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mitt % % ^T. AMJRKVVs PRESBYTKKIAN roi l>f:K November 10, 1982 Young Cracks Down On Theft By TONY PARKER For the past three years Theiron Young has been Chief of Security here at St. Andrews. Throughout the duration it has become over ly evident to him that theft is the most prevailing problem affecting the St. Andrews community. During fall break, security had its hands full with five attempted bike thefts. Each attempt was thwarted due to the alertness of the depart ment. The “would be thieves” in each case were forced to throw down the bikes and take foot to escape into the surrounding wooded areas. Thirteen bikes have been reported missing so far this year; only one was locked. Young concedes that “most af the bicycle thefts on cam pus are not of a criminal nature” but are what he terms as “thefts of conve- i Common to all the other in stances are doors being left unlocked. To illustrate the potential worsening of the situation, Young explains “about two o’clock one morning I decid ed to do some personal in vestigating.” He discovered about “35 to 40percent of all the cars in the parking lots had unlocked doors.” To help remedy this situa tion, Young is currently developing a “crime preven tion type program” to make students aware of these pro blems. The key he feels lies in student involvement. For ex ample, “most vandalism oc curs between the hours of 7 and 10 pm. At this time of night there are a number of students still about.” Students all too often don’t want to get involved when they do notice a Chief of Security, Theiron Young nience.” A student facing a long walk sometimes finds it convenient to “borrow” an unlocked bike. There are two clear methods in which students can aid in reducing the pro blem, according to Young. First, the most obvious, “Lock your bikes.” Second ly. “report the disappearance of a bike as soon as it is noticed.” Presently the St. Andrews Security Depart ment and the Laurinburg' Police Department are com bining efforts to jointly work to recover stolen bicycles and return them to their respec tive owners. Another major problem facing Young and the depart ment is property being stolen from cars on the campus parking lots. Only one in stance this year involved the actual breaking into the car. stranger because the person may be here legitimately. Young is quick to reply, “I never mind asking someone what their business is on cam pus if a student feels unsure about this person.” The St. Andrews Security Department consists of four men with only one man on duty at each time. The cam pus is stretched out over 400 acres and consists of nearly 20 buildings. “It’s difficult for one man tf cover such a sizeable area.” Consequently, Young is depending heavily on a close working relationship with the students. “It takes one hun dred percent.” Students should call security any time something seems out of place. It may seem quite trivial to the student but it creates a pattern for security to work with. SAGA Workers, Elizabeth Leak, Cliff Strickland, and Georgia Locklear. Saga Workers Enjoy Jobs By BILL LIDE Many students during their years at St. Andrews, work in the cafe in order to earn spending money for tuition expenses, but these students usually don’t work any longer than four years and have little experience com pared to three kitchen workers who have over fifty years experience between them. The workers. Cliff Strickland, Elizabeth “Miss Lib” Leak and Georgia Locklear have all been work ing in the St. Andrews kit chen for at least 18 years. Not only have the three workers outlasted thousands of students, but they have also outlasted several food services including. College Caterers, Epicure Food Ser vice, Saga Food Service, Car dinal Food Service and Saga Food Service again. Elizabeth Leak, who is known by her friends as “Miss Lib”, has been work ing in the kitchen since St. Andrews was founded. Miss Lib has always been working in the bakery, but she has seen changes in her work, place and her hours. When she first started working for 85 cents an hour. Miss Lib had no bakery experience and she had to work from 12 to S in the morning in order to get her baked goods done. Later a bakery was built and “Miss Lib’ was given better hours. The biggest change Miss Lib has seen at St. Andrews in the students is in their appearance, “They ^the students) used to look so nice on Sundays, but now its dif ferent because it is the new style.” Georgia Locklear, who started in 1964, has been through all aspects of kit chen work. Georgia started as a dishwasher working for 85 cents ‘an hour. After washing dishes, Georgia moved to beverages, the salad bar and clean up before she was elevated to the position of cooking which she holds now. Georgia remembers when she started because. Pat. her daughter, who now works in the kitchen, was just a baby when she started. Georgia ^aid, “I like to do anything. it doesn’t matter. I love to cook.” Cliff Strickland, the last of the devoted trio, has been cooking in the kitchen longer than anyone else. When he first started in 1967, Cliff was a dishwasher, but three years later he was promoted to cook. Cliff, like Georgia and Miss Lib, says that Saga Food Service has be?n the most enjoyable company that he has worked with because they pay more and offer more time for creating new recipes. Cliff supports the idea of students working in the kit chen and believes that over the years the students have become friendlier with the off-campus employees. As these three employees’ years reflect, they are devoted to their jobs in the S. A. kitchen. It is not always easy to work in such a job, where gratification is low and complaints are high, but these three have shown that they are loyal to bettering the S.A. hfe. I Global Glance Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir told the Israeli Cabinet that U.S'Israeli relations have mended after disagreement over the war in Lebanon and President Reagan’s Middle East peace plan. Shamir stated that “once again the Reagan Administration regards Israel as an ally and strategic asset.” In the November elections, the Democrats gained 26 seats in the House of Representatives. In the wake of the election results. Presi dent Reagan stated that he was willing to work “in a bipartisan fashion to solve the major problems that still have to be solved.” In Spain, the Socialist Par ty swept its way to a clear majority in the 350-member Congress. Headed by Felipe Gc.izalez, the Socialists returned to power after 40 years in opposition and will form the country’s first left- wing government since the Civil War in 1939.
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