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DEC 14 lSb;3
Volume 28
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Issue 4
102 Hours.
Debate Team Breaks Record
Michael Roberts
At 8:42 p.m. on Monday
Night, November 20, it hap
pened. Pandemonium
erupted as over two-
hundred observers wit
nesses a world record.
Bobby Simpson, John Cox,
Shannon Gill, and Todd
Jones, representing the St.
AndrewsDebate Team, de
bated on the topic of World
Hunger for 102 hours. This
broke the previous mark in
the Guiness Book of World
Records set by Vassar Col
lege. Witlj John iCox at the
poduim, the mass of visi
tors, onlookers, vwtnesses,
and supporters counted
downthelasttenseconds. A
thunderous ovation filled
the room, as the new record-
holders doused each other
with symbolic champagne.
Corks flew, flash bulbs
snapped, and firm embraces
were passed around, as the
debaters carried on a cele
bration.
'This is insane," said
Bobby Simpson just before
the record achievement.
'This is something I'll never
forget. The support and
backing that we’ve received
during this whole debate
just reinforces the positive
qualities of this campus," he
said. Before taking the po
dium to set the new record,
John Cox stated, "I'm sort of
in a dreant state. This is like
Security'
Questions Raised
Jennifer Woodward
Thursday Night, Novem
ber 9, three cars were broken
into and items were stolen.
Early Priday morning, No
vember 10, three rooms in
Concord Hall were entered
l>y a stranger, and items
were stolen. There have also
been a series of fights in
volving St. Andrews stu-
•lents and members of the
Laurinburg community,
j^ythis happening, and
can this be prevented?
Many students are asking
* s very question? Many
outraged because they
™eve that Campus Safety
js not doing its job. Theiron
head of Campus
afety, believes that he and
® officers are doing the
[hey can. He admits
^'Ihereareproblemswith
^ system, but they are
"8 worked out. How-
cl' ^'Sgest problem
pus Safety faces is stu
dent apathy. "Any police
department is only as good
as the community it pro
tects, "said Young. Because
of the various incidents that
have occured vnthin the St.
Aiidrews community.
Young believes that stu
dents have become more
conscious of the need for
safety and security within
the campus. "The help of the
students is needed desper
ately," Young stated.
The Campus Safety staff is
small. There are only four
uniformed officers, and four
student officers. These offi
cers are all graduates of the
North Carolina Law En
forcement Training Course.
There are currently three
officers working on cam
pus. A fourth is expected to
graduate in December. Offi
cers from Laurinburg are
helping out with the short
age. Young admits the staff
bringing home a rational
championship. It's the same
atmosphere and the same
electricity.." While Cox's
word to describe the event
was "monumental", the
word for Todd Jones was
"grueling." "There has been
so much conununity sup
port," said Jones. "Everyone
has been very helpful, and
this has really pulled people
together. It's unlike any
thing that I've seen in my
four years here." Team
member Shannon Gill de
scribed the experience as
"basically incredible." "Be
fore we started, I knew we
would break the record. We
i continued on pg. 9
i
The Wall Crumbles
Lisa Chassy
On November 9, the East
German government
made a decision to open its
borders and allow its dti-
zei\s to travel freely without
hindrance. This nwy be one
of the most amazing, his
toric occurrences of our
time. As a result of this deci
sion, the Berlin Wall isbeing
tom down. Berlin has been a
divided city since the end of
World War II, when the Al
lies (United States, Great
Britain, France, and USSR)
split into sections. Each
country was to occupy its
quarter. The areas occupied
by France, the United States
and Great Britain (the West
ern powers) are now
known as West Beriin, while
the area occupied by the
Soviet Union is East Berlin.
The entire country of Ger
many was also split into
East Germany (also, Ger
man Democratic Republic
or GDR), which is part of the
Warsaw Pact military alli
ance, and West Germany
(i also. Federal Republic of
Germany), under influence
of the West. Berlin is situ
ated in the middle of East
Germany.
In the late 1940's, differing
ideologies began to be a
problem in the nrmnagement
of Berlin. The Soviets
wanted Berlin to be entirely
part of East Germany.
Needless to say, the West
ern powers were not in
clined to renounce their
claims. Increasing tensions
between East and West led
to the blockade of West
Berlin. The blockade of Ber
lin lasted 11 months and led
to the "Beriin Airiift," in
which supplies ranging
from food and medicine to
coal and candy were flown
in by Western governments
j to support the Western part
of the dty. An agreement
was reached and the block
ade ended, but tensions
remained high. These ten
sions, plus the slow leak of
East Germans to the West
through West Berlin led to
the construction of the Ber-
hn Wall in August of 1961.
All ties between the two
sides were broken. Fanulies
were divided. Phone lines
were destroyed. Buildings
too close to the Wall were
tom down. It is difficult to
realize the impact of this
artificial division. Try to
imagine Washington, D.C.
(or your favorite large city),
with a wall through the
middle - or encompassing
one half.
Since the 1970's, relations
have been improving in the
city. Initially, West Berliners
were forbidden to travel to
j the Eastern region, but in
I continued on -pg. 5