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THURSDAY, MARCH 6,1975
THE LANCE
THE LANCE
staff
Lin Thompson
Associate Editor Walter Ktientzel
Staff Beth Rambo, Kathy Lunsford, Vernon
Alford, Lin Thompson, Tim Tourtellotte
Art Editor Susan Bainbridge
Sports Kim Philips, Richard Hudson
Photographers Kim McRae, Tony, Ridings
Circulation Manager Kathy Salkin
Business Managers
Advisor Fowler Dugger
Hie editorial staff’s intent is to maintain professional
standards within the guidelines set forth by the Code of
Responsibility. Signed editorials reflect the opinion of the
author, while unsigned editorials reflect the majority
opinion of the staff. Opinions expressed are not necessarily
those of the collie. Letters to the Editor and articles are
welcomed, though subiect to space limitations. Box 757
Gordon Ball
Relates Ginsberg Friendship
Editorial
Energy Waste
A building contest has been going on these past few years
between various North Carolina banking institutions in
Charlotte. The current title-holder in the height category is
North Carolina National Bank which recently opened a 40-story
tower sheathed in reflective glass. Six-sided, it dominates the
skyline with its walls carrying the shimmering outlines of the
smaller, more humble buildings that surround it.
The hands down winner in the Energy Waste Category,
however, is Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., whose new 32-story
edifice is iUuminated, from top to bottom, aU night Ung, by 164-
1,000 watt lights. According to Felix de Golian, projects director
for the Wachovia Center, the lighting is a “fun way” to call
attention to Charlotte’s “new, vibrant do™town.” Mr. de
GoUan sees the lighting project, which uses as much electricity
in one hour as the average family does in a week, as a “very
significant benefit to downtown Charlotte for the drop-in-the-
bucket cost of electricity” Wachovia enjoys. Under current
power rates which make electricity cheapest for those who use it
the most, Wachovia pays about $2.50 an hour for their
electricity; the average residential customer would pay $4.16.
We find Mr. deGolian’s reasoning just short of ridiculous.
There is no justifiable reason for such an ostentatious display of
corporate ego at a time when the public at large faces
skyrocketing power costs. As for Mr. deGolian’s desire to leave
the lights on all night, we wonder just how many people are
likely to be out enjoying the Wachovia Center’s significant
contribution to the vibrant new downtown life of Charlotte at 3
o’clock in the morning ?
For the Wachovia Center’s owners to think that such blatant
irresponsibility would go unnoticed is the kind of out-of-touch-
with-the public attidue that deserves a letter of protest. Address
them to Felix deGolian, Projects Director, The Wachovia
Center, 400 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.
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evening
March 13: BasebaU vs. UNC-W; 3:00 p.m.
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Pulitzer Prize nominee Gor
don Ball visited the St, An
drews campus last week to
visit his friend Ron Bayes and
talk about his book “Allen
Verbatim.” Subtitud “Lec
tures on Poetry, Politics and
Consciousness,” the work is a
compilation of lectures and
talks by famed author-poet
Allen Ginsburg.
Ball was introduced by Ron
Bayes, who, noting that
“things happen first at St. An
drews,” quoted a New York
Times review of Allen Ver
batim scheduled to appear on
March 1. The author talked
with flie small group in the
New Meek lounge about his
friendship with Gimsberg and
the transcontinental van trip
from which “Allen” was
drawn.
In addition to discussing his
book and his friendship with
Ginsberg, BaU also described
the career of his 48 year-old
subject. Best known for his
book “Howl,” Ginsberg
deceded to become a poet his
senior year at Columbia
University when, as he later
described it, he heard a voice
reciting William Blakes poem
“Sunflowers” from “Songs of
Experience”.
Ah, Sun-flower,! Weary of
time
Who countest the steps of
the sun.
Seeking after that sweet
golden time
Where the traveller’s jour
ney is done:
Where the yough ined away
with desire
And the pole Virgin
shrouder in Snow
GORDON BALL discusses his book and the life of Allen Gins
burg in an informal session.
Arise from their gravfe, and
aspire
Where my Sun-flower
wishes to go
Noting that Ginsberg
“writes enormously-music,
songs, poems, prose; only
about one-fifth of his work
ever gets published.” Ball
said he was ciu’rently editing
Gimsberg’s journals for
publication. The first in-
stallmen will cover the years
1948 to 1963, with a second
volume anticipated later.
After a break for refresh
ments in Meek director Neal
Bushoven’s apartment, the
group returned to the lounge
to hear a number of unusual
recorded items, including the
only recording of Ginsberg
reading selections from
“Howl”; Ginsberg reading
poetry of William Blake with
accompaniment by Bob
Dylan; and finally Ginsberg
reading into a telephone as
part of the “Dial-a-Poem” ser
vice that existed in New.York
in the early 1960’s.
New Speaker List Proposed
(continued from p.l)
promise could be reached. The
Tuesday meeting then added.
A second meeting was held
on Wednesday night for those
who wished to suggest further
nominees. The Committee
then composed a ballot
hearing twenty-five names
which was deposited in each
seniors box last Friday. The
ballotts were returnable untill
noon on Saturday, at which
time the committee began
tabulating the returns. The
new list, from which a speaker
will be sought, was as its top
ten names the following:
1. Barbara Jordan - (see
above)
2. Jack Anderson-syndicates
columnist - “Washington
Merry-Go-Round”
3. Ken Kesey - author of
“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s
Nest;’’ portayed in Tom
Wolfes’s “Electric Kool-Aid
Acid Test”
4. Susie Sharp - Chief Justice
of the N. C. supreme court;
Only woman in America to
hold that post
i). Anne Erlich - (see above)
6. James Dickey - poet,
author of best-seller
“Deliverance”
7. Lillian Woo-noted North
Carolina consumer advocate,
formerly with Consumer
Protection Agency of the N. C.
Department of Justice
8. Leslie Fiedler-critic;
author of “Love and Death in
the American Novel”
9. Herbert Marcus-noted
professor of philosophy and
author of “One-Dimensional
Man”
10. Joyce Carol Oates-
author; winner of 1970
National Book Award;
professor at the University of
Windsor (Canada)
The candidates will each be
contacted by Dr. Hart, who
will go down the list until one
agrees to come. The process is
expected to take several more
weeks.
The statement in last week’s
editorial claiming that this
school was first advertised
‘For Whites Only,” is misin
formation. In fact I am told
that it was the underlying sen
timent of many of the first
faculty members that in
tegration be the policy.
As the result of a survey taken
last Fall, the weekend library
hours have been changed.
From now on, the library will
be open on Saturday from 1-5
p.m. and on Sunday from 2-
11:30 p.m. This represents an
increase of 1.5 hours a week.
r
Recruiters from the following businesses/school systems will
be on campus to interview interested seniors for career
employment on the following dates:
Rose’s Stores, Inc. - Thursday, March 13
Burroughs-Wellcome - Monday and Tuesday, March 17 and 18
Chesterfield County, S. C. Schools - Tuesday, April 15
Raleigh, N. C. Schools - Thursday, April 17
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company - Wednesday, AprU 23
For more specific information concerning each company and
to sign for interviews students should contact me in the
Placement Office (Ext. 397).
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