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November 29,1939 Alan Abrams asked, "What makes St. Andrews St. Andrews?" I can up with my own answer as I inter viewed the debate team just before they broke the rec ord. None of the debaters could really put into words what they felt as they looked with amazement at the enormous crowd. This is when I reached my reaction to Alan's question. To me, it's a combina tion of people and attitude. It's a pl^ge that we will not let our size dictate our achievement and aspira tions. There was an undeni able sense of "community" present at the debate. The record was a monumental achievement for the debate team, but was no small occa sion to the college itself. Part of the attitude that I'm speaking of is cooperat ing or lending a hand when it is needed. This is not only exemplified by the atmos phere at the debate, but at sporting events. No matter what the record, St. An Editor^s Michael Roberts drews crowds can be as supportive, and noisy, and crazy, and original as any school five times its size. It is also an attitude that one can be an individual and still belong. Its that spirit of unqualified accep tance that makes the word "community" appropriate. There is a certain ability to communicate and share ideas which 1 think is in digenous to St. Andrews. From my own experi ence, this attitude is present in much of the faculty and even the administration. I think that the rapport that we share with these mem bers of the college is in itself unique. I have noticed through various contacts this year, that certain people just seem to "fit" here. And new people, students and ad ministration, seem to just catch on. Part of what makes us who we are, are people like Dean Benson, who is never too busy to stop and con verse with you in the halls, and who year after year gives graduation that cert- tain St. Andrews flavor. Part of what makes us who we are are professors like WD White and Ron Bayes, who could easily have taken their talents else where. It' s Coach Mark Simons, who stresses aca demic excellence as well as achievement on the court. It's Coach Cary Swanson, who despite our size, man ages to continually bring good baseball talent to this college, and gets the most out his players. Swanson earned a national ranking last year, and pulled what some might consider, major upsets. So why does he stay here? I think it's a certain attitude that to believe in ourselves, we need some- one to show a little faith us. The attitude extends to people like O.E. Smith, who willgooutofhiswaytohelp anyone. It's Neal Bushoven who teaches us things that we don't even realized we learned until we call uponit in a given situation, or are able to apply to to another aspect of our lives. We can call professors by their first names. We have access to their home phone numbers. We occa sionally see them at our parties. These are what come to nund when Alan poses that question. I feel that what gives us our identity is the willing ness to challenge ourselves. Sometimes, we may play the role of the underdog. But you have to be involved with us here to see that that's probably the way we like it. Staffers Attend Seminar They flew, they brought chartered buses, and they even drove 15 hours to at tend the Investigative Re porting Seminar in Wash ington, D.C. There were over 1100 students from 125 colleges, representing 25 states, and we were in the midst of it all. Jennifer Span gler and I represented the Lance staff this jjast week end at the IRE Seminar. It was an experience I'm sure we'll never forget. We heard the great Carl Bernstein as he described his philosophy of investigative reporting in comparison with his in volvement with the Water gate scandal. We attended various seminars in which 11 professional reporters with Pulitzers gave their own beliefs and advice. At the luncheon, Spangler and I spoke with students from Ball State University and Western Michigan. We were stunned and amazed listening to how their news- pap>ers were run. A budget of $700,000, a profit of $500,000 last year in adver tising, a staff of over 100 students that are paid, and a college newspaper that is printed daily with world news, and even cartoons! We knew that we could never make a St. Andrews newspaper anything close to that, but we knew we could make a good newspa per. Twelve hours of driv ing gave Spangler and I the chance to do plenty of brain storming . We have so many great ideas that we know we can incorporate within the newspaper. I hope to be a great asset to Mike because I know that so far he has been doing it all on his own. It will be difficult to completely create a strong paper this term, but hopefully by Winter Term we can begin with a clean slate. We need a strong organization of staff, ideas, and support. I'm asking everyone-students, faculty, and staff-to come to us vwth their ideas and questions, and work to help make this a great newspaper. It can be done. ThCTe are so many wonderful and even terrible things happening on this campus anci community and we must be informed. As a newspaper we have a great power because we can reach and influence every one. The job of a good stu dent newspaper is not just the editorial staff, but the whole campus. You can make the difference. Let's dp it St. Andrews, and make this the best paper we've seen in years. Comments on "Naill'Um" Being a new student here at St. Andrews, I have found the students' and profes sors' relationships towards one another open and hon est. Never have I seen so open a community with little fear of revealing "the truth." This brings me to my point. How many new stu dents received 'Nail 'Um" in their boxes? I did. I am appalled and shocked and very confused. Firstof all, if this is supposed to resemble an underground newspa per, why are the names on the articles? Secondly, what possessed the editors to scandalize the Student Life Committee and the staff? Granted, the students like to moan and groan about Stu dent Life and Dean Greer, but what kind of power trip are they on? We "new students" thrive upon the opinion of the stu dent body towards the pro fessors and the administra tion. "Nail ’Um" also clus ters all opinion that Dean Greer and the Student Life staff are incompetent. Un less the editors are willing to actually speak to Dean Greer and the administra tion as to why, in their opin ion, they are bureaucratic maniacs, I think (I'm free to express my opinion also) each of them should watch their backs for a while. Some very displeased p>eople may be looking for them. If the editors have a personal problem, let them take it up with Student Life. Our boxes are for informa tion, not junk. Kimberly Graffeo
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