From The Editor's Desk: Adieu to Both Editor and The Lance?!
■though theJ^wc^ has acquired
the much-need computer that
Roberts desired, it still docs not
Heather Lyn Guptor.,
Editor
[Before actually beginning my
fiml column as editor of The
Lance, I’d like to reprint aportion
of one written by previous Lance
editorMichaelRoherts. After read
ing the reprint I think that you will
see, as I did, that many of the
shortcomings of the current Ijmce
staff, and the difficulties faced by
the (very) few devoted Lance staff
ers who aid in the production pro
cess are very simil^.]
"...Sow'hydoem'tTbelance
come out more ofieni And why
are iitere lypos and minor de
sign flaws? Why isn’t The
lance 20 pages thick? These
arepertinentquestions... Here
are some more pertinent ques
tions. Whointireirrightmittd
wotdd be up until 7:00 a.m.
doi*!g newspaper layout? What
kind rfperson would do this for
five? Is it worth the trot^le
just to see your picture in a
column called “The Editor’s
Desk?” I don't have answers
for these questions.
I don't enjoy this process. I
think it is archaic, ludicrous,
andwor^examinationbyper
sons who are in a position to
make a chat^e. Many express
their concern over what ap
pears or doesn’t appear in Ms
student publication. But ab-
solutelynoonehassaid, “Mike,
there may be a better way.”
Except for Ms. Tremblay, who
has offered both her sympa
thies and her assistance, but
has as much power to change
thit^ as have. It has occutvd
to me that I might enjoy re
signing this post and kicking
back to enjoy the fruits of my
senior year. But somewhere in
my mind is the thought that
what this student newspaper
represents may mean some-
thif^ to some of you,”
But unfortunately I, unlike
Michael Roberts, am not com
pletely convinced that the paper
does mean something to the
student body. One of the few
comments I received about the
paper was thatit, “Lookednice.”
Great. But did it say anything
important? Cover pertinent top
ics? Address student concerns?
Serve as a forum for smdent
opinions as it should have?
Well, it certainly hasn’tserved
as a forum for student opinion.
There doesn’t seem to be any on
campus at the moment as far as
I can tell because I have received
no response except a very few
verbal comments, all of which
were complaints about why this
was printed/covered and that
was not covered.
As I am completing this final
issue with the sole aid of a non
student, I wonder why I have
made the efibrt I, like Roberts
might have enjoyed resigning this
post and ‘Tdcl^ back” to enjoy
the “fiuitsofmy senior year,” or in
this case, my last term on the St
Andrews campus.
Who in their right mind
would be up until 7:00 a.m.
doing newspaper layout alone?
What kind of person would do
this for free? Someone idealistic
who, like Roberts, hopes that
the student newspaper may rep
resent something to some of
you.
So why doesn’t The Lance
come out more often? And why
are there typos and minor de
sign flaws? Because the process
is, as Roberts mentioned, ar
chaic and ludicrous. Because al-
Catalyst: Tis the Season to be Stressed
Nlkkl G. HoUoway
Coiumr^st
“Tis the season to be stressed.
My roommate’s up to 2:30 a.m.,
trying to memorize chemistry for
mulas that are written in Greek,
and one of my fiicnds has so much
philosophy homework that she
doesn’t kriaw if she really exists or
not. I, fortunately, have a light
load tte semester and I basic^y
have things under control, but
that’s only because I know how I
get when Fm scressed-out, and
believe you me, it’s not a pretty
sightl get very, very ill-tempered
andl n^ght be known to say some
bad vTO^. Of course it’s not per
sonal, but if you’re around me... I
believe the psychology term is dis
placed aggression. Atanyrate, Fve
learned some stress reducing tech
niques I thought Fd share with
/alL
First of all, if you know you
have a paper due, don’t wait until
the last minute to do it Standard
advice, but not so easy to follow.
Who actually begins apaper, three
weeks before i?s due? No cmk
wants to be called a nerd, even if
you’re failing the class with an
“F-I-.” But in order to get througji
the end of the semester, you need
to plan ahead. Make yourself a
schedule and STICK TO IT!! So
what if you miss a party or two, at
the end of the semester, when
everyone is going ciazy, you can
take a trip to Myrtle Beach.
If, in one of your classes, you
know you’re having trouble and
are inire straits, talk tDyour jMof.,
and ask for extra credt assign
ments and then DO THEM!!
Consistency in attmdance also
helps, ocheiwisc, how can a pro-
fts^ help you out, if they don’t
rocognize your face?
For those of you who are more
stressed than others, try medita
tion — don’t laugh, Tni serious.
Find a quiet place, tum on some
soothing music, like waves crash
ing and flutes or something,then
sitkneeling or Indian style (Native
American, excuse me) and con
centrate on one particular object
Freeyourmindrfall thoughts and
just chill...baby, baby...chill. Stay
there for about fifteen minutes. If
done correctly, you should feel
veryrefiieshed—you know, likea
stick of Doublemint gum. If that
doesn’t work, write a poem about
whateverisonyourmind Itdoesn’t
matter if it’s not a Shakespearean
sonnet or consistent with the style
of Wordsworth... just write what
you feel and guaranteed you’ll feel
better. Now of course if none of
these methods work, Cake a series
of fifteen minute naps. Study for
an hour, take a nap, smdy for an
hour, take a nap... see, there’s a
pattern here. But don’t get too
carried away with sleeping, you
might miss your exams, and then
wc^dn’t you be s.o.L ?
It’s a given that Maxwell and
Sanka cofee are going to get very
rich, along with the founders of
the all-important Vivarin and
Nodos, but these artificial stimu
lants reallyonlymake things worse.
You can’t very well write a paper,
if your hand won’t stop shali^,
now can you? Try hertal tea, no
really, thoe arc several herbs that
arc natural stimulants. Go to Har
ris Teeter, therc in the aisle with
the Tang arxi instant lipton tea
mix. Th^s also tea to get you to
sleq), to make you more potent.,
but thafs another cdumn.
Just remember, don’t wait un
til the day before a ten-page paper
is due to do it Staring at a com-
puterfbreighthoursncm-stopwill
only make you blind. And what
good will a degree do, if you can’t
read the paper it’s printed on?
To the Editor;
I wanted to express the fact
that in the previous issue ofThe
Lance dated Nov. 22,1991 in
an article written by Robert
Novomy, tided, “Smdent Sen
ate Food Committee Discusses
HeakhConoemswithMarriott,”
I vras wrongfiilly mistaken for
stating things I id not say.
The article mentioned that
“Student Jason King,” who is
the only smdent of that name at
St Andrews, “noted seeing
workers carrying mbs of sup
posedly hot food without the
aid of mitts.” Also, I reportedly
called for a “relaxation of the
militaristicattitude occasionally
displayed by both sides. We
must work with, not against
each other.”
I must now state that I have
said ncme of the above, nor was
I ever interviewed by Mr.
Novomy. What botheitd me
most abwt the mistake was the
feet that I don’t even attend
SAGA due to a medical con
dition. However, I would like
to add that in my two previous
years of dining at SAGA, I
found that all of the workas I
came into contact with werc
ahvays cordial and extremely
fiiendly.
Lately I heard rumcMS that I
was going to sue Mr. Novotoy
[for libel]... Idon’t know where
the rumor originated, but it is
not true!
I woukl greatly appreciate
and expect a prqjer correctioa
[Editor’s Note: Sufhmtpc^ jbr
correction.]
JasoaKEit^
have its own printer and there
fore must still use the one in the
Communications office, and
then only when it does not in
terfere with the steady stream of
work pouring into that office.
And, as before, we are extremely
limited by having one or two
Macintoshes (depending on
whether the one in Communi
cations is available or not) and
therefore only one or two people
working at a time. We are also
hindered by old software and
the fact that we are not properly
trained how to use the equip
ment/software. Problems like
these, and many many others,
combine to make production of
the Lance a tedious effort.
Also, the fact that people
don’t want to devote huge
chunks of their time to work for
free is a given, and therefore
staff is limited. Plenty of people
generate wonderfiil ideas, but
few are willing to take the time
to execute them.
I hope that someday The
indeed carry the cred-
ibifity, credits and perhaps even
payment and/or scholarship that
will entice smdents to continue
with it However, unless some
one takes an interest soon, the
paper is in danger of “folding”
due to lack of student concern
over whether it comes out or
not After this issue there will
not be an editor, unless one
miraculously appears. I can’t say
I blame anyone for not wanting
the post. It’s time-consuming,
and the lack of student feedback
and support does not exactly
make die position a desirable
one.
Does this make you mad?
Unfortunately a letter to the
editor will be too late at this
point. I sincerely hope that you,
as smdents, will work to keep
The Lance alive because I am
sure that the administration will
have no qualms about absorb
ing the much-needed Lance
money back into the school
budget. Once deflmct, reorga
nization will become a tedious
and time-consuming process.
Just think of the radio station.
My only motive in writing in
this manner is to elicit some sort
of response and also to make
smdents aware that a problem
exists. I hope that I have now
done at least that.
Please believe that I am not
completely bitter about this ex
perience. The staff"members Fve
worked with have been won-
derflil, and St Andrews has some
great journalistic writers in hand.
The advice and sympathy of
DavidMalcolm,MalissaTalbert
and Ron Bayes has been life-
saving, and the staff, faculty and
administration have been pro
fuse in there support of the new
appearance of tihe paper. I must
also thank Steven Cohn, with
out whose expertise the paper’s
overall design would not have
been executed properly or as
efficientiy.
As for the question, it
worth the trouble just to see
your picture in a column called
“The Editor’s Desk?” I’d have to
say, “Yes!”
Adieu!
®{)e Xante
St. Andrews’ Student Newspaper
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
Vacant
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Arts & Letters Editor
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