The Lance
October 14, 1983
22, Number 5
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Volume
IP
19 {9PA
Awareness Of
Community
Addressed
By Beth Davison
Dr. Wetmore in his new lab
Emphasis Switched
Wetmore Reflects On Sabbatical
By Billy Turner
♦Special Note: The format
of this interview is as
follows: L: Lance, DW: Dr.
Wetmore
1. L: Dr. Wetmore could you
expatiate on some of the
things you learned while on
sabbatical?
DW: “Well, I spent the year
at the University of Califor
nia at Berkely. I took a
number of courses in Com
puter Science. Other than
learning about computers, I
learned to eat with
chopsticks as well as learning
a lot about the San Francisco
Bay area. Also, I learned
about hiking in the Sierras.”
2. L: Dr. Wetmore, keeping
in mind the new areas you ex
plored while on sabbatical,
could you discuss some of
the information that could be
applicable in courses at St.
Andrews?
DW: “Everything I learned
became applicable. The
reason I did so was so I could
switch my emphasis in
teaching Chemistry to Com
puter Science, a subject
which I have studied for a
number of years. So,
everything I did out there I
did with its immediate ap-
plicabilitv in mind.”
3. L: Have you formulated
any ideas concerning the
Computer field and your role
as a professor at St. An
drews?
DW: “Just to try to do a
good job of it.”
4. L: What is your impres
sion of the recent reiiovation
of the computer center?
DW: “Once it is completed,
it’s going to be a good thing.
The computer center for
many years has needed ad-
ditonal hardware and addi
tional room in which to
operate that hardware. The
computer center will make
more terminals available to
everyone - faculty, staff, and
students. Also, once we get
some new machines the
whole system will become
much more rapid and
responsive to student use.
5. L: What long-range goals
would you Uke to see im-
plempntPft into Computer
Science or the courses in
Computer Science at St. An-
drews?
DWt “I would like to see the
computer accessible to
everybody. I would like to
define accessibility here in
two ways:
1 Physical accessiblitity
-Having terminals sprinkled
about so people won’t heve
to walk across the lake so
much. _
2 Intellectual accessibility -
1 would like to see everybody
- students, staff members,
and the faculty to know what
the computer can do for
them if they choose to have it
do it.”
This is the “year of com
munity” according to the
members of the Special
Events committee. The
Special Events committee is
made up of faculty members
working with students m
order to create a greater
awareness of the St. Andrews
environment. This year the
objective is to bring the St.
Andrews community
together by organizing and
inspiring others to create and
celebrate community.
The sense of community
will be explored at all levels
from the individual suite to
the worldwide community.
For example, there is a
speaker scheduled to speak
on suffering and pain in the
community of the United
States. “It is our hope, said
Martha Knight, “that what is
learned and understood on
one level of community can
be applied to enhance one’s
comprehension of another
community.”
“Our goal,” said Ben Ir
vin, “is to get St. Andrews
community to talk and think
community at all levels so
students can reflect upon the
year with a greater awareness
of community.” Plans are
underway to bring together
individual groups such as
clubs, to share with each
other and link students to
other activities going on
around St. Andrews. “Em
phasis will be put on interac
tion among people, but at the
same time we are out to have
fun,” expressed Irvin.
Committee members in
clude: Bill Troop, Martha
Knight, Ben Irvin, Laura
Murphey, Ellis Hunt, and
Mike Sayco. Members are
willing to meet with anyone
who is interested or has sug
gestions for events to in
crease awareness on the
memory of community.
An Invitation
The ReUgion program will
be sponsoring a meeting on
October 18 at 6:00 p.m. in
the Meditation Room of the
Belk Center. The meeting
will address such topics as
majors, minors, cirriculum
revisions, internships and ac
tivities such as field trips and
a possible club. All those in
terested are invited to attend.
Senate Notes
By Holly Beatty
In the past two Senate
jneetings, orders of business
have included student safety,
SAGE 402 and SAGA.
The Senate voted on Oc
tober 16 that Laurey Murphy
w the new faculty advisor
the Senate. “Laurey
seems very enthusiastic about
this project,” says Bob Ran-
'Traig Brehon
“volunteered” to resign as
Senate President if any
member of the Senate
problems working with him.
The members of the Senat
decided unanimously, that
Craig deserves a chance.
It was proposed that tive
students be selected as
escorts for a Student Safety
Committee. These five
members would escort
students across the lake after
The manager of SAGA re
quested the assistance of the
Senate in supporting a Stu
dent Food Committee. The
committee would provide
feedback and act as a com
munication Unk between the
students and SAGA. SAGA
is preparing a specia dinner
for each month. This series
began with the October feast,
the upcoming will be a HaJ^^o-
ween Dinner. SAGA niay
sponsor a Costume Contest
and Pumpkin Carving Con
test. With prizes provided by
area restaurants. The Senate
was asked to select the facul
ty and staff members who
will serve as judges.
A Senate Oversight Com
mittee was elected, consisting
of Mary, James, Mike McIn
tyre, Lisa Phillips, Joseph
Dunson and Raul Novely.
This group will function as
an arbiter “in the case of a
hall council’s membership
overlapping with that of the
problem suite.”
The Student Association
proposed the following
modifications in the SAGE
402 program: 1) That the
Ocotber 14 project date be
extended this year to
November 7. 2) That the 6
hour exam be divided into
two segments.
During discussion of the
budget the Lance reporter
was removed by a 2/3 ma-
jority vote.
Note: The Lance, as com*I
Inunicator for the S .A 1
campus, would like to offer]
thoughts and prayers for th^
recent tragedy suffered by r
1 Ronnie Newman, Director
of Career Planning and
Placement, with the death of
^her husband in a boating
accident..