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the Mars Hill College
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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE
IF WE DON’T
WAKE UP?
■ VLIV No. 11
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
March 14, 1970
Senate Presents Legislative Synopsis
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son. “as made President-elect of the Student Government Association *or 1970-71
ref. P°P“lar vote of the student body on March 4. Vice President-elect is Lake Ellis,
^'®>ary-elect is Nancy Collis and Treasurer-elect Is Terry Kuykendall.
Moo
Owen Blows Her Mind
® Community Affairs
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by Sam Wallace
The
little, green-eyed whirlwind
sn seen racing around the Mars
' ^ College campus on the way to
of her many activities is Cathy
■0 ^®thy is a senior religion
)o/ Shelby, North Carolina
I/O u is one of MHC’s most active and
1 students. She is a Senior
ator. Director of the Juvenile As-
TT Program, a Justice on the
III Court and an Intern with
IMJP Christian Ethics Institute.
Cathy became interested in work-
ioveniles when she became
l| KJ® 'he high rate of delinquen-
n the Pisgah View Apartment
^ ■ /'S'hy said, “When I saw the
° 'he deiinquent, with no one
them, no one to help
me ® friend to them, I be-
obi *^®®Ply concerned with their
'he Judicial Depart-
j ^HC I made a proposal for
^ enlle Assistance Program. The
recrapproved and I am now
lave^f^ *1^1® program this semester.
I g tutors working under me,
iqg °®®''0'One basis with the de-
orris
irly '™hite, Ben Cochran and Bili
>Urs approximateiy three
9ek-q'^''^ “buddies” on two
'ble much time as pos-
^e Pro' on weekends. I feel
veniie^*^^®’ I® a great benefit to the
iQ ® t 'hat it gives them some
Willi cares about them and
ik with^th ° some time and
The about their problems.”
r funded
I of R t®'" an area including
“uncombe County.
t-SSt
f Dr. p under the direction
1 inter t^®'hy worked as
istitpte'^ ^"h the Christian Ethics
orketj wi h summer she
' ®oordi ®9®ricles and churches
^ ®ate their activities to servo
in a united scope. After her research
Cathy wrote a 45-page report which
is now being used as resource ma-
teriai for ministers who attended the
institute iast faii. She is presentiy
working as a tutor for the students
taking the Christian Ethics course
this semester.
Cathy has been named to Who’s
Who in American Coiieges and Uni
versities, is on the Dean’s List, ranks
second in her ciass schoiasticaiiy
and is a member of the Advisory
Committee to the Academic Dean.
When asked why she came to
Mars Hiii Coiiege Cathy repiied that
she iiked the friendiy campus and
beautiful scenery. She said. It is
really true that MHC is a friendly
campus. I think that Mars Hill stu
dents have a certain identity of their
own. Here at MHC there Is a con
stant effort to complement the
academic and social life of the stu
dents. Programs such as the Com
munity Development Institute pro
gram, the Christian Ethics Institute,
the Juvenile Assistance Program
and others in this scope make MHC
unique. These programs are of great
benefit to the community and give
students practical experience. There
is a great opportunity here at MHC
to become involved in many outside
activities to increase your educa
tional experience. My only regret in
my college experience is that I have
been able to be at MHC only two
years. I was a transfer from Gard-
ner-Webb and therefore could only
put two years of my life into MHC.
At Mars Hill I feel I have matured.
I have had a chance here to think
about what life is all about and that
in essence the meaning of life is
serving. If I were only concerned with
myself my life would not be any
thing. MHC has done far more for
me than I have for MHC.”
Editor’s Note: A report of the
1969-70 Student Government As
sociation activities was to have been
printed at the end of second se
mester. However, misconceptions
concerning legislative programs
have, in the opinion of this news
paper, warranted a publication of
SGA activities to this date. The au
thor of the following article is a
Senator of the senior class.
by Cathy Bowen
The Senate has tried throughout
the year to support the desires of
the students and see that they are
implemented. The officers of SGA
and the Senators have succeeded in
improving the students’ lives on this
campus. A list of improvements
which have been catalyzed by SGA
during this administration follows.
Constitutional changes require a
good deal of time; it is with great
pride that the 1969-70 SGA com
pleted the court system reform and
had the student body’s approval by
Oct., 1969.
Court Reforms
1) Insured student rights of 5th
Amendment and Double Jeopardy.
Essential to a fair trial.
2) Commission Court will now try
all cases which would have come
before the House Council to insure
an unbiased jury and judgment by
one’s peers.
3) Student Court can publish a re
port of each trial to inform students
of the decisions at its discretion.
4) Trials are to be held “open” if
at all possible.
5) A new method for selecting court
members was adopted. The new
method makes it possible for all
students tob e not filed and inter
viewed if they are intrusted in the
court.
6) Court will consist of: 16 upper
classmen selected at large from
the student body, 4 additional mem
bers chosen second semester, ten
members will sit on a trial, 9/10
vote for a verdict, and 8/10 vote for
a penalty.
7) Established the ability of the
court to grant suspended sentences
for any penalty.
General Campus
1) An SGA Bulletin Board was cre
ated in cafeteria to improve com
munication.
2) Establish definite policy regard
ing the campus radio station WMHC.
The SGA gave financial aid to get
it on its feet. The treasurer of SGA
will serve on the Board of Directors.
The radio station will function as an
autonomous part of campus life to
insure freedom of speech and
thought.
3) The closing of the radio station
each Monday night corrected is
now closed only one Monday night
a month.
4) Recommended to Dean Sears
that ID cards not be necessary to
eat in the cafeteria and only the ID
number be told to the “checker”.
5) The boycott last spring of
Chapel was followed up by the SGA
and a definite plan was submitted
to the necessary officials. As a re
sult a more suitable system was ob
tained and is still under study for Im
provement.
6) A Senate Pro Tern was estab
lished to see that all registration
reach its appropriate destination.
7) The Academic Development
Committee was created to be con
cerned with matters concerning cur
riculum, etc.
8) Recommended to Dean Hoff
man that the requirements for a
foreign language were too stringent.
The requirements are now under
review by the Faculty Curriculum
Committee.
9) Smoking in the cafeteria was
brought before the student body and
was defeated 246-211.
10) Keys for Senior Women 21 years
of age was passed by the Senate
and sent to Student Affairs Com
mittee where it was also passed.
This proposal was later defeated by
the administration.
11) A new cafeteria policy was es
tablished by the Senate whereby a
person forgetting his ID card could
merely sign a book in the cafeteria.
This policy was later overruled by
Dean Sears after it had been in
progress for 2% months. A new
policy was created by the admin
istration.
12) It was proposed and passed
that students be allowed to keep
two-wheeled motor vehicles on cam
pus. This was also passed by the
Traffic Committee and will go into
effect in the fall.
13) The Traffic fees for car regis
tration are extremely high at MHC
and the Senate asked that they be
lowered. The administration has
promised that they will be lowered
next year.
14) A study of the entire SGA con
struction is being studied to deter
mine if SGA could function more ef
fectively as a one-house body com
posed of representatives from
throughout the student body.
15) Last spring hours for women
were changed so that, beginning
with fall semester, senior women
have 1 a.m. permission on Friday and
Saturday, and juniors have 12:30
a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Fresh
men have 12 a.m. on Friday and
Saturday.
16) The Senate sought and received
permission to rent refrigerators to
the students. A company was con
tacted by SGA and orders were
taken. Student interest was not
enough to allow us to order the
refrigerators.
17) Perry White and the Student
Activities Committee of SGA secured
numerous dance bands and movies
for the students’ enjoyment. SGA
took sole responsibility in clearing
up after the dances.
18) An entire" weekend was spent
by President Pons and Vice-President
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Cathy Bowen takes time out from her frantic schedule to rest (and browse through a dictionary?) on an easy-going Monday afternoon.