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.”