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Steve Newton
Greg Piccola
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Scott Robertson
Hal Bailey
Mike Snider
Johanna Boxman
Lisa WoHman
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Things Are Afoot
Too many things happened this week.
We were going to use this column initially to talk about tht
sudden acquisition by the Senate of a dual feeling of their own
importance and impotence. After a couple years of trying, the
Senate seems to have finally discovered that it was its own wrost
enemy when it came to getting things done. And lo and behold,
unlike most groups at St. Andrews, when the Senate finally
came to this realization it actually proceeded to begin to set its
house in order. Yes, we were going to talk about the Senate...
And then people began dropping out of student government
like flies in a cloud of Raid. At last count there were at least four
more by-elections for Senate and CUB seats scheduled to come
up on Monday. So we were going to wonder about just what
causes mass resignations from positions of power, what sort of
general malaise must have set in somewhere to suddenly make
everybody lose interest at the same time. That’s what we were
going to write...
Then about Tuesday we heard something very disturbing.
Something that began to give us this sinking feeling in the pit of
our stomachs that we’d heard this song before. If our layout
staff has done its work well you’ve already noticed that
Yearbook troubles are rearing their ugly heads again. In just
about any league you only get three strikes and you’re out. At
this point we can only hope the problems are still surmountable.
And it was going to be such a short, simple editorial.
Changes In Senate
A turnover of Senate members unprecedented in recent
years has served in recent days to fuel a move within the
Senate to reorganize the legislative body to get more done of
substance.
Three seats have changed hands in a week. In Mecklenburg
Hall, Lin Thompson was elected to fill the seat vacated by
Steve Newton last Thursday. The same day Orange Hall
Senator John Courtney gave his notice, and it was learned
Monday by THE LANCE that Granville Senator John Patton
had resigned his seat last Wednesday.
Elections for the Orange and Granville seats will be held
Monday.
No such exodus from student government has been seen
smce 1971 when three Senators resigned in a dispute over a
now-forgotten issue.
While each of the recenOy deported Senators had his own
reasons for leaving, each had expressed the same feeling ot
frustration that the Senate has not been getting anything done
In recent meetings, though, the Senate has begun to take
action to spruce up its image. A revision committee is at work
to reorganize the Senate, a second committee is rewriting the
college s badly organized and poorly written handbook. The
Saltire, and the Senate is embarking on a series of meetings in
each dorm to seek out, first-hand students’ gripes, praises and
suggestions.
Why Get Down On
Li’l or Vietnam?
To The Editor:
I object to the printing in
The Lance of David Craft’s
“Vietnamese Still Holding
Prisoners, Ex-P.O.W. Says.”
The fact that it includes the
State Department’s denial of
any knowledge of P.O.W.’s in
Vietnam, a Far East journal’s
dismissal of the story, and the
Hoi ' Select Committee on
Missing Persons in Southeast
Asia’s conclusion that there is
no evidence that Americans
are being held in Southeast
Asia might lead one to wonder
why The Lance used the piece
at all. But seen in its political
perspective The Lance’s use
of this article fits into the
latest outbreak of hostility
against Vietnam and is an
example of journalistic
irresponsibility. The U.S. has
refused to lift its trade em
bargo on Vietnam, has stalled
on normalizing diplomatic
relations, and has refused to
pay war reparations pledged
in the Paris Peace
Agreement. In addition,
theU.S. has also attempted to
obstruct humanitarian efforts
by several U.S. organizations
to send relief aid-wheat,
medical supplies, and
clothing to Vietnam. The
Lance’s timing contributes
the climate of public opinion
hostile to Vietnam, and thus
to an acceptance by the public
of the U.S.’s continued
aggression.
Prof. Cheryl Brown
Psychology Dept.
And The Editor Says -
Someone once told me that
a wise man never lets himself
be trapped into a short an
swer to a political question.
“Either go into detail or don’t
say anything. Nonetheless, I
will risk the following brief
responses:
1. Attempting to write off a
story simply because the
State Department and one
journal hadn’t heard it in
enough detail (particularly
the Vietnamese refugee’s
account) to comment, makes
about as much sense as
assuming a 6 to 4 vote by a
House Select Committee
resolves all the questions in
any area.
2. Nor does it strike me that
The Lance, in printing a story
raising serious questions
about both the good intentions
of Vietnam as well as the
completeness of the work
done by various government
agencies, is aiding and
abetting “the U.S.’s continued
aggression.”
3. While the story obviously
struck a political nerve, to
object to The Lance having a
position (which I’m not at all
sure printing this article
constitutes) simply because
you happen to disagree with
it, appears from my
viewpoint both ludricrous and
dangerous. If that’s “jour
nalistic irresponsibility,” so
be it.)
Grade Appeal
System Approved
BY: STEVEN J.KUNKLE
A new grade appeal
procedure for students was
approved February 15 at a
faculty meeting.
As usual, the student is ad
vised to “make every attempt
to resolve the difficulties by
discussio with the instructor
involved.” If this does not
meet the student’s satisfac
tion, then he should “seek the
assistance of he appropriate
program chairman in
resolving the problem.”
fail, then
ana ad hoc committee shall
^ formed by the program
committee
shall consist of three faculty
Next
Week
A DETAILED FEATURE on
TOP SCORERS and detailed
the progress of the Yearbook.
results of intermural play.
members: one appointed by
the instructor involved,
another by the student, and
the third (who shaU be the
chainnan) by agreement of
the first two faculty members
selected. It is expected that
the committee will receive
full cooperation from all
parites involved. To take ef
fect, the committee’s decision
must be ratified by the Dean
of the College.
If at this point the student
remains unsatisfied, the
decision of the ad hoc com-
mttee may be appealed to the
President of the College.
“Any formal grade appeal
action involving a committee
must be initiated by the
student at least two weeks
pnor to the date for clearing
^completes for the term in
^ch the course was taken.
The committee shall reach its
decision before the date for
that
Z conditions
xist, the timetable may be
This new appeal procedure
Ani ^ 1978-79 St.
AndrSws Catalog and Saltire.
To The Editor:
Many people at, .
extraordinary po^er ‘
semor senator from !®'
Carolina, butifSenatorHj
has a polygraph into wS
you can feed a tape reM,
and tell if the person spS
IS lying, then maybe £
to quit the Senate and (J
temess. He »o«
fortune as well asnttki,*'
Of Democrats happy Jrel f
me Lance* artiS'on *
in which Helms' !
ministrative assistant n!
Fuller, is ,u„t«,
He IS sending a tape of ti
meeting he had with tk
refugee. We will feed
through a polygraph maci,
to determine if the man«
teUing the truth...” Thelastie
detector test I tookiwas^
wired up to test respiraton
cutaneous and cardiovas*
reactions, and that is l
truth. “
J. Bruce Frye
Vice President for
Development
Heavy Turnout
Returns
Thompson
To Senate
With a surprisingly heavy
turnout for a by-election,
Mecklenburg Hall sent Senior
Lin Thompson to the Student
Association Senate by a
lopsided margin, Thompson
handily defeated Sophomort
Bill Moseley by a 46-11
margin, rolling up over M
of the vote.
The result was not unei
pected as Thompson
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carried 92% of the dorm
spring in his unsuccessful
attempt at the Presidency o!
the Student Association last
spring.
Thompson was defeated by
curent president Celeste
Tillson by three votes.
Becoming Vice-President of
Mecklenburg will sta‘'t
Thompson’s second trip to
Senate, having also sen'®
as a senator from Gran#
Hall in the 1975-1976 Session.
Thompson had been serving
as Acting-Vice-President o‘
Mecklenburg since Steve
Newton announced 1"*
resignation in December.
“It’s nice to be back,” ThoJ
son told The Lance. He MW”
would be particularly
volved this sesion with SeP
reorganization, a W'
area of interest for him.