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Blessings . . . Pope
As a senior, I feel it necessary to defend the college that I
chose to give me my education.
In the four years that I have gone to school here and called
this campus my home, I have heard all kinds of critics com
plain about St. Andrews. Most of what they had to say is pure
BUNK.
I remember the big threat open dorms presented to the
college. People outside our community criticized the admin
istration for being too easy on its students. Accused them of
harboring immorality. How foolish.
As a sophomore, during the period of strongest criticism, I
wrote a column proclaiming all students at St. Andrews virgins.
I thought that it was the simplest way of protecting the school’s
reputation.
But outside critics did not see the tongue and in cheek
suggestion as humor. Instead many of the advertisers can
celed ads and the paper faced serious trouble.
No one really knows what goes on in the dorms at all times.
I assume that a little “playing around” does exist, but it is not
overt. Much more sex (Lord help us for using that word) was
going on in the minds of those who did not live in the dorms.
For myself, I think open dorms is a nice convenience.
It is nice to be able to give a party or have friends up to talk
and not have to worry about an eight o’clock closing time or
anything that ridiculous. (Yes, world, it is possible to have a
Platonic relationship with a member of the opposite sex.)
I also resent the critics on campus who say they do not like
the St. Andrews student because he does not get involved.
Again BUNK.
The St. Andrews student does get involved, but he does not
like to be pushed into anything. Pushy professor
activists can cause more resentment than good feeling on this
side of the lake. A professor should worry more about what
goes on inside his classroom than he does about what goes
on this side of the lake.
I'm not saying that St. Andrews is perfect. Certainly faults
exist here, if they didn’t I would not have had anything to write
about all year. But these things cannot outweigh the pleasure
that I have found here.
When I personally have found at St. Andrews many not in
terest many people, but to me they are important. This school
has offered me the freedom to be myself, not someone man
ufactured for the plasure of others. Anyone who expects every
one to like him is a fool. But I have learned that the few people
who don’t like you for being you, make up for all the people
who look at you funny.
I have received a valuable education here, yes, even in the
classroom. It took me almost three years to realize that there
was one available here. I am not sorry that it took me that long,
because it is a lot of fun to learn and to play with the minds of
other people. But I am glad that I learned it. There are many
seniors who will receive their degrees on May 21 and they
have not found this and never will. It is possible to go through
four years of college without learning a thing; and I suppose
it is possible to go through life without learning a thing. How sad.
In another week the life of Blessings . .. Pope will come to a
close. My closing remarks are personal, and directed to a group
of people that I will always remember no matter how miles and
years I am away from St. Andrews -- the drama group.
They are temperamental, sensitive, critical people, but the
greatest group of friends that a person could ask for. When
you work with and get to know this group you have friends that
you can count on for anything.
Sure, some think they are kooks because they like to act,
put on make-up in order to become someone else, sing, dance
but even more importantly, they like to laugh and they like to
give of themselves to anyone who is willing to sit down and be
entertained. I love them.
(I know this column is the drippy, Miss America speech
type. But, in two weeks I will be a graduate and I look forward
to it with expectations and with a sense of loss. A loss for the
place where I grew up.
(Some of you may not appreciate this, but I am not writing
for you this week. I am writing for those who will appreciate
it, those that I will mis.)
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THURSDAY, MAY 4 iq7Mi
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Elections Board Challenged;
Appeal For Student Support
BY GLENDA BUCK
During the WSAP elections
forum last Thursday night, the
Elections Board was publicly
challenged as acting unconsti
tutionally in scheduling the Stu
dent Association elections. The
Constitutional Article in ques
tion is Article XII, Section 1,
which states that “The officers
of the Student Association with
the exception of off-campus re
presentatives to the IDS are
elected in a general election be
fore the end of April. .
The grounds for the challenge
are based on the following
points; 1) The run-off election
of President of Student As
sociation held on Monday, May
1, fell after the April 30th
deadline and is, therefore, un
constitutional; and 2) since
Article xn, Section 1, speci
fies off-campus representa
tives to the IDS as the only ex
ceptions to the April 30th dead
line, the scheduling of elections
of dorm officers violates the
deadline set in the Constitution.
The reasons I challenged the
validity of the schedule set by
the Elections Board are com
plex, but they basicly center
around the absurdity of an
Elections Board which know
ingly acts unconstitutionally on
one point, but refuses to act
unconstitutionally on another,
i.e., the postponement of all
election procedure until the
faculty could act on the referen
dum concerning the qualifica
tions for the office of President
and Vice-President, an act
which ignored the expressed de
sire of the student body as
shown in the petition and
referendum. I did not have con
fidence in the structure of stu
dent government as outlined in
the Constitution; however, I did
have faith in the student body
of St. Andrews to be concerned
and seek resolution in this ques
tionable situation.
Now I’m not so optimistic
about S.A.'s student body. Since
I made that challenge \\4iich so
drastically affects the election
of Student Association cfticers
only a handful of students have
even approached me about my
position. Whether anyone
agreed or disagreed with my
action is not important. But
whether or not anyone was con-
cerned enough to question me
about an action that bears di.
rectly on his/her representa
tion in student government is
of utmost importance.
This is an appeal to the Stu
dent body to make themselves
heard. Next year brings the
revision of a C onstitution which,
as is now obvious, is ineffective
and ambivalent. If the student
body of St. Andrews expects a I
workable, effective Constitution I
to exist after the revision, each
student must take an active in
terest in the revision by ex-
pressing to his/her representa
tives in the Student Association
hisAer opinions, suggestions,
and insights, or else be willing
to accept a dictatorship by of
ficers who must work only with
their own opinions and insists.
Presidential Primary May 6;
Voters Urged To Participate
BY MARSHALL GRAVELY
North Carolina will hold its
first Presidential preference
primary this Saturday, May 6th,
and the results will be im
portant for a number of rea
sons. Also on the ballot will be
races for Democratic and
Republican nominations for
governor, lieutenant governor,
U.S. Senator, and U.S. House
of Representatives. The ma
jor interest, though, lies In the
Presidential race.
The primary will feature for
the first time this election year
a head-to-head contest between
two Southern candidates who, by
their own adniission, represent
the two poles of Southern politi
cal oninion. Former N.C, Gov-
erwr Terry Sanford and Ala
bama Gov. George Wallace are
the two candidates. This is San
ford’s first primary since he
declared his candidacy for the
Presidency last month. Wallace
has been in all the primaries
thus far and was the landslide
winner in the Florida primary
earlier this year.
These two candidates repre
sent the two poles of Southern
politics -- Wallace on the right
and Sanford in the center of the
Democratic spectrum. Wallace
has gained many votes because
of his outspoken stands against
busing and for a revamping of
the tax system. Sanford is well
knovra for his term as Governor
during which many advances
were made in the field of pub
lic education on all levels, and
for his book on desegregation in
the South, “Storm Over The
States”. He is currently Presi
dent of Duke University.
The main point of the North
Carolina campaign has centered
on the relative chances that each
man has for gaining the national
recognition needed for nomina
tion. Wallace is much better
known nationally, while San
ford says he has the new ap
proach needed to gain solutions
to national problems. Sanford
has admitted that his showing
here could also make him a
viable candidate for Vice-
President should Hubert Hum
phrey or George McGovern gain
the nomination. On the Repub
lican side, President Nixon is
running unopposed, as he has
since his two Congressional
challengers dropped out of the
race. On the Democratic ballot,
there will appear the names
Chisolm, Jackson, and Muskie,
but the main race is between
Sanford and Wallace.
On the statewide level, sev
eral close races have develop
ed in the primary. Lt. Governor
Pat Taylor and St. Sen. Har
grove (Skipper) Bowles are the
main candidates for Governor
on the Democratic side, and
they will very likely partici
pate in a later runoff for the
votes that go to the other can
didates, Also running are Wil-
bur Hobby, State AFL-CIO
President; Dr. Reginald Haw
kins, a black Charlotte dentist;
and a number of lesser candi
dates. On the Republican side,
businessman Jim Gardner and
state GOP chairman Jim Hol-
shouser are running hard for
their party’s nomination. The
race is considered too close to
call in most polls.
Sen. B. Everett Jordan is
being strongly challaiged byi|
Rep. Nick Galifianakls for the
Democratic nomination forU.Si
Senator. Polls give Jordan a
slight edge at this time for
renomination. On the Republi
can ticket, ultraconservative
journalist Jesse Helms is hold
ing a commanding lead for the
nomination over several lesser
candidates. No runoff in either
race is e35>ected.
In the race for Lieutenant|
Governor, Democrats Jim Hunt j
and Roy Sowers are the major
candidates with Margaret Har-;
per and Reginald Frazier also I
running. The Hunt-Sowers race j
is considered very close atthis
time.
There are other positions be-1
ing contested in the state and aj
number of Congressional of
fices are up for nomination. |j
These are too numerous to re
view here, but the major racesH
already mentioned are oJ
greatest interest. A number of Ij
St. Andrews students will be
voting either here in Laurinburg
or at their homes throu^out the I
state, many for the first time.
This primary will be an op
portunity to participate in aMi|
levels of voting. If you are eli-
gible and registered, don’t miss j
the opportunity.
Bowles For Governor
Dear Editor;
Here are some reasons to
consider voting for Bowles for
Governor in Saturday’s pri
mary election;
1. “The Environmental BUI
of Rights,” which he introduc
ed and wishes to see as a Con
stitutional pledge.
2. A proposal for No-Fault
auto insurance which would help
all people cut their insurance
premiums 20 to 30 per cent.
The plan would be based on other
states where the plan already
exists.
3. Career Education, because
“ . . . our schools have looked
down on a man who works with
his hands . . and so that
“ . , . the 80 out of 100 young I
men and women \^^o do not go 1
to college can get good jobs
and raise our percaplta In-1
come...” .1
4. With Career Education ana
the rise in per capita income |
there will be no need for a r e L
In taxes. “I am absolulteiyj
positively opposed to any new I
or increased taxes of any kind. P
If you are registered in Nortni
Carolina and haven’t voted VI
absentee ballot then please go|
home on Saturday, May 6 an
vote. If you can see that j
les has something constructive!
to offer, please vote for
If not, vote anyway.
- Chip French