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Editorials Chasity...do you envision a chasity belt or do you think of purity of mind and body? Recently, for me, chasity has come in the form of mail, (no, not male) I am so fortunate to have wonderful friends who are so concerned for my well-being that they have taken it upon themselves to request information from The National Chasity Association for the advancement of my love life! Just contemplate that for a moment...The NCA are the individuals who have a list of nineteen desires for their mate to be. Can you imagine going on a date and not being "allowed" to touch them in any way? Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t have many friends who could do this. . , In the mailing, I received a detailed description of this orgarazation and what it stands for. In short, this group believes in celibacy, decency, and a pure, non-physical male-female relationship. Plus as a bonus, enclosed were the nineteen desires! , • j v The desires range from wanting to get married to having no friendships with the opposite sex after marriage. The "desire" that caught my attention immediately was one in which a person, who has been emotionally free of such "disorders" as depression, anger, and anxiety, should remain unmarried until they have been autonomous for two Now, if we, here at Salem believed in such a view then we might faced the horrible reality of NEVER getting married! , , The "desire" that struck me as totally off the wall was that of saving hand holding and kissing until marriage- I can not imagine waiHng until I was married to hold hands, much less kiss!! And finally, the last desire is that of marrying someone who also shares all these so called desires. I can’t think of anything to say that isn’t fairly obvious! If you are interested in this organization feel free to contact me. Letters To The Editors Dear Editors, Dear Editors, As a part of the Salemite staff, I have a vested interest in the condition of the Salemite office. For the past two years I have had a chance to work with Macintosh computers during my summer jobs. I have learned a lot about the Mac and other computers, and one thing I have found very interesting is how important it is to keep computers in air conditioned rooms. My question is, quite obviously, why have we spent so much money on computers for the publications and for SGA if we are not willing to give them the respect a delicate piece of machinery deserves? One other observation I would like to point out is that since the Salemite and SGA offices are not air conditioned and insufficient for computers because of the heat, why don't we try and find someone who could donate air conditioners for those two offices? It has recently come to our attention that many Salem students are unaware of the situation with the residents of Strong dorm. Thirty "Strong" women have been temporarily relocated in Clewell, Gramley, and Babcock dorms while Strong dorm is being renovated. The tentative date for the re-opening of Strong is the end of October. The renovations include roof repairs, rewiring, and restroom reconditioning. Although we are disappointed that we aren't together now, we look forward to moving into the "New" Strong dorm. The women of Strong ask that the campus bear with us during this period of relocation. Our mail can be put in the "Strong" box in Lehman Hall (to be re-addressed) if you do not know the "Strong" woman’s temporary address. We thank you for your support. Thank you, Patricia Earnhardt As I sit in front of this ever-so-popular computer, I contemplate the high levels of stress and insecurities I've experienced in the last week. Ever since I was elected co-editor of The Salemite I've envisioned improvements in the appearance of the newspaper as well as the content. Now that I have taken over this position full force 1 imagine myself suffering a mental breakdown. Let me continue by explaining that I desperately want to make these changes as soon as possible. Our goal is to produce a newspaper that best meets Salem student’s needs. Therefore, we are striving toward increased staff involvement, article diversity (campus as well as local and world-wide issues), student and faculty ideas and concerns, and the overall appearance of The Salemite. If any of you devoted newspaper readers are aware, we are a little late publishing this issue. Let me be the first to apologize and stress that we will attempt to be on time in the future. In the meantime. I'll try to explain our delay, which is the result of several obstacles we ran into during the process of producing this issue. As I mentioned earlier, we are trying to convert the layout process all to computer. Why I thought I could become a computer whiz and whip this up quickly is beyond me. No one would believe the problems we ran into. We'd type something and try to transfer it and lose it. Columns wouldn't line up. Picture boxes weren't the correct size. Then both computers went on the fritz and didn't want to display our articles. Since April and 1 have suffered through these various tragedies, wo finally Sincerely, decided we could lay this paper out much more quickly if we typed the articles and did it by hand. Now Monday night and guess what wef® doing? You're right - laying out Tm Salemite by hand. , 1 sit here and work myself up wonder why I stress out over such Uh*® things. Once I finally calm down, I the important informational skill® ^ discovered before returning to schoo this fall. This past August I was one o the lucky few who had the opportunity experience the adventurous trip Camp Miniwanca. I cannot begin to explain *h® knowledge and skills 1 brought hoH'^ with me. As a Salem campus leader,^ gained insight in how to betl® communication lines across camp**^' how to delegate responsibilities, other similar leadership ideas group or committee b^rds. Howev^^ more than anything. I’ve learned if® about myself. I learned how to tru ^ other people with imports”,^ responsibilities. 1 learned that I have to do everything by myself learned to ask questions. I give positive encouragement to ot as well as myself. I learned that time i® the essence. 1 learned to use strengths, physically and mentally/ best of my ability. And last, but not to see the best in everyo^^ Unfortunately, I did not learn hoW to Macintosh Pagemaker software. ‘Now when things reach a P°^^j beyond my control 1 can ask people for help and trust them to 8® jj,j5 job done. Hopefully in the future system will minimize my stress (1 1 may not be a miracle worker, promise to deliver you the best , publication we're capable of produ^^ The Satemite Salem College Winston-Salem, Nortfv Carolina 27108 (919) 721-2825 Co-Editors-in Chief Amy Cass April Edmondson Assistant Editor Amy Brubaker ,fci‘ Copy Editors Susan Cheshire Kathryn White Susanne Estes pavis Editorial Editor Paige Parker Sports Editors Libby Brown Gaither Smoot Advertising Editor Patricia Earnh® Managing Editor Diane Business Manager Laura Photographer Lesley Faculty Advisor George Me!^*"^ Staff Reporters - Libby Brown, Jennifer Callahan, Tracy Coltrane, Patricia Earnha ^ Elizabeth Fennell, Laura Franklin, Heather Glasscock, Steffan Hambright, Caroli*^ beck, Jennifer King, Hope Lamm, Bonita Lee, Katherine Livermon, Galen Miller, r .y Parker, Sally Pierce, Jenny Savage, Kerry Stovall, Lauren Strain, Caroline Swope,* Taylor, Mary Bradley Thompson Beth Brown, President Anu Sharma, House Council Rep. on behalf of Strong Dorm Published bi-monthly, excluding examinations, holidays, January term and sum vacations, by students of Salem College. Subscription price S4.75 yearly. Printed by Kemersville News
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