St- Andrews’
N e w s p a p e r
ante
Vol. 32, No. 1
St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, N.C.
October 1993
In The News
' Stories off campus
‘ Pot is Hot, and
; Hemp is Hip
The rcemergence of
the positive uses of marijuana
in American culture has
sparked a film to be made on
the scented. Baby Boomer
plant
Director Richard
Linklater who directed the
critically acclaimed film
' "Slacker" has released
, "Dazed and Confused", a film
that follows a group of stu-
' dents on the last day of high
- schoolintheyearl976smok-
ing pot and clearly enjoying
: it The film was released
September 24.
. Smokey is 50
V— All over the coun-
, ■ try celebrations are being
prepared for Smokey the
Bears 50th anniversary.
All over the coun-
, try Smokey and his support
ers will be appearing at ma
jor events, such as Macy's
* Thanksgiving Day Parade
and the Rose Bowl Parade.
Smokey the Bear is
sccond only to Santa Claus in
. name reconition, and he is
known to Canadians and
' AusU'alians where there arc
no native bears.
Agreements to
NAFTASigned
Last Tuesday,
y PresidentClinton signed sev
eral supplemental agree-
* tnentstoNAFTA, which will
create the world's largest free
trade zone.
Behind Clinton are
four former U.S. presidents.
- all state governors and
American Nobel Prize win-
ilcrs in economics.
The agreement
would open U.S. markets in
Mexico and Canada, secure
2.630.00 U.S. jobs more
* tightly, create new jobs for
200.000 people in the U.S.
' and eliminate 10 to 20 per-
^ cent of the Mexican penalty
on U.S. goods.
Signing the agree
ments were PresidentClinton
and ,Mexican President
Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Dr. Reuschling Is Set to Resign
On August 12 of this
year. Dr. Thomas L.
Reuschling, president of Sl
Andrews announced to fac
ulty and staff that he was
resigning by the end of the
upcoming academic year.
Reuschling has
served as president of the
college since 1988, he said
that his resignation comes
after an assessment of per
sonal goals. He also stated
that his resignation will be in
effect no later than May 1994.
He plans to stay through the
academic year to ensure a
smooth transition.
When asked about
his presidentcy. President
Reuschling called it the most
challenging time of his pro
"With the belief that the future
of St. Andrews looks bright I plan to
pursue different challenges for
myself"
Dr. Thomas L. Reuschling
Dr. Thomas Reuschling
fcssional career. During his
time as president, Reuschling
payed close attention to the
fiscal areas of the college,
especially in a rigorous
analysis of the budget and
resources of the college.
Reuschling was
quick to commend the ac
complishments of St.
Andrews faculty and staff
overthe past five years. Dur
ing his presidentcy, new in
novations were begun includ
ing a satellite degree program
in Pinehurst for adult stu
dents; a Scottish Heritage
Center at the collcge; and the
SAILL program, or St.
Andrews Institute for Life
long Learning, which brought
closer lies to Scotia village,
which ajoins the campus.
Former N.C. gov
ernor James E. Holshouser
Jr., chairman of the college's
board of uustecs, said that he
would expect the search pro
cess to begin" fairly quickly."
"He has had a posi
tive and significant
presidentcy and we wish him
well. The recent completion
of the capital campaign has
provided a foundation on
which the college can build
for the future," Holshouser
said.
Dr. Reuschling is a
native of Ohio, and St.
Andrews fourth president.
Before coming to St.
Andrews, he was dean of the
business school at the Uni
versity of Virginia and taught
marketing at Kent State.
He is a graduate of
Hiram College in Ohio, re
ceived a master's degree in
business administration from
KentStateUniversity in 1966
and completed his doctorate
of business administration
from the University of Colo
rado in 1970.
China's Olympic Bid Is Topic Of Thesis
The rest of the world
.watched as "a more open
China" sought the 2000
Olympics. Selection of
Beijing as host city for the
international sporting event
could have done much to
erase bloody memories of
Tiananmen Square and to
herald full arrival of China
into the world community.
Instead, the International
Olympic Committee (IOC)
in late September chose
Sydney, Australia from
among five competing cities.
Brandon Rowe, a
senior at St. Andrews who is
researching China's use of
sports for political purposes,
expressed litde surprise at the
decision. Brandon spent
January through May of this
year in China, and he remem
bers the enormous propa
ganda effort by the govern
ment on behalf of the Olym
pic bid
Banners and post
ers in both Chinese charac
ters and English hung
throughout the city, stating
that Beijing eagerly awaited
the 2000 Olympics.
His curiosity piqued
by what he witnessed last
Spring, Rowe selected
China's political use of sport
ing events as the topic for an
Asian studies thesis he must
write at St. Andrews. The
Charlotte native is complet
ing a double major in Asian
studies and history, and
would like to return to Asia
after graduation to teach En
glish.
While he was in
Beijing last Spring, Brandon
taught spoken English to
Chinese adults.
"Because the class
was conversational English,
most of our time was spent in
free talk. I got to know a
great deal about them, not by
the way I answered them but
by the questions they asked
me," Rowe said.
Rowe said that the
dependence on coal and lead
for car fuels causc a layer of
soot tocover Beijing. Sydney
packaged their Olympic ef
fort as "the green bid."
Other problems that
Rowe believed foreshadowed
the IOC's decision includc
human rights violations, po
litical instability, food, sani
tation and transportation sys
tems that are inefficient by
Western standards.
Rowe is curious to
see if China makes good on
an earlier threat to boycott
Every student com
pleting an Asian studies ma
jorat SL andrews participates
in an overseas program of
study in asia for at least one
semester and writes a senior
thesis on a topic approved by
the Asian Studies Commit
tee.
The college's Asian
studies program is designed
to enable students to culti
vate a life-long enthusiasm
for study of Asia, appreciate
the importance of Asia'a cul
tural contributions to the
world, use encounters with
Asia to reflect on and inter
pret their own cultue, and
identify Asian careers.
Senior BrandonRowe,above,is researching China's use
of sports for political purposes. He sits beside a flag that he
brought back from China, depicting the 2000 Olympic games
in Beijing
the 199601ympics in Atlanta,
this came last summer when
Congress passed a resolution
which opposed Beijing's bid
because of China's human
rights record.
Rowe attended the
first Western professional
boxing match held in China,
dubbed by its promoters as
"The Brawl at the Wall."
Amongthose
present to promote the match
was Muhammad Ali. al
though editorials in the com
munist paper, "China Daily,”
critizied boxing as too vio
lent and stated it should not
be allowed there, Rowe said
the capacity crowd at the
People's Stadium "seemed to
enjoy it"
What's up Next
Time?
The next issue
of The Lance will
include sections for
Sports, The Back
Page, more editori
als and other inter
esting articles for the
students, faculty and
staff to enjoy.
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