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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Saturday, December 12, 1970
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|''9ton, D.c. (CPS)—A group
called the Concerned
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faculty and administra-
S'oups’ coup was success-
t i a melee in the SGA
^5t0f5^'^°*''ing shot guns, admin-
Police, and the arrest of
k'^'ents,
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newspaper, the
President Cornelius
i«h , '^'ce President Charles
ong vyitii several student
and other SGA officials,
d'ly accused of being cor-
in an as-
The Concerned
Coalition had secured
on a petition de-
ff>6 resignations of the
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resignations a few
C, pijllgthey refused to leave
^ ^ ahotgun and pistols on
C a g ’^^Presentatives. By this
y of 500 was outside
group refused to
^°tigh the officers had
'l^lj Continued ordering SGA
pant
evacuate. Soon FCC
Oi Q flarland Randolph and
V' A administrators hit the
''vord of the guns got
aijQ aemmoned by SGA of-
atrived on the scene.
asked an SGA officer If
student Volunteers Aid Prison Reform
by Hank Strub
This semester a prison tutorial
program has been implemented by
Mr. Dave Halferty, associate pro
fessor of Sociology, in connection
with the Community Development
Institute.
they would leave should the crowd
decide to leave. Much of the crowd
had begun backing off anyway in
fear of the guns. The officer said
yes.
However, SGA held their ground.
The police captain asked President
Randolph whom to arrest. He said
to bring in both SGA officers and
the Concerned Students Committee.
According to Walker, CSC chief
Tinsley told Randolph that no Con
cerned Students were to be ar
rested. Randolph relented, and said
no arrests at all were to be made.
In the midst of all this confusion
more police entered the building
and began ordering students milling
around the officers to leave. Stu
dents became angry, shouted names
at the police, and refused to leave.
A scuffle ensued between police
and students and four arrests were
made. Police were pelted with rocks
as they made their way to the pad
dy wagons with the arrested stu
dents.
Those arrested were not SGA of
ficers, but students in the crowd.
As a source at FCC said, “The po
lice just grabbed.”
Charges have since been drooped
against the students. The SGA is
out. And the Concerned Students
Coalition is having a constitutional
convention to draft a new constitu
tion for a new student government.
The new constitution will be sub
mitted to the student body for rati
fication.
Authorities at Federal City said
that the college “would not confirm
or deny” the charges against the
SGA. However, they seemed to view
the constitutional convention as a
positive step for the student body.
The prison tutorial program con
sists of approximately 25-30 student
volunteer tutors who spend one
evening each week visiting inmates
at the Craggy Mountain and Cane
River prisons. Each student now
visits from one to four inmates al
though a 1:1 ratio of student/inmate
is the projected goal. Mr. Halferty
feels that the achievement of this
ratio will increase the effectiveness
of the program while increasing the
relationship between tutor and in
mate. At present only Vi of the
inmates are being reached by this
program due to the small number of
practicing students.
Offering inmates “windows to the
outside world,” the program intro
duces rehabilitative classes in adult
basic education, recreation, music,
choir, band, and art. A year ago
the State of North Carolina estab
lished a community volunteer pro
gram in corrections, in which vol
unteers could bring inmates to com
munity events in culture, education,
and religion. The MHC program has
provided for 10-12 inmates to be on
campus for home football games
this past month. These afternoon
trips enable inmates to enjoy a re
laxing day and a coffee break in a
different atmosphere. A Thanksgiv
ing Day party was held for the in
mates at which 50 men participated.
This party was sponsored by Sig
ma Alpha Chi and Phi Mu Alpha.
Events for which inmates are al
lowed to leave the prison are con
ducted during daylight in order to
reduce the chances that an inmate
might abuse the privileges granted
him.
A long-term goal of the program
is to organize a panel of students
and inmates to visit business and
civic groups in order to establish
job training for prospective pa
rolees. So far the program has
helped two parolees to gain em
ployment and has hopes of reach
ing and aiding many more. One
problem encountered Is the fre
quent transfer of inmates between
prisons. This causes the stu
dent/inmate relationship to be bro
ken and any progress made to be
squelched.
Mr. Halferty believes this program
offers the student volunteer an op
portunity to become personally
aware of the needs and problems
prison inmates face. He said this
awareness is necessary because
there is a mutual responsibility for
prisons and communities to change
their “apathetic views” on crime and
rehabiiitative programs.
Mr. Haiferty joined the faculty
this fall after a year of teaching
at Pembroke State University. Prior
to this, he taught one year at
Wheaton College in Massachusetts,
worked one year for the Joint Com
mission of Correctionai Manpower
and Training in Washington, D. C.,
and, prior to that, worked four years
for the Lane County Youth Project
in Eugene, Ore., as youth counseior
and organizer. He graduated from
the University of Oregon, where he
also received his M.A. in sociology.
He has completed one year’s work
towards a Ph.D. at the University of
Illinois.
New Line-ups for Spring
For the first time MHC wiii have
two lines set for spring semester
registration Jan. 18-19. One line will
be for new students, late registrants,
and pre-registered students who need
schedule corrections. In another line
students having no registration pro-
biems will pick up their chapel cards
and will have their ID cards vali
dated for second semester. The
schedule for final stages in registra
tion wiil be as foiiows:
Monday, Jan. 18: Ali seniors, Ali jun
iors, and sophomores with iast
names beginning L-Z
9:00-11:00 a.m. Meet faculty advisor
in the same place as you met him
or her for pre-registration in No
vember to pick up your scheduie
and first semester report and to
make any tentative scheduie ad
justments as necessary.
1.00-4:00 p.m. Registration and
corrective registration in Cham
bers Gymnasium according to
your iast name on the foliowing
scheduie:
1:30—seniprs/juniors S-Z; 2:00—
seniors/juniors M-R; 2:30—sen
iors/juniors G-L; 3:00—seniors/
juniors A-F; 3:30—sophomores S-
Z; 4:00—sophomores M-R.
Tuesday, Jan. 19; sophomores with
iast names A-L and alt freshmen
9:00-11:00 a.m. Meet facuity ad
visor in the same piace as you
met him or her for pre-registration
in November to pick up your
scheduie and first semester re
port and to make any tentative
scheduie adjustments as neces
sary.
1:30-4:00 p.m. Registration and cor
rective registration in Chambers
Gymnasium according to your last
name on the following schedule:
1:30 — Sophomores A-L; 2:00—
Freshmen T-Z; 2:30—Freshmen O-
S; 3:00—Freshmen J-N; 3:30—
Freshmen E-l; 4:00—Freshmen A-
D.
Procedure at Chambers Gymnasium,
Jan. 18-19, 1:30-4:00 p.m.
1. Present receipt from the Busi
ness Office for registration pay
ment (to avoid standing in the
Business Office line, these fees
may be paid prior to Christmas
holidays or mailed to the Col
lege before you return: Board
ing Students, $600; Commuting
Students, $450).
2. Make any necessary changes
in your spring scheduie with
department representative
(most of you wiii bypass this
step).
3. Have iD card vaiidated for
spring semester.
4. Pick up Enrichment Series
cards.
Latest Lottery Lowdown
Washington, D.C. (CPS)—The na
tional headquarters of the Selective
Service System has issued a memo
randum clarifying the situation of
registrants with high lottery num
bers.
are instructed to inform their reg
istrants of the highest number
reached in any given year as soon
as possible after the last meeting
in December.
The new memorandum to all local
boards instructs them to place any
registrant with a lottery number
higher than the highest number
reached by the board in the second
priority selection group of class
1-A, if they are classified 1-A or
requested 1-A status in a letter
dated before Dec. 31.
The second priority group is the
pool of 1-A registrants who are
considered to have completed their
year of exposure to draft liability.
Although the priority group system
was just established under the lot
tery, registrants have not been call
ed from comparable groups under
the old system since the Korean
War.
This action. In effect, eliminated
the year of exposure for many reg
istrants. Under a policy memo is
sued earlier this fall, local boards
Deferred registrants may choose
to join this group at any time by
requesting that their local board re
classify them 1-A. Under the new
policy adopted this fall, if a reg
istrant is the right age and 1-A on
the last day of the year he will
be considered to have been through
his last year of exposure.
The latest change extends this
concept even further by allowing
registrants who request reclassifi
cation to be considered to have
served their year of maximum vul
nerability If the envelope in which
their request is sent bears a post
mark of Dec. 31 or earlier.
Registrants who have served
their “year” of maximum exposure,
and who have not been issued in
duction orders, fall into two cate
gories: If the man’s lottery number
is higher than the highest lottery
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