Vol. 20, No./^ ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE Friday, February 26, 1982 Nuclear Seminar Attracts Speakers Special Senate Meeting Constitution Amended By TERRI DAVIS On Thursday, Feb. 17, the. Senate held a special meeting to vote on the proposed con stitution submitted by Paul Dosal, Ike McRee, and Bob Dascombe. Each article was voted on by a roll call vote and all but one were passed with no debates. The exception was the Judicial Section (Article V). The senators decided to wait for passage of this article because there was concern over whether or not Professor Neal Bushoven would submit a clause which basically guarantees that students do not waive their rights by sign ing the housing contract. Bushoven feels this clause is needed in order to prevent another “Ross Bannister” case from happening where the administration bypassed student courts through claiming that Bannister had violated his housing con tract. Also, Bob Dascombe sub mitted an amendment to the original constitution concer ning the controversy over the SGA president being able to choose three secretaries on the executive level. The amendment gives this authority to the Cabinet in stead of the president, and was passed unanimously. The new constitution will be taken before the student body for a vote, after a final vote is made by the senate. By SHARON STANLEY A poster of Albert Einstein which hangs in the meeting house of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in St. Petersburg, Florida reads: “You can not simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” This weekend Ms. Christine McCloskey, chairperson of Florida’s Tampa Bay AFSC Peace Education Committee, and Mr. Williams Reynolds, past director of the national AFSC Disarmament pro gram will travel north to visit the St. Andrews campus. They will bring with them Einstein’s philosophy. McCloskey is an art teacher of students from ages “14 to 75” who enjoys reading about the brain and SEMINAR SCHEDULE Sunday Night, February 28—Christine McCloskey 7:30 p.m., Belk Main Lounge—“U.S.-U.S.S.R.: Where We are and Where We’re Headed” Monday Night, March 1—William Reynolds 7:30 p.m., Belk Main Lounge—“Sanity and the Superpowers-Another View of the Nuclear Arms Race and the Soviet Threat” Monday Afternoon, March 1 3-5 p.m., Belk Main Lounge—Reynolds and Mc Closkey “A Workshop on Nuclear Issues and Ques tions” Global Glance By COREY INGOLD PRESIDENT REAGAN encountered widespread pro test throughout the country from both politicians and the common citizenry, concern ing his economic reform pro gram. Many business leaders voiced their opinions that the President’s pursual of large deficit spending will keep in terest rates high and further delay economic recovery. Reagan answered these \clwrges with staunch^ cqr^ sistency by saying, “We will not play hopscotch economics, jumping here and there...” FIVE MEMBERS OF EL SALVADOR'S NATIONAL GUARD were arrested for the murders of four American church women just over a year ago. Under ] Salvadorian law, one is guilty until proven innocent and as ,one official there state(^ “These guys are fried.” Also in El Salvador, tensions are rising over the upcoming March election designed to create a democratic assembly to rule in place of the military junta. Centrist and rightist gorups are vying for power while the leftist fac tion is boycotting the election favoring another means of settlement. playing jazz piano. But her creativity extends beyond her canvas and piano to encom pass her desires for social ac tivism. In politics, as in her art, McCloskey seeks to “tap in to the initiative” of others and “draw it out.” Her political involvement has led her to believe that “hfe is what you make it, freedom is where you build it, truth is where you find it.” In her personal life, Mc Closkey believes that “everything affects everything.” An unsuc cessful marriage at the age of 18 and an extended illness gave her “the perspective of an old woman.” She has learned to “love the bad hard enough that it will go away.” McCloskey applies this personal determination to her political action. She believes government emphasis on defense spen ding to encourage peace means that “government is sitting on its own throat and defeating its own cause.” She feels that the tension of United States-Soviet Union relations'*will never get more clear than it is now. It’s guns or butter.” McCloskey refuses to give up the fight for national health and safety. She urges that Americans “take the first step to stop nuclear madness (and). . .sensibly back down from the precipice” of nuclear weapons buildup. McCloskey has been a member of Florida’s Tampa Bay AFJC Peace Education continued on page 2 What is AFSC? By SHARON STANLEY The American Friends Ser vice Committee is a non profit pacifist organization which expresses the beliefs of Quaker faith and practice. Many non-Quakers also work with the organization. Formed in 1917, the Com mittee’s major focus was to feed starving German children during World War I. Now, the group has shifted its priorities. AFSC works in America and abroad to reduce the potential for violence, and to encourage increased understanding bet ween communities of people. Recently, AFSC has been in volved in anti-draft protests, and has educated Americans on the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and South African apartheid struggles. But the predominant focus of AFSC combats nuclear weapons buildup. !‘Non violence alone is not enough” believes speaker and peace activist Ms. Christine McCloskey. “It must be combined with ac tion.” Such action includes traveling, organizing and leading seminars, writing to senators, and lobbying. “We want to raise people’s con sciousness (about nuclear proliferation), get it juggling in their minds, and make them think more deeply about it,” says McCloskey “We want to empower the people.” The committee operates on the Quaker principle of government by consensus. McCloskey says this means that “one rabble-rouser or blocker can stop every ac tion.” Because of this possibility, membership in the committee.is by invita tion only. But McCloskey says that “if anyone shows a real interest they will be in vited.” Funds from a regional of fice and individual contribu tions support AFSC. And like small liberal arts col leges, McCloskey says they “never have enough money.” But monetary gains are not the goal of AFSC members. Working for this group of “amazing dedication,” Mc Closkey finds “different types of rewards than work ing Tor Xerox or IBM.” The work of AFSC members is propelled by “rewards in the spirit.” A fierce commitment drives the Committee’s action. Mc Closkey explains: “Here I stand because I can do no other.”

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