The Lance, Thursday, January 22,1981
Workshop
Comes
To
St. Andrews
The week of January 19-24 will bring
to St. Andrews the Fifth Annual
Writpr’s Workshop. This year’s guests
will' be Joel Oppenheimer, Steve
Kunkle, John Eatton, Gil Holland, and
Julie Suk.
As well as honoring his fiftieth
birthday, this year’s workshop will be
Oppenheimer’s fifth consecutive visit
to St. Andrews during Winter Term. He
lives in Manhattan where he is editor
of “Village Voice” and teaches
Creative Writing at City College of
New York.
Steve Kunkle is a St. Andrews
graduate. He now works for IBM in
Washington, D.C. John Patton is a
graduate student in Creative Writing
at City College of New York.
Gil Holland will be here in place of
Guy Owen who cannot attend because
of illness. HoUand is Writer-in-
Residence at Davidson College and ws
the winner of the Mishima Prize, the
first short story award given by the St.
Andrews Review.
Julie Suk is the author of “The
Medicine Woman”, a book of poetry
published by the St. Andrews Press.
Monday, Jan. 19—Gil Holland.
Tuesday, Jan. 20-Julie Suk and Joel
Oppenheimer
Wednesday, Jan. 21-Steve Kunkle
and John Patton.
Thursday, Jan. 22--Joel
Oppenheimer.
Friday, Jan. 23-Workshop Students
and Open Microphone.
There will also be a workshop held
every afternoon of the week from three
o’clock until five in the Belk Meditation
^ Lounge. Any interested persons are
welcome to attend, but they should
bring ten copies of each poem or short
^ story.
On Saturday, Flora MacDonald
Games, Ltd., of Red Springs, andTlit
St. Andrews Writers Program will
sponsor the First Anual Robert Burns
Dinner. The dinner will celebrate the
222nd birthday of Scotland’s favorite
poet. The dinner will begin at 7:30 p.n
in the Belk Center. Tickets are $6.00 tor
students and $10.00 for off pampe
guests. Tickets can be purchased at the
bookstore.
Music will be provided by the NorU
Carolina State Pipe and Drum Band,
Highland dancing will be provided lij
Bill Weavers School of Scottisli
Dancing and Bagpiping as well as
Scottish songs performed by a Red
Springs group. An address on “Tlie
Immortal Memory” will be given by
Rev. John R. Chisholm, vicar of St
David’s Episcopal Church, in
Laurinburg. Dr. Leslie Bullock,
Chairman of the Religion Department,
will read Burns’ “Address to tie
Haggis.”
The Time Has Come
by Bob McWhorter
Monday night the feisty Senator from
Virginia, Franz Stillfried attended to his
presidential duties. He called his dorm
(to order and with his fist clinched 1 and
facial veins bulging this man of steel in
the midst of January’s bitterness,
demanded that preparations for a
Winter term party must at all cost get
underway. There was a rousng round of
applause and cheers for the second
term dorm president. With a wave of
his hand there was silence. The floor was
turned over to the celebrated part-time
noveUs, part-time student bust above
all, social chairman, Austin Seagrave.
After a few introductory remarks
followed by another round of applause.
Miss Seagrave got down to business and
layed forth her plans. Thus Hotel
Highlands was off and running for a
campus celebration scheduled for
January.
At this time certain aspects of this
upcoming festivity are not in a finalized
format but keep a sharp eye out for
posters appearing soon with specific
details. As a member of Hotel
Highlands I could sense something
Monday night as I watched Miss Sea
grave sensuously sipping her cool brew
then wiping away some ora overflow
with the back of her hand, it seems the
time has come.. .so must the party.
Contraceptives Available From Planned Parenthood
by Maureen Ingalls
The accessibility of contraceptives to
the general public has become a major
concern of the local Planned
Parenthood organization. The clinic is
a branch of the Scotland County Health
5Unic which is located past the
Scotland Inn and left at the blinking
yellow light. The Planned Parenthood
clinic occupies the left side of the
building. To make an appointment one
has to contact the Plaimed Parenthood
Office which is presently open only on
Mondays and Fridays. A confidential
file is kept on those who visit the clinic. ^
The office visit entails the viewing of
prepared films on the various types of
contraception, ie. the rhythm method.
the lUD, the use of a condom, the use
of the diaphragm, and the use of the
birth control pill. The film states
clearly and without bias both the
advantages and disadvantages of each
method. The personal viewing of the
film allows one to make their own
choice on the type of birth control they
prefer. After the film is seen, the
patient receives an initial general
checkup including the Wasserman test
and a TB test. A gynecologist then
gives a thorough exam. The patient is
free to ask questions and is encouraged
to do so. All aspects of the
contraceptives are discussed in the
consultation with the doctor. In the
case of the Pill, three-month packets
are given to the patient. This insutes
that the patient will have to retin
quarterly and will get constaji
medical attention.
Payment is handled on the basis of
income. Students and individuals who
have little or no income are treateil
free of charge.
The atmosphere of the clinic is quilt
comfortable and the attitude of tl*
staff is one of a straightforward
honesty. The choice of contraceptive is
left entirely to the individual. Mon
information can be obtained by caUinj
the Scotland County Health Clinic aai
asking for the Plaimed Parentliooil
office.
Concientious
Objection
Information
Available
1
In recent years an increasing number
of young americans have expressed
their desire to avoid military service in
event of a draft. The cental committee
for conscincious objectors is an
organization, founded by the american
firend§, service, to aid those persons
opposed to war because of rehgious or
oral convictions.
Any person wishing to obtain
consciencius objector status ust prove
to their local draft board that they have
hd a Ing standing prohibition aganst
had a long standing prohibition against
fighting in a war. The C.C.C.O. helps
conscientious objectors by keeping
their names on a list with the date each
individual registers with the
organization.
Dick Prust is the St. Andrews
counselor for those stuents wishing to
document their objection to military
service. Thus far he had had only a half
dozen students approach him to
assistance, but Prof. Prust advises
students to act now if they plan to app 1
The Shift to the Right
by Corey Ingold
Back in the mid-1960’s, our country
began a definite move toward
liberalism. Young people began to defy
their elders, and openly criticize what
they considered old-fashioned
conservative ethics.
Citizens protested the Vietnam War
with such fervor it caused the
government to begin attempts at
withdrawing our troops.
Racial riots broke out in many
American ciUes bringing to national
attention the civU rights problems of
the time. These were but a very few of
the events that shaped our country for
liberalism.
Four years ago, it appeared we
might have a liberal federal
eovemment for a long time to come.
Then came the death of Uberalism, at
least for a while.
The economy floundered during the
Carter administration and
conservative coalitions bonded
together. Ronald Reagan headed a
conservative sweep on Nov. ,4 and in so
doing, began a shift to the right not
only in the political arena, but also the
social environment in which we live.
It s possible that the conservative
trend this country is experiencing was
inevitable. Conservatives feel that the
trend will “make America what it once
was.”
Some liberals think it will put
America back fifty years on the social
ladder. Only time will tell.
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