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THE LANCE
October 15,1987
Opinion
The Editorial Board of The Lance would
like to explain to the student body the
appearance of this issue. Numerous problems
combined with the fall holiday and a deadline
for a communications publication have forced
us to put out a product v^ich is not in our
usual format.
We thought about pushing back the
publication date in order to have a paper that
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stack of newspapers in the Charlotte Observer
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That wouldn't be fair to their
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made a commitment to you, the student body, to
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Education Update
by Brian Rodgers
I figured out why
there aren't more men in
elementary education, it
is because we can't write
neat enough on the chalk
board for the students to
read I
In this article I
would like to give a few
tips that I have picked
up while student teach
ing. I now realize that
teaching is a very diffi
cult profession, but also
an extremely rewarding
one. The teachers in my
school work together in
an effort produce stu
dents that have not only
learned the necessary
skills to be successful
citizens in our society,
but vtio will also want to
continue to better them
selves throughout their
entire lives. I realize
that everyday that I step
into my class, I have the
opportunity to help my
students believe in them
selves. This is a great
responsibility, and if
handled correctly, can be
very beneficial to a
child who has no other
reason to believe in
hiin/herself.
Conditions for teach
ers, as a whole, appear
to be improving, fortu
nately. As the demand for
teachers increases, the
pay and benefits are in
evitably becoming more
favorable, as well. The
simple fact is that the
process of education is
inportant to our world,
and that teachers are the
force with which that
process, inevitably, is a
failure or a success.
This in turn sets the
pace for our future.
Therefore, teachers have
an extremely important
role in shaping the fu
ture. This is a monument
al task, but one that
many people take on
everyday.
The Lance
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Letters To
To the Editor:
This is in response
to the editorial in the
Oct. 1 issue entitled
"Stop Pestering Bork" by
Bobby C. Simpson. I spec
ifically wish to address
the statement: "My major
disagreement with the
[Senate Judiciary] com
mittee is that they are
not trying to find a
quali f ied replacement."
Your problem then, Mr.
Sinpson, is with the sys
tem itself, not just the
Democrats. The function
of the Senate Judiciary
Committee is not to pro
pose candidates, but ra
ther to determine the
suitability of those can
didates sutsnitted for re
view.
Granted, there were
some relatively trivial
questions addressed to
Bork in the confirmation
hearings. To maintain,
however, that a few tri
vial questions by the pa
nel invalidates the pro
cess is ludicrous. Not
The Editor
all, or even most, of the
questions were personal
in nature. Most pertained
to matters in Bork's pro
fessional record, which,
as Mr. Tredway indicated
in his editorial in the
same issue, is atrocious
on such issues as judi
cial doctrine and civil
rights.
In conclusion, you
quote the scripture: "Let
he who is without sin
cast the first stone."
The Bible also states
"For all have sinned and
fall short of the glory
of God." Does this,
therefore, mean that
there should be no Senate
Judiciary Committee?
Should any person the
President nominates, no
matter how contrary his
record and stated beliefs
may be to the principles
of justice and equality
for all, be granted a
position which could af
fect the entire nation
for years to come?
Cheryl R. Sparks