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The Belles
September, 1983
SPORTS
High School Tennis is Swinging
COLLEGE TENNIS STARTS UP
The 1983 edition of the St.
Mary’s College tennis team,
under the direction of Coach
Lou Jones, is currently in the
midst of their fall season,
having begun practice a few
weeks ago.
Normally, the college team
schedule isin the spring and the
high school in the fall; however,
because of the Eastern Colle
giate Invitational Tournament,
to be held at Meredith College
September 23-24, the college
team will be competing during
the fall and the spring season.
The team members include
two Seniors, Elizabeth Sherrill
and Jeannie Trueblood, and
juniors Meg -Adams, Lynn
Barton, Julie Brady. Ginny
Burt, Isabel E rwin, and Polly
Pussier. “All have real poten
tial, and on a given day, any
could play in the number one
position,” stated Jones in a
recent interview.
After several challenge
matches. Barton presently
anchors the number one
position, with Brady at number
two, followed by Burt at three,
Sherrill, number four,
Trueblood, ranked num ber five.
and Pussier, seeded six.
“We've got an establishment
singles ladder, but we are still
experimenting with doubles
teams, trying to find a good
match-up.” added Jones.
Stated Trueblood, “All the
team members are dedicated
and very enthusiastic about
playing.” “We've got a lot of
talent on the team,” added
Barton, A dedicated, united,
and hard working team will be
what it takes to have a success
ful. and winning group,
Anne Raymer
by Anne Raymer
The St. Mary’s high school tennis team, also coached by Lou
Jones, began its season Thursday, September 15 when they met
Greenfield at home.
The team is made up of twelve high school students including
freshmen Kelly Edmunson, Sally Ellis, Merriweather Ellison,
Eleanor Field, Isabel Nichols, Gray Odgden, Marinda Sapp, Lisa
Sledge, Rebecca Thompson, and Laura Underwood. First,
second, and third seated players are Rebecca Thompson, Laura
Underwood, and Sarah McQuire respectively.
Coach Lou Jones commented on the amount of the team’s po
tential and added, “Practices have been going very well..they
just need to settle down and get to work.”
Last year the team went to the Districts and this year they
hope to do the same and possibly advance to the State tournament
on October 21-23.
Dance Groups Announce
New Members
bv Jo Jo Allred
DRINKERS, DANCERS,AND D.W.l.S*i"-
7 Brandeux
I recently spoke with Dean
Jones’in an effort to clear up
som e of the m isconceptions that
are flowing around campus.
The main issue discussed was
the question of whether or not
there will be dances this year at
SMC and how the new laws are
affecting us both as a college
and high school. I hope this will
clear up some of the confusion.
Q: is there going to be an
SGA DANCE?
A: We hope so. We plan to.
An Alcohol Awareness Task
Force (AATF) has been or
ganized and includes parents,
faculty, but mostly students. It
is headed by Dr. Ken Mills and
its' main purpose is to draft a
policy for St. Mary's which will
cover both onand off campus
activities.
Why will the policy cover
off campus activities? Why
does that concern SMC?
— A; Because it has become a
problem off campus with un
derage drinkers. Due to the
national problem and the pre
sent legislation, SMC is
obligated to act when students
break laws. Our main concern
is the student and her handling
of alcohol. Not being able to
handle the alcohol can become
a habit and when a student is
driving she is affecting other
people's lives, not just her own.
That'swhen it becomes our pro
blem. Drunk young people en
danger lives, and that's a scary
situation. We want to reiterate
the contents of the law before
thepolicedo. Any underage stu-
ing even if she is not driving.
Q: You mentioned “un
derage” drinking. How does the
school feel about people who are
. legal to drink?
A: We’re not against drink
ing, as long as it is off cam pus.
We’re against getting drunk
and the repercussions.
Q: We've heard the phrase
“visibly intoxicated” being
used in conjunction with later
consequences. How exactly will
the school decide if someone is
visibly intoxicated when she re
turns to school and w hat will the
consequences be?
A: Well, we're not going to
station the Pinkerton’s at the
sign in desks for sniff tests! But
it does get fairly obvious when
students have been drinking
heavily and there were inci
dents last year of student offi
cers and well-known students
coming in visibly drunk. That's
when it affects the school as a
whole and how others view
SMC.That's when it’s not a per
sonal problem but a school pro
blem .
Q: Why has the alcohol
issue suddenly exploded on
SMC campus?
....A; Because it’s exploded all
over the country: The strict new
legislation also includes states
such as Maine. Penn., Va„ even
though N.C. has one of the
harshest. It’s now become a
political issue with Governor
Hunt running for the Senate.
It’san issue with us because we
were given the issue to deal
with. It has become a huge
groundwell of people de
manding that something be
done. E very cam pus is agitated
with this problem. This
Thursday (Oct. 15) there will be
a meeting at Duke for all the
private colleges to decide what
is to be done, primarily with the
problem of underage drinking
and the D.U.I. bill. On Friday
(Oct. 16) the Task Force will
meet again. We’ll work on
drafting a policy that will cover
the law. the safety of students,
and the social aspect of the stu
dent’s lives. Meanwhile, if any
student is interested in voicing
her opinions, it would really be
appreciated if she would talk to
a student on the Task Force,
because these students repre
sent the student body and how
they feel as a whole.
Letter Club Holding Run for
Funds and Fun
dent can be arrested for drink-
The Letter Club will be sponsoring a Fund Run for charity on
October 6 at 4:30. The race entrance fee is $1.00 and all faculty,
staff, and students at St. Mary’s are eligible to enter. The race
will be around the two parks near St. Mary’s campus, which is
about one and a half miles. A St. Mary’s sweatshirt will be
awarded for first place. All money raised is strictly for charity
and will go to the Ark. For more information, contact Coach
Alexander, Maggi Jones, or Gray Fagan.
Dance groups at St. Mary’s, under the direction of Mrs. Sue
Brown, held tryouts during the week of September 7 and an
nounced their new members.
Gillie Callum, the Scottish dance group at St. Mary’s had its
tryouts on September 8. Sandy Jackson, Sally Maddison, and
Vaiden Kramer were chosen as the group’s new members. Two
students were chosen as new members of the Caperettes, the
school’s tapdance group. These are Angela Dickerson and Brady
Whitley. And for the modem jazz dance group, Orchesis made
five new additions with Leslie Dodd, Constance Frost, Dorothy
GugS^iiHeimer, Catherine Loflin, and Becky Rogers. Mrs. Brown
is very pleased with her groups this year especially Orchesis
which, in the past, has been the smallest.
All three groups are scheduled to perform on Parent’s Week
end and at Spring Fest, but other performances are held at
Raleigh schools.
SGA UPDATE “ From Page 3
Inter-Club Council com prised of
all the presidents of every club
at St. Mary’s. Cynthia Gimesh
is the chairman. The Council
serves to sponsor break-in
week, spirit week, and com
munity and school projects.
7)Whereas, before this
year, students were allowed no
Sunday chapel or assembly
cuts, each girl is now allowed 3
cuts per semester.
-TheBoard of Trustees will
be on campus the 20th and 21st.
and the SGA is going to ask for
their approval to have parking
lines painted on College St., and
to have a system set up for
handling Visa and Mastercard
in the bookstore.
-We look forward to rein
stating two St. Mary’s tradi
tions - “A Walk in the Grove”
and “A Kicking Post.” We’ll I®*
you know more about these
later.
That’s all-more SGA news
in the next issue of The Belles!
P.S. Everyone is reminded to
pay their SGA dues ($5.00)-
These dues allow us to plo'^
more social activities for the
student body. We thank those
who have already paid.
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