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THE BELLES
MAY, 1982
EDITORIAL
After accepting the
position of editor in January,
1982, I remember feeling
elated-excited and proud.
One of my roommates, Patti
Drsike, a previous editor of
The Belles cynically
commented “Just you wait!”
Well, here it is, May, and I still
feel elated, excited and proud.
That is not saying there
haven’t been problems. Being
editor of The Belies is not my
first position as editor. I was
editor for two years of my
high school newspaper.
Interestingly enough, the
problems I ran into then in a
small private high school are
similar to the problems I run
into here. Lack of writers,
printing problems, ideas, lack
of response.... the list goes on.
My love for journalism
keeps me going. It would be
hard to find something as
exciting as say, seeing my
name heading an article I
have long labored over. Or the
satisfaction I feel when a
reporter turns in a job well
done. Receiving compliments
is exhilirating too. And even
more exciting... controversy.
I’ll never forget the day when
I was sitting in the student
union listening to two girls
angrily discussing an editorial
I had written concerning
apathetic college students.
There they were, condemning
me (and, I might add, without
thoroughly reading the
article) and I was sitting right
next to them. Controversy,
anger, smiles. Reaction is
I feel The Belles staff with
the help of Dean Jones and Dr.
Murray have improved the
paper by at least 40 percent.
Fortunately, that is just a
start. Next year will be bigger
and better. The Belles will live
on.
I’d like to extend a big
thank you to Foo Vaeth, who
has worked so hard. Foo just
received the Jane Augustine
Rabon Belles Award.
Engraving her name on a
silver platter is the least St.
Mary’s can do in gratitude for
her years of hard work. I’d
also like to thank Cree, Lynn,
Becky, Kathleen, Anne,
Karen, Leslie and all other
hardworking Belles reporters.
Members of the faculty who
contributed to The Belles this
semester, thank you.
Well, this semester has
been entertaining, fun, hard,
exasperating: interesting. I
know I have next semester to
look forward to. I hope more
St. Mary’s girls will become
involved in our newspaper. In
my opinion, it is a vital part of
our small community. It says
to anyone reading it, who we
are and what we are. And as
far as I’m concerned, we can
never tell enough. Have a
happy summer.
MGB
CAREER CORNER
OP'nONS FOR WOMEN IN THE 80’S
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of below-average, average, or
above-average is given based
on the actual projected
number of openings in that
category.
I. Professional - accountant,
kindergarten or elementary
school teacher, registered
nurse - average.
II. Technical - engineering
and science technician,
medical laboratory worker,
dental assistant - below
average.
III. Managerial and
Administrative - bank
officials and managers, health
service administrators,
personnel and labor relations
worker - below-average.
IV. Clerical - secretaries
and stenographers, cashiers,
bookkeepers - above-average.
V. Sales - retail trade sales
workers, real estate agents
and brokers, wholesale trade
sales workers - above-
average.
VI. Craft - carpenters,
industrial machinery
repairers, automobile
mechanics - average.
VII. Operatives
assemblers, local truck
drivers, welders - average.
VIII. Laborers - stock
handlers, garbage collectors,
animal caretakers - below-
average.
IX. Service - building
custodians, nursing aids or
orderlies, cooks and chefs -
above-average.
Of course there are
thousands of different jobs
from which a woman in the
eighties will be able to choose.
The list above just gives a
basic picture of what the best
places to look are. But
whatever the field you may
choose, be it garbage collector
or busines executive, rest
assured that you are getting
the best possible preparation
here at St. Mary’s.
COCA-COLA BOTTLERS
SALUTE TAR HEELS WITH
LIMITED EDmON BOTTLE
ATLANTA - Coca-Cola
Bottling Companies and local
food stores throughout North
Carolina are saluting the
national basketball champion
University of North Carolina
Tar Heels with a limited
edition, commemorative
bottle that every UNC fan will
want to own.
“North Carolina’s 1982
NCAA championship is one to
savor,” said Don Seifert,
President of the North
Carolina Coca-Cola Bottlers
Association, “and we can’t
think of a better way to honor
Coach Dean Smith, the
players and the fans than by
the issuing of this
commemorative bottle.”
The 10-ounce bottle
features highlights of the
championship season. A
portion of the sale of the
bottles will go to the
University of North Carolina.
“These bottles are
available only in North
Carolina,” Seifert said, “and
supplies are limited, so we
expect them to sell out
quickly.”
“They will definitely
become a collector’s item.”
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor:
In the issue before last, an
inquiry was made about the
use of school vacuum cleaners
in Holt (or anywhere else on
campus). Perhaps Mr.
Crawley and I can explain.
In the past Mercury
Management allow'ed
students to use the equipment,
with two results. First of all .
the equipment was not
returned. Other students
looking for cleaners,
sweepers, or brooms could not
find Uiem. Students left them
in their rooms, gave them to
other students, or left them in
the hall and they disappeared.
The second result was more
serious: students did not take
care of the equipment and the
maintenance and
replacement costs became
prohibitively expensive.
Let me document how
expensive: a commercial
vacuum cleaner costs
Mercury Management $480 to
$595. When students were
allowed to use the vacuums
there were 54 service calls to
Holt alone (in six months).
Repairs ran up to $300. Carpet
sweepers were also issued to
each dorm last year. They
lasted 30 days (total cost
$200). Tliey last the janitorial
staff one to two years.
It would be pleasant to
think that all students would
consider maintenance and
replacement costs, but
unfortunately they don’t. We
all know of private cars
around here that burned out
because of lack of oil, so it
isn’t just vacuums that suffer
from neglect. Neglect costs
money.
In the past Mercury
Management tried to
accomodate students by
providing cleaning
equipment, but the cost of
replacement and repairs
makes that no longer possible.
Students will have to devise
their own solution.
I, too, do not advocate
living in a black hole. Perhaps
student ingenuity can devise a
solution. Unfortunately
Mercury Management cannot
be the answer to this problem.
Sincerely,
Marcia B. Jones
Dean of Students
Can you suggest any
solutions? Drop them in
campus mail. Box 17,
addressed to the Editor.
May Court 1982
May Court performs
traditional dance.
“The crowd waits with
anticipation.”
The Belles
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PHONE: 828-2521
9M HILLSBOROUGH ST.
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THE BELLES STAFF
Editor Mary Glenn Barwick
Faculty Advisor Douglas Murray
Features Editor Cree Taylor
Sports Editor Lynn Jones
Assistant Editor Rebecca Rogers
Reporters .\nne Latham, Mary Newman,
Foo Vaeth, Mary Nell Hassell, Karen Lado,
Kathleen Kinkaid, Leslie Derby, Ann Campbell
Photographers M. G. Barwick.
Foo Vaeth, Anne I,atham
Typists Leslie Derby. Lynn Jones, Anne
Latham, Becky Rogers. Cree Taylor, Foo Vaeth