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VoL«X MARCH Ci, 1970 N0.1 ^^ALL «oES weULf THEY CAN NFVfR HUKT USj NO MATTER WHAT THEY 3>0. For WHAT THE/ HAve jA{LeP IS N«T MFN^BUT/^N IDEA. TH£ PRFAM OF FReffPoM IS IN T»RISoN NOWJ ®oT THPRC ARE" NO PRISONS INTHff LAND STRON^ £ NOVO,H T© MoLJ) IT... FOR ITS TlWe HAS COMr. Sieze THf TIMEr*' f S'TS'-St f ^ Ed Pllklngton Michael Smitn Ray Bowie A fatal blow has been struck against liberalism AAUP (American Association of University Profess, on this campus. Three young professors all of whom ors) guldllnes state that a professor should be advls- are generally beloved among thinking students,beoameed at least a year toefore his servioco the subjects of this spirit of repression here last be rendered. The fact that no appeal to a faculty group or counsel Is possible for these professors is also a violation of AAUP standards. week when they were informed that their contracts would not be renewed. They were Prof, C, Michael Smith, Prof. Ray Bowie, and Prof, Ed Pllklngton all of ^ their expected this outcome of his „l„d wiL ^hejfee? if IS appropriate or Lce.sary. h Prof. smith had expected the blow. He Has relnstateof”P"=® “ „? in the fall after his observation of moratorium JtTon between ^ur^studentr®fJcSltr^anrp?lvaL^^ltlzen^ ^""when hypocritical that the college can, wltrsuch a' fh?^gs1S:rliwn. the^boom l^Sers. ‘ doesn't mean shit, "There is an effort on the part of the adminlst- ration here, to keep, at the college, those students ^ Pllklngton was given a reason for his and faculty members whO keep their mouths shut and SO.. E that the colfege is nfarly bankrupt and all P®°Pl®hipJffoffd^^L Sjo?-(iMcS Sinleley hid given him with ideas of their own, constructive suggestions^are. for) went pfftf The arty group which is attract discouraged from implementing them and are encouraged^ P® the drama bag. is left with nothing to hold on tc to go elsewhere. The one place this sort of oppress.®^ this is Just the way it is supposed to ive atmosphere should not exist is the collep envlr-J^ ; S^ith and Bowie also have a following of onment. Unfortunately, Elon is run as a business and ^ , L-, mu „ i-v,o+-*s whoi- not as a College,” Smith said. ^desirables. They take a position when that s w^t ° their conscience dictates. They are not of the schooJ The reason given to both Smith and Bowie for ^^^at believes this college would be Utopia if it were 'estricted to science and athletics. iumfnltin L on? The chairman of the English department obviously muS DOsse^ ®®®*^ coming. In fact, who would decide S!Je veJ? of ® teachers should be moved into the vulnerable one year or advanced study beyond the masterfs degree n^! VTra/'Ve+-‘? and at least thirty percent must hold the earned ’ doctor's degree," Twenty percent are unaccounted for. Adequate aavancea notice was ^ '^®''® And the thirty percent could be considered part of thPrecise reasons given IndividuSTrinstances. fifty percent since they have their M,A. plus one ^ Recession is rampant. The new blood is dupe to year or more education. So you may lie in limbo unti^he fystem, the old meat and the old Ideas remain. ... . z 4-Viav lnQtrovi*+* oil nf* lie. Rxgll^ OHf it is convenient for you to be considered part of the^'^^ they haven t gotten all of us percentage that is in need of more education. Leeway for discrimination.
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