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Vol. 21 No. 8
ST. ANURKWS PRl>>BYTKKIAN COLI.K(ii:
Friday, February- 25, ’983
Constitution Faces Delays
By BILL LIDE
Most students know that
last year three students col
laborated and wrote a new
constitution for the college
and the SGA. But many
students do not know that it
has not been approved yet,
and that it has taken over a
year to get the constitution
into its ratification form.
SGA President Ike McRee,
a co-sponsor of the constitu
tion along with Bob
Dascombe and former SGA
President Paul Dosal, said
that the ratification process
had taken so long because of
the constant revisions that
were necessary for approval
by the many boards and
committees that must ratify
it.
The new constitution was
first written in the winter
term in 1982 and sent to the
faculty and administration
for revisions and sugges
tions.
After the necessary
changes were made, the con
stitution was approved by the
Student Government
Association style, the Stu
dent Life Committee and the
student body. Upon ap
proval by the student, the
constitution was sent to the
Board of Trustees for the
final endorsement.
The Board was unable to
ratify the new constitution
last spring, so it was tabled
until this fall.
The problem that caused
the slow down in the ratifica
tion plans was the arrival of
the new Dean of Students,
Craig Hannas.
Since Hannas did not take
place in the original ratifica
tion process last year, the
whole procedure had to start
over to insure that the Dean
was aware of the many
changes that were proposed
in the new constitution.
One proposal that the ad
ministration wanted to add
to the constitution was the
formation of a Honor Court,
which would consist of both
students and faculty and that
would hear only cases that
involve the honor code.
Finally the constitution
was conditionally approved
by the Board last fall. But,
after more revisions, it must
still be approved by the ex
ecutive committee of the
Board.
One of the primary goals
of the new constitution is to
create new student positions
that would ease the president
of sum of his many duties.
In the executive branch the
constitution calls for the
establishment of two new
student positions, the
secretary of student services
and the secretary for student
policy coordination.
The constitution has provi
sions for the judicial branch
that move the honor code
from the preamble to the
working body of the con
stitution and the formation
of a section on students
rights and responsibilities.
The overall purpose of the
new constitution is to clarify
the responsibilities of all stu
dent officers,” McRee said.
The SGA president said he
was frustrated by the long
delay, but he was comitted
to_ seeing it approved-
“Initially I felt like it was
being taken out of our
hands, McRee said. But I feel
otherwise now.”
The new ratification pro
cess begins March 1 and if it
is approved, it should be in
effect by the end of this
school year.
[Global Glance
Thirteen people were killed
in what police called “very
methodical” killings at a
Seattle nightclub on Satur
day. The murders were
discovered when a passer-by
reported seeting a wounded
fflan in an alley outside the
Wah Mee Club. After the
police entered the club they
found more bodies strewn
over the club. Two suspects
were picked up within hours
of the discovery.
Lybian leader Col Moam-
niarKhadafy threatened to
turn the Bay of Sidra into
“blood and fire” if the U.S.
didn’t pull backfrom Libian-
waters. The U.S. carrier
Nimitz was stationed in the
Meditteranean off of Lybia
because of an increase in Li-
bian military equipment on
its Sudanese border. Kadafy
made his statements after ac
cusing the U.S. of jamming
Lybia’s communications
with spy planes and war
ships.
Brush fires continued to
rage across southern
Australia creating what
Prime Min’ster Malcolm
Fraser said as one of the
worst disasters in Australian
history. The firest, which hit
the states of South Australia
and Victoria, cover an area
twice the size of Rhode
Island, have killed 69 people
and caused more than $500
million dollars in damages.
Although most of the blazes
have been brought under
control, there still several
fires that were blazing and
the forecast of hot, dry
weather has Austrialian fire
officials concerned over the
possibility of more fires.
Bobby Price, winner of the Chapbook Award
Price Wins
Chapbook Competition
By TONY PARKER
The Bunn-McClelland
Memorial Chapbook Award
is given annually to a St. An
drews students. Vying
juniors and seniors send their
manuscripts to an off-
campus judge who decides
which writer deserves the
award.
This year seven
manuscripts were entered
and the winner was senior
English/Philosophy major
Bobby G. Price. Bobby will
thus be the recipient of 300
copies of his chapbook
published by the St. Andrews
Press.
Bobby views the award as
a stepping stone to the
future. “It’s a chance for me
to finally see my work in
print. Also, it’s something I
can use to send to a maga-
zein. The more you’ve done
the better it looks when you
try to publish in a magazine.
Bobby’s chapbook is a col-
lectiofl of poems written in
the spring and fall of 1982.
He titled it Strangulation
which comes frm one of his
poems “Thoughts of
Strangulation”.
Bobby started writing
about ten years ago. It was
not until High School in his
hometown of Goldsboro,
N.C. that he began writing
seriously.
No one major poet has in
fluenced Bobby, rather he
has gained a little from a lot
of different poets. His
favorites include Alfred Ten
nyson, T.S. Eliot, Ezra
Pound, and Robert Creely.
Bobby Smith also attributes
Ron Bayes’s tutelege in and
out of class.
As far as Bobby’s goal in
writing he asserts he is “not
trying to preach the end all
answer to people, but rather
trying to capture a moment
and a feeling. Instead of try
ing to tell people how it
ought to be, I’m just trying
to show how it is with me and
hope they can get someting
out of it.”
After graduation Bobby is
seriously considering the op
portunity of working and
studying at Ezra Pound’s
castle in Brunnenburg, Italy.
But for the present he is kept
busy acting as Vice-President
of the Philosophy Club,
Assistant Editor of the Cairn
and Director of the Writer’s
Forum.
Bobby will be reading
from his manuscript on
March 31 along with Paul
Baker Newman, Ethel Fort
ner and David Rigsbee. Paul
Baker Newman is the Chair
man of the English Depart
ment at Queens College in
Charlotte. He was also this
years chapbook judge.
Mr. Newman had this to
say of Bobby’s winning
manuscript: “Bobby Price’s
work has a light touch: witty,
assured and lively with a
pleasant experimental edge. I
enjoyed *: ease with which
he deals with humorous and
serious subjects. As a young
poet he shows promise.”