St. Andrews Prebyterian College
The Lance 5
Senate Votes to Approve Club Budgets
BY REBECCA STACY
proposed club budgets were
unanimously approved at the Oc
tober 1 Senate meeting in Orange
Main Lounge. The budget was
presented by Kim Ribaudo, trea
surer.
Senate also reviewed a Cabi
net meeting with Dean Nance.
Nance, who has had previous ex
perience with the accreditation
process, feels very positive about
the upcoming Southern
Accreditors of Colleges and
Schools (SACS) visit at the end
of October. Howard Reichner,
advisor for Senate, also ex
pressed his positive outlook, say
ing, “We’re light years ahead of
where we were two years ago.”
Sean Gorman has been ap
pointed as Defense Council for
the upcoming academic year.
While all of the logistics of
community service have still not
been resolved, dorms are prepar
ing to organize service plans.
This year, commimity service is
not mandatory so dorms will not
be fined for those who do not par
ticipate, but they are looking for
ways to formally incorporate it into
the St. Andrews experience. How
ever, one hundred percent partici
pation is being encouraged among
students. Dorm vice presidents ap
pointed community service coor
dinators, who, in concert with Stu
dent Life, will begin to arrange ser
vice efforts over the next few
weeks. Students wanting to arrange
their own projects are urged to do
so.
Several dorms are still with
out officers. Winston Salem is
missing a president, vice president
and social chair. Mecklenburg and
Highland Hall are both without
vice presidents and Wilmington
lacks a social chair and vice presi
dent. The three week election pro
cess began with a posting period,
starting October 2. Nominations
are taking place this week and
elections will be held the week of
October 16.
St. Andrews Students Called On To Volunteer
The heart of any charitable
organization is the personal
growth it provides for the people
it serves and the members who
take part in the serving.
In the best of situations, it’s
difficult to tell who benefits the
most.
Such is the case with the Scots
for Youth program in Scotland
County.
It is called one of the
Governor’s One-On-One pro
grams because it seeks to provide
help for those who need it from
one person directly to another,
rather than through some kind of
group setting. Considering the
service the organization seeks to
provide, that is the only way to
do it.
The Scots for Youth program
in Scotland County is similar to
Big Brother programs initiated in
other areas. It first identifies area
youths in need of positive adult
role models. The youths are some
times referred to the organization
by the court system, school coun
selors, Social Services and other
agencies and individuals who
come in contact with them. Of
ten they come from one-parent
households.
They are matched up, one-
on-one, with adult volunteer
from the community who are
judged to be well adapted so
cially and who are willing to
give several hours a week to
working with their assigned
youths.
These “pairs” as they are re
ferred to, do such things as at
tend movies, concerts and other
entertainment events or share
more private experiences such
as fishing, shopping or even just
spending quality time together
sharing feelings.
The Scots for Youth is a
United Way agency which also
receives state funding. But its
most important asset are the vol
unteers who want the experience
of working to develop a personal
relationship with another per
son.
It is through sharing of this
kind that the greatest goods are ac
complished.
Caroline Evans, director of the
Scots for Youth program, re
marked that St. Andrews students,
“Over the years have been some of
our most effective volunteers.
“I’ve always considered St.
Andrews students unique and spe
cial in their compassion and out
reach We hope to continue our re
lationship.”
Submit!
(to the CAIRN)
Submissions are now being
accepted for the Cairn, St.
Andrew’s Literary Maga
zine.
All submissions must be
typed.
Turn in your stuff to Dan
Auman in the Press Office
or Becky Stacy (box 5619)
Communications
Class Discusses
Big Issues
As part of the Philosophy of
Mass Communications class,
Communications majors are
working on a project to discover
just how computers can be used
as a form of communication.
Working in conjunction with
the Computer Services depart
ment, the students have set up a
bit of a “chat” line which can be
accessed through the notice board
fimction of PEGASUS e-mail.
Starting October 22, discus
sions will take place every Sun
day night at 8 p.m. and can be
accessed from any computer lab
on campus.
Simply enter the PEGASUS
fimction on the network and then
select nOtice boards. The group
can be found under
ISSUESFORUM. There’s an in
troductory letter to help explain
everything. Interesting results will
be brought to you in the Lance.
The October 22 topic is quiet
hours.