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NOVEMBER 8, 1974
THE TWIG
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We at Theta Chi Fraternity, NCSU, wish to express our sin
cere gratitude to those at Meredith who showed their concern
following our recent tragedy.
The blood donated and the offers to donate blood were ap
preciated by the Evins, Craven, and Payne familie§ and the
Brotherhood. Dubby, Larry, and Wes are recovering very well.
Fraternally
The Brothers and Pledges of Theta Chi
Ami Pierce
On Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, one of the
most gifted, contemporary
lyricists and musicians around
today, is just beginning to
receive the popular acclaim her
talent so richly deserves.
From the Canadian plains,
she appeared in California in
the mid 60’s with a background
in art, a self-taught guitar
method and songs she wrote on
love, life, and dying. (Take a
Hikers find snow and not so wild
beasts on 1st backpacking trip
by Meredith McGill
Who of you can say you had
a truly adventurous fall break?
Nine Meredith residents had an
exciting experience back
packing in Pisgah National
Forest. Lynn MacArthur,
resident advisor in Stringfield,
led a group of eight students for
seventeen miles of rugged
hiking on the Art Loeb Trail.
These brave souls carried all
their supplies on their backs,
slept on the trail (with the
exception of the first night,
which they spent in a rest
area!), and cooked all meals
outdoors. Temperatures were
not of the mild Raleigh variety,
dropping 20 degrees and
prompting the campers’ early
return to the Meredith campus.
This was Lynn’s first ex
perience in leading such a
group, though she is an ac
complished backpacker. She
planned the menus, gathered
equipment for the trip, and
organized meetings before the
campout in which she stressed
the importance of taking only
the bare essentials but the right
essentials. Lynn’s goal was to
teach the hikers to relax with
nature, to feel at one with
nature, at one with the group,
and at one with themselves, and
she feels that this feeling was
attained.
All the campers worked
together in cooking and
cleaning up, and their spirit of
cooperation established this
weekend as a “non-hassled
weekend”, in Lynn’s words.
The students who participated
were: Kathy Frazier
(nicknamed “Smokey” for her
fire building skill), Cathy
Pickett, Carol Edwards, Susan
Fischel, Robin Brame, Martha
Claybrook, Cindy Sharpe, and
Becky Bennett. Student
reaction was homogeneous,
involving such comments:
“It was a wonderful ex
perience, being outdoors and
being close to friends and God”
- Martha Claybrook.
Lynn views the trip as the
most successful one she’s ever
participated in, and she has
tentative plans to lead another
hiking crew through the
Colorado Rockies during.spring
break. In pr^aration for this
trip, Lynn hopes to organize and
direct several seminars on
living outdoors successfully.
“It was great! Everyone Those interested in such a trip
should go (backpacking) should contact Lynn MacArthur
sometime” - Kathy Frazier and and get ready!
lodf at her album jackets
sometime; she does her own art
work.)
Her first album, “Song to a
Seagull”, produced by David
Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash,
and Young), reveals some of
her finest music, and yet, to
most people, is non-existent. In
fact, mention Joni Mitchell to
someone and, if they’re not a
Mitchell conoisseur, they’ll
probably respond with, “Oh
yea, she did ‘Help Me!’.” Well,
she’s done much more; and
she’s done much that is better
both lyrically and musically.
Did you know that, for
example, she wrote “Wood-
stock,” “Both Sides Now,” and
“The Circle Game”?
Her latest album, “Court
and Spark”, is a drastic change
from her first-and all total
she’s done six-not better and
not worse, just different. As she
has grown, so has her music.
Her voice, when she was
younger, was very high though
controll^; now it has matured
along with her music and can be
likened to a waterfall-at one
instant close to the clouds, at
the next, caressing the earth.
My favorite album is the
one preceding “Court and
Spark”, called “For the
Roses”. The title song was
written about a man who has
sold himself.
She sings “Remember the
days when you used to sit and
make up your tun^ for love and
pour your simple^sorrow to the
soundhole on your knee. Now
you’re seen on giant screens
and at parties for the press and
for people who have slices of
you from the company.” She
bemoans the fact that the once
youthful poet-musician has
broken into a thousand pieces,
bought and sold like stock.
Another fine cut from this
album is “Judgment of the
Moon and Stars.” She draws on
a little astrology analogy and
refers to her solitary and often
criticized lifestyle as being
decreed by the planets.
She comes to grips with her
“singleness” through and
concludes that he as an in
dividual has much to say:
“You’ve got to shake your fist
at lightning now you’ve got to
roar like forest fire; you’ve got
to spread your light like blazds
all across the sky. They’re
gonna aim the hoses on you,
show’em you won’t expire. Not
til you burn up every passion
not even when you did...if
you’re feeling contempt, well
then you tell it!” Those lines
should speak to all of us in
deciding whether or not to
support what we feel and
believe.
All of Joni Mitchell’s music
is exceptionally fine. All speak
to the silent people within each
of us, the people who sometimes
“get the urge for goin,” the
people who live hidden within us
without expression. Give
yourself a treat - open yourself
to Joni Mitchell.
Student file law in limbo
by Paul Feroe
(CPS)-As the date nears when
students will be allowed to see
their confidential school
records under a new federal
law, educational organizations
around the country are at
tempting an nth hour stay of
implementation.
The most recent attempt is
an appeal by college and
university administrators
urging Congress to delay im
plementing the law for one year
while they establish procedures
for handling student requests.
When Congress reconvenes
on November 18, it wilt have one
day in which to amend the law,
which was signed by President
Ford, before it goes into effect
on November 19.
Barring a dramatic
reversal or delay of the bill on
November 19, which seems
unlikely, schools of higher
education will technically have
to begin processing student
requests to examine their files.
However, because schools have
45 days in which to respond to
such a request there is a good
chance that a change in the law
will occur during that time.
Sen. James Buckley (C-
NY), who first introduced the
private records disclosure bill,
plans on the 18th or 19th of
November to introduce
amendments ot clarify parts of
A lively scene at the “Village Bar” shows Erna Stromsland
as Margo Channing, the leading role in “Applause”, which runs
Wednesday through Friday in Jones Auditmdum.
the bill that are causing ad
ministrators the most worries.
Buckley’s amendment will
seek to exempt from “full
disclosure” confidential
materials that went into to the
record earlier than 30 days
after the enactment of the law
(August 21,1974). A legislative
aide to the senator said the
amendment, a response to
pressure from higher education
circles, would also provide a
means for a student to “waive
his right of access to specific
statements”, like letters of
recommendation.
Educators fear that without
such a clause the privacy of
those who write letters of
recommendation would be
violated and that in the future
such letters would be difficult to
obtain.
Administrators feel the bill
contains several ambiguities
including:
-Which records are in
cluded in the right of access
provisions? Does this refer to
psychiatric records and parent
financial statements?
-Does the law apply to
former students as well as
current students?
-What records can a
student challenge in his file?
Because of these unan
swered problems, educators
say failure to postpone the bill’s
enforcement may create chaos
for school administrators. The
Office of Education which is in
charge of issuing regulations
says that guidelines won’t be
established before next spring.
A spokesman for Senator
Buckley admitted that “there
have been one or two legitimate
questions raised. ..about
oversights in the amendment;”
but he criticized attempts to
“delay” implementation of the
law as “unreasonable, un
justified.”