6.
The Columns
Dec^ber.1986>»
Louisburg College
Offers ‘A Chance’
News Briefs
In the last column we talked
about our desire to explore the
heart and soul of our school
and to find those characteristics
that make us uniquely who we
are.
Many statements have been
made about the characteristics
of Louisburg College --
statements such as “Louisburg
College meets students half-
Qnd/
way”; "provides a transition
from high school”; “helps meet
individual needs”; “has a
willingness to accept people
who have not shown much
promise”; “has professors who
are very accessible”; “helps give
students a sense of direction”;
“is interested in the self-
fulfillment of its students”;
“provides a good basic core
education”; “is properly
accredited”; “has a good
transfer record”; “has a liberal
entrance policy and deals with
individual situations.” All this
sounds rather like a propa
ganda sheet, but in fact the
majority of the statements have
come from individual students.
The clear message here
appears to be that Louisburg
College offers us a chance; a
chance to look at ourselves in
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new ways, to start over, to
return to our education, to give
up the undesirable, or to take
on the desirable. We are given a
chance here to examine the
past, explore the present, and
look at new jx>ssibilities for the
future.
The question then is: “What
is the ‘crucial element,’ which
involves the heart and soul of
this school, that gives us all this
‘chance’?” We will explore this
question in our next issue.
MX Trouble
CBS news ran a story about
an engineer who helped design
the guidance system for the MX
missle. What was unique about
the story was that the engineer
said that if the U.S. were to
launch the missies, they were
just as likely to land in New
York City as in an enemy
territory such as the U.S.S.R.
- From The Progressive
Cuban Problems
Worsen
Fidel Castro, at a 30th
anniversary celebration of the
Fidelista Revolution last week,
conceded in a 254 hour speech
that the island nation faced ytt
another year of tough economic
trouble. He admitted these
shortcomings in a speech that
closed a Communist Party
Congress. The shortcomings
include foreign currency
earnings dropping 50 percent
to $600 million. He declared
“We never had it so bad. We are
going to have to be prepared for
the difficulties.”
Castro also admits that his
country could not survive
without the massive economic
and military aid (over $6 billion
a year) it receives from Moscow.
From U.S. News
Election 88 -
President
Now that the off year
elections have ended, get ready
for various candidates from
both parties to go after the
presidential nominations.
On the Republican side of
the ticket, the early front-
runners are Vice President
George Bush, Senate Majority
Leader Bob Dole, Congressman
Jack Kemp of New York,
Howard Baker, a former Senate
Majority leader from Tennes
see, Pat Buchanan, the
White House communications
director, and Evang^elist Pat ;
Robertson.
On the Democratic side.
Senator Gary Hart of Colorado
and New York Governor Mario
Cuomo appear to be the
frontrunners. But if Chrysler
Chairman Lee lacoccawants to
seek nomination, he would
definetly be considered a
favorite. Other frontrunners
include Senator Edward
Kennedy from Massachusetts
and Jesse Jackson.
From U.S. News
News Quotes
(From U.S. News)
“It will be uncomfortable ...
when all those bats come flying
out of the archivists cave,” -
John Erlichman, a famous aide
to President Nixon, on the
release of secret Nixon White
House papers.
“You’ve got a guy here who
has so much sharpnel in his
body he sets off metal alarms in
airports,” a former colleague
on Lt. Col. Oliver North, who
the President thought of as a
genuine American hero.”
North has been caught in the
middle of the Iran crisis.
“Lets not forget whose idea
this was. It was Bud’s idea.
I When you give lousy advice,
, you get lousy results.” Chief of
staff Donald Regan on former
National Security Advisor
Robert “Bud” McFarlane’s role
in the crisis.
- From U.S. News
“Mistakes were made,” we
are willing to “take our
lumps,” and “let the chips fall
where they may.”
Vice President Bush
on the Iran crisis
Christmas Parade