VOL. XXXVIV NO. 6
FEBRUARY 14. 1978
CHANGE IN DISCIPLINARY
SYSTEM IS PROPOSED
Cast rehearses for “Stop the World I Want to Get Off.'
Musical To Be Presented
The Drama Club, recently
renamed Applause In
corporated, will be sponsoring
a musical this spring. Stop the
World I Want to Get Off will be
presented Feb. 22nd-25th in
Pittman Auditorium. The lead
roles will be played by Libby
Holding, a St. Mary’s Senior,
and Roy Dicks of N.C. State.
The musical is an in
teresting combination of
singing, acting, and pan
tomime. The story is centered
around the marriage of Little
Chap (Roy), a servant in a tea
factory, and Evie (Libby) tbe
dau^ter of Little Chap’s boss.
When Little Chap is promoted
he is able to travel abroad to
Russia, Germany, and
England. In each country he
takes on a mistress - all three
are also played by Libby. The
pantomime is performed by
the chorus members as they
portray the factory.
Other cast members are:
Kathy Hering and Renee
Rodrigue, daughters of Little
Chap and Evie and chorus
members Elizabeth Fuller,
Claudia Werman, Hillary
Thompson, Nicole
Pediaditakis, Lisa Nichols,
Susan James, Frances
Schultz, Kappy Carr, and Beth
Nufer.
The musical was written
in the 60’s by Leslie Bricusse
and Anthony Newley. It is two
acts and lasts about two
hours. The production is being
overseen by Mr. Harry
Callahan.
Thursday, February 9, the
Student Government
Association held a student
body assembly to propose a
plan for changing the nature
of the disciplinary boards at
St. Mary’s.
The present system,
which includes an honor
board, a social board and a
minor offense board, would be
replaced by an all-
encompassing Judicial Board.
To handle minor offense
cases, a Dorm Council would
be established. The proposal
has passed in the Legislative
Body and has been put before
the student body to be voted on
by ballot.
Membership of the
Judicial Board would include:
Chairman, Vice-Chairman,
and Day Students President,
with one senior, who would
serve as assistant to the vice-
chairman, two juniors, two
sophomores, one freshman,
and three faculty members ...
a total of 12 members.
The offenses to be dealt
with by the board are: lying,
cheating, stealing, use and
possession of alcohol or illegal
drugs, leaving and remaining,
excessive lateness (past two
hours), and referrals from
Dorm Council. Penalties to be
issued are acquital, dismissal
or referral to Dorm Council,
curfew cut, restriction of date
nights, campus, severe
warning, suspension,
probation, expulsion, or
special penalty.
The Dorm Council would
be composed of a represen
tative from each dorm and
would deal with minor offense
cases and lateness up to two
hours.
The proposed plan was
drawn up by a committee of
Mr. Rice, Dean Jones,
members of each of the three
present boards and the SGA
officers. It was sent through
the Legislative Body, and was
discussed with hall council.
Among the arguments in
favor of the change are that
the one board for all major
rule infractions would give
continuity to the punitive
system, eliminate the
possibility of a girl having to
go before more than one
board, and make sentences
more consistent with each
other, as in cases involving
illegal drugs and alcohol.
Opponents of the proposal
point out that the case load for
the one board would be in
creased.
Students voted by ballot
on Tuesday, February 14. A
simple majority of those who
vot^ will pass the change.
The SGA is not sure when the
change, if passed, will be put
into effect.
Jr.-Sr. Dance Plans Made
Summer Internship Program Announced
by Marian Green
The Junior-Senior dance
is coming up soon and plaris
are being made to make this
dance the best ever. The
dance is set for February 18
which is just around the
corner, so you better start
working on that special guy
that you are dying to ask. Tte
price per couple for this big
occasion is $15.00. This price
does not include set-ups,
which will be sold at the
dance, but for the sake of
those who do not drink or
prefer beef, the price excludes
this expense. There will be
lots of refreshments to munch
on for those who do not get
enough to eat at dinner. The
dance is going to be held at the
National Guard Armop’, the
same place the Octoterfest
dance was held. The fabulous
Tams will provide ^e en
tertainment for the night, so
YOU may shag to your heart s
content. These are the plans,
but one thing is missing to
make this dance a big sucre^
and that’s you! Tickete will be
sold by the Junior and^mor
class treasurers in the Student
Union on certain days that
have been posted and an
nounced, so be sure to pick up
vour ticket as soon as
TOSsible. The Jumor^nior
SSe is one of the bi^es
events of the year and if
e^Syone comes and tries to
mal^ the dance a success, it
will be!
VV —
foung Republicans Club Meets
oc fn
The St. Mary’s Young
Republicans had a very
successful membership drive
in January 19. Represen-
atives from UNC-Chapel
dill’s College Republicans
>vere seated outside the
cafeteria from 11:30 until 1:15
in order to encourage people
to join the YRC. This year s
club had over forty people who
said that they were interested
in the YRC.
On January 31, the St.
Mary’s YRC had their first
nveeting of the new semestw.
Officers were elected for the
1977-78 year as follows.
Wimberley
President; Marty Marshall,
Vice-President; Betsy
Troxler, Secretary; L«
Soicer, Treasurer; snern
Wilkie, Assistant Secretary;
Anne Harrison, Publicity
cSairman; and Jean Dawsg,
cocial Chairman. The St.
club has planned an
Sin^ mixer wfth the N.C.
YRC for February.
The next YRC meetit« is
K encouraged to attend!!
Students at St. Mary’s
College interested in learning
firsthand about the workings
of State Government are
eligible to apply for the
summer ’78 internship
program sponsored by the
North Carolina Internship
Office. .
The summer program will
last 10 weeks, June 5 through
August 11, according to Jim
Caplanides, internship
director. .
Interns will be required to
work 40 hours per week and
attend regularly schedul^
seminars. Students will
receive a stipend for the in
ternship and can arrange to
receive academic credit for
their experience.
Deadline for submitting
applications is February 27.
Brochures explaining the
summer internship program
and application procedures
are available at the career
planning and placement office
on campus.
According to Caplanides,
each internship is designed to
provide the opportunity for
students to learn about
government and public ser
vice professions by doing
actual work in a field related
to their academic or career
interests. “Each student is
match^ with an internship on
a case by case basis,” he
explained. “This allows both
the student and the govern
ment agency to receive the
maximum benefit from the
program.”
For further information
contact the North Carolina
Internship Office, 112 West
Lane Street, Suite 115,
Howard Building, Raleigh,
North Carolina 27603, Phone
(919) 733-5966.
Self-Study Committee
Continues Work
Work on the SMC Self-
Study. Program is continuing
this semester. All sub
committees have been
meeting at least once a week
since the beginning of the
semester in order to prepare a
rough draft of their individual
reports.
Information gained from
research and interviews done
last semester is being used in
compiling the reports. In
addition to this information,
the data tabulated and
compiled from last semester’s
self-study questionnaire is
being utilized especially in the
area of evaluation.
These preliminary
reports will be turned in to the
Self-Study Steering Com
mittee by February 15. The
Steering Committee will then
make criticisms and return
the reports to , the sub
committees for any needed
corrections or additions.
The ultimate goal of the
Steering Committee is to
compile a unified report in
essay form which describes,
evaluates, and makes
projections regarding SMC
life. The finished report will
be given to the panel of judges
from the SACS in order to
enable them to make a fair
evaluation of St. Mary’s.
Spring Festival Date Set
Plans for the Spring
Festival are still in the early
stages, but a date has been set
and the theme has been
decided upon. The festival is
scheduled for April 21. The
theme for this year’s festival
is “It’s a Small World.” The
dance groups will be per
forming selections from
various countries. Mr. Rice,
Miss Atkins, and the SGA are
still making plans to make the
festival a big success.
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