The Lance
An Open Letter to the
St. Andrews Community
.^t^Andrews^resbyterian College
By Sally Schiel
In less than three months, on
May 13th, the 130 members
of the senior class will march
across the lake'to graduate.
The upcommg commence
ment exercise is going to have
one major differnce from
past St. Andrews commence
ment ceremonies.
On Sunday February 19th,
the graduation committee
announced to the senior class
that we would not have an
outside speaker at com
mencement.
This year, along with the
usual election of a student
speaker, the seniors will vote
for a faculty member to
speak in place of an outside
speaker. President Perkinson
will then select the faculty
speaker from the top three
vote getters.
Several legitimate reasons
were given for this policy
change on the part of the ad
ministration.
In the past, those attending
the graduation ceremony
have been held a captive au
dience to some less-than-
inspiring speakers. Some
speakers that we have had in
recent years have been fairly
boring. They have been
known to ramble for hours
on subjects which the au
dience did not seem to be at
all interested.
Also, a school the size of St.
Andrews does not have the
resources to attract speakers
of national import. It is
unreasonable to expect such
speakers as Alan Alda or Er
ma Bombeck-speakers that
students are quick to suggest
as possibilites.
Despite the small turnout at
Sunday’s meeting, there was
plenty of sentiment against
this change in policy-and
with good reason.
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Colorado Governor
Fourth Evans Fellow
N.C.A.A.Shortens Knights’Season
By Bill Lide
The Dixie Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference an
nounced on Wednesday,
February 15 that because a
Knight basketball player ac
cepted a $200 loan from a
Laurinburg physician the St.
Andrews men’s basketball
team had to forfeit four con
ference games of the 1984
season and that the team
would be ineligible for the
DIAC and the NCAA post
season tournaments this
season.
The actions were handed
down by the DIAC after it
was learned that Bert Joseph,
a sophomore, had accepted a
$200 loan from Dr. Tom
French, of Laurinburg, early
in the 1983 season. No agree
ment had been made between
Joseph and Dr. French as to
when and how the loan was
to be repayed.
The school found out about
the loan when Ms. Shelby
French, a part-time member
of the St. Andrews staff,
overheard Dr. French men
tion the loan in a conversa
tion.
Ms. French informed Dr.
Juliam Smith, St. Andrews
Athletic Director, of the con-
''ersation and Dr. Smith then
relayed the message to Dean
*'Onald Crossley. After
f'viewing the case and inter-
^ewing both Joseph and Dr.
smith, Crossley sent the fin-
mgs to Thomas E. Yeager,
NCAA legislative assis-
tam.
Later, Yeager informed the
college that the player in
question, Joseph, had
broken NCAA rule
3-1-(g)-15 and that he would
be immediately inelligible.
The DIAC then informed the
Knights that they would have
to forfeit all conference
games that Joseph played in
this year and that the team
was no longer eligible for
post season play.
The loan was a rules viola
tion for two main reason.
Because Dr. French was the
team physician and a strong
supporter of the Knight’s
Club he was considered to be
“a representative of athletic
interests” and therefore he
could not help an athletic
financially in any way.
Secondly, Joseph fsuled to
inform vicki King, head of
St. Andrews Financial Aid
Office, of the loan. This con
stitutes a violation in both
the NCAA and St. Andrews
financial aid policies.
Because the loan was made
last year the Knights must
notify all opponenets from
last year’s season and offer
to forfeit all the games tlwt
Joseph played in. Jim
McDuffie, head of the St.
Andrews news department
said that no teams had called
up and accepted the propos
ed forfeitures.
In a published statement
Crossley said that both
Joseph and Dr. French had
told him that Coach Doug
Riley had known of the loan.
“Coach Riley indicated both
to Dr. Smith and to me that
he had no knowledge of the
loan. Both the physicican
and Mr. Joseph indicated
that Coach Riley was aware
of the loan. Subsequently
Coach Riley has submitted a
written statement denying
knowledge of the transac
tion,” said Crossley.
When questioned by THE
LANCE concerning Coach
Riley’s knowledge of the
loan Joseph said, “Coach
Riley did not have any
knowledge of me receiving
the loan.”
In response to Joseph’s latter
comments concerning Coach
Riley, Dean Crossley said, “I
will stick to the things that I
said in my published state
ment.”
In closing his statement Dean
Crossley said, “while not
condoning their action or ex
cusing their ignorance of the
rules, I believe the physician
and Mr. Joseph were acting
on good intentions.”
“Despite their intent, their
actions clearly constitute
violation which we are bound
by honor and agreement to
report.”
“I don’t think the conference
had any choice,” said Dr.
Smith. “We brought it upon
ourselves, but I think that the
conference and St. Andrews
handled the situation m good
faith.
By Maureen Ingalls
Governor Richard Lamm, in
an address delivered on
Wednesday, February 15 in
Avinger Auditorium, as part
of the Evans Fellows Pro
gram, examined the current
situation of “Politics and
Economics in a Static Pie.”
The afternoon lecture was
the culmination of several
days of informal discussions
held with the St. Andrews
and surrounding Laurinburg
communities.
Lamm’s address dealt with
the economic realities and
implications of the last fif
teen years resulting in a
“staggering loss of income”
for the LF.S. During this
period of economic crisis ac
cording to Lamm, the U.S.
has fallen to fourth or fifth
in international per capita in
come levels. Events and
public policy of the last
several decades, such as the
1970 “export hold on com
modities,” also under act the
national economy said
Lamm.
The Governor targeted
several areas requiring
reform in the “path to a sus
tainable society.” Among
those highlighted were a
renewed focus upon the
domestic educational system,
increased accountability
within health care to tax
payers, as well as an intense
examination of natural
resource policy.
The, U.S., said Lamm, has
commited itself to a destruc
tive policy of “unilateral
economic disarmament ’ with
an emphasis upon the
“politics of consumption”
rather than the “politics of
production.” The critical
point has been reached in the
economy, said Lamm
because American policy
makers have lost their
“freedom to allocate
(moneys to) new social pro
grams.”
With the cutback on such
programs imperative given
present economic conditions,
ethical concerns must also be
addressed said the Governor.
He cited as particularly pto-
blematic, immigration which
no longer has an “ap
plicable” political solution
and such programs as health
care which have been, for the
last several decades, for “by
passing public policy.”
Governor Lamm’s prescrip
tion for redefining the
“parameters of the new
world” was based upon
significant “axiomatic”
policy changes. According to
him, both the public and
private sectors will recognize
that the “problems of the
1980’s” have been addressed
thus far with a “political
grasp of the 1960’s.” The
proper function of politics
and policy-making said
Lamm, involves proper
“management of expecta
tions” to continually
“retool” and “rejuvenate”
the American economic
system.
Rabbi Friedman
to Visit St. Andrews
Rabbi John S. Friedman, of
Judea Reform Congregation,
will visit St. Andrews
Presbyterian College in
Laurinburg, North Carolina,
on Tuesday, March 13. He
will address an assembly on
the topic of “History and
Basic Beliefs of Judaism,”
which will be held at 12:40
p.m. in Avinger Auditorium.
The entire St. Andrews and
Laurinburg communities are
invited.
The rabbi lectures on college
campuses under the auspices
of the Jewish Chautauqua
Society, the educational pro
ject of the National Federa
tion of Temple
Brotherhoods. The Society is
dedicated to the improve
ment of interfaith relations
and accomplishes this, in
part, through the endowment
of courses and lectures on
Judaica at universities
throughout the United States
and Canada.
Jointly sponsored by the
Jewish Chautauqua Society,
SAGE 104, and the Warner
L. Hall Chair of Religion.