December 1986
The Columns
December SGA News
By JIM GARULSKI
The SGA and Student Affairs
Office are to be commended.
The programs they have
sponsored have been great
successes.
Billy Riggs, the illusionist,
put on an astonishing show
last month. Billy performed for
a full house. He opened his act
with the standard card and rope
tricks, but graduated from
slight-of-hand to the truly
amazing. He performed escape
tricks with the assitance of
several students and Dean Eller.
Sticking to tradition, Billy also
split a woman into thirds. But
the highlight of his perfor
mance came when he baffled
the audience with a “psychic”
feat. In an effort to disprove the
existence of psychic power,
Billy performed a trick
(emphasizing trick) involving a
“prediction” of random events
determined by the audience,
ranging from the flip of a coin
to the selection of a name from
a phone book. He was truly
amazing.
Christmas Gift-Giving
Involves Much More
By JIM GARULSKI
As Christmas closes in and
more and more of us trudge
through the malls for presents,
they bring the usual upcries
over the commercialization of
» Christmas. Well, Dr. Michael
‘ Schudson - Sociology Professor
at the University of California
at SanDiego - tells us that there
is much more involved in gift-
giving, than we perceive. In
this month’s edition of
Psychology Today, Dr.
Schudson states that giving
gifts is a social statement and
“an expression of kinship” to
strengthen bonds, and not a
simple act of selfish
materialism. “Giving gifts is a'
basic human way of establish
ing and strengthening social
relationships,” said Schudson,
and gift giving is a “social
glue.”
Dr. Schudson cited reports
that people tend to most value
the items they receive as gifts;
“there is much more in the
exchange itself than in the
things exchanged.” He also
noted that the gifts we
exchange are often “more
Homeeoming 1986
A
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Chip Franklin was a
comedian who appeared at
Louisburg, Nov. 9. SGA
entertainment chairman Joe
Cohn arranged the multi
purpose room to resemble a
“nightclub” for the event.
Chip started his act with his
own re-mixes of television
themes (Brady Bunch,
Gilligan) and continued to us
musical comedy throughout
the show. Chip was extremely
funny, if not occasionally
bawdy. To seq his s.tyle of
comedy at Lduisburg was
extremely refreshing. We were
fortunate to have a first hand
gumpse of this up-and-coming
comic.
We at The Columns
appreciate the efforts of the
people who organized these
events and look forward to
more. We also realize that these
successes did not come cheaply
and urge that student body to
support any future S.G.A.
fundraisers. Thanks for the
entertainment, “we are
amused.”
meaningful than useful.” It is
true that we often wish to give
gifts that would be luxurious;
that the receiver would never
purchase for himself. “Gifts
come to embody the spirit of the
giver,” this gives the
sentimental value to the gifts.
“The commercialization of
Christmas is a sign that people
are choosing to express their
social natures and generous
natures through material goods
which are convenient to buy
and relatively permanant as a
social bond.”
Ghnstmas Time
Ghristmas is a special time of the year the holly
trees, the Ghristmas trees, a time to be with one
another.
Jls the decorations fill the campus and the trees
fill the dorms, the Ghristmas spirit runs like the
wind during a storm.
find when we all leave for Ghristmas and
remember the semester past, some working and
some just sitting back we will remember all the
fun we had.
find as we sit around our tree and gaze upon
its beauty, remember that friends are special
and there is nobody like them.
IBy: Kevin IBighinatti
Canes Start Strong
cont. from pg. 4
He seems to credit the team’s
play for most of his success.
“I function better as a team
player and not an individual
player,” said Hinnant, who has
scored over 30 points in three of
this season’s games.
Sophomore Bruce Moore and
freshman Luther Tutt lead the
team in rebounding with 5.3 a
game, each. Moore also leads
the team m assists, dishing out
3.4 a game.
The team has hit 50.1 percent
of their field goals. And Drake
added “that’s not good enough
to win big, against good
competition.”
Louisburg played South
eastern Wednesday night, but
the outcome was not available
at press time.