September 30, 1982
THE LANCE
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Editor,
As a concerned citizen of
the St. Andrews community,
I wish to express my frustra
tion with campus trends in
remodeling. I would like to
know who is responsible for
deciding what areas of our
school needs remodeling and
on what grounds do they
decide? 1 recall a survey in
the Spring of 1981 that asked
the students what areas in the
dorms needed the most
repairs: has it been discard
ed? Students with whom I
have spoken agree on the
current state of dorm living;
it lacks polish to say the
least. Granville, my own
suite included, contains
everything from missing
lamps and window shades to
ants in the rooms. I’ve heard
of there being roaches in
some of the dorms and 1
think Mecklenburg Dorm
does look like “West
Beirut.” Somehow it is dif
ficult to appreciate the lovely
new furniture in Vardell and
the wallpapered and carpeted
classrooms in the L.A.
building when one’s own
home resembles an ill-kept
tenement. Our landlords
must be off playing golf!
Certainly St. Andrews
needs to look good for
visitors and at times serve as
a showplace, but shouldn’t
the priority on spending in
clude the functional stan
dards living for those who
live here? St. Andrews goals
have always conveyed the
need to see the real world,
not to teach the value of
hiding problems behind
facades or sweeping old dirt
under new carpets.
If yojj don’t like the condi
tions of your room, suite or
dorm or if you don’t like liv
ing without a phone, having
broken doors and furniture
or living with bugs, then just
look around at the
redecorated Orange Main
Lounge, the new furniture in
Granville Main Lounge, The
Nucleus and the lobby in
Vardell and you can realize
where the remodelling money
went. I do not think I am
alone in resenting the deci
sions in effect' now concern
ing St. Andrews campus im
provements. This is not a
plea to destroy the recent
renovations, but a petition
for basic repairs to be ac
complished within the dor
mitory spaces.
Thank you,
Jenny Gleach
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Dear Ed:
Although I am a registered
Republican, I find the
posters ridiculing the plump
Tip O’Neill offensive. They
are semantically obtuse,
among other things. ..not
quite, but almost, gutter
politics. Smear leads to
counter-smear. Should the
Democrats run a photo of
John East with a caption
such as “Let’s put the Senate
back on its feet!” I think
not. But they could always
retort “You started these tac
tics.” How all-round unfor
tunate. Let’s cool the jets in
this case-maybe even reverse
them.
Sincerely,
Ron Bayes
DIAC Outlines
Conduct Regulations
The Dixie Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference has
adopted the following Code
of Spectator Conduct. It is
patterned after those used in
other conferences around the
nation. We hope that the
students, faculty, and staff at
St. Andrews will help in the
implementation of this code.
Dixie Conference teams
shall be supported with en
thusiasm and dedication, for
strong spectator support is a
vital part of the experience of
college competition. We ex
pect good sportsmanship
SA Faculty Shows Its Diversity
By BILL LIDE
While students do appreciate the efforts their pro
fessors put out tor them, most of the students do not
realize that the professors are still immersed in expoun
ding their knowledge just as much as the students are.
Teaching a class is an ongoing education in itself, but
many of the teachers g6 one step farther by devoting
themselves to extracurricular studies outside St. An
drews. While St. Andrews is a relativelv small institu
tion, one could never realize it if one looked at the im
pressive credentials of the college’s faculty.
The amazing thing is that the statistics are not
regulated to any particular department and that all pro
fessors are consumed in their thirst for knowledge.
Among the St. Andrews faculty there is a scientist who
worked with NASA, one of the most prominent Marxist
scholars in the country, A judge for the Pulitzer Prize,
three future authors, a publisher of a well known
literary magazine and the head of the North Carolina
Academy of the Sciences. And those are just a few!
There are also several new professors at St. Andrews
this year. They include: Jerry Acanfora, P.E.; Paul
Alexander, Biology; Norman Boggs, Chemistry;
Marianne Bumgarner, History; Kevin Dove, Math;
William Grim, Instructional Music; Marian Hamilton,
Education; Roberta Rankin, Drama; Kenneth
Reinhardt, Economics; Carl Walters, Religion; Robert
Woolnough, Accounting; Shu Ching Chong, Chinese
and Bob Martin, College Pastor.
Prof. Thomai Blackburn worked under a grant at
Harvard, Caltech and Johnson Space Center to analyze
the soil samples brought back from Mars by the
Voyager space probe. Blackburn is also an accomplish
ed cellist and he usually plays a few concerts during the
year.
Neil Bushoven received a large grant this p^st summer
to go out to California to be involved in a Marxist
Seminar. He is also in the process of readying some
works for hopeful publication in the future.
Sam Ragan, who is a guest professor at St. Andrews
this fall, has been a judge for the Pulitzer Prize in the
field of journalism and is the editor of The Pilot, the
Southern Pines newspaper that has received great ac
claim. Sam is the Poet Laureate of North Carolina. ;
Marianne Bumgarner, George Melton and Larry
Schultz are all studying and researching material for
books they hope to have published soon.
most recent issue of the St. Andrews Review, which
received good write-ups in the state’s larger newspapers.
Lastly, the North Carolina Academy of Sciences
named Prof. Jonathon Franz as their new director and
moved their offices to the St. Andrews campus.
With such diversity among the faculty at St. Andrews
ttataUnisfc iiiipossiblelbF student!? tbcomefittiamd ndl
be enriched with some knowledge in a field that is not a
prerequisite for a formal college education. The St. An
drews faculty is a book of knowledge in itself and if a
student wishes to received a true liberal arts degree then
he or she should take advantage of these vast resources.
from players and coaches
and they have a right to ex
pect the same from spec
tators. Therefore, we urge
Dixie Conference students,
alumni, and friends to cheer
their teams to victory while
upholding those ideals our
colleges and universities have
nurtured during the growth
of the Dixie Conference. Our
spectators should be
courteous, judicious in
choice pf expression and ex
hibit good manners and
kindness to all others. The
scoreboard will reflect the
quality of the teams in com
petition; the kind of support
given by the spectators will
showcase the character of the
Dixie Conference Colleges
and their fans.
The following means for
implementing the above code
were adopted by the Con
ference:
1. No alcoholic beverages
should be allowed at the site
of an athletic contest.
2. No artificial noise
makers should be allowed at
indoor contests.
3. Spectators who use
obscene or abusive language
or behavior wil be evicted
from the contest.
Correction
and
Amplification
In the first issue of THE
LANCE Craig Hannas’s
name was spelled incorrectly.
We also stated that he was an
All-American soccer player
for 2 years, but he was an
All-American for three
years, 1967, 68 and 70.