The Belles
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 3
900 HILLSBOROUGH STREET,
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
of
St. Mary’s
Colle3e
OCTOBER 14, 1982
*‘The Developing Nations”
An interview with Dr. Coffey
St. Mary’s Coilege
by Lara Gibbs
Dr. Coffey has spent time
in India and Egypt studying
the villages to learn What their
lives and hardships are like
and what their attitudes are.
The countries that used to
be termed “Third World
Countries” ten years ago are
now called the Developing
Nations. We call them this
becaue it best describes what
they are. They are countries
in South America, Asia, the
Mid East, Africa, and
particularly India and Egypt
which have not yet reach^
the high standards of living
that the Western World has
reached, the new name gives
them more self respect and
recognizes their potential to
become substantial nations.
These countries have a low
gross national product, some
have few natural resources
such as Egypt, while others
like India have more. They
are all impoverished and they
all fear exploitation of their
resources by the Western
World.
The main reasons for
their poverty are the harsh
weather conditions, poor soil
content, and climate. Workers
in these countries work much
harder than we do in
agriculture and yet they
barely grow enough to eat -
many times they do not.
Dr. Coffey considers over
population to be the main
problem of the developing
nations. It puts a strain on the
government and the
individual to care for the basic
needs of the people. “There
are 3 times as many people in
India as in the United States
occupying half the area.”
There is evidence
according to Dr. Coffey that
villagers in India want to limit
their families. Great studies
have been made to limit the
population and any aid given
towards birth control would
improve the standard of living
in the future.
Villagers in India speak
favorably about the Peace
Corps volunteers that came to
help under the Kennedy
administration and they wish
there wereemore of them
available now. Dr. Coffey says
that the Peace Corps was the
best overseas aid program
that the United States ever
produced. She finds that
volunteer programs are more
effective than meetings of
leaders at places such as
Mexico.
Most of the Developing
Nations can not depend on
their governments for aid.
South American governments
are characterized by violence
and torture as are the Middle
East countries. The African
nations tend to be
characterized by constant
turmoil while India is rather
Dr. Janice Coffey
Science Chairman
calm and non-violent due to
the Hindu influence. The types
of government vary in these
countries from Marxist
regime to dictatorships to
even some forms of
democracy as in India. Many
of these countries do not give
their people the aid that they
should give them.
Current Events ■■ Lebanon, Israel
by Michelle Moore
The beautiful Republic of
Lebanon was established in
1943. The Mediterranean Sea
and mountains filled with
Mrs. Georgette Campbell,
Science Instructor
cedars are part of its
landscape. Beauty, however,
is not its only important
factor.
Lebanon is also a modem
and progressive state with a
90 percent literacy rate. Tteir
leader is a Maronite Christian
president who semes a 6 year
term. The prime minister is
Muslim.
Recently, though, this
beautiful, modern state has
been beset by the turmoil and
strife of war. The course of
this was has a long history.
In 1948, the Zionist Jews
took over Israel, a-land they
claimed was theirs because it
was a gift from God
Palestinians who had lived in
Israel for many years were
kicked out and left with no
home. Some of these
Palestinians were upper class
and educated. They lived in
refugee camps, unable to
obtain jobs. The Palestinian
Liberation Organization
(PLO) was then formed.
The PLO has been
fighting Israel since 1977,
trying to regain land they feel
is theirs. This past June, the
co.nflict between Israel and
the PLO reached a climax.
Israel attacked the PLO in
Southern Lebanon, claiming it
was afraid of attack by the
PLO in such close proximity.
The Israelite army of
125,000 thought it could
quickly eradicate the 10,000
“terrorist” PLO’s. They
realized they had
underestimated the PLO as
the fighting raged throughout
the summer. The real damage
and terror, however, can only
be understood by a witness of
the war.
Wadad Hamzah is one
such witness. She is a former
St. Mary’s student and a
New Faces At St. Mary’s
Mrs. Brenda Rogers
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(3RD IN A SERIES)
Brenda Rogers took a
rather round-about way to her
final career choice
Psychology. She began with
English, getting her B.A. from
ENC-CH after finishing 4
years of undergraduate work
in only three years. When she
Sraduated from Carolina, the
only job she could find was
fhat of a social worker. During
iior stint as a social worker,
i^rs. Rogers noticed that she
^as, “...merely putting on
Band-aids, not alleviating
problems.” So she then
'iocided to pursue her M.A. in
(^dult Education (which she
{■eceived from NCSU) to learn
oow to help adults and youth
jnake career choices and
oevelop their full potential.
*^or work in educaiton
^Parked an interest in
Psychology, especially how
nnd why people make their
career decisions. This led her
to work on her PhD m
Psychology, which she hopes
to get from NCSU '
Education, Mrs. Rogers
feels, is much too passive^
Students do ^^“Yure
process informaUon for fut^e
Gse, but instead merely
absorb it and spew it out on
demand. She thinks that
education should- be much
more active, with
asking questions and
participating more in the
learning pr^ess.
Mrs. Rogers is very
nlpased with St. Mary’s so far.
Keels that the students ^e
cSJscientious and concei^^,
and Je f^nUy has very
m an aU-girls school
Sorfbut she thinks Riat we
Se eniiouraged more here to
pLel toth academically a^
ed institutions.
The Belles staff would like
to welcome Mrs. Rogers to the
St. Mary’s faculty, and wishes
her a happy stay.
Mrs. Brenda Rogers
native of Lebanon. In a recent
interview, she told of her
experiences during her stay
with her parents in Lebanon
this summer.
Israel dropped 100,000
cluster bombs internationally
outlawed, on Lebanon daily. A
cluster bomb not only delivers
an initial explosion but
scatters small, triangular
bombs which explode when
stepped on or played with. In
this way, many innocent
adults and children are
ruthlessly murdered. The
labels on the bombs dropped
read: “Made in AMerica.”
For 22 days, Wadad and
twenty-nine others were
forced to stay in a one-room
underground shelter in order
to escape the intense
bombing. Three bombs were
dropped on her house which is
situated in an area where the
PLO are not located.
While in the shelter, the
only food they had were the
groceries they took with them.
Which were very few in
number. Israel had cut off
water supplies and electricity.
People were stricken with
diseases which could not be
helped because the Red Cross
was unable to get in.
The PLO is not a group of
terrorists, asserts Wadad, but
they are freedom fighters. All
the PLO members have been
removed from Lebanon and
sent to other countries
although 700,000 Palestinian
children as young as nine and
ten were fighting.
Gemyal, the president of
Lebanon was killed recently in
an explosion. The explosion
occurred at state
headquarters during a
meeting with approximately
60 people who were also killed.
The people believed in
Gemyal, 31 who wanted to
unite Lebanon.
Wadad feels the Israelis
are responsible for Gemyal’s
(Continued on Page 4)
Area
Events
Looking for something new
to do? Here are some
possibilities for the upcoming
weeks:
THEATER
Sweeny Todd at St. Mary’s,
Oct. 27-30.
The King and I at Meredith,
in Oct.
Give ’Em Heil Harry at
State’s Stewart Theater, Oct.
24.
Grease at Raleigh Little
Theater, Nov. 26-Dec. 18.
Scott and Earnest at
Theater in the Park, Oct. 22. A
new play about F. Scott
Fitzgerald and Ernest
Hemmingway.
MUSIC
North Carolina Symphony’s
Pops Series at Memorial
Auditorium Oct. 15 and Nov.
27.
Jimmy Buffet at
Carmichael Auditorium,
Chapel Hill, Oct. 17.
Crosby, Stills and Nash,
Greensboro Coliseum, Oct. 21.
38-Special at Greenville,
Oct. 24.
Heart and John Cougar at
Greensboro, Nov. 6.
ALSO
Run in the Park - a 2 mile
fun run and 10,000 meter race.
Oct. 17, entries in The
Leader.
1982-83
Cold Cuts
by J. Morris
The 1982-83 “Cold Cuts”
made their smashing debut at
the St. Mary’s Talent Show on
September 23rd. The show
opened with the WATS
cheering everybody into a
happy mood. Some other St.
Mary’s girls contributed to the
show by putting on hilarious
skits atout life at St. Mary’s.
But the real highlight of the
evening was listening to the
Cold Cuts sing their hearts out
and make beautiful music
from washtubs to the piano.
Cold Cuts perform at area
colleges and universities,
civic organizations and school
funcitons throughout the year.
When the Cold Cuts will
consist of 21 girls, they will cut
an album!
The “Original Seven”
are: Bryant Tanner who is
president and plays the
washtub, Jacque Taylor is the
secretary-treasurer and plays
the crazystick, Robbins Nuhn
plays the bongos, Betsy Coley,
the piano, Ann Gregory, the
moroccos, Bettine Bickle, the
sticks and Susan Dameron,
the hotdog.
The Cold Cuts colors for
this year are light-blue
overalls and peach polo shirts.
Bryant is “real excited
about this group! I think we
have a really good group this
year!”
St. Mary’s girls are
looking forward to their next
performance and wish the
Cold Cuts much luck
throughout the year!
Lost!
Family Heirloom
2 small amber stones, please
call Ms. Thompson, ext. 297.