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THE BELLES
FEBRUARY 1. 1982
E3E3 I
Letter
What do you think about
our newspaper? Do you look
forward to it? Do you read it
page by page when it is pub
lished? Do you just glance at
it and throw it away?
Newspapers can be excit
ing. A college newspaper
should inform, and entertain
student. Do you feel that The
Belles achieves this goal?
Producing a perfect newspa
per is the dream and goal of
all ambitions new editors. I,
like the previous Belle edi
tors, see my reign as a year in
which the student newspaper
will reach an excellence nev
er quite achieved in the past
years. However, one must
keep an eye on reality even
while yearning for perfec
tion.
Even the wildest dreams of
a new editor cannot make
The Belles equal the newspa
pers of major universities.
We are a small newspaper
operating with a limited staff
on a limited budget. Only one
issue of The Belles runs up a
tab of approximately $250.
Last semester, only three
newspapers were published,
costing about $750.
According to Marjorie
Maddrey, an accountant in
the St. Mary’s Business Of
fice. The Belles is alloted
$2,550 a year. This money al
lows us nine issues a year. §o
far, we have not even come
close to that number.
Our small, but extremely
hardworking staff, trying to
reach perfection even while
keeping an eye on reality, has
planned to publish six issues
this semester, doubling the
number of issues printed last
Here's another maze for those dedicated St. Mary's path
followers: Solutions on page four.
By Lynn Jones
I
to the Editor
semester. It is also our plea
sure to introduce a new co
lumn entitled “Behind The
Desk.”
This column will appear in
every issue, and it will be
written by faculty and staff
members, giving them an op
portunity to speak out on a
number of issues. Also in this
issue: The Career Corner.
This corner will inform stu
dents about several different
careers. Foo’s column, “In a
Grove of Stately Oak Trees”
which we all enjoy, will con
tinue to delight readers.
These new ideas are just the
beginning of a better newspa
per.
In my opinion, the highest
standard of achievement The
Belles can possibly reach is
its ability to fully serve the St.
Mary's community. Through
increased student and facul
ty contribution and response.
The Belles can and will in
crease in quality.
Perhaps the first editorial
of all' editors is essentially
the same: an evaluation of
their newspaper and subse
quent plans for improve
ment. The dream of excel
lence is not an impossible
dream; it can become possi
ble with active student and
faculty involvement. Do you
have any ideas for new arti
cles, columns, or poems, pic
tures that you would like to
submit to The Belles? Just
drop them in the campus
mail box addressed to Box 17.
The Belles is yours, and like
many have said, it can be only
as good as you want it to be!
MGB
Dear Editor
In a previous letter to the
editor someone asked why
hew Sophomores who had a
3.0 at their former high
school are not allowed to
have two late curfews at St.
Mary’s. I discussed this issue
with the administration at
the beginning ofthe year and
will gladly relate the reason
ing behind this policy. Old
Sophomores who have main
tained a 3.0 their Freshman
year have proven themselves
academically at St. Mary’s. St.
Mary’s first priority is for the
academic and personal wel
fare of its students. New So
phomores need time to be
come adjusted to their new
surroundings and prove
themsi.lves academically
here. The rule was not made
to distinguish old students
from new students, but rath
er to stress the importance of
academics at first to the new
Sophomores who might find
their grades slip under a
heavy academic load far dif
ferent from that of their pre
vious high school.
If QPR’s could be calculat
ed by Fall Break, we would
be more than happy to give
new girls their two late cur
fews, but since they cannot
be, new girls must wait until
after their semester grades
have been obtained. Again,
this is not a policy directed at
rewarding old students be
cause they have earned their
privilege by achieving “B” or
better average at St. Mary’s.
Jocelyn Davis
BEST SELLERS
NOW AVAILABLE
IN THE LIBRARY
Bestsellers, general inter
est books and light reading
are often requested by the
students, faculty, and staff at
St. Mary’s, since the library is
not able to buy many of these
books out ofthe regular book
budget, arrangements have
been made to lease them
through the McNaughton
Plan of Bro-Dart, Inc. for a
yearly fee.
The McNaughton books
are displayed on a book truck
in front of the circulation
desk, where chairs have been
SOLLTION FOR
FACLLTY MATCHIIP
Dr. William Burns Jones (l)
and Dr. Marcia Bell Jones
Mr. Robert Hillman (2) and
Mrs. Karen Hillman
Mr. Hamilton Fish and Mrs.
Mildred Fish (3)
placed to make for eady com
fortable browsing. All regu
lar library policies on circu
lation period, fines, etc. app
ly to these books.
One ofthe continuinggoals
of the library staff is to en
courage reading and to help
library users locate what
they want to read. The staff
hopes the McNaughton Plan
books will accomplish this.
Types of books included in
this collection are historical
fiction, romances, mysteries,
health and popular psychol
ogy, biographies of movie
stars and money manage
ment books.
Some ofthe titles available
are Shelly, by Shelly Winters:
My Life and Game, by Bjorn
Borg; Firestarter, by Stephen
King; The Heart of the Lion,
by Jean Plaidy; Getting by on
100,000 a year (and other sad
tales) by Andrew Tobias.
The library staff wants sug
gestions for books to order
and needs your comments
about the service.
The Belles
StMary’s
College
900 HILLSBOROUGH ST.
RALEIGH, N.C. 27611
PHONE: 828-2521
THE BELLES STAFF
Editor Mary Glenn Barwick
Faculty Advisor Douglas Murray
Reporters Anne Latham. Cree Taylor. Julie Glossen.
Mary Newman. Mary Nell Hassell. Kathryn Heath
Karen Lado, Foo Vaeth. Lynn Jones. Kathleen Kinkaid
I„eslie Derby. Ann Campbell. Becky Rogers.
Virginia Hodges. Elizabeth Archer, Tracy Braent
Photographers Ellen Block. Patty Bab.
Ann Campbell, Foo Vaeth
Typists I.eslie Derby. Kathryn Heath.
Anne l.atham. Lynn Jones