STUDENT LIFE DECIDES TO PICK EDITORS
of
censorship was
THE LANCE
A type
°night by the all-
verful Student Life
Tuesday
powe
Committee. • • „
The new pohcy, originally
nroposed by Ron Diment,
Sssistant Dean for
Residential Life, calls for the
SIC to hold interviews and
choose an editor for THE
lance each May for the
following year.
The motion to pass
Diment’s proposition was
made by Garnett Conoway
and seconded by Diment.
William Loftus, chairman of
the SLC, stated that he had
asijed the opinion of Steve
Newton, editor of THE
lance, and that there was
“no real agreement
presentable” to the SLC. Dr.
Leslie Bullock at this point
said that “Steve Newton has
nothing to do with this. He is
out of it. We all know what he
can do: he can stick it.”
Greg Piccola spoke against
the SLC interfering in the
choice of editors. “THE
LANCE is just like any other
student organization,” he
said. “We don’t pick the
presidents of the CUB or CCC,
so we shouldn’t single out
THE LANCE.” Student funds
are used in the publication of
THE LANCE; the SLC action
would provide the beginnings
of faculty intervention in
student funded organizations.
At one point Dr. William
Sommerville began to speak
of possible conflicting
ideologies in choosing the
editor under the present
system. Bob Claytor, Dean of
Students, stated ideologies
and religoius conflicts should
not be considered when
choosing an editor. Piccol;
spoke up, saying that
nevertheless, Sommerville
was considering ideologies,
which was exactly what the
SLC would be doing when
choosing an editor. In effect,
the SLC will be assuming the
Elections result
runoffs
in
three
The multitudes of can
didates for Student
Association office thinned
themselves down some on
Monday as the record-heavy
turnout of 375 voters decided
ost races but left three crucial
run-offs which were conducted
through the afternoon today.
John Green and Jeff
Walker, both residents of
Granville, tallied the most
votes to end up in a run-off for
the Presidency of the Student
Association, Green scoring 100
votes across campus while
Walker polled 84. Just missing
out on the runoff were
Mecklenburgers Richard
Durham with 82 and Alvyn
Haywood with 77. Granville
resident Bill Brennan brought
up the field with 38 votes.
The Presidential race has
been one of most hotly con
tested in recent memory,
simply due to the prof ileration
of candidates and the extra
interest generated by the
placement of the ballot boxes
in the Belk Center. One of the
surprises in the race to many
was the fact that neither of the
candidates from Mecklenburg
was able to manage a position
in the run-off despite better
tiian a 90 percent turn-out
from the second largest dorm
on campus. Speculation has
been running rampant on the
subject of which candidate the
'"'ajority of the north side of
campus (Mecklenburg,
Winston-Salem, and Orange)
will support today.
The Vice-Presidential race
has also been left up in the air,
®ith a run-off today between
sophomores Steve Kunkle (161
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With no rules
Election full of
irregularities
by Steve Newton
The lack of elections rules
this week has resulted in a
number of bizarre occurences
at the polls. Several
irregularities have been
serious enough to ratre some
sort of investigation of the
proceedings.
It has, for instance, been a
standard practice that those
who ran for any office could
not serve on the Elections
Board. Dawn Clark, THE
LANCE has learned, not only
retained her seat during her
campaign for Attorney
General, but counted votes in
her own race.
During the actual voting
large numbers of students
were forced to add their
names to three month old
residence hall rosters. Even
though the Board made token
efforts to get up-to-date Ust
from Dorm Presidents there
was never evidenced a
serious concern about using
old, and in some cases, never
verifiable rosters.
The most startling
irregularity in the whole
process was the willful
suppression, by at least the
Board’s chairman, of one
candidate who duly filed for
office. After working with the
Public Interst Research
Group all year, Teresa Chavis
decided to run for a seat on
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BY: Steven J. Kunkle
power to choose THE
LANCE’S editor, but will be
con^itting the same abuses
that it wishes to avoid.
Loftus, who is also the
advisor to THE LANCE
pointed out that there was no
need for the SLC to interview
and choose THE LANCE
advisor each year, although
SLC had taken just this
the
action against the LAMP &
SHIELD.
The SLC had a confused
discussion regarding the issue
in question, during which
several amendments were
being talked about at once. A
rough version was generally
agreed upon, altough at no
time did everyone on the
committee know exactly what
proposition they were voting
for. Loftus called an ending to
discussion and a vote was
taken.
After the meeting Conoway
and Sommerville were to
write the first copy of what
was voted for. In effect, the
SLC members were voting for
an abstract idea, not a written
proposition before them.
THE LANCE
A Weekly Journal Of News And Events
At St, Andrews
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Thursday, April 27,1978
WEICOME
EKCUlENCt
roR
eucKs
CONTRASTEVG VIEWS of the Honors Convocation. While the
majority of the campus population viewed the unveiling of one
Belk, some of the rest portrayed another. (Both photos by
David Swanson.)
Student Life looks at
judicial system
by Steven J. Kunkle
Several very important
issues were discussed by the
Student Life Committee
Tuesday night.
One major point of
discussion was the SLC’s
decision to choose the future
editors of THE LANCE, citing
possible political conflicts
(see related article).
An evaulation of the entire
judicial system, which will
become official guidelines
upon approval from the SLC,
were reviewed. This judicial
project began under the
direction of former Dean of
Students Maria Santa Maria.
One controversial point is the
guarding of witnesses who are
being seriously threatened by
a student; possible plans, in
some circumstances, may
allow for a student to be
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Volume 17, Number 28
Convocation
held Friday
Despite an occasional cat
call from off in the distance
and the drowning out of one
portion of the program by a
garbage truck, St. Andrews
first Annual Honors Con
vocation marched steadily
toward completion Friday
morning before an audience of
more than two hundred and
fifty.
Three groups of students
were recognized for academic
achevement, the Dean’s High
Honor Roll, the Sophomore
Scholars, and the Honor
Society. The latter two have
been covered in some depth in
the past two issues of THE
LANCE. The Dean’s High
Honor Roll is a new addition,
created to recognize those who
have maintained above a 3.5
Grade point Average.
Members of that roll are:
Laurel Hall, Mary Harvin,
David McCall, Dennis
O’Toole, Pamela Pohl, Joseph
Sherr, Mary Smith, Carol
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Julian Bond
Julian Bond, former
congressman from Georgia,
outspoken critic of the
Vietname War, and
nominated in 1%8 for the
Vice-Presidency, will be
speaking at St. Andrews next
Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m.,
the Black Student Union
announced today.
Bond will be speaking at
Harris Courts after a
banquet. His topic will be
“What’s Next?” Tickets go on
sale for both banquet and
speech tomorrow in the
Student Life Office from 9
a.m. - 5 p.m. and in front of
L.A. Auditorium from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sales will
continue until next Thursday.
Tickets are $8.00
This
Week
THURSDAY
. Women’s Tennis: Vs Coker College, 2:30 p.m.
FRIDAY - Senior Recital: Kathy McChesney, Soprano; 8:00
p.m. Vardell . „ „„ ,
Farrago: Open Stage Nite, 8:30 p.nri.,
. „ • „ m . r»T A f Tniimament. 1: m
, Free admission
SATURDAY - Track: DIAC Toumainent, 1.00 p.m.
-Baseball: Pfeiffer College, 2:00 p.m.
- N. C. Soccer League Regional Playoffs.
focused on
eight dine.*nt a»p«cts of the 1972 Munich
Olympiad Time and place to be announced, 25'
MONDAY - Monday nite at the Arts: Guest recital - Roger
Saylor, Baritone, USC, Lee Kesselman - Piano; 8 p.m.
Vardell
Movie: Warner Bros. Cartoons 7 p.m. Paper Moon at
Farrago
TUESDAY - SA Community Chorale, 8 p.m. Laurinburg Presb.
Church
- Baseball: Gardner - Webb 3 p.m.
- Movie: Three Musketeers, 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY - Trustee Dinner Belk College Lounge
Movie: 9 p.m. Lady Sings the Blues