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Editorial
CUB
Demonstrates Ability
Saint Andrews has finally, undeniably, held a concert.
No, it wasn’t the Rolling Stones and Harris Courts will never
have quite the acoustical appeal of the Omni or the Coliseum,
but there should remain litUe doubt that the concert committee
has finally laid to rest the old “it’ll never happen here” or
remember “Grinderswitch” (or was it Overland Express). No,
we didn’t set an attendance record we’ll ever have trouble
breaking, but we are informed that the affair did break even,
and that support on campus was sufficient to quite surprise
several People in High Places who didn’t think we’d do that
well.
It’s safe, we think, to say that Craig Withrow, Bob
McWhorter and all others' concerned, learned quite a bit last
Saturday night about just what it takes to actually run a major
concert. Everything that had to function functioned (from
security to parking cars to ticket-taking). The lessons learned
will make all go the more smoothly for Pablo Cruise.
We’re not going to tell you just what part of your anatomy
you should get off if you didn’t buy a ticket or offer your
services to the proper authorities when they needed volunteers,
instead we think it will be sufficient to let you know what
you missed; a chance to be a part of a new tradition a St.
Andrews, a concert tradition. The work is far from over, but at
least we’ve gotten it under way.
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Association
Names
Committees
The Student Association
Cabinet has decided upon the
following students for various
committee vacancies
Elections Committee:
Nancy Jackson
Rufus Poole
Cheri Shapiro
Faculty Executive Com
mittee’s subcommittee on
student problems:
John Green
Jeff Walker
Kim Powell
George Anderson
Campus Planning and Space
Utilization Committee:
Cathryn Carroll
Clay Murray
Education Policy Committee :
Steve Fox
Leigh Lambert
Learning Resources Com
mittee:
Steve Newton
Adam Cashin
Student Life Committee:
Richard Durham
Vivian Bikulege
Rebecca Seifert
Diana Pretz
Nancy Allen
Michael Greene
Graduation Committee:
Johnny Stevens
Cheri Shapiro
Nancy Jackson
Judicial Committee:
Kim Parker
Chris Hesley
June Wood
Tommy Brown
Traffic Court:
Jayne Gloster
Tom Langhorne
John Green
Steve Sparks
The Elections, Graduation,
and Judicial Committee, and
also the Traffic Court must be
ratified by the Senate. The
Elections Committee was
approved by the Senate Sept.
13.
The Orientation and Hand
book Committees will be
appointed by the Cabinet later
in the year.
Amendment
Proposed
By Steven J. Kunkle
An amendment to the
Student Association Con
stitution has been proposed by
Senators Teresa Tallent and
Debbie Castello (Highlands).
The amendment has been
unanimously endorsed by the
Senate, and the student body
will vote to ratify the
amendment within the next
two weeks.
The amendment would
change the number of voting
senators allowed Highlands
Dormitory from one to two.
All other dormitories and off
campus students receive two
votes each.
“All we want,” says
Senator Castello, “is equal
representation.”
Shapiro Calls For
Nestle Boycott
To The Editor:
To most people, the brand
name “Nestle”’ brings to
mind a candy bar. To me, the
brand name represents
thousands of malnourished,
dying infants in the Third
World who have been bot-
tlefed Lactogen, another
Nestle’ product. A gross
exageration or a grim
reality? Judge for yourselves.
Nestle, (along with other
multinational corporations
such as Borden, Bristol
Meyers, and Abbott
Laboratories), has been
charged with the following
unethical business practices
by church and other activist
groups:
1. Promoting a product
which is not only unnecessary
but which requires literacy,
clean water, refrigeration,
and a middle class inconie,
conditions which do not exist
for most of the Third World
people.
2. Using advertising that
inhibits the practice of
breastfeeding either because
of undermining the mother’s
ability (a psychological ploy)
or influencing mothers that
breastfeeding is backwards.
Basically this charge is that
sophisticated advertising
techniques are being em
ployed on an unsophisticated
people.
3. Using “milk nurses”
(i.e., Registered nurses
dressed in company
uniforms) to promote the
product to mothers and health
officials.
4. Indirectly pressuring
hospitals to promote the
product by administering ■
grants and contributing
equipment to third world
hospitals, sorely in need of
such resources.
Bristol-Meyers, sued by the
Sisters of the Precious Blood,
settled out of court and in-
sigated some company
reforms. Borden and Abbott
Laboratories generated
reform due to stockholder
resoltions and public outcry.
(Borden has even taken its
product off the Third World
market).
But Nestle’ has responded
thusly, according to Nestle’
Alimentant Director Arthur
Furer, as quoted in Time
magazine, “no one has hit on
the idea of demanding that
wine be sold through doctors
or pharmacies because
hundreds of thousands of
people get drunk on it and
sometimes cause fatal ac
cidents.”
What can be done about
Neslte’s practices? Not
stockholder resolutions-Nes-
tle’ stock is not for sale on the
New York or American Stock
Exchange. Nestle’ Alimen-
tana, the main branch of
Nestle’ and the one respon
sible for the infant milk
formula not subject to
American law.
What has occurred in the
legal realm is that Nestle’
sued a Swiss group, Ar-
beitsgruppe Dritte Welt, on
four counts of libel stemming
from a film the group retitled
“Nestle’ Kills Babies.” The
judge held that only one count
applied, since the mother
acted asintermediary in the
situation, so Nestle’ could not
be held directly responsible
for infant deaths. But the
other three counts were
dismissed, and the judge
stated that the decision was
not a vindication of Nestle’
and urged them to reform.
The only reform to date is
that milk nurses now wear
blue instead of white
uniforms, and in some
educational literature (with
no pictures for the majority of
users who are illiterate), it is
stated that breast milk is the
best form of infant nutrition.
As continued reports of ad
vertising abuses are reported,
Nestle’ officials report that
they are “unaware” of these
violations, and have paid lip
service to reform by
publishing public relations
pamphlets about the value of
their product, which is not the
issue at hand.
The only pressure that we
as Americans can exert in the
controversy is in protest. By
boycotting Nestle’ products,
by writing letters, by signing
petitions, by urging local
retailers to discontinue
stocking Nestle’ products, we
can put pressure on Nestle’ to
reform.
On campus, the CCC will
lead the boycott and
educational campaigns. We
would like your support-
already we have been joined
by the SA chapter of PIRG.
Sign the petitions write let
ters, help us boycott Nestle’
products. The Food Service
has agreed to not stock
j Nestle’ products if enough
; students indicate an interest
in the boycott.
Thi is not whales or trees
or rivers we are talking about
(although their survival is
important too). We are
talking about human lives,
lost due (however indirectly)
to sophisticated advertising
techniques.
Please set aside a few
moments tonight to consider
our request. If you have more
questions or want to see some
literature about the issue,
contact Chery Shapiro (276-
5010) or George Anderson
(Suite 4 Granville) 276-7682.
Just as you are reading this
article, so many Third World
babies are dying.
A lot of them are Nestle’
bottle-babies.
Cheryl Shapiro,
Prophetic-Political Com
mittee of the College
I Christian Council
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