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y Journal of News and Events At St, Andrews Presbyterian College
VOLUME 15
TO: The Student Body
FROM: Dr. WUiam Loftus
The results of the Student
Life Survey, which was made
at the end of the Fall
semester, are presented
below. Responses from 114
students were received,
representing 20% of the
student body.
It should be noted that the
totals will rarely equal this
number since many students
refused to answer certain
questions (or answered with
an obscenity not easily quan-
titifible) while others supplied
more than one answer or an
swered questions whidi were
not asked.
I have been told that a 20%
response ratio is good for St.
Ani-ews. While this is betto"
than nothing, and certain tren
ds are indeed indicated, I
remain somewhat skeptical of
the results. It is my regret that
no better approach or collec
tion method occurred to me at
the time of the survey. It is
also my regret that I do not
know how to interpret the
results. The small number of
LAURINBURG, N.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16,1976
Survey Results
responses may indicate the
contentment of the missing
80% or they may individate
the depth of the dicontent and
skeptiscism of those people. In
other words, the results pose
exactly the question that the
survey was supposed to an
swer!
It is my fervent hope that
those who expressed an
opinion in the survey will con
tinue to speak out and remain
active in St. Andrews affairs.
It is also to be hoped that those
who bjT>assed the survey (and
I know that many had good
reason for so doing will ex
press themselves in other
ways: Student Govt., “The
Lance,” Dialogues, the Wall,
etc. Remember, unless you
tell Santa what you want, you
might go throu^ the rest of
your life getting nothing but
socks and ties.
There have been many
changes at St. Andrews during
the past year. The Faculty and
Administration sincerely want
to establish and maintain a
suitable educational and
social environment-one in
which a very diverse ^udent
body can find the opportunity
for innovation, and ex
perimentation as well as for
intellectual, moral and per
sonal growth. When they miss
the mark, they should be told.
Absolute freedom and total
satisfaction are too much to
ask. However, you do have a
right to expect reasonable
responsiveness from the
college. When you feel that
right has been denied, use the
intellect that God and the
educational system have
given you, and the many
established channels
available to you, and see that
you get it restored.
Since giving all the numbers
would be an inordinately long
process, only a number
representing the percentage
of the student body will be
given. Anyone wishing mwe
(continued on page 3)
I
THE PORT CITY OF PIRAEUS, now a suburb of Athens, was in ancient times connected to Athens
by a five mile walled roadway. January 6 was Epiphany in Greece, and Prust and Co. w«re present
for ceremonies led at the shore by officials of the Greek government and the Greek Orthodox
Church, ^related story on p. 2)
This Week
Saturday, January 17:
Knights Basketball Game.
SA vs. Christopher Newport at
7:30 pm, Harris Courts.
This Week:
“Hear Us, Oh Lord”-
January 19
“Face of the South”-
January 21
“To Be Young, Gifted,
Black”-January23
Showings in Room 203,
Science Bldg. 10 a.m. Free
Next Week:
“First World Festival of
Negro Art”-January 26
“Ku Klux Klan: Invisible
Empire”-January 30
Showings in Room 203,
Science Bldg., 10am. Free
Monday, January 19:
Concert of vocal music in
Vardell Gallery at 8 pm.
NUMBER 13
Are You A Mouse
Or A Man?
Yes I Am. Yes I Am.
— Dick Bakken
Dick Bakken, poet-in-
residence at St. Andrews for
the month of January, held an
impressive reading Friday,
January 9 in the Student
Union. Bakken claims that
“the printed ooem is like a
score in music - what’s print
ed on the page isn’t really the
poem. A poem is oreath,
wind, sound, voice.” For this
reason and to have more
direct contact with his
audience, Bakken reads with
out notes or podium.
His reading of original poetry
was intersperced with vibrant
Indian chants- American,
Tibetian, and East Indian-
some of which were learned
from Alan Ginsberg and some
written by himself. “I chant to
call up my own powers, my
spirit and the spirits of you
all.” He also read several
short verses from a work in
progress entitled “Pinch
Ass.” The collection is all very
short verse and is compiled in
coUaboration with a number
of monoprints by Isabee
Thiebaut. Poems also came
from “Miracle Finger,” a
collection of verse by children
which Bakken co-edited.
(Copies of “Miracle Fingers”
are available in the book
store.)
Bakken was bom in Custer
County, Montana and raised in
Spokane, and small towns
around Washington. He
graduated from Pacific
Lutheran University in
Tacoma, Washington and
received his MA in English
from Washington State
University in Pullman.
Bakken was bom in Custer
County, Montana and raised in
Spokane, and small towns
around Washington. He
graduated from Pacific
Lutheran University in
Tacoma, Washington and
received his MA in English
from Washington State
University in Pullman,
Washington. After college he
taught at both Pacific and
Washington State plus Por
Saturday, January 17:
John Williamson and Phil
Reach will read from their
poetry at 7 pm in Student
Union Lounge.
Friday, January 23:
Chuck Sullivan will read
from his iwetry at 7 pm in
Student Union Lounge.
tland State University which
he left to retire in 1970 at the
age of 29. His letter of
resignation has been turned
into a poem of sorts and cites
several reasons including the
following for leaving:
-To fill my days wandering
and shouting poems -Because
good luck- I hear Basho,
Blake, Thoreau, Whit
man...and so stumble out to
greet them. -Because this in
door light dulls my vision; no
Professor has yet startled
lightning from a desk...
During this five year period,
Bakken concentrated on his
own work which includes
editing the literary magazine
“Salted Feathers” and helped
organize poetry festivals in
the North West. Among those
festivals he has co-founded
are: The Portland Poetry
Festival (1973, 1974) which
had an attendance of 5,000
both years and the Windmill
Festival at Thomas Jefferson
College in the spring of 1975.
He was also a co-organizer of
the National Poetry Festival
in Michigan in the summer of
1975. Such poets as Robert
Bly, Robert Creeley and Nikki
Giovanni were in attendance.
In the Spring of 1975,
Bakken accepted a position as
poet-in-residence at Thomas
Jefferson College in Allendale,
Michigan where he remained
until coming to St. Andrews.
Bakken will be at St. An
drews into the Spring, perhaps
longer, and is available for
conferences concerning
student’s poetry or prose. He
is staying in Concord’s guest
room. A schedule is posted on
the door for appointments. All
women interested in women’s
writing groups, conciousness
raising groups or women’s
theatre should contact
Bakken, as he will soon bo
joined by a friend, Jo Ellen
Pasman from Thomas Jef
ferson College, who will be
conducting a study of women,
feminism and attitudes in this
area.
(Continued on page 2)
Next Week:
Fellini Film Festival-
“Armacord”, January 26.
“Fellini, Portrait”, January
28. Both will be shown in
Avingerat7pm.Free