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J PAGE 2 THE BELLES NOVEMBER 28, 1978 M' SGA News Surveys Find A More Conservative View of Sex On Campus by Marian Greene The Student Government Association regrets that the Octoberfest Dance had to be cancelled, but maybe fate was on our side and destined it to turn out that way, for now we are planning, a big Christmas Celebration. The Octoberfest Dance had to be called off because the back-up band for the Showman had a misun derstanding of plans and neglected to show up at St. Mary’s that Saturday night quite to our dismay. The Student Government officers were at odds about what to do about the situation and came up with the idea to have another dance at Christmas. The Seniors had already planned a dance for Saturday, December 2, so we decided it would be fun if we made it a really big weekend and plant^ our dance for the whole student body on Friday, December 1. So look forward to a big weekend and begin looking for dates now! The S.G.A. has booked Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose for Friday, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that they will come 1 The dance will be in the cafeteria like before, but this time the dress will be in formal; however, we hope you will look your best. Those of you who bought tickets for Octoberfest will receive a rain check ticket, and tickets will be on sale for those who could npt make it to Octoberfest but would like to come to the Christmas dance. There will be flo refund of money. We hope everyone will particii»te in the weekend festivities; there are parties and dances planned for all the classes. MASQUER^S MIME COMPANY by Gwyn Cooley Last year, the Drama Department of St. Mary’s developed the idea of a Mime Troupe involving the students of St. Mary’s. The Mime Troupe is formally called The Masquers Mime Company. The members of the ’78-’79 Masquers Mime Company are: Claudia- Warren - President, Corbin Hogaboom - Vice President, Laura Mc Connell - Secretary- Treasurer, Mary Clyde Bridgers, Gwyn Cooley, Cathy Davis, Helen Jones, Lisa Nichols and Holly Prichard. During the school year, tht Masquers Mime Company will be doing workshops and perfo'mances at nearby Raleigi. schools and will put on a Christmas show at St. Mary’s. Auditions will be held in January for the selection of new members. The S.G.A. appreciates all the support you gave us with the Octoberfestdanceand we hope you will give us a second chance. We would love to have your ideas and your criticism about the dance. With the student body’s cooperation, a big Christmas weekend could tecome a St. Mary’s tradition. Popular rumor has it that the student of 1978 is tending toward “a new con servatism.” While that view is contested by maiQ^ of today’s students it may hold true for a topic close to many a student - - sex. A nationwide survey of sex on campus, taken in 1976, Students by Patti Drake I asked some day students what they would like to see changed at St. Mary’s. Here is what they said: -Have different or ad ditional recreation hours, instead of night time only. -Have some required events during the day instead of at night. -Don’t forget about us! When extra-curricular events or meetings are to take place. put posters up on bulletin boards in the Day Student (iOUSG. -Get better furniture for the house! -Notify day students when certain clubs are walking so we can benefit from the ex perience. —More involvement with the boarders. -We need a jukebox and a clock for the day student house. INTRAMURALS ARE GREAT IN ’78 by Pam Lewis The Intramural program at Saint Mary’s this year is expected to be the best yet. Many activities which everyone enjoys have been planned, and if you don’t like a specific activity there’s always something else hap pening. The activities for the first semester include volleyball, spades, table tennis, basketball, backgammon and swimming. Intramurals have been established from last year and hopefully these activities will provoke interest in the program. Letter club president, Polly Ross, is willing to push the intramurals prograni in any way she can. Polly thinks the program is set up well and ,to be a success all it needs is support! She is open for any suggestions diat anyone may have. The program won’* function without support and improvement. Each dorm has a representative that is in charge of getting people to participate in intramurals. It’s not a fun job because too many students condemn in tramurals before they try them. The representatives post signs stating the event and the date of it. Everyone should try to sign up for some event, at least to try out the program. The ' dorm representatives are: Georgia Lewis - East Cruik, Raine Gilbert - West Rock, Mary Joe Wannamaker - East Smedes, Mary Clyde Bridges - Middle Smedes, Mary Hughes Boylan - West Cruik, Laura Culbert son - West Smedes, Agnes Stevens -1903, Anna Faircloth - Penick, Nancy Lyday - Freshman Junior Day Students and Pam Lewis - Senior Day Students. Please support the in tramural program and it wiL support you! It’s a lot fun and a great way to get revenge on someone. Get involved! Try intramurals and you’ll end up ' liking them. A Friend Is A Person Who will help you in the hour of sickness; Who will lend you a dollar without deducting the in terest; Who will help you up a hill when you are sliding down; Who will defend you in the hour when others speak evil of you; Who will believe in your in nocence until you admit your guilt; Who will say behind your back what he says to your face; Who will shake han^ with you wherever he meets you, even though you wear patches; and Who will do all these things Rasketball Schedule ’78 Nov. 28 SMC at Meredith College 7:00 + Nov. 30 Hale High School at SMC 4:00 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 SMC at Ravenscroft School 4:00 + Jan. 13 Methodist College at SMC 2:00 Jan. 16 SMC at Wallace O’Neill School 5:00 + Jan. 23 Bishop McGuinness at SMC 4:00 Jan. 31 Wallace O’Neill School at SMC 5:00 Feb. 6 SMC at Bishop McGuinness 4:00 Feb. 7 Meredith College at SMC 7:00 -f Feb. 15 , Chowan College at SMC TBA Feb. 19 SMC at Hale High School 4:00 Feb. 21 Ravenscroft School at SMC 4:00 Tennis Team News by Anne Sigmon Byrd Britt reached the finals in the singles and along with Mary Jo Wannamaker won the District Cham pionship in doubles by breaking Terry Gardner and Liz Bobbit of Rocky Mount Academy (7-5, 6-2). By the team winnipg along with Ravenscroft, this entitled St.* Mary’s to participate in the State Championships. In the State Championships Mary Jo Wannamaker and Byrd Britt lost a close semi-final match to Gaston Day. St. Mary’s without expecting any in return. -Dorothy C. Retsloff ended up 3rd in the state. The whole team together had a 8-6 record. They really had a winning season. St. Mary’s is very excited about co-hosting with Meredith the NCAIAW Division 3 Small College N.C. State Tennis Championships. The tournament wiU be held April 18-21. The director of the tournament will be our own coach, Lou Jones. We are all hoping that our college team will come out on top, enabling them to go to the Nationals. The site of the toiumament will be announced at a later date. Holden Anthony and Lynn Jones will be d^ending their titles in their respective divisions. found equal numbers of male and female virgins (26 per cent), with sexual attitudes flavored by the woman’s liberation movement. However, recent spot surveys from around the country reveal a resurgence of some supposedly dated patterns: There’s still more men than women sexually active, and men and women still differ drastically over the relative importance of sex and love. One thing remains stable, though: The number of sexually active students, with traditionally conservative southern universities showing no exception. In fact, southern universities sometimes ex ceed the latest national average (rf 74 percent of the men remaining virgins, and a University of North Carolina- Wilmington survey turned up only eight percent of the students swearing virginity. But the ratio of sexually active men to women con sistently differed, with 10 to 40 percent more men indulging in sex. The reason may have most to do with the im portance of many women of an emotional commitment prior to sex. For example, a survey at Duke University indicated two-thirds of the women felt such a commitment necessary for a “sexual encounter.” But while this percentage was similar for Duke’s virgin men, • the non-virgin men differed radically. Two-thirds said a commitment wasn’t necessary. The same response was echoed at New Jersey’s Farleigh Dickinson Univer sity, where 66 percent of the male but only 36 percent of the females survey^ said they thou^t it was (*ay for a sexual partner to be a casual acquaintance. And a poll at California State Polytechnic University showed the same sentiment. Men cite sex as the single most important factor in keeping a relationship going. Women put sex fifth (m the list, belov/ such factors as love and meeting mutual needs. The differences in male- female attitudes cause tensiffli in relationships, the surveys itxlicate, but seems to be accepted as inevitable. “A woman always gets emotiaially when there is sex, where a guy doesn’t necessarily,” explains a University of Houston man. A State University of New-York Courtland male student blames parental influence. “1 believe sex has brought closer to many girls I fooled around with,” he said. “However, I also know that some girls just can’t have it that way bwause of the j^ their parents did on them.’ The confusion over conflicting attitudes is un doubtedly making many students defer sexua relationships. Yet Allen BeU of Institute for Sex ResearcB predicts there won’t be any big decrease in the number ® sexually active students. He forsees a campus trend towards “permissiveness with affection.” —College Press Service Basketball At Its Best by Pam Lewis The St. Mary’s basketball team is very optimistic about its upcoming season. The schedule includes both high school and collie teams since our team consits oi both high school and college players. The season promises to be very challenging to everyone. After being separated for the past two- years, the high school and colllge teams have now been reunited. The two teams were joined again because of a series of problems including lack of time and adequate gym space. The players are adjusting the change well. The worst problem plaguing the basketball team is that since it is mixed, many schools wOT’fplay St. Mary’s. High school tMms won’t play us because tliere are college players on the team, college teams won’t play us because of the high school players. Fortunately, however. Coach Alexander has been able to find several schools, including colleges and high schoolSi which understand out problem and will compet* against us. Other probleiu* have also arisen. Fof example, St. Mary’s wa® recently dropped from a hig® school “’Tip^f’ tourname® because other high sch^ would not compete againa* college players. Also in tW past montl^ several school* have dropp^ St. Mary’s froid their schedules. As ® November 12th, the final tea*® has not yet been chos^ Coach Alexander wants 1*’ have the best possible teata- The final team promises to fiUed with talented girls wia* lots of potential. This year the team nee^ all the support that St. Mary ’ can give and there will >’■ plenty of opportunities come and cheer. Please coia* to the home games, and sho’ your support. Let’s shO' everybody that St. Mary’s ” the best! THE BELLES STAFF SL Mary’s College RaWgh. North Carolina 27611 Editors News Editor Features Eli^tor Sports Editw Art Editor .Photographers • Typists Layout Reporters Leigh Bamhardt, Sophie Pedcn Edie Lindsey Patti Drake PamLewB Annetta Jonc* Emily Higgins, Lanier BrowO ' EreDerreth* Cathy Hafer, Dotti Worsham. Marina Lynch. 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