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MERCER CLUSTER!
Letters to
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"The Pacesetter of the Seventies"
MERCER UNIVERSITY. MACON, GEORGIA. FEB 17, t970
Volume LI'
editor iql
Students
Are On
The Move
On Monday, February 9,
the SGA Senate adopted a re
solution to establish an under
ground radio station on the
Mercer campus. They also
acted on a proposal by the
Committee of the Concerned
to clean up the Co-op. Several
weeks before that the Mercer
Community Center got off to
a roaring start with a Karate
demonstration and planned re
creation for the neighborhood
kids, tn less than a week the
Twa Corbies (2 Ravens) Cof
fee House, which is entirely
student owned and operated
w ill open in the old Rear's
Den Restaurant on Montpe
lier. A discussion on the topic
of why pi ople transfer involv
ing some thirty freshmen from Homecoming was highlighted by the performance of the Association in concert on Wednesday, Feb-
Mercer was held on Tuesday 11 at the Macon Coliseum,
and Wednesday, February 10,
11 at Dean Hendrick's cottage m m ppp ■ ■
vfff&xsissz Environmental Teach-In
cently voted to adopt a inter-
disciplinary major in Black II d *
a‘soccer team and pract io^Ths COnfrOVltS POllUtlOn
gularly every week.
All of tbeae things are tre- .,| ( th P cursp „f modern man continually tp confront
mendously important because ( lon )j P emerged from World War II. armed with nuclear weapon
they repreaent efforts by indi to obliterate all human life,
vlduals and small groups on Hls popu | ation has since
the campus to make the cam- grown at a rate that could
pus a better place to live. I His threaten disaster on a global
kind of action on a campus scalp And now h e has come
which enjoys state wide repu fact , to fapp wllh a new man
tatton for apathy is refreshing, made peril, the poisoning of
It is even invigorating. bis natural environment with
One of the best features of noxious doses of • rhemirals,
the whole situation is that garbage, fumes, noise, sewage,
constructive efforts are being heat, ugliness and urhan over
made through the proper crowding Nearly unnoticed,
channels. Things are being ^ p scourge of pollution has
done because this is the way already spread so far that a
to gel them done. Not only. f pw scientists say only a dras
are students talking about pr. jic - cuW van prevent devasta
te™ on the campus; they are (j()n aj> lh orough as that of
getting things done. And there nur |ear holocaust Even to less
U no better evidence of coh do|pfu| prophpLs th e danger
cem than results. seems sufficient to warrant a
, Tyler Hammett ‘sudden Hoorn in the science ot
. .. ecology, which examines the
precarious relationships be
» tween living things and their
■ surroundings. "Most important
' VrlUSTwl of a |h the general puhlic .has
• | ' been seized with such anger
V , . and alarm as to goad political
Editorials. ,..2-3 leaders into proclaiming com
Latter* to the Editor .3 servation of the environment
You «M 5 the chief task of this decade
Sport*. •• — and jjerhaps of the rest of
86^1 NawtxH....;: the century' ”—
For every American, en
vironmental decay has become
Number 14
a personal experience — a
glass of water, bitter with
impurities, a mountain view
obscured by haze, the acrid
smell of industrial smoke or
automobile exhaust, the boom
of jet or the rumble Of truck
piercing the ’ 85-decibel level
beyond which noise can do
damage to the ear. What he
cannot see, hear, smell, taste,
or touch for himself, he dis
covers in' a grim new sort of
obituary dotting the daily
press. A few years ago - no
body was paying close enough
attention to tell exactly when
- . Lake Erie died: acidic
wastes from the surrounding
factories have strained its
water of virtually every form
of life except sludge worms
and a mutant of the carp that
has adjusted to living off
poison. Louisiana’s state bird,
the brown pelican, has vanish
ed from its shores (600 of the
birds remain in an island
co.lony off the California
coast, but last year they pro
duced only five chicks; the
rest of their eggs collapsed
•with weakened shells that con
tained high concentrations of
Snack Bar Sit-In
Rally Success
The ‘committee of concerned' "held a discussion rally in the
co-op recently. The primary purpose was to endorse proposals
which were then brought before the S.G.A. for changes and im
provements in the recreational facilities in the Student Center
They intend that their pre
sence in the co-op until 11:30
stand as a popular vqice in
support of clean up and hours
changes. Organized by stu-'
dents, the proposals represent
new possibilities of self-destruc
ry that soon gave him the power
DDT). Cleopatra's Needle, the ,
Egyptian obelisk brought to
New York in 1881. has been
vastly more worn and scarred
by its last 90 years of exis
tence than by its first 3.000.”
(co0t«<1 from NewvvMk,-
Janunry 2^,19 7 0>.
Noise, air. and water pollu
tion are just a few of the is
sues which will be confronted
at the Environmental Teach-In
at Mercer, April 8. T he teach-
in will include speakers from
the national, state and local
level who are experts on the
various problems' modern man
faces in dealing with bis en
vironment.
. Exhibits, paneT discussions,
and speeches will be part of
the teach-in, whiyh will last all
day Other schools throughout
the nation will participate in
the teach-in at different dates
in April.
Since plans for the activi
ties at Mercer, are still tenta
tive. students are urged to of
fer their time and ideas to Cal
GOUGH (7-16-.7562I. Dan lhig
pen (7-12-9777) or I)r. Alpha
Mae Bond (746-2898)
the students rather than the
elite echelon in time-consum
ing committees.
The following proposals are
now in the hands of the
S.G.A ? and its committees:
The Concerned Students who
met for discussion Feb. 6,
1970 submit the following re
solutions:
I Coop
A. Inorder to change the
atmosphere
1 Clean thoroughly
2. Paint a clearer,
washable color
3. .Move juke box to
back comer for
possible dancipg
a Change 'the
music weekly
b. Halt its cheating
by skipping over
selections
•C Repair booths and
upholstery
5. Put wooden
frames on the
walls where pos
ters can be plated
and changed perio-
dirally at small
cost
B. Cleanliness
1 Permanent signs
stating student re
sponsiblity for
trash
2.. More in number
and more sub
slantial ash trays'
3. More trash cans. •
With larger holes,
conveniently local
ed
4. Use disposable
coffee cops—onty* —
• 5, Employ student
help with student
manager in charge
of continual clear
■ up
6. Belter v'ariely of
working machines
at back of co-op
a. Cbffeo b Sand
wich c. Snacks
Complaint greasy
Tood. dirty kit
chen area
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Cse of Co-op and C S C.
A. Snack bar open to 12
p.m. weekends, 11:30
weekdays
B. Co-op, lobby, lounge,
and proposed rec.
room open to curfew
C Permanent bulletin
board in lobby for
communication of all
school functions
D. Replace broken
hooks on coat racks
Recreation Roorh
A. Preferably in the art
gallery room fro con
venience
B. Music through speak
er from co-op
C. Full time check-out
of equipment (stu
dent mgr. in co-op)
1). Ping pong, pool, card
tables, lounge furni
ture
E. FW'RH, FMRH rec
rooms open as co-ed
TV rooms
IV
Student Awareness
A. Notices stating time
changes given full
publicity
B. Permanent listing of
hours for each area
and responsibility
We have met to demon
strate our interest and support
of the above proposals. We re
quest pressure tie brought to
hear through the necessary
channels so that.these, requests
are met- within reasonable,
time.
The committee of concerned
I lie most critical, factor is
time The impetus of change,
if it’s forthcoming, must .occur
within the next levs weeks.
And the only ’way In which
this can happen, the group is
convinced, is to involve the
total university and evolve,
hearty support '
|'he ad mrust ration and
faculty, arc not adverse- to
change, vn far Terry Stone
w ho is how head.of llie Vo-,Op;
excepting the food area, on
con raged tile' group to assem
ble I here was little opposi
lion front- any ’group: ft om tie
.Trustees,un down to the e,_en.
’hion students. Each, wettis to
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