress of the
queen’s float. He reported that
no progress had been made and
no trailer at the present date.
Also senior senator, Mike Smith
was sworn in along with eight
freshmen senators and officers.
In the unfinished business there
was an ammendment to reduce
the S. G. A. secretary, Chris
Moore’s salary from ^.00 to
$1.60 an hour. The amendment
was passed. Other resolutions
passed were to put basketball
nets around the gym parking lot
and to construct new tennis
courts. Also there was a re
solution to have benches Installed
around the lake and under the
oaks. A bill to place class funds
under the regulation of the class
treasurer was passed. A Ull
to purchase folding chairs to be
used by the Liberal Arts Forum
was passed. It was decided that
it would save money as they have
rented chairs in previous years.
The senate also voted to hear a
Certified Public Accountant to
review S. G. A. funds at the end
of each school year.
Also passed was a bill re
quiring that all senators be given
a six hour notice before each
meeting. This will protect the
senators and maintain the re
putation of the senate. A bill
was passed to pay the secretary
of the SMiate $1.30 per hour
and the S. G. A. secretary $1.60
an hour. The secretary of sen-
ate bill be paid monthly and the
S. G. A. secretary bi-monthly.
Passed was the biU to pay the
caravan to Catawba witii the pro
vision that each driver in order
to get Sf per miles must have
four passengers.
An important action of the
senate was the passing of the
bill to hold a referendum coo.
cendog S. G. A. does. The re
ferendum is to be held within
the next two weeks. Mrs. Coon-
cil spoke to the senate explain
ing the need for more S. G. A.
dues. The referendum will al
low students to have a voice oo
what’s done with their money.
Mr. Loy then announced that
there would be a meeting next
Wednesday, October 29 at 6:30
p.m. to present the 1969-70
S. G. A. budget.