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Page 2 Editorials November 1996 Students on board When we say that we are unhappy with the way the adminis tration punishes students who appear to have committed the same type of offense, it is because we want to see more consistency in our school judicial system. The administration holds fast to its stand that two students caught for committing the same offense may receive different punishments from the hearing board because individual cases must be looked at on an individual basis. We think that if the violations are the same, the punishments should be as well. We realize that we do not completely understand everything that goes on before and during each hearing, and when you get right down to it, there is more of a communication and understanding prob lem between students and administration than anything else. Stu dents do not know why rulings are made the way they are, and the administration cannot always give us all the information we would need to understand a decision. Realizing, of course, that individual privacies have to be pro tected, we think the best way to bridge the communication gap between students and the administration would be returning stu dents to the hearing board. Lamp lights out Several NCSSM students learned at our most recent speak- out session that by reccomendation of the Parents’ Council, the school is banning torchiere halogen lamps from dorm rooms af ter Thanksgiving break. In an earlier safety update issued to staff and students, the administration informed us that these lamps “can reach very high temperatures and could start a fire if they come in contact with curtains, clothes, or other flammable mate rials.’’ Unfortunately, torchiere lamps are, in many rooms on cam pus, the best or only sufficient source of light available. The fluorescent and incandescent bulbs built in to dorm rooms of Hunt and much of the Beall-Bryan-Reynolds complex often do not provide enough light to illuminate even half the room. The simple solution to this problem is a halogen floor lamp. These lamps are an easy, inexpensive method of lighting any dorm room. Torchiere lamps are so popular that the administra tion listed them as a suggested item in dorm rooms along with fans, linens and towels in the packets of forms and information sent to the class of 1997 as incoming juniors. Halogen torchiere lamps are most dangerous when they come in contact with clothes or other flammable materials. The initial safety update provided a list of precautions to follow when using a halogen floor lamp. It seems that these warnings would cover the dangers involved in the operation of these lamps. By keep ing lamps away from posters and bunkbeds we can avoid most of the possible catastrophes these lamps may create. Of course, we must also remember not to drape clothes over a halogen lamp and to turn off the light on leaving the room. These appear to be simple ideas, easily carried out by re sponsible, intelligent students. Why, then, should we send our halogens home? Perhaps the Parents’ Council does not trust us to provide a safe environment for using these lamps. Instead, we should strain our eyes in dimly lit rooms, or spend more money on several desk lamps placed strategically around the room to light our quarters. The Parents’ Council and administration must come to a com promise with the students. We should not be forced to live in the dark. If additional or more effective lighting were installed in dorm rooms, we may find torchieres unnecessary. Until then, they should not force us to send home our light. rH£- -TRUSTEE 6oT R;C> Of THE OMiCoRW because o'' fftoDDislo Fp.o/0 iENflTOP KELinS #9 E THE Oavi OuSLY PMrtLU'e. Ho«»/ St4cou«^ art> SEx>JAi- .yRoroiscuiry X/u RsspuAfse^ rue CASflUET C.HOSE A Aje UJ nASCoF SoAe TO Ssxu/ii_ /vcnviTV- THE SEWATO/S. Ht/XSei-F (smm s o LETTER Dear Editor, I wanted to thank the Stentorian staff for featuring the new female Student Life Instructors in your last edi tion. However I was a little disappointed with the head line of the article, "Law and Order: New SLI faces ap pear". This indicated that students feel the primary duty of the SLI staff is to dis tribute Levels and correct be havior. Allow me to remind the student body what the SLI job actually entails. Remember the first day that you arrived as a Junior? All of the orientation meet ings, doortags, bulletin boards, and information was prepared by SLI's and RLA's. Those first few days when you knew no one, remember the Brother/Sister hall activi ties, the food, the ice break ers, and all the questions an swered? We spent endless hours working in order for you to begin to feel that NCSSM is your home. Now that you're more settled we deal with low grades, time management issues, room mate conflicts, parent con cerns, homesickness, and in finitely many overnight and curfew extension forms. I know of countless trips taken to Wal-mart, Ben and Jerry’s, fast food restaurants, Kroger, movies, football games, doc tor appointments, and college interviews. Our time is spent on hall meetings, birthday cakes, athletic events, bonding activities, casual conversations in the hallway, family issues, boy friend/girlfriend problems. Student Life classes, and much more. We are coun selors, "parents," friends, and yes, disciplinarians. Disciplining the students may seem like our primary goal to some students, but it is, in actuality, only a small portion of our respon sibility here at NCSSM. Thanks, Karen DiRuggiero (2nd Beall) The Stentorian Editors-in-Chief: Monica Dev, Anne Fawcett Editorials and Opinions Editor: Sam Assaf Features Eiditors: Amy White, Manali Patel News Editors: Sara Vance, Akua Asare Sports Editor: Alton Patrick Layout Editors: Theo Luebke, Smita Trivedi Photography Editors: Leonard Tran Advertising Manager: Donald Gaye Web Editor: Steven Stewart ■ Sponsor: Dr. Joan Barber Staff Writers: Rebecca Booi, John Bowman, Jordan Glassman, Camille Hawley, K'Shana Haynie, Caroline Hon, Carrie Johnston, Erica Jones, Jocelyn Kearney, Sriyesh Krishnan,. David Lawson, Jennifer Li, Alex Mann, Karen Master, Monica McClain, Kim McCumber, Celeste Moore, Anna Morrison, Sara Nataraja,' Dominic Pazzula, Phillip Stewart, Adam T^leton, Tiale Tawake . Photographers: Sam Boyarsky, Lakhdeep Deol, Clara Holzwarth, Steven Stewart, Julie Thibodeaux, Nitche Ward Layout Staff: Belinda Borelli, Whitney Duff, Kristin Wright Advertising Staff: Amy Choi, Daniel King, April Kinspy The Stentorian can be found on-line at: http://iluvatair.ncssm.edu/-stewarts/Stentorian/main.htrn Trrr:
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