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NATIONAL STUDUNT ASSOCIATION A rcccnt issue of the li)AST CAROLINIAN, the campus newspaper of East Carolina College, contained information dealing v/ith the National Student Association. The NSA, of which East Carolina is a member, is a student organization composed of mem'bor colleges from all over the United States. This association is interested in student ideas on int.;}rnational, national, and local levels, and it aids its members through prepared literature, speakers, films, confer>:^nces, etc. Last year, the Vice .resident of NSA visited the j>lon campus in order to give our SG information concerning the organization and the worth of our college becoming a member. At the present, the issue is being consider ed by our SG, but there must be a thorough investigation as to the value of NSA. In August, NSA held its fifthteenth National Congress at Ohio State University where member schools met to discuss problems prevalent on their campuses and to pass legislation dealing with these problems. Specific issues discussed at the conference wore', nuclear testing, civil rights, academic freedom, the role of the student in policy making, freedom of the press, student rights, administrative violation of search and seizure laws, \infavorablc parental control over students by administrations, and viola tion of faculty rights. Pollov/ing is a co )y of one bill passed at the conference which may be of interest to students on our campus, as it expresses the attitudes of representative college students from all over the nation. The bill w&s printed in the . jAST CAROLINIAN. . . PACT' In many universities in this country, the administration is concerned with various aspects of students' personal and non-schola.stic lives. Schools have instituted regulations on the consumption of alcoholic boyerages other than those imposed by state laws, they have imposed standards of dress, insisted upon dormitory curfews, and have restricted smoking for reasons other than those of safety and comfort. PRINCIPLE: USNSA recognizes that certain rules are necessary for scholastic achievement and for the maintenance of minimal order in the educational community. However, USNSA also believes that certain areas of student life are private concerns and should not be the subject of university regu lations. V/e believe that the development of the ability to moke rcsT)onsible decisions about personal matters is both an important part of the maturation of the individual and an essential element of the educational process. \/e believe thEit the individual student must be forced to confront challenging situations on his own. Only by such confrontation can the student become prepared for his role as an autonomous individual in a democratic society. DECLARATION ' USNSA deplores administration infringement upon the persona.l rights of individuals. Education consists not only of learning in the classroom, but also of active participation in self-direction. Upon graduation stu dents cannot be expected to act responsibly unless the university has continually confrontc them with situations which ho VO re- uired them to make decisions. V/hcn the university forces students to take the res -onsibility for the conse uences of their decisions, it will have helped to develop reasonable men c,nd competent citizens. USNSA recognizes that perhaps early in a college student's career, transitional curfew regulations may bo necessary. However, the final g03l must be a situation in which the individual controls and is responsible for himself. We declare that administration restrictions cone corning dross, alcoholic beverages, smoking, and curfews interfere with the private lives of students.
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