The Lance
Volume 19 Number 7
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Thursday, October 30,1980
Preventive Medicine
At St. Andrews
Officials Find stolen car in Lake Ansley Moore.
Photo Courtesy of Rooney Coffman
Stolen Car Discovered
At St. Andrews
A Saint Andrews College vehical
missing since March 3,1974 was finally
located under 12 feet of campus lake on
Tuesday, October 27. The 1969 Ford
Galaxie 500 was found by a SA student
who informed campus security chief
Theiron Young. Officer Young had a
tow truck come to the scene and the
car was pulled from the water with the
keys still in the ignition switch.
According to the official report of the
Laurinburg Police Department there
are no suspects in the cases. A variety
of rumors have circulated regarding
the sunken car but none have been
substantiated.
Profile
Cindy Jackson, R.N.
Cindy Jackson, a graduate of St.
Vincents school of nursing in Toledo,
Ohio is the RN and associate director
of the St. Andrews Health Center. She
has lived in Laurinburg for 8 years.
She started a program at the Scotland
Memorial Hospital here in 1973 dealing
with infection control. The program
was designed to investigate aU possible
signs of infection in the hospital and to
find out if the infection started in the
hospital and why. She described the
program as a type of ‘quality control’.
After she left the hospital the program
stayed in existence. It is still operating
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today.
Soon after she left the hospital she
became the director of the Head Start
program. She was in charge of 700 pre
school children between the ages of 3
and 5 years of age. She made sure that
they had physicals before they started
school and that they were as healthy as
the priviledged kids in the school
system. She also helped mainstream
disabled children into the program
and into the public school system.
She later did relief nursing for
industries in the area and was a
substitute teacher before coming to St.
Andrews.
A Musical Survey
Result of a Student Life Office
survey indicate that a 6 to 1 majority of
the students responding prefer that the
mildly controversial sound system be
kept in the cafeteria. The survey,
conducted through the campus mail
system, was initiated in response to
numerous student complaints of
excessive volume levels and also to
obtain data more useful than obtained
in a previous survey.
A total of 130 students responded. Of
that 130, 90 indicated a preference for
keeping the system while only 14
wished the system be removed. Most
objections were to the volume of the
music or to playing any music during
the breakfast hour. To prevent
tampering by passers-by a locking
panel has been placed over the controls
of the sound system.
Preventive medicine is in this year
at our Health center; so if you have the
sniffles or feel like something is
going to keep you from going to classes
or lefting those glasses, you should
visit any one of the nurses anytime in
the Burris Center. The nice thing about
our health services is that anything
you need for under a dollar is free. If
you do need other drugs, you can see
one of the campus doctors for free and
receive your medicine at a discount
rate. Maybe you have come down with
something and you’d rather wait to go
home to do something about it. Well,
chances are that could cost your
parents or yourself a lot of money.
The center is really interested in
helping the students with all kinds of
questions and needs this year. Mrs.
Cindy Jackson, our R.N. and director
of the health center is really excited
now about a student health advisory
committee she and eight students are
organizing. There are two students
from each class on the committee and
their job is to find out what type of
questions, problems, and information
we need about a variety of health
related areas.
This isn’t a gripe group and the
reason why is that Cindy sends
questionaires to 80% of the students
who use the health services. All
complaints are asked for there. She
said the biggest gripe is that she can’t
seem to cure the common cold and
Cindy really apologizes for that. She
does stress, however, that the sooner
you come in to see her, the easier your
cold wiU be to deal with. The group is
in existence to help you find out
about a range of subjects: Smoking
and Cancer, Birtn uontrol. Drugs, Sex,
how to cope with stress and pear
pressure, and whatever you really
want to know about.
Cindy related, “We can get into
anything that the campus population
wants. All they have to do is show
interest or let one of these people
(Courtney Ebbinghouse-Beth Edwards
(sr.) Nancy Winston-Jill Wright (jr.)
Bren Washington-Peter Bock (soph),
Sophie Mott-Kinzey Schevket (fr.)
know. But once we make
arrangements, we need their support.
It would be avrfully embarrassing to
have a speaker show up and then have
only two people attend.” So, Cindy
urges you to make use of this
opportunity to find out more about
things that directly affect you and your
well being. There is no point in
pretending to be aware of your body
and not really understanding what it is
and how it works if you have the
chance to find out more, from experts
in all areas.
One of the greatest things about
being a student and a sick one in this
community is that you are going to
receive priority over the citizens here
if you need to visit a doctor. But the
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doctors you have the best chance of
seeing in a hurry are the campus
doctors-Dr. McArn and Dr. Wilhams.
As Cindy said, if you’re sick, you don’t
want to wait all Iday to see a doctor.
This is a good place to list the doctors
in town, including the specialists that
you may need to use. These doctors are
not our campus doctors, but they will
try to work you in as quickly as
possible.
Dr. Gregson and Doctor Slaughter-
dentists; Dr. Leo (ear, nose and
throat); Dr. Savage-intermist, Dr.
McKeithan (Ob-GYN); Dr. Willits (Ob-
Gyn)
Dr. McQueen- Orthopedic Surgeon
The health center will provide free
transportation to any of these doctors.
If you need to go, it is best to make
arrangements with the health center in
the morning so you can be sure they
are free to take you.
At one time the campus doctors
came directly to the school at certain
times each week. But when Cindy
Jackson joined the staff in 1978, she felt
it would be wise to phase this out, so
that the students could visit the offices.
“I feel they are getting better care by
visiting the offices. They have the
equipment we don’t have. Plus going
to the office doesn't cost them
anything.” These physicians are hired
by the college to handle accute
illnesses only. But if you need a
physical, they will give you one at a
minimal rate. Sports players receive
yearly physicals for FREE from these
doctors.
Another service of our health center
is that they refer students to the health
department (Located way out west
blvd.) Students now have access to
every program there is, not just
planned parenthood or the VD clinic.
There is a cancer clinic, valuable to
every female on campus. They will
give you a pap test, breast exam, blood
test, and refer you to there clinics if
you exam becomes suspicious. The
services at the health center are billed
according to “your” income. If you
have no income, these services are
free. The school will also provide
transportation for you to the Health
Department.
Cindy Jackson, RN. is very confident
and pleased with the present staff of
nurses we have now. Please don’t
foreget that there is a student group to
help you find out anything you are
interested in as far as your health is
concerned. If you do have questions,
but are afraid to ask, send your
questions to the LANCE and the
student health advisory committee will
try to find the answers for you. Mrs.
(Cindy) Jackson has had experience in
many fields of medicine. She was a
pediatric initiator of Scotland county’s
infection control program, and director
of the Head Start Program in Scotland
and surrounding counties. Chances are
she will be asked to find the answers.