St. Andrews Presbyterian College
The Lance 3
Meeting Georgia Haynes
BY TAMMY JACKSON
First and foremost, I would
like to personally thank Georgia
Haynes. She truly is a remarkable
person. I do not know of anyone
else whom would meet you at
midnight for an interview when
they have a very hectic schedule,
as she does.
What can I say about Georgia?
She was bom in Trinidad twenty-
eight years ago. When she was
very young she and her family
moved to Canada where they stay
until she was of high school age.
Then they decided to move back
to Trinidad where she completed
high school and her first year of
college.
Today, Georgia is not only a
member of the yearbook commit
tee and vice-president of Alpha
Chi and Tri Beta, but she is also
co-chief lab assistant and presi
dent of CHAOS (CHemistry And
Other Sciences). She is also
double majoring in chemistp' and
biology and has honors in her
majors.
Georgia is extremely proud of
her work in CHAOS, but who
wouldn’t be with all the volunteer
work they do in helping the youth
of Scotland County learn a under
stand more fully the aspects of
science? Georgia love to work
with the children. The children
involved in the CHAOS program
were taken to Discovery Place in
Charlotte and one evening Dis
covery Place came to them. She
also hosted a panel discussion on
careers in the field of science.
Georgia Haynes is not all
work and no play. She also likes
to spend her spare time (which she
has very little of) oil painting and
volunteering in the Emergency
Room at Scotland Memorial Hos
pital. Let’s not forget spending
time with her beloved husband,
who has been St. Andrews’ sys
tem analyst for the Computer In
formation Services Department
for almost for years. Shawn, by
the way, is one of her chief rea
sons for discovering St. Andrews.
Georgia is a very busy person
who can be quite serious at times,
but after our interview we were
able to have a casual conversation
about many people’s favorite
topic, the television show “ER”.
All in all, Georgia Haynes is
a terrific person who is quite sure
of what she wants out of life and
makes sure she can achieve it.
Meet Veronica
Veronica, the cheery face that
always smiles when you pass her,
comes to St. Andrews from the
University of Cuenca in Ecuador
to “improve English”. She was
bom in Guayaquil, a big city, but
her parents and brothers and sis
ters now live in a smaller city
called Machala. You might won
der how Veronica came to be here
at St. Andrews. Well, the ex
change sends only six people, yet
many apply. The applicants must
take tests in various subjects, and
they are then selected by the
teachers. Veronica was pleas
antly surprised and I was pleased
to have the opportunity to meet
such an interesting person.
I asked Veronica to describe
how school at home differed from
her studies here. She explained
that the University of Cuenca is a
big public school in which people
only study, but do not live; there
is no dormitory system. Instead
Veronica shares an apartment
with two other female students;
she is sure to mention, “We are
three.” It seems, however that at
The Commuter
Club is
collecting
camied goods
for local
families. Please
be generous
during the
holidays.
The Commuter Lounge is off
limits to the general student
body. It is only to be used by
commuting students and
members of the Commuter
Club!
Non-traditional (confined from page 1)
my child were to become ill
with something as minor as a
cold, I could be out of school for
days,” Natonja states. Buymg
out study time is a challenge for
any student but when you have
young children, it is exception
ally hard. “I usually have to wait
imtil they go to bed to study, so
I don’t get much sleep,” one stu
dent, a mother of two, states.
Then there is the long conmute
to and from school - Dan drives
45 minutes each way
College is not easy for any
one, traditional or non-tradi-
tional. This constantly growing
minority of students, however,
brings a lot to the St. Andrews
culture and go through a lot to
get here every day. No doubt,
as the economic demands of our
society encourage more to re
turn for higher education, we
will begin to see more non-tra
ditional students from the sur-
roimding counties.
Don’t forget Concord’s Holiday Bash
npramber 2nd at 9:00pm!
it’s heart, Ecuadorian college life
is quite similar to that of Ameri
cans’. The three friends them
selves at the movies,
shopping...on the weekends, and
spending most of their weekdays
studying and going to classes.
Veronica’s major is English,
which she hopes to teach to high
school students. She says em
phatically, “I love children.” This
brought us to the fact that on top
of taking four classes in a foreign
language, which she says, “is not
easy,” Veronica is also doing
community service and working.
Veronica is planning to tutor to
Mexican boys who attend el
ementary school near here, be
cause they do not speak English.
Veronica has also taken a job at
The Gathering Place. Of course
you can find Veronica at may of
the campus parties as well as
teaching Americans to dance to
Latin Music in the Latin Dancing
Club.
Unfortunately for us, the Ec
uadorian students are only here
until December 10th, and
Veronica will return to her fam
ily just before the semester ends.
She asks me to mention how
friendly she found the people
here, and that the warm welcomes
and her wonderful roommate,
Becky, have meant a lot to here.
Veronica will miss it here and
hopes to travel to Europe and/or
return to America in the fiiture. I
am certain that come the cold
winds of December we will all
miss Veronica’s warm nature.
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