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The Lance • St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Editorial
Oct. 2, 1991
From the Editor's Desk: Commuters Need More Communication From School
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
As a residential student last
year, I generally turned a deaf
ear to the complaints of my
commuter friends. After all, 1
alwavs seemed to have more
than mv share of the informa
tional mail which students tend
to find in their mailboxes, the
kind of flyers and things that
usually get glanced at once and
then thrown away. These fly-
From
President
Reuschllng's
Desk
Thanks to students, faculty and staff for the excellent start-up
of the school year. From the arrival of our new students to check
in of our returning students, most things have gone ver)' well.
Orientation for new students and parents was ver\' well received.
Class registration went well and classes are off to a good start.
Already there are more activities on campus than any one
person can experience. Poetry readings, athletic events,
organizational meetings for student groups, forums, lectures
and an art exhibit are all available for you to experience. I
encourage all students to renew their commitment to academic
excellence, but also to select a balanced participation in extra
curricular activities.
I wish each of you a great foil term.
Tom L. Reuschling, President
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919/277-5672
ers, I find, are things that resi
dential students take for
granted. Alter all, y'ou can al
ways ask John or Susie when
the party' or meeting is, but
those of us who spend most ot
our time on the academic side
of the lake often don’t know
what’s going on the other side.
I know this because I’m a com
muter student now, and I find
that there is a very' big differ
ence between the two. A dif
ference, that is, in the amount
of mail, and hence informa
tion that is dispatched between
the two.
During the summer while I
attended summer school, it
seemed logical that I would
continue to receive my mail in
my campus mailbox. And while
I didn’t receive much mail, I
contributed the lack to the fact
that it was summertime, and
that there really wasn’t much
going on on campus, with
the exception, perhaps of
Governor’s school. However,
since returning to school with
the official status of “com
muter,” I have yet to receive
any mail in my commuter stu
dent box, and still receive mail
in my old campus box num
ber. This becomes confusing
when I am anticipating mail
that docs not ever appear where
I logically assume that it should
— in my commuter student
mailbox. I didn’t even know
that my mail was still going to
my old campus mailbox until
one day, on a whim, I decided
to check it. Needless to say, I
was very' surprised to find some
old, and some very' current in
formation addressed to me. But
where I personally receive my
mail isn’t the problem.
One has to assume that those
students who have always has
commuter status only have one
mailbox. And those mailboxes,
which I check daily, seem
empty for the most part. Most
of the commuter students with
whom I’ve talked about this
confirm this information.
Some of them respond that
they don’t bother to check their
mail anymore because there’s
rarely ever any in there. Butthe
problem isn’t the just the mail,
it’s the lack of communication,
and seemingly, the blatant
disregard of the commuter
student’s need to keep abreast
of what’s going on on campus.
Some may argue that the
commuter student spends less
time on the campus, and there
fore does not need to receive
the same information as resi
dential students do. To this,
however, I say that commuter
students are also St. Andrews
students, and no less impor
tant to the college for being
commuters, even though they
don’t pay room and board.
I’m not even 100% sure who
handles the commuter student
mailboxes, but I’ll guess that
it’s Student Life, in which case
I feel that they should be dou
bly concerned with communi
cation between the college and
commuters.
As the editor of The Lance
this year, I feel that I have
better access to campus infor
mation than most commuters
do. I only regret that it took a
change in my status for me to
really sec that there was a prob
lem. Guess I should have lis
tened more closely'. Now I hope
that others will as well. W
SGA Report
Lenni Jones and Kerri Nuti
Coiumnists
Student Government Asso
ciation (SGA) returned a week
early with much enthusiasm to
prepare for the upcoming
I99I-1992 school year. The
week was filled with intense
leadership training programs
ranging from communication
skills to goal set
ting. Besides
providing ben
eficial training,
it formed a co
hesive student
government.
The core of
the student
government
consists of the
Cabinet. The
cabinet consists of; the Presi
dent, Lenni Jones; the vice-
president,Kerry Nuti; the
treasurer. Missy McGill; the
Attorney General, Laura
Malinowski and the Student
Defense Attorney, Christy
Baumgard. The advisor of the
Cabinet is Neal Bushoven and
the Secretary' of the Cabinet is
Anna Crossman. The Cabinet’s
main objective is establishing a
direct line of communication
with students, faculty, admin
istration and staff. If you have
any concerns please don’t hesi
tate to come to one of the
Cabinet members.
The Cabinet synthesizes the
concerns from the entire cam
pus formulates paths of action.
Another very' active branch
of Snident Government is the
Senate. The Senate consists of
the president and vice-presi
Dorm
President
Vice-President
Albemarle
Robert Bennett
Kathie Fallows
Concord
Tiffani Orange
Maria Faust
Granville
Jason Rich
Kaille Padgett
Highland
Shad Leudke
Michael Lessig
Mecklenburg
Chris Carbone
Chris Bachman
Orange
Angela Lynch
Kathy Sellers
Wilmington
Anna Crossman
Laura Bry'ant
Winston-Salem
David Gigandet
Robbie Brooks
dent from each dorm and two
commuter representatives. The
chair of Senate is the SGA Vice-
President, Kerry Nuti. The
advisor to the Senate is Dick
Prust and the secretary of the
Senate is Wendy Harris. Sen
ate meetings are open to the
public.
Directly outside the en
trance to SAGA are the Senate
minutes and the next meeting
date of Senate. Currently the
Senate has addressed the issue
of recycling on campus, smok
ing in Belk Center and com
munication lines with the
Laurinburg community. Re
cycling bins have been distrib
uted to all dormitories and pick
up will be 8 a.m. in Belk circle
every' Wednesday. A surv'ey has
been conducted in each dorm
on smoking in the Belk Cen
ter. The results of this survey
and the result
ing policies
will be pub
lished in the
next issues of
The Lance.
The Senate
subcommittee
of External
A f f a i r s
(headed by
Laura Bry'ant)
is already bringing a group of
50 underprivileged kids to St.
Andrews. The goal is to moti
vate this group of kids by show
ing them career options.
We would like to encour
age the St. Andrews Student
Body to address any and all
concerns to their Student
Representatives so action can
be readily taken. By your
caring and becoming more
active, St. Andrews will cer
tainly improve.
Causewalk Comments: SAPC or SAC?
► “I think its kind of hypo
critical to say that we’re St.
Andrews Presbyterian College,
because if we’re not really asso
ciated with the church, except
financially, then we shouldn’t
keep the ‘Presbyterian’ in the
name. I wouldn’t want to keep
the “Presby'terian’ in the name
unless the college did more to
make it Presbyterian.” Rebecca
Green, senior
► ‘T think we should keep it.
I don’t think we should be
ashamed of what Presbyterian
represents, the implications of
the name. I think a formal de
cision should be taken and I
also think that students should
have a say in that decision. We
shouldn’t be ashamed of our
heritage — Flora Macdonald
and Presbyterian Junior Col
lege.” Kim Bi£flin, junior
► “I think we should just be
St. Andrews College. The reli
gion isn’t pushed here and the
‘Presbyterian’ has no direct
bearing on the school.” Molly
Johnson, freshman
► “I feel that when you’re
looking at a school you need to
look at what the school itself
has to offer. You come for the
school, not for the name. The
name ‘Presby'terian’ should not
have a bearing on someone’s
decision to attend St. Andrews.
I chose the school for what it
had to offer m'e', not just the
nzmc.” Kim Jenkins, junior