March 1992
Opinion
From The Editor’s Desk:
Janna Turner
Editor
Once again the sound of
numbers crunching and
clacking calculators are
sending chills up the
spines of the faculty. We
students realise that St.
Andrews' financial
standing is far from rock
steady. Alumni giving,
according to the
propa... um... brochures,
has exceeded goals and
amazed stalwart cynics.
Faculty and staff gave
of themselves, finan
cially, more than ex
pected and once again
tuition is on the rise. [Not
to exceed our limits].
Admissions is crowing
over anticipated success
and the Board of Trust
ees is talking about cut
backs. What is wrong
with this picture? Yes,
we are in great shape,
not perfect, but good.
Why talk about cutbacks
now after promising
something very differ
ent? In the time that I
have been at St. An
drews, the college has
lost over 10 faculty
members and countless
staff. In defense, most
of those people were re
placed with some very
valuable additions to St.
Andrews. Last year 7
faculty left. ,The
economy has not gotten
much better and all the
temptations to leave are
still there. Show your
professors [and the ad
ministration] how much
we appreciate them.
Dare we say: you have
to fight for the right to
an education. Nothing
comes on a silver plat
ter. So, while the col
lege accountants are
crunching away with
their numbers, do your
part and tell the admin
istration how you feel
about your education.
Ihe lance
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Letter From the
President's Desk
Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope ev
eryone had a safe and enjoyable vacation. Now we
head into the most exciting time of the year. The
dogwoods are blooming, the trees are turning green,
and even the bladderwort will appear. The activity
level will intensify with the attempt to break the
debate record, alumni weekend, Ganza, Honors
Convocation, and graduation. Seniors will begin to
be alternately ecstatic and melancholy as they
experience their last student days at St. Andrews.
Faculty will look a little tired from time to time as
they struggle to get all the planned material into the
courses before the end of the term.
PRESIDENT REUSCHLING
The semester is fly- o A Tfc x
SriA Report
Lennie Jones and
ing by us. We've already
been here six weeks. A
lot has happened! To
start off the semester the
Board of Trustees came
to S A for aone day meet
ing on the 13th of Feb
ruary. The precedent of
allowing the President
and the Vice President
of Student Government
into the meetings was
set. The session was ba
sically one of informa
tion gathering for the
Trustees.
Campus Compact
got underway in mid
February. The goal of
Campus Compact is to
unite the communi ty ser
vice efforts of uie vari
ous clubs and organiza
tions on campus. By
spring, we would like to
have formed a strong
committee and begin fa
cilitating joining the
nationwide collegiate
organization. We hope
to build an elaborate
community service net
work and involve a high
percentage of the stu
dents in the effort so that
our ties with the Laurin
burg community can be ’
strengthened^ We have
found volunteeE service
to be a great educational
experience and encour
age each of you to check
itoUt. '
Over the past few
weeks you have prob
ably noticed quite a few
prospective students on
campus. Admissions has
b^n doing a wgnderful
Kerrie Nuti
job recruiting students.
Next year's ffesh class
promises to be large. We
got the opportunity to
meet many of the
prospectives during
Scholarship and Admit
ted Student Weekends
and enjoyed our interac
tion with them.
Since Winston Salem
is going to close down
next year, the campus is
undergoing a major re-
'shuffle. The plan that has
been devised is to make
Wilmington co-ed.
There was a campus fo
rum on the residential
redistribution on March
5th. A lot of concerns
were addressed and ten
sions eased at this meet
ing. The first residential
floor will be male and
the top floor will be fe
male. Details on room
sign-up are being
worked out. Housing
contracts go on sale in
Ae cashier's office on
April 6th. We suggest
youdon'tputoffthispur-
chase this year or you
might be living some
where you dpn't particu
larly wMt to!
The senior class party
^ was held qn March 6th. ,
^ Although "The Yarns
from Outerspace" were
late, everyone managed
to occupy themselves.
The band was worth the
wait with their electric
collection of classic
rock. This year's senior
class, though smaller in
number, out-drank last
year's class. Everyone
had a great time! Con
gratulations go out to
Matt Sutherland. He was
chosen by the sfenior ; '
' cl4ss to ’be' the' Stud’ertt'”"’*'^
speaker. We wish him
all the best in writing his
speech.
The Environmental
Committee is working
out the final details of an
energy conservation
program that will affect
the entire campus. The
proposed theme for next
year is the Year of the
Environment. To keep
with this theme, we are
trying to reduce the
wasteful misuse of en
ergy. Please be more en
ergy conscious! Look
for detail s regarding this
plan in the immediate
future around campus
and turn off your lights
when you leave your
^m!
Elections for next
year are here! If you ,
want a voice in next
year'saffairs... GETIN-
VOLVED! Nomination
forms are in Student
Life! We hope you are
having a good spring se
mester. Before you
know it,, another school
year will be coming to
an end, so if you have
any questions or con _
cems, let us know!