May 5, 1969
The N. C. Essay
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LETTER FROM S.G.A. PRESIDENT
hy David Wood
Someone asked me yesterday what
kidn of year this has been for me.
I told them, with no hesitation,
this has been the most painful year
I've ever experienced." And I mean
it. Several years from now, how
ever, I will look back and thank God
for every bit of it.
The North Carolina School of
the Arts needs more student govern
ment and student representation .
This is no secret. But what proba
bly is more of a secret is the work,
this year, of the present student
govemmeftt.
As you know, the beginnings of
our 1968-69 term were widely publi
cized in the school paper. I wanted
this to happen for a reason: You
needed to know that you belonged to
us and most of all — we belonged to
you. The Student Government spon
sored dances , Sunday trips, open
houses in the dorms, a slave sale,
and a picnic. These activities came
under the heading of Student Activi
ties — yet, that group fell though
aild the Student ^Government took upon
itself the responsibility. Because
of this, we;ve learned many valuable
lessons which will enalale the Stu
dent Government to function better in
these areas next year. The Student
Government should not have to plan,
present, and execute every detail of
these campus activities as it has
done. But it should have a Student
Activity group that functions and
works with the governing body.
The Student Government planned
and presented, finally, a portion of
the cafeteria (so often under com
plaint) painted, decorated with pic“
tures and imitation vegetables
table cloths and music. It lasted
almost a month before it was com
pletely demolished. And here was
where the Student Government's po
licy took a new turn. Publicity
about its functions ceased or were
kept to a bare minimun. It no lon
ger tried to knock itself out over
Student Activities because of the
question: Was it worth it?
Personally, I feel that it is.
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NCSA
Editor.' Tony Senter
Co-editor. . . .
Feature Writers.
Dance Editor
Political. .
Lyrm Beitmhardt
.Kathy Fitzgerald
Robert Lingelbaah
. Sandra Williams
Dennis Williamson
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Ca:rol Johnson
Business Manager. . . . Tess Morton
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Advertising Folly Croaker
Art Da^)id Wood
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Advisor Anthony Fragola
But I have learned one thing in my
four years at NCSA: Our students,
for one reason or another, expect
quite frankly to be ''spoon fed" in
these matters. They expect, for
instance, a dance, complete with re
freshments, music and entertainment,
plus they expect the mess to be
cleaned up when they're through —
but they refuse to do anything JQ
help carry these things out. These
responsibilities fall, inevitably.
on the same small group of people
who always do the work.
The reasons for this kind of
action msut be one of two things:
(1) The students are too busy in
their majors with practice and per
formances to spare the time. (2)
They don't care either way and ex
pect everything for nothing.
Students belonging to the first
category seem to be in the minority
here. I promised you at the begin -
ing of my term of office that I
would be honest with you if you
would be honest with me.
This year, once again, the is
sue of drugs has reared its ugly
head not once, but several times —
and each time the same people have
been involved.
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certainly not decreased, and this
has primarily been linked to the
drug problem. Wanton destruction or
abuse of school property has sprung
up from time to time in alarming de
grees .
The Judicial Review Board has
been overworked this last semester,
and in the last three meetings has
dimissed two students completely, to
say nothing of the two or three-week
suspensions. The nature of these
cases has alarmed and greatly de
pressed me. The Judicial Review
Board has tried in every situation
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