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lance THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1975 PAGE THREE News Bureau (Continued From Page 1) created "sucn'a goM im- nression”, said Bayes, that he ias invited back to the coUege for an interview and was subsequently hired. sweeney has spent 3 years in television newS'reporting, investigating and presenting news to countless thousands of North and South Carolinians each day. ffis television news stint took him from host of an early morning oroeram to investigative reporter (for TV6 WilmingtOTi) and then to dty editor on the evening news. Sweeney has now taken the job as News Bureau Cluef, Director of Public Relations and Alunmi Director for St. Andrews College, Laurinburg. Why? “As a collector and reporter of ‘hard news,’ I felt as helpless as I did exhilarated,” says the 29 year old newsman. “TV has its highs and news has its rewar ds but for the most part 1 couldn’t help noticing the lack of expertise and qualified comment on topics that cmi- cem eSch and every one of us.” “There is a conifusion in America today and every American feels it. America is disoriented and its people need guidance as well as leadership in formulating sup port for a direction to be taken.” Sweeney left the com mercial news industry to help supply that need by tapping one of the nation’s greatest resources-those who are in volved, study and teach. His idea is that some of the freeest thinkers and the most innovative problem solvers are to be found at the small private colleges like St. An drews. “These institutions are free from oolitical and gover- mental whimsy-they are riot dependent on the politicians for their livelihood.” About St. Andrews, Sweeney thinks its a unique institution, and the “place is like a little bit of heaven.” tom SWEENEY TOM PATTERSON A 1974 graduate of the four- year liberal arts collie, Pat terson returns to St. Ani-evre after a year as Associate Editor of the Alamance- Orange Enterprise, a weekly newspaper published in Me- bane,N.C. As a student at St. Andrews, Patterson edited the college literary visual arts publication, ‘ ‘Cairn; ” and won the Alan Bunn Memorial Award for creative writing, with tvro short stories, whi^ have been published in a chan- book appropriately titled “Two Stories.” “It’s good to be bade in the fold,” Patterson says of his return to the campus. “St. An drews appears to be the same ever-dianging and interest ing place it was when I left it. I feel right at home.” As for his new position, Pat terson says with an im penetrable grin, “So far. I’m oijoying it. I had been curious to see how it would feel to be a part of the administrative side of St. Andrews life. The main difference between this and being a student here seems to be that now, instead rf paying the college, I get paid by the college.” The Dublin, Georgia native expresses enthusiasm and timism about the staff with wtndi he will be wockii^. “We’ve already begun to har ness some of that creative energy,” he says, noting that “besides the hill-time news bureau staff, we’ve also got a collection of talented student writers, photograjAiers, aivd artists who are going to be len ding a hand. The resources at St. An drews for this kind of operation are just about inexhaustible. It’s like somebody-I forget who it was- -said, ‘If only we can get good pitdiing Sweeney said he expected to work closely over the year with LANCE editor Lin Thom pson and WSAP chief Paul Baldasare in the production of news releases and radio spots for news shows in those media. Joint photograph effort between THE LANCE and the Bureau are also under discussion in an effort to cut film and development costs and eliminate overlapping photo assignments. In terms of physical ap pearance, as well the bureau has undergone extensive changes. Located around the comer from the president’s office in a partition^ classroom that once hous^ the Admissions Office, the bureau has recently b^n stripped of the office cubicles that filled it and given a car peting and paint job. BOB'S JEWEL SHOP The Place to go for all your Jewelry needs Main St. College plaza Science Scholars Explore SA Lab For the fourth consecutive year St. Andrews offered its Science Scholar Program to outstanding high school students with an expressed in terest in science. This year 30 students were selected to par ticipate in a three week session from June 23 to July 11. Faculty for the program were Dr. Dwiald Barnes, Chairman of the Divisicm of Mathematical, Natural and Health Sciences, and Dr. John Clausz, Chairman of the Biology Program. This year’s program was divided equally between the classroom and the laboratory. In the classroom the students studied thermodynamics and kinetics on a semi- quantitative level with em phasis in application to physical, biological, humanistic and jiiilosophical concerns. In additiwi they received an introduction to computer programming, ac cessing and utilizing an IBM 360/75. The laboratory portion of Ihe program took place in the St. Andrews Science Center, a building of radical design whidi has brought visitors fix)m as far away as Australia to see it. Major features are a multidisciplinary laboratory two-thirds the size of a foot ball field, flanked by a central stockroom running the length of Mie side and a 2000 sq. ft. instrumentation room housing over $300,000 worth (rf in strumentation on the opposite side. During the laboratory por tion of the course the students performed 5 to 8 experiments designed to give the students an understanding of the rok instrumentation plays in ■science today as well as its limitations. Experiments in volved the use of such in struments as the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spec trometer and the Electron Microscope. km DAVID MORRISON, a high school senior from Shelby. N.C. works with the colleges electron microscope during this summer’s Science Scholars program. (Photo by Rooney Coffman) ECOS Meets, Organizes Last spring, several dedicated environmentalists decided that an organization was needed in Laurinburg to attract people with a concern and a willingness to learn about the environment and ecology. As a result Laurin burg chapter of ECOS came into being to join other active chapters in Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, and Rocky Mount. Early this fall, the group met to discuss ideas for ac tivities related to en vironmental ideas, preser vation, and conservation. A number of small but nonetheless important projec ts, such as paper and aluminum can recycling cam paigns, educational and en vironmental awareness ac tivities, and petitioning the faculty to allow the use of both sides of pieces of paper in an effort to reduce waste were undertaken. This Thursday, at 7 p.m. at the Public Library, there will be an ECOS meeting in volving not only St. Andrews students and faculty, but Laurinburg residents as well, as part of the group’s effort to spread the environmental movement to other people by educating and promoting in volvement and awareness toward envirorunental issues. Featured at this meeting will be guest speaker Drew Diehl, the executive director of ECOS in Chapel Hill, a veteran campaigner for mass transit, alternatives to nuclear power, and many other environmental issues. For further information about ECOS or procurring a ride to the Public Library, contact David Swanson (ext. 297), Elizabeth Scott (327), or Lloyd Tucker (327). Anyone driving a car who has room for extra passengers is requested to let one of these people know. “Don’t forget to bring your own cup for refreshments,” they add.
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