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FEB 28 1980
Vol. 8(f.'No. 4
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
Laurinburg, North Carolina 28352
New Developments
Thursday, Feb. 28,1980
By NANCY HENRY
Wandering through the
halls of the L.A. building
recently, you may have
noticed the huge blueprint on
the bulletin board near the
development office. If the
purple lines and squares
surrounding the immediate
academic campus appear a
bit alien to you, do not be
surprised. They are not a
representation of the present
campus, but the shape of
things to come. Bruce Frye,
Vice President for
development of St. Andrews,
explained the reasons behind
these projected develoj)-
ments.
In their bid for the college,
the city of Laurinburg of
fered St. Andrews 820 acres
of land; far over the
necessary allotment for the
campus. This was done with
the future development in
mind-development that
would provide income to the
college and also benefit the
Laurinburg community. A
master plan was drawn up by
the trustees, the first phase
of which was the shopping
center. The plan has
progressed further as in
February St. Andrews sold 40
acres of land to the trustees
of Scotland Memorial Hospi
tal for their new medical
facility. This is a large tract
of land bounded on the north
side by the U.S. 74 by-pass.
Construction of the hospital is
scheduled to begin in
December of this year, with
completion in mid ‘82. Plans
for medical support facilities
convenient to the hospital are
currently being studied by
the trustees. It is conceivable
that the proximity of the
medical complex will
directly t>enefit individual
students in some cases,
through close part-time work
and internships.
The hospital has agreed,
also, to sponsor construction
of a road running from
behind K-Mart to the water
treatment plant, to provide
access to their facilities. This
will open up the land for
construction of the next
development phase—a
residential seciton, beginning
with condominiums and
multi-family dwellings.
“I don’t think these
developments will encroach
on the campus environment”
stated Frye. He went on to
explain that several studies
had been done on the en
vironmental impact of these
plants on the campus. If you
take a look at the blueprint
you will notice there will still
be no thru traffic directly up
to the college, which would
be unpleasant and potentially
dangerous. Instead the
residential development will
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PIRG Issue
by JOHN H. KRANTZ
A recent “Dialogue” by Ed
Cashwell has raised some
serious charges against N.C.
PIRG. These charges
surround the way that PIRG
handles refunds. Last fall
PIRG did not set up to hand
out any refunds as it is
required to do.
PIRG is a student funded
organization. Each student is
billed two doUars a semester
to go to PIRG. During the
first four weeks of the
semester, PIRG must set up
a time and place where a
student may request a
refund, which is applied as a
credit to the students next
bill.
It is the handling of refunds
that Ed Cashwell, PIRG state
board representative, has his
major complaint. He feels
that the nonexistent refund
system makes it easy for the
student to get “ripped off.”
He points out that not only is
the system set up in a bad
way, but when PIRG shows
up it is during inconvenient
hours and only two or three
signs are put up.
Anne Hinnent, last , year’s
state representative, con
firmed this and pointed to the
fact that the state board
pushed this strategy. Anne
defended the move by stating
that the local PIRG board
jstaged “PIRG DAYS” and
she had written a “Dialogue”
to get the students aware of
PIRG. The student reaction
was so apathetic tliat they
feared the students would get
refunds even if they were not
against PIRG.
Anne still feels the refund
system is wrong. She pointed
to one college where the
students are sent a letter
describing PIRG and then
the student decides whether
or not to pay. Ed noted that
this school is Davidson and
the system came only by the
action of the College
President. Ed favors such a
system because he feels that
“if students are not in
terested they shouldn’t pay.
It should be their choice.”
Ed feels that PIRG can be
very good for the school, but
he does not like the move
from local interest to
national interests. Anne
recognized the importance of
local interest, but feels that
PIRG must inform students
about larger interests. She
also states that an active
local PIRG board is needed
to bring out local interests.
The local board is comprised
of seven elected students and
is responsible for knowing
student interests. This board
also takes campus action.
Both Ed and Anne feel that
PIRG can be good. They both
feel the refund system is
wrong. With an active local
board PIRG can be into the
local issues, but if it is not
active, PIRG becomes
distant and unheard as this
year shows.
Exchange
Program
By JOHN DONEY
Final agreement is all but
assured now for the
establishment of an exchange
program between St. An
drews and Kansai Gaidai
University in Japan begin
ning in the 1980-81 academic
year.
George Hlawatsch, a
professor of History at
Kansai University, was at St.
Andrews February 15, to both
iron out the agreement with
the administration, and to
speak to interested students
about the program.
Hlawatsch reported that
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pending the approval of the
program, one student from
each college will be ex
changed for one school year
Kansai Gaidai, as Hlawatsch
explained, has ap
proximately 60 international
students and exchange
programs with about 20
American Colleges
throughout the U.S.
The program is set up such
that the student chosen from
St. Andrews will attend the
Japanese University, but pay
St. Andrews College fees.
Kansai Gaidai University, an
English speaking school, has
an academic program
designed especially for the
foreign student. The ex
change student at Kansai
Gaidai will be required to
take a Japanese language
course and will be free to
choose from a number of
elective courses in a broad
area of disciplines. Academic
credit for St. Andrews will
depend on work completed
successfully.
To ensure a cultural ex
perience exchange students
to the Japanese university
will be living with a Japanese
family in the community.
Students are also expected to
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This Week:
■niursday, February 28—Writers’ Reading 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 29—Mike Reid 9:00 p.m. Belk Lounge
(Scholarship Weekend Begins)
Monday, March 3—Q’oss Currents 7:30
Film Siberian Ladv Macbeth 8:00 p.m. Vardell
Tuesday, ^rch 4—Dangling Conversation 6:15
Wednesday, March 5—Recital: Herbert Horn & David
Chapel 6:15 Underwood 8:00 p.m. Vardell
niursday, March 6—Food For Thought 12:00-1:00
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