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PAGE TWO Blessings. , .Pope will not be published this week due to illness brought on by C & C 402. Judicial Decisions Need Publication There is no structure so perfect it can be exempt from cri ticism. There is no structure functioning so satisfactorally that it cannot be improved. Those things that were brought into existence years ago and were viewed as being creative, neces sary and innovative then, may not be so now. The condUions un der which various things are created change and by doing so the situations they were created to apply to also change. Some things need less regulation, others need more, while still others re quire altering. St. Andrews seems to have embarked on a period of self questioning. Traditions that quickly formed over the past ten years are now subject to review to determine the effect they are having upon the campus and the service they are providing for community members. Open-dorms, required courses, and the grading system have all become subjects for scrutiny and even some action. The fol lowing of proper channels and the self-conscious attempt to remain rational, and the honesty of most in expressing their motivation behind their stance has benefitted the attempts to elicit change thus far. Another area that should become subject for review and the cause for debate is the judicial system. The judicial system exists — at least moist people hear a rumor to that effect. But only those immediately involved in some phase of the judicial process know if the rumor is fact for sure. A part of the function the judicial system exists for is to act as deterrent. The very presence of such a body as the judicial board serves as a silent, yet generally ever-present warning not to cheat, steal, or plagarize. Yet, for some the presence of the judicial board becomes less threatening than having to fail a course and cheating or plagiarizing takes form. Some are caught, others are not. But for those who are caught the unpredictability of the action the board will take, and if found guilty the punishment the board will levy, becomes a problem of fairness and equality. The accused have nothing upon which to base a guess as to what may happen or what fines might be issued against them. Does a student this year receive the same type and quantity of punishment as a student found guilty of a similar wrong doing a year or so ago? Does a student, prior to committing an offense, realize the probable consequences of the offense should he or she be caught and found guilty? The members of the judicial board apparently do not have ac cess to or at least do not take advantage of past transcripts and their decisions. Should a totally new board be elected next year, as it was last year, the members of the board have to form their decisions as to how to handle cases and issues without the benefit of prior experience or knowledge of how boards in the past handled similar cases. This year’s board has attempted to define degrees of wrong doing. For example, one board member stated on plagiarism cases the board had worked on developing decisions based upon intent. A person who unconsciously plagiarizes is not dealt with in the same manner as someone who deliberately planned to plagiarize. To us, this type of thinking is beneficial to students — making application of law according to circumstances of the case. But any positive gains along this and other lines might well be lost should there be a complete turnover of judicial board members. It seems to us, the way to surmount these problems is to have the Attorney General select a member of the board who participated in a given case to write up, and have published and filed the factual part of the case along with the board’s decision and reasoning that formed the decision. We are aware of the desire and need of students to remain anonymous when involved in a case. However, a case could l>e assigned a number by which it could be filed and referred to. The names of those involved could be deleted and in their places standard code names could be employed. For example; defendant #1, defendant #2; plaintiff #1, plaintiff #2; board member #1, board member #2. Should decisions and opinions of the board be published, it would at least allow students to know what type of punishment could be expected by committing an offense — thereby acting as a deterrent to prevent future offenses. At best it would ac complish this end and would also lend continuity to the action of the board. Contributors to this issue: DAVE MILLS WILLIAM PAULEY DAVID McNAIR JULLVN DAVIS DEBBIE WESTRICK KEN WATKINS JOHN DAUGHTREY RANDY RANDOLPH CHARLES JOYNER GEORGE WEIMER CHIP FRENCH the lance THURSDAY, MARCH 1R 191 Perspective On Problems Courses, Food, People Editor- There has been much talk lately about required courses (e.g. STMS); both pro and con. Any student or faculty mem ber not acquainted with the is sues would have to be close to being deaf. Required courses, of course, is one reason that many people dislike and are disillusioned with college. They dislike all the Mickey Mouse courses that are “offered”, especially to new students. Well, that’s not what I wish to discuss here. I would like to write on college as a whole. I would like to express the feel ings of a former student of a progressive prep school. I have spent three long years in a boarding school, although they were possibly the best, the most prosperous, and the happiest years of my life, one can get tired of such an existence. I did. Therefore, when I came to college, I had already, un knowingly, placed a big minus on any school I would have at tended. Now, many students who come here from public schools have never had the chance to really live at their school. (Let me add that they therefore can not appreciate fairly good, and I’ve eaten at bad cafeterias, institutional food.) They look forward to It and even enjoy it as I did when I started at my prep school. Someday, though, they’ll get tired of it and ques tion it and revolt against it, like those who live off campus and in much the way they are now with required courses. Now I would like to discuss the mentioned people. There are quite a few “mirror" peo ple here. They meet a person or a culture and, in order to impress him or them, these people reflect the latter’s life style. This is not to be con fused with two-facedness or a multi-faceted person. These are Gemini traits, as weGemi- nians can tell you. Don’t get me wrong; there are many real people here, but one must delve very deep to uncover most of them. Finally, I’d like to write on the academics. I find St. An drews courses to be some of the best, most Informative courses given by any college or i versity. But, like the very vy majority of schools, studel do not and cannot feel asthoul they are truly relevant. i - I am sure many college sh| dents, look around me and sj my friends and former peej making livings for themselv^ and succeeding at life withol a college education. We qui tion why we are in college, wi not in the world ourselvej After all, we constantly i about how hard it is for col lege graduates and even mai ters students to find work, know for myseU that if col leges offered more independeT courses and courses which coj sisted of training outside school, many drop-outs woul be students and graduates. Let me end by saying, Andrews, you are losing me a you and all American collegi are losing people like me. do not see eye to eye and I too bad. For me and for yoi I hope education can chand before you do lose us — befoi it's really too late. —Dan Breidegam Hitchhikers And M.P.’s Cause Student Dehiys At Ft. Bragg BY DAN BREIDEGAM One o’clock in the morning. We ’ re getting back from a week end in Atlanta. Hold It. There’s a hitch-hiker. Pick him up. Where’re you going, man? Camp LeJuene? Well, we’re going to Laurinburg. Bad place for a ride. We’ll take youtoLumber- ton. We end up taking him to Fort Bragg. We dropped Tom Hay off at school. (This is not important, but he missed the experience, so the least I can do is put his name in the paper. He’d be mad if I didn’t.) Zipping up 401 like a country boy findinghimself in the ladles’ room. Just outside of Laurin burg we see three more hitch hikers. Can’t stop! “Turn around.” Turns out they’re going to Fort Bragg. Their VW broke down, and they just walked from Lumberton. Yeah, so thatbottle came in handy, huh! Get near Fayetteville. Oops, missed the turn-off. Well, go through this field. Nobody likes weeds, anyway. Get to Ft. Bragg. Soldier No. 1: “Pull over here." On the left? “Yeah, that’s fine.” O.K. everybody out. Oh, wait a min ute—the M.P.s. M.P. No. 1: “You know you’re sitting in the left-hand lane of a two-lane street?” No. “Well, you are. Hold it, you ain’t go- ing nowhere.” (Translation; You’re in a heap o' trouble, boy!) Soldier No. 2; “I feel like runnln' down that road.” M.P. No. 1: “Everybody in the car, you’re going to follow us. Try any stunts and you’ve had it.” We're driving to headquar ters. Soldier No. 2; “If they hadn’t seen me. I’d jump out here. ” Five minutes later, “There’s my barracks, how ‘bout stopping. No, they’d get me.” Here we are at headquarters. M.P. No. 1: “Up against the wall.” I thou^t about it, but figured I’d better sit on the bench instead. They take my driver’s license. Hc^)e I get that back. I need it to get into dirty movies. Everybody gives this guy (must be about 4’ 10” because he’s up behind his plat form about two feet from the real floor) some identification. Guy behind the platform desk says, “So back to the briefing room.” So what do they want to brief us on? Soldier No. 2; “H they didn't have my I.D., I'd jump out the window.” I feel like pushing him out. The Marine is quite h^py be cause now he has a good excuse for being AWOL. I think I’m gonna call my mother and freak her out and tell her I'm at Fort Bragg. “You? I though you were against the war. Your draft number is 207. What has that school done to you?” Soldier No. 1: “They can’t hold me. I outrank ‘em all.” They don't hold us. “Don’t let us see you around here again.” I feel like telling that to my draftboard. Drop the Marine offatFaye| tevUle bus station. Finally, ( our way. “Hey, there’s a hitch-hlkei^ let’s pick him up.” Hey, yo| want to join him? I got a STM test tomorrow. Didn’t matter. We pickedhlJ up and I slept througji the tesf Student Taxesj Students who earn more i $1,700 in a calendar year required to file federal incom tax returns. Those eamingove| $1,000 in North Carolina mu file a North Carolina income t' return. Students who expect t earn in excess of these amountt must have Income tax withheu from their paychecks. But tlioa who anticipate smaller earr ings may file an exemption ceij tificate and thereby i such withholdings being nia To implement these requlr ments, the St. Andrews Bus ness Office has requested eaq work-study student to come t the office to complete the neces| sary forms. THE LANCE Staff Editor Associate Editor Lani Bald" Associate Editor - Marshall Gravel^ Business Manager Hunter Watsoi Copy Editor Elaine Thomaf Advisor Mr. Fowler Dugg6| Staff writers: Ligon Perrow, Rod Brown, Dan Breidegam Susan Harris. The Editorial staff’s intent is to maintain professional st dards within the guidelines put forth by the Code of j sibility. Signed articles reflect the opinion of the author, whe^ as unsigned editorials and articles reflect the majority of the staff. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those the College. Letters to the editor and articles are welco®®* though subject to space limitations. Subscription rates $2.50 per semester. Advertising rates $ .90 per column inch. 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