THE LANCE
October 31,1986
Page 2
From the Editor
Dear Readers,
If you are surprised to see another
issue of THE LANCE come out so
quickly then you can imagine how I
felt when so many students began
turning in articles. It is very exciting
to see our newspaper growing
stronger every day!
Rather than give the ordinary pep
talk about our organization I would
just like to say that THE LANCE is
your newspaper, paid for by student
funds. Therefore, if you have
something to share with the student
body why not use THE LANCE as
your means of communication You
do not have to become a permanent
member of the staff in order to sub
mit an article.
However, you may want to con
sider the benefits of becoming a staff
member. First of all, when the time
comes to look for employment think
how nice it would look on your
resume that you were an active
member of a college organization.
Experience is not easy to come by
these days, and the newspaper gives
you an opportunity to apply the
things you have learned. Secondly, it
is possible to receive academic
credits for the work you do on the
newspaper. Internships and GIS's
may be worked out between
students, faculty advisors, and on
site supervisors. You are not limited
to a particular field or study either.
Business majors may wish to con
sider an internship as a business
manager or advertising coordinator.
Health and science majors may wish
to design advice columns for the
paper. Art majors may want to ex
plore the world of political cartoons
or art in advertising. There is really no
limit. Finally, if you are a member of
THE LANCE you get to have lots of
FUN! It is really exciting to see all of
your hard work pay off as the first
paper rolls off the press.
If you are interested in joining THE
LANCE staff please stop by our of
fice in the Liberal Arts Building
(Room 183 next to ASC) or call me
at Ext. 485 in the evening. Letters
may be sent to campus Box No.
79 or 757.
Sincerely yours.
Heidi Jernigan
Editor
The Lance
Box 757
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, N.C. 28352
Editor Heidi Jernigan
Assistant Editor Dave Snyder
Creative Writing Editors Jon Pargas
Mel Allen, Jr.
Sports Editor Myla Garren
Art Editor John Ward
Entertainment Editor Lloyd Meilenz
Commuter Student Editor Lester Brigman
Columnist Editor Marjorie Hahn
Business & Advertising Manager Kelly Hunt
Advisors June Milby
Edna Ann Loftus
The opinions expressed on these pages are not necessarily thoSe of THE
LANCE, the college, or the student body, but are of the signed individuals
THE LANCE welcomes and encourages responses to the material in this
publication, but reserves the right of editorial freedom as governed by respon
sible journalism.
WE GOOFED!
In the last issue of THE LANCE we inadvertently left off Buck Tredway's
by-line on the OP/ED piece entitled "Capital Punishment Sends Mixed
Signals.” The article did not reflect the opinions of THE LANCE, the college,
the student body or the editors but those of the author.
And finally, we did not give photo credits to the following: Cover Photo-
Rooney Coffman; Photos of Dean benson-Jamie Reynolds; and photos of the
Japanese-American Festival were taken by the Photography Department.
Opinions/Editorials
Students, Don't Be Partner In Murder -
Reject Drugs
The following OP/ED piece appeared in the CHARLOTTE
OBSERVER on October 23rd and has been reprinted by permission of
its author.
During the last 18 months there has been considerable action by students
across the country in attempts to get colleges to divest themselves of any in
terest in companies doing business in South Africa. Clearly, the most promi
nent theme has been that it is morally wrong for the collegesland the nation) to
be supporting the government of South Africa in any manner. It is a credit to
the students that they have the moral convictions to take a stand.
At this time, while this movement is still a warm issue, there is an excellent
opportunity for the students to be consistent in their views and action and
carry that conviction to a parallel situation -organized crime! Illegal drug traffic
exists in this country only because there are millions of investors in the
business. And guess who those investors are; College students? Yes! High
school students? Yes! Housewives? Yes! Professionals? Yes! Working peo
ple? Yes!
What is this "government" (organized drug pedding) guilty of doing? Con
sider these as a start: murder, assaults, bribery of law enforcement officers,
bribery of public officials, corruption of governments, violation of civil rights!
and in general causing millions of persons to live in constant fear in drug-
infested neighborhoods. And this does not even consider the millions of lives
which are daily affected by persons involved in the use of illegal drugs-
including those thousands of victims of robberies by users in search of money
to buy drugs.
It is likely true that few towns in the United States have escaped having
one or more drug-related murders. Consider how many thousands of murders
have probably been carried out since the creation of one of our largest "cor
porations" - organized trafficking of drugs. Consider how many of these
murders you have paid for. One cannot escape the fact that out of every dollar
you spend on illegal drugs, a certain percentage goes for paying for a murder
assaults and bribery. You are a critical partner in this organization. It cannot
exist without your help.
This country has a heritage of young people being willing to stand up for
their convictions The collective effort of young people does not go unnoticed
- the impact in the past has been signficant. I challenge you to be consistent
in your views and action and divest your interest in this cruel and faceless
organization. itJi^eiess
Why continue being a partner in murder?
Dr. Bill Morgan
Associate Professor of Mathematics
St. Andrews
Student doubts validity of "drug war"
It never ceases to amaze me what Ronald Reagan and his band of con
servative cohorts can get away with. Ron says that the Sandanist government
in Nicaragua is the most dangerous thing to hit Central America since the
killer bee and everyone belives him. He says that we need a lazerized defense
system in space, which is only theoretically possible in the first place. Then he
throws away a potential arms agreement with the Soviet Union because he
doesn't want to give up his science fiction fantasy and the Arthur C. Clarke in
all of us says "Bravo, Ron". Attorney general Edwin Meese comes out with a
statement that supreme court decisions are not necessarily binding on the ex
ecutive branch and the public reaction is more like elevator conversation than
outage.
Why are Reagan and his associates allowed to completely ignore the con
stitution of the United States and play fast and loose with the facts?
Particularly disturbing is the so called "drug war". Manufactured during an
election year as a campaign issue, this anti-drug push conspires to erode the
basic constitutional rights of every American.
Who do you do as a republican incumbent, fighting for re-election, with
nothing to your credit except wagging your head up and down after
the president says? You would invent an emotional campaign issue, of
course. Despite the fact that drug use has been declining since the late
1960s, if you listen to the republicans, this country is in the midst of a national
crisis of major perportions.
Let s discuss a real national crisis. Republican senator Jim Broyhill, in a cur
rent campaign commercial, says he doesn't want to go back to the "old
ways of taxing people to give the politicians more money to spend. The
Republican solution is to preside over the largest budget deficit in the Na
tion s history, resulting in an astounding debt which we and our children will
have to struggle to pay. I'm no economist, but it seems to me that a more
sound fiscal policy would be to only spend the money you have. Abraham
incoln said that you cannot establish security on borrowed money or keep
out of trouble by spending more than your income. Why do Lincoln's fellow
republicans choose to ignore his advice. Maybe a good way to reduce the
e ecit would be to eliminate the 2.1 billion dollar drug enforcement building.
The November 1986 issue of Harper's Magazine reported that 1190
gallons of urine were analyzed for illegal drug use. Mr. Reagan requested and
received legislation requiring all federal employees to take drug tests, how
long will it be before all recipients of federal funds, such as college Pell grants
made to submit to urinalysis as well?
News reported on october 19, the results of a survey concerning the
drug war. In 1985, 450,000 deaths could be directly attributed to cigarette
srrio ing. 100,000 deaths were alcohol related. By comparison, only 4500
a es cou be blamed on drugs. It doesn't seem exactly like the national