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Page Two THE MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP Students To Cover Campus With Murals Wednesday, January 24, 1973Wednesday By Mart One s By Bonnie Clark IE you shatiid have happened to go into the .Fine Arts building during the past weeks and the strong odor of paint his your nos trils, don't think that it was the local painters at work. The painters hard at work were some of Joe Robertson's art stu dents. You could find these art fiends in the hall of the seco nd floor in the Fine Arts Building. These 18 students made up Mr. Robertson's art class for the mini-me ster. Their efforts were part of an exper imental idea, one that has never been donebe fore. The idea was that of producingvHll murals and portable murals. The murals were the results of a letter that was sent from the administrati on to all of the department chairmen. The letter explained the idea of the mu rals and asked that all interested de partments get in touch with Joe Robertson, All the work that was done was based pri marily on the intere st expressed by those departments. All the murals could not be on walls as planned. Some departmental offi ces were to move to new locations. Poor wall conditions and the disruption of class operations were other factors. All but one of the murals were painted on a heavy portable board (masonite) and painted with Latex house paints which are of a water base The use of these mater ials was to help en hance the beauty of the wall. The library basement was the only location with a mural painted on the wall. The English depart ment in the basement of McConnel will have three murals bearing the themes of Perseus Animal Farm and De- mian. Another mural will be hung on the right of the entrance to the administrator's office and one dealing with sports in David Matthews office. The regis trar's office will be adorned with one also. A mural with a music theme will be hung in the basement of Fine Arts, across from Spainhour Hall Dean Richard Hof- man's Conference room will bear a mural depicting the Mars Hill emblem and certain campus build ings. The students were art majors and any other students xdio had a flair • with a ART PROFESSOR Joe Robertson instructs Rene® Whitaker on her mural. (Staff photo by Stev® Walker) a brush or a desire ■ be creative. A ere- rlQ|| COUIlClIS S I OVfGCl ative mood clearly showed in each mural since the students originated and produc ed their own ideas. Be looking for these masterpieces when you enter those buildings. Due to fewer residents in the dormitories, the hall councils in the wo men's area were not active but were pre pared to deal with any problems that might come up, ac cording to Mrs. Mary Anne Joyce, associ ate dean of student development. Georg® Edwards, men's area coordinator, did en courage the hall councils in the men'® dorms to organiz® [®he signi the class liberatioi |.®tithusiasi I thought i: I issue, a; [thought 1 ption meai pie to sl( you i^he was si many iiife it ( [ihat the [''as not j ^'ivantage ''^s more 'vantage of ptential ®lng. An the '’thers, n ^®ttales. I'or vari 's and e p®en and id sign 5hort-term ^titled peration the M Vre It '^tight by ^d Joy W Cli By Mari Magic, Myths Studied By Steve MDrris A study of man's use of magic to control his environ- - ment was conducted by Katherine MaCoy and Agnes Whitman during the January minimes- ter. The course was divided into three basic sections: back ground, lecturers. which included some unnerving speakers, and student reports which could be taken from a list including such diverse topics as acupuncture, Amish, Buddhism, cre ation myths, demons, dreams, Druids, exor cism, Holy Grail, hypnotism, Mennon- ites, Rosicrucians, science fiction, werewolves. Class topics ranged very broadly including quimbanda and umbanda, the symbol of fire, air, earth, and water. The interest in this course was so great many students did not get in before it was closed. The 48 students who did get in were divided into two classes. A visit in these class es made it clear that the initial interest had been heightened rather than decreas ed, as was the case in some classes. activities. Myers arranged for a facul' ty speaker, Larry Huls, for Mondays Jan. 22, but thi® engagement was post poned until Feb. 5* The Department Student Development and Department of Intramurals also or ganized what is hop®^ will become an annual miniterm basketball tournament between' tbe balls. it's , w , essley o Partment for just b, dur tbe ^''atain : bett on a K®tern N( c( .®Ued "Fo: Constitution Questioned by Mark Grimes In several inter views with major stu dent body off icers during mini- mester, tbe present SGA con stitution was de scribed as b e i n g "inadequate" and needed revising. According to Presi dent Duane Cook, tbe present constitution was in "sad shape, it restricts stud e n t government and needs to be revised." Tbe problem seemed to be one of power. The offi c e r s all spoke of confusion among the t hre e branches of govern ment as what they can and cannot do. Jan Sparks, a s e n 1 or class senator said-, "there's no cl e ar separation of power between any of the government" which , she believed caused much c o n f usion. Larry Pike, SGA vice president said that "the powers of the executive, judicial, and legis 1 a t ive branches of the SGA needed to be rede fined. According to Cook, the "constitut ion doesn't make c lear the relationships be- tw een the th r e e branches of govern ment." For example, he asked: Is the S enate supposed to initiate change or the Presi dent? Is the Se nate supposed to work with the Pre si dent o r chedk the power of the President? Is the President supposed to watch the Judicial Branch or is the Chief Justice? - The SGA offir.ers interviewed said it was not so much that the SGA doesn't get anything done under the present constitu tion, but that when something is accom plished, it is no t always done by laws of the Constitution. There seems to be particular prob lems with committees. The housing committee was responsible for get ting color television sets for some of the dorms, but did n 't know if the constitu tion gave them power to do so. There also seems to be some prob lems as how commit tees are to be formed. Cook believed that if the constitution were revised the SGA could better "work as a part of the com munity." Pike sa that " very early second semester th® SGA wil begin on the constitution®^ revision pro posal®' Ac cord Ing to hi®> after it is revised) a "two-thirds majot' ity of the senat® and "the stu de body" must ap prov® the revised constitiJ' tion be fore it ac cept able. Wh®h Pike was asked if b® thinks that the will be more effl'-^ lent with a revi®®*^ constitution, he r®" plied, "a re vi si®''' in the long run, wll^ be a great help the students."
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