November 4, 1983
The Lance
Comment
Security A Community Matter
Recently at St. Andrews, a very disturbing trend has
begun to surface. Theft of personal and public belongings
has become almost commonplace. Everything from books,
faculty and student alike, to bicycles to car stereos are be
ing taken from their rightful owners. ...
At first glance, the solution appears startlingly simple. It
the crime rate increases, then naturally an increase in the
security force should follow. This has even happened at St.
Andrews and the crimes continue as if to spite efforts to
curtail them. Obviously, something more needs to be done
in order to prevent crime on the campus.
Being realistic, it would appear to be a fruitless task to
patrol every main area on campus 24 hours a day. The
manpower and cost for such an operation would render it
totally useless. The improved and expanded security staff
has already proven, somewhat effective by preventing a
number of crimes and making several arrests.
What then can be done? Perhaps the answer can be
found by examining our definition of St. Andrews. St. An
drews does not exist in and of itself-as an entity, but, is a
community composed of students, faculty, administration,
and staff. As a community, everytime a law is broken the
complete St. Andrews community is affected Certain in
dividuals may suffer more, but ultimately the whole com
munity suffers. The sense of loss felt by the community is
seen as a lack of trust among its individual members.
The community should now respond to the security pro
blem as any small grouping of individuals would.
Everyone should aid in the prevention of the occurence of
crimes. This is easily done by reporting suspicious activities
and looking out for the welfare of other members of the
community. The harm of crime is felt by the entire com
munity thus the responsibility of stemming the incidents of
crime also rests with the entire community inclusive of all
members.
St. Andrews Forum
Dear Editor,
In an effort to improve
communication between the
students and the Academic
Affairs Committee (ACC), I
would like to relay a message
from our committee to all the
students via your news ser
vice concerning the role that
the ACC plays at St. An
drews, and about the
possibility for mini courses
to be taught, again, this
Winter Term.
Briefly, the role of the
AAC is to hear any student
suggestion, complaint, or
comment dealing with
academic life at St. Andrews
and to attempt to find solu
tions to any problems that
may arise from these forms
of student input. Our com
mittee is composed of five
senators who are available
for your use via the above
described manner (see names
listed below). We urge you to
use us as a “sounding
board” for any academic im
provement suggestions that
you think are viable alter
natives to the ones we now
have.
In regards to the mini
courses, it is the consensus of
the Student Association
Senate that the mini courses
were successful last year and
that they should be repeated
again this year. For those
members who were not a part
of our community last year, I
would like to briefly state ex
actly what the mini courses
are and what they involve.
These courses occur during
Winter Term ranging from
car maintenance and C.P.R.
to needlework and areobics.
They are open to the St. An
drews community (Students,
Faculty, Administration and
Staff). There is no cost in
volved in these courses, but a
slight fee may be charged by
the individual instructors for
materials needed for the
course, if the need arises.
This plan was developed to
enable students of all types to
find a creative outlet for their
free time during Winter
Term. It is expected that
these classes would meet
once or twice a week.
Specifics, like the time and
the place, would be left up to
the individual instructors and
their students.
So, in an effort to collect
suggestions for these courses
and the names of interested
students and teachers, I
would appreciate it if you
(Students, Faculty, Ad-
1 ministration, and Staff)
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Dear Editor ,
I would like to comment
on the October 21 edition of
“The Lance”, more
specifically on the way the
charges against two students
were publicized in front-page
“bulletins.”
If a prospective student
was to read this, what sort of
an impression would it leave?
Admittedly, these students
have committed offensive
acts against the St. Andrews
and Laurinburg communities
and the public has a right to
know; however, tact should
have been shown in deciding
how to handle the publica
tion.
These charges are too
serious to ignore, although in
the future such matters
should be handled differently
Karen Todd
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Dear Editor,
As a commuting student I
am particularly concerned
about the security system at
St. Andrews. Friday, Oc
tober 21, I drove from town
to attend my 3:35 class,
which lasts until 4:30. During
the course of this fifty-five
minute period, my converti
ble car top was slashed and
approximately $300.00 worth
of items were stolen. The fact
that this type of breaking and
entering can occur in broad
daylight in the middle of the
afternoon makes a very
distinct statement about our
security system.
If this is the type of risk we
run by simply driving our
cars to school, I am appalled
by the risks those take who
chose to move their posses
sions into a dorm room. Our
steadily increasing tutions
pay the salaries of the securi
ty staff and we are not get
ting our money’s worth. As
students at St. Andrews we
deserve better.
Kathy Manis
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Suggestions Teaching Taking
If you have any questions
or problems feel free to con
tact the following members
of the AAC. Thank you.
Mark Drinnon,Ext. 437
Mary James ' Ext. 474
Jean Martin . Ext. 446
i Mike McIntyre no. 276-5661
I (Chairperson) Drew Hayes
Ext. 479
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