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Knowing the limit
of our possibilities
By COREY INGOLD
Our world today has
become so incredibly com
plex that sometimes limits to
our growth potential as a na
tion seem to be on the not so
distant horizon. The United
States is the most overall pro
gressive and productive
country in the world. Thus,
we press on to maintain this
standard but to such an ex
tent that it sometimes
frightens me.
For instance, what hap
pens if the offshore oil drill
ings in California are allowed
■^o take place? We may be bet
ter for awhile, but down the
road when those supplies
dwindle, we’re still depen
dent on oil, and California is
plaguea' witn a polluted
coastline, then where do we
turn? Do we drill off of
Oregon’s coast or do we then
draw the line? My point is
where do we curb progress so
that it doesn’t consume us?
Reagan advocates letting
big business go virtually un
checked as a means of
stimulating the economy,
and for awhile his plan may
work, possibly even through
his term in the Oval Office.
Yet, what will happen when
big business is bursting at the
seams from overproduction
and the consumers have no
money with which to buy the
products because prices have
been raised to make up for
the smaller amount being
sold on the market? Reagan
seems to forget that the
market has limits and that
progress is good only when it
is compatible with the future
of the country.
I sense in Reagan a sincere
desire to help our country
rise out of its economic woes,
but he isn’t futuristic enough
to realize that we cannot
maintain his designed course
of action for very long. If we
do, our country will even
tually be a conglomerate of
corporations under the con
trol of a very few people and
many smaller business
owners will be forced to con
solidate. To me, this would
be harmful because in
dividuality and enterprise in
humans would be lost. We
would “progress” into a
society whereby everyone
would be born almost cer
tainly knowing they are go
ing to be working for one of
the corporation factories in a
rather dehumanizing man
ner.
This is a bleak picture but
not at all impossible if we
don’t take a more futuristic
and careful took toward our
economy and path of pro-'
gress.
Dear Editor:
I recently returned to St.
, Andrews for a short weekend
visit. While on campus I had
the opportunity to read John
Kreher’s comment on the ad
ministration, Gene Hender
son’s counterpoint, and Mr.
Kreher’s subsequent com
ment. As a recent graduate I
would like to share two com
ments with your readers.
First, at least I will not be
remembered as the only St.
Andrews student who wrote
a controversial editorial. Mr.
Kreher’s words made me feel
as though I was notably com
placent in comparison.
Second, I wonder if the
privilege of liberal visitation
Dear Editor:
A suggestion for a wise in
vestment of a few dollars to
upgrade Student Govern
ment and general campus
Hfe:
Why not have SGA-
funded telephones installed
in the dorm rooms of the
Student body President and
the Editor of THE LANCE.
The improvement in lines of
communication would be
marked and all parties con
cerned would be well served
by the thrust.
Cordially,
Ron Bayes
ance.
Editor Terri Davis
Assistant Editor Sharon Stanley
News Editor Maureeii Ingalls
Feature Editor Kim Becknell
Editorial Editor Xorey Ingold
Sports Editor Mark Drinnon
Copy Editor Sophie Mott
Business Manager Vince Bonfiwiti
Production Manager Jan Golden
Advisor Libby Turner
The opinions expressed on this page are not necessari
ly those of THE LANCE, college, or student body, but
are of the signed individuals. THE LANCE welcomes
and encourages responses to the material in this publica
tion, but reserves the right of editorial freedom
governed by responsible journalism.
as
hours was ever a truely im
portant feature of St. An
drews. Let me explain.
I am now studying law at
the University of Virginia.
Most of my classmates are
graduates of Princeton,
Yale, Harvard, Duke, Stan
ford, and the like. Yet it
would seem that the cur
riculum at St. Andrews
prepared me just as well as
the Ivy League prepared its '
students.
I used to enjoy the free
lifestyle of the St. Andrews
campus. But I recently made
a donation to the college’s
fundraising drive because of
the extraordinary courses
and teaching offered by one
of the finest faculties to.
found on the Southeast,
I would recommend j
Andrews to anyone -1
because it offers one'
chance to stay in a ji
room past a certain hoar,
that a lot of beer is cojsir
ed. I would recommends
Andrews because the la,
ing opportunities arenotlj
short of FANTASTIC il
student just realizes it i
takes a small initiative.
I sure do agree that sij
rules are not much fun. 1 is
know that other things al».
the college are far morti
portant.
Respectfully,
Jeff Keys Class ot'II
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Listen campus
Thirteen years of readini
By KIM BECKNELL
St. Andrews has a well-
established Writers’ Forum,
still going strong in its thir
teenth year. Ahhough the
forum has a good turn-out of
loyal listeners and readers,
many people fail to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to
hear published writers.
Such readers as Joel Op-
penheimer, Julie Suk, Grace
Gibson, Warren Carrier, and
Sam Ragan have visited the
campus, to share their work.
There is not charge for the
readings and they usually last
no longer than an hour, so as
not to take away too much
study time. Yet despite the
advantages of the forum,
many students and faculty
dont’ participate.
Students have a chance to
read their own work at
designated student readings,
and faculty are also in®
to read. The forum is opti
everyone, not just En(t
majors (a common idiocf)
offers a little culture W"
college campus.
There will be stii«
readings Dec. 3 anil
8:30 p.m., in Gran"
Lounge. Come and supF
these young writers as Ik
share their talent witli as
S.A. ACTION LINE
Dear Action Line,
We would like to voice a
complaint concerning the St.
Andrews switchboard. The
problem is that at 5:00 the
operator leaves and the swit
chboard is changed over to
the Rehab Center. At 11:00
the switchboard is cut off.
One of us received late notice
of an illness in the family,
because of'this. There isn’t
even an emergency line! This
is not the first time we have
taken action; it’s time we got
some results.
Signed
Students,
M.M., D.S., B.B.
Send gripes
responses to Kim
Box 535.
Concer''
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