_ MRC visitation crisis imminent administration promises arrests By GARY L. McCULLOUGH ew w to the l resident This mmendation we effect pending approval of Dr. Jenkins and the Board Trustees the establishmen of some 1 enforcement The Men’s Reside ssed its w tation polic pen men’s dormitories te vis women’s curt to go int esday, March 9, and a between the MRC and the nevitable lowed on any weekend sted. Hours at this time were from 7 p.m. to 2a.m The MRC Executive Council worked # the summer to have visitation set up on Friday and Satu nt basis. During fall 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 chaired by Dr. James H. Tucker, dean of student affairs. Other commit 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 yoice was Gary King, president of the Council Meany representatives did not feel that 2 was fulfilling his duties, for his policy the beginning seemed one of compromise. The Council also felt that with the establishment of the ad hoc conimittee, its power to le; days on a perm kK fro slate rules and regulations for the governance of the University’s men’s residence halls was being questio Furthermore, since faculty m sutnumbered students five to thr MRC feared that its proposal would not be looked at objectively Nevertheless, the Council sought to assist the committee in whatever ways possible In ponse to a request for specific Penalties for visitation violations, the Volume fH Number Co willing » make some compromise *xtending visitation on weekends from 12 oon until curfew and allowing visitation on the Sunday of Carousel weekend Now, however, the has come to an end ne for compromise \ confrontation on March 9 seems at this point impossible to avoid, unless Dr. Jenkins agrees to. the MRC’s action. To do this would mean that Dr. Jenkins is disregarding the »mmendation 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 illfeelings 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 dormitories. He has offered a third alternative solution to the current entanglement: a four-day visitation plan. See related interview on this page. = x, ountainhead ....and the truth shall make you free’ Greenville, North Caroling 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 hou activities may be held daily on those dates im 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 jance to keep pace with aitls 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 women’s dorms. D. This agreement does not supercede other University Leauirements concerning closing hours E. It shali 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 cnd Regulations A. Policies concerning visitation will be distributed through the appropriate channels 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 each dorm MRC Representative Luis visitation controvers on EDITOR'S NOTE: Rob Luisene, MRC Governor of Tyler Dormitory, hes beer 2 leading force behind the MAC Grive for seven dey visiatation. Fountainheed contacted Luisona for hie views on the finer points of the controversy. Our questions and his sewers follow. Q. Do you think the ad hoc committee was irly 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 C. The hours between 12 noon and 6 p.m. shall not require supervision. That is. that the appointed officers shall only work during the hours of 6 p.m. unt ; 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 penalty shall be used. The fine is at the discretion of the court and has a maximum of $20 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 rederick W. Schroeder, Jr., Dean of Men at the University of North Carolina at / Chapel Hill says that the policies used so far are “in gener that they have enforceme student offic The Administration at East Carolina University/seems to ignore views from the other Upiversities despite the fact that they wnite And ask for their opinion. East Carofina University administrators do not v to listen to anything that they do not ae with. This institution is backward in s 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 good” but he admits problems with the Violations by the Yi Y egislator calls students ‘islands’ Urges support in protest By CINDY MAULTSBY (SGA Legistatory 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 Fountainhead which stated that the women dormitory students supported both the residence councils’ Programs concerning visitation. They were afraid that the administration would either expell them, or take away their scholarships for voicing their opinions It seems strange that such complete liberal 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 Spagetti Day Q. What action has the MRC taken in response to the ad hoe committee decision? A. We did what we probably should have done long ago. We passed a bill providing for visitation from 12 noon til girls curfew seven days a week Q. How do you think the administration will react to what the MRC has done? A. I have heard no official word yet. Tim Bixon and myself are mecting 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 MKC. 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 that of visitation policies I'm sure that I might have “stepped on many toes” by now. If I have, then at least Q. If there are police waiting to arrest anyone who enters the dorms on the 9th with a girl are you willing to risk arrest? A. Yes, 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 Fulghum will tell the WRC what they are supposed to think about the situation. So t doubt that we will receive much help from them, Q. Dean Mallory has said that there is no principle involved in this conflict. Has the MRC based its action on any principle A. Well, I 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 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 helbing the MRC in its fight against the administratign, 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, Boing 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 told me the SGA would handle any legal expenses and would post bond for students who were arrested. Q. A number of administration officials say that visitation is @ 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, / ener Ve terd me mers ae tert Se rated des + tp ECU BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet on Tuesday, March 9 in Raleigh to consider the complete situation involving visitation in the men’s dormitories. ECU President Leo Jenkins will present a Proposal which was given to him recently after a study was made by the ad hoc Administrati init rtanaee 4 four aie iy aes es committee. The MRC has offered an alternative proposal Opening the dorms for seven-day visitation Starting on March 9 due to their rejection of the ad hoc committee's report. A confro: will result in a solution to the problem. on members tion hopefully comment on visitation EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an interview between Dean of Men James Mallory; Dean of Women Carolyn Fulghurn, and Fountainhead representative Jim Eichting The interview took place March 2 in Dean Mallory office. Also present were Assistant Dean of fen CC Flowe and Dean of Student Affairs, James Tycker, Both of these men expressed concurrence /with those sentiments expressed by Dean Mallory, Fountainhead: What is/being done concerning visitation on the Kill? Mallory: The Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, March 9 jf Raleigh. At this time, a recommendatign will be presented to them by Presiden Leo Jenkins who in turn was presented the recommendation by the ad hoe comm tee Fountainhedd: What was the ad hoe ecommendation? The committee recommended, that visitation be allowed on ay. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Pheri If temale students were isit « the hill Tuesday, would they be ibject to punishment, such as lifting their / LD. cards? Mallory: Well, let’s put it this way The Visitation rule for the visistation policy that may exist is still in effect and will be in effect until some action is taken by the Board Fountainhead: Couldn't the MRC of this bill be termed a negation of the previous policy? MRC _ has policy. All policies that istrat they only wanted t« week Fountainhead: !sn't it true that the constituuion as stated in the Key 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 proved 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 hoe committee? Mallory: Dr. Jenkins. It was consisted of faculty, 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 that? 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 I 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 hill? Mallory: We're not renting apartments Courts have already ruled that dormitory ana speaks out then you're probably crazy enough to call ita privilege Q. 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 lund two people of the opposite sex in the same dorm. Does that answer your ion? living is not the same as apartment and due to the unique relationship between the University and the student that cestain 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 | know Fountainhead: Are there no morality issues involved? Mallory: One of the big things that tac committee noted, and we checked all the dormitories, was a total lack of facilities co 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. ind that’s it. And the rooms are small Fountainhead: This question is probably off the wall, but what does “ad hoc” m Mallory: Ad hoe is a committee with a special function. DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS JAMES TUCKER Fountainhead: One shot only, so to speak? v Mallory: One shot only, exactly right Once your recommendations are made, then an ad hoc committee is dissolved 1 feel that after the board of trustees gets our recommendation and studies the whole Picture that this whole thing wili be resolved Fountainhead: What did you personally recommend to them? Mallory: Four-day visitation and definite changes in supervision. This, of course. wil! 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 tight now is that they're satisfied with it. Usually, when there's a rule as up in 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 they thought about it and they were satisfied with it Fountainhead: It has been said that the school is trying to legislate morality by utlawing persons of the opposite sex. It has also been said that the administration is apparently encouraging homosexuality What is your reaction to these claims? Mallory: Oh, Lordy, how ridiculous can you be. The idea of eyicourag ng homosexuality in 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, | might buy that But these kids come and go as they please They've got all the freedom in the world And that’s the most ludicrous, absurd thing I've ever heard of in my life You have to admit that Fountainhead: How would you compare this to Furopean universities? Mallory: Most universities look upon visitation as a privile not a right. They hesitate to permit on a university campus that which is not condoned in society Fountainhead: Is Visitation not condoned in society? Mallory: In most schools and society in general, it is not condoned for the boys to £0 to the girls’ bedroom Fountainhead: Couldn't the key to visitation be taken from day students who are members of the academic community and who have open visitation? Mallory: You don’t take the rom anybody. You try to do what you think is ht, within reason. The presid: aid to set up a workable plan. At first, the mea or the hill wante:d it or. speci! occasions, then on - Saturds tA veekends. and now seven ways a week, and probably soon, 24-hours a day Fountainhead: What would you personally want? Mallory: My personai likes don’t enter into it. Hegislate on the basis of fact, not on the basis of like and dislike Fountainhead: It has been rumored that curfew wil be abolished soon Would that n e 24-hour visitation possible? Mallory: De as far as | itely not. Th O Way. cerned, and I'm speaking personally, that I would ever vote or recommend 24-hour visitation. Chapel Hill Duke and State have turned thumbs dow n on it. They operate in a framework n ce Fountainhead: In comparison, is ECL noted for its academic clima Mallory: I just wish someone somewhere, would come across with some ides of how it could improve climate, not just hi seems that the wor » but everywher ete. is being pushed I'm sure you feel, that an educat total n Fountainhead ir to 1 ment fo w shoul h rm its 5 Mallory: Making le t cooperative d this is Way we operate. Th tule in the Key that wasn’t put © without students having the majority so-say DEAN OF WOMEN CAROLYN FULGHUM 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, until the Board of 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 MRC 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 and/or the Board Fulghum: The MRC was merely told they would give President Jenkins their dations withi ot that recor 30 days. they would receive Board Mallory: Dr. Jenkins has all the power to rescind all the actions of the Student Government if he so desires. He, as 1 decision from the president of this. institution, has authority over everything. We have give him our 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 if 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 in education and you do have to study, and it would have been awfully hard for me 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 bea + motivational device, but also, where it wouldn't be in the next six cases. It depends on the individual and the girl. If the students give the board a chance, 1 think that everything will come out fine. ountainhead and the truth shall make you free’ Students to provide guidance for 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 falls into the hole himself, the administrators likewise are fooled by the follies of sin. The following established as soon as possible rules, therefore, should be 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 ampus 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 ina position of authority for at administrators 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 Mnasium, or go with or without a date to special activities. AH 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 of “brownie points.” All administrators who have not been in a position cf authority for at least 15 years will be expected to live in dormitories. They are also expected to abide by al! dormitory regulations. They may cook in their rooms, but they are Administration denies Visitation is a right By PHILIP WILLIAMS (Stat! writer) 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, doth 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 have 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 cailous 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 (MRC 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 institutionalization 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 is therefore rising “‘whopsided.” While frantic lobbying is going on before the N.C. General Assembly to give ECU greater status through more legis Opposes protest action 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 copy 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 thetoric 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 of the members of the council were reacting to the “ad hoc” committee's report and not to the real 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 ommittee. 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 Robert R. Thonen Editor-in-Chief Dave Ittermann Managing Editor Bev Denny Mike Duncan Business Manager Associate Editor News Editor Features Editor Sports Editor - Advieer Published by students of East Carolina University, P.O. Box 2516, Greenwitle, North Carolina 27834. Advertising open rate is $1.80 per column inch. Classified $1.00 for first 25 words. Telephone 758-6366. ‘rate is $10.00 per yer, newspaper are rot necessarily thase 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 recei 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. “a Ye 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 and 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 write the Fountainhead to clear up or start a controversy First, in relation to the letter submitted by Bill Shelton and friends, 1 have a comment. You are attacking the Fountainhead mainly for things I have said, not it Secondly, I never say or rather never try to say something I cannot back up. | am not perfect and neither is the paper. But 1 do know the paper is honest and 1 can vouch for myself too, if it makes any difference. (No, 1 do not work for te Fountainhead or any other publication) You also say “it’s time we let our beleaguered SGA officials alone.” 1 mig agree if you accept the assumption that they left the students alone not too far after their el You also ask for some articles on the policy of not allowing students te drop a course because of a “bad” teacher? Gentlemen, I 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), | 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 t 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 ction 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 betier job. Chris Williams Baffled 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 July To Fountainhead On the 4th day of July at 12 noon, tic 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 barni leaves one with a somewhat fetid odor, then it is suggestible and we may assume that a cool refreshing shower is indeed welcome But on the contrary, this is not the 4th day of July and the sun isn’t out at 11:30 pan. Furthermore, who barns tobacco in the winter? Yes. this is winter, below freezing temperatures, heavy apparel, and just merely making an attempt to survive the weather Now that-we realize the season of 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 ina state of mild panic. Every resident has been G WALK/N' THE STREETS—NO RACE 70 GO, | LO0Kin’ FOR WOOK/E Doyrcha know, | & HAFIA STODY AL WIGHT Bor x . SE My splor Roommaye gs UGHTNG A FART, Warning: This cartoon may be objectionable to some people 1 HERE'S A LITTLE NUMBE usr ae as MEN ON THE HILL. SO IF L/yin? INTHEM OL’ DORMS HAS GOT You Down, BE ME sinc THS 70 YOURSELF AND BEVEVE ME You'll, Gig FEEL BETTER | MEANWHILE , BROTHERS, 4 Dp LF CANT EVEN Sta R COOKED up : j BA LIKETA GRAB ME SOME ASS {CLAIM & TAG OT THE GHRLS WHOD HAVE HD GAG A MGT la T BET HIS BEHAVIORD BE LESS SENSATIONAL, EF THIS LO0Sy DORM WAS COEDUCATIONAL ! i : P THE ADNIN.. J ig). W GoT OFM ov \ Gor NO —its A cen’ sin! GOTT4 END THIS FRUSTRATION GOTTA MRKE THE(——)ADMINISTRATION DORM BwES AGA Place FOR A Ay VISITATION | GOT _pEM OL _PoRM BWES AGAIN, @otra_UVE dd WS ANIMALS DEN | US Pp BIT OF cuiuzation ! —— eee THE FORUM 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. 1 In essence, showérs are cold in Aycock dormitory and its residents need and demond an immediate solution. Sumeone please turn on the hot water. Name Withheld Don't tread on us To Fountainhead I back up the MRC concerning visitation Constitutionally speaking we have the power to regulate visitation. If laws and Tegulations 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 legal position to) stop) our acuons concerning visitation; So face. it administration, we have our rights, respect them — don’t tread on our constitution, or we will tread 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. | think the men are in full support. Name Withheld Find out facts 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 sqmething 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 lousy teachers). But ultimately all of 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 ind do nothing which is just about all they get done. I know people will disagree with me but instead of cussing me out, go and tell your SGA representatives how you feel The only way they will do their job is if we. the students, tell them how we feel and make sure they do their job Valso urge all students to come out and vote when the elections come up. Make sure_you know who you are voting for Maybe next year we won't have the mess that we have this year Sincerely, Jeff Schimberg Out of dimes To Fountainhead Vve practically given up trying to reach friends at Belk by phone. In one week I called first floor Belk ten times and was cither greeted with obscene remarks or hung up on all ten times. The eleventh time. in desperation, f called the second Hoor and finally found » kind soul to help se out. 1 was beginning to wonder, since 1 coed, if I 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 Belk. 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 on 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 c of Physical Therapy at East Carolina which began in the fall of 1970 dune 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 any 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 Fast Carolina history that the Men’s Residence Council has proved a powerful organization capable of representing the men on the Hill, In years before sophomores desiring change in the dorms found it casier 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 h the MRC. P point lies in the fact that a large majority of the MRC is composed of sophomores and to put it mildly, they are dissatisfied In short, we find that this is hardly a time for administrative emotional The Tecent actions of 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 both @ rational and exceedlingty democratic solution opinions thro vot of this his to be C Jack Girard MRC Representative True colors To Fountainhead The actions taken by the MRC in their quest for visitation on the hill can be condoned. The wait for 30 days was wasted but 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 me 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 conthet with the administration concerning visitation. The issue of visitation started approximately 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 has 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 exata schedule changes for whatever reason must head the list of the “long train of abuses and usurpations” (T. Jefferson) of the rights of BCU’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 lke an academic requirement, and that any student who could not meet it had “no business being here.” I 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 classes, rooms, ete. The sched student received ftom the computer is often determined by chance and not by request. 1 (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 Lanrnot deadwood. | am a sophomore and have been on the Dean’s List ever since I came to ECU Frankly, however, 1 would contemplate suicide if 1 were faced with such a prospect le which a as many students are facing now. Do Ta \ student, have any business here illiams? The SGA and the Fountainhead.should attempt to bring about a reversaf of this policy which could be dangersus to the physical and emotional well-being of both the academically weak and strong. Students must not be forced to-jeopardize their health and stability merely to satisfy circumstinces beyond their control Anna M. Highsmith Do. own laundry To Fountainhead Fvery morning as 1 drive past. the laundry and view its smokestack vomiting forth its thick black emesis I say to myself, “Damn that thing. If only I had a lid to seal the iop.” But then, I think the only way 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 polluter, indirectly but nevertheless a polluter of the air we are breathing. I protest strongly that I have to breath this mess from your dirty 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. Marchioni Petition To Fountainhead As members of the WRC, we support the joint MRC visitation plan for open dorms Since the University expects its students to accept pc bil expect them ac responsibilities as adults East: 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 Anita Lewis Cindy Maultsby Linda Sloan Maureen Sedgley Betty Gurganus Oyar G. Bready Shurett Akers Fara Hassell Cathy James il Lynn Luetscher Cathie Cabaniss Claudia Brinn Peggy White Betsy Simpson Cathy Robinson Nancy Matthews Gloria Motte Deborah Crumpler Alta Cummings Frances Best Susan Shankle Sue Hooper Sylvia Whitesell Susan Gail Cudle Claudia D. 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