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STUDENT LIFE Week of October 22nd. A Letter From Abroad Hello to Everyone, GIANT here on the last night in Rome. Its been quite a week exploring central Italy, so I thought I would give some heads up on what went on with me, the group, and Florence and Rome enjoyed the company of 10 knights and one extremely nervous professor. Florence was definitely my favorite of the two. We stayed right across from the Bellini chapel, which has an incred ible crypt inside. Stained glass, marbk, and bronze fill this vast space with perfect lighting patterns and serene atmosphere. The other sight which astound ed me in Florence was the Aca demia, home of the David. I didnt know much about the statue outside of pictures, but the sculpture was perfect.^ metry, shadow, detait, and at tention to accuracy was all over this 34 fi piece of majesty. This museum was also personally re sponsible for me falling in love with Bertocelli art. Yeah, Ryan bought his first art book. Some other sights in Florence included the Uffizi museum. This houses the central hub of Renaissance art. Donatello, Raphael, Bertocelli, Daiomi, and a whole lot more. The line was a bit disoriented, and the staff was less than desireable, but the art was rivitting. The Birth of Venus was incredible, as well as two Roman war tap estries that covered the walls of another chamber. My favorite was a gold and mother-of-pearl hallway with many action stat ues. We also got in some great shopping and heckled with the merchants. I got a leather jack et and engineer boots (my big purchase for the trip). The food was excellent and the people VERY friendly and helpjiil. I talked to Americans, Brits, and Australians while I was there. All and all, an edmating expe rience into the heart of the Re naissance. A New Student’s Daniel Pinsker be a guessing game as to what will be served at saga for a upcoming Staff Writer meals like lunch or dinner, will it be steak and cheese sandwiches or chicken fried beef? If the some of the food doesn’t look appealing, the kitchen staff will usually be cooking up a good substitution at the JIT. If all else fails, just pretend your about to eat something you like to eat, because skipping meals and not eating healthy food will get you sick or worse. If you’re still hungry way after SAGA closes, there’s the Knight Life, on the floor above SAGA. The Knight Life has snacks and drinks to offer at decent prices and is open late. Off campus, there’s a good selection of fast-food and regular restaurants from Taco Bell and Mi Casita to McDonald’s and McDufFs. For eating off campus, the best time to go is on the weekends, when there’s lots of free time instead of during the busy week Next up is stuff to do on campus, and during the fall and spring semesters, there’s a lot to do. There are concerts, comedians, movie nights, flag football, dorm cookouts. After Florence, Chance, Its not everyday you peek inside Cindy, Caroline, Chuck and I Caesars tomb, walk around the headed fiirther south to Rome. Senate House, stand on Marc After hunting for a hotel, we Antonys spot where he addressed found a cozy lodging at the Lu- the nation, and permenantly ciani. Its right across from the borrow’ a piece of the original Termini (train station), and road of Rome. Also visited the very close to the Metro to travel Spanish Steps and Palatine to other ports of call. The first Hill It was a 12 mile day and full day, we headed for the Vati- we are feeling it now. But this can. With all certainity in my whole week has been a mind mortal mind, the St. Peter Ba- blow and it feels like we ba silica is the most awe-inspiring, vent been back to the Croft in majestic building I ever laid my a month.... but thats about how eyes upon. 284 columns, 144 long we have been here now. saints, St. Pauls tomb. Pope Al- Alright everybody, heading exanders statue, and the chang- for bed. We have a 10:00 train ing of the Swiss Guards in front tomorrow to Bokano. Hope of the gate to the Vatican State, everything in the USA is do- Along with a visit to the Sistine ing ok. Please send some cor- Chapel and Vatican Museum, respondence and let me know it was a frill day of memories aU of you are well and ticking, and lessons. Talk to yousoon and love to ev- Today, we conquered Rome! erybody. CIAO. The Colesseum was awesome. Cheers, the Roman Forum was filled with sights, and the Fontana di Treve was beautiful The Fo rum was my personal favorite. Ryan Big Country GIANT Duke Gigantor SAPC Welcome new students to St. Andrews Presbyterian College and Laurinburg, North Carolina, home to top quality education, the Knights, and, a Wal-Mart Supercenter. The first semester has already gotten underway, Drop/Add p>eriod is over, as is the room change period, and good times are coming. To a new student, the campus may seem old, deteriorating, and out of date, but inside, there’s top notch education at a small liberal arts college. Of course, there’s much to tell about what St. Andrews has to offer to its students besides the education. There are lots of things, from exploring the area around campus, to events on the weekends, to the meals at SAGA, so its best if we start with SAGA first, for good reason. For those who are on the meal plan, SAGA is your source for healthy, nutritious, and tasty food, whichever way you look at it. It can Airband, and more. The biggest event is called Ganza, which is a weeklong celebration in the spring semester. Last year’s Ganza had outdoor concerts by the lake, cosmic dodgeball, a campus wide capture the flag, and inflatable obstacle courses and other games. Until then, there will be lots of fun and cool events coming to St. Andrews this semester and already an 80’s band, a comedian, and a Game Show have come to SAPC the past few weekends. For those students who are 21 or older, you might have already experienced the week and weekend events at Orange. For everyone else, or those who seek something that doesn’t involve drinking, a road trip for the day to Fayetteville or Aberdeen, or even a quick trip to the beach is a good plan to take. Some of the areas around campus offer great places to relax and woodland trails to explore. One of the best places to go to relax is by the Vardell building, which has some benches near the lake to sit while looking across the lake at the Bclk Center and surrounding buildings. Another good place to relax is a small gazebo and garden behind the Vardell parking lot. As for the walking trails on campus, the main trail starts by Morgan Jones and goes around the lake over to Farrago and Concord. There is another trail nearby that leads away from campus for a good distance, it’s a long walk if you’re up for it. There’s a smaller trail across the street from the Liberal Arts building parking lot, but it’s a short trail and ends quickly at Scotia Village, the Assisted Living home for the elderly. There are so many places you will discover over the semester. If yoii take the initiative, you will discover that there’s much more to Laurinburg than the campus and Wal-Mart. Laurinburg and St. Andrews could easily become a new home for you. All you have to do is let it.
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