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THE ROTUNDA LONGWOOD COLLEGE, FARMVILLE. VIRGINIA
VOL. LVII
NO. 20
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1982
News Briefs By BILL BRENT NATION In a letter delivered to vice president George Bush, Harrison A. Williams Jr. resigned from the U.S. senate. Williams, a New Jersey Democrat, faced exclusion or censure for possible wrongdoing in an FBI Abscam case. Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees indicated to President Reagan they are unable to cut an additional $14.2 billion from their budget. Reagan last week gave the green light to Senate Republicans to find a bipartisan budget alternative. The Senate subcommittee heard reports from four military
service senior planners last week that it will cut over $1.6 trillion of their budget to accomplish all defense missions for the next five years. WORLD In Frankfort, West Germany, a demonstration with 10,000 people resulted in street fighting and seven arrests over the U.S. policy in El Salvador. The Salvadoran Commander of Guerrillas, Ferman Cienfoegos, has planned a major offensive prior to election, Cuba and Nicaragua allies fear a strong response by President Reagan. State Department officials displayed photos in Washington last week showing evidence that Nicaragua is bolstering its
military forces threatening neighboring countries. An American offensive to overthrow the Sandinista revolutionary government in Managua would be confronted with violence from Panama and Guatemala Sandinista officials revealed. Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., Deputy Secretary of State charged the Soviet Union's chemical warfare, artillery and air strikes with more than 3,000 deaths in Afghanistan since 1979. Stroessel, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cited "use of chemical weapons in war is a violation of the 1925 Geneva protocol, to which the USSR is a party."
Recognition Award Honors Students Photo by Joe Johaton
Jump, jump, jump...
Last Sunday 61 students Jumped rope for three hours to raise money for the American Heart Association. This year $1,503.20 was raised.
Proposal to Bolster Computer Literacy By JOE JOHNSON A proposal has been sent to the state council of higher education requesting funding in support of a program designed to enhance computer literacy among the faculty staff, students and administration of Longwood College. The money will be provided by a "funding mechanism" entitled Funds for Excellence, which is administered by the S.C.H.E. Mr. Al Carpenter, chairman of the Academic computing Planning Program described the criteria which must be met to submit such a proposal. "A proposal for the funds for excellence should be designed to offer a unique or outstanding service to the Commonwealth. "The target of our computer literacy program is all people at Longwood College, that's why it's unique."
If the proposal is accepted, Longwood would put the money into a program which would train everybody from freshman to tenured staff on the computer keyboard, learning various skills and functions pertaining to the mechanism. "What we want to do is bring everybody on campus up to a certain level of functional competency on the computer." The program would tapple with word processing also, but leave Basic and Fortran (Computer languages) to other courses now offered by the math department. "The long range goal is, after everybody has obtained this level of competency, for them to apply the computer to their area of interest or field specialization. But we are emphasizing more of aihands on experience. We want people here to learn a basic confidence, to feel comfortable with a computer."
Salters In Auto Mishap The week end of February 26-2fr break. Dr. Leo Salters, Dean of Students In addition, Salters position for Longwood College was will be left vacant this summer reported to have been in an after his resignation. But Dr. automobile accident. He is now Greenwood, president of recuperating in Tennessee. Longwood College, reported that At last Tuesday's press the college has stopped taking conference Dean Swann reported applications for Dean of Students that Dr. Salters would most likely and will be making an not be able to come back to appointment to the position in the Longwood until after spring near future.
Joan of Arc never got an award for being burned at the stake. All she probably received was an occasional stick or two under her feet and snide comments from bystanders "lousy heretic"...etc. Nobody cared back then. No need to fear however (also no need to get burned at the stake, or even steamed for that matter) Longwood has an award for all those unsung heroes. It is entitled appropriately enough the Arc Award and is presented to those students who have contributed service to Longwood College in an unusual and outstanding manner. The award tries to honor those students who work "behind the scenes" and receive very little recognition for their endeavors. The Arc Award was established by Legislative Board (now known as the student senate) in the spring of 1971. Initially it was presented to selected junior and senior undergraduate women. However,
in recent years the award has been changed so that men and women are now eligible to receive it. No more than ten juniors and seniors combined may receive the Arc Award in 'any given year. Students who hold an office voted on in a major election are not eligible nor are presidents or vice presidents of classes, members of Geist, students recognized by Geist as Festmeister, Mittenmeister, or Geistmeister, and juniors and seniors commended by Chi are not eligible to receive the Arc Award during that year. Each year, about March 10, nomination forms are distributed to the faculty, the presidents of all organizations, the junior and senior classes, the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. These individuals may nominate junior and senior students. During the first few years of the award, the selection committee received 50 to 60 nominations. During 1981
there were only 11 students nominated and 6 were selected to receive the Arc Award. The selection committee is composed of the senior recipients of the Arc Award from the previous year (at which time they are juniors), a dean, the sponsor of Geist, the sponsor of Chi, and a faculty member. The Arc Award was initially presented at Senior Assembly. However, last year the Arc Award was presented during the Honors Council Awards Assembly and will continue to be presented at the Awards Assembly. Today, as in 1971, many students serve I/ongwood College in a variety of ways. Some receive praise and recognition while others do not. The Arc Award remains as one manner in which students, who normally do not receive formal recognition, can be honored and rewarded slightly for the service they render to their college.
Campus Police Justify Actions In Family Dispute By MARK SEGAL An altercation between campus police and a five foot ten inch 230 pound Vietnam veteran last Saturday night has Alpha Chi Rho members in bewilderment. According to AXP members an intruder entered their party at the Lankford Building. Campus police were called to the scene and John (not his real name) left the party with his alleged wife. John and his mate returned to the party and he made physical threats to members of AXP. Reportedly he even made
accusations that a member of the fraternity had beaten his wife the night before. Campus police were called a second time and told John that he must leave or he could be arrested for trespassing in the Lankford Building. According to Campus police, they asked a member of the fraternity if he would bes wUlmg to press charges against John. "They told me 'no'," said officer Husky. To complicate matters, John then tried to purchase beer at a local food store and was refused.
He reportedly then struck his alleged wife in the parking lot and drove away without her. She then went back to the AXP party looking for aid. "I think she came back to the party looking for the cops," said Barry Driver, a member of AXP. But then John came back on campus at approximately one F F a-m dulcWng a six-month old baby and was intercepted by police at the front of the Lankford building. (Continued on Page 3)