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Page 2 The Lance • St. Andrews Presbyterian College Nov. 22, 1991 Editorial From the Editor's Deskr Use of Caution is Advised for Holiday Season H«ath«r Lyn Gupton Ed/tor A week or so ago I re turned from my morning class, dropped my back pack off at The Lance office and blithely went off to take a photograph. I returned ten minutes later to find my back pack open and money missing from my wallet. I don’t remember whether I left the door open or not but 1 do know that the door was unlocked. I had never actually thought about the possibility of someone steal ing here at St. Andrews. Call me naive, but I assumed that that was the sort of thing that happened in my former home. South Florida, or cit ies somewhat larger than Laurinburg, N.C. I should have thought about it though. Just this summer, my car was bro ken in to while it sat di rectly front of the apartment I lived at in Chapel Hill. That time I was more angry than upset, especially when the officer who came to make the report suggested that I had invited the theft by (perhaps) having left one of my doors unlocked. Both of us, that is, the officer and I, knew that there was little to no chance that I could ever recover what had been stolen. But I didn’t want to be one of those unreported statistics. I knew that my things were gone for good, but that by reporting the incident, others could be aware and thus more cau tious. Did I “invite” theft again? Does a thief really need an “invitation?” I figure that those who are going to steal need no motivation save their own greed. Herein lies the problem. According to the “Cam pus Security Blotter,” which is distributed on a monthly basis by campus security, there were five reported cases of burglary/larceny on campus. In all of these re ported incidents money was the sole item which was re ported to have been taken. Unfortunately though, doors were left unlocked in four of these cases. Now one must question whether these incidents would have occurred had students locked their doors. After the particular inci dent in the Lance office, I became overly cautious, constantly locking the of fice door even when I was only leaving for a minute. This began to become a great inconvenience for all involved, especially when we were constantly worry ing about whether or not we were going to inadvert ently lock someone out. I began to wonder whether or not it was worth it to lock the door when it became such a hassle. But the fact is is that people do steal on the St. Andrews campus, and a look at the “Campus Security Blotter” will indicate that the ma jority of these thefts are “in side jobs.” Cases like these, which involve cash, may remain “open” on the security blot ter, but the fact is that that money is gone for good. It is also probable that inci dents of theft like this will increase as the Thanksgiv ing and Christmas holidays are approaching. I say this because there was only one reported incident of bur glary in September, and then five reported cases in October, and there are probably many more cases than are ever reported. I would suggest that stu dents exercise caution, no matter how inconvenient it may be. I only lost S15. I consider myself lucky. But don’t be lucky — be careful. And report theft when it happens so that others can at least be forewarned. With Primaries Looming, It's Time to Make Some Real Choices Melissa Reece Guest Ed/toria/ist “The broadest and most prevalenterrorrequines the most disinterested tosustainit” H.D. Thoreau Was anybody out there re ally surprised that Qarence Tho mas turned out to be a seething - letch? (alleged seething letch.>) Was anybody actually shocked and dismayed that one of our boys would exhi bi t behavior less than meritorious in nature? ‘Fess-up, now, who among you expects our Chosen Ones to be paragons of virtue? These are the Nineties after all, and we are wise beyond our Causewalk Comments: "How do you feel about the way the Meditation Room is decorated? John McClamroch Comptw ► "I believe that Chaplain Thornton has tried to give the Meditation Room an environ ment better-suited for wor ship. I think that the banners on the wall add a lot of atmo sphere and make this room Imk like a little ch^>el. I also think that this will add to the religious life of the students who use it." ScottBhu, Senior ► I like the way the Medita tion Room looks! The cross and the banners on the wall give it a real Christian look. I believe that this will make a good impression and show what our school is about." Ktvin Greene, Senior ► "I really like the way the Meditation Room is deco rated! I really dop't have any thing to say about it. I do believe that the way the room looks is just fine." Gre£Phillips, Freshman years: each and every hip and jaded,shrewd and timely, om nipotent omnivore among us. We allknow thescore. Welaiow better than to take sides in ear nest, because all sides are at worst, evil, and, at best unwor thy. They’re all scum. And we should be ashamed of ourselves for knowing and not doing any thing about it. We’re a feckless faceless mob of pansies. No. We’re not even a mob — we haven’t acoUective willorfrenzy. We’re powerless because we as sume we are. We accept the right to choose from among the fields of contenders we are shown. We do not acknowl edge the power to choose from among our ranks a candidate we can respect We no longer have leaders, wehave professional politicians. Public relations experts. They’re Company Boys. SCABS. Each and everyone of them. Instead of being representative of the people, the/re the powers with the people must negotiate to get anything done. Although there is agreat deal of diversity of political philoso phies in this country and each of us holds dear our own Hermeneutic (the right to which we are constitutionally guaranteed) .There is, or should be, some underlying solidarity of thought, and hope, and ethi cal standard among the general populous. We should be able to come up with an honest being or two that we could deem worthy of our collective confi dence. AS the Main Ii^edient so aptly noted, “everybody plays the fbol.”Fear of playing the fool has driven us to a derelic tion of duty. It’s time to risk our cool. To invest in our future all of our own ideals, what time we can, maybe alitde money, (pos sessions of which, by the way, have been given far too much importance as a political plus) and as much faith as we can muster in the people we choose. It’s time we made some real choices. From scratch. Perhaps start skimming from the top rather than d^ading the bot tom of our prospects, and look towards those who are decid edly less “weaselesque” than past and present selectmen (and women). After all, we create our heroes in our own image. We pour our leaders into the mold of the Great American, steel them, supposedly, in the fire of our pure and ardent lust for the just and righteous, and present them to the world as the embodiment of all that is real and good in us. So, how do we see ourselves? If we give as our representatives to the world images that we know are hol low, people that we neither like, nor respect, or even feel we know, is that the accumulative impression we haveofourseh^es? Primaries are looming. The search is hereby on. Frank Zappa, the only real choice thus far. I am, however, open to„ suggestions. i.ancc St. Andrews’ Student Newspaper nHATfe A SooD Heather Lyn Gupton Editor Vacant Associate Editor Janna Turner Poetry Editor Brian Z. Smith Copy Editor Vacant Production Assistant Columnists: Angela A. Lynch, NIKki G. Holloway, Lennl Jones, Kerry NutI, Tina Carter, Sarah Cooper Staff Cartoonists: Dwayne M. Goodny, Melissa Reece Staff Writers: John Cohen, Robert Novotny, Colin Christopher, Stuart Joseph, John McClamroch Advertising Manager: Adam Whitehead Sales Manager: Andy Schmidt Adv/son Mallssa Talbert Advisors Emeritus: David Malcolm, Ron Bayes Lance Logo Design: Steven Kevin Cohn The Lance is a bimonthly publication which is produced, edited and designed by St. Andrews students. The Lance is printed by The Laurinburg Exchange in Laurinburg, N.C. Callers with questions about advertising should dial (919) 277-5672 between 9 p.m. and 4 p.nil, Monday through Friday. Editorial questions may be directed to the same number. , Letters to the editor are welcomed but must include name, phone number and campus box number. The Lance staff re serves the right not to print unsigned letters, but will not print the names of individu^ who wish to remain anonymous. Opinions expressed in The Lance are those of individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of other staff members or the faculty, administration and staff of St. Andrews Presbyterian College. TTiis publication is given free of charge to selected recipients. 2Tf)E ILantc St. Andrews Presbyterian College 1700 Dogwood Mile Laurinburg, N.C. 28352 919/277-5672
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