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THE LANCE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1971
THE LANCE
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STEVE LIND
ALAN COLEMAN
ELAINE ARNETT
KAREN KENNEDY
LYNN SIMPSON
THOMAS SOMERVILLE
RANDY LONG
BANKS GARRISON
ROY HAYDEN
PAUL CHESNEY
KEN WATKINS
ARTHUR MCDONALD
News Anfllysis i i ir%
Real Attica Issue should Be
Need of Prison Reform
BY CHUCK GADINIS
From September 9 until 15,
prisoners at Attica State Prison
In New York held guards and
other prison officials hostage
while demanding complete am
nesty. After the prisoners had
turned down an ultimatum to
free their hostages, a full-
scale assault on the prison was
ordered by State Correction
Commissioner Russell G. Os
wald, with the full consent and
support of Governor Rocke
feller. Seventeen hundred state
troopers, national guardsmen
and sheriff’s deputies stormed
the entrance of the recreation
area of the prison. The results
Blessings. . .Pope
1 am not a complete reactionary, but I do believe that when
something from the past is missing from the present we
should bring it back.
What I am proposing is that we bring back the days of
Jewel Peacock,
The Business Office needs her desparately.
No longer is it possible to go there and get a check cashed
and know that someone is waiting on you.
Peacock, as she signed her little notes, always let you
know that she was helping you.
Now all we get is a complete impersonal transaction.
The other day I went to the office to get a check cashed
and the lady who helped (?) me acted as if I had interru^ed
something really important. (Lord knows it must be im
portant because they do it behind frosted doors.)
I don’t know what goes on behind those frosted doors, but
when Peacock was there and in the open all you had to do was
walk into the office and she was talking to you.
Now, they do all of their work in the inner sanctum and
only deal with the public when necessary.
That’s why I call for the return of the good old days.
I am dying to see a note on a drink machine reading;
“Out of order! Peacock.”
******
Maintenance fixed my next-door-neighbor’s air conditioner.
Well, they only kinda fixed it.
What they did was put in a new motor, but it still doesn't
work.
But that’s okay, it was nice seeing a maintenance man in
the dorm for a change.
They still haven’t been by to see about mine, of course It
is possible that they read the paper and know that a suite-
mate fixed it.
******
Back to the Business office
Got a notice from the business office the other day. Seems
they made a clerical error and undercharged the seniors for
rooms.
Never happened when Peacock was here.
I contend that we learn from our errors.
After all this is what school is all about. I never sent a
professor a notice saying that I had made a clerical error
on an exam and would correct it on the next one.
C’est la guerre!
Question Asks Why
Last year the Lance became concerned over the way St.
Andrews treats non-academic employees. At that time we
learned that two maids had retired and SA was not rehiring
replacements, therefore six had to do the work of eight in less
than forty hours and for $1.65 anhour. Though many of us at St.
Andrews—students, faculty, administrator—express empathy
for the poverty that surrounds SA we refuse to see how we
aid and abett it. How? By paying maids a wage that forces
them to stradle the poverty line; but not providing unemploy
ment compensation before state law required it; by not pro
viding for some type of retirement plan for non-academic
employees. Though the same people who express empathy
demand representation in the forms of specific interest orient
ed committees and special forms of job or student security
(1. e. tenure) we refuse representative groups, representation
on existing committees, or even insurances of job security to
those members of the SA community who keep the campus to
gether and functioning. Why is that Dr. Hart and Dr, Davis?
Why?
Contributors to this Issue:
Women Fight Social Fee
BY KAREN KENNEDY
ELAINE ARNETT
Recently a controversy a-
rose in Wilmington Dorm con
cerning a required $1.50 so-
Long Letter
Editor:
Are you opposed to the quality
of the food you are getting In
the cafeteria? How do you feel
about the fact that you must pay
for this food whether you like
it or not? Do you complain
about the food? Well, if you are
concerned, the time is right
to do something about it. The
food service committee, 1 have
heard, is trying to rectify this
situation. However, they alone
are not enough. They need the
support of the student body,
faculty, and parents (who hap
pen to supply most of the
money). If popular support is
not given to a movement to im
prove the food situation it will
probably fail.
So what can you do? First of
all, think about how you feel.
Is it the taste of the food that
bothers you, or perhaps the way
you feel after you have eaten?
Do you feel that you are not
getting the proper nutrition?
Talk to people and see how they
feel about the existing situation.
Then act accordingly.
One of the most effective lines
of action would be to inform
the people who pay much of the
school expenses (i.e., the pa
rents); supporters of the school;
people with influence, like
board members; the politically
influential, and the Presby
terian churches of North Caro
lina. A short letter could make
a great impact—an investment
of 8? and a few minutes. A talk
with the Deans of Student Per
sonnel or President Hart might
turn the tide. It is easy and
simple to do something and
your opinions do mean some
thing. It is important. So, please
make your opinions heard. Take
action, now.
-Randy Long
cial fee, which the dorm coun
cil had passed at the beginning
of the year. In collecting the fee,
it became evident that a size
able minority of the dorm was
opposed to the fee. The dorm
council met again and the fee
was again passed with two suite
leaders absent and only one dis
senting. Following this action
those who still refused to pay
the fee were informed that if
they did not pay, they would have
to l>e taken before dorm court
for breaking a dorm policy.
They were also told that the
only verdict possible would be
guilty, since the court could
only rule on the question of
breaking a policy.
Although this issue is now
being considered again by the
whole dorm, the deeper impli
cations of this must serve to
bring up the question of w^iat
function a dorm council really
serves. Is the function of an
elite minority in a particular
(Contmued on Page 4)
Thanks For Help
Editor:
The St. Andrews Riding Club
wishes to express its thanks
to all the members of the com
munity who gave their time and
aid during our weekend emer
gency. Your tremendous re
sponse enabled us to maintain
coniinous care for Noel
throu^out the weekend.
Mr. Fowler Dugger
The Riding Club
cs-xss5omir
More Action
Than Bond!
SHAFT'S his name.
SHAFT'S hit game
of the ensuing action were de
vastating. Over thirty prisoners
were killed in the melee of
gunfire and bottle - throwing.
Eight hostages lay dead beside
them. At least ei^ty more peo
ple were injured badly enough
to require hospitalization.
Reaction to this catastrophic
event, the most bloody prison
revolt in United States history,
was extremely typical. A gov
ernment official decreed, “the
corrupt and sick who dwell in
the U.S. are continually at
tempting to usurp the decency
upon which our nation stands.”
A.C.L.U. lawyer William Kint-
sler voiced his contrary opinion
when he queried, “When will
they learn to be patient?”
When one comprehends the
fact that two hostages were
found to have been murdered
before the prison assault began,
one realizes that prudent action
on the part of the correction
authorities was necessary. On
the other hand, harsh and im
prudent reaction against the
prisoners (the ones holding
hostages happened to have been
all black) would merely inten
sify the dilemma. The real issue
which should pervade the minds
of all Americans is not what
should be done to the guilty in
mates; rather what should be
done to bring about immediate
prison reform. The majority of
the nation, including Uie in
cumbent administration, simply
refuses to recognize how horrid
our present civil rehabilitation
system is. Living areas con
tinue to be squalid, psychiatric
care is desperately lacking, and
inmate-prison official relation
ship is dangerously tense. Un
less the innumerable problema
tic conditions which have come
about due to our antiquated
prison system are immediately
obliterated, Attica will not be
the last tragedy which occurs
within the confines of our pri
sons.
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