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? men visitors on Wednesday.
I day, Saturday and Sunda) from 12
noon until one-hail hour before women's
curfew was sem to the University's
president.
This recommendation would go into
effect pending approval of Dr. Jenkins and
the Bojrd of I"rustees and the
establishment of some means of
enforcement.
i lie Men's Residence Council passed its
wn visitation polk) Feb. 23. which would
open men s dormitories to women visitors
seven days a week from 12 noon until
men's curfew. I his polk) is to go into
effect ot; Tuesday. March . and j
confrontation between the MRC and the
administration seems inevitable.
Extension of visitation hours until
recent!) ha- not caused difficulty.
V tsitation was fust established during
Carousel weekend of last year, later
expanded to he allowed on an) weekend
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The MRC Executive Council worked
during the summer to have visitation set up
on Friday anil Saturdays M a permanent
basis. During tali quarter of this year the
Council made its seven day a week
visitation proposal.
In response to this proposal. Dr. Jenkins
appointed an ad hoc committee to be
ehaired by Dr. James H. Tucker, dean of
student affairs. Other committee members
were Deans James B. Mallory and Carolyn
A. Fulghum. John R. Ball. Dr. Miriam B.
Moore. Gary King. Dottie McGee. and Bob
Whitley.
It was with the creation of this
committee that dissention from the Men's
Residence Council and many male residents
first arose
The MRC had many complaints with the
committee. While Council representatives
were invited to speak at two meetings, they
were not allowed to vote, and the MRC's
only voice was Garj King, president of the
Council.
Many representatives did not feel that
King was fulfilling his duties, for his policy
from the beginning seemed one of
compromise. The Council also felt that
with the establishment of the ad hoc
committee, its power to legislate rules and
regulations tor the governance of the
University men's residence halls was being
questioned.
Furthermore, since faculty members
outnumbered students five to three, the
MR( teared that its proposal would not be
looked at objectively.
Nevertheless, the Council sought to assist
the committee in whatever ways possible.
In response to a request for specific-
penalties for visitation violations, the
k commute was not as
agreeable Despite Council requests that
they not be senl questionnaires were sent
to the parents ot dormitory students to ask
their opinions on visitation, coed
dormitories, ind self-limiting hours foi
women
Although the committee said thai the
response to this questionnaire would
influence its decision, the main reason
given for the committee's rejection of the
MRC proposal was that parental r? po
had been negative Its second reaso-n was
that mulct MR( supervision there had not
been main write-ups b) Council members
For violations
Even so. the administration has been
willing to make some compromise.
extending visitation on weekends from 12
noon until curfew and allowing visitation
on the Sunday of Carousel weekend.
Now. however, the tune for compromise
has come to an end. A confrontation on
March 9 seems at this point impossible to
avoid, unless )r. Jenkins agrees to the
MRC's action. To do this would mean that
Dr. Jenkins is disregarding the
recommendation of his own committee and
the opinions of so many parents who
expressed their opposition to visitation.
On the other hand, the administration
has already begun to take action. One hall
Procter who serves on the MRC and
strongly endorsed the Council's proposal
has already been asked to resign his
position.
The dissent which has been brewing for
many months is rapidly reaching a climax.
Unless a compromise is reached quickly
students who follow the MRC's policy face
being written-up. while the administration
may be heir to ill-feelings and bad
publicity.
DEAN OF MEN JAMES MALLORY sits on
the steps of Whichard and comtemplates the
problems involved in visitation in the men's
dorm.tor.es. He has offered a third alternative
solution to the current entanglement: a
four-day visitation plan. See related interview
on this page.
ountainhead
and the truth shall make you free'
Volume II Number
Greenville. North Carotin;
Monday, March 8, 1971
MRC president Bixon sets forth
'reasonable' visitation proposal
By TIM BIXON
(MRC President)
The MRC is asking for visitation in the
dormitories. Our proposal is not asking for
anything unreasonable or more than other
schools with visitation have. The MRC
proposal is as follows:
Subject to the following provisions and
limitations, individual student rooms in
men's undergraduate residence halls and
houses may be used for informal social
activities and study dates in which
members of the opposite sex are
entertained by residents. A. Open house
activities may be held daily on those
dates in which the University is
officially in session.
B All Open House must take place
within the hours here prescribed. The
following hours are subject to updating
in accordance to keep pace with
change in girls curfew hours for the
school year 1970-71. Those hours are
subject to review by the MRC
visitation committee starting May 1.
1971. The hours for visitation are as
follows:
Sundays through Thursdays: 12
noon until 12:30 a.m.
Fridays and Saturdays: 12 noon
until 2:00 a.m.
C. The MRC visitation committee
has the authority to extend hours in
case of special group activities in
accordance with extended hours of
womer's dorms.
D. This agreement does not
supercede other University
repuirements concerning closing hours
E. It shall be stated in the Key that
East Carolina University has visitation
and that it shall not be held
responsible for any incidents by
students. All violations will come
under the jurisdiction of the MRC
court.
Rules ;nd Regulations
A. Policies concerning visitation will
be distributed through the appropriate
hannels to all men on the hill
B. The MRC shall designate two
students to serve as officers responsible
for the enforcement of the terms of
the agreement in erb dorm.
C. The hours between 12 noon and
6 p.m. shall not require supervision.
That is. that the appointed officers
shall on work during the hours of 6
p.m. un: I the end of visitation.
D . it is the individual's
responsibility to conduct himself in
accordance with the Honor Code as
stated in the Key.
Penalties
The following penalties are reserved to
the MRC court for offenses against this
agreement:
1. Fine It should first be decided
if the fine would hurt the individual or
the parents of said individual. If the
fine would hurt the parents, then
another method of penalt) shall be
used. The fine is at the discretion of
the court and has a maximum of S20.
2. Social Probation
3. Referral to higher court.
Other schools in the state have what we
are asking for. Robert W. Fisher, assistant
Housing Director at North Carolina State
University at Raleigh, said that "in effect.
each individual residence hall may have an
open house at any time between the hours
of 12.00 noon and 2:00 a.m He also said,
"in my opinion the policy has worked very
well Frederick W. Schroeder. Jr Dean of
Men at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill says that the policies used s0
tar are "in general good" but he admits
that they havesome problems with the
enforcement f the violations by the
student officials.
The Administration at Fast Carolina
Universityseems to ignore views from the
other Universities despite the fact that they
write ind ask for their opinion. Fast
( arojYna University administrators do not
waul to listen to anything that they do not
fee with. This institution is backward in
thinking and does not know how to
catch up to the times. The MRC is giving
the administration the means to catch up
but we are ignored or overruled. This
situation has to stop Support the MRC on
March 9.
Legislator calls students 'islands'
urges support in protest
By CINDY MAULTSBY
(SGA Legislator)
During a recent series of interviews, this
legislator was appalled at the fear, lack of
information, and passivity she found
among the women dormitory students.
Many did not know anything about the
MRC and WRC plans for visitation.
Whether this ignorance is labeled lack of
communication or apathy is unimportant.
What is important is that it does exist and
must be bridged.
Even more surprising than this lack of
information were the expressions of fear
about the administration's power to punish
individuals that were prominent.
However knowingly or unknowingly it
was done, fear of the administration has
been formulated on this campus Many
students were afraid to sign a letter to the
editor of the Founta.nhead which stated
that the women dormitory students
supported both the residence councils'
programs concerning visitation IIk-v were
atraid that the administration would cither
expell them, or take away their
scholarships for voicing their opinions
seems strange that such complete
brainwashing and autocracy could exist on
a 20th century university campus. It is
especially disconcerting that this is even
evident in a student orientated and created
organ such as the Fountainhead. Perhaps
most shocking is the fact that it exists in
the students' own column created for the
express use of voicing their opinions.
Many people have criticized ECU as
being the largest high school in the state.
Before taking the defensive, each student
should look closely at his environment
EC has been known to have the worst
audiences, spectators, and team supporters
in the state. It also has the most apathetic-
student body. Not only does the average
student not want to do anything, but he
also does not even care to know anything.
I hypothesize that the average ECU
student is the closest living example of the
immortal words, "No man is an island
Here, each student is indeed an "island
unto himself afraid to bridge the gap
between the administration and the
students. This can be seen no clearer in any
area than lhat of visitation policies.
I'm sure that I might have "stepped on
many toes" by now. If I have, then at least
I have accomplished part of my purpose to
make more people raise their heads and see
what is happening. Then, each student may
finally realize that what is happening
concerns his own rights and privileges as an
individual. Therefore, every student needs
to help collectively.
Absolute individuality never won a
battle; collective bargaining is much more
effective.
On March 9 the MRC plans to open the
Men's dorms for daily visitation. The
administration must think that the student
of this University is either interested or a
little bit concerned about visitation. They
believe fornication and visitation go hand
in hand. They fail to realize that the
majority of the students here are politically
classified as adults. It's about time that
they were morally treated as adults.
If any member is interested in helping
the MRC in its fight against the
administration, please either contact me or
come to a meeting that will be held in the
student union room 206 on Monday,
March 8 at 7 p.m. Many important things
will be happening. Any support that can
help will be greatly appreciated.
ECU BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet on TuesrJayiErcH"
Raleigh to consider the complete situation involving v.s'itation in the
men , dormitor.es. ECU Pres.dent Leo Jenk.ns w.l. present propose"
which was given to h.m recently after a study was made by the ad hoc
committee. The MRC has offered an Iternat.ve ropSSffS
dorms for seven day vis.tation starting on March 9 due to their
rejection of the ad hoc committee's report. A confrontation hopefully
will result in a solution to the problem.
m M ' Jy me aa noc Wl" resut a solution to the problem
Administration membe
comment on visitation
EDITOR Q NDTC Tu.? ?n? . . . llVtriff K riflt thl? CaillA ac 9tMrfim?n a?l J.? at CTMiinraRiiin. f ka i:
EDITOR-S NOTE: The f0l.0w.n9 is an interview between
Dean of Men James Mallory. Dean of Women Carolyn
Fulghurn. and Fountainhead representative Jim Eichlina
The interview took place March 2 in Dean Ma.lorys
office. Also present were Assistant Dean of Men C C
Rowe and Dean of Student Affa.rs. James Tucker Both
of these men expressed concurrence with those
sentiments expressed by Dean Mallory.
Fountainhead: What isbeing done
concerning visitation on IheJuE?
Mallory: The Board erf Trustees will
meet Tuesday. March 9 Jti Raleigh. At this
time, a recommendation will be presented
to them by Preside. Leo Jenkins who in
turn was presentedthe recommendation by
the ad hoc committee.
Fountainhead: What was the ad hoc
eommittee'vecommendation?
MalloryThe committee recommended.
in essence, thai visitation be allowed on
Wednesday. Friday. Saturday, and Sunday.
FOunta.nhead: If female students were
tovisit on the hill Tuesday, would thev be
lubjecl to punishment, such as liftinu their
ID cards
Mallory: Well, let's put it this way. The
visitation rule for the isistation policy that
ma) exist is still in effect and will be in
effect until some action is taken bv the
Board
Fountainhead: Couldn't the MRC
passage of this bill be termed a negation of
the pre ious policy
Mallory: The MRC has no right to
supersede an) polk) All policies that
change rules and regulations must be
approved hy the administration It would
lik? the s(, meeting tomorrow and
deciding thai the) only wanted to go to
i lass tour days a wi ek
Fountainhead: Isn't it true that the
constitution as stated in the Ke says that
all regulations are subject to changes by the
MRC and or the administration
Mallory: That's right but they forgot to
put in this year's (Key) one of the most
important things. They forgot to put in
"approved by the administration There is
no such thing as autonomy, period. Dr.
Jenkins as President of this institution
approves all actions of all organizations and
all committees.
Fountainhead: Concerning the
questionnaire, why was it sent out to the
parents instead of students
Mallory: Because- we feel as long as
parents pay the bill they are entitled to
have their policies known. The committee
used these as a guideline.
Fountainhead: Who appointed the ad
hoc committee.1
Mallory: Dr. Jenkins. It was consisted of
(acuity, administration and students.
Fountainhead: Who were the students
on the committee?
Mallory: The president of the SGA the
president of the MRC and the president of
the WRC.
Fountainhead: What authority do
parents have? Does the administration go
under the assumption that students do not
pay school expenses and that someone else
is footing the bill?
Mallory: Even if the students were
footing 100 per cent of the bill, your still
have lines of delineation and demarcation
and you still have to have reasonable rules
and regulations.
Fountainhead: Why is that0
Mallory: Because it's that way anywhere,
it's that way in society. Do you think that
when you leave ECU that you're going to
go out and do what you want and not be
bound by any rules and regulations?
Fountainhead: Well, if 1 were renting an
apartment I'd have the right to have
whoever I want to visit me Isn't the
University basically renting apartments on
the hffl?
Mallory: We're not renting apartments
Courts have already ruled that dormitory
? ? ? .vv uy i nave, men at teas! Help will be greatly appreciated T' "n luning apanments
mM k A U m Courts
wikl Representative Luisana speaks out
on visitation controversy
emTOR-SniOTE:RobLu?H?.MncGo?Wno,ofTyiw liberal they were they added WednesdMvs rv i
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EDITOR'S MOTE Rob L uwru. MRC Governor of Tyler
Dormitory, has bean a leading force behind the MRC
drive for seven day vieanation. Fountainhead contacted
??a" for hia views on the finer points of the
controversy Our questions and hit answers follow.
Q. Do you think the ad hoc committee was
fairly composed
A. No. out of the seven committee
members there were four administration
officials, plus Gary King and Dottie McGee
representing the administration. The
students were represented by Bob Whitley.
who doesn't live in the dorm.
Q. Were you surprised by the ad hoc
committee decision
A Yes. it was hard to believe that seven
intelligent people could have reached the
decision they made
Q. What was this decision made by the-
ad hoc committee?
A. They decided it was all nght for the
men to associate with the opposite sex on
weekends and just to prove how really
they were they added Wednesdays
Q What do you think made the
committee decide on Wednesdays?
A The only explanation I've heard is
that it's Prince Spagett. Day
Q. What action has the MRC taken in
response to the ad hoc committee decision?
A. We did what we probably should have-
done long ago. We passed a bill providing
for visitation from I 2 noon til girls curfew
seven days a week.
0 How do you think the administration
will react to what th,e MRC has done'
A. I have heard no official word yet Tim
Bixon and myself are meeting with Dr.
Jenkins on March 8 to discuss the situation
Q. If Dr. Jenkins offers you a
compromise solution on the 8th would you
accept it?
A. The only answer Dr. Jenkins can give-
that is acceptable to myself is for him to
accept the hours laid down by the MRC
0 II there are police waiting to arrest
anyone who enters the dorms on the 9th
with a girl are you willing to risk arrest?
A Ye if it comes down to that
Q. Do you think the MRC action will set
a precedent for other branches of student
government?
A God I hope so.
Q Is the WRC supporting you
A. I'm sure Dean F ilghum will tell the
WRC what they are supposed to think
about the situation. So I doubt that we will
receive much help from them.
0 Dean Mallory has said that there is no
principle involved in this conflict. Has the
MRC based its action on any principles?
A. Well. 1 can think of at least three
offhand 1 Is the University going to have
complete control over the personal life of
its students 2 Are student governments
going to be treated as puppets by the
administration or are they actually going to
be allowed to govern? 3. Are we going to
assume the role of human beings before or
after our roles as students?
Q. The SGA is supporting the action
taken by the MRC. What type of support
are they giving you?
A. Just for them to endorse what we
have done is a help. But Bob Whitley has
tbld me the SGA would handle any legal
expenses and would post bond for students
who were arrested
0 A number of administration officials
say that visitation is a privilege and not a
right.
A That could depend on your definition
of privilege. If you're crazy enough to
think that it's a privilege to talk to another
person in the privacy of your own room
then you're probably crazy enough to call
it a privilege.
0- How heavily do you think the
questionnaire which was sent to the parents
of students influenced the committee's
decision?
A I was told by a number of people
including Dean Fulghum that these
questionnaires would not influence the
decision of the ad hoc committee. But it
appears that it was a major factor in their
decision.
Q. Briefly, how would you describe the
current social situation at this university'
A This country possesses the technology
to place men on the moon. Here at ECU we
haven't progressed far enough socially to
land two people of the opposite sex in the
same dorm Does that answer your
question?
living is not the same as apartment and due
to the unique relationship between the
University and the student that certain
restrictions and certain openness exist.
Fountainhead: Do you think that open
visitation will lead to more promiscuity
Mallory: I don't think the word moral
ever came up as far as I know.
Are there no morality
Fountainhead:
issues involved?
Mallory: One of the big things that the
committee noted, and we checked all the
dormitories, was a total lack of facilities o
really have adequate visitation.
Fountainhead: What kind of facilities are
you referring to. lavatories'
Mallory: Facilities, period. You have two
beds, two desks, two chairs, two closets,
and that's it. And the rooms are small.
Fountainhead: This question is probably
of! the wall, but what does "ad hoc"
mean'
Mallory: Ad hoc is a committee with a
special function.
are members of the academic communitv
and who have open visitation ?
Mallory: You don't take the key from
anybody. You try to do what you think is
right, within reason. Fhe president said to
set ,ip a workable plan. At first, the me i m
the hill wanted on p.v.a' occasions, then
on -Saiurda then veekends. and now
seven ?ays a week, and probably soon.
24-h (ursa day.
What would you
Fountainhead
personally want
Mallory: My persona likes don't enter
into it. I legislate on the basis of fact, not
on the basis of like and dislike
Fountainhead: It has been rumored that
women's curfew w 11 be abolished soon
Would that make 24-hour visitation
possible?
Mallory: Definitely not. There is no way,
as far as I'm concerned, and I'm speaking
personally, that I would ever vote or
recommend 24-hour visitation. Chapel Hill.
Duke and State have turned thumbs down
on it. They operate in a framework.
Fountainhead: In comparison, is ECU
noted for its academic climat
Mallory: I just wish someone,
somewhere, would come across with some
idea of how it could improve academic
climate, not just here, but everywhere. It
seems that the word academic, intellectual.
etc. is being pushed off because I feel, and
I'm sure you feel, that an educated man is a
total man
Fountainhead: That would appear to be
an uiiumciu for open visitation Ujy
should the school concern itset w-ith Mltn
? i IV la as isiLitiiMi '
Mallory: Making rule, should he a
cooperative effort and this is the way we
operate. There's not a single ruie in the Key
that wasn't put there without students
having the majontv so-say.
DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS JAMES TUCKER
Fountainhead: One shot only, so to
speak?
Mallory: One shot only, exactly right.
Once your recommendations are made,
then an ad hoc committee is dissolved. 1
fed that after the board of trustees gets our
recommendation and studies the whole
picture that this whole thing will be
resolved
Fountainhead: What did you personally
recommend to them
Mallory: Four-da) visitation and definite
changes in supervision. This, of course, wi
be worked out between the MRC and the
administration.
Fountainhead: Some MRC members are
bitter towards the WRC's apparent apathy.
Has the WRC shyed away from this issue
If so. why?
Mallory: Because, the women don't want
visitation
Fulghum: They've got exactly what they
want now so far as I know, because I've
heard no complaints from the women
students at all. They did ask for night
visitation which they got. They got
visitation from 12 p.m. to one hour before
curfew. That's all they asked for. I think
women are a little more concerned about
their privacy than men. They're taking into
consideration those students who are
absolutely against it.
Now, I'm sure that not 100 per cent of
the women are satisfied because you're not
going to get a plan where the women are
100 per cent satisfied Consensus of
opinion from women students right now is
that they're satisfied with it. Usually, when
there's a rule as up m the air as this one.
you'll get someone in to complain about it.
I've heard not one complain.
I asked women students in general as
they came from classes what thev thought
about it and they were satisfied with it
Fountainhead: Ii has been said that the
school is trying to legislate morality by
outlawing persons of the opposite sev It
has also been said that the administration is
apparently encouraging homosexuality.
What is your reaction to these claims'
Mallory: Oh. Lordy, how ridn.ulous can
you be. The idea ot encouraging
homosexuality m a free and democratic
society when kids are free to come and go
as they please, is ridiculous. If we kept kids
behind bars for 24 hours a day like they do
in Central Prison. I might buv that. But
these kids come and go as thev please
They've got all the freedom in the world
And that's the most ludicrous, absurd thing
I ve ever heard of in mv life. You have to
admit that.
Fountainhead: How would you compare
this to European universities?
Mallory: Most universities look upon
visitation as a privilege, not a right They
hesitate to permit on a university campus
that which is not condoned in society
DEAN OF WOMEN CAROLYN FULGHUM
visitation not
Fountainhead: Is
condoned in society?
Mallory: In most schools and society in
general. is not condoned for the boys to
goto the girls'bedroom
Fountainhead: Couldn't the key to
visitation be taken from day students who
Fountainhead: Isn't the Key invalid now
because the administration only allows
those- regulations they approve
Mallory: The Key might be invalid just
like this visitation policy might be invalid
but. umiJ the Board ot Trustees appoints a
new one, the visitation policies on Fridays
and Saturdays will be in effect and it will
be enforced.
Fountainhead: Do you think the MR(
has been lenient with the administration
They granted the administration 30 days to
make a decision at the end of which time
the MRC could assume that the power had
been delegated to them as specified in the
Key
Mallory: The MRC knows that they do
not change an existing University policy
without approval of the president andor
the Board
Fulghum: The MRC was merely told
they would give President Jenkins their
recommendations within 30 days, not that
they would receive a decision from the
Board
Mallory: Dr Jenkins has all the power to
rescind all the actions of the Student
Government if he so desires. He. as
president of this institution, has final
authority over everything We have given
him oar recommendation to be carried to
the Board When he gets back, we will work
within the framework of the decisions,
let's give the Board a chance. I'll tell you
one thing. The University will not sit idly
by it a University policy is totally
disregarded. You can rest assured of that.
We use the parents as a flexible guide.
because if we are bound to what the
parents said, you wouldn't have any
visitation. Over 70 per cent of the parents
were against visitation in any form and
most parents of girls over 21 were even
more vehement than those of younger
ones.
After all. you do come to college to get
an education and you do have to study,
and it would have been awfully hard for nie
when I was 18 or 19 to do some serious
studying with a girl in my room all the
time.
Fountainhead: What if she's helping you
study ?
Mallory: I can see where that would be a i
motivational device, but also, where it
wouldn't be in the next six e.ses. It
depends on the individual and the girl. If
the students give the board a chance. I
think that everything will come out fine.

ountainhead
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and the truth shall make you free'
Students to provide guidance
for administrators
As students at ECU, we are indebted
to this kind and loving administration
for guiding us from the pathways of sin
and corruption. It seems only fair,
therefore, to show our gratification by
imposing the same regulations upon the
administration that it has imposed upon
us, unless, like the father who having led
his son away from the pit fulls into the
hole himself, the administrators likewise
are fooled by the follies of sin. The
following rules, therefore, should be
established as soon as possible.
Women adminstrators are to be in
their homes by closing hour, which will
be 12:30 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m.
on weekends. Women administrators
wishing to go home to to other approved
areas overnight must fill out an
off-campus premit and receive
permission from all women students no
later than 10 a.m. on the day of leaving.
Any woman administrator who has
not been in a position of authority for at
least five years will be considered a
freshman. As such, she is subject to
"Closed Office which means that she
must be in her office every weeknight
from 7 p.m until 10 p.m During this
time she may receive no visitors, nor any
local telephone calls. She may be
allowed to go to the library, music hall,
or gymnasium, or go with or without a
date to special activities. All freshmen
women administrators will not be
allowed to venture out of her bedroom
after closing hours except to use the
lavatory. Any violations of these rules
will result in severe punishment,
including demerits, probation,
restriction, and loss oi "brownie points
All administrators who have not been
in a position of authority for at least 15
years will be expected to live in
dormitories. They are also expected to
abide by all dormitory regulations. They
may cook in their rooms, but they are
Administration denies
visitation is a right
By PHILlP WILLIAMS
(Staff w nter)
The lines are clearly drawn now in the
visitation dispute. There appear to be two
opposing camps, both equally
self-righteous, both equally sure of public
support, both hopeful of victory.
The Men's Residence Council's main
contention is that visitation is a right, not a
privilege. The administration takes an
opposing stance.
The MRC contends that because
freshmen and sophomores are required to
live in the dorm, and because they are
paying rent comparable to that in normal
privately owned rooming complexes, the
men on the Hill hv.e certain inalienable
rights, not to be abridged by academic and
social standards imposed without consent.
The administration answers these
challenges by asserting. "You knew the
rules when you came here. You didn't have
to come to ECU
This callous attitude is expressed almost
unanimously by lower ranking
administration officials, and those are the
ones the students have to deal with daily.
No matter what good intentions are
proclaimed from higher up in the
administration, they will not be reality for
the students.
It's very true that no one was forced to
come to ECU.
But that is a very poor rationale for
avoiding social progress, and denying
reasonable opportunity for change.
Dormitories are symtomatic of an older
idea of University education, one no longer
creditable, that of total University
regulation of student life. The vestigial
remnants of this school of thought as
applied to ECU is the heart of nearly all
MRC-administration quarrels.
The only lasting solution to these
quarrels is direct negotiations between the
administration and truly representative
student leaders, of the students' choice.
These bargaining sessions are essential to a
speedy and just settlement.
Student government must be guaranteed
a place in university life. Student
government is a cruel hoax so long as it
exists "at the pleasure of the President of
the University
Dr. Jenkins, are you listening? All your
chickens done come home to roost.
Negotiations essential
for just settlement
By CECIL MYERS
(VRC Representative)
Recent events have caused an increasing
lumber of ECU students to question
whether this university exists for individual
development through higher education or
whether this university actually exists as a
political stepping stone for its President, an
excuse for the institutiona'ization of the
moral dictates of some zealous but
hypocritical old puritans and as a factory
to mass produce a plastic product which
should be labeled "a genuine reproduction
of the ECTC graduate of 1939
These students see more and more that
the very modern buildings, and the glorious
plans for a med school, and all the printed
propaganda hailing ECU progressiveness is
simply a grand facade to cover up the
inadequacies created by the Jenkins Plan to
become a replica of UNC at Chapel Hill
overnight.
This recipe for instant university has left
much to be desired. The students have been
short changed because an important
ingredient called "student freedom" has
been left out and the ECU cake i, therefore
rising "whopsided
While frantic lobbying is going on before
the N.C. General Assembly to give ECU
greater status through more legislation the
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students, after being ignored by the
administration, have sought the same
legitimate means to attain a more natural
and enlightened environment by passing
visitation legislation comparable to that of
Chapel Hill and the other schools that the
administration is so anxious to cop
However, the proof is in the tasting and
when the students tried to cut themselves
their slice of the cake it suddenly collapsed
as if it had been inflated by hot air. The
threats and intimidation that have ensued
has revealed to many students the raw
political ambitions of President Jenkins,
the unhealthy and artificial attitude toward
and obsessive emphasis on sex by the Dean
of Men and Women, and the very evident
put off (which was covered up by the
rhetoric put-on) tactic of the Ad-Hoc
Committee.
However if these students have
misinterpreted these recent events there
will be no doubt left Tuesday when the
doors will be opened on the hill for all
students, regardless of sex. Dr. Jenkins and
his subordinates in the administration will
prove their true intentions when they bar
the doors as they have threatened or realize
intervisitation has been long overdue and
back the MRC legislation. The season for
strawberry statements is over.
Confrontation now
bad strategy ?
By JAMES LEE
(MRC Representative)
Taking matters into one's own hands
here at the University, or anywhere for that
matter, should be used as a last resort only.
The MRC on February 23. voted to open
the men's dormitories to visitation on
March 9.
I voted against the proposal because I
felt that most ot the members ol the
council were reacting to the "ad hoc"
committee's report and not to the reality
of the situation that existed. The "ad hoc"
committee's report is clearly an insult to
students and their motives, but it is not the
final decision of the administration
There is a great deal of evidence that the
faculty members who served on the
committee were totally unfamiliar with
dorm life and were also unwilling to accept
the student members, who were familiar
with the situation, as equals on the
committee. This evidence should be
presented to Dr Jenkins along with a
request that the committee's report be
rejected and that the MRC's plan, which is
far more reasonable and has overwhelming
student support, be submitted to the
trustees.
Even if Dr. Jenkins turns down the
request, he will have been forced to make a
choice and to take a stand on visitation.
The MRC will be able to truthfully say
then that there is no other recourse to win
the students rights but to open the dorms
on its own. The council cannot take this
position now because the administration
has not made a decision on visitation.
The administration should also know
what the students want and be able to
make a decision on their proposals. The
MRC does not seem to be greatly
concerned with the fact that the only
proposal before the administration is the
"ad hoc" committee report and that the
actions they are taking will make a fruitful
meeting between their representatives and
the administration almost impossible. I
therefore could not and cannot support
their actions
fountainhead
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The opinions expressed by this newspaper
-ily those of East Carolina University
not to use units over 1,000 watts.
Alcoholic comsumption in dormitories is
forbidden and they are not to engage in
any form of hazing or gambling. An
atmosphere conducive to administrative
paperwork is to be maintained at all
times. Male administrators may receive
women administrators as guests, but
only during approved hours of visitation
of Fridays and Saturdays: guests must be
registered, room doors must remain
open, hall proctors must be on duty, and
room check must be held prior to
visitation. Letters will be sent to the
parents of the administrators, of course,
to request their opinions,
r
We hope that no administrator will
feel that his maturity is being questioned
by our imposition of the above
regulations. Quite to the contrary, these
regulations should allow the
administrator to be responsible for
himself as long as he does what we tell
him to do.
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Challenge
To Fountainhead:
Although people are probably getting
tired of seeing David Edwards say this in
the school paper or that about the SGA.
some of its members and general apathy on
campus, I find it once again necessary to
wnte the Fountainhead to clear up or start
a controversy.
First, in relation to the letter submitted
by Bill Shelton and friends. I have a
comment. You are attacking the
Fountainhead mainly for things I have said,
not it.
Secondly. 1 never say or rather never try
to say something I cannot back up. 1 am
not perfect and neither is the paper. But I
do know the paper is honest and I can
vouch for myself too. if it makes any
difference. (No, I do not work for the
rountamhead or an other publication)
You .ilso vi "it's time we let our
beleaguered SGA officials alone I might
agree il you accept the assumption that
they left the students alone not too tar
after their election.
You also ask for some articles on the
policy of not allowing students to drop a
course because of a bad" teacher?
Gentlemen. 1 have already got a resolution
introduced and passed in the SGA to do
just that. Weren't you at that meeting?
Concerning the Rebel and using the
money for other constructive purposes
(while the Rebel would be on a voluntary
subscription basis). 1 introduced that about
four months ago; it was tabled for two
more months and then not allowed to be
even debated on. Weren't you at those SGA
meetings either?
I do agree with you that these are more
pressing issues to ECU students than
changing what may be a very good SGA.
But if you had ever gone to a SGA meeting,
you would find out that pressing issues are
not important, but rather relatively
unimportant issues, such as whose turn it is
to argue (not debate) or whose turn it is tc
leave the meeting early. (An average of
from 10 to 15 legislators leave the meetings
early).
Usually our most pressing issue in the
SGA is whether we have a quorum or not.
So before you begin to cut down the
Fountainhead, remember it is one of the
few things on this campus which serves the
students' best interests.
See you at the next SGA meeting.
David Edwards
SGA Legislator
Finch-haters
To Fountainhead:
To all the Finch haters:
I simply want to state that if anyone on
this campus can draw up a better cartoon
than Finch, then do it. To hell with your
opinions, just do a better job.
Chris Williams
Battled
To Fountainhead
It's completely beyond my
understanding why the administration
presumes the right to regulate the private
life of students. Visitation as all other
affairs of the student should be decided by
the representative bodies of the students,
not by administrators and the
communities.
Walt Drake
It's not Juiy
To Fountainhead
On the 4th day of July at 12 noon, the
intensity of the sun's heat is a rather
scorching situation One can wear a bathing
suit and remain comfortably warm, and
fourteen hours of tobacco barning leaves
one with a somewhat fetid odor; then it is
suggestible and we m.ty assume that a cool
refreshing shower is indeed welcome
Bui on the contrary, tins is not the 4th
day of July and the sun isn't out at I I 30
p.m Furthermore, who bams tobacco m
the winter Yes. this is winter, below
freezing temperatures, heavy apparel, and
just merely making an attempt to survive
the weather
Now that wa realize the season ot year
this is. can we flow assume that "cold"
showers are just too cool'
Wednesday night. Feb. 10. 1971.
Aycock dormitory suffered the loss of hot
water
It is now Thursday night and the hot
water has not yet been restored. The
dormitory students seemed to be in a state
of mild panic Every resident has been
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denied the right of at least one warm
shower in the last 28 hours. As a result,
many students have resided in filth and
grime. .
In essence, showers are cold in Aycock
dormitory and its residents need and
demand an immediate solution. Se-meone
please turn on the hot water.
Name Withheld
Don't tread on us
To Fountainhead:
1 back up the MRC concerning visitation.
Constitutionally speaking we have the
power to regulate visitation. If laws and
regulations are not followed by the
students, the administration does have the
power to stop the students' illegal actions.
But as it stands, the administration is in
no legal position to slop our actions
concerning visitation So face it
administration, we have our rights, respect
them don't treaif on our constitution, or
we will treail on you.
Chris Williams
Time for action
To Fountainhead:
The MRC is doing the right thing toward
visitation. The administration had their
chance, now it is time for the MRC to take
action. I think the men are in full support.
Name Withheld
Find out fads
To Fountainhead:
It is time that the students learn that
"our beleaguered SGA officials" have been
left alone for too long and this is proven in
the SGA's continual sidestepping of
controversial issues.
A group of students in the last issue said
that this newspaper slandered certain SGA
officials. That is a pretty serious charge in
itself. To slander someone you must first of
all tell a lie about them. Go to a SGA
meeting and you will see that truely
nothing gets done. It is about time that
people, like this newspaper and David
Edwards, got on the SGA's back and tried
to make them get something done. If
someone isn't doing the job then get rid of
them
If this means printing the truth about
them then do it. Its time this school got off
its ass and started to take a step torward
towards progress. Why must we follow the
administration's policy of outright
backwardness so as not to hurt the political
aspirations of a certain president of this
institution?
I agree with the ideas about doing
something about the administration's
policy of not allowing students to change
one of their exams if they have three on
one day or the policy of not allowing a
student to change a course because he has a
bad teacher (yes administration, believe it
or not. ECU has some tousj teachers). But
ultimately all ol these things must be
passed by the SGA in the form of a
resolution to the administration telling
them how we feel.
Now any SGA that won't accept a
petition signed by more than 15 per cent of
the students calling for new elections is not
likely going to represent the students and
confront the administration with these
issues It is really easier for them to just sit
and do nothing which is just about all they
gel done. I know people will disagree with
me but instead of cussing me out, go and
tell your S(,A representatives how you feel.
The only way they will do then job is if
we. the students, tell them how we feel and
make sure thev do their job.
I also urge all students to come out and
vote when the elections ome up. Make
sure you know who you are voting for
Maybe next year we won't have the mess
that we have this vear
Sincerely,
Jeff Schimberg
Out of dimes
To fountainhead
I've practically given up trying to reach
friends at Belle by phone. In one week I
called first floor Belk ten tunes and was
either greeted with obscene remarks or
hung up on all ten times The eleventh
tune, in desperation, f called the second
flooi and finally found a kind soul to help
y: out. 1 was beginning to wonder, since
i n , coed, if was going to have to wait
until visitation and go personally to find
the guy I was trying to reach By then that
would have been futile, since my intention
in calling was to find a ride home for the
weekend.
A friend of mine is having the same-
trouble with the guys on first floor Scott.
She has called there four times with the
same results I had at Relk. Maybe after she
enriches the phone company with seven or
eight more dimes she'll find one decent
guy-
A paradox: These guys who spout trash
and hang up m us certainly must enjoy
receiving their own phone calls. Don't they
know there are other guys in the dorm?
Maybe they'll change their ways when an
emergency call doesn't reach them because
one of the other inconsiderate clods forgot
to grow up too.
My apologies to the guys who have some-
manners I wish more of you men would
keep the clods away from the phones.
Fed Up And Out Of Dimes
Coed Memorial Fund
To Fountainhead:
The Physical Therapy Students would
like to express their appreciation to all
those who participated in and contributed
to the bake sale for the Linda Faye
Arrington Memorial Fund.
A loan will be given to a Physical
Therapy student each year in menory of
Linda Arrington who was recently killed in
an automobile accident. Linda was a
student in the first class of Physical
Therapy at East Carolina which began in
the fall of 1970.
June Gardner
Proposal
To Fountainhead:
To every decision there is both rational
and emotional aspects involved. Last
spring, the Board of Trustees first realized
the growing numbers of students moving
out of the dormitories. Their response to
this mass exodus was to force all
sophomores to live in the dorms. This
action proved to be more a financial
defense mechanism, and not altogether
rational. In the words of Lincoln. "Force is
all-conquering, but its victories are
short-lived Force tends to be emotional
rather than rational, and it is this emotional
gesture which necessitates sophomores to
live in housing conditions which they find
far from satisfactory. Force of anv, means
evokes immediate retaliation. This is
merely human nature.
At this time we would like to offer this
rational solution to the Board of Trustees.
Rather than coercive action, we feel that
dormitory conditions should be made such
that persons would want to live in them:
more specifically, turn the dorms into
apartment complexes, where both
visitation and all manners of conduct are
self-regulating. Were this the course of
action to be used, the dormitories would
easily be filled. It is a well established fact
that the cost of dormitory housing is far
more economically feasible than
off-campus living the point being that
the administration could easily appease
their financial difficulties, and at the same
time. too. ease the financial difficulties of
those persons otherwise living off-campus.
The year 1970-71 has marked the first
time in I ast Carolina history that the Men's
Residence Council has proved a powerful
organization capable of representing the
men on the Hill. In years be for
sophomores desiring change in the dorms
found it easier to move out of the
dormitories than to work for change within
the existing system. This year, sophomores
have no other alternative but to voice their
opinions through the MRC Prool of this
point lies m the fact that a large majority
ol the MRC is composed of sophomores,
and to put it mildly, they are dissatisfied.
In short, we find that this is hard!) a
tune for administrative emotionalizing. 1 he
recent actions ot the MRC are the rational
actions of the men on the Hill The men on
the Hill desire change and we feel that the
administration should acknowledge the
desires of the majority. We find this to be
both a rational and e cccd 11 nglv
democratic solution.
C Jack Girard
MRC Representative
True colors
To Fountainhead:
The actions taken by the MRC m their
quest for visitation on the hill can be
condoned. The wait for 30 days was wasted
hut it was the honest hope by the MRC
that the wait would be profitable. As to the
actions for opening the dorms on the ninth
of March, this action is commendable,
pending on the forth coming decision by
Dr. Jenkins.
If the administration has shown its true
colors it is time for the men on the hill to
take a stand. For visitation is a right all
dorm residents already have but the men
are merely being stalled from having this
right by pseudo-progressive antiquated
moralists.
David McGee
Mike Moore
Terry Bridges
David Lacey
Paul Gower
Call for support
To Fountainhead.
At present the MRC is in the middle ot t
conflict with the administration concerning
visitation. The issue of visitation started
approximate!) eighteen months ago.
Through these months, the progress has
been relatively slow and unsatisfying. This
year the matter was turned over to the ad
hoc committee appointed by President
Jenkins.
Although the committee h is reached a
decision, it was entirely unacceptable to
the MRC. On March 9. the MRC is opening
the dormitories from 12 noon until curfew
every day This plan has met some
opposition by the administration and no
doubt it will be opposed more heavily by
the administration on the 9th of March. As
President of the MRC, I ask your support
of the activities of the MRC.
Tim Bixon
President of the MRC
Not deadwood
To Fountainhead:
The recently-announced policy of no
exai.i schedule changes for whatever reason
must head the list of the "long train of
abuses and usurpations" (T. Jefferson) of
the rights of ECU's students by its
administration. Several friends of mine
have schedules which list three exams in
one day. These students are upset,
naturally, but have assumed an attitude of
"so what can be done now?" and have
resigned themselves to preparing for, and
maybe surviving, the ordeal. My roommate,
for example, has three tests in one day. two
in five-hour classes and one in a four-hour
course. She was told by a faculty member
that the provost had informed him that the
new policy was just like an academic-
requirement, and that any student who
could not meet it had "no business being
here 1 wish to take issue with that
statement.
The exam schedules are not
requirements, such as the exams
themselves, but are set up to meet
circumstantial necessities number of
l lasses, rooms, etc. The schedule which a
student received from the computer is
often determined by chance and not by
request. I (or you out there) might draw-
three exams in one day next time. I have
often spoken against the University's laxity
in getting rid of the "deadwood" floating
around campus, but I am not deadwood I
am a sophomore and have been on the
Dean's list ever since I came to FCU.
Frankly, however. 1 would contemplate
suicide it I were laced with siieh a prospect
as main students are lacing now Do I. a
straight A student, have anv business here
Mr. Williams
The S(, .i the Fountainhead .should
attempt to bring about a reversal of this
polic) which could be dangerous to the
physical and emotional well-being of both
the academically weak and strong. Students
musi not be forced to jeopardize their
health and stability merely to satisfy
circumstances beyond then control
Anna M. Highsmith
Do own laundry
To Fountainhead:
I very morning as I drive past the
laundrv and view its smokestack vomiting
forth its thick black emesis I say to myself.
"Damn that tiling If only I had a lid to seal
the top " But then. I think the only wav to
stop Greenville's largest polluter is to go to
the source, to each contributor If you send
your laundry to this facility, then you are a
Mvy
polluter, indirectly but nevertheless a
polluter of the air we are breathing.
I protest strongly that I have to breath
this rr.ess from your dirtv laundry. You
(dormitory students who use the facility)
get clean laundry and we all get dirty lungs.
Ironically dormitory students are forced to
pay a laundry fee whether they use it or
not. They pay with their lungs and their
pocketbook. Why not protest payment of
this fee and do your own laundry much
more inexpensively and help clean our air?
Artista J. Marohioni
Petition
To Fountainhead:
As members of the WRC. we support the
joint MRC visitation plan tor open dorms.
Since the University expects Us students to
accept political and economic
responsibility as adults, it should also
expect them to accept moral
responsibilities as adults
Last Carolina has finally reached
university status in name. It remains to be
seen how long it will take for it to reach
university status in policy, action, and
government. The MRC has taken a giant
step forward and we. the undersigned,
follow and support them.
Cathy Kahn
Cindy Maultsby
Maureen Sedgley
DyarG. Bready
Fara Hassell
Sarah E.Cecil
Katrine Kelly
Susan Liery
Sharon L. Maffitt
Betsy Simpson
Nancy Matthews
Deborah Crumpler
Frances Best
Sue Hooper
Susan Gail Cudle
Anita Lewis
Linda Sloan
Betty Gurganus
Shurett Akers
Cathy James
Lynn Luetscher
Cathie Cabaniss
Claudia Brmn
Peggy White
Cathy Robinson
Gloria Motte
Alta Cummings
Susan Shankle
Sylvia Whitesell
Claudia D. Helms
Vicky Lynn Greenway Marilyn Sue Hurdle
Shirley Newton
Nancy W. Perdue
Andi Simerson
Susan Davis
Linda Rue
Chris Mackay
Connie Mitchell
Beth Early
Karen Herman
Barbara Bates
Mary Lea
Cynthia Batdridge
Joyce Gibb
Sandra Grantham
Ruth Cust
Lynn Hardy
Margaret Donharl
Brookie Haislip
Linda Taylor
Gail Stephens
Peggy Bennett
Gloria Culbreth
Ann Saywer
Kathy Perry
Gwendolyn Vinson
Claudia McMullen
Ruzalia Clark
Susan Hall
Vickie Showfety
Laurie Anderson
Laurel Greene
Ann Walker
Jane Wynne
Betty Freeman
Sandra Green
Rayne Powell
Karen Mischke
Valerie Miller
Olivia Whichard
Jewel Adams
Karen D. Riso
Katharyn Poplin
Karen Jernigan
Sharon Coleman
Pam Hankin
Beth Matthews
Anne Kilpatrick
Pat Gamble
Helen Gill
Tamara Wootten
Susan Mills
Lynn Miller
Barbara Kipps
Teri Ameer
Barbara Saunders
Marcy Meurs
Gail Melson
?atie White
Marcia Eubanks
Vicki Warner
Laura Bother
Patty Halsey
Denise Jones
Linda Chopped
Brenda Barnes
Marcia Pierce
Karla McLawhorn
Vashti Pnelps
Carol Sutton
Kathy Wood
Vicki Long
Michele Hill
Janet Whitworth
Laura White
Cynthia Syars
Margaret Cole
Karen Bethel
Connie Baher
Faye Burton
Pat Loesche
Jane Arnold
Bonnie Tyson
Judy Simman
Barbara Hill
Sarah M. Heath
Joy Livesay
Nancy Nicklin
Stephanie Scarborough
Carol Mance
Nancy Brizzie
Judy Bass
Arlene Brown
Nancy Hooper
Betsy Storm
Phyllis Hany
Harriette McCullers
Debbie Smith
Brenda Batchelor
Clare Wilson
Sue Jordan
Brenda Elland
Peggy Taylor
Pat Hollingsworth
Bonnie Ruttgers
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