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October 2b, 1989
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SGA Does Not
Hear Seniors
by Shannon Oliver
Vou gtt out of clatf at
3tlS. FroM thare you have to
go to five club Meetings— all
' of Mhich begin at 3:30.
AfterMards, you go straight to
dinner and then you start your
hoMSMork. The only tiae you
stop is to clean the toilets
and ansMer a telephone call
froH your Mother, who tells
you that you should be working
harder.
Back to hoMework— three
pages of Calculus, 2000 pages
of UfiRD, and a Physics
take-hoMe, when you suddenly
reMeeber your Gen^ics test at
BiOO the next Morning. It's
12i02aM and the only persori
who can explain to you what
the genotype is of the
offspring of a purple ear of
corn is in the next rooH.
Mhat do you do? Do you
risk a 0 on your test or a
warning, possibly, a level?
The In-RooM Curfew at
12aM is steadily becowing a
heated issue awong seniors, as
well as student privileges in
general. The problew is that
Seniors feel they have already
earned the right to be out of
their rooMS after 12aM whether
they are studying or not. The
consensus is that we have been
here for a year, worked hard
and deserved to at least have
the privileges we had last
year when we returned.
REP Defeats Purpose
by Jo Peterson
The only thing that SW
juniors seew to agree on is
that REP is stupid. After
selectively asking wy
junior classwates their
opinion of the Residential
Education Prograa Sessions, 1
found that 1 aa not alone in
this belief; all questioned
said that they did not
understand the point of REP.
So what's REP supposed to
do for us anyway? When 1
asked this of ay DA she
said,"to help you deal with
the transitions of living
with parents to living with
your peers." it seeas to have
been a good idea in the first
place; so where did it go
wrong?
First, the topics of
discussion would be a lot aore
helpful if they were
approached in another way.
Uhat good does it do to tell
your hallaates that if you
were a flower you'd be a
poppy? Or to talk to the
juniors on your brother hall
about personal relationships
two or three Months after
you've gotten to NCSSM? in
reality, the aost you ever get
out of a REP session is
usually soaething that you
figured out for yourself a
long tiae before it was a
topic for REP.
One of the weekly topics
was tiae aanageaent. If tiae
aanageaent is really iapor-
tant, and it is, then how high
on your priority list should
you place REP? Is it graded?
No. Do you have to give a
presentation on what it
teaches you? No. Does your
acceptance into Duke or UNC
rely solely on your partici
pation in REP? Of course it
doesn't. Do you learn froa
it? The Majority of juniors
involved say NO. It's a waste
see page 6'
1 aw not suggesting that
we "punish” Juniors. The
reasons with which the R.A.
staff justifies the switch in
privileges are to help
encourage students (aainly
juniors) to iaprove their
study habits and tiae
aanageaent skills. However,
seniors feel they have been
here for five quarters and
have already established these
habits.
Besides, if the purpose
of being out of roow after
12aa is to study, couldn't the
real hare be in the fact that
Stage I privileges basically
destroy the effects of having
study hours for a whole
quarter?
Granted, if a
student—junior or senior— i
has good grades, then he or
she will get privileges
because he or she obviously
knows how to Manage his or her
tiae. However, when a
student's day is totally spent
on events which aust be done
before curfew, shouldn't he or
she be able to study or just
relax with "faaily" after
wards?
Host R.A.S rationale is
that if a student wants to
study and doesn't have
privileges, he or she can
obtain a study pass. This is a
valid arguaent, however there
15 a problew. Many RAs are
reluctant to give study passes
later than law and are
halting the nuaber of thea
per week.
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New Gym Opens .
by Scott Lamana
PEC. What do these
letters stand for? Post-
Exaaination Crying? Pre-
Extended Weekend Calaaities?
Patiently Endured Classes?
The answer, of course, is
none of the above. PEC is an
abbreviation for NCSSM's new
Physical Education Center,
otherwise known as the gya,
which has finally becoae open
for student use.
After all the tiae which
we've spent waiting for this
facility and all of the delays
which we've put up with, 1
think I speak for the Majority
of the student body when I say
it’s long overdue. But I also
think it was worth the wait.
Judging froa the hoae
volleyball gaaes which were
played in the gya recently,
the outlook for student
attendance at hoae
sporting events in the future
seeas very bright. Initial
. Finally
student response to being able
to attend athletic events on
caapus was overwhelaingly
positive. Seniors who
reaewber the inconvenience
of traveling to other places
to watch their peers play can
especially appreciate the
change.
Having our PE Center in
full operation will be good
for our personal fitness as
well as for school spirit.
Being able to play racquetball
(see page
a >
Taste of a New Generation is High
by Rob Owen
You, the soft-drink
patron, fuable around in your
daze of sleep trying to find a
nickel to aateh your dollar
bill. You want that extra
candy bar to eat with your
soda between classes, but
there is no nickel in sight.
So, you take your dollar and
settle for just a drink
instead of just a snack.
The problew is, 55 cents
and 50 cents won't squeeze
into one dollar! it doesn’t
)rt e?
take an Einstein to see that.
The reason for the problew is
Pepsi and Coke are charging
the school 50 cents per can,
when they charge other public
schools 45 cents or even
lower.
Our school only wakes a 5
cents profit froa each drink,
and would continue to do so at
a lower price froa the
coapanies.
The thing to do about it
is to boycott the Pepsi and
Coke Machines. Buy your drinks
■te»rT."t.cz>D:^ri_car:i
in the store, a six-pack or
case at a tiae, but not froa
school Machines. There will be
signs on the Machines telling
Pepsi and Coke what we are
doing and why we are doing it.
The soft-drink coapanies
think that since we are in a
residential setting, they can
suck aore Money froa out
pockets.
They should realize,
however, that hungry people
are aore likely to buy
soaething if they can use less
pieces of change to uet
'(see page fl) .
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