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We have heard a lot of talk around the campus about the
memorandum sent out by the Graduation Committee this
week. It Usts the persons the committee has recommended to
Resident Perki^on to be asked to be graduation speaker, and
gi^ some of the details for the ushering out of class 1978
The one problem people seem to be having is that they don’t
know who that many of the people recommended for speaker
are. To the committee’s credit, the list is made up of peLe of
considerable accomplishment rather than celebrities, but one
of the rad facts of life today is that such people tend not to be
homzed by the press the way the Cheryl ZTiegs and Billy
Caters are. Here then, is a capsule sketch of the nominees for
speaker: First choices: Jesse Jackson - Chicago civU rights
activist now mvolved m a variety of community development
projects which have a self-help bent to them and have enjoyed
a large measure of , success. Also noted as a newspaper
colunuust (appears occasionally in the Charlotte Observer)
^tronomy and SpaceScience at
^mell. A young and immensely engaging inteUect, Sagan has
been a consultant to Viking Missions in designing the
experiments that sought life on the red plent. His books The
Cosmic Connection (dealing with the possibility of life on other
planets or other space sytems) and The Dragons of
^S^ntSkrl^^ intelligence) have both
Stewart Mott-Heir to r huge fortune, Stewart Mott whose
grandfather helped start General Motors, has made a name for
h^elf as the chief philanthropist of the left, first coming to
real nabraal prominence for his sizable contributions to
George McGovern in 1972. Huuuuons to
Second list:
thf ■ Controversial chaplain at Yale in
the 1960 s, author, lecturer, columnist.
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EDITORIAL
The Senate puts it together
A few compliments are in order this week. The first one
obviously goes to the Senate, which seems finally to have
gotten its collective act together. Sitting and watching this
august body actually conduct serious debate in an adult
manner has to rate as one of the year’s biggest thrills.
Next in line is Senate President Bob Haley. Few student
government officials have been called upon to make such a
sacrifice of power voluntarily. We recall that Bob has been one
of the people pushing for Senate revisions all year. And even
though those revisions have stripped him of debating powers in
the Senate, Bob has accepted this as one of the costs of such
progress and implemented the decision with the same
uncommon good humor and grace which he has brought to his
position all year.
The entire Senate Revision Committee should receive a well-
deserved round of applause for finishing a job which needed
starting two years ago.
Likewise plaudits to the Budget Committee. Steve Kunkle,
Lin Thompson, and Joanie Reback managed to skirt a lot of
unpleasant alternatives and come up with an imaginative
compromise.
An extra-special vote of praise is due the committee for the
GranviUe-Wilmington Extravaganza. The final four page
proposal which they sent to the Senate should become a
standard for organizations requesting money.
All in all, yesterday’s Senate meeting reflected credit on just
about everybody.
...and speaking
of Graduation
Distinguished Scholars
Each year St. Andrews
selects 10 of its most out
standing freshmen applicants
for the Distinguished Scholar
Awards. Those selected for
this honor receive annual
grants of $2,000 each, ap
plicable to tuition and fees at
St. Andrews for a total of
$8,000 for the four years.
These awards are based on
academic excellence, ex
tracurricular activities and
community involvement. This
weekend, 32 semifinalists
have been invited to come to
the campus for two days of
visiting, which includes an
interview with a
faculty/student committee for
final selection of the awards.
The semifinalists are:
William (Bill) Baker,
Lewiston, New York
John Bell, Wingate, North
Carolina
Robin Bowers, Medicine
Lodge, Kansas
Andrew Chronister,
Charlottesville, Virginia
Jenny Clark, Abingdon,
Virginia
William (Bill) Corbin,
Clarksburg, Pennsylvania
Dianne Cox, Sanford, North
Carolina
Rick Crawford, Stone
Mountain, Georgia
Jon Cugasi, Levittown,
Pennsylvania
Paul Dosal, Tampa, Florida
Anne Earp, Whiteville,
North Carolina
here this weekend
William Faquin, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Mark Fields, Raleigh, North
Carolina
Paul Harrison, Kingsport,
Tennessee
Janice Hayden, Maxton,
North Carolina
Nancy Henry, Keystone
Heights, Florida
Myla Jaynes, Littleton,
Colorado
John Krantz, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Michelle Moore, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Grady Mullis, Sumter,
South Carolina
Michael Ortiz, Tampa,
Florida
Rebecca Seiffert, Cam-
pobello^Soifth Carolina
KarefT' Shumate,
Waynesboro, Virginia
Sheila Stanaland, Ash,
North Carolina
Kay Stanley, Marion, South
Carolina
Karen Stark, Fayetteville,
North Carolina
Roland Stedman, Atlanta,
Georgia
Todd Steiner, Rockingham,
North Carolina
Lloyd Tapp, Laurel Hill,
North Carolina
John Townes, Malvern,
Pennsylvania
David Webb, Raleigh, North
Carolina
Sharon Woods, Sumter,
South Carolina
To the Editor:
I am appaUed that once
' again our yearbook is
trouble and might not be
published. Because of this and
last year’s fiasco, I applaud
the Student Ufe Committee’s
initiative to put tighter con-
trols on the publication of our
yearbook.
However, I am shocked that
the Student Life Committee is
considering putting the same
tight controls on THE LANCE
The problem lies with the
Lamp & Shield; The Lance
has never shown problems in
publication and should not be
restricted because of the
shield’s faults.
For the Student Lite
Committee to have control of
the choice of an editor is a
dangerous precedent. Once it
is acknowledged that the
Student Life Committee
should make the editorial
selection, the complete
freedom of the paper is in
doubt.
In the two years I have been
on the staff of The Lance we
have performed a responsible
and credible job. Our staff is
hardworking and dedicated
and the publication has been
constant and reliable. To
regulate the paper where no
regulation is needed is in
comprehensible. Thanks, but
no thanks; we are quite
capable of choosing our own
editors.
Sincerely,
Steven J. Kunkle
Diment projects future of dorm life
By Greg Piccola
What will dorm life be like
next year? Certain changes
are in store, or at least pen
ding.
Ron Diment, Assistant Dean
for Residential Life, has been
projecting into the future of
resident hall staff and
management. His proposals
are now under consideration
and study by the Student Life
Committee. The only proposal
that has been OKed by The
Committee, however, is the
section of the overall package
that mandates a key deposit
and residence hall fee of $5.00
each for all incoming
students. The key deposit will
be refunded at the end of each
year but ther residence hall
fee is to be paid to each dorm
council and used for en
tertainment, or the like,
throughout the academic
Library policy
will be returned on time when
students get caught on the
idea of “Thursday being the
Book Day.”
Books are circulated every
3-4 weeks and they are only
due on Thursday (this does not
apply at the end of semester).
The policy was made to help
lessen students’ everyday
burden of reminding them
selves to return books.
In order for a student to take
a maximum advantage of the
fine collection and utilize the
library actively, it only takes
a simple reminding that
“Thursday is Book Day .”
year.
Along with the en
tertainment aspect of the
residence hall fee comes an
added use of the money by
making it a pot from which
damage bills for the entire
dorm will be deducted. This is
part of the “give and take
relationship” that this
mandatory fee will initiate.
Diment hopes that vandalism
in dorms will decrease as a
result of this ‘give’ measure.
Another proposed change
for next year (this one con
cerning hall staff) is the
proposed reinstitution of the
Resident Assistant position in
the dorms. In addition to the
Resident Director, one
Assisant will be assigned to
each dorm. Projecting years
into the future Diment said
that with an expanded budget
he hopes to have an adequate
number of RAs so that having
two to afloor, in two story
dorms, will be a common
occurance. Next year,
however, only six RAs on
campus will be afforded.
Also next year, RD positions
will be hard to come by, for
students, as graduate students
serving internships are being
sought after by Diment. He
^ys he wants a staff with
“better creditials, more life
experiences and preferably a
major or interest in the social
or behavioral sciences.”
Interested faculty members
are also being considered.
Diment is definitely plan
ning for the future and is
striving to make the “poorly
administered” Student Life
Office a thing of the past.
^^Clockwork
Orange’’ to he
shown this week
The C.U.B. Movie of the
Week:
“A Clockwork Orange,”
with Malcolm McDowell
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
“A Clockwork Orange” was
one of the most controversial
films of the 1960’s. Based on
the novel by Anthony Burgess,
the film depicts a not too far,in
the future vision of a world
plagued by random acts of
violence. With a dazzling
soundtrack by Walter Cardos
and his synthesizer,
“Clockwork” is clearly
destined to be rated as one of
the great films of all time.
Sunday at 7 p.m. in Avinger
Auditorium. Admission is 25
cents.
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