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Page Two MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA March 27, h 27, 19: Sex Check A survey among students at Mars Hill College showed that an overwhelming majority of students favored legalizing abortion, a substantiai number approved of premaritai sexuai intercourse in certain situations, and that a siight amount of doubie-standard ideaiogy stiii exists. Recentiy a group of six students in a Christian Ethics ciass under the supervision of Dr. Page Lee conducted a survey on the attitudes and behavior of Mars Hill College students toward matters concerning sexual behavior. The survey was conducted at random among 176 members of the MHC student body, with an equal number of students being surveyed among each scholas tic class and gender. Each participant was given a questionaire and was asked not to collaborate with anyone on the questions. All questions were to be answered anonmously. Ques tions ranged from data concerning family background to attitudes and behavior concerning premarital coitus and legalization of abortion. The following data is the results of qustionaires re turned by 94 males and 82 females. The figures and percentage stated are on the basis of the 176 question- aires collected. Of those responding to the question, "Are you in favor of legalized abortion?” 159 students replied “yes” and 16 replied “no.” Of the 159 respondents replying “yes”, 74 of these were females or 92 percent of all the females questioned and 85 were males or 94 per cent °f all males surveyed. It is interesting to note that of the nine males who replied they were not in favor of legalized abortion, three had engaged in premarital sex. No fe males who were against legalized abortion had engaged in premarital sex. Concerning the question regarding premarital sexual intercourse, of the 94 male respondents 53 or 55 per cent of the total males surveyed replied they had engaged in premarital sex. 41 or 45 per cent of the total amount of males questioned answered that they had not engaged in premarital sex. Of the 82 female respondents 13 students or 17 per cent of the girls questioned replied that they had engaged in premarital sex. Out of the females surveyed 66 girls or 79 per cent of the females questioned replied that they had n°t en gaged in premarital sex. Two did not answer and one replied “sort of.” (I wonder how someone “sort of” engages in premarital sex). Of the 53 males who had engaged in premarital sex 14 of them or 26 per cent of the total males questioned replied that they would not marry a person who had engaged in premarital sex with someone else. From the 53 males that had engaged in coitus, 35 males or 66 per cent of the males questioned would marry a person who was not a virgin. All of the 13 males who had engaged in premarital sex stated they would marry a person who had engaged in premarital sex with someone else. It is interesting to note that all nonvirgin females replied that they would marry a nonvirgin male but that a slight number of nonvirgin males would not marry a girl who had en gaged in sexual intercourse. Of the 176 people surveyed 102 respondents are 58 per cent of the total amount of respondents felt it was right in certain situations to engage in coitus. Of the 176 people surveyed 74 persons or 42 per cent of the total people questioned felt that premarital sexual intercourse was wrong under any circumstances. Of these 74 people 9 or 12 per cent responding had en gaged in premarital sexual intercourse. This means there are nine people walking around MHC campus with guilt complexes). The Hilltop realizes the built-in inadequacies of such a survey. Potentiaily, there are those who would answer “yes” to many of the sexual behavior questions just for the heck of messing up the poil. The Hiiltop though does feei that for the most part students did answer honestly and sincerely. The Hilltop also recognizes the fact that oniy a smali fraction of the student body was surveyed. But due to lack of time and equipment this was the only possible method. The students being polled equally among scholostic classes and at random among their ciass peers hopefully established a wide range of attitudes and behavior. It is hoped that this survey will be used as a meter to measure the trends of the generation arising—a generation that is more open about sexual behavior and that is questioning long established stand ards of morality. —Sam Wallace LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS •WHAT A WEEKENt? WE HAP IN TH' CITY.' — I COLlLP HAKPLY GET VVOKTMALTO COfA£ TO CLA$5 THl6 MCW/NG." •Soundd of the tinted Frau Linda Baldwin: News Bulletin—FLASH! The First Panzer Division has taken Raleigh! We have met light resistance. No casualties. We are on schedule ac cording to our timetable. Our next objective is New Bern. Will keep you posted as to further developments. Signed, Commander Kohler Commander Reacher Commander Strueger Commander Kunstler of the 1st Panzer Division Editor’s Note: The postmark on this surprising letter was Goldsboro. Af ter checking with Hilltop war cor respondents in various outposts in the state and learning that there has been no uprising of indigenous rebels and no recent attack by the British, i deducted that the tetter must be a coded message from those Mars Hill students who toured North Carolina with Dr. Underwood. The letter has been sent to Data Processing for decoding. Any infor mation which might be learned that is deemed pertinent to the College will be printed in a forthcoming issue of the Hilltop. Dear Editor I would like to respond to the letter in the last Hilltop from Wilson Laney. Actually, I feel that criticism is the Mars Hill College Hillrop Editor-in-Chief .... Managing Editor Feature Editor —. Linda Baldwin ..Terry Kuykendall Sam Wallace ..Gary Singleton Advertising Manager Proofreaders Connie Cauble, Rick Garrison, John Ulmer Typists - Chris Pierce, Frank Farrell Linda Ritchie, Karen Cummings Circulation Manager Jim Hayes Photographers Ken Stephens, Joe Franklin Dana Hale Fred Spitzoff Ed Robinson David Shores Harry Quiett Elizabeth Underwood Richard Sparkman Nannette Payne Second-class postage paid at Mars Hill, N. C. Published 15 times during the college year. Box 486-T, Mars Hill, N. C. 28754 Telephone 689-1250 F;l e by Sam Wallace 97 Springtime at Mars Hill usually means budding ers, shorter skirts, and aggressive males but this^^^,^ i* olo.-, moonc mnra o* MHC. ACCOrdlng t. ° it also means Traffic Control more cars at Department, 300 were ''egi/|^^^ to be kept on campus by boarding students 125 cars were registered by commuters. This o MHC could be heading toward a traffic problem if „ conditions are not met. Beginning second self , markers were placed distinguishing parking area staff and students. Student patrolmen were hire er o good as long as it is constructive criticism. It is the job of each ad ministrator to be sensitive to the needs of both students and faculty and most of us actively seek to de termine and evaluate each criticism and suggestion to the best of our ability. I feel that it is the duty of all students and faculty to respond constructively to conditions which, if altered, would make Mars Hill College a more “relevant” institu tion. On the other hand, is the type of criticism which we have seen in some instances during the past year. It consists primarily of destructive criticism. For this type of criticism I have no sympathy. For the person who doesn’t have the intestinal forti tude to stand up for his beliefs and who resorts to things such as send ing unsigned letters with false or inaccurate statements, I have noth ing but contempt. Wilson, my invitation was not to you or those who offer constructive criticism and are willing to at least listen to both sides of a given situ ation. It was and still is to those who criticize destructively without any re gard for the long range best interest of the College. Sincerely yours, Lou Moelchert (continued on P. 5) that regulations would be enforced. Reports ' Traffic Control Department indicate the patrolmei ® being kept pretty busy. There are, on the averag tickets per week being given to students and sta violations of traffic regulations. AM tickets are notjy^^ though; should a case be deemed an emergency t . m°*^*^** Control Department the ticket is voided. The Depaf ' Numbs feels that if students and staff would only pay attenti parking signs and not try to slip their cars ifj violation zone, the parking problem could be solved. Fox Dorm parking lot has been suggestfg a possible area to relieve the parking congestiofg one likes to walk long distances to class but 3 present time this is the only feasible solution. ^ Plans are being made to alleviate the congf around the dormitories. In the future students ms^ be allowed to park their cars on the side next to Moore Dorm. On Boy’s Hill both parking lots in^ of the Hill have been opened to resident and muting students. ^ Even with regulations being followed MHC ma) have a parking problem and will probably in the I have an even greater problem. Let’s hope that • art 201 205 207 209 405 biolog 101 101 114 114 348 348 the near future, new parking areas will be allot Until then, students and staff, pay attention to * you’re parked. That’s not a joke! 3 A joke from the latest issue of Playboy cori3 the mother who cautioned her daughter, “I hope f3 not planning to be alone in that bachelor’s apat'3 tonight”. 3 “Don’t be silly”, the girl replied, “He’ll be there 3 me.” 3 Congratulations go out to junior Wanda Conn Charlotte who was elected Recording Secretary >4 North Carolina Student Education Association last * This marks the second year in a row that MHC has 4 duced the Recording Secretary Betty Smith being el' Recording Secretary last year. 4 The Ministerial Conference has announced the rf of elections of officers. The following are office^ the second semester of 1970; Bill Johnson — Pres'3 George Bullard — Vice-President, Ken Gregory ^ 3 retary-Treasurer. 3 The No Doz Award of the last two weeks g®* the Drama Department of MHC who have be®' 6 late nights in preparation for presenting the six of plays for the last two weekends. Actors, plastered 3 heavy make-up, upon returning to their dorms 3 practice, looked like rejects from Holcombe P'' Home. 3 Greg Caldwell and Cindy Byler have been re" 3 chosen by the Education Department as Mr. and 3 Future Representative Teachers of Mars Hill C®' 3 Greg and Cindy represented MHC at the Student' Carolina Education Association Convention in Ch®' ^ last week. 3 File 34 tips its hat to Students Activities Df ® Perry White for the recent schedule of student ® ^ tainment. The singing group The Saxons were ge®* ^ 42i well received and the last two films shown in Auditorium, “The Great Escape” and “Camelot” ^ of exceptional quality. Keep those singing group® flicks coming. Perry. 460 busine 221 224 330 331 337 339 444 CHEMIS 113 113 227 227 335 335 classi 111 113 223 brama 4438 ECONC 221 329 educa 203(1) 203(2) 221 301 309 400 401 402 6 460 500 j Sut-e. 1'**^ I10H1C. "HqiS UjCci«4 Qofy^ iMPvitf V\0 Concrrt/t'S J 3 Would^ He ALT 336
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