^THE LANCE
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23, 2004
Green Harvest Extends Reach to SA
Matthew Stucke
The Lance
At 6 a.m. on November 24,
2003, approximately 12 police
officers readied themselves to
arrest 15 local drug-dealers. By 5
p.m., 12 of the 15 arrests were
made as part of the 2-3 month
sting operation known as Harvest
Fest; 3 of which were made at St.
Andrews.
During the raids, officers
found marijuana, hydrocodone (a
powerful prescription painkiller),
LSD, and cocaine, though no
cocaine was found on the St.
Andrews campus.
The three St.
Andrews’ students
arrested were,
according to col
lege rules,
expelled from
school.
The jail-
bonds for the 12
arrestees ranged
from 5,000-
30,000 dollars.
The expenses for
the arrested individuals, and their
families, however do not stop
there; for the next 1-2 years.
monthly probation
and court fees will
follow.
Detective
Dean Murphy was
the head of the
Laurinburg sec
tion of Harvest
Fest. After the
raid took place,
Murphy was quot
ed in the
Laurinburg
Exchange, saying,
“It went real smooth. We executed
all three raids at the same time. To
arrest 12 of 15 people within six
hours (of beginning the operation)
is really a success. 1 am really
happy with the way things went
today.”
St. Andrews was brought
into the sting when one of its stu
dents was observed interacting
with one of the houses being
watched.
While the arrests prove that
St. Andrews does have drug users,
Murphy said that he has noticed a
“hundred percent change around”
in the past years. He maintains that
the present administration is much
more concerned with the welfare
• See Reaction, Page 6
Edward Gomez displays his citation for the Sam ragan Awards as Dean Robert Hopkins looks on.
Ragan Awards: Gomez’s
Stimulating, Political Angle
April Link
The Lance
There’s a lot of fancy award dinners
that happen at this school. Most of us don’t
know exactly what is going on except that
there’s an unusually large population of
older people hanging out around Belk and
that someone is getting better food than we
are in SAGA. Sometimes a few students are
allowed to attend these events. I was invited
to the Ragan Awards to read some of Sam
Ragan’s poems. It basically went as usual
with some amusing Ron Bayes remarks fol
lowed by a one-quality-notch-higher-than-
SAGA dinner spent trying to have as good a
time as possible considering I had to dress
up. Then Edward Gomez got up to speak.
I’ve been in two of Mr. Gomez’s
week-long, one-credit courses here at SA,
so 1 had an idea of the kind of work he
does. He’s an accomplished writer, artist,
political activist, journalist, teacher, etc. He
started an environmentally focused newspa
per, The Hudson River Herald and is a con
tributing writer for The New York Times.
Point is: he’s extremely active and involved.
He cares a lot for the arts, environment and
education and he actually does something
about it.
These things make Gomez an ideal
recipient of the Sam Ragan Award, which
acknowledges people who have done excep
tional work for the arts in North Carolina.
This year he was the only recipient, which
• See Gomez, Page 6
Upcoming Campus
Events
March 13, 2004
Country-Western Dance
Sponsored by Therapeutic
Horsemanship Club
March 19, 2004
“Two Skinny Dorks”
Sponsored by Student Activities
Union
March 26, 2004
Awards Convocation
March 26-28. 2004
Family Weekend
April 2-4, 2004
GANZA
April 14-17, 2004
Arsenic and Old Lace
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PAGES 2-3
SPORTS
PAGES 4-5
LANCE NEWS
PAGES 6-7
OFF THE WALL
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