THE LANCE
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Peace On Earth
More Than Absence Of War
bybobmartin
Campus Pastor
It is that long reach into
history and renewed con
fidence in the future that frees
us to be reconcilers, am
bassadors, peace makers, new
creation, citizens of the Com
monwealth of Heaven.
That is the Good News of
Christmas even amid exams,
final papers, waiting in ‘ex
pectation’ for grades to arrive
at home. Good News also
comes amid a world where the
lion is yet to lie down with the
lamb.. . where children dare
not play over the den of cobras
of hostUe worlds.. where peo
ple still cry out for peace and
place and head home, know,
as I soon head home to the
This season of the year does
have a fascinating way of br
inging out genuine
‘childlikeness’, pushing into
the background our more fre
quent tendencies toward sheer
childishness. It is a time of the
year that finds us more inclin
ed to thoughtfulness and less
prone to thoughtlessness.
Thoughts of‘peace on earth’
take on a humane gentleness
over-against ‘peace’ being
understood xs mere ideology
or merely the absence of war.
It is a time of memories
brought to the foreground of
our consciousness of
Christmases past, growing up
beyond letters to Santa,
Christmas dances, shoping on
our own for the first time and
all the other ‘sugarplumb’
memories that spring into life
about now.
All those are precious and
should always be so.
You will soon be creators of
Christmas meaning for others
as the years rush toward you.
I^st we forget, for those who
share In the Christian Story,
there is also gift-giving cen
tral to the meaning of Christ
mas ... a child, an only child
come in the color of flesh to
show us what God is like and
what we are meant to be like
to, for and with each other, all
the each-others of the human
family.
Good News of Great Joy is
not something we are called to
market, or peddle or push.. it
is what calls us out to care for
each other and for the whole
human family. We are bound,
“nplicated, linked with the
richness of the Hebrew tradi
tion where the words of the
prophets still stir even the
most cynical mind or most
caustic disposition.. .‘the peo
ple who walked in darkness
•^ve seen a great Ught’ . .
• fear not for I am with you..
■■eaeemed you, caUed you by ■
namfl ’ ■ .
house on the lake for lareer
mere is little peace.
But the Good News of
Christmas is intended for
^mies Uke those and times like
these yearning toward you and
toward me to become part of
the Good News for others and
for each other. So, as you
make ready to vacate this
chuncks of time there than
usual, I wish all of that for you
and for each and for all those
you hold dear amid this very
special time of the year. A
good returning to you all for
in-gathering with family and
friends and a happy returning
to this community after the in
breaking of yet another new
year.
Liability Code Bans Keg Parties
ByAmySamo
Lance Staff Writer
‘St. Andrews College keg
parties are illegal,’ says Beth
Elliott, the Assist^t Dean of
Students of the college, ‘The
problem lies in selling the
tickets,’ repeats Dean of
Students Bill Loftus. Accor
ding to the complex Safe
Roads Act of 1983, b^r cannot
be sold without an ABC
license, which cannot current
ly be obtained in Scotland
County. The reason is the law
which prohibits the sale of li
quor by the drink.
St. Andrews College is in
violation of this law because
students are, in effect,^elling
beer without a license when
they sell drinking tickets to a
party. Since the school is in
violation of the law, the nature
of the parties will have to be
changed to prevent the college
from being liable.
Liability is a big question for
the college because the school
is so small. ‘One accident
fiused by one of our students
here someone gets hurt
could be enough to cause the
college to fold,’ says Elliott.
Since the school is a church
funded college, an incident
that is in direct violation of the
law could niake the church
decide to discontinue any fun
ding.
To add to this nightmare,
people do sue schools. Notre
Dame University was sued a
year ago because a woman
was injured by a student vjo
had been drinking at a
narty on the coliseum
grounds. The court upheld ter
complaint because
was aware of the parties and
they were on school grounj-
Due to cases such “
•. Andrews will need to chang
party procedures as soon as
possible.
St. Andrews has several Op
tions, and many of them will
have important consequences.
Elliott has suggested parties
be BYOB or be conducted by
invitation only. Even pooling
money toge&er before the
beer is bought and not selling
tickets after the beer has been
purchased was mentioned.
BYOB has its consequences
in tiiat the school will have
no control over dispensing it to
minors, which the school is
liable for. Invitation only par
ties would be unfair to dorms
who throw more parties and
would create cliques within
the students. To have a sepa
rate pool of money for beer
may still be in violation of the
law.
Later on down the road,
many other problems may
arise, but Student Life is work
ing diligently to correct the
violation that now exists.
Elliott also urges students to
bring ideas to the Student Life
Office that may hold an
answer for the parties. But be
prepared, there will be a
definite change in the party
system.
■HSSSSTwhat do you want for Christmas? Santa
a dmoSl (from’^one of his fans) at the annual
ecu Christmas Party.
Calendar
Of Events
CALANDAR
December 9 Last Day of
Classes
5; 30 Lance meeting
December 10 Exams Start
9-12MTWF4:5(W;40
2-5MWThF3:50-4:40
9:00 Exam Breakers
December 119-12 MTWF 8:00-
8:50
2-5 MTWF 9:00-9:50
9:00 exam breakers
December 12 9-12 MTWThFr
2:5(M:40
MWThF2:504:40
2-5MTWF 11:00-11:50
MTWF 11:00-12:05
9:00 Exam breakers
December 13 9-12 MWF
12:35-1:40
MWF 12:50-1:40
2-5 MTWF 10:00-10:50
December 14 9-12 MWF 1:50-
2:40
TTh 12:50-2:40
2-5 All Th Only Classes before
11:50