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The Back Page
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St. Andrews’
Newspaper
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Vol. 30, No. 1
St. Andrews College
Laurinburg, N.C.
Oct. 2, 1991
Greer Announces
Resignation
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
On Sept. 25, Cynthia B.
Greer, currently St. Andrews
dean of students, announced
her intention to resign to St.
Andrews president Thomas L.
Reuschling. Reuschling said
that Greer would continue to
serve the college until Nov. 30.
Greer, who was hired in
1988 by St. Andrews, was pre
viously a dean of student life
and an assistant professor at
Austin College in Sherman,
Texas.
Greer holds a doctorate in
higher education administra
tion from Florida State Uni
versity, a master’s degree in
counseling and guidance from
the U ni versity of Arkansas and
a bachelor’s degree in psychol
ogy’ from the University of
Arkansas.
Prior to working as dean of
students at Austin College,
Greer was the associate dean of
students and director of career
counseling and placement at
Hendrix College in Conway,
Ark. She was also the assistant
dean of students at the Univer-
sit)' of Central Arkansas.
“I appreciate her willing
ness to remain an additional
two months while we plan and
manage the transition in the
Student Life Office. Dean
Greer has built a strong staff in
the Student Life Office, and, I
have confidence that they will
continue to carry out their very
important duties in an effec
tive and professional way. In
the meantime, I will be con
sulting with facult)', staff and
students about a strategy for
finding a successor to Dean
Greer. 1 thank her for her con
tributions to St. Andrews and
wish her every professional
success,” said Reusching in a
Sept. 26 memo announcing
Greer’s resignation.
Greer was unavailable for
comment in the late afternoon
on Sept. 27.
Thorton Named New
College Chaplain
The Rev. David B. Thornton
was named the new college chap
lain at St. Andrews Presbyterian
College in Laurinburg.
Thornton, 32, began his du
ties at St. Andrews July L The
eldest son of a military service
man, Thornton was born at
Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, but
spent most of his childhood in
Columbus, Ga.
KCT>. David B. Thorton
When he graduated from
high school in 1976, Thornton
felt a calling for the ministry.
“Initially, I ran from the minis
try. It was one thing to be a
Christian, but quite another to
be the shepherd, the leader.”
Thornton went on to
Morehouse College in Atlanta
and graduated cum laude with
a bachelor of arts degree in
English.
He also attended Temple
University school of Law in
Philadelphia from 1980-82,
but decided not to complete
the degree.
From 1982-84, Thornton
taught school in Georgia and
sold insurance. In 1984, he
enlisted in the U.S. Army,
where he served as a training
clerk and infantryman for four
years. He was stationed in Fort
Lewis, Wash., and Camp
Hovey, Korea.
While he was stationed in
Fort Lewis, Thornton decided
to announce his “acceptance of
God’s call” in 1985. He be
came a licensed and ordained
minister of the gospel with
the National Convention of
America.
In 1988, Thornton entered
Divinity School at Duke Uni
versity as a Dean’s Scholar and
graduated this past May with a
See Thorton, pa^e 8
V
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Profrssor Gorky Abad and the six Ecuadorean students who
will be staying on the St. Andrews Campus as part of the
St. AndrewslEcuador Exchange program with the
University of Cuenca in Ecuador.
Ecuadorean Students at
St. Andrews: a Growth
Experience for Both Americans
and Ecuadoreans
The world is beginning to
expand for a lot of people at St.
Andrews this fall. The seven
Ecuadoreans who have been
living at St. Andrews for about
a month now have already dis
covered how different their
American counterparts are as a
new exchange program gets
underway.
Six students and Professor
Gorky Abad are now on the St.
Andrews campus as a part of
the St. Andrews/Ecuador ex
change program with the Uni
versity of Cuenca in Ecuador.
The students are spending the
entire fall term at St. Andrews.
Abad, who is teaching a full
course load at St. Andrews, is
head of the English Specializa
tion Program in the School of
Language at the University of
Cuenca. He also serves as the
director of Social Security for
the southern part of Ecuador.
The Ecuadorean students
are sharing rooms with the
American students who will
travel to Ecuador to study for
the spring term. This spring,
the American students will live
with their same roommates in
Ecuador. Lee Dubs, associate
professor of Spanish who is
heading up the program, said
this year long experience will
give the students a knowledge
of what their respective cul
tures are really like.
“Through this program,
you’ll get to know the countr)'
— how the people think, what
they do, how they feel.”
Both the American and
Ecuadorean students agree that
for the first few days they expe
rienced a culture shock — a
lot of it.
Abad said some of the
Ecuadorean students were
‘Very homesick at first. It was
the first time some of them had
been outside of the countr\'.
Suddenly their whole world
got bigger. Ever)'thing is new
and different.”
Juana Cuesta said the initial
adjustment was difficult.
“Wien I first came here, I didn’t
know my roommate, I didn’t
know anyone. It was very hard
at first.”
The students say they no
tice differences in things like
parties and dating.
Maria Malo said socializing
in Ecuador is much more for-
malized-there is little in the
way of loud music and boys
without adult supervision. She
said male students walking
around in dormitories takes
some getting used to.
“At my home, my boyfriend
is not even allowed through
the front dix>r unless my par
ents are home,” she said.
Privacy seems to be more
important to the American
students, says Joey Schnople
of Durham.
Joey said he is taking part
in the program because, “I’m
used to middle class suburbia
— I want to see how other
people live.”
Juana says she is interested
in “new customs, new people.
1 want to be here in this coun
try' to learn about the people.”
Lorena Arevalo said, “This
place is wonderful. The people
are ver\' friendly. This is a great
opportunit)' for me to learn to
speak English better.”
For the most part, the
Ecuadorean students say they
have traveled to the United
States to improve their En
glish speaking skills so they
can become English teachers
in Ecuador.
See Ecuador, page 8
Enrollment May be Lower, But Retention Is
High For The 1991-92 Academic School Year
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
With the economy being
what it is today, and total high
school enrollment at lower lev
els than ever, it’s no surprise
that colleges and universities
across the nation are seeing
rather large drops in their over
all enrollments. Smaller, pri
vate institutions are not
immune to these problems, and
in some cases, may actually
be hit harder by economy
troubles. St. Andrews is no
exception to the rule, but the
good news here is that although
enrollment is indeed down, the
student retention rate is high.
“The good news is that St.
Andrews continues to have a
high retention rate. This means
that once students enroll here
they feel good about the insti
tution. The concern is being
able to recruit first-year stu
dents and transfers during a
recession. We must remember
that many private and some
public institutions are having
the same problems,” said
Dr.Cynthia Greer, dean of
students at St. Andrews,
when questioned afx:)ut enroll
ment woes.
According to enrollment
figures supplied to The Lance
by Dr. Jim Stephens, registrar
of the college, the total head
count for the 1991-92 aca
demic year is 631 students.
Last year total head count fig
ures totalled 716. These fig
ures do not, however, include
the St. Andrews students who
See Enrollment, page 8