Special expanded edition
The Lance
The Lance, Thursday, October 9,1980
Our common experience
A Common Experience was held
Wednesday, October 8, in the Orange
drom main lounge to discuss proposals
which were submitted last week to the
student life committe by the Student
life Work Group.
This group consisted of George
Anderson, Ann Cooper, Peggy
Johnston, Mike Ortiz and Bill Loftus.
This gorup was appointed to identify
problems in student and residential
life and to purpose solutions to these
problems to the Student Ufe
Committee.
Approximately 100 students attended
this meeting which was mediated by
George Anderson. George opened by
gating the group’s intention to,
^ develop a system whereby students
themselves can address student
problems.”
Visitation hours was the just
proposal discussed. The work group
reported that they had recommended
to the student Life Committe that the
Ford speaks to press
Bv AUSTIN SEAGRAVE
On Friday, I visited Brad Ford’s
office and talked with him about this
fall’s Highland Player musical, which
Ford will be directing. We also
discussed his experiences in directing
this summer, and future shows the
Highland Players have planned for the
rest of the season. I’d like to share some
of our conversation with you in the
hopes that you might become a play
watcher if you have never attended the
plays here, or become involved with the
theater if you haven’t given that a shot.
Austin: Brad, why did you pick this
show (Gypsy)?
Brad: During my five years here, all
the musicals that I’ve selected have hd
a strong book. But most of the musicals
we have done over the last couple of
years have been more ensemble types
of things like “Pippin” nd “Canterbury
Tales”. So I wanted to do something
that was commercially more
appealing, something that the audience
has heard of. “Gypsy” seemed to fit
into that category. It has a strong book,
but it’s also a show that’s more well-
known to the audience.
A: Is that so you can get a bigger
audience?
B: Oh yeah, of course. You’re always
striving to get a bigger audience.
That’s got to be the key.
A: Are most of the townspeople more
interested in musicals?
B: I’ve worked in three or four
different regions in the United States
and from everything I’ve read about
the regions I haven’t worked in the
musical is always the most appealing
show. I think audiences, generally
because of the influence of television,
have gotten to the point where they
don’t want to be actively involved. They
want to be entertained. They want to sit
back and have the show sort of told for
them. That’s part of it. But people like
that combination of dance, music, and
drama as well.
A: This summer you were at the
University of Southern Mississippi and
ou directed “Playboy Of The Western
World.”
B: It was repetoire company that was
composed of, I would say, 50% to 60%
conservatory students. The rest of the
company was composed of students
from Southern. It was a very good
experience, it was a very puristic
experience for me. I directed and
taught an acting course for the
university.
A: Do you think that experience has
helped you in the way you are directing
“Gypsy”?
B: It hasn’t changed anything, I don’t
think. I directed: I wasn’t doing the
design or working with the technical
aspects. What it did for me for this year
a type of brush-up for working in arena.
A: Why did you choose to do
“Gypsy” as an arena show?
B: Musicals are more audience-
oriented shows and arena tends to be a
much more intimate art form. I don’t
See Gypsy on page 5
present visitation hours he changed to
1 a.m.-8 a.m. on Sunday through
Thursday and 3 a.m. - 9 a.m. on Fri
days and Saturdays.
Another proposal that this group had
recommended was that Suite Leaders
be nominated by their suites and then
be appointed by a group composed of
residence hall officers and Jerry Sur
face. In the past suite leaders have
been elected directly by their suites.
It was felt by the work that this
would insure more responible student
leadership through correct channels.
This subject faciliated much dis
cussion as some students felt that di
rect democratic representation was
being hindered.
The meeting was terminated due to
a lack of time and it was proposed that
another meeting be held to further
discuss the issues and alternatives.
Officials praise St. A
Last week’s visit of ten accreditation
officials at ST. Andrews resulted in
only encouraging news. The guests
praised school for the apparent high
andards Wednesday morning while
delivering individual oral reports to
President Perkinson, the St. Andrews
Accreditation Steering Committee,
members of the Administrative Coun
cil and one college trustee.
Each official commended the studen
ts, faculty and administration for a
prevalent cooperative spirit. They
presented no criticism concerning
present student life policies, and felt
that such students showed an ap
propriate amount of participation in
their government.
The chairman of the committee. Dr.
Bevin, was especially complimentary
of the school, stating that St. t Andrews
had analyzed and understood its
problmes as well as any college he had
By SHARON STANLEY
ever seen.
Only two reccanmendations, both
related to administrative procedures,
were offered by the officials. There
were: to combine the duties of pur
chasing agent and inventory controller
into one position, and to update more
frequently the faculty handbook,
handbook.
President Perkinson expressed that
he was “tickled to death” and “not sur
prised” to hear the excellent reports.
He emphasized that the accreditation
procedures were a “voluntary, self-
policing” enterprise. Such self
regulation, he feels, is the best way to
ensure quaUty at St. Andrews.
A written, official copy of the com
mittee’s findings will be mailed to the
college within a month, and St. An
drews will receive notice of its re-
accreditation by January, 1981.
A study as intense and rigorous as
last week’s will not be conducted again
until the next decade.
Cafe poll results in
The LANCE recently conducted a poll
concerning the atmosphere and food ir.
the St. Andrews cafeteria, four hundred
students responded to the survey
comprising nearly 59 percent of the
campus population.
In the poll four questions were asked:
1. Do you approve of the food service
2. Do you disapprove of the food
service
3. Enjoy the atmosphere in the cafe
ole
4. Not enjoy the atmosphere in the
cafe ole
In response to the questionnaire The
LANCE reports that 87.5 percent of
students approve of the food in the
cafeteria while 12.5 do not like the food
service. 45 percent of the students also
enjoyed the atmosphere present in the
Cafe Ole and the remaining 55 percent
do not like the atmosphere in The cafe
Ole.
The basic complaint about the food
was the amount of starch served. On
student said, “please not so much
mashed potatoes,” another said, “I’ve
put on weight because they serve so
much starch.”
The cafeteria may serve alot of
starch but with 87 percent of the
students approving of the food service
they are pleasing the majority of their
public.
The public that is pleased with the
food service is, however, not pleased
with the present atmosphere in the
cafeteria. Here the main complaint
seems to be that of the music. “Can’t
enjoy the food because of the loud
music,” says one person while another
says, “ get rid of the noise (music'
When questioned by The LANCE,
food service director, Irene Hunter
said, that the food service is not
responsible for the music in the Cafe
Ole, that the Student Life Office holds
the authority in that area. She also said
that "not only does it (the music) drive
the students crazy, it drives us crazy
too.”
The LANCE would be interested in
printing any letters to the editor
furthering either side of this, or any,
controversy.