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MERCER CLUSTER
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Volume LIU
Mercer University. Macon, Georgia, October 22, 1971
.MA
Committee applications
show little interest
Run-off results
Only eight applications for
nine SGA standing committees
and two Ad-Hoc committees,
which do virtually all of the
work of the' SGA, were received
by the deadline Wednesday,
according to SGA President
Julian Gordy.
"The students must have
some misunderstanding about
this," Gordy said, adding that
"if there are not enough persons
Interested to work in the
committees nothing will get
done.”
"If anybody is interested in
working in a committee and
was' unable to fill an ap;
ptication Is urged to contact
me, or write to box 490 leaving
your name and box number,"
Gordy said.
The nine standing committee.
mil tee, which is in charge of
voicing student views and in
vestigating complaints about
food services, dorms,
bookstore, post office, etc.
Library committee, In charge
of voicing student views and
investigating complaints
dealing with the library.
(Coat'4. Oa Page S)
SGA endorses
hourly classes
Calendar For The Week
Friday.October 22 Movie: Birth of t Nation, (origin*!) >pm.
Saturday,October 23Soccer: Maccsr v* Augusta Medici Oollegf _£££. u^or ixte eS
■adversity.
Publicity committee, which U
thecommuntcationsorgan of the
Friday, October 22 Soccer: Mercer v* Ge. College (here) 2pm
Concert: COWBOY, Chapel, • pm. Movie: King Kong (original
n) llpjs
(hen) Jpm.. Movie: In Ihe Heat of the Night, Com
Wedoeeday, October 27 Soccer: Mercer va Emory a‘ OaJord
(away) 2 pm.
Appreprtallaae ■
this committee ii in charge of
deciding on (he SGA budget.
Elections committee, which
formulatea and enforcer
election rules andsupervl.es a U
Senate, and is in charge of
publicising the work done by the
Aeailiary services c»
A resolution to start classes
on (he hour wss endorsed by the
SGA Monday.
Other discussion centered
arour < a letter from Dr. Robert
Wilber, Chairman ol the Traffic
Committee concerning the
parking of bicycles on campus.
Ihe classes resolution came
from a proposal by Marshall
Daugherty of the Art Depart
ment. Mr. Daugherty suggested
that classes starting on the hour
would be a more sensible
arrangement. Hit proposal,
published last week in the
Mercer Clutter, stated that the
utapel break be abolished, but
Ihe SGA unanimoaly voted down
this part of the resolution
Or. Wilder proposed in the
letter that students should
restrict parking bicycles to the
spot designated in the CSC
perking lot in front of the girl’s
gym He noted that students are
parking their bikes in restricted
ureas and recommended that
thia behavior be stopped and
infractors fined. The Senate felt
it impossible to comply with Dr.
Wilder's wish since the present
facilities only allow adequate
space for 5 bicycles. The Senate
recommended Uut a study be
made to find more epace to park
bicycles and that more secure
racks ha built.
It was noted in dlecustloo that-
according hr Bill Stem bridge,
the Registrar, the reason for 12
minutes interval between
classes is that it is the length of
time that it took former
Registrar Columbus Posey to
walk from the M Boor of the
Science building to the kd floor
of the AthninistraUon building,■
while stopping to use the
bathroom and getting a drink ol
water.
Repression mounts in Piecimont Park
EDITOR'S NOTE-The
Piedmont Park la Atlanta, it
was the deeWsa sf tbs edHavi.1
staff to prlat this article.
Mounted policeman began
pa trotting Ihe pork loot Friday.
For the information of Martyr
students who disappear I.
either stoned or alchollc
euphoria to Atlanta each
weekend-forsaking the ex
citement and vitality of the
campus for the bright Ugh Ur
woe is you-there is one Ice
place that you can go . Be
advised that you do not frequent
your favorite haunts in Pied
mont Park. You will in all
probabiity be searched and the
odds are good that you will be
arrested.
1 was there lest weekend. 1
was in the process of
photographing the police
mounts (These ere not-as
rumoured-the old ladies who
imed to stroll through the park,
but genuine horses I and
drawing appraising glances
from Atlanta's flnest when my
keen eye speed a hypodermic
needle stuck in e tree. I saun
tered over to take e few shod
Scant seconds later the police
sauntered tiler me. “Is this
yours, hoy?"
I whirled around amputating
three loes and mceremonioualy
emptying the contents of my
bladder down by pants leg.
“No Sir!" I said an
trucklingly as I could-my ROTC
background «*Sddy coming to
the fore.
“Where did you get it?"
•'ll was stuck in the tree when
I got here.” A1 this point he shot
me a look I believed normally
reserved for ' suspected
homosexuals, rapists and
Commie ^^upreme Court
"As you can see water has
formed insMe-it must have
been here at least overnight." I
guessed glibly.
He scrutinised the water in
the beet Sherlock Holmes
fashion and started to poekes
the syringe.
'*) Sir," 1 said, my impulsive
stifeidity returning full fone-
1 could I take e picture. V
"No," he snarled through
teeth-I'm not. very
' He wae right.
r David learnings was laklag
approached by a police mas la Piedmont park la
David Jenniags)
fleers on horse-back.
My joy ebbed again an I
realised U|st they did not know
how lo mount a home. One men
started from the wrong side,
another was standing on a
picnic table alternately pulling
the reins and twist'ng the earn
sf a beautiful roan mare. So 1
started to snap some shots of,
that, figuring tragic comedy
was better than nothing.
They finally got on and began
trotting back and forth in front
of the pa trillion-posting very
poorly, I might add.
To preface this next episode I
might say that the cops were
stopping almost every car that
came through the park, and
right about then they slopped
another one, arresting the two
highschooiies inside I skipped
over once again and started to
take a picture, then decided
against it since ihe arrestees'
might not groove on it. I turned
Instead to record ihe search of
the cxi.
First O.iictr "What are you
doing taking picture*?" He
walked over. I quailed and gave
picture when no answer “I told you before,
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