October 31,1986
THE LANCE
Painting Schedule for "The Wall" Released
Dean Williams Loftus has released
a permanent schedule for the
painting of graffiti wall in the hope
that there will be no accusations that
the wall was painted at a particular
time in order to wipe out a protest
message. Student government
officials asked that the wall be
repainted on a regular three-week
basis, hoping to deter student
painters from defacing sidewalks and
buildings. The schedule is as follows:
27 October
17 November
8 December
19 January
9 February
2 March
23 March
20 April
11 May
Reptillian Rebellion
by J.F. Bradsher
Another peaceful day arises over
St. Andrews and everything seems
fine. During lunch, I see people
throwing their cafeteria food to the
hungry turtles that dwell in the lake
that surrounds the campus. Everyone
seems happy and no one is having a
second thought about exposing the
turtles to the astrocious cafeteria
food. They leave to go to this after
noon classes. I see at dinner the
same thing is being done to the
turtles.
That night it is quiet; the kind of
night when the only things you can
see are the lustful stars and the full
moon. The campus inhabitants settle
for a normal night's sleep. What hap
pens next will shock and terrify every
innocent soul that lies at rest.
Out in the lake the turtles stare
around after feeling the full impact of
the poison they hve received in the
form of food. The turtles begin to
emerge from the water. Their eyes
glow in the moonlight. They have
been tortured for the last time.
Tonight they get even with the
unspecting campus dwellers. Hun
dreds of turtles squawk on the ce
ment path adjacent to the campus
cafeteria. Each having one thought in
mind: getting even with the land
creatures. There seems to be a con
sensus to their attack procedure,
because they split up to form
numerous armies of equal propor
tion and deadly intentions.
First, they go looking for revenge
at the Belk Center. No one is around,
but the turtles leave the center is
choas. The noise that the tutles make
does not alarm security guards who
patrol the campus.
The turtles advance further
through the campus. The dorms are
little to no hinderance for their attack.
They quickly and quietly break the
stronghold which we call a lounge
area. The first sight of the rampaging
turtles is seen by the Orange dorm
occupants. Screams shatter the
sound barrier as the turtles take prey
on their victims. Some victims make
the mistake of enraging the turtles by
hitting their invulnerable shells. This
makes the turtle's revenge even
sweeter, as they tear into the flesh
and blood of their frantic victims. The
screams alert the other dorms, but
the turtles are abundant. No one can
escape their wrath. The next day the
sun shines brightly over the campus
of bones, while the buzzards fly
swiftly to gorge on the leftovers from
the preceding night.
Pep Band
Seeks Recruits
Can you play an instrument? Any
instrument: flute, sax, clarinet,
drums, electric bass guitar, trumpet?
Have you not played for a year or
two? It doesn't matter. The St. An
drews Pep Band, directed by Mr. Jim
Moss, would love to have you. We
play at men's basketball home
games. Right now we have 30
members, but we need morel
The Pep Band rehearses alter-
natingf Tuesdays and Thursday from
3:50 to 4:40 p.m. in Vardell 104. The
upcoming rehearsals are:
Thursday, October 30
Tuesday, November 4
Tuesday, November 11
Thursday, November 20
Tuesday, November 25
Our repertoire contains I'm Your
Man, by Wham, When The Going
Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
Members of Young Republicans talk with Hamby at a local gathering.
Congressman From Meck Dorm?
by Nathan West
This past Saturday, at the
Republican Headquarters in Laurin
burg, a rally was held in support for
Billy Hamby's bid for United States
Congress. A large number of St. An
drews students turned out for the
event.
by Billy Ocean, Gonna Fly IMow
from Rocky, Back To The Future
and more. Many more good ones are
to come.
Mr. Jim Moss and the members of
the Pep Band would like to en
courage everyone who has the time
for Pep Band, 1 hour per week, and
Community Band/Wind Ensemble, 2
hours per week, to get involved. It is
a great experience.
Hamby spoke on his platform and
also his ties with St. Andrews. Many
were surprised to hear how close his
ties were. Hamby served as the Resi
dent Director of Mecklenburg Dorm
during 1980-81. Along with his ties to
the college, Hamby was a school
teacher in Laurinburg. Hamby ex
pressed his concern about the educa
tional system in North Carolina, and
as one of his main priorities he plans
to raise the literacy rate.
Members of the Young
Republicans Club will be busy in the
coming days as they make a final
telephone campaign to area
residents.
Remember to vote on November
4th!
College And Community Unite Through Music
By Julie Norem
The Wind Ensemble has merged
with the Laurinburg Community
Band, and may be called The
Laurinburg-St. Andrews Community
Band.
Mr. Moss, director of the Wind
Ensemble and Pep Band, joined the
St. Andrews faculty in February of
this year. He is slowly building the
program up from a nonexistent one
just a year ago.
Mr. Moss directed the Wind
Ensemble during the Spring Term of
1986. There were 24 players with an
even instrumentation. This year there
are 29 players, but with a
predominance of woodwinds.
The Laurinburg Community Band
was reformed this past summer
under the direction of Mr. Bert Owen,
Mr, Owen is the band director at
Scotland High and coordinator of
Bands in Scotland County, and has
been in Laurinburg since 1975. The
Community Band dates back to 1914
when all communities had a town
band. Since then the Laurinburg
Community Band has been in ex
istence off and on.
The Laurinburg Community Band
consists of adults from the communi
ty who wish to play. At the end of
the summer, the local college
students had to return to school. This
caused a similar problem except that
it was a predominance of brass.
At the end of September, Mr.
Moss and Mr, Owen got together,
and with the consent of the Wind
Ensemble members, decided to
merge the two bands. The outcome
is a large band which is perfectly
balanced.
On Saturday, October 18, the
Community Band-Wind Ensemble
performed at the John Blue Festival,
and on Sunday, October 19, they
performed at Westminister Nursing
Home.
Together there are 52 members,
half of them St. Andrews students.
Mr. Moss and Mr. Owen will split the
directing equally. When Mr, Moss is
directing, Mr. Owen will play the
clarinet, and when Mr. Owen is direc
ting, Mr. Moss will play the tuba.
Rehearsals are alternate Monday
and Tuesday nights from 7-9 p.m. at
Scotland High School. The next con
cert is tentatively set for Tuesday
night, December 2 at Scotland High
School Auditorium. Mr. Owen hopes
that "at some point in the future, per
formances will be held on the St. An
drews Campus." The reason why
rehearsals are not held on the St. An
drews campus is because the college
does not have sufficient percussion
equipment.
St. Andrews student Shannon
Standbridge thinks that the best
thing about the merged bands is "be
ing able to hear all the instruments
together." Mrs. Betty owen, clarien-
tist and wife of Mr, Bert Owen says
she is in it because she loves to play.
If anyone is interested in joining
the music program here at St. An
drews, contact Mr. Jim Moss ext.
234.