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St. Andrews’
Student
Newspaper
ante
e
Vol. 30, No. 2
St. Andrews College
Laurinburg, N.C.
Work On New Wellness Center
May Begin As Early As December
Oct. 30, 1991
Robert Novotny
Staff Writer
Potential plans call for work
to start as early as December
on a new wellness center in the
Physical Education Center on
the St. Andrews campus. This
project, to be run by Scodand
Memorial Hospital, would in
clude a new nautilus room, an
aerobics area, a cardiac reha
bilitation station and new of
fice space. In addition, various
facilities in the current P.E.
building would be removed.
“This situation is one more
example of how the commu
nity and our school have come
together over the last fewyears.
TWs project should prove to
be most beneficial to the St.
Andrews and Laurinburg
communities,” said Gary
Swanson, assistant athletic di
rector and one of the project
coordinators.
The wellness center as
planned would not impede the
use of any facility currentiy
available to the St. Andrews
students. Solely, the defunct
bowling alley would be sacri
ficed to^ provide the wellness
center with the majority of its
space. Portions of the existing
P.E. Center, such as the pool,
would be shared. “In the P.E.
complex, the students and the
athletic teams would remain
the number one priority,” said
Suzanne Senning, Scotland
Memorial project coordinator.
“We will meet monthly with
the athletic director to coordi
nate plans and insure this pri
ority scale.”
“One of the nice things
about this project is that all the
money involved would go back
into the P.E. building,” said
President Reuschling. Physi
cal upgrades to the building
would most likely include re
pairs to the roof, improvements
in the locker rooms, refurbish-
ments in the pool and auxiliary
gym and renovations to the
racquetball courts which would
reduce them to regulation size.
Also, several benefits would be
reaped by the student body
itself According to Reuschling,
opportunities could include
student jobs and internships,
increased therapy and exercise
options for the disabled, and
with the new traffic from town,
an enhanced bond with the
community.
Ideally, the wellness center
would begin selling member
ships in May, with an eventual
opening date to fall sometime
during the summer. Accord
ing to Swanson, a model plan
for running the two facilities
would have the P.E. /wellness
complex open at 6 a.m. instead
of the current 8 a.m. time,
allowing students the use of
both facilities until 3 p.m. From
3-7 p.m., peak hours, the
wellness center would be re
served for member families
until the students again receive
full access from 7-10 p.m. Ex
panded hours of access to the
pool and possibly the weight
room also appear likely if plans
fall into place.
The final decision process
of both the hospital arid the
school will begin as The Lance
goes to press. Founding of the
center will end a six-year search
Scotiand Memorial. Past po
tential sites have included the
old Belks building downtown
and the hospital itself. With
enrollment down, space avail
able, and the S.A.F.E. club al
ready in place, it appears as if
St. Andrews will fit the bill.
Search For New Dean of Students
Begins On St. Andrews Campus
John Cohen
Staff Wrrter
Now that Dean Greer has
resigned, effective November
30, the big challenge remain
ing is to find her replacement.
Many students are probably
curious as to what criterion is
being looked for in a replace
ment, how a replacement will
be found, how students will be
involved, if in any way at all.
In the eyes of St. Andrews
President Tom Reuschling, the
person chosen to replace Dean
Greer should be “comfortable
with the St. Andrews environ
ment,” or should at least be
able to develop an understand
ing of it. Reuschling believes
that Student Life is important
to academics at St.Andrews,
ind wants a student life policy
that is “congruent and rein
forcing of the academic pro
grams and a positive learning
®vironment.” Reuschlii^ also
desires the new dean to be
‘Shilling to be a proponent of
the students, and fair and tough
when necessary.”
Reuschhng believes that the
Saltire, the student handbook
of rules and regulations of St.
Andrews, should be a big con
cern to whomever becomes the
new dean. He wants the new
dean to be familiar with The
Saltire and the regulations
stated inside it, but to be able
“to enforce those regulations
in an enlightened way.”
Alcohol consumption (use
and abuse) is also a big concern
of the president. Reuschling
said that he would like the new
dean to advocate the wellness
program” at St. Andrews, one
that “gives students choices on
non-alcoholic events as well as
alcohol-related ones.
Overall, Reuschling believes
that, with things die way they
are now, student life at St.
Andrews is going quite well. “I
wouldn’t see any radical
changes as we move to new
leadership,” he said.
To find a replacement for
Dean Greer, Reuschling first
wants to look inside St.
Andrews. Reuschling said that
if no current St. Andrews staff
member is selected to tempo
rarily fill the position, that a
search committee would be
then be formed, and the posi
tion be advertised nationally.
However, Reuschling admits
that the search could take sev-
. eral months.
Reuschling said that whether
or not students would be in
volved in the search process de
pends on (1) the length of time
a replacement is chosen for, and
(2) whether or irat the chosen
replacement is already working
for St. Andrews. For example, if
a short term replacement was
chosen (to serve from now until
June), Reuschling wold talk to
student leaders, but would make
the final decision on his own. If
See Dean on page 8
SA. Student Lauren McDevitt relaxes during a rugby game.
Benson Visits Hong Kong
S.A. Communications
Contrlbutlr^g
What will Hong Kong be
like when it reverts to Chinese
rule in 1997.’ Thomas L.
Benson, vice president for aca
demic affairs and dean of the
college at St. Andrews Presby
terian College visited Asia this
month to discuss this issue with
officials in government and
higher education.
Benson, who is also a pro
fessor of philosophy, also par
ticipated as a trustee of the
United Board of Christian
Higher Education in Asia in a
consultation on the future of
Hong Kong. Benson was
elected to the Board of Trust
ees for the United Board in
1990. He was appointed ear
lier this year as chairman
of the board’s Development
Committee.
The United Board is a non
sectarian foundation that pro
motes non-sectarian interaction
between American and Asian
colleges and universities and
provides financial support to uni
versities throughout Asia.
Following a consultation in
Hong Kong, Benson and five
other trustees visited a num
ber of prominent universities
in south China, including in
stitutions in Xiamen, Fuzhou
and Guangzhou. The consul
tations in China focused on
the work that institutions have
accomplished with the grants
they have received from the
United Board.
I Dean Thomas Benson | ^ee Benson fage 8
Student Loans Delayed By Law
J. Featherstone
Contributing. MSC
First-year and transfer stu
dents nationwide are feeling
the crunch of the federal
government’s new legislation
regulating student loans this
year. Under the new law, stu
dents will have to wait until
halfway through the semester
to pick up their Stafford and
Supplemental Student Loan
checks.
The focus of the regulation,
lawmakers say, is to stop stu
dents from defaulting on stu
dent loans and dropping out
of school.
“The government feels if
students are not allowed to
pick up the fluids until half
way through the semester,
more students will stay in
school and the government
will save interest on loans,”
says Cheryl Judson, director
of financial aid at Metropoli
tan State College of Denver.
Judson says the new law has
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