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PAGE TWO THE LANCE THE LANCE St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laiirinburg, N. C. 28352 SfaH Editor - - Sara Lee Associate Editor Charlie P*ratt Associate Editor Wayne Warren Assistant Editor Louis Swanson Sports Editor Mark Kleber Business Manager - Lonnie Burrell Advisor Mr. Fowler Dugger This staff is committed to the guidelines set up for campus media as recorded in the Code of Responsibility calling for “Recognition on the part of authors, editors and commentators that freedom entails corollary respon sibilities to be governed by the canons of responsible journalism, such as avoidance of libel, slander, impro priety, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the technique of harrassment and innu endo." The opinions expressed by individual authors are not necessarily those of the College or the staff of the Lance. Letters to the editor and articles are welcome, subject to space limitations. Subscription Rates $3.00 per semester Advertising Rates $ .90 per column inch A Statement of Purpose What is the LANCE? Is it, as argued in a recent Dialogue, the personification of apathetic campus attitudes? Or is it, conversely, the result of a campus which Is Irrelevant and unconcerned? The LANCE is only as good as the people who put It out. And here, In our opinion, is where the problem lies. Charges have been leveled that our subjects are “mediocre”, our articles "asinine.” We agree up to a point, although a careful reading of some Lance articles may prove that we are not totally lost in an abyss of Irrelevance. The problem is two-fold - a lack of responsible writers and a lack of controversial subjects. It is practically Impossible for a 5 man staff to fill a paper with interesting, relevant ma terial when (a) we get no response from the campus on anything except general calls for ending mediocrity and (b) writers hesitate to come to the LANCE for publication. Enough of our problems. We leave It to the students to ques tion themselves as to their role in putting out a relevant paper. The new staff forsees a revitalization of the Lance format and content, as well as a personalized approach to writers. We will no longer attempt to cover only campus news; our scope will be broadened considerably. Hopefully the LANCE will cover national news items relevant to the campus in three forms - stral^t news, editorial comment, and features. This will not entirely preclude campus news, but will replace that which Is less “newsworthy”. We affirm a policy of non-censorship of any articles sub mitted, guided only by the statement pertaining to media from the Code of Responsibility and the recognition that the author of an article is responsible for Its content. We are constantly open to, and actively seek, articles which will be controversial and searching. The LANCE alms only for a channeling of news to students, not for exclusive rights to determine the entire content of the paper. Our primary concern is for relevance and timeliness and openness. Our plans for next year Include subscription to a nationally based, college-oriented news service, a larger paper, possibly political cartoons, and campus-wide appeal through features, editorials and efficient news stories. Finally, in expressing both our high hopes and our deep need for campus Interest, we can only repeat what a former editor of the LANCE Bill Patterson, wrote in the last issue In the first of S.A.’s existence; ‘The LANCE asks that you, the student body, be both critical and tolerant of our work next year. When we are wrong, it is your duty to both your intellect and to St. Andrews to let us know it. Constructive criticism and the free exchange of ideas is the cornerstone of progress - at the same time, please do not become so engrossed in the mistakes that we shall in evitably make that you lose sight of anything worthwhile that w« may have to say. ’ SAR A LEE THURSDAY. APRTT. Susga Sandbox Rejected; No Political Orientation The seventeenth annual SoU' them Universities Student Government Association Con vention (SUSGA) was held April 23-25 in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Andrews sent as its dele gates, Bette Boykin, SGA Sec retary, and Joe Grebner, SGA Treasurer, “The main objec tive of SUSGA is to provide a medium for the exchange of ideas concerning student government and life", Joe and Bette, however, felt that SUSGA Is unable to fulfill this role, and urge the Student Cabinet to with draw Its membership for the coming year. Upon returning, It appears that next year’s ex pectations will not surpass last year’s meager accomplish ments. SUSGA cannot act as the in termediary for the Southern Universities since it supports less than 150 colleges and uni versities in twelve southern states, only eleven being from North Carolina. Such larger universities as Duke, Wake Forest, State, and UNC do not consider SUSGA worthy oftheii membership. As of now, ECU stands as the only large North Carolina University in mem bership. After a series of dis cussions, they, too, decided to withdraw from the organiza tion along with St. Andrews, Pembroke, Catawba, and Camp bell exemplify the affiliated North Carolina colleges. As sociation with such a contin gency cannot prove to be parti cularly advantageous. Even thou^ St. Andrews is a small college, it does not share the “small school con cerns” voiced by the other schools. With our liberal dorm and administrative policies, St, Andrews has already solved the now “important” SUSGA is sues. Joe stated “We must a- gree with the St. Andrews dele gates to SUSGA conventions in the past. In discussion groups, we found ourselves playing the role of ‘contributor’ to the other schools, and have returned somewhat more pleased with our own Student Government”, Also, SUSGA absolutely re fuses to become politically in volved—an up and coming S.A. concern,” continued Bette. O- ther larger and more active national organizations such as the (National Student Assoc.; and (American Student Govern ment) accept political roles, and better fulfUl our needs. We now belong to NSA and are considering joining the other. Not only would these organiza tions be more meaningful, but they would also be less costly to the school. Dues for NSA arfi only $25 per anum, whereas SUSGA demands $115, and does not afford four times as much benefit. Growth has been slow and A CHASITY bELT! NOW? sporadic since its 1953 birthl This was exemplified at there cent convention when little more than fifty percent of the mem- ber schools attended, and with a negligible number of schools requesting admittance. “The dominant topic or discussion outside of scheduled meetlnss seemed to be the common dil appointment with the orgaju- zation. The desire to withdraw was a prevalent attitude throughout the convention", our delegates concluded. ’ An Undeclared War; What Has It Meant ? * it means a conflict that has escalated from a small force of American technicians to over a half-million men. * It means at least 45,000 American men killed. * It means 255,000 Americans wounded. * It means at least 75,000 troops of the South Vietnamese regime killed. * It means, according to the Pentagon, 450,000 North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) soldiers killed. * It means countless civilians-innocent men, women, and children-killed and wounded. * It means the destruction of entire villages and towns by American bombers. * It means the destruction of crops by American napalm and chemical warfare. It means the killing of many more black men than the black proportion of our population. It means colonialism in Vietnam while black people are colonized in America. It means persecution of brown-skinned Vietnamese people. It means spending $300,000 to kill each soldier. It means spending more than $30 billion a year. It means a risk that America will have more "Vietnams," and indeed American troops are already operating in the neighboring countries of Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. It means a war tax on American workers, inflation and high prices which mostly hurts poor people and workers. It means dangerous powers for the President, without the approval of Congress. It means the first war in American history fought not only on the battlefield, but also brought into the American living room every day, spreading hate and violence. It means threats, injury and death to young men through the military draft system, which especially oppresses the poor and blacl(. Six out of every ten Americans now admit that the war against Vietnam was a mistake, and they have raised challenges within Congress, in colleges and high schools, in the press, in the poor and black communities, and in the military itself. 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