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THE MERCER CLUSTER-MAY 21.1982-PACE 9
By Tracey Oailagher
Wednesday, May 6th, a woman was
raped on the Mercer campus. She was
not injured apart from the rape and was
taken to the Medical Center of Central
Georgia, where she was treated and later
released. The case is still under
investigation by the Macon Police
Department, who are working with
Campus Rape
Careful Security Needed
THANK
YOU,SGA!!
This Week In SGA:
Plummer On
Stadium Drive
At the May 17th SGA meeting, the
SGA suspended the usual order of
business in favor of guest speaker Gene
Plummer, Director of Business Services.
Mr. Plummer spoke of the Stadium
Drive-Mercer houses trade-off issue.
After Mr. Plummer was finished, the
SGA was addressed by a member of the
married undergraduate group affected
by the change. Mr. Plummer and the
group agreed to meet and discuss the
issue at a later date.
Also discussed was the pool party,
sponsored by SGA, this Sunday at 2 p.m.
AU Mercer students are cordially invited
to attend. Refreshments will be provided
by SGA.
A SUAB representative came before
the SGA with a request to buy an
electro in ic message board to be used by
student activities fee funded organiza
tions. A motion was made to do so and
passed.
The SGA finshed up by amending the
proposal put forth by Dean Powell.
limiting the member of on-campus
fundraisers. The amended version will
be presented to the Dean at a later date.
SGA wishes to thank the students and
staff of Mercer University for their
continued support and concern, and
wishes all of you a fantastic ^cation.
Kappa
Sigma
By Carey Mountcastle
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity cele
brated its tenth annual spring weekend
at Daytona Beach, Fla. on May 7-8. The
weather was beautiful, the brotherhood
was excellent, and the women were wild!
There was never a lack of things to do.
The daylight hours were spent sun
bathing, body surfing, land sharking,
and pyramid building. The night life
^ consisted of “600 North.” a rock-n-roU
dub and "The Plantation.” a soul
oriented nightspot, not to mention
late-nights walks on the beach
As disappointed as we were when we
left, those of us returning next year will
have something to look forward to! The
Alpha Beta Chapter would like to extend
its thanks to everyone who helped to
make this year's trip as successful as it
Mercer Security There are as yet no
suspects.
The rapist gained entry by the front
door, which was unlocked.
The Cluster talked with Don Bough-
ton. new Director of Mercer Security,
about safety precautions women should
take in order to prevent this incident
from occuring
Director Boughton said that "the
biggest problem is always at night. Girls
in dorms, apartments and off-campus
houses should secure their windows and
cover them well. They should dead-bolt
the front door and leave either a living
room light or a porch light on, even when
they are in the house.” He stressed that
if any student saw something suspicious,
they should not hesitate to call Security.
"We’re not there to be against you.
we’re here for you.”
He stressed repeatedly that if any
thing seemed strange or out of the
ordinary, the students should not take
the chance and should call Security
immediately.
Lieutenant Sites, also present at the
interview, added. “We're doing every
thing in our power to keep (the May 5th
assault) from happening again. But you
all must cooperate.
Editor’s note: As Esterhaus of “Hill
Street Blues” puts it, ”Hey. Let’s be
careful out there!"
A Careful Bear
Is A Safe Bear
OBS Meeting: Unity The Key
By Craig Hunter
Macon City Councilman the Reverend
Henry Ficklin spoke at a special meeting
of the Organization of Bililian Students
Monday night with a special message of
unity.
At 7.30 p.m. in room 333 CSC, Mr.
Ficklin delivered a message that times
are hard for everyone, but are hardest
for the minorities.
” Minority students especially are
experiencing difficult times on our
university and college campuses, which
is all the more reason to become
unified.”
‘Students themselves will go off and
get educated and come back thinking
they are aloft of their community.” The
councilman said that this is unhealthy
thinking for the black society. “Ties with
the community can’t be broken. ’ ’
"Furthermore, the people are looking
for leadership from the educated and
deserve to get it because the educated
are the ones to help.” Ficklin went on.
“The people want someone to lead
them, someone who will take action and
demand changes, and if black college
students can’t go back to their communi
ties and provide some kind of leadership,
then that's sad.”
“College campuses are a starting
place for unification and leadership."
Mr. Fickling went on to state,” because
movements on college campuses raise
the conciousness of others to the
problems at hand."
Councilman Ficklin only spoke for
thirty minutes, for he had another
engagement, but he received a warm
hand from OBS members.
Aside from being a City Councilman
and Reverend of the Mount Vernon
Baptist Church here in Macon, Mr.
Ficklin is also Chairman of the local
Southern Christian Leadership Confer-
University Struggles
To Cope With World’s Fair
KNOXVILLE. TN (CPS) - Students
and administrators at the University of
Tennessee are trying to finish out the
school year with something new on
campus: a World s Fair.
The fair, which opened last week, is
actually being held on 72 acres of land
sandwiched between the 30.000-student
campus and the downtown business
district. Twenty-three nations, four
states and more than 50 corporations
have exhibits in the area, where as many
as 100.000 a day are expected to visit at
the fair's peak.
All of which has the universtiy com
munity very worried about rent gouging,
disruption of summer school, huge
traffic and parking problems, and even a
rash of students dropping out to take
temporary jobs at the fair.
“We just don’t know what the effects
are going to be.” confesses UT-K
spokesman John Clark. "Of course
we're concerned about crime and
housing, and everyone’s concerned
about traffic movement and parking.
The student government, along with
student and community tenant associa
tions. is monitoring the housing situation
for landlords who drastically hike rents
or evict students in order to lease the
apartments to fair-roers at prices
upwards of $100 a night.
The UT student government has
issued several “hit list^ of local
landlords suspected of unfair housing
practices. Many on the lists agreed to
rent only apartments that would be
vacant amyway.
-We hkve had some evictions here in
town obviously due to the fair,” Clark
says. “We don’t really know what the
numbers are. I think maybe a couple
hundred students have been affected.
But the university has taken steps to
provide them with housing during the
fair.”
Clark says the administration is also
concerned about how the fair will
influence enrollment, but adds that like
A Review:
everything else, ”we'U just have to wait
and see.”
Mercer Choir’s
^Requiem” Excellent
By Lynn Hamilton
The Mercer University Choir, under
the direction of Michael Schwartzkopf.
gave an excellent performance of
Mozart's “Requiem.” on Sunday. May
16.
The choir sang Mozart's last work in
beautiful harmony, mastering the Latin
lyrics as if they were singing in their
native tongue. One quarter and a half
was evident in the spring concert.
Soloists Katrina Corson, Martha Cu-
berly. Victor Ledbetter, Pam Evatt.
Far-on Thompson, and Scot Sherman are
to be commended on their fine vocal
renditions, as are guest soloists Pheobe
Odum-Settles, and Ed Walker. Deserv
ing of special applause is the quarter
composed of Odum-Settles. Walker.
Cuberly, and Ledbetter. Theirs was a
melodium blend of vocal ranges that was
indeed stirring and pleasing the ear
Perhaps the best selection in the
“Requiem" was the "Dies irae, which
describes the judgement scenes in the
Bible and contains prayers for the soul.
(Tbe “Requiem" is a dirge, written by
Mozart for his own death.)
Other numbers that were especially
impressive to this reviewer were the
“Rex tremende" and the “Lacrymosa.
The combination of 128 voices. Robert
Parris at the organ. John Lukovsky on
the trombone, coupled with Schwartz-
kopf's enthusiastic conduction and the
beauty of Mulberry Street United
Methodist Church was most successful.
TV concert was an impressive perfor
mance. a credit to the director, the
singers, the musicians, and the entire
Mercer music department. It was also a
fitting tribute to Dr. Ronald Robinson,
and Dr. Paul Cable, both of who it was
dedicated in memory of.