Friday, February 25, 1983
The Lance —
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Board Approves Plans
For School Renovations
In the January meeting of the Board of Trustees
several plans were approved that should create
noticeable differances in the academic and physical pro
perties at the college. .u . r.
While many students attended the meeting that Presi
dent Perkinson held to discuss the plans, some students
were not able to attend and were not aware of the bold
changes that are planned for the school.
The changes will affect all areas of college life, rang
ing from a new psychology lab to improved landscape
design. , . _
The developments will be financed by some long term
financing, pledges from friends of the college and
money that will be raised later.
Perhaps, the most obvious change that will take place
will be the building of the psych lab and the expanded
computer facilities. The new psych lab will be located
in the bottom of Morgan-Jones were the storage area is
presently located. The plans also contains some ten
tative ideas to put new classrooms and offices next to
the lab. ... v.
The new computer lab will take over the old psych
lab in the L.A. building. More than $350,000 have been
put into buying new hardware and software for the new
computer site. Besides the new equipment, the new com
puter center will be designed to insure as few mishaps as
possible will take place.
One point of the development plans that have already
been put into effect are theimproved landscape design.
A landscape designer has been hired by the college to try
and conceive a plan that will permantly beautify the bar
ren swampy areas around the dorms.
The classrooms will also be getting a new look next
year, but instead of putting all of the allocated funds in
to improving one or two rooms the finances will be
spread out to cover the areas that need the most im
mediate help.
The last major part of the plans deals with one of the
largest trouble spots on campus, the dorms. Each year
one or two dorms are targetted for remodeling, and next
year, due to campuswide complaints, Mecklenburg,
Winston-Salem and Granville dorms will be refurbish
ed.
The development plans are geared towards making
life more pleasant for current St. Andrews students and
faculty and to upgrade the quality of the school so that
it will be more attractive for prospective students. With
these new designs S.A. is strengthening its commitment
to higher education and all areas involved in college life.
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to the men’s basket
ball team for winning the Dixie Conference title for the
third consecutive year and good luck in the NCAA
playoffs. Anyone wishing to respond to a materials
printed in this paper please send a typed letter to Box
757 in the campus Post Office.
Letter to the Editor
To The Editor:
In my time at St. Andrews,
which has totaled 2Vi years,
one thing I have noticed is
the decline in the students
desires to voice their opinion
to the community.
As a freshman the one
thing I noticed and really en
joyed about the school was
the students belief in voicing
their opinions about the col
lege and student life.
Over the past 2 years there
seems to be an increase in the
activities in the Student
Government Association and
there attempts to make life
better for the students, but
with the other students there
has been little or no activity
or progress.
Since I have been editor of
“The Lance” I have received
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S.A. Students Enjoy Liberal Arts
that hte liberal arts degree is
Education
A liberal arts degree, like
the one offered at St. An
drews Presbyterian College,
can give a student a broad
educational base. This base
includes writing skills, self-
expression and a wide
background in many fields of
study. But today’s society
seems to put more emphasis
on skills than general
knowledge. This is a problem
faced by many liberal arts
students.
St. Andrews students fac
ed with this situation see no
problems, but advantages. A
small survey of students
shows that most see the
liberal arts degree as a solid
educational foundation.
Gene Henderson, a senior
history/religion major, says
a strong background of
knowledge.
“It gives a well-rounded
background, with more op
portunities to learn a variety
of subjects,” Henderson
said.
Danny Weston, a junior
business/psychology major,
says that the program at St.
Andrews has opened him up
to other areas of interest
besides his own.
“It has given a me a better
knowledge of fields I was
unaware of,” Weston said.
Bob Dascombe, a junior
majoring in politics, has
gained respect for others and
hopes this will add in finding
a job.
“The program has given
Bob Harwood, a senior
majoring in elementary
education, has learned more
because of the close relation
ship between teacher and stu
dent.
“Here the professors see
the indivdiual, not just the
class. I feel better when I
know that my views are
taken seriously,” Harwood
said.
There are those students
who do not see the liberal
arts degree as an advantage.
Insted they see it as a lot of
extra knowledge that will go
to waste in their job situa
tion.
For these students a liberal
arts degree is a waste. But to
the students above, the pro
gram has added a little more
to their college career.
Scholarship Aid
5 letters from members of the
S.A. community in the 7
issues that have been publish
ed and 2 of those have come
from professors.
This is not a plea for peo
ple to send letters to the
editor, but it is a plea to the
students to realize that they
have some control over
things that please and
displease them.
The newspaper is used to
inform the public and the
editorial page is used for peo
ple to view their opinions, so
if you have strong feelings
about something you feel the
public should know about,
find some means, either
newspaper, dialogue or
speech, to let them know.
Thank You,
Bill Lide
Students in need of finan
cial aid for next fall should
begin now to apply for the
thousands of scholarships
being offered by private
foundations, trade and civic
groups and other sources.
There are over 25,000 dif
ferent scholarships available,
according to the director of
The Scholarship Bank.
Scholarships are available
from tax exempt foundations
that are required by law to
make a certain amount of
financial aid available each
year in order to maintain
their tax-exempt status.
The Scholarship Bank
matches students with
available aid and sends the
student a print-out of the
private financial aid sources
that appear to be most pro
mising for that student. Each
student may receive up to 50
sources of aid. Most scholar
ships have a value of approx
imately $1,000, and many are
renewable annually. Finan
cial need is only one of
several criteria to receive aid.
Students wishing to receive
a print-out should send a
stamped, business-size self-
addressed envelope to The
Scholarship Bank, 10100 an-
ta Monica Blvd., No. 750,
Los Angeles, CA. 90067. A
questionnaire for the student
to fill out describing
him/herSelf will be sent back
to the student and the appli
cant then can receive the per
sonalized information.
Accprding to The Scholar
ship Bank, major in college,
occupational goal,
geograph,ic preference,
military service of the stu
dent or his parent, employer,
union membership, academic
standing, ethnic heritage,
and whether the student is in
terested in work-study,
loans, essay contests and the
like all determine eligibility
i for aid.
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Editor Bill Lide
Layout Editor Dwayne Snowden
Sports Editor Rick Hanna
Arts Editor Nancy Hogg
Science Editor Greyton Flanagan
Business Manager Steve “Wbwt
Advisor jim McDuffie
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