Loftus Announces Resignation From Student Life
Dr. William Loftus, in a
move that surprised most of.
the St. Andrews community,
late last week resigned his
membership, and thus the
chairmanship, of the Student
Life Committee.
“I’d overextended myself,”
Loftus said. “I’m chairing the
Student Development Ser
vices Committee for the Self
Study, I’m in charge of the
Sophomore SAS in the Spring,
I’m editor of the St. Andrews
Review, and I’m teaching an
overload of courses this term
and next.”
The Faculty Executive
Committee has recommended
to the faculty that Dr. Leslie
Bullock assume the chaii^
manship of the Student Life
Committee, and for Dr.
Alvin Smith to be appointed to
Loftus’vacant seat.
Dean Crossley stated that
Loftus had “done an excellent
job chairing the Student Life
Committee, and I regret the
necessity of his resignation.”
Loftus had made his
decision to resign about ten to
fourteen days ago, but had
been waiting to a calm period
to leadve the SLC. “But
there’s controversy and crisis’
all the time in the SLC.”
Loftus said. “I did not want to
do it, and I already regret
the decision
As for Bullock, the new
chairman, Loftus says, “I
hope he has a thick skin and I
wi^ him well.”
THE LANCE
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DEC 5 1978
A Weekly Journal of ISews and Events At St, Andrews Presbyterian College
Volume 18, Number 8
Laurinburg, North Carolina
November 16,1978
Senate Considers Suite Phones, Budget^
Science
Olympiad
To Be Held
This Weekend
St. Andrews’ fifth annual
Science Olympiad will be
taking place this Saturday
from 9 AM to 4 PM. About 300
high school sophomores,
juniors, and seniors are ex
pected to come from 15 to 20
schools in North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Virginia
to participate in this event.
The Science Olympiad is
basically a competition in
which a student’s aptitude in
chemistry, biology, and
mathematics on a secondary
Ipvel is tested. The Olympiad
also give prospective college
students the chance to become
more acquainted with St.
Andrew’s science and math
tacilities and professors.
According to Dr. Donald
Barnes, one of the coor
dinators of the event, “The
Science Olympiad not only
serves as a tool to recruit new
students to St. Andrews, but
also it provides a service to
high school teachers to
motivate their students.”
Many contests will return
this year from past years;
These contests include the
science bowl, a think metric
competition, the nine bottle
experiment, a titration race,
the mathematical pen-
tathalon, name that organ, a
paper aiiplane competition, a
periodic table quiz, a
scavenger hunt, a contest to
build the strongest paper
bridge, and an egg toss. New
attractions will be Zeus’
slingshot, a giant slingshot
utilizing the goalposts on the
football field, a contest to
the volume of the swimmmg
pool without measuring it;
free silkscreening of the of-
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This
Week
Other Problems
OEDIPUS CONTEMPLATES fflS PAST. John
Courtney acts out the role in “Oedipus the King”,
opening tomorrow. See other pictures and review
on page 4 in this issue. (Photo by Kim Leland.)
Arms Control Expert Gives Views
• -
Suite phones have been the
main focus of the In
terdormitory Senate these
past few weeks, and promises,
remain a prominent iissue m
the weeks to come. In the
Senate meeting of November
9, the Campus Affairs Com
mittee, chjdred by Senator
Hal Bailey (Mecklenburg),
continued to compile in
formation regarding suite
phones from Ma Bell, the
business office, and the
students themselves. Soon this
information will be given to
the Administration in hopes
that an agreement might be
reached.
Two request for monies
were disapproved by the
Senate. Albemarle Dorm had
requested $100 in support
funding for the pre.Sealevel
party; after it was explained
that CUB President Craig
Withrow had volunteered the
$100 loan, the Senate
unanimously disapproved the
request. A $25 request from
the MD Carnival was voted
disapproved after some
discussion, with the provisipn
that a new, more detailed,
request could be filed with the
Budget Committee.
The Subcommittee on
Library Hours gave its report
on extending the Sunday
library hours from 3 to 11:30 to
1 to 11:30. Because enough
student interest and concern
has been exhibited, the
possiblity of the new hours
taking effect is very good.
The Subcommitte on
Racquetball is still in
vestigating the possibility of
extending the hours that the
racquetball court can be used
exclusively by St. Andres
students. In the past there
have been problems with
townspeople using the
racquetball facilities to such
an extent as to exclude
students. Possible solutions
will soon be forthcoming.
In Avinger Carnival, Pie Hits Raise Over $800
“CTB is not a disease,”
remarked William Jackson,
EJxecutive Director of the
Citizen’s Advisory Committee
on Arms Control in Avinger
Tuesday evening. “And
MFBR is not the growl of
some animal.” Jackson’s
speech, the climax to his visit
to St. Andrews, was entitled
“SALT, CTB, CAT, MBFR
etc.” He noted that he had felt
a little guilty about inundating
the students with so much
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The Second Annual St.
Andrews Carnival Against
Muscular Dystrophy
proceeded without a hitch last
Saturday afternoon. People
who came had their face
painted by Chris Carter, and
had a chance to douse ex-St.
Andrews student Bob Madsen
in the dunking booth.
The teddy bear prize for
guessing the correct amoimt
of gumballs was won by Carol
Moffat (800) and Grady
Mulllis (816) came in second.
Carol won the bear, and Grady
the gum balls, all 805 of them.
George Anderson won the
cake walk, but only after a
battle with Bob Madsen which
called for an official ruling.
While George had his
posterior on the last available
seat, it seems Bob was edged
in sideways between George
and the chair.
Many Laurinburg
jonimueu mi rage i.) .
Student Poetry Reading; Thursday
Nisht Event To Be Well Attended
.1 A i.1 - ‘nirl D*.i
Paul Economos,John Patton,
Steven J. Kunkle, and Chns
Strong will be reading tomght
in Granville at 6:30, as part of
the continuing Writer’s
Fonmi.
These students, who have
chosen to read together, hope
to share their St. Andrews
experiences and thoughts
throught their poetry.
As Ron Bayes, St. Andrews’
writer-in-residence, says, “To
call these young poets
anything but ‘Old Pros’ would
be an error. Their political
awareness equals their 'o
poetic sensitivity, as Anita
Bryant could attest. Thursday
night bids fair to be a mob
scene!”
businesses helped out by
donating prizes. McDonald’s ,
for inst^ce, donated ttie
balloons, while the Jaycees
gave the dunking booth
According to Joey Sherr, co
coordinator of the Carnival,
the pie-hit week raised ap
proximately $700, while the
Carnival raised around $200.
The total amount is
“definitely over $800”
which is excellent considering
last year raised only $172.
Says Sherr, “I was pleased
with the turnout of the Car
nival and pie-hit festivities.
The school far exceeded any
amount that I expected to
raise, and everybody had a lot
of fun doing it.”
“Next year we hope to
further expand the Carnival
by adding some new events
such as a backgammon
tournament, while continuing
with the Carnival and the pie-
hit,” said Sherr.
TonAY- Advanced registration for Spring-No classes; Worid
Sifisr.; « p-n. M—
Room
Sophocles’
admission.
classic
SATURDAY: Science Olympiad; Morgan-Jones Science
Center, all day ; “Oedipus the King”;
SUNDAY: Open Bicycle Outing: Meet at Belk Center, 1:30
p.m.; CUB film: “Hie Magic Christian”, 7 p.m., Avinger, 25
cents; “Oedipus the King”.
MONDAY: Mass, Meditation Room, 5 p.m.; CCC:
Thanksgiving Service, Meditation Room, TBA
TUESDAY; Thanksgiving Break; Domns close; Break:
November 21-26.