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• h Page 4 THE LANCE October 31,1986 Presently the only way to be awarded a scholarship at St. An drews is to be a student coming directly from high school with good grades, moderately high SAT scores, and be involved in extracurriculum activities in school. But in the future that may change. In 1984, a Retention Task Force was set up to study the attrition of students at St. Andrews. This Task Force, chaired by Dr. Mel Bringle, studied why students leave St. An drews, mainly after their first and se cond years. Dr. Neal Bushoven in troduced to the Task Force a pro posal for giving scholarships to upper class students. Both the Retention Task Force and the Scholarship Com mittee approved this proposal. The Development Center then came up with a plan for this scholar ship. It will be an endowment. An en dowment is when money is put in a safe, interest-bearing account and only the interest, not the principal, will be spent. At the present mo ment, the money is coming from the faculty, though after the Board of Trustees meeting there is the possibility of allocated money from the budget. Right now the faculty solicits itself for money, and have raised money for projects like the Writer's Forum and the Cafeteria Ex pansion. Some faculty members make donations and others pledge r certain percent of their monthly DBvcheck for these projects. To date $7,783-have been put in the bank for {he scholarship. At the end of this year $9,987 will be raised. Some of the pledges have been on a three year plan. After another two vears the total monies will be $17,720. Since the Board of Trustees has not made anv decision at this mo ment, things are not finalized. These are the proposed ideas. According to Dr. Bringle, it would be a Leadership Scholarship. Criteria would be that the student must be at St. Andrews for three regular terms, show a significant improvement over high school grades, and be active in the St. Andrews Community. The Selec tion Committee would consist of the Academic Dean and three ap pointees. The amount of the scholar- ship(s) has not been determined. Many of the faculty support this ef fort, and the Board of Trustees is meeting to decide on this issue. The next edition of the Lance will contain further details, results of the Board of Trustees meeting, and an interview with college president. Dr. Perkinson. Student Stress r Photo by Durrell Bishop Charges have been filed by city police against three men for forgery of checks which were stolen from the room of St. Andrews student. Miss Cindy Phillips. Michael Hope, 26, of Laurinburg was charged for a second time with uttering a forged instrument at Hills Food S ore on October 8th. Earlier in the same week, Hope had been charged with uttering forged checks taken from several St. Andrews students. Billy K. Crawford, 30, also of Laurinburg, was charged with the forgery of a check for $126 belong ing to Miss Phillips. Alexander Jones, 27, was also charged with uttering a forged instrument belonging to Miss Phillips at Hills on October 21 Crawford and Jones have both been released on $1,000 bond; Hope, who is under $5,000 bond, had not yet been released as of Fri day, October 24th. According to Theiron Young, Chief Security Officer at St. Andrews, there have been numerous reports of thefts on the campus. The items stolen include a radio, camera, two dorm televisions, expensive jewelry, and money. Unfortunately, the thefts generally have one thing in common; students have been leaving their rooms unlocked. The fact that a student may be in the room does not deter would-be thieves either. One student was asleep in his room when the thief entered and walked away with an unknown amount of cash. Clearly, not only do students stand to lose their possessions to the dormitory orowlers but they can also find themselves in dangerous situa tions if careful attention is not paid to personal security. MORAL OF THE STORY: Campus security officers can not be everywhere at once so protect yourself from being a victim. Lock your doors while you're asleep. Look out for one another! If you see someone unfamiliar roaming about the halls stop and ask them who they are looking for or who they are with. Don't hesitate to call security, and if your suite has a deadbolt lock, by ^11 means use it. Remember, setting up a new checking account can be a real has sle! Replacing a prized possession an be impossible! HALLOWEEN! i
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