ON CAMPUS
Rugby Opens Fall Seaso
By Sharon Frain
The Rugby Club
opened its 1990 fall sea
son last Saturday with two
scrimmages against UNCr
Chapel Hill. The St. An
drews' Rhinos split the two
games, losing the first one
20-7, but bouncing back
to win the second game
10-9 against the B-team.
This year will be the
first full season of games
for the newly established
club. Though this sport
may be new to most of the
players - and spectators -
several Rhinos have par
ticipated in the sport since
they were in elementary
school. The president of
the Rugby Club, Kevin
Finch and Garreth Grif
fith have been playing
rugby together for more
than ten years. Anton
Whiley and Adam
Whitehead have also
played the sport for well
over ten years. In Zim
babwe, rugby is an estab
lished sport which draws
as much attention and
rouses as much spirit as
football does in America.
Though the Rhinos
have some experienced
players, the closest most
team members have come
to playing rugby is on his
igh school football team.
Football players really
make the difference. Even
though rugby is almost the
total opposite of football,
their strength is really
needed in this sport," stated
Kevin. Kevin praised his
teammates, saying, "it is
amazing how quickly
everyone has caught on.
The team's determination
is wonderful. Everybody
shows a lot of com
mittment to this game, and
most of them are still learn
ing to play.
"The Rhinos have great
potential with the line
putting on a good show
last Saturday. However,
we still need to get into
shape."
Kevin is very hopeful for
what the season will en
tail. Kevin optimistically
stated, "a few more prac
tices and everything will
be fine. We mainly need
to work on our speed and
our scrums." The Rhinos
will be looking at doing
fund-raisers in order to get
some badly needed jerseys
and to aquire a scrum
machine.
The brutality of the
game is lessened by the
comradity of the olavers.
Rugby is the only game
where you can batter and
bruise the opponent
throughout a game and
then at the after-game
party become best of bud
dies. "Rugby is more of a
social event among the
players than a competi
tion." Finch said. "I'm not
saying that we don't take it
seriously, just that it isn't
as competitive as other
brutal sports."
Next Saturday, Sept.
22, the Rhinos will host
one of the top teams in the
league, Guilford. Saturday
night the Rugby Club will
sponsor the traditional
party after the game with
the Alligator Cowboys, a
country-rock band, play
ing in Farrago.
The Rugby Team has a
six game fall season and
also will be playing a
spring season. Spring sea
son will once again be
highlighted by the Rhinos
playing Duke during Ex
travaganza.
Rugby Schedule Fall 1990
Sept. 22 Guilford (H)
Sept. 29 Duke Grad
School(H)
Oct. 13 Davidson (A)
Oct. 20 Cape Fear-
Willmington (A)
Nov. 3 Davidson (H)
Nov. 17 UNC-W (A)
Debate
Team
The St. Andrews De
bate Team will be doing
an exhibition round on
"What is Obscenity" for
the Integrity in Living
Week. We are also begin-
ing a debate forum on a
regular biweekly basis in
which anyone can partici
pate by speaking for or
against the designated
topic. It will be Parliamen
tary Debate Style with
refutation being made to
arguments on both sides,
and time restraints being
used. For those who have
not heard, we have re
ceived the official ac
knowledgement of the
Guiness Book Record and
it will appear in the 1991
edition coming out in
December. We want to
thank all of the student
body, the faculty, and the
administration for their
support of all we do.
The Cairn
The Cairn, St.Andrew's
literary magazine, is ac
cepting submissions of
poetry and fiction for is
sue #24. Entries must be
typed, in finalized form,
accompanied by a short
biographical note. Send
submissions to Pam Whit
field, editor, at box 475 by
October 15. There are also
several staff positions
open. Please contact Pam
at Ext. 447.
Business
Club
This will hopefully be
a very exciting year for
the Business Club. We
hope to gain new mem
bers as well as become
active on campus and in
the community again.
Some of our activities will
be: a slam dunk contest,
several speakers, and
keeping clean our Adopt-
a-Street. If you are inter
ested in joining, or find
ing out more information
please contact our presi
dent, Adam Whitehead,
at extention 462.
I Grant
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teaching people how to
reduce stress without turn
ing to drugs or alcohol.
According to Greer, a
key factor in receiving the
grant is the ability to in
volve the community.
Planned programs will be
aimed at college students,
students in the area's pub
lic and private school sys
tems and local citizens.
Designed for two aca
demic years, Greer be
lieves the project will have
outcomes of both imme
diate and long-term bene
fit. A permanent resource
center on substance abuse
and prevention and educa
tion programs will be es
tablished. The training
aspect, focusing on peer
and staff development,
will also be an important
component.
St. Andrews Associate
Dean for Faculty Devel
opment Jonathan Franz
and Director of Develop
ment Dan Mohn were
involved with Greer in
writing the grant proposal.