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PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — DECEMBER 10,1993 OFFICIAL SWIiEm' NEWSPAPER OF mm'H CAROLINA WESUSYAN COLLEGE {^ditor*in^Chief — W. JCeti n«th I^orutrd Assistant Editor—Tiffany Pi^e StaJf — Patrick Brattwm, CeciUa Cyno Case.v, Kimberlv Curseen, Jjmmilvn Rtsson Advisor — L’hris LiiLonde The Detree is ioc«tet tn tho Sprnill North Carolina Wci- leyaa 340ti Blvd., Ro*y Mwst. NC Is dctcrtnincd 1>;f KcStonal Boarf tS The Dffrec. Sc-publka|{oft nt any matter witftout tl»«' c^e& CDOsent of the Board i$ jJricli> firtitiil}aiH FA# Decree Ss umpmei And priiMedt by th« S|»t-iBg Hope Entciprise. Qptnfans publtsfacd do notflccessartt)' rcflect those gf Trustee chairman should resign post No more inputs please 'iHlSlS*?//. friR1fiEpRESlD£^^^sWWS Ot^TtlENWibMMGUARP, PRKSE/ foRM'lWsTAl^ OW'fflERooT QSjDSSoFVlotEKCE, Press 3/ ft>RyWmiV'5 AKH-CRIME" fAcKASE. pRess... For the story about Phil Carlton, refer to last issue’s front page lead story. In it you will find that Judge Phil Carlton has entered a guilty plea to reviewing the tapes illegally recorded from the Jim Gardner for Governor campaign. It is time for Phil Carlton to go. He is the chairman of the Board of Trustees, and he has not been asked to re sign from that position, he should not be asked — he should be forced. Carlton has great power over this college, having been on the Trustees for about 20 years. Some would wonder why there is no limit to his term, as Trustees chairmen have in other schools. More might won der why the college wants to coddle a confessed crimi nal. He has lied about in volvement in political cor ruption for a year. He can only hurt the college’s repu tation if he is allowed to stay on. The college must be rid of this albatross. Judge Carlton and Charles Lane, who is on our Board of Visitors, wiU bring unwanted publicity to the college by their criminal activities. Given the finan cial condition of the college, it hardly makes sense to re tain such controversial and criminal individuals in power. One has to wonder whether this is a political matter. It is hardly a secret that the administration of this college is Democratic in leaning. The victim of this crime was a Republican, the offenders were Democrats. Were their partisan po sitions involved in making this decision? Did they de cide that the ethics of politi cal corruption do not mat ter? These questions must be answered if the administra tion intends to hold on to any credibility with the community. Thus far, there is no clear statement about the college’s position re garding the crimes, or why Carlton and Lane should be kept on. Why not? Letters to the editor policy Tke Decree accepts only signed letters to the editors. Unsigned letters will not be printed. Letters need to be placed in the campus post office and marked “Decree” or placed in the Decree office in the Spruill building. Letters must be received by Friday of the week prior to the next issue in order to be printed in that issue. The Decree reserves the right to edit or reject letters for grammar, libel, or good taste , I,. y' , Information coming too fast By DR. STEVE FEREBEE You know what I want for Christmas? I want a break from new information — “additional input,” as some of you like to say. Imagine a month without “new developments,” as they say on the news. No outbreaks of hostility in Bosnia, no new books about Kennedy (any Kennedy), no new rock and roll groups, no new television channels, no new voter polls. A brief respite from all fur ther details would lead to such peaceful evenings. I find myself ruefully wishing this as I try to finish stuffing in formation into my head for my sabbatical research project and begin to cast my eyes toward magazines, journals, books, vid eos, CDs, catalogues, and memo randa stacked up in my house and office. In fact, I had thought I’d tell you — this is , after all, a ccHifessional essay — how many magazines and professional jour nals I subscribe to, but it’s just Dr. Steve Muses too embarrassing. I’d rather seem to be bragging or actually be set ting myself up for not being able to answer some question on the latest Atlantic Monthly article. Suffice it to say, that from news about educational develop ments to scholarly articles about Virginia Woolfs garden to calls for AIDS activism, I inundate myself with information. I know you have final exami nation information to “incorpo rate,” but—just for a moment — consider how much information we face every day. All of our lives are full of people telling us about ourselves and the people we know. Your mother has a cold, your friend has a new dress, your neighbor has a new puppy. Con versations in the dorm room, phcme calls from home, teachers handing out assignments. We can not avoid having to add to our personal data banks. Then there is “news” news — the paper, the radio, the televi sion, magazines, encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks — all bab bling “bytes” at us. Maybe you can pass them up, but I make notes to myself to return to the hundreds of mysteries I encoun ter every day. Who is the leader of the newly organized rebels in El Salvador? Or is it in Nicara gua? What is the Hubble telescope supposed to be doing that isn’t able to do? What is that new novel by that Danish writer I wanted to An^ information is now specializedand “marketed” for us. Now I look to my magazines on gardening in the south, my jour nals on modernist British litera ture, my collections of essays on the cultural influences of rock music, my book on the history of horror moviis 1930-1960. (Continued on Page 3) CAB enjoyed good semester Dear Editor According to “Life’s Little In struction Book,” one of the in structions from H. Jackson Brown, Jr. states: “Never Under estimate the Power of a Kind Word or Deed.” Keeping this in mind, I would like to extend a warm and heart felt thanks to all of the campus organizations who worked with CAB tp make perhaps one of the bei^t Mi Semd^tEfr^! Eat^h'organi- Letters to the Editor zation was diligent and very re sponsible for helping to create a warm and welcome atmosphere for our visiting entertainers. Like wise, the “homegrown” activities like Lip S^c, Pudding Pool, and tAa!ri^ 'dttiehl'hcive cbntinu^ to itKrease in excellence, thus per petuating increasing attendance. Fot those of you who have par ticipated in helping to “put on a show,” you should certainly pat yourselves on the back for a tre mendous job well done. For ev eryone from CAB members, to the members of the organizations who gave of their time, again thanks! Without you. Campus Activities wouldn’t happen! Sue McCormack
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