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THE METEOR
DECEMBER 5, 1986
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by Tracey Bostwick
The Alcohol and Drug Ad- visory Committee (ADAC) has
been very active thus far this year. In a speech made on Parents' Weekend and repeated to the students in Chapel, Chair- man Doug Smith stated that ADAC has several ideas regar·
ding drug and alcohol policies for the upcoming years.
Some controversy has arisen o_ver the planned policies - the
first being confidentiality. The idea of confidentiality is new at VES. It states that if a student comes to a member of the faculty
an an alcohol or drug related pro- blem, he or she will be helped without being turned in, unless
the student is caught 'in the act' after seeking help. In this way the school's response is more car- ing than confrontational.
Smce this is a new idea, many students are reluctant to believe it. Most like the idea in general and are glad help is available. Some would like to see friends
who they feel have a problem to use the new system, but assert they would never discuss
anything about themselves for fear of the faculty watching over them trying to catch them in the
act.
Another controversial issue
was the new non-smoking policy. VES' primary reason for not allowing smoking next year is
correlation between smoking and drug use; the national average of drug users who are smokers is higher than that of non-smokers. He also pointed out that just
because a person smokes does
not mean he or she takes drugs and that non-n•okers also use drugs. Still, thl5 met with a skep- tical responae from many students.
The main issue heavily under fire is the poaaibility of drug testing. The eommittee baa not yet recommended it, but Mr. Smith sees no reuon why it will
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Ja per Oliver, a junior at VES wu r*'rf'ntly ch. Eurosport mail order soccer why do all the European and
by Skip Vest and Daniel Rickemann
Carol Dee Foster Robertson graduated from James Madison University in 1986, earning a
B.S. in Math. She was recently married to Scott Robertson, a nuclear engineer at Babcock and Wilcox, and they have just mov-
ed into a house offCoffee Road in Lynchburg. As we all kow by now, she was the coach of the
first girls' athletic team at VES.
Mrs. Robertson expects her students to work .hard and challenge themselves to achieve their goals.
Sara Cuccio is another o{f cam- pus math teacher joining the faculty this year. She graduated
from Appalachian State Univer- sity with a degree in Education, and recently moved with her family from Appomattox to Lyn-
chburg. She learned about VES from Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, who she knew previously. Mrs. Cuc-
cio is the faculty co-advisor to the
yearbook staff. She Is very hap-
py to be here and really loves be-
ing part of the first year of coeducation.
Robert 'Bo' Lauder comes to VES from UNC-Chapel Hill, where he just completed his MA
and performing as the school
organist. He was glad to see VES
go coed, believing it will bring videotaped presentation on the more qualified students to oppressive Sandinista govern-
equipment firm. Mr. Flournoy at-
tended Stetson University in support ~he Sandini ta go\'ern Florida and received his MA ment, while th Unit d tatt> i
upport om
automatic dismissal? These are placement service and liked the boarding school in the south and to the reahty of lh ituation." extremely tough issues to deal idea of working at a boarding he is travelling throughout the Thi general, all pur
with, and it seems certain that school. Mr. Lauder is currently region to attract more student d1d not r ally ali f. th ro
should the penalty for the first
gram m the upcoming years. His
subj~>cts as the year progreues.
rently WtJrking with Linda rhrt,etler, a Juillard gratluatP, who playa the vit1lin w1th tht Na-
tional Symphony in Waah1ngton. 81' JdP.a taking part in a number
also working with the glee club
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rt•gularly with th Alhl"marl Ynuth Orchl'ltra in Charlot tP. viii . Laat yur he plarl"d
and the evl"nm nd d wtth t1me at VES thu far. "USA, CIA out of N1c ra ual •
Continued fron• p. ,')
of th
umm,.r work whop inrludmg Youth Mu11r Camp In Rirm
pt·tllion. Thia y ar th All Rtat
will b held in Blarhburg in
Ft•bruary.
In add1tJon to hia muaieal u tl'lltiea at Jaaper playa on th Junior Varalty aad
teunaaiMIIIa ofth Alpha Order.
ingbam, Alabama, th Garth N w I Mu 1 Cent r in Hot pr
youth refuted to fa
up to it •l•ln,
Virginia and th Muau~ Workahop in
wan , T enneu •· Jaaper p rforma
in music theory, where he also taught some music courses and gave piano lessons. He learned
from Duke last year. He is an avid soccer player and hopes to play • .larger role in the VES pro-
the only country that the contras? Thi ca hesitation among th theirbetansw r
peak rs· medto ' offense be suspension or about VES through a teacher goal is to help make VES the top "They (the European l 1~ blind
we will be hearing much more teaching 'History of Popular to Lynchburg. He favor
from ADAC on these and other Song' and music theory and is c~ducation, and has enjoy"'d hi. t10n. of th audien rhanlJ
tenth 1n th
All Stat
Violin Com
school, and has high hopes for the rest of this year.
Scott Harvey attended Den- is Marxist-Leninist oriented and
nison College in Ohio, where he played varsity lacrosse for four years, winning numerous
has close ties with the Soviet
Union. This was followed by a speaker, who claimed he was a former student turned contra,
'Ballhawk' awards. At VES Mr.
Harvey has joined the History and now as an American-based
Department as an intern; he will
be team teaching in the Core 11
program this winter and will information on the situahon in
~each an elective course this spr- mg. He also is in charge of dorm inspection and will coach JV and varsity lacrosse this spring.
Although his future plans are uncertain, Mr. Harvey hopes to return to school, possibly to earn
a law degree.
Charles Flournoy replaced
Andy Spencer ('76) as Admis-
sions Director. He previously had probably never attended a
b cau " u murh of th tn•nil hav"' h "'" a r ha h of what'
alrudy hi' n don . In fart, murh
ofthedrugahu1 andr belhon t
~h 11H10'• wa n w, hut It wa :n lndlration that thl natJon'a
p opl lh
probl rna.
No ,
The meeting began with a
spokesman for the entire contra
Nicaragua, again criticizing the Sandinistas. A second speaker provided data supporting the
contras' cause and further com-
demned the Ortega government in Managua.
Once the speakers were finish- ed, a question and answer period was started. The questions came from a wide variety of people tha
movement. He gave baclground
other countries
recognize and