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Fountainhead Pl Serving the East Carolina Community for over 50 years EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 51, NO. 63 30 JUNE 1976 ft ? m?MnW.?iiui?i PI "Mi i m ;Dr. East elected as a committeeman lie Di !li t, By BETTY GUNTER Staff Writer Dr. John East, a Greenville resident and professor of Political Science at ECU has been chosen as a national committeeman for the Republican Party. "There are at least 100 persons in the national com- mittee with each state having one woman and one man East said. Mrs. Mary Louise Smith is head of the national committee. East added that the Repub- lican State Chairman is also part of the national committee. East was nominated at the Republican State Convention held in Greensboro in June 1976 One of the duties of a national committeeman is to attend periodica1 Republican meetings in Washington, D.C. to discus formal matters, according to East. "My own personal contri- bution as national oommittee- man is to get people more sensitive toward political issues and to gain more feedback from them East commented. "My position as national committeeman fa the Repub- lican Party will run for four years East said. When asked about his personal views concerning the Republic Party's chances in the electrnn, East commented that the polls suggest the Republican Party faces stiff competition with Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter "The poll should be taken with a grain of salt meaning a particular moment in time East said. At the moment Carter is riding high and the Republican Party is divided, but when the party settles down the battle will be narrowed Dr. East has been teaching at ECU since 1964. While teaching, East is also active in politics. He ran for Republican candidate for Congress in the first district in 1966, and also attended the Republican Con- vention in 1968 as a delegate In 1972 he served as an elector. HEW provides ethnic grants JENKINS FINE A RTS CENTER - This dozer driver fills in around the grounds of the new art complex to assure a stable ground for the numerous overworked art majors to trod upon while going to class. The new section of the complex will be completed next Fall. Forty-nine Ethnic Heritage Studies programs proposed by public and nonpublic edu- cational agencies, institutions, and organizations in 32 States and the District of Columbia have received grants totaling $1.8 million, HEW's Office of Education announced today. The grants were made under Title IX of the Ele- mentary and Secondary Edu- cation Act of 1965, as amend- ed, to encourage the develop- ment of opportunities for individuals and groups of individuals to learn more about their own cultural herit- age and the cultural heritage and contributions of others. Grantees were chosen from 570 proposals requesting a total of about $30 million. Consideration was given to representative projects at the various educational levels- elementary, secondary, and higher education-and to geo- graphic distribution. Every project, regardless of major focus, is required to show evidence of community co- operation, including the crea- tion of a local advisory council. iti Bittercreek to appear on Tuesday By BECKY BRA DSH AW Staff Writer On Tuesday, July 6, 1976, I the Special Entertainment 'Committee of the Student lUnion will present BITTER JfCREEK in ooncert on the Mall at 8 p.m. BITTER CREEK plays a iblend of traditional and con- temporary Blue Grass, includ- ing material from earlier years 'of Blue Grass, when groups jsuch asFlatt and Scruggs were laying the foundations of Blue iGrass music. They also play oontempor- ry music by such groups as Jew Riders of the Purple age, The Grateful Dead, and fhe Beatles. All native North irolinians, Lane Hollis, John 'orthington, Phil Lanier, :rankie Harrison and Mike jinzie play in a true Blue k3rass style. Utilizing the guitar, banjo, nandolin, acoustic bass, and iddle, BITTER CREEK pro- vides a truly unique and memorable performance. The Special Entertainment Committee invites you to enjoy this Blue Grass experience. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held i, right Auditorium. mmmm mmm m m mm m m In selecting projects, special consideration was given to applicants proposing new activities and to those not previously awarded grants in the Ethnic Heritage Studies program. The project include those on the development of curriculum materials in ethnic studies, the dissemination of materials, and the training of personnel. AMA gives grant The School of Mediane at ECU has received a $986.35 award from the American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation. Dr. J. Benjamin Warren of New Bern, First Vice Presi- dent of the N.C Medical Society presented the check at a meeting of the Pitt County Medical Society to Dr. William Laupus, Dean of the ECU Med School. The award is among a number of unrestricted grants made by the AMA-ERF to medical schools across the nation. Most of the monies are used for student assistance, in the form of grants, and for faculty recruitment. The ECU Medical School, to date, has received $3,749.55 from the AMA-Education and Research Foundation The money represents contri- butions from individual physi- cians and auxiliary chapters of the American Medical Associ- ation. Attention All persons interested in either writing news or working in the advertising department of Fountainhead should attend a meeting Wednesday after- noon at 3:00 in the Fountain- head offioe. If writers are unable to attend please call the Fountainhead office at 758-6366 or the News Editor at 758-5359 for general assign- ments. This meeting is man- datory fa all existing news writers. mm a m ?? ?????SHHBK 2 FOUNTAINHEADVOL 51, NO. 6330 JUNE 1976 mmmm mm mm ?mmm mmmm mmmmm Washington, D.C. group lobbies for students The oourse of higher education in the U.S. for this decade and beyond will be determined significantly by Congressional legislation this year. Lawmakers in Washington are currently evaluating and in part rewriting the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Acting in behalf of university and college students nationwide, the National Student Lobby will monitor this 'egislation while orofferina recommendations which by its ascertainment are in the best interests of students as a class. The Higher Education Amendments of 1976, comprised of the Senate's Omnibus Education Bill of 1976 and the House's 1976 Higher Education Amendments and Guaranteed Student Loan Amendments of 1976, when passed by Congress sometime this year, will reauthorize all federal higher education programs, including all student aid programs. The various provisions of this legislation deal specifically with the Basic Grant and Work Study Programs, special pro- grams for students from disadvantages back- grounds, bankruptcy (defaulting on educational loans), and the Trigger Amendment to House legislation, which .would tie student aid programs to institutional development projects. The fate of this amendment would affect the ratio of federal monies channeled directly to students to the amount given colleges and universities for capital improvements. NSL has written a factsheet on the key provisions of the higher education legislation and is circulating it to student groups throughout the country. The circular examines current wording of House and Senate bills, specifies differing versions, and includes a "draft" position on the various provisions. Before taking a formal position on the legislative wording NSL is seeking student input on these bills. The degree of feedback NSL receives from students on this legislation will not only serve as a barometer on student perceptions of bills themselves, but could also determine if students of American colleges and universities believe NSL is a representative arm of their goals and interests. ountainhead Editor-in-Chief-Jim Elliott Advertising ManagerVioki Jones Business Manager-Teresa Whisenant Production Manager-Jimmy Williams News Editor-Dennis Leonard Trends Editor-Pat Coyle Proofreader-Pam Diffee Layout-Cindy Broome Ad Layout- Helen Moore, Tom Tozer Since it does not hold elections for start positions, NSL must determine what students' views are on specific issues through evaluations based on feedback from member student governments. "The corporation shall work to increase communications between students across the nation, and to focus and organize student energies towards realizing, through established legislative and governmental pro- cesses, goals determined by the students enrolled at the schools of the member student govern- ments of the National Student Lobby states the articles of incorporation filed Feb. 22, 1972. Commentary The idea to establish a non-profit corporation to lobby for students at the national level can be credited in part to Layton Olson, one of the three signatories of the articles. In 1971 Olson was a lawyer for a student group that lobbied on the state level in California. He went on to become salaried director of NSL. David Rosen, the present director of NSL, describes the lobby as a combination of leadership and intern services. Leadership is provided by Rosen and Danny Schottenfels, the legislative director of NSL. The bulk of the group's lobbying effort is done by interns. They are stuaenis wno work tor the lobby for a period of time at barely subsistance wage. Some schools allow interns to receive credit for their experience. Rosen describes an internship as an opportunity to become involved in the legislative process and to work firsthand to see laws passed that will benefit students. NSL operates on an annual budget that may fluctuate from $20,000 to $120,000. According to Rosen, "the lobby has always been a low budget operation, has run less and lesson money and more and more on student energy. When we go to lunch with a legislator we usually let him pick up the check Funding for NSL is received from the nearly 300 school organizations that are NSL members. When these organizations begin communicating their reactions to the lobby's draft proposals on the 1976 higher education bill, the proposals will then be sent to members of Congress who will si 1 on the conference committee to determine th( final wordina of the leaislation. Then Schotten fels' lobbying activities will become even mor intense. In the meantime, it would be to the benefit university and college students, present anc prospective, to familiar -e themselves with thi: legislation and tooommi licate their evaluation of it to their representa. i 'es in Washington. If would also behoove state university systems, of which are represented on the state level bj member school organizations, to become involve with NSL and to let their desires be known to theij representatives. In North Carolina's UNC syster the North Carolina Association of Studenl Governments (NCASG) oould speak for th( member student organizations in an evaluation these bills. With the prediction that by 1980 there will almost 13.5 million students in the America! system of higher education an effective voice if Washington is mandatory. NSL oould be th voice, all that's needed is student involvement CLASSIFIEDS Fountainhead is the student newspaper of East Carolina University sponsored by the Student Government Association of ECU and appears each Tuesday and Thursday during the school year, weekly during the summer. Mailing address: Box 2516 ECU Station, Greenville, N.C. 27834 Editorial Offices: 758-6366, 758-6367, 758-6309 Subscriptions: $10 annually tor non-students, $6.00 for alumni 1968 VW FOR SALE. Call 758-9758 or oome by Lot 15, Hillcrest Tr. Park after 3:00 p.m. M-F. CHARCOAL portraits by Jack Brendle. 752-4272. DO YOU NEED someplace different to go? Enjoy your leisure time at the Sunset, 119 E. 5th St. Wed. - Mon. BOOKTRADER located corner of Evans and Eleventh Sts. Trade your paperback books. Buy used paperbacks also, comic books. Open Tuesday- Saturday. Hours 9 00-4100. WANT to save an innc kitten from an untim demise? Call 752-5790 if you i give a cat a good home.