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. / / THE MERCER CLUSTER "The-Pecexuvr of the Seventies" Volume HI Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, May 3, 1971 No. 19 Food, housing group meets, three subcommittees picked A native of Nigeria spoke last Thursday night as a part of Black Week activities (Photo by John Lowery). Owensby, Kelly, Copelan elected The special committee to study food and housing requirements met April 20 to organize and consider general matters. v The committee was organized into three subcommittees and a steering committee. Dean Hendricks. Pam Chappell. Julian Gordy, Dupont Cheney. Dr. Mary Wilder. Dr. Haywood and T. Alton Davis form the steering committee. Hendricks is Chairman and Pam Chappell is secretary . The housing subcommittee is The new SGA held its first regular meeting Monday, April 26. President Julian Gordy told the group, "we have a new senate. We’ve inherited the old problems and we will face many new ones. We are going to try for solutions.” The Senate approved the establishment of a committee to study the possibility of having student representatives on the Hiring and Tenure Committee. The committee, which is headed by Frank Abbott, will study the problem extensively and make its recommendations to the senate at a later date. David Wilks, Chief Justice of the Hooor Council, proposed to establish an appellate board of the honor council. President ■Harris, who has formerly received any appeals, will still hold final power as president of the University, but the board of appeals will handle appeals chaired by Dupont Cheney. Its members are George Leske, - Pam Chappell, T. Alton Davis. Leland Bell and Paul Cable. Julian Gordy is chairman of the food subcommittee which is composed of Mahan Murray, Dr. Haywood, Dean Trimble, and Dr. Julian Gholson. The chairman of the sub committee on financial aid is Dr. Mary Wilder. George Henderson. John Lowery, Gail Gardner, and Bill Palmer serve on the subcommittee. At the committee's first meeting Julian Gordy generally sum- directly from the honor council. The proposed board will be composed of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, a faculty member, and the president of the SGA. A constitutional amendment is needed for the establishment of this board and since under the present constitution a proposed amendment must be presented to the senate at least one week before it is voted on, the vote was postponed until the next regular meeting. President Gordy encouraged the senators to attend the Waverly conference which will be held . Waverly, the annual meeting of student leader with representatives of faculty, administration, and staff, is- held off campus to discuss policies and matters of mutual concern. marized many of the student’s complaints and Dr. Haywood discussed the fiscal situation. The food subcommittee met April 27 with Mr. Krakow. At this meeting it was pointed out the cafeteria is responsible for retiring 60 percent of the bonded indebtedness of the Connell Student Center building. This is a -pro-rated figure, the Bookstore and Snack Bar sharing the remain 40 percent. Because nonresident students are not required to buy meal tickets they contribute relatively little to the cost of the Student Center although they make much use of it. It was suggested that some method whereby all students pay for the Student Center. Divorcing food costs from mortgage payments could provide the Cafeteria with approximately $30,000 with which to improve food and facilities, '•> l The food subcommittee was informed that. students presently pay approximately $2.00 a day for food. It was pointed out, however, that the cafeteria cleared $2,000 last year. Julian Gordy, chairman, mentioned that.the present food service is "cheap and con venient but-we must work on quality". Julian said, "We are trying to find a way to improve the situation". Mercer University will hold a course on Drug Abuse as part of its non-credit offering jn summer school. * Dr. Paul E. Cable, director of the summer school, said anyone in the community can register for the course. Clubs, organizations, law enforcement personnel and individuals are urged to participate. ( The course will be taught every Thursday night from June 17 to August 19 by Dr. Oliver M. Littlejohn, dean of Mercer's Southern School of Pharmacy in Atlanta. Classes will be held in room 203 of the Knight Hall of Humanities on the Mercer campus. The Southern School of Pharmacy has been recognized for the excellency of its drug abuse education program During I»70 faculty and students .of the school par ticipated in more than 500 The Georgia District of Circle K International held its 12th annual convention April 23, 24, and 25. The Mercer club was host for the convention. Steve Agee and Jim Owensby served as host chairman and convention chairman. Owensby was elected District Governor and another Mer- cerian, John Copelan was programs on drug abuse. The school began its drug abuse program in 1967 and since then has reached 100,000 persons, most of them in Georgia, with information. The course to be taugfil during summer school will have four objectives, according to Dr. Cable. It will remove superstition about drugs, aid in minimi ring drug abuse, convey a sense erf respect for the dangers of drugs and upgrade the utilization of drugs by the public. , A fee of $30 will be charged for (he course. Registration will be held June 17 at 7 p.m. in Room 203 of the 'Knight Hall of Humanities. Individuals or organizations can register by mail. Contact Dr. Paul E. Cable, director of the summer school, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. chosen Lieutenant governor The sweetheart of the Mercer Circle K Club, Pat Kelly, was made sweetheart of the Georgia District. The highlight of the con vention was a speech Saturday night by Senator Herman Talmadge. The Senator in dicated his concern about young people and their problems and expressed an optimistic at titude. He said he had faith in today's youth and strongly felt it was justified. In the General Awards program April 25 Mercer's Circle K Club' placed fourth out of 34 Georgia clubs. Jim Owensby, newly elected District Governor, said Mer cer’s prominence in Circle i K can put it "in a position to /be recognised for its good points This can bring the campus together " Retiring secretary Frank Rozier said, "As a result of this convention Mercer had gained a respectable / position in Georgia.” Inside Ouster Ad Building P.2 Washington March P.2 Sport* P. 7-6 TarkioRoad P.3 Improvement* P « Editorials P. 4-5 Wiseman P 3 Q-Wbalever happened la the Mercer UnivenUjr Radio Station? A-The proposed student Radio Station has .had considerable development through a special committee. From the original idea of a carrief^irrent (Closed circuit AM) system with Macon advertisers, the concept had advanced to a FCC regulated education FM station Approval for the project has come from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Publications Board and the Vice-President for development Currently we have the FCC construction and licensing petitions. Tom Lowe, one of the committee members with professional radio experience, has placed us in contact with an engineer from WMAZ and the general manager of the Georgia State FM station. The major concern impeeching installation is operating fund-education radio cannot have advertising. Until some viable means of assuring $7,000 - yearly is crystalized in the Student Radio Station will continue to broadcast only in the wind. Gordy presides at first SGA meeting Mercer to offer drug abuse class