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Student NewspRper of St. Andrews PresbyteriRn College
Vol. 37. No. 1 St. Andrews PresbyteriRn College Lflurinburg. NC 28352-5598 September 26.1996
Students, faculty fought to save gym from Fran
by Melissa Collins
On Thursday, Sept. 5,
Hurricane Fran blew through
North Carolina, leveling any
thing in her way. The dorms
and academic buildings of St.
Andrews were almost com
pletely spared. (Even
Mecklenburg Hall, which fea
tured a large sign reading “Go
to hell Fran!”) A couple of win
dows were broken, but no one
was hurt. St. Andrews did have
one important casuahy, how
ever, the roof of the physical
education building. Unfortu
nately, the damage there was
extensive.
The administration, fac
ulty, staff and students spent
most of the afternoon getting
ready for the storm. A large
meeting of the staff, faculty and
student body was held at 4:00
that afternoon. President War
ren Board warned students to
beware of “flyin’ stuff” and dis
cussed the school’s preparation
for Fran. The staff members
who lived off campus were
given the option of leaving
early. Dr. Ruth Holden de
clined this offer, which was
why she was in her office when
the window of the newly reno
vated weight room broke. The
physical plant staff arrived
quickly, but in the meantime.
Holden, Senior Jamie
Joss and Senior Rob
Perron searched for
something to cover
the window with.
While they were
looking, they discov
ered a leak in one
corner of the gym
roof
The initial leak
was not a major prob
lem. The P.E. center
had sprung leaks in
the past and they all had been
fixable. But as Fran raged,
more and more leaks appeared.
A “thumming” sound
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also caught the attention of
Many athletes spent the morning after the hurricane cleaning up the
gym and trying to prevent damage to the floor.
Photo courtesy of Rooney Coffman
those in the P.E. building. None
of the people in the gym had
ever heard anything like it be
fore. They checked outside.
but didn’t notice anythmg until
they checked the gym again. It
was then when they realized
See GYM on page 2
Students lifeguarded at athlete pool in Olympic Village
by Melissa Collins
Most college students spend their
summer doing jobs they really don’t
want to do. But for two St. Andrews
students, this was not the case. Britta
Reide and Lisa Fraser found jobs didn’t
have much room for advancement, but
were pretty rewarding just the same.
They were lifeguards at the athlete pool
in the Olympic Village at the 1996 Sum
mer Games in Atlanta, GA.
Their Olympic Adventure began
during fall break last year. The pair had
gone to Atlanta and found themselves
near the Olympic office. For fun, Reide
suggested they apply for jobs. To their
surprise, being international students
paid off The advantage in this case was
that both Reide and Fraser speak sev
eral languages which enabled them to
communicate with a majority of the ath
letes who would be competing in the
Olympics. While they were at the of
fice, they were interviewed by the head
of hiring who had them fill out several
applications and even took their uniform
sizes. Throughout the year, the office
kept in contact with the two students,
finally advising them of their post as life
guards.
So the two headed to Atlanta and
the Olympic Village where they would
be staying with the athletes for the most
exciting three week adventure imagin
able. Everything in the village was free
and there was a great feeling of unity
among the athletes. Iran and Iraq even
stayed next to each other, not letting
politics get in the way of the Olympic
See OLYMPIC on page 7
Pipe band wins major competition in Charleston
by Celeste Day
Have you ever been
walking around campus on a
Saturday night after midnight?
Then you’ve heard the eerie
sound of bagpipes floating to
wards you fi'om the Causewalk.
Of course, you’re also very
likely to hear it anywhere else
on campus-at anytime of the
night or day. The St. Andrew’s
Pipe Band seems to practice
constantly...this weekend, we
found out why.
Friday, the Pipe Band left
campus and headed to Charles
ton, South Carolina for the
Charleston Highland Games.
The Highland Games is a large
competion that bands come
ft-om as far away as Florida to
play in.
Saturday, several of the
pipers competed in solo
competions. Then at 4 pm, the
Pipe Band played against five
other bands. They played a
medley of Scottish nines which
included “Greenwood Side”,
“Mac-in-lrish”, and “Campbell
Town Kilty Ball”. The medley
lasted four minutes, in which
they stood in hot woolen kilts
and played their hearts out.
Greg McWilliam (Fr),
Steve Fisher (Fr), Kevin
Wiseheart (Fr), Tamera
Hartman (Sr), Alan Hadfield
(Sr), Maggie Bush (Fr), Mary
Wallace (Jr) and Pipe Band Di
rector Bill Caudill were the pip
ers that piping judge Sandy
Keith commented on as having
“bright, fiill tones” and a “clean
ending”. Erin Harkes (Fr, Bass
drum), Ann Caudill (flourishing
tenor drum), Brian Murray (Fr,
snare drum), Simeon Minshew
(Sr, snare drum), and Matt
Doyle (Fr, snare drum) were
rated above their drum corp
grade level by David Armit, the
drumming judge. Ensemble
judge Robert J. Worrall pro
claimed it, “...a very solid en
semble performance.” Ed
Krintz, one of two piping judges
said that the band had “...a good
idea of expression and dynam
ics...” There were four differ
ent judges and all of them rated
St. Andrew’s Pipe band #1 ...or,
in the words of Simeon, “We
kicked their ass!” The SA Pipe
Band came home with a large
first place cup held high.