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MERCER CLU8TER
NOVEMBER 111MB
Mercer At the Crossroads;
Democracy or Dictatorship
This Is the year that the stu
dents at Mercer are going to have
to decide whether they are going
to continue their move toward
greater and more responsible eta-
dent power or surrender the long
sought after autonomy to some
very poor substitute.
According to many faculty that
have been around Mercer for just
the last five or six years there was
a time when the faculty had to
stimulate the Student Government
Association to take action on is
sues that they should have been
concerned with as a matter of
course. That is no longer the case.
But there is an element in the
Mercer academic and administra
tive community that would guide
active students to certain levels of
responsibility and then attempt
to exercise a covert control over
these students so that they might
accomplish the mentor’s selfish
ends while believing themselves to
be acting in the beet interests of
students.
Often over the past weeks I have
referred to “tongue in check de
mocracy” and its effects at Mer
cer. The Cluster has long stood
for active student government and
student concern over the vital is
sues that face the academic com
munity at Mercer today.
We have watched certain ad
ministrative and academic officials
of the university open accepted
channels to student demands in
the past and then close the door
in the face of prosperous pro
gress. The net result has been that
once the formal channels have re
fused the students' demands the
sudent voice is silenced because it
cannot bite the hand of the ad
ministrative or academic friend
that has guided the voice. Now the
Student Government Association
is in the midst of pushing for a
universal code of conduct for stu
dents and we hope that the door
will not be shut in the official
channels.
The actual demand of course
will not be satisfied if a door is
shut but it may withdraw its de
mands if this happens. We would
like to see the universal code of
conduct accepted through the
recognised university channels but
if the code is not accepted we do
not see that this will satisfy the
problem. The only recourse to
the students of Mercer will be
through open dissent; a very un
fortunate alternative, but an alter
native that has been the only re
course on other campuses.
The question we pose to you is.
Do you feel that merely because
your popular will has been re
fused you should withdraw and not
seek other methods? The Clueter
hopes that this will not be the
case and that the formal structure
of the SGA will continue its push
toward disciplinary reforms no
matter what discouraging results
may be obtained through the first
efforts through university chan
nels.
We do not see how the univer
sity administration can reasonably
ignore or refuse the validity of the
case for a universal code of con
duct for both men and women at
Mercer. Just an an academic com
munity must front time to time re
vise its curriculum in light of pro
gress and change in education so
it is also necessary for a univer
sity to revise its student rules con
cerning discipline and conduct
from time to time in light of
changing student attitudes, the
changing attitudes of the nation
and other universities and in light
of the increased awareness and
sophistication of each new class of
students that enter each fall.
Mags for the far Left-Right
By Andrea Frost
"Mercer up until now has been
stagnant Students come here, get
their diplomas, and leave without
ever taking the time to find out
that a far left and a far right exist
Our purpose is to widen their ho
rizon*,'' said CUudia Young, chair
man of, the Library Committee,
concerning the introduction of lib
eral magazines representing both
the far left and the far right to
Mercer’s library sources.
SGA appropriated funds for this
project and the first issuss will
come out in November. If you show
an interest in this area, Mr. Matts,
University librarian, will add the
cost of these periodicals to his bud
get
Last year during winter quarter,
the Library Committee was formed
with three basic aims: (1) to keep
the library quiet for study, (2) to
keep the channels open between
students and the library, and (8)
to collaborate with the faculty Li
brary Committee.
Tkirgsar they worked to make
orientation more effective, and in
conjunction with the Wonderful
Wednesday Committee they may
plan several seminars for next
quarter. Once a quarter, the com
mittee will hold a "grievance day”
at which time students may bring
forward propositions concerning
the library.
Members of the committee, in
cluding Mias Young, are Bill In
gram, Charlene Smith, Phil Comer,
Wright Davis, Pam Chappel, and
Bob McAllister.
Brewer New Leader Of Freshman Class
Chuck Brewer, a Mercer fresh
man from Headland High School
in East Point, Georgia, was elected
freshman class president in the
Oct. 9 run off election.
Bruce Gosdy from Lanier Senior
High in Macon is vice-preaidant for
1968-89. Secretary is Carol Strange
from Dan McOarty High in Ft
Pierce, Florida, and treasurer k
Jinx Ocheienhn (ram Maynard
Evans High in Qriand, Florida.
Whtr* Is th* Cauldron?
Callup, Harris Feel U. S. Political
Leaders Must Become More
Aware Of People’s Wishes
RADNOR, Pa.—America’s two leading pollsters. Dr.
George Gallup and Loufo Harris, agreed today that U. S. po-
litical leaders must display greater awarenees of the people’s
wishes.
TV Guide magazine reported
(Oct 26) that Dr. Gallup feels
democracy is in “deep trouble be
cause the people are crying for
reform and the politicians don’t
hear them." Harris said old poli
tical lines are rapidly disappearing
to be replaced by new “coalitions."
Dr. Gallup said democracies
throughout the world are losing
their grip for two reasons: “(1)
they're losing touch with the peo
ple, and (2) they do not have the
right machinery for solving the so
cial problems of our day. The
members of our Congress have lost
touch with the people. The people
are 50 years ahead of Congress,
and nobody listens to them. It's
the Establishment that gets in the
way. No priesthood, you know, ever
initiates its own reform. That’s our
trouble, “Dr. Gallup said.
Harris said the country currently
is undergoing two simultaneous
revolutions. “One is the revolt of
the blacks, which we all know
about. The other is a far more
quiet one: the revolt of the edu
cated people; that ia, those with
some college education. The pro
fessionals dominate this group. For
the most part they have no roots
in any corporate structure which
might dampen their political views.
They represent only about 25 per
cent of the voting populace now,
but by 1975 they will constitute
about 45 percent of It," Harris de
clared.
“If comes down to a case of the
most privileged being the ones who
want change, and the least privi
leged, in many instance*, not want
ing change. It’s Karl Marx upside
down,” he continued.
Forgotten, Foreign, Western Films
By Julian Gordy
On the assumption that you have
diligently studied the Student Ac
tivities Calendar, and must know
the title* and times of showing of
When Comedy Wae King, The
Hunt, and ChqmMi* Autumn, 1
submit to you the following resu
me.
Whan Comedy Was King starts
off the three movie aeries. It will
be shown in room 314 CSC on
Thursday. Nov. 7. It is billed as
n forgotten film. This points to the
fact that it ia either an old film,
or a very bad one. Nevertheless,
it has been forgotten. From the
title we team that it ia probably
a comedy, and that it ia aomawfant
nostalgic in mood. Having deduced
this much, we move on.
If you happen to be in 814 again
on Friday at 8:00 P.M., you will
aee The Hunt (Spsmiah/Engliah
subtitle*). From the title of thia
movie one might assume that thia
4a a movie about safari. Since it is
Spanish, you might guess that the
bwane ia a Spaniard. If you am
not an expert in Spanish, you will
not be able to tell what the acton,
lions, and tigers are really saying
or growling as the can may be. If
you still want to aee the movie,
invite Mr*. Hughes or Mr, Win
field or someone else who is pro
ficient at Spanish.
As if we had not already been
blessed enough, we still have Chey
enne Autumn to look forward to.
The average American would au
tomatically class this as a W<
and since I, too, am l
American, I can think of nothing
bettor to call it Therefore, Chy
cane Autumn m a Western. Prob
ably the plot takes place ia the
faH, and most undoubtedly, the
cowboys win. (Houston had a 998
game winning streak in those days,
but they finally lost due to a mis
calculation of coach
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medical researchers who parfoa
further studies--and the heart
comes a candidate for transplants
tion in an animal.
‘When I allow my mind to was
der, I see the day whan hundred
of artificial hearts a day will rs
off an assembly Uas. Than it's bar
to reality. The day I dream of I
still a few yean away, and it’s I
to other researchers and mys,
to make it come true."
Wright is inspired by madia
researchers who say that the nil
bar hearts ha builds may be pa
longing human lives by the sad
1970s. and because of this encooi
agement, he is able to main tad
hit sense of humor.
Even when fellow workers tea
ingly call him “Dr. Frankenstein
or “mad scientist,” he just amUi
and replies, “Cmon guys, have
heart.”
Panty Raiding
(ACP)—UT Daily Beaoon, Us
versity of Tennssaew, KnoxviB
Tennessee. Fifty to 76 mea fra
the Presidential Complex stag*
panty raid” on MorUl Hall Sin
day night and ware surprised whs
they were rewarded with dotlii
from the boys’ floors as well as tk
girls.
The first eight floors of Mora
were for mea and upper six wa
for the women students.
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