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News Briefs
On Monday, March 10,
Marriott will begin a new
menu cycle. The new menu
feature a wider variety of
meals for vegetarians and
a frozen yogurt machine.
Congratulations to Fresh
men Phillip Amodeo, Mel
issa Collins, Sainath
Suryanarayanan and Amy
Thran. The were selected
March students of the
month because they had a
4.0 average through fall
term and winter term.
Submissions for the Ronald
H. Bayes Poetry Contest
are now being accepted by
the Sandhills Review. The
annual contest awards $5CX)
to a single winning poem in
any form. The 1997 winner
will be published in the
Summer issue of the
Sandhills Review.
To enter, send 2 copies of
one poem, not to exceed
five single spaced pages,
and a cover sheet listing
name, address, phone num
ber and poem title to:
The Sandhills Review
Ronald H. Bays Poetry Con
test
2200 Airport road,
Pinehurst, NC 28374
A $5.00 entry fee is
required. Deadline for sub
missions is April 1st.
A photo exhibit by Jon
Holloway, “Photographs
from India,” will open
March 10. Holloway ac
companied Neal Bushoven
16 St. Andrews students
to India during Winter
Term. The display will be
•S) through April 11.
Campus moums Troy Burton
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by Suzyn Smith
On Tuesday, March 4, a
memorial service for Troy Bur
ton was held in the Bell^: Main
Lounge. Burton, ajunior, died
of cerebral malaria on March
2. He had contracted the dis
ease when he was home for
winter break in Zimbabwe.
Burton’s family and more than
200 Students and faculty were
in attendance to remember
him on Tuesday night.
Religious Smdies Profes
sor Dr. Mel Bringle gave the in
vocation, which was followed
by Dean of Students Marcia
Nance reading a selection from
Deepak Chopra. Noreen
Hayden and Denis Hilton put
together a video remembering
Burton which included scenes
of Burton whitewater rafting
and the opening scene of “The
Lion King.”
Business Professor Bob
Littleson was next to speak, dis
cussing how Burton had been a
challenge at first, but soon had
become one of Littleson’s best
students. “He was my good ex
ample,” Littleson said.
Throughout the evening,
Troy’s metamorphosis into a re
sponsible student came up
again and agam. “In seeing the
change in Troy, I saw the rea
son that student life profes
sionals do what they do,” As
sociate Coordinater Stan Dura
would later state.
Coach Mark Peeler spoke
about Burton’s three years as
the manager of the men’s bas-
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a Winter sports wrap-up.
photo by Rooney Coffman
visit SAPC
by Suzyn Smith
March 9 and 10, Dr. J. Randolph Taylor, the SAPC 1997 E.
Hervey Evans Distinguished Fellow, will be visiting St. Andrews.
He will visit religious smdies classes and give talks on a variety of
topics.
Taylor’s visit will kick off on Sunday morning when he leads
the 11a.m. worship service at Laurinburg Presbyterian Church.
His sermon is entitled “What’s the Good News?”
He will be speaking at Vespers that night in the meditation
room in Belk. His topic will be “Critical Questions.” Ves
pers will be followed by a reception.
Monday morning, he will visit religious smdies classes. At
4:00 he will lead a symposium in the Belk Main Lounge on “Tick
lish questions: Christian Faith and Human Sexuality.” At 8:00
Monday night, he will give an address in Belk Main Lounge. He
will be speaking on “Change as Discovery. ”
The public is invited to all of the events and students are
encouraged to attend.