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tjj '^8 of the year with his usual cha-
mg ® and candid humor. This initiatory
on Wednesday, Oc-
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l]g I'nie when there was no reason to
a>acf* oase, Heaton himself was, and
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after n "'as called by Dean Dalrymple
ptg “rent Anderson led the assembly in
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har'd olear, being conscientious of the
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ally part of every senator, that if
tliajj ^ajriber niissed a meeting more
ber5j^*''^iae unexcused, his or her mem-
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Vti roll call, a brief
S.G.A. department
baij. '’aade. These leaders were; Dean
Coiv.'^'Phe, Kurt Bomar of the Finance
CoujTl|laa. Linda Wells of the Judicial
ioi)5 P®r;ky Davenport of the Elect-
of ly panimittee, Tom Milesakoweski
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Wgj “Wearing in of the new senators
a^d on the agenda. Everyone rose
On, the oath, repeating after Heat-
*hat should have practiced
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President Tilley highlighted the meet
ing with a speech. He spoke of the form
ing of S.G.A. in 1963 and its accomplish
ments since then. (Example - at one
time, M.H.C. men and women were to
stay within six inches of each other, no
closer. S.G.A. came to the rescue.)
Tilley pointed out the main objective
of the senators was to represent the stu
dents of the college. “S.G.A.’s strength
comes from your participation.” he said.
Tilley stated he fell S.G.A. has the repu
tation of being nothing more than a
student court, a place to go when stu
dents get in trouble. He desires for this
reputation to change. Tilley followed
by adding further comments on the
M.H.C. student government. He feels
not enough students want to become in
volved. “This apathy says ‘I need some
one to lead me. I don’t know where
I want to go.’ We, the S.G.A., are those
leaders.”
In comments coming after President
Tilley’s speech, Heaton introduced a
new policy - that all senators will be as
signed office hours. “We can have the
best S.G.A. in this college’s history if
we work for it.” he said. “S.G.A. is the
nucleus of a productive student body.”
Other items of interest discussed
by Heaton were the proposal of an S.G.A.
bulletin board, the senate handbook,
the random invitations sent out to stu
dents to observe the senate in session,
and the introduction of a new commit
tee - The Publicity Committee.
Remarks about committees, their
purposes, and functions followed and
then the meeting came to an end.
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Fire! Fire!
FIRE! What would you do if you were
confronted with one in your residence
hall? Are you aware that a large majori
ty of the residence halls can go up in
flames within 12-20 minutes? Are
you concerned about the dysfunctioning
of fire protection equipment in your
dorm or apartment? What about the
archaic fire alarm system in Spilman
that you have to pull a string to work the
bells? Who’s going to stand there and
pull if during a fire - your degoted R.D.
or R.A.? I doubt it. What about the resi
dence halls that either don’t have fire
extinguishers or the extinguishers have
been tampered with? The only Resi
dence Hall on campas that has fire es
capes is Spilman. Can you see 120
men or women in the other Residence
Halls trying to get out of the two side
doors and one front door during the pan
ic of a fire? It would be the Holocaust
all over again.
Last Spring a group of students con
cerned about the jeapordy of students
because of the condition of fire equip
ment and the residence halls and be
cause of the lack of training in fire pro
tection and safety measures by the gen
eral public, devised a fire safety survey
that was administered in the cafeteria.
The main objective of this survey'was
to compile information pertaining to;
- student concern about the ade
quacy of fire safety in their residence
halls
- The awareness and knowledge of
students about fire safety devises
- The awareness and knowledge of
students about procedures in case of a
fire.
Here are some startling statistics from
this survey:
67% of the sample had had no fire in
struction. Those who had received in
struction had received it from their
R.A./R.D., not by personnel trained in
fire safety and prevention, such as
safety and security here on campus.
A corollary to this is that housing staff
is trained minimally in the use of fire
extinguishers, alarm systems, or meth
ods of escape during a fire. It seems that
since R.A./R.D.’s give the largest per
centage of students fire instruction and
25% of the sample would contact their
R.A./R.D. first in case of a fire, R.A./
R.D.’s wouldn’t be much help unless they
had formal training.
Nearly half (42%) of those polled had
not had a fire drill during the 1977-78
school year. 8% didn’t even know if they’d
had a fire drill or not! Considering it is a
state law to have one fire drill per se
mester, and considering the fact that if
there was ever a fire there would be
mass chaos because there would be con
fusion as to where to go and what to do,
this is a frightening statistic.
When asked who they could con
tact first in case of fire, the greatest
percentage of the sample (36%) said
the fire department. ' However, 94% of
this proportion didn’t even know the
phone number for the fire department.
Lastly, and most importantly, 78% of
the sample was concerned about the ade
quacy of fire safety in their residence
hall.
You may be saying, “So what”. I
can’t do anything about this. Now you
can. The Housing staff is forming a
fire safety committee to explore the is
sues above', plus many more, in order to
devise constructive proposals to improve
fire safety on campus. We are interested
in getting YOUR input into this crucial
problem and would greatly encourage
YOUR participation. Please, these is
sues are no laughing matter because they
do affect your life directly. Think about
it and if you are interested in joining
this committee and/or giving input,
contact the Housing Office by November
8, 1978.
— Kathy Martin
“South Pacific
to reopen Friday
Wiii^^'lgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical, “South Pacific,”
®open Friday, October 27, in Owen Theatre.
musical was based on James Mitchner’s “Tales of the South Pacific,” which
Playi a Pulitzer. It was first produced in 1949 with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza
§ the lead roles of Nellie Forbush and Emille deBecque. A movie version
°'"Pleted nearly 10 years later, directed by Josh Logan and featuring Mitzi
TVi Rossano Brazzi in the lead roles.
^tatiQ ® ®tory revolves around Ensign Forbush, small town girl and Navy nurse,
island in the Pacific during World War II where a large French plan-
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' °"®rseen by Emile deBecque — is also located. Nellie Forbush and Emile
story is paralleled by that of Lt. Joe Cable and Liat, the Tonkinese
[). of Bloody Mary, the island’s shrewd entreprenuer.
a® f^obert Jones, associate professor of theatre arts at Mars Hill,
f ® pl°"^'^''lion’s final performances will be held October 27-29. Curtain time for
"'dl be 8:00 p.m. except on Sundays which will feature a matinee per-
beginning at 2:30 p.m.
'^8 ju are on a reserved basis and ticket information may be obtained by call-
^;^box office at 689-1239 from 1 to 5 p.m. daily.