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r 1 \ i h PAGE 2 THE TWIG MARCH 21. 1973 THE TWIG MEREPITH COLLEGE Helms selection not qnestioned? JFS Tronble with pool Due to the recent problems the College Center Association has incurred with the “dishonest” pool shark a few facts might prove deterrants to future sharks who feel the urge to use paper clips for a free, all - day pool game. First of all, according to Mrs. Vandiver, money received from the tables goes to a separate fund handled by CCA. Money from the tables is also used for repairs and replace ment of equipment, as Mrs. Vandiver showed 27 PAID games will merely bring $6.92, enough for 3 billiard balls. Student worker pay also comes out of the table money — 608 PAID games will cover the cost of this work. For grumbling stu dents who complain about limited game equipment types and hours, perhaps a word to the “money - saving” pool shark would be helpful. JFS Fact clear-up “Guilt by association” can be extremely detrimental to an institution of higher learning, particularly one which strives academically to mold free and responsible women into in volved citizens. Meredith College has taken great strides in the past years towards re-orienting its student image from one of the subservient, male-dominated female to one of the Intelligent, responsible, Informed, and committed in dividual citizen. The unanimous election of Senator Jesse Helms to the Board of Trustees will probably not destroy this renewed image, but I do not think his selection can be made without some question of comment. As an editorialist with WRAL - TV in Raleigh, Senator Helms often employed an attitude which seems entirely too contradictory to the very principles by which Meredith College stands. A few past editorial comments made by Senator Helms might help us see his “viewpoint.” Mr. Helms has been a constant proponent of the speaker-ban law; as he wrote in Viewpoint #1001 on December 27, 1964, “This station from the beginning has supported the communist - ban law enacted in 1963 by the legislature of North Carolina. We oppose any effort to repeal or weaken it.” In an attack on Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement, he wrote, “The Civil Rights movement, as Dr. King calls it, has had an uncommon number of moral degenerates leading the parade.” (#1071, April 1, 1965) In #1093 on May 3, 1965, he said property rights cannot be separated from human rights. In #1040, March 3, 1965, Mr. Helms opposed Medi care, expressing what he called “the difference between com passion and socialism.” In another attack on the NAACP in #715, October 22, 1963, he wrote, “The Negro race now needs to get to work to prove the equality that its leaders have for so long proclaimed.” On November 20, 1963, in $736, he wrote, “They (people in Williamston, N. C.) are sick of a so-called ‘non-violent movement’ that festers with violence and draws its sustenance from the control of masses of people who sing and dance and chant in the streets in a demand for a freedom that defies definition.” Repeatedly in his editorials Mr. Helms calls for a return to Christian morality, respon sibility and justice. Meredith College also calls for Christian morality, respon sibility and justice. But the call here is for open commit ment to all people and a willingness to grow through opposing views (communist, democratic, black, or white) to better un derstanding and toleration. A senator can undoubtedly be ben eficial to Meredith College, and this comment is not an af front to Dr. Weems, the Board, or even to the personal in tegrity of Senator Helms. It is a questioning of our own commitments in the light of Mr. Helms’ past remarks, a questioning qhlch apparently did not take place at the time of his selection, but which will, I hope, occur after the next 3 years. I merely ask if it is worth the endeavor for Meredith College as a racially and religiously open liberal arts insti tution to become too closely associated with a man whose comments have too often proved different. Board Kay Baker Julia Mac Ldwards Pam Faison Louise McCaskill Vicki Owen Debra Sugg Letters to the editor Dear Editor; I have heard many Meredith day students say that this college really has never come to mean anything to them. This is not the case with me because it has become an important part of my life. It is because of this personal attachment that I am writing this article. The subject is the cafeteria and I am concerned. For two years now I have watched Meredith day students get free lunches. From past issues of the Twig we have observed that the so - called “Honor Code” is a significant factor in Meredith’s academic and moral standards. At the same time some students, in point of fact, have been taking things without paying for them. Just how honorable is this? I have approached this pro blem from more than one angle. My first step was the administration and I was as sured that something would be done; that was seven mon ths ago. More than one day student has had a mental con flict about the problem and some have gone to faculty members about it. In two instances that I know of per sonally the activity of “taking” lunches has been condoned by teachers. Is the honor code just for students or do we all have a responsi bility? My third approach to the pro blem is this article and the appeal is being made to you, the student body. The admin- is tration has ignored the problem, some faculty have condoned it; how can we solve it? M.D. Dear Editor: I am asking your cooperation in printing this letter so that I may reach the general student population. I am attempting to accumu late some meaningful data for a serious study on American communes. To that end, I wish to reach as many com munes as possible. I will be grateful if students, graduate and undergraduate, who are living in communal situations, will write me in dicating willingness to receive a questionnaire and/or to be interviewed. Size of commune is unimportant; 3 or 4 people, up to any number. Sincerely, Mae T. Sperber 26 West 9th Street, 9E New York, New York 10011 Adams writes on abortion A misrepresentation of facts in the March 1 editorial needs to be cleared in order to alleviate some false impressions that may have resulted. The editorial involved a law which, it was stated, did not allow any COMMUNISTS to enter Wake County. On the contrary, the law is a diplomatic one which does not allow a Soviet diplomat to enter the county, just as American diplomats may not enter certain places in Russia. Exactly why Wake County was singled out is still uncertain, but it must be stated that communists themselves are not prohibited from entering Wake County. It the editor ial resulted in creating this erroneous impression, then these facts should clear the inconsistency. JF’S BY TONY ADAMS EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. A- dams writes a column for several newspapers called “Legislature in Review”. A one-time candidate for the Wake County Representative to the N. C. House, Mr. Adams has had experience dealing with the political realm. Per iodically, his column will ap pear in THE TWIG and will deal with pertinent legislative topics. Recently the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that no state has the right to re fuse an abortion to a woman during the first three months of pregnancy. The Court also said that a woman would be allowed to have an abortion after the first three months if her doctor deemed neces sary. This decision has removed one of the great emotional issues from the arena and most lawmakers in Raleigh are relieved they do not now have to commit themselves on the issue. Rep. Bob Jones, of Ruther ford County, introduced a bill in the House last week that would bring North Carolina’s abortion laws into line with the Supreme Court ruling. His bill gives a woman the right to have an abortion during the first three months of preg nancy. Even thought the mem bers of the legislature will have to vote on the gentle man’s measure, it is not as difficult a decision to make as previously. They can say they were only following the ruling of the court and did not have any choice. Abortion is perhaps the most hotly debated public topic in the country and nearly every one holds passionate feelings on the matter. It is a moral question, deal ing with the essence and mean ing of human life. I tend to think only God in Heaven knows the answer to that; surely the members of the General As sembly do not. With all the varied informa tion, the choice still remains with the woman. If enough women believe that abortion is a private matter then laws will take that shape. It is pertinent, therefore, for wo men to face their own hearts and minds and decide what THEY believe to be right. I am a man. I can never experience the agony and pain of an unwanted pregnancy. For that reason, I feel it is not my right, nor the right of ANY man, to make that ter rible decision for a woman. The Supreme Court has given women the choice to make for themselves. I would hope that now we can put the matter behind us as a question of legislation. 1 will only say this to my women readers: doctors may advise you, ministers may counsel you, but when the advisors have finished and gone their way, only YOU, the mother, will make the final decision. Pray God that your decision be wise and honest and just and loving. Post Script; The 1972 ele ction has been over for almost five months now. All the can didates have removed their campaign posters from the roadsides of Wake County. All except one, that is. Earl Cox, evidently, has made no attempt at all to take his poster propaganda down. It indeed seems that he now has more posters up than he did during the elec tion. I can only assume he plans to run again and does not wish to take the time to re move them. It is quite un couth for him to leave them up this long. It reminds me of someone who leaves his Christmas decorations up un til Easter. Will it replace old pill? The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a new type of oral contraceptive. Affectionately known as the “Mini-pill”, the new pill contains only one hormone — 35 mg of the pro gestin, norethindrone. The new pill is taken daily through out the entire month, instead of three weeks in four. It is not known how the Mini - pill does not prevent ovulation. There are two distinct dis advantages to the new pill. First, association withahigh- er unplanned pregnancy rate, a rate of three per hundred woman years ofuse, instead of one with the ordinary pill. Nevertheless, three is still a low pregnancy rate. The second disadvantage is a high incidence of irregular cycles and frequent breakthrough bleeding and spotting. If the new pill is exempt from increased risk of blood cot formation and subsequent em bolism, occasionally attendant upon use of conventional orals, (Continued on Page 5) Beauty from women In poetry, power of inspir ation and strength of expres sion are not exclusively mas culine characteristics. This is confirmed by the first, definitive collection of poems in English by women from the early medieval period to the present: THE WOMEN POETS IN ENGLISH (McGraw- Hill, $9.50). The editor of this anthology is Ann Stanford, winner of a 1972 Literature Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters for her outstanaing achieve ments in literature and her excellence in the field of poetry and verse. A profes sor of English literature at California State University at Northridge, she has under taken to show women writing at their best and contributing to the vitality and development of poetry in their times. “De licate Ladies” are not among these 150-odd poets, more than half of them writing in the twentieth century. The comprehensive volume contains the works of women poets from the U. S., Eng land, Canada, Scotland, Ire land, Australia, and New Zea land, including contributions by Queen Elizabeth I, Anne (Continued on Page 5) Editorial Staff • j3Jiic6 Sdirns •*«* • Oopy Hiditox* ••••••••••«•••••••■••••«•••••••••••••••••••• £l63irior Hill • Feature Editor Renee Lindsey >:•: I; Reporting Staff — Karen Britt, Claudia Denny, Joy Sea- :5;i ■: born, Norma Heath, Catherine Stover, Susan Webster, §:■ j Mary Owens, Barrie Walton, Gloria Smith :•$ f Typists ...Deborah Phillips, Suzanne Martin, Susan Webster S Faculty Advisers .... 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