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i . Artificial Hearts oaJhe pltrts and vulcanising that together; than ha inserts four big terfly type heart wlm - Installing Valvos /*.. 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 All things tek- tfcm, tbs weakened should bo vary interesting, especially it my pesdio- Wat JHorcer (Muster a valve fe similar | the way yon damp a radiator bos to an engine block.” Wright ez “I secure the tbs heart, using i stovepipe wire. After I complete a heart.” be said, "it must ha — * A -4—*^-' A— Siam WMlkaai cured, »tnu**r to mv w*nn§, our IBOOK ctrcuumo system Thia machtaa makes the heart boat, and m« suras the pumping capacity. ‘Whan we are sStfcfiad that t| new heart is functioning aoootdia to the specifications, we ship it I 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. WANTED BY RECOR CLUB OP AMERICA CAMM US REPRESENTATIVE 1 EARN OVER $100 Write tor information lit Mr. Ed Bemovy, Collage A