St. Andrews Presbyterian College
6 The Lance
Saltire Gets A Facelift Gathering 0' the Clubs
(cont. from page I)
He tells us that the Saltire will
be a “significant, vital, and inte
gral part of the St. Andrews com
munity.”
One of the main focuses of the
revised Saltire will be a change
of focus from specifically on the
needs of the student to the needs
of the St. Andrews community as
a whole. The community consists
of all current students, faculty,
staff and administration. All reg
istered guests will be looked upon
as temporary members of the St.
Andrews conununity.
Ten Beasley, a senior History
major on the committee, feels the
purpose of the Saltire is to
supply “general human codes
and laws.”
“Responsibility and respect
for human beings should dictate
anyone’s actions.” She feels
that St. Andrews is in a state of
chaos. “We’re not responsive to
other students, we’re not re-
spectfiilto other students. That
has to change.”
Another point that is being
stressed in the revised Saltire is
termed the “chain of responsi
bility”. This trickle down
theory of responsibility begins
with the individual. If a prob
lem occurs in a suite, the people
involved would first be expected
to deal with it and assert their
conflict resolution skills. If no
compromise is made, the prob
lem would then go to the suite
leader and so forth up the
hierarchy. This in-house focus
should eliminate unnecessary
involvement of higher supervi
sors.
The distribution of the Saltire
is also up for change. This year,
new students had no “backbone”
from the beginning. One possible
solution is to have the Saltire
checked in and checked out with
arriving students. Says Beasley,
“You get your bedframe, your
desk, and you get your Saltire.
That way, every student has one.”
Another possibility is to ad
minister the handbook when reg
istration occurs, in order to verify
that commuter students receive
their copy. The “community
code,” St. Andrews’ membership
pledge, will also gain emphasis in
the fixture.
Mike Lake says, “The hand
book is designed to, essentially,
guarantee and to protect the mem
bers of the commimity with spe
cific regard to the student. We
want to do it in such a way that
the students still benefit, yet there
is still ample safeguard to allow
for any disturbances to be re
moved.”
This year’s committee takes
part in regular weekly meetings
and scheduled workshop days.
According to Kellam Parks, who
was on the Handbook Committee
last year, they did not meet at all,
the year prior to that they met only
once. The older Saltires and sug
gestions from different areas will
be “melded together into one co
hesive, viable docimient,” Lake
goes on. Changes in the iS'a/rire
must be approved by Student
Government, Senate, Cabinet, and
the Student Life Committee.
BY BRANDI MISS
“Just sign here, please...” ^ ,
If perhaps you got close enough to one of the tables set up
outside of Belk on Wednesday, September 20, you more than
likely heard these words along with “and don t forget your exten
sion and box number...” Why? Because the club fair was in
progress, recruiting new members for both the old and the new
clubs. As usual, things got off to a slow start, but as word of
Spanky’s Blow Pops (talk about a bribery scheme) spread, more
people began to wander out to see what was happening. Despite the
hot, blinding sun, there were people milling aroxmd while being
served juicy speeches containing all of a particular club s informa
tion and why it would be to their benefit to join. Several clubs
including CFA, Math and Computer Science, Worid Cultures,
Debate, Model UN, Symposium, Psychology, Island Dancing, Eco
Action, Ganza Core, Unexplained Phenomena, Kendo, Pathways,
and Rugby were represented by their top-level members.
For some, choosing a club or two was no problem, but for
others it was a real dilemma. When asked to join the Math and
Computer Science Club, Isaac Roush responded with, “Would you
hold it against me if I said I have already spread myself too thin?”
Different people had different reasons for joining different clubs. I
jouied the Worid Cultures Club for the enriching opportunity of
journeying far from St. Andrews to experience new cultures,” said
Paul DeVoursney. And still Kris Swain had another motive for
joining Ganza Core, “I joined Ganza Core because I know of a
band I want to bring here.” Whatever the reasons, many clubs’
memberships increased, however not everyone saw the fair as an
overwhelming success. “This year there was a much poorer show
ing than the past few years. I believe it shows the apathy for activi
ties on campus ^d how this school is becoming another suitcase
college,” said Jesse Walker. This sounds like a problem, guys.
Now that the club fair is over and done with, what next? A\^ich
club is going to be the one that everyone signs up for next fall ^
because it is “THE” club that is active and has a good time being^,,j^^j^
active? Which club is going to do the most for the St. Andrews'
Community? How nice it would be for every club to get moving in
a positive direction and exist in more than name only, but for this
to happen, you have to get involved... you have to pull your club or
clubs out of the club slump!
All’s one. Good
faith, how foolish
are our minds!
—Shakespeare
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