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School Integrity
Nortii Carolina School of the Arts
It Is the basic assumption that all students will abide by an honor
policy to maintain regulations, policies, and anything else becoming of
a college or high school student.
In other words, we solemnly swear not to cheat or even think about
cheating in our academic classes or break any other rule outside
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It has been reported, quote and unquote, that there are people here
on the NCSA campus that do not abide by an honor system, and further
it seems that few people take pride in the School of the Arts, and
mockingly, laugh when they are called “struggling artists.” It is true
that many are so apathetic that they aren’t “struggling,” which
makes it more of a mockery to call them artists. And it is even more
disgusting to realize that these people don’t even respect then^lves.
Currently, the administration and the student council are working on a
concrete statement on Academic Integrity, which is in effect at
Rutgers College.
But what good will it do when, our students abuse the simplest rules,
and then shout for more student freedom. Where will it end?
If we can’t live by simple rules, then what are we going to do when
our lives become more complex. Are we going to step on our fellow
man? We, the “now” generation, proclaiming peace, love, and all that
gobbley-gook, seldom appear even geared to be at peace with our
selves. Today, people march, yell, cry, sing, and even vote for peace,
but fail to even respect the rights of others who may be starving for
their own peace.
For example, what about the people who completely leave the
Commons in shambles, or the people who tear things apart so other
people can’t use them. A rule, to some,is just there to be broken, but
someday a broken rule may break them. And then they will cry out
that they have been mistreated and the world owes them something.
Actually, they may get what they deserve - nothing.
It begins now. We must develop our own resect for ourselves, ^d
try to live by the rules, and help change them if they need changing.
We can’t do anything by sitting down, waiting for someone else to do it
for us. We have to change ourselves. _ Larry Faw
Special Interview:
“How Bad Are We”?
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Campus Police^Ansv^rs^ Self-Study: An Explanation
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Mr. C.E. Aldridge, one of
N.C.S.A’s campus policemen,
was recently asked to give his
views on some of the problems
the sdiool in encountering. Ex-
naval officer, he came to the
campus last January when his
uncle retired and the left the post
open. He seems pleased with his
position and prefers it to previous
ones.
Relaxed but concerned, he
responded to the following
questions:
Essay: Do you enjoy your job
as a campus policeman?
The kids are friendly and I
enjoy talking with them. I do
hope they realize the guards are
here to help and protect them. We
are not here to cause hassles. I do
want them to feel free.
Essay: Do you think drinking is
a problem on campus?
Drinking itself doesn’t give us a
problem although it does seem to
be on the incline this year. Only
once has a problem arisen when
someone brought alcoholic:
beverages to the Commons.
Essay: Do you ever get com
plaints about disturbing the
peace?
Yes. When there are rock
concerts held at the school, the
music can be heard all over the
community. Some of the locals
have complained. Also, when the
kids give parties, the walls
separating dormitory rooms are
so thin that almost any noise is
heard. Everyone just doesn’t
want to party.
Essay: Do you think the
campus has adequate protection?
two men on duty at one time to
cover 30 acres of campus
plus there are a lot of unwanted
visitors roaming the campus. We
can only spot outsiders by having
memorized campus students’
faces and asking for I.D.’s when
we do not recognize someone. I
wish students would not ask
visitors on campus without
getting a visitor's pass as the rule
book says they should.
There should be a guard from 3
to 6 p.m. This is when the staff
starts leaving and supervision of
the grounds is lax. An example of
no protection when it was needed
is &e attempted rape of student
in the parking lot at 5:15 p.m. on
October 25.
(NOTE: SINCE ALL THE
RECENT TROUBLE,
ANOTHER GUARD HAS BEEN
ADDED FROM THREE P.M.
ON. ALSO, THE TELEPHONE
PAGING SYSTEM IS A GOOD
ADDITION FOR HELPING THE
STAFF LOCATE GUARDS.)
Essay: What do you think are
some fM-oblems on campus that
could be taken care of now?
Vandalism such as playing
with fire extinquishers and
tearing ud ceiling tiles. The
extinguishers are put in the
halls for a ve^ definite purpose.
The destruction of them could
cause someone harm.
Another problem is that the
kids do not observe the parking
rules. I wish the administration
would remark the parking areas
so that the students know where
they are supposed to be and not to
be. - Sheila Creef
One hears rumors every once
in a while that a self-study of
NCSA is in progress or that
people have been appointed to
committees in the seft-study, but
many people don’t seem to know
what the self-study is or why (or
if) it is important. The following
is an attempt to answer some
questions about the self-study
and make its importance clear.
What Is It?
NCSA has been accredited by
the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools. Each
sdiool accredited by the Southern
Association must write a report
about itself, in which it studies its
educational and administrative
programs and judges whether
Qiey are in keeping with the
stated purpose of the school and
performing their functions ef
fectively. This report is then
■ submitted to the Southern
Association, which appoints a
group of people from other
schools to read the report , visit
the school, and determine
whether or not the report gives an
accurate picture of &e problems
and prospects of the school. Once
this has all been successfully
completed, the school’s ac
creditation is re^irmed.
The Southern Association
requires that all major programs
of the school be described and
evaluated in the written report.
And it suggest that such a task
will take at least eighteen months
to accomplish. N(^A is now in
the very early stages of the self-
study, in which committees to
research the various areas of the
sdiool under study are being
formed and holding their first
meetings. The final draft of the
report must be completed by the
fall of ’73. The school will be
visited by the visiting committee
in spring, ’74.
Who Cares?
The Southern Association does
not try to impose one way of
doing things on each of its
member schools. It does require
that each of the schools it admits
to membership be thoughtful and
self-conscious about its purposes
and plans for growth. So when the
Association accredits a school.
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N. C. ESSAY
STAFF
NOVEMBER ISSUE
EDITOR: LARRY FAW
PHOTOGRAPHER: DAVID WOOLSY
CARTOONIST: DUKE ERNSBURGER
ADVISOR:
VINCE BARBEE
MICHAEL BURNER
MARK CEDEL
SHEILA CREEF
LARRY FAW
BOB GAMBRILL
SEBASTIAN DE GRAZIA
BILL KING
CONNIE KINCAID
JOHN NEWTON
HENRY PANKEY
DALE PHILLIPS
PAMELA REID
CLIFFORD YOUNG
Goodbye Hombre
After a brief stroll through the college lounges one cannot help but
wonder if the “famous tunnel muggers” didn’t somehow manage to
get into the lounges.
The scene looks very similiar to an old, sick, slimy degenerate
Cowboy movie. The chairs are smashed, beer cans are scattered
across the floor, windows are smashed and sm^ed with filth. The
majority of the chairs and couches look as if a tiger used them for a
rubber ball. If one becomes disgusted he may decide to walk into the
^lalls to visit a friend. He will probaly encounter the smeU of beer on
the floor, signs tom off doors, toilet paper and containers either on
the floor or in Qie toilet bowls.
The scenes are rather grotesque. The playwright is a pig. (Will all
good pigs please forgive me?) One is very easily puzzled because this
is the generation that made the word pig famous.
Many of us wonder why such a small minority of students carelessly
misuse their facilities. The school appears to be making a wise
decision by not remodeling the lounges. Why should they? Because the
lounges are beginning to look like a modem prison witti invulnerable
furniture? Because some students on campus are determined to act
like wild, wooly, ivest cowboys? Because students steal curtains,
chairs, tables, lamps, burst fire alarms, smash and destroy just about
any and everything?
We are approaching a point where the school may decide that it is to
their economical disadvantage to even have lounges. If we care and
really want these lounges, we better saddle up these “heap mean
hombres” and make them head for the hills when they feel like
playing COWBOYS. Really “me don’t think it makes sense, KEE
MEE SAV VEE!!!!!”
H.J. Pankey
this means that, in the opinion of
the Association, that school is
living up to its stated purpose and
that its plans for growth seem
reasonable and consonant with
that purpose. In short, ac
creditation means that an outside
autlwrity affirms that we are
doing what we say we intend to
do.
So anyone who cares about
whether Qie educational and
administrative programs of
NCSA are carefully thought out
and effective ought to care about
the self-study.
Who’s Involved?
All of the art schools and the
academic department are
writing reports about their
purpose, personnel, services, and
effectiveness. In addition,
committees have been appointed
to study the whole educational
pro^am of the school, the ad
ministration, the business office,
the student affairs division, Ihe
library, and the faculty. People
from the community, as well as
members of the school’s
governing boards, faculty, and
students have been appointed to
self-study committees. Over 75
people are involved.
Certain points about the self-
study should now be clear. But it
shoidd be said that the whole
thing could be a meaningless
exercise if undertaken with a
certain kind of attitude. Com
pletion of the study will involve
the sacrifice by a lot of people of a
lot of valuable time and energy:
time spent in committees, in
writing and rewriting reports, in
niling out forms, etc. No one
wants to sacrifice that much
time, and so the self-study can
come to appear as mere
meaningless paper shuffling. The
fact, however, is that working in
the self-study offers the
possibility of a practical
education^ experience - the
opportunity to see how an in
stitution is put together, how it
assesses its problems and
strengths, and how it intends to
eliminate the former and
enhance the latter. It will also
give many people the opportunity
to participate in the decisions
which will affect the direction of
the school’s future growth as well
as its self-understanding.
Perhaps these are not terribly
great compensations for all the
work that must be done, but they
exist. And if it is forgotten that
they exist, the work might as well
not be done. -Richard Miller