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Volume XLVIl. No. 3
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Friday, September 22, 1972
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Students Robbed
Held at Gunpoint
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Around midnight, Sunday Sept.
10, Rob Marmaduke, a student at
Mars Hili and his friend Biiiy Car-
roil were returning to the campus
Irom Saiem, Virginia. While driving
down a Madison county mountain,
3 green Mustang began "hassling”
Ihem (blinking their lights, riding on
Ihe tail of the car, and trying to get
Ihem to pull over). "I thought for a
f’linute they were going to make us
swerve off the road”, Carroll said.
A bit later the air was broken by
Ihe sound of pops and cracks. Since
*de back tires were shot out of Car-
;'oll s MG, they had little choice but
1o pull over at a Texaco station.
They stayed in their car, but the
green Mustang pulled up and a man,
apparently the leader of this trio.
Came to the MG door, pulled Carroll
pointed a gun in his face
®rid asked if he had any dope. The
other "highwaymen” had pulled
Marmaduke from the car, and find-
jog no narcotics, asked for money.
Itey confiscated Carroll’s wallet and
telieved Rob of a total of 11c. They
then took the belongings in the car
''''hich included sleeping and fishing
CLAYTON
New Laurel
Editor
gear. During all this the bandits
waved guns in Rob and Billy’s faces,
threatening their lives, and acted
generally insulting and crass.
The "leader of the pack” then de
cided it was time to leave, so he
told Rob and Billy to start running
up the highway. The two youths ran
frantically .about 200 feet, and when
they heard the car driving up be
hind them, they jumped the guard
rail and rolled down about 50 feet of
a bank planted in sticker bushes.
Throughout all this activity they
heard continuous gunshots.
When they felt somewhat safe that
their robbers had left, they ran to a
nearby house-store. The owner said
for them to leave; that he wanted "no
trouble.” Billy and Rob had to beg
and plead before the man finally
called the police.
When the deputy sheriff arrived,
they went into the store and phoned
•the state patrol and the sheriff of
Madison County, E. Y. Ponder.
Luckily, there were two witnesses to
Billy and Rob’s holdup who had fol
lowed the Mustang and found it at
the Tennessee line.
The sheriff, deputy sheriff, Rob
and Billy leaped into the county cars
and drove toward the Tennessee
line. They found the "Green Mustang
Gang” committing yet another of
fense. The two servicemen who had
been driving the second assaulted
car were standing by it with their
hands over their heads. One of them
had been rendered nude.
Upon the arrival of the sheriff, two
of the robbers took flight in the Mus
tang. One of the servioemen grabbed
the third bandit who consequently
ended up with a broken nose and
two black eyes.
Another member of the gang was
captured Monday, September 11,
and Carroll and Marmaduke had to
identify him in a police line-up. The
third robber, at press time, is still at
large: however, many clues to his
whereabouts are available.
Now that this horrible experience
is almost over, Rob Marmaduke
has this to say: "If they didn’t nave
the guns we’d have beat the hell out
of them.” Carroll simply said, "I
just wish they’d bring them to Brown
dorm.”
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Tired of fun of the mill snacks?
Expansion
MHC
Debbie Clayton was
^Sleeted as editor of the
^72-'73 Laurel by the
oard of student commu-
[cation media at their
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Th
'■■st meeting on Sept.
,®y yearbook was left
'thout an editor when
•"See Corbett, editor
did not enroll for
^ ® fall semester. Grace
unable to return be-
^Use of an ill ness i n
family.
Clayton, a sophomore
major, has
^ Ked on yearbooks for
of years and is
^'3T wi th the proce-
involved in pro-
a yearbook. "I
Of give every part
an college community
ample opportunity to
U.involved with the
i^ehk^'»" Clayton said,
trig plans the f i rst
."19 for Tuesday, Sept.
)q file recreation
7;qq^® of Fox Dorm, at
Sof, ■ ^il interested per
ton^ ^''0 invited. Clay-
^3id, "This will be
DsDbie Clayton
by Mike Conner
According to an administrative
source, the construction of the new
expressway extension may be more
of a boon to Mars Hill than had pre
viously been expected. Currently in
the planning stage is a 150-unit
Holiday Inn for the area, as well as a
shopping center, neither of which
might have been possible had not
the new road begun to take shape.
Financed by Appalachian program
funds, the six and one-tenths mile
stretch of road is a continuance of
the expressway (which runs out at
Weaverville) and will end just out
side of Mars Hill (at North Carolina
State Road 36). Including the costs
of construction, rights-of-way, etc.,
the expense for this project, when
completed, will total just over eight
and one-half million dollars (or ap
proximately one and four-tenths mil
lion dollars per mile).
The highway is a part of an in
terstate system of highways (desig
nated the Appalachian Corridor)
which will eventually run from Geor
gia to Ohio, The projected comple
tion date for the local portion of this
project is ,December 1, 1974. Work is
running approximately six months
ahead of schedule, however, and
the road may be opened for use
earlier than had been anticipated.
A program closely related to the
expressway is the road which will
connect Mars Hill to the main high-
day. While this program is still in
its early stages, tenative plans call
for the removal of the Cody Hard
ware building, the Campus Corner,
and a portion of the store beside the
new Blackwell Building (which was
designed with an overhang so as
to allow for the road’s right-of-way).
Spokesmen for the State Highway
Commission indicate that the new
road has been designed as not to
require removal of the Montague
Building or the Office Building.
Campus Drinking Proposal
Pdssed By Senate
by Su Harper
On campus drinking proposal was
passed at this year’s first senate
meeting. Sept. 11. The proposal calls
for deleting roman numeral I, letter
J from the student handbook, "Zei-
geist”. The handbook states "The
selling, transfer, possession or use
of alcoholic beverages on the Mars
Hill campus or at college sponsored
events is prohibited”. Now that it is
passed by the senate, it will be re
viewed by the student affairs coun-
90od ■ I ‘'v, cil and President Bentley for their
to time for people approval or veto.
opinions about Frank Farrell’s open hours pro-
Se would like to approved by
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this year's
annu-
posal was also approved by the
senate. The bill proposes that no
curfew be imposed upon the soph
omore, junior or senior women in
Fox Dormitory and the Townhouses.
This bill was passed by the summer
council of the senate, however.
President Bentley vetoed it on the
grounds of improper logistics. In
the discussion on the bill some pros
for the issue were: a chance to exer
cise freedom in making one’s own
decisions and exercising self-disci
pline. Also mentioned was the triple
standard existing between men, up
per classwomen and freshmen wom
en’s curfew hours. Some felt, how
ever, that students need guidance
to cope with college freedom. The
student affairs council and President
Bentley must review this bill, also.
The freshmen women’s curfew
hours proposal passed with almost
a majority consent by the senate.
This bill extends freshmen women’s
hours from 11:00 to the standard
12:00 curfew. This must be cleared
with the student affairs council and
President Bentley before it goes in
to effect.
Other matters taken up by the
senate included housing council,
faculty parking proposal, and student
parking. Men and women’s house
council are now able to establish a
quorum and are required by senate
to keep minutes which they will ,,
examine. The faculty parking pro- Mondays at 6:30 in the library au-
posal asks that the faculty impose a All meetings are open to
financial fee upon themselves when student, faculty or administra-
they receive courtesy tickets for
parking in areas designated for stu- ~—
dents. It was felt by the students that
since student parking is now so lim
ited it is unfair and inconsiderate
for the faculty to park in the student
parking areas. This bill was passed
by the senate. Thad Strom proposed
that both levels 1 and 2 of the stu
dent parking area behind the li
brary be open to commuters and
male students instead of having the
two separated. This matter will go
before the traffic committee.
Senate meeting for the rest of the
year will be held every 2nd and 4th