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THE LANCE
General Honors Stresses Service
by Dave Snyder
Thirty-nine members of this
year’s incoming class are bringing life
to the virgin structures and concepts of
St. Andrews’ General Honors Program.
Honors students entered one of
two distinct Honors SAGE 101 sections
this fall. Because Honors SAGE 101
meets the writing requirements of
SAGE 102 also, Honors students will
docommunity service projects inlieu of
SAGE 102 next spring. At the sopho
more level the program consists of a fall
breadth seminar in the natural sciences
and a spring breadth seminar in the
social and behavioral sciences. The last
phase of General Honors is in the fall
term of the junior year. Honors students
will be expected to relate the theme with
their service projects, honors classes
and academic majors and integrate it all
into a one credit term paper.
The criteriafor entry areahigh
school grade point average of 3.2 or
better, a combined SAT score of at least
1100 and the demonstration of service
and leadership. This program is de
signed to provide an extra challenge to
these outstanding students.
In the words of Genaral Hon
ors Director Mel Bringle, it is “an at
tempt to give them an opportunity to
see just how far they can be pushed.”
Being able to attract better
students, St. Andrews is assuring itself
a place among other competitive col
leges which offer an honors program.
But it is doing so in a distinctly St. An
drews style.
The inaugural theme of the
honors program is “Individual and
Community.” Its every phase centers
around this theme. The breadth seminar
in the natural sciences, for example,
considers the role of individuality, co
operation, tradition and innovation in
the construction of fact and theory by a
community of scientists.
Even the community service
project reflects a St Andrews propen
sity for clever acronyms (like SAGE
and SAIL). It is called Community
Out-Reach Public Service, or CORPS.
(Note: it is neither Community Out
reach Public Service, COPS, nor
Community Out-Reach Public Service
Experience, CORPSE.) The CORPS
Program is an attempt to link privilege
with obligation.
“We want them to think about
the responsibilities that they have as
members ofvariouscommunitiesandto
train them practically as well as intellec
tually for fulfilling the commitments
and the responsibilities they will have
throughout life,” said Bringle.
‘Tying together the social
and academic lives” of honors students
and giving them an “opportunity to
recreate with one another in a variety of
settings” is another goal of the program,
explained Bringle. Toward that end the
program includes the Honors Student
Association. Bringle envisions the club
sponsoring events for the campus com
munity at large.
Bringle believes the specific
nature of the St. Andrews program
avoids the exclusive elitism that could
accompany the school’s attempt to com
pete for students in the open market.
Honors students are segregated for only
one class per term.
“We considered separate hous
ing like they have at some of the bigger
universities, but very quickly dismissed
the idea,” she explained.
Dr. Martha Knight expressed
mixed feelings about the possible dan
gers of “encouraging a sense of
exclusiveness that we try to discourage
here at St. Andrews, for instance, by
having no fraternities or sororities.” For
her in the end, however, “the potential
benefits are worth giving it a try."
Anti-Apartheid Campaign Launched
by Bonnie Blackburn
A campaign entitled “Unlock
Apartheid’s Jails” has been launched by
actor and activist Bill Cosby and several
mayors. Designed to help raise the
awareness of Americans nationwide,
the campaign asks Americans to show
their support for political prisoners in
South Africa by collecting keys and sign
petitions which will be presented as a
symbolic gesture to the South Afiican
consulate on OcL 13, and to the South
African Embassy in Washington on
Dec. 10.
According to a report in The
Charlotte Observer, Bill Cosby, the
honorary chair of the campaign, is
quoted as saying: “I am not the star.
Everyone is suffering and the news is
not out.” Cosby is supported in the
campaign by Kansas City, Mo., Mayor
Richard Berkley, president of the U.S.
Conference of Mayors and by mayors
Ed Koch, New York City, Raymond
Flynn, Boston, and Marion Barry,
Washington, who gave the keys to their
cities to show their support.
St. Andrews campus is also
showing support for the campaign.
Members of Dr. Robert Martin’s class
on South Africa will be going door-to-
door during next week to gather
signatures and keys from Sl Andrews
students, faculty, and staff. The col
lected keys and signatures will be sent
to South African President P.W. Botha
along with a demand that he immedi
ately release all political prisoners and
detainees, in order to show St. An
drews’ support for the effort to free
South African political prisoners and its
moral opposition to the system of apart
heid.
Education Update
by Brian Rodgers
John Daughtrey has been a
contributor to the St. Andrews Educa
tion Program for many years. Last
semester, on May 8, there was a cere
mony in the south courtyard to show the
school’s appreciation for his long and
dedicated service to St. Andrews. The
ceremony also served as the inaugura
tion of the new John P. Daughtrey
center, previously known as the cur
riculum lab. The Board of Trustees
was represented at the ceremony, as
October 1,1987
well as many of the faculty, staff, stu
dents, and people of our community. It
was nice to see Dr. Daughtrey get the
recognition for his many years of
service to our program and the college.
Thanks for everything you’ve done,
John!
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39019 Dorf Tirol
Italy
Windows On The World. .
Musings from Bob Martin
The first “open call” for
Winter Term International course of
ferings and detailed presentation of the
“St Andrews in Beijing” Spring Term
was well attended on Sunday, Septem
ber 27. All four of the Winter Term
courses had high student interest. Stu
dents who were unable to attend “Open
Call” should make a beeline to the
sponsoring professors: Greece - Dr.
Prust; Switzerland - Dr. Mel Bringle;
Vancouver- Dr. White and Venezuela
- Dr. Torres. Registration for these
courses is on Thursday, October 15 and
deposits are due that day! We scheduled
both on that day to give students time
to do some “negotiations” over Fall
Break.
It is exciting to see die
growing interest in the wonderful
opportunity to study in Beijing! The
rising role of the People’s Republic of
China throughout the world community
makes this new “window” of immediate
and long-term value for each partici
pant. Applications can be picked up
from Wini Gay. The deadline for com
pleted applications is October 13.
While mentioning financial
“negotiations” related to international
expenses, let me repeat what I said
Sunday evening. Tfie individual student
is the best personal development office
there is! rather than assuming that the
only potential recources there are are
parents and SAPC, think about who
believes in you and would be imme
diately interested in advocating re
cources for you — a high school
teacher, principal, someone you have
worked for, priest, pastor, etc. No teUing
what social agencies, community or
ganizations or business/corporation
funds they have available for request
Write to them first and then follow up
with a visit or a phone call. Tell them
what the total cost is and what you
already have on hand. Think hard about
this and go for it!
Welcome back Stephanie
Porter! Neal Bushoven was on campus
Monday. He leaves for Egypt in mid-
November. Color me “Green.” Good
reports from Brunnenburg ’87. The trip
to Firenze was marvelous, a half day in
Sienna was also great! got a good note
from Drew Hayes ’85. Drew is spending
an intem-year in Seoul, South Korea. He
has completed two years at the San
Fransisco Seminary.
Keep the windows open to the
worlds far away and close in to our life
in community.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
Find out why?
Come to the OPEN HOUSE MEETING
To be held: Belk Center Lounge
on; October 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Don't ruffle your feathers —
the meeting will be short.
For any questions call: Beth or Jill at ext. 475 or call:
John at 277-0919
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