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Vol. L , No.5/Friday; Nov.5,1976
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No matter what one's person
al preference, the 1976 pres
idential election will have
to be seen as one of the clas
sics in modern American poli
tical history. It was not only
one of the closest elections,
not being settled until nearly
4am the following day, but al
so one of the most unique. The
precipitous rise of Jimmy
Carter, once practically un
known outside of his native
Georgia, to capture the Demo
cratic convention decisively
was perhaps the biggest sur
prise. But that would have pro
bably meant little if Gerald
Ford had succeeded in pulling
off the second great miracle
of the campaign—that being,
catching Jimmy Carter. It was
also an unpredictable election
with masses of voters finally
making up their minds only the
day before the election. It
was a return to tradition in
some aspects, Jimmy Carter
bringing an almost solid South
back into the Democratic fold,
and a break from tradition in
others, the candidacy of Jimmy
Carter itself breaking the
norm.
What did it mean for Mars
Hill students, though? Though
only a few probably stayed up
until the decision was certain,
sentiments on the campus for
both candidates were relative
ly strong. Especially before
the week of the election, the
green of Carter buttons and
the red of President Ford's
could be seen on numerous la
pels all over campus. Students
even got a chance to express
their views concretely by cast
ing votes November 1 in a
See CABTERy page eight .
Energy Conference Held
$137000 Deficit Necessitates Energy Cutbacks
^ith what Dr.Donald Gehring
'=01
"problems common to
members of the college
" a special Energy
5g!i'®®tvation Conference was
led into session on Wed-
October 30. Various
of the Student Govern-
Association, communica-
media, housing, secur-
physical plant staffs
Oq the Conference in a
tiQ^'^^J^ted effort to find eco-
^^'‘ical ways in which to cut
on the rising costs of
consimiption on campus.
a deficit of $137,000
^ the college budget due to
^^0,000 loss from sximmer
and projected $72,000
>1
'Commuting students (50 of
^bticipated commuters did
®how up this fall). Dr.
fC Bentley has asked Dean
Gehring and other members of
the college commiinity to make
needed cutbacks so as to com
pensate for this $137,000
budget deficit. Thus, after
passing this message along,
members of the Energy Con
servation Conference "brain
stormed" ideas that might
lead to savings from energy
cutbacks. Gehring cited fig
ures from the 1975-76 school
term that clearly pointed to
the need for cutbacks by both
students and faculty alike.
These figures included: $73,
000 spent for electricity
used in the residence halls
alone last year; $95,000 for
electrical use in other
buildinqs(the cafeteria using
$37,000 of the $95,000); $34,
for the use of a tele-
000
phone system and local calls.
$26,000 spent for long dis
tance calls; $14,500 spent
for dorm repairs (uncollect
able dorm damage); and main
tenance in classroom and dorm
cost of $40,700. Many of the
above expenses came directly
out of student tuition. Thus,
as well as cutting down on
energy to make up for the
$137,000 deficit, it was
noted that energy savings
would result in direct sav
ings to students.
Numerous ways were suggest
ed by members of the confer
ence to cut back and thus
save money.Cutting off lights
in classrooms and dorm rooms
when not in the rooms,turning
off heaters instead of open
ing windows and letting the
heat escape, using electrical
appliances after the "peak"
hours in which electrical
costs are higher (such as the
middle of the day or late at
night), cutting off campus
security lights during the
day (such as around Moore),
and cutting back on lights in
the dorm hallways late at
night were only a few of the
suggestions made.Costs of re
placing stolen fire extin
guishers alone has proved an
unnecessary, costly expense
this year, with approximately
50 extinguishers having been
discharged already.
In an all out effort to
make both students and facul
ty aware of the necessity of
cutting back on wasteful uses
of energy. Dean Gehring and
the Energy Conference members
See ENERGY^ page ^ight