MRyB.1998
Issues forum spring
‘98 checklist
by Greg Chatham
The following complaints were addressed at the Student
Issues Forum on 4/14/98, This list will be reprinted after the
meeting next semester for comparison. Remember, gambling is
ileagal-so at St. Andrews it’s okay, as long you don t get
caught. Odds are you still get junk mail from the CHAOS...
club.
r~| Groundskeeping-promises no more mowing at 8 in the
morning around Concord and Granville. They’ll do Orange
then.
r~l Student elections-The vote says no one cares. Stu
dents are advised to advertise more effectively. Body paint
would be eye-catching.
□ Mass E-mails-should be limited to people who care.
Feel free to filter out this message.
□ SAGE World Cultures-students will never be forced
to make a cathedral ever again. God was really upset.
Student Advisors to the SAGE committee-shall be
implemented. Dean Schulz says “make it so.”
n Swimming in the lake-is an issue worthy of being ad
dressed.
□ Cold showers-require purging to get hot water to circu
late across campus. As part of College Success, next year s
freshman class will be on shower duty. o I;,
Wheelies-are now “students in chairs.”
□ An option for the meal plan?? Sony, there can be only
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one.
n Prospects-The goal is to get 250 new students exactly
like you. They’ll also want an optional meal plan.
□ Create a better academic advising system-The Psy
chic Friends Network would be better.
n Environmentally sound cleaning ladies-Exact words;
“we’ll start to look into it.”
Q Camping—is an activity not sanctioned by St. Andrews.
f~l RA selection-The ultimate decision is made by the fi
nal supervisor (read-Preston Swiney). The process will be
reviewed again due to student (read:RA candidates who were
refused) demand. FACT:the advisers throw out really good
and bad evaluations in order to avoid biased opinions.
Administrators encourage students to look on the bright
side. Concentrate on the things you like about our school.
This college is what we make of it, not, as was previously
assumed, what other people make of it from our S18k a year.
by Suzyn Smith
Nathalie Christophe Mar
tin, a speaker at the recent psy
chology/chemistry colloquium,
knew her way around SA even
before she and her husband
were given a tour. Martin is a
1984 graduate of St. Andrews.
“Everything looks the
same,” she marveled.
Martin, who is now a re
search scientist at
GlaxoWellcome, a chemical
company, had returned to speak
at the colloquium. She couldn’t
talk about what she was work
ing on, as that’s an industry
secret, but she did give a pre
sentation called “From Mol
ecule to Market” which ex
plained the large number of test
ing regulations a new drug must
pass before it is allowed by the
FDA.
She also told her audi
ence of science students that
internships were one of the
best ways to build their re
sumes.
“You learn a lot in intern
ships and co-ops. use your
summers effectively.“ Martin
said.
She added that St. An
drews science students were as
good, ifnot better than the sci
ence students graduated by ma
jor public universities.
“Breadth means a lot in
the real world,” Martin said. “If
you want to be a scientist,
you’ve got to know how to
write.”
She said that she would
advise her children to look for a
liberal arts college, citing once
again how a broad education is
as valuble if not more so than a
focused one.
Martin also talked about
how her St. Andrews education
had helped her out in the real
world. One of the things that
was most valuable was the in
ternational flavor of a St. An
drews education. Martin now
fiequently flies to Europe to
work with GlaxoWellcome em
ployees in France. She ex
pressed regret that she gradu
ated in three years, saying she
wished she’d been more in
volved.
“My adviser told me I
would regret it, but 1 never
thought I would,” Martin said,
“Now 1 wish I’d stayed for all
four years and gotten out more
while 1 was here.”
Martin is now a class
agent, helping to raise money
for the school by encouraging
her classmates and other fellow
alumni to donate.
“1 was the last person 1
would have thought would be
involved in this sort of thing.”
Martin said.
The colloquium also in
cluded Martin’s husband,
David, who is head of the Psy
chology Department at North
Carolina State University. He
spoke on “Unique Properties of
Color Highlighting in Visual
Search or Where is That Icon
on My Monitor.”
Later that evening, the
Martins gave a talk together on
what it’s like to raise kids with
both parents in high-pressure
jobs. They also answered ques
tions on everything from career
possibilities to grad school.
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