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2 LANCE NEWS “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” - Voltaire (Fortner Awards Cont. from page 1) Grimes, in preparing for the 40th anniversary edition of the Barton College Crucible literary magazine, discovered that Hie Crucible has pub lished works by 11 of the last 48 Fortner Award recipients. “Editors must be able to identify quality work when they see it, but they must have quality work submitted or they can’t publish it,” he said. “I am fonunate to be in a state where quality writers live and submit for publica tion.” As editor and Vice President at New Directions Publishing, Epler was deeply honored by the recognition for the long work of the company from an institution that is so supportive of literary works. “1 want to thank the whole St. Andrews community for this award and thank St. Andrews for its commitment to liberal arts, that is pretty rare these days,” she said. “The liberal ans creates a lifelong love of books that helps small, independent publishers like us. (New Direaions founder) James Laughlin looked up to and respected St. Andrews and 1 accept this award on behalf of the whole company as we are standing on the shoulders of a giant.” Robeson County native Regan was awarded for her more than 30 years working with the North Carolina Ans Council. Like her fellow recipients, Regan gave credit to others in receiving the award. “1 feel like an interloper as a person in management at events like this,” she said. “I am nervous looking at the list of writers who have received this award. 'Those of us in management are in awe of the creative side of artists.” Regan shared the results of a recent economic impaa study that showed one in every eight North Carolinians are involved with an arts organization in the state. “No one in the state has fully identified or recognized the depth of the arts here,” she said. “We can’t think of ourselves as fringes any more. People like you are really changing the way North Carolina thinks about itself” The Awards The Ethel N. Fonner Writer and Community Awards were insti tuted in 1986 to honor a friend of writers and frequent contributor to the St. Andrews Review. Ethel Fortner earned a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in New York. After a career teaching at the Oregon School of the Blind, she and her husband moved to Estacada, Ore. She committed herself to writing and became editor of Human Voice Quar terly. A frequent contributor to the St. Andrews Review, she was the earliest benefactor of the St. Andrews Press. She believed that a frill community embraced and encouraged the craft of writing. (Forum Cont. (irom page 1) contaa information from them so that Congressman Hayes could respond to them personally. Beth Troutman had a tremendous presence at the Political Forum. Many people were hesitant about her running for Congress, because of her limited experience in politics, but she addressed issues about the outsourc ing of jobs and social security with concrete ideas and plans for improv ing the friture circumstances. She answered student’s questions about her involvement in the television show, The West Wing, and stayed afterwards to answer additional questions and encourage student to vote. There was great suppon from students, faculty, staff, and community members. President John Deegan Jr. said he was pleased with the event’s turn out and encourages the students to reproduce the event on an annual basis. Speak Out! has expressed the possibility of a Spring Political Event as well in order for students to gain familiarity with their elected officials and better understand their conneaion with their community on campus and in Scotland County. Many students expressed how informative they felt the Forum was and thanked members of Speak Out! for requesting that the representatives come because they felt that they gained not only familiarity with the candi dates, but also a bener imderscanding of the issues. Students asked relevant questions because they were truly interested in what the candidates had to say and mentioned how much more confidently they felt voting now that they have heard a little from each candidate. This was a major event for St. Andrews and Speak Out! hopes to continue to promote this type of political forum in the future. It is impor tant for students to gain familiarity with their representatives so they will be interested in the issues and how each representative attempts to solve those problems. This has encouraged students to vote not only in the Presiden tial eleaion, but for the other eleaed offices and many students were then excited to participate in the St. Andrews poll (sw sidebar). ; This was a historical marker for St. Andrews’ students and for Speak Out! in achieving its goals of informing the students of political issues as well as facilitating activism bn campus. Election Results Box Rachel Lea Hunter did not win Senator Purcell won* Representative Yongue won* Congressman Hayes won* Beth Troutman did not win *won the Scotland County eleaion THE LANCE STAFF Editor-in-Chief. .Emily Boomgarden Assistant Editors . Matthew Stucke Mike Genest Sports Editor. ..Peter Galen Layout ..Tara Laird Stacy L. Tucker Advisor. ..Melissa Hopkins
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