THE LANCE
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Lin Thompson
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Beth Rambo ,
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Photographers Kim McRae, Tony Skip Taylor
Acting Advisor Dr. Wdham Loftus
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in its editorial policy. Signed editorials reflect the opinion of the
author, while unsigned comment represents a consensus of
staff opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the
college. Letters are welcomed but subject to space limitations.
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Editorials
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Not Bad, Voters
In the last few weeks The
Lance has run a number of ar
ticles and commentaries on
apathy in the student com
munity at St. Andrews toward
student government in
general and the recent elec
tions in particular. These were
attempts to point out areas in
which the degree of student in
terest and involvement leave
a great deal to be desired.
In this, though, as in most
issues, there is another side of
the coin. Last week’s elections
saw more candidates (if
somewhat unevenly
distributed) for office than
ever before. Seventy-five per
cent of the students voted,
with several dorms
registering eighty and even
ninety percent of their
residents at the polling places.
In terms of most college elec
tion participation, this is sim
ply phenomenal. At North
Carolina State recently,
student government elections
drew just over 1700 voters out
of a student population of over
13,000. Across the Smokies in
Tennessee, Vanderbilt
University’s student
association is being run by an
appointed “caretaker” ad
ministration because no one
would run for anything.
While there are things that
still want improvement in our
elections process and the level
of interest and participation in
it, there are as also areas
which are really outstanding.
For those, especially last
week’s large turnout. The lan
ce salutes the student body.
A View From
The Real World
Living in a relatively self-contained community as we at St.
Andrews do can be a nice thing at times. At other times it can be
a real hindrance. One area in which this holds true is when we
try to get an idea of how other people see us as an institution and
as a community. This in turn makes it more difficult to appraise
the strengths and weaknesses of the college and to do something
about them.
This puts us in the position then, of relying on outside input, to
gain this needed perspective. In that vein, we think the following
exerpt from a letter to the Admissions Office staff is worth
considering. The writer is a high school senior who was on
campus in March as a contestant for a Distinguished Scholars
Award and had listed St. Andrews as their first choice. The
person was subsequently offered one of the Awards but chose to
turn it down.
“The atmosphere around the school,” the person writes, “is
very free but I sensed a lack of direction and definite
comnutment. I believe that a certain amount of group and self-
^ciphne must be developed and maintained before true
freedom can be achieved...
“It ap^rs that the campus had suffered an undue amount of
col Wp t ^ ^ coUege, especiaUy a small private
coUege, I am laying for my education and for construction and
mmntenance of facilities. There are certain areas of the campus
where students’ efforts to ‘express’ themselves could have bL^
' philosophy of your
«*ool. I think that defacing and ruining proirtv is
in^gement upon the rights of other students ”
Think about that.
Thursday, April 17
Letters .
THE LANCE
• •
DearSir:
Local high school students
reached a peak of ob
noxiousness on the St. An
drews campus last Friday
night, April 11, as they suc
ceeded in making a nuisance
of themselves during the
Howard Hanger Trio’s con
cert. Not only did they persist
in wandering aimlessly in and
out of the gym, but at one point
became so noisy that a mem
ber of the band had to aks
them to show a little con
sideration for the audience
and the performers.
We understand that this is
not the first occasion of
problems caused by these
students. Readers of “The
Dialogue” will recall recent a
protest concerning these
students monopolizing gym
facilities, especially on
weekends. Their cars crowd
the parkinglots and they leave
beer cans and broken bottles
lying about indiscrimately.
They have extended the
“cruising circuit” to include
the St. Andrews traffic circle,
where they endeavor to run
down pedestrians and make
lewd remarks to passing
women.
We realize that Laurin-
burg’s facilities for weekend
thrills are limited. Our ob
jection is not to the kids using
our facilities, but rather to
vast crowds of them loitering,
turning the circle into a race
track, and to minors drinking
beer in the parking lots and
then leaving the trash behind.
We feel that security should be
tightened on the parking lots
and that activity cards should
be checked more carefully in
the gym. Additionally there
should be something done
about the loitering (merely
annoying) and the dragging in
the traffic circle (dangerous).
Obviously we cannot expect
these people to behave as if
they were college students.
However, it does seem as if
they could display a little com
mon courtesy. After all, this is
our home, such as it is, for
nine months of the year, and
we would certainly not hang
out drinking beer in their
driveways.
Sincerely,
Beth Rambo
Yvonne Mason
Linda ScMllerstrom
Editorial
Confessions
Last week’s Lance was an
interesting issue, mainly in
the slipshod way it was put
together. An explanation is in
order.
Ordinarily I drop by the of
fice of The Laurinburg Ex
change, where The Lance is
printed on Thursday af
ternoons, to help out with final
copyreading and other odd
jobs. The layout of the paper is
entrusted to other staff mem
bers with experience in that
area of newspaper work. Last
week I arrived at The Ex
change to find that I was the
only person from The Lance
staff who was able to be
present. The paper was yet to
be laid out. After several
moments of sheer panic, I set
tled down to my first leam-as-
you-go lesson in laying out a
newspaper. My inexperience
slowed me down considerably,
leaving little time for
proofreading. That accounts
for the exorbitant number of
typographical errors in the
paper. For those of you who
have been searching vainly
for a week to find on page four
the continuation of the page
one articles on Princess de
Rachewiltz and Dean Doubles,
they are on page three. I have
no idea how I managed that
one. Even more mystifying to
me is why I took an article on
the St. Andrews track team’s
victory over Methodist
College and put on it a
headline reading “KNIGHTS
WHIP PEMBROKE”.
To any and all who were
bothered or inconvenienced by
my initiation to the art of
newspaper layout I apologize.
The people who regularly han
dle layout, having seen my
handiwork, assure me it will
not happen again.
—Lin Thompson
To the Editor:
You do not have to know
where I am from, but in the
case of publications and other
matters, I think the facts
should be right. There is a joke
which goes like this: All Orien-
tals look alike, aU Americans
look alike, even foreigners-
especially blacks-look alike. I
may look like a Ghanaian, and
although both countries are in
West Africa, I would rather
remain a Nigerian.
Thank You,
Mary M. Solomon
(Editor’s note: The letter
refers to an incorrect caption
under a photograph on the in
ternational students’ seminar
in last week’s paper. We
apologize.)
AH, THE IRONY-Dr. Larry
Schulz of the Politics Depart
ment reports that while he
was attending a recent con
ference in Chapel Hill on
peace research, a group of
vandals came roaming along
and smashed in the windshield
of a number of cars parked
outside, including his own.
Want To
Be A
Doctor?
According to Sciaice Division
Chairman Dr. Donald Barnes,
the success rate of placing S.
Andrews applicants in
medical school may reach 100
per cent this year. The
national average is 30 per
cent.
Bames noted that thus far
students have been accepted
at medical schools in North
Carolina and Vii^inia, “and
possibly Kentucky, Cahfornia
and Missouri.” He said that at
least St. Andrews’ record
would more than double that
of the national average.
Dick Bakken Poetry Reading;
En “chant” ing
The Student Union Lounge
was the scene of a marathon
poetry reading last night as
three guest poets entertained
the student body for over three
hours.
Scheduled readers Chuck
Sullivan and Dick Bakken
were joined by Dick Pudassic,
a young painter, poet and
musician from Greenville,
N.C.
The evening began with
readings from Chuck
Sullivan’s newly published
book, “Vanishing l^cies” as
well as earlier works.
Sullivan, a native of New Ya-k
City, attended Belmont-Abbey
College and later spent a year
working with the Vista
program. He is currently
teaching in the Winston-Salem
area. Sullivan, who describes
himself as “basically mad”,
sipped (HI a beer during his
recitaticms.
V
Dick Bakken rounded out
the fidd of poets.
Portland (Oregon) Poet
Dick Bakkan read from
his own work at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 16, 1975, at
the Student Union, St. An
drews Presbyterian College.
Bakkan, currently in residen
ce at Thomas Jefferson
College in Michigan, is an
authority in American Indian
chants and poetry. Founder of
the Portiand Poetry Festival,
which has drawn as iMny as
5,000 local citizens in its sum
mer celebration, Bakkan
worked for several years wiw
underprivileged and retards
children. He recites all of his
works from memory.
February, he 'published
“Phallus in Dallus”.
The highlight of
Bakken’s presentation was
not, however, his own wo •
His reading of several poetn