Volume 25 No. 4
Mance
March 13,1987
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Opinions:
• Is it fair? You decide.
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^aui International Section:
What did a British journalist have
to say about St. Andrews? Story
reprinted from The London times.
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AHgAFntertalnment:
College/ community to sponsor
first annual Springfest on campus.
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Wha’s Happenin' — area
enter tainment calendar
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Feature columns
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Steve Skinner's Disc Spin
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Soorts:
What exactly is a Coot?
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Campus Life:
DeTamble to expand
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Photo Bonus:
That crazy St. Andrews weather!
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Student
Remembered
On Wednesday,
February 25, Bruce
Steven Roberts, a
freshman commuter
student from Raeford,
N.C., was killed in an
automobile accident.
Funerals services
were held at Grumpier
Funeral Home in
Raeford on Friday,
February 27th and a
memorial service was
held on campus,
Sunday^ March Bth in
Belk Main Lounge.
Bruce showed great
promise as a student.
The demands he made
of himself are reflected
in the courses that he
chose to take and the
work he put into those
classes. His death is a
great loss to our
community.
Mama Mia!
Easter Opening Projected for Pizza Hut
by Heidi Jernigan
Editor
Construction of a new Pizza
Hut is currently undenway at the
intersection of U.S. 15-401 and
Lake Drive in Laurinburg. According
to Jim McGee, spolesperson for the
franchise's district offices in
Fayetteville, a grand opening of the
new facility is slated for "Easter or
shortly thereafter."
The restaurant, which will
seat 120 customers and offer 25
new jobs, will offer taie-out service,
and Mr. McGee said he foresees
"the eventual installation of a
delivery service after grand-opening
activities die down."
McGee said that although
the new building will feature the
chain's traditional red-roof, the
interior design will be significantly
"more classy, featuring the addition
of brass railing."
As for the sale of beer and
wine at the new restaurant, Mr.
North Carolina was hard
hit by severe sleet and
ice during the third week
in February. However, it
gave St. Andrews students
a rare chance to see their
campusasa...
"Winterwonderland"
See photo story on page 11
Computer Graphics
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By BuckTredway
Assistant Editor
St. Andrews has recently
purchased two new connputer
systems to be used in
conjunction with the college Art
department. The Artronics
computer systems have the
potential for business as well as
art applications.
Robert Carter, Associate
Professor of Art, was
instrumental in bringing the new
computer systems to St.
Andrews. Carter taught a winter
term class on the use of the
St. Andrews
able tips to allow for variations in
line thickness and texture. The
push paint feature makes a flood
of color come from a single point
on the screen touched by the
stylus. The brush feature treats
the screen as a canvas, allowing
the artist to paint much as he/she
would with real paints.
The "chart" software
system allows for quick and
simple development of business
charts and graphs. Geometric
shapes are programmed into the
computer so they can be drawn
automatically. With a theoretical
possibility of 16.8 million colors,
Xutrlystem androurlentl^ me potential uses for the system
speolal studies are virtually l.m,tless.
Class on the subject for the
spring term.
The difference in the
systems is mainly in their
software. The "paint" software
The system is currently
housed on the third floor of
DeTamble library in the location
formerly occupied by the over
sized books. In the future, the
software. The paini souwdic o-.-
S anfS^onThl^lpS planned library expansion,
using an electronic stylus. The
stylus comes with interchange-
McGee said, "We have not applied
for an alcoholic beverage license
yet. At this point we will wait and see
what the community response will be
to our presence in Laurinburg."
Anticipated hours for the
restaurant will be 11 a.m. until 11
p.m. Monday thru Thursday; 11 a.m.
until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday; and
12 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Sundays.
Alumnus Wills
Extensive Collection
Of Memorabilia To
College
You can almost feel the
presence of the man in the letters.
There are letters written
lovingly from Franco Zeffirelli, Bette
Midler, Angela Landsbury and
Dustin Hoffman. There are memoirs
autographed and inscribed "To
Amos" from Tennessee Williams,
Groucho Marx, Gloria Swanson and
Helen Hayes.
When you look at the
posters from "Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers," "Cabaret" and
"Walley's Cafe" you can almost see
the stardust falling from them. In the
small room in the Detamble Library,
you can almost hear the gaity and
laughter of the broadway stages
which was Amos Abrams' life.
William Amos Abrams, Jr.
died of cancer on Sept. 1, 1986. He
was 43 years old and a man that had
gone from a small liberal arts college
in Laurinburg, to the biggest and
brightest stages of the world -
-Broadway, New York.
A 1965 graduate of St.
Andrews and son of a professor of
folklore at Appalachian State
University, Abrams always kept close
ties with North Carolina and his alma
mater — even after Yale University
drama school and making it on
Broadway. In his will he bequeathed
an extensive collection of playbills,
theatrical posters, autographed
books, Broadway scores,
memorabilia and personal
correspondence from over 15 years
of work in the New Yor1 stage scene.
A native of Raleigh, Abrams
appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's Broad
way production of "Saturday,
Sunday, Monday, " in the National
Company's production of "Cabaret"
and in several off Broadway musicals
early in his career. But Abrams'
greatest work on the stage took
place off the stage, as casting
director for a multitude of Broadway
productions.
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