The Lance
A Weekly Journal of News And Events At St J ^ i,
Andrews Presbyterian College
^lume 17 laurinburg, north Carolina
ttJTXT^ A 1\T1\T^^T TlKT^ rfr^— URSDAY, MARCH 2,1978 NUMBER 23
ANDREWS
“WILL PUSH
HARD FOR FINAL O.K. BY STA TE BOARD
Elections Fill Vacancies
In Senate, CUB
A number of close races and
even a run-off spotlighted this
week’s by-elections in Dorms
across campus as two Senate
and two CUB seats were filled
in the wake of a significant
rash of resignations from
student government positions.
The closest race, which
remained in doubt until
Wednesday afternoon, was
held between Cathy Davidson
and John Foil for the vacant
Senate seat in Orange Hall
created by President John
Courtney’s resignation.
Davidson had resigned her
position as Orange Social
Chairman to run for the post,
while Foil is best remembered
for an unsuccessful run
against Bill Wilmot for At
torney General in 1975.
Monday
deadlock
The out-
The election
produced an 18-18
with one write-in.
come surprised many outside
observers who had not ex
pected Foil to fare quite so
well. To these people
yesterdays result which sent
Foil to the Senate with a 27-16
margin appeared as a very
definite upset.
Running virtually unop
posed, Freshman Barbara
Barnas captured Davidson’s
empty seat with 35 votes
against a handful of write-ins.
Winning with equal ease
was John Green in Granville,
colecting a plebiscite of 35
votes against no organized
opposition. Green is a Junior
who brings to the Senate
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IT
GOVERNOR HUNT
(Photo Courtesy
The Laurinbui^ Exchaqge)
At Press Conference This Morning
At 8:30 this morning, North Carolina Governor
Jim Hunt announced a strong preference toward
locating the site of the North Carolina Governor’s
School for the Gifted at St. Andrews. The decision
has not, however, been finalized, as no contract
has yet been signed and the matter is presently
under the consideration of the Finance Committee
of the State Board of Education.
St. Andrews had been visited several times earlier in the
year when the college applied for the position, and had made
its own proposal for hosting the scool. At present a contract is
here under consideration, but no final decision on that can be
made until the April meeting of the State Board of Education’s
Finance committee.
“I can’t emphasize just how important this could be for us ”
President Perkinson told THE LANCE. He and Vice-President
m charge of Development J. Bruce Frye both mentioned
several possible beneficial effects of the Governor’s School
cwmng to St. ANdrews. There would be considerable prestige
and publicity involved around the state, particularly since
nearly every college in North Carolina has applied for it at one
time or another.
Further, the School would serve to augment recruiting, as
well as, from a financial standpoint, helping to keep St.
Andrews facilities in more constant use. ^
(Contmued on Page 2)
Student Life Committee Strikes Again
Yearbook In
Trouble Again,
“There’s no doubt that The
Lamp and Shield is in trouble
again,” Chairman William
Loftus told the Student Life
Committee at its Tuesday
night meeting. “The extent of
this trouble is not completely
clear. It may very well be
salvageable for delivery prior
to graduation, but it also may
not.”
There followed a complete
presentation of the present
position of The Lamp and
Shield, as given Loftus by
Jtor Judi J>lyler. It seems
uiat the rumor that only one
signature (sixteen pages) is in
the hands of the publisher is
nie. There are, however two
'^ore signatures immediately
ready to be sent in with the
Pubhsher’s representative,
*0 will be on campus
®nday. Qf the remaining
our signatures, all but one,
^lUntinued on Page 3)
A Funny Thing Happened
X)n The Way To Payday,.,
There was this unusual
group standing around the
postals of the Business Office
last Friday. Three
secretaries, two student
staffers, and a couple of
professors were all huddled up
and plotting dire con
sequences for Bar^ Stallings
should he show his face.
Speculation ran rampant.
Would Neal Bushoven lead a
protest march through the
gates to the desk of Nelda Lee
and demand justice for the
oppressed? Would Mrs.
Newman peer out of the Inner
Sanctum of Academic Affairs
(known in common circles as
the Dean’s Office) and declare
that in retalliation for this
outrage she was going to go
home early and effectively
shot down the administration?
“They short changed me
$210,” cried one injured party.
“And I was going to Atlanta
this weekend.”
Someone else reported that
their Social Security had been
doubled while the withholding
tax was omitted. Or was it the
Social Security which was
omitted...?
Jacques ReVille was not
heard to complain about tfie
extra $1000, but the comments
of Mecklenburg R.D. Dennis
O’Toole, upon hearing his pay
day had been moved back a
week have had to be censored.
Sleeves rolled up and tie
loosened, Barry Stallings
looked unperturbed by the
rabble at the gates. “We’ve
just switched to having
Wachovia do the checks,” he
explained to THE LANCE
later. “Student paydays were
moved to coincide with the
rest of the staff. As for the
rext, well, you’ve got to expect
a few bugs in any new
system.”
We were asked why the
rCnntinued on Page 3)
Hears Call For
Publications
Selection
Takeover
The Student Organizations
Sub-Committee presented its
report at the opening of the
meeting, dealing with
potential solutions for
problems inherent in present
modes of compensation for
students who work as editors
of THE LANCE or the Lamp
and Shield, as well as the
question of the selection of
these editors. The report,
presented by Garnett
Conaway, the sub
committee’s convener,
recommended compensation
for both the editors and
business managers of both
publications in the form of
workshops or work-study
programs.
The report also recom
mended that these positions be
filled by the screening of
applicants for these jobs each
spring by the Student Life
Idi Amin
Subject Of Film
The C.U.B. Movie of the
Week
“Idi Amin Dada”
Produced by Barbet
Schroeder
Who is Idi Amin? Blood
thirsty despot? International
buffoon? Can the same man
who seriously thinks himself
the legitimate king of Scotland
be the same man who
deported 80,000 Asians on the
spur of the moment?
French producer Schroeder
brings a multifaceted portrait
of the Wild Man of Africa.
“Amin,” notes reviewer
Richard Eder for the New
York Times, “is a totally self-
revealing actor wherever
he goes. He joins in a tribal
dance and jump higher than
anyone else. At a swimming
pool he splashes in, beats the
others to the other side - they
swim at the speed of survival -
and emerges to announce: ‘I
won’...He is that terrible
figure whose tyranny does not
consist in making himself
bigger than his surroundings
Continued on Page 4)
This
Week
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
-Golf: At Pembroke State University.
-Thursday Nite Poetry Series Presents: Gor
don Ball, 7 p.m. Granville Lounge.
-Episcopal Bible Study and Discussion, 9
a.m. Student Union Building.
-BasebaU: AtDuke
.CUB and the Student Activities Office Pre
sents: In Concert “Overland Express.” 941
p.m. Small Gym. Admission free and with
Student I.D. only.
(Continued on Page 3)
Bragg United 76’ers home, 2 p.m.
MONDAY
).m.
OlUUCllV .
-Track: SA Invitational Tournament. 1 p.i
-Scotland County Soccer league game VS
-Open House: Pate Hall 3-5 p.m.
-Movie: “I di Amin Dada”, an interna
tionally celebrated documentary about the
Wild Man of Africa, 7 p.m. Avinger. 25 cents
admission.
-Episcopal Worship and Communion Service,
8 p.m. Student Union.
-Gold: VS Methodist, Avere'tt, Francis
Marion College, 1 p.m.
-Monday Nite at the Arts Presents: “Arts
Administration and Arts Councils,” Julian
Long, Sandhills Arts Council, 6:30 p.m.