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IN THIS ISSUE • IS IFC A FARCEI • Sports Recruiting • Cafeteria Petition VOLUME 52 NUMBER 3 Students -on the Hill too long by Lori Grimes Do you have a special talent, art, or most im- portant, do you have any type of interest to help the community'? If so, Relay is looking for people like you. Relay is an organization formed and fun by the Social Work Majors and Associated People (SWAP) members to erase the black line between the college and the community. In forming Relay, the organization committee wished to go a step further than SWAP which is mainly concerned with the Sociology curriculum and arranging for speakers to visit Western Maryland. The goal of Relay is to be a liaison between the community and the college. Many of the Relay members feel that the WMC student body has "stayed on the Hll too long". Many agencies in Westminster such as Youth Services, Legal Aid, Junction, the Mission, and the Department of Judicial Services, have contacted Relay for volunteers, and Relay is now seeking a task force of volunteers to fulfill the requests and needs of these agencies. It has been suggested that perhaps even the sororities and fraternities could get involved in some of these projects. In fact one fraternity already has. A roof of a house on Union S1. was burned out and through Relay, the Batch- elors and the Phi Delts will be involved in donating their time in helping the contractors to rebuild the roof. There is also a chance that Tri Beta will be helping in the lab of the Carroll County General Hospital. other types of work would be with the new program of the Department of Parks and Recreation, helping the elderly citizens of the while mothers are having a committee meeting. Many opportunities available in very flexible community, giving music lessons to un- 2) Volunteers for Carroll Co. Gen. Hasp. to work program. One carpool already arranged. derprivileged children, and many Big Brother and on weekends. Possible transportation provided. Sister programs. Three -six hour shifts between 9 AM and 9 PM. Organization Committee Members: Cindy 3) Volunteer needed to help at the Methodist ~astner, Nancy Morel, Kathy Rigger, Cheryl Irv- Plans are now being made to set up WMC's Relay Board of Child Care ..a home for orphaned children. 109, Sue Wagner. . program similar to Susquehana's program. At Susquehana a certain number of credits is given to the volunteers Western Maryland's Relay com- mittee is now arranging to speak to the faculty about the possibility of a credit program. WMC solari club explored Relay is a volunteer information bureau looking for some interested people. Anyone and everyone is welcome. The Relay office is located in the IOTA clubroom on the bottom floor of McDaniel and is by Sue Ogilve open Monday through Thursday from 2 to 5 PM. Each week Relay will post positions which need to For an example of the lasting affect last year's latest in wild animal fur. But Dave found something be filled by WMC volunteers in this same place in Jan-term trip to Africa has had on its twenty-three much more worthwhile in Africa than just a new the Gold Bug, and anyone who is interested in any participants, just ask the residents of the Deection way to decorate his room. Because of his ex- of the openings is urged to visit the Relay office. Daniel McClea about Dave Volrath. He has them periences in Africa, h€ has become interested in Helping others can really be a rewarding ex- wondering whether or not the WMC Safari Club has joining the Peace Corps and teaching somewhere perience! landed its headquarters in his room. After weaving along the east coast of this large continent. Now the Positions open for this week: PHONE: 848-7023 your way through the shrunken heads that are civilized population of Western Maryland will have 1) One volunteer with transportation to watch 4-5 dangling from the ceiling, Dave can be found a chance, along with the rest of the state, to see why children at a church in New Windsor 1 day a week resting against his bookcase which is draped in the this trip made such a lasting impression on Dave as well as on its other participants. Africa 101, a special program to be seen on Monday, March 11, at 9:30 P.M. on WMAR-TV channel 2, is a documentary filmed in Africa during last year's Jan-term trip, which was officially called THE ANIMAL AND HUMAN ECOLOGY OF AFRICA. The documentary is being aired as an example of the new educational experiences which many colleges such as Western Maryland are of- fering to the!r students. It will give the community at large an increased awareness of the expansive new trends in higher education. In Africa 101,the students are shown visiting with natives in villages and touring wild animal reserves on the East Coast of Africa. The sound track on the film records first person impressions by the students as they explore the physical setting and cultural climate of another country. The show was produced by Dr. L. Earl Griswold, head of the SOCIologydepartment and tumed by John VanHart who teaches in the dramatic art Secured by WMC's t.v., th"e Sons of !hunder performed in Big Baker on Sun. March 3. department. Dr. John will appear briefly with host Stu Kerr before the actual documentary is aired.