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PAGE TWO thelance. THURSDAY, MARCH 6 196M THE UNCE St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, N. C. 28352 Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Joe Junod ASS(X:iATE EDITOR Linda Susong ASSOCIATE EDITOR David Wagner SPORTS EDITOR - Scott MnCrea NEWS EDITOR - Sara Lee BUSINESS MANAGER Jim Bouck ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Stu Harris Supscription Rates $1.50 per semester Advertising Rates .$ .80 per column inch A Question of Definition Any man with white skin Is a racist. I am a racist, Eugene McCarthy is one, as is Dean Rusic. To many people Ruslc may appear otherwise because he consented to the marriage of his daughter to a black man. Yet, I do not believe a man, in this time and place, can overcome the presiding environmental and hereditary attitudes towards the black man, A white who refuses to admit his racism had better look at himself again, Mickey Leland, member of the Black Cats, says that the so-called "Black movement” is really a "People movement,” He’s right of course. Yet this movement cannot make any forward gains wlthouP the realization that white men are racist. Black men must accept this and not be deluded by thoughts of non-racist friendship. However, there are degrees of racism. Blacks found an appealing quality in George Wallace because he Is so overtly racist. They appreciate him because they know where he stands. Unlike Wallace, there are people who are willing to work for the black cause, or at least, nod in agreement. In ap pearance, these persons might seem totally sympathetic, but watch them when they are threatened by a black man in some fashion. The “honkylstic” face will appear Immediately. These people are dangerous. They preach love and brotherhood out one side of the mouth and “get the nigger back to the ghetto” out of the other side. Yet the danger partially disappears when thg two-faced white man can admit to himself and the world that he is a racist. There is no solution to racism but the personal acknowledge ment of such will balance the scales. The white man knows exactly how the black militant population feels toward him. Until the blacks know what the whites think of him, progress towards an improved social structure is impossible. BY JOE JUNOD Letters: ^dle Confronted by Editor Strff of The Lance feeh Mr. Riddle: No, your letter wasn’t edited. The Lance may belong in a dog box but I sincerely hope the ca nine is a thoroughbred. Somehow I receive the Im pression that the paper is be ing read more than in the past. If you need a reason, I’ll give you several. The content, what you call dead history, is fo cused at student life on this campus. Do not mistake a campus newspaper for a city publica tion. The emphasis is different. IDC Only Vital Member Needed Dear Editor: In view of the fact of general student disinterest and apathy toward the important business of student government as seen from the number of people run ning for office, I propose to carry Mr. Betts idea to Its logical conclusion and abolish all of student government with the exception of the Judicial system and the Inter Dorm Council. The IDC could handle easily all that is carried on by the whole of student govern ment and thus eliminate the embarassment of unopposed of fices at election time. Stu dents just do not give a damn of this campus, so student government should be attune to their wishes and leave the scene. It’s the only way. . . . Ted or mack The staff of The Lance feels that older news may be of greater Importance than what Is up and coming. Remember that the Student Affairs Office pub lished a weekly sheet listing forthcoming events. Why do we print older news? The answer is simple. The St. Andrews student body is apathe tic. In an attempt to open the eyes of the students, we concern ourselves with what the Black Cats or Herman Kahn had to say while on campus. Students Lamp & Shield Lampooned Mr. Ray Riddle: When you speak of inade quacy, look into your own publi cation. One purpose of student publications Is to allow In terested s t u d e n t s the oppor tunity to write. Twice last summer I re ceived a letter from you, ask- ’ Ing me to help with the Lamp and Shield. At the first of this school year, I attended one of your meetings that I had been Invited to attend. At that meet ing I gave one of the members of your staff my name and ex tension number. He told me that I would be called. Several months later, I sopke to you personally and told you that I wanted to help. You told me that you would call me soon. You are Inadequate. Have you called me yet, Mr. Riddle? The annual goes to press soon. Sincerely, Jim Pope Student Government Controversy (Continued from page 1) on concrete actions and plat forms for some time—and this school year is rapidly running out. And secondly, because the Senate’s plan is going through established channels, it can accomplish the same reforms without as much opposition from the administration. Third, why were the Student Association elections post phoned? There were two rea sons. One was that a number of amendments presently under- Organizer Speaks (Continued from page 1) As a deacon of the Presby terian Church in Austell, ■Georgia, Mr. Kehrer is con cerned that the churches haven’t taken any role in relation to the labor problems in the South He sums up his life rather effectively. “My work in the labor move ment, in civil rights, in politics, and in the church is all of a pelce—one statement I make with all my life. He does give that impression. WEBB FLORAL Say It with Flowers way in the senate will allow ' more students to run for the various offices; the minimum grade-point-ratio is being lowered from 2.25 to 2.00. And some offices previously open only to upperclassmen are now being opened to lower classes. (For example^ under the new amendments, either an in coming senior “or junior” may run for President of the Student Association). The other reason for post poning the elections hinged upon a constitutional technicality. It seems that a long time ago, when school was not adjourning until June, the authors of our present constitution said that elections must be held in April. Although in spirit they probably meant by April (so elections would not be taking place during the then-exam-month of May), several students, for reasons of their own, seized upon the literal specificity of the clause 1023 S. Main 276-1420 and argued that if the elections did take place as planned, they would question their validity be fore the Student-Faculty-Ap pellate Board (the “Supreme Court” of St. Andrews). The Student Cabinet, recognizing that the elections could be ruled invalid, of its own initiative de cided to postpone the elections until April toavoldtheproblem. What must be made clear is that the elections were post poned by the Cabinet as a result of actions that took place with in the existing structures; they were not postponed because of a a student petition demanding postponement or because of a threatened boycott of the elec tions. The students who did stop the elections from taking place this week were able to do so within the existing structures, even though a large proportion of those structures was initially against postponement—stu dents do not have to go. HATE COLD? Go South to McColl and See David DAVID C RODGERS ABC PACKAGE STORE The new student government proposed by the Senate would open the door to real self- government at this institution. If you, the students of St. Andrews, want to establish a “real” student government and win the right to govern your own lives, then investigate the Sen ate’s proposals and support them. We must keep the student body unified if anything is to be accomplished. SMART SHOP Convenience Store 2 Miles South of S^ on Hw,y. 401 OPEN 7 DAYS 7-11 SUN. 12-11 refuse to get off their butts to explore and discover whjj the people who visit St. Andrews have to say. I agree completely with your charge that The Lance lacks sufficient means of communi- eating forthcoming 1 We’re working on it. Your criticism concerning dissident opinions mystifies me. (I had to edite this part of your letter because you used the word decadent instead of | dissident.) Are not Terry Jay. work’s opinion of the Senate and Bill Hock’s discovery of the unjust prices in the Snack I controversial enough for your satisfaction. If you need further proof look for editorials on ] drinking, parking tickets, wo men’s hours and black recrui ters. Before you jump on the | paper, read It. The sports page Is good. Mc- _Crea makes the English lan guage enjoyable reading. But I when you start digging about the WRA, you’d better stow it because your setting yourself | up. Dudley’s column adds an I artistic angle to the sheet and provokes readers into examin- [ ing movies and plays beyond the I story level. But please, don’t | hand me that trash that if Dud ley’s column is terminated, so is The Lance. Many people con tribute to the publication of the I paper. One person or one column does not serve as sole | support. Without saying it you hinted I that the paper is, for the most I part, trite. How can you sup- | port a case against the re levance of The Lance when you I use the old gem, “The times they are a changing”. When | Dylan wrote that it meant some thing. That was seven years | ago. This Is 1969. One final note. I wait with | great hopes that the 1969 edi tion of the Lamp and Shield will I improve upon the 244 pages that I emerged from the pens and creative minds of the staff last | year. Joe Junod A mber House Restaurant “The Finest in Foods" TAKE OUT SERVICE Phone in Your Order PARTIES - BANQUETS Open til 2 A.M. Every Day Except Sundays 112 Aberdeen Road 276-7926 Scottish Laundry and^Cleaners Where the Charm of Newness Restored
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