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THE LANCE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE VOL 10. No. 12 ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1971 SLC Rejects Drinking Bill; Checks Constitution Changes Van Zandt Comments On His Life, Audiences The following Is a taped In terview with Townes Van Zandt, carried out after his Tuesday night concert at Far rago. He was interviewed by student Bruce Stuart. Stuart; "How do you think you did your first night?” Van Zandt: “Pretty good. We played pretty good, but the audience was super-good.” Stuart: “It didn’t take a song like "Freight Train Blues” to make the audience a good one, did it, since that was one some one had requested?” Van Zandt: “There were songs we screwed up, but we could pretty easily tell they were screwed up, and that the audience didn’t react like they did to songs we didn’t screw up. I’d like to add that the sound system was great - the acoustics not so great.” Stuart: “How long have you been playing guitar?” Van Zandt: “About nine years.” Stuart: “What other in struments have you played?” Van Zandt: “A lltUe bit of banjo, a little teeny bit of har monica, and I’m particularly good with a Frlsbee. ” Stuart; “Do you ever feel like a social worker when you’re singing?” Van Zandt; “I wouldn’t say, ah—yeah, I guess so. Except It’s not really social work be cause I never try to Influence the audience, through my sing ing, to become simply another link In society’s chain.” Stuart; “But on the other hand you wouldn’t want to cause peo ple to become lazy and forget problems?” Van Zandt: “I don’t know which way everyone wants to go — hard work or laziness. I just know I’m there singing my songs, like them or not.” Stuart: “Did you have any childhood experiences which pointed toward your being a folk singer?” Van Zandt: “No, I had shock treatment when I was twenty, and it completely wiped out my childhood.” Stuart: “Can I quote you on that?” Van Zandt: “Sure.” The Student Life Committee In its meeting yesterday reject ed a Senate Bill which would have allowed drinking in dor mitories with dorm council re gulation and in Farrago. It In- stead recommended another statement for Dr. Hart’s con sideration. Last December the Senate approved a bill concerning the consumption of alcoholic be verages. “The consumption of alco holic beverages will be pro hibited on campus in any of the College buildings with the ex ceptions of, (a) the college dor mitories whose regulations will be set by Individual dormitory councils, and (b) Farrago. “Compliance with local and state laws concerning the pur chase, possession, transporta tion, and consumption of alco holic beverages Is expected.” The bill was sent for approval to Dr. Hart who then asked the Student Life Committee for a recommendation. Discussion in the committee was, centered around the ques tion* of dorm council efficiency in handling a new problem such as drinking regulation when they have had many problems in cop ing with issues such as open dorms and campus drug use. Finally approved for recom mendation to Dr. Hart was a statement based on a proposal from the Student Personnel Of fice: “The use of alcoholic be verages in the residence halls Is prohibited outside the suites. In cases of specific social e- vents approved in advance by the Office of Student Personnel Services, alcoholic beverages may be permitted in other locales.” The committee also discus sed the proposed constitutional amendments. They approved for recommendation to the faculty of most of the proposed amend ments but reserved decision on Article IV, section 6, and Article IV section C until their Abortion Ad Discontinued; Davenport Outlines Services Editor’s note: This Interview with Bob Davenport was prompted by the ARS ad run to last week’s paper. ARS is an Abortion Referral Service which pays for its advertising to college newspapers. As a result of this interview, the lance has decided to dis continue ruimlng the advertise ment. LANCE; What Is your re sponse to the ARS vad in last ’week’s paper? ^•avenport; My experience Is that the kind of people who run these ads are middlemen who We in business and who are be- tog paid for this service. This sdds to the cost of an aliorilon without providing a real ser- vice, especially since the same of information can be §alned on campus, "'hat is offered on campus? Grace Overholser, Vann Jolnes and I aremembersoftheClergy Consultation on Problem Preg nancies, a nationwide effort to deal with issues surrounding problem pregnancies, including abortions. This service can provide safe abortions at a minimum cost and is avallaWe throughout the state of North Carolina. What kind of information a- bout abortions can you provide In comparison to other ser- vices? The cost of an abortion prior to ten weeks gestation under this service Is one hundr^ fifty dollars as compared to costs up to three and four hun dred dollars for the same pro cedures offered by other ser- vices. ^ , Are the abortions performed in North Carolina? next meeting. Student voting on the amendments will not be affected by this decision. The amendments which stu dents wlllbevotlngon are print ed below. Article III: Executive Branch Section 4c. The Student Cabi net Is the coordinating agency for campus student activities at an executive level; makes recommendations to, asks opin ions of, and hears all College- related bodies; Implements all approved legldatlon; approves all operating codes and by laws of Student Association Or ganization; approves all Presl- dental appointments with ex ception of elected offices of the Student Association and others specified In this Constitution. Article rV; Legislative Branch Section IB. The IDS con sists of the Vice-President of the Student Association, the President and Vice-President of each dormitory and two day student representatives. A d- visory representation, the pre ference of which the IDS may specify, is selected in keeping with procedures provided in the Faculty By-Laws. c. The IDS considers all ques tions of student welfare and gen eral student Interest; serves as coordinating body for Inter- dormitory Activities and pro grams; considers and initiates Not usually. They are usually performed in New York at a place well-checked out by medi cal authorities. They are safe, legal and require no waiting period. Transportation costs to New York are additional; North Carolina hospitalization costs would run the bill higher for abortions done in the state. The North Carolina laws are also stricter than New York’s. What happens if a woman needs an abortion but can’t af ford one? Funds have been provided by the Presbyterian Church U. S. to aid women of any denomina tion with loans or grants where there is a financial need. There also have been private donations to these funds. For example, a West Virginia coal mine opera- (Continued to Page 3) all legislation; refers legisla tion to the Student Association President for his approval or veto; has the power to over ride the Student President’s veto by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, hears recommenda tions from the Student As sociation Treasurer and ap proves a budget for the Student Association and authorizes any expenditures necessary out side the budget; appoints com- m 111 e e s necessary for the operation of the business of the Senate; fills any vacancies which occur in the cabinet; has the power to Impeach and re move from office any officer of the Student Association, (other than adorm President and Vice- President and the off campus representative to the IDS, who may be Impeached by their con- stitueits only with a two-thirds vote of approval by the IDS); establishes all courts and judi ciary committees not herein established; and by atwo-thlrds vote of the Senate gives con sent for membership of Stu dent Association agencies In all local, regional, and national organizations. Article V; Judical Branch Section 8. Summer Court a. In the absence of regular courts during the summer ses sions there shall be formed a (Continued to Page 2) Honor Society Picks 34; Dinner To Be March 16 The St. Andrews Honor So ciety elected twelve new full members and twelve new af filiate members at Its first meeting of the year last night. They also created a new cate gory of associate member to which ten members were elect ed. The annual dinner for. all SF. Andrews Honor Stu dents was plannedfor March 16. Juniors named to full mem- Students Play Management Game Students George Bernhardt, John Bullard and Bob Schurke represented St. Andrews in competition with twenty-six other Intercollegiate manage ment game. The competition took place last weekend at the Triangle Universities Comput ation Center (TUCC) in the Re search Triangle Park. “The Executive Game” was played by three groups of nine teams each. The St. Andrews group was first runner up In Industry 2, beaten out by UNC- Asheville. Overall winner In the competition was Wake Forest which received a cash prize donated by Wachovia Bank & Turst Co., and a prize of free computer time. The contest was sponsored by the North Caro lina E ducational Computing Service. Skip Holmes advised the St. Andrews team. bership with an average of 3.25 or above are: Anita Adams, George Bernhardt, Dianne H u c k 1 n s. Sue Hunting, Mary Hutcheson, Sarah Isley, Peggy Oliver, Vickie Shepherd, Lee Southwell, and Sally Speer. Jun iors named to affiliate mem bership with a 3.00 or above average are: Paul Chesney, Da vid Dolge, Patti Fox, Elizabeth Hane, Kathy Koch, Margaret Llgon, Mollye MacLeod, Hutch Megee, Fran Vardeman, and Beth West. Seniors newly elected to full membership are: Lucy Wilson and Alice Squires. Seniors new ly elected to affiliate member ship are Hosea Jones and Mar tin Walker. Ten seniors who have been enrolled at St. Andrews for less than five terms and two winter terms but who have averages of 3.00 or above were named associate members of the Honor Society. They are: Cathryn Benz, Philip Cheney, Richard Coyle, Jennifer Dickson, Judith Edwards, Anne Hope, Margaret Ross, Bob Stawski, Don Wil- hoyte, and Joan Womble. Present full members of the Honor Society are Sally Ed monds, Milll Gibson, Diane Grant, Sara Lee, Patsy Slaugh ter, Don Stroud, Jane Wilfong, Melissa Pllklngton. Affiliate members are Craig Barton, Sally Carlson, Glenn Hundter- mark. Jay Jerome, Mildred Kinney, Mike Reynolds, Cathy Van Gorder, andWalter Wright.