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St. Andrews Hosts 2007 Scottish Heritage Awards
The sounds of bagpipes
and the reminisces of Scottish
times past filled the air and hall
ways of St. Andrews Presbyterian
College March 14-16 with the
Charles Bascombe Shaw McLeod
Memorial Scottish Heritage Sym
posium and Awards Banquet.
Frank Shaw, who endowed
the symposium with a gift in
memory of his father, was rec
ognized for all that he has done
for Scottish-Americans. Shaw
received The 2007 Scottish
Heritage Center Service Award.
“I am honored and humbled,”
said Shaw in accepting the
award. “You don’t do things for
the award. You do them because
you’re supposed to do them.”
An avid bibliophile, Shaw is a
student of the literature of Rob
ert Bums and has lectured on the
life and works of both Bums and
Sir Walter Scott for numerous
Scottish cultural organizations.
He is the president of the St. An
drews Society of Atlanta, Ga.
Shaw called the loyalty to Scot
tish Heritage a “moveable feast.
Wherever you go, it will always
be there and will never leave.”
The recipient of the Flora Mac
donald Award, Martha McLeod of
Aberdeen, said, “I am very thank
ful for my Scottish heritage in my
family and my church. My father
told me I have the purest Scot
tish blood in my veins, even more
so than the people in Scotland.”
McLeod lives in the home built
by her emigrant ancestor. She said
one of her most enjoyable expe
riences was helping to research
for a book on Flora Macdonald.
"‘Tonight this honor is the crown
ing glory,” she said. “1 really appre
ciate this and I’m grateful to Bill
(Caudill) and all who had a part in
it. PH continue to be interested in
the college here and the history be
hind our church and our schools.”
A third award was presented
during the weekend. Bill Caudill,
the director of the Scottish Heritage
Center at St. Andrews, presented the
Highlander Award to Dan McNiel,
editor of the Argyll Colony Plus.
Another highlight of the week
end was a live recording ses
sion with the St. Andrews Pipe
Band and the St. Andrews Choir.
More than 250 people attended
the session in Avinger Audi
torium on the college campus.
The St. Andrews Pipe Band is the
Eastem U.S. champion pipe band.
Established in 1989, the annual
Charles Bascombe Shaw Memo
rial Scottish Heritage Sympo
sium at St. Andrews celebrates
the contributions of Scottish-
Americans and hosts educational
sessions about issues of histori
St. Andrews
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President Paul Baldasare and William Caudill, Director oj St. Andrews Scottish Heritage Center,
with award recipents, Martha M. MacLeod and Frank R. Shaw.
cal Scottish importance. Highlands and Islands in
Additional support for 1690 s and Charaied
this year’s event, which
included four experts in
Scottish history and tradi
tions, came from the Com
fort Inn of Laurinburg and
the North Carolina Scot
tish Heritage Society.
Th^ guest speakers Donald
for the weekend were:
- Alan Berry. “DN A Anal
ysis, Family Genealogies,
and the World Family Tree.”
- Dr. Karen Cullen. ‘‘Sev
en III Years: Famine in the
Cows and Contentious
Neighbors: Witchcraft, Su
perstition and Social Ten
sion in the Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Century
Highlands and Islands.”
- Dr. Murdo Mac-
The Argyll Pa
pers: The Archives of
the Duke of Argyll.”
- Frank Shaw. “Side
By Side, The National
Bard and The Great Un
known - Robert Bums
and Sir Walter Scott.”
The Scottish Heri
tage Symposium is tra
ditionally hosted annu
ally by St. Andrews on the
third weekend of March.
New York Times Editors Symposium
Danielle Heider
The New York Times building in New York City, NY. The New York
Times location in New York City houses over 800 premier journalists
and editors. Picture couresy of Danielle Heider.
On February 26, 2007 I went to
New York City to represent St. Andrews
at a New York Times Editors Symposium.
St. Andrews is partners with the New
York Times and is part of the Council
of Independent Colleges. Annually,
The New York Times invites student
editors to hone their joumalistic skills
at the Editors Symposium, meeting with
various editors and staff members. I
was honored to represent St. Andrews at
such a unique opportunity to meet with
premier Editors from ihe New York Times.
Throughout the Editors
Symposium I met with numerous
individualssuchas the Assistant Managing
Editor Bill Schmidt, who discussed
the similarities of the New York Times
and small college newspapers. Before
going to the New York Times I failed to
realize how many similarities there were.
As a group, we tackled questions such
as, how do we draw people to read our
newspapers, how do we motivate our
Staff writers and how do we fund our
publications? These are questions that
every newspaper in the country has. The
first solution that we came up with is
looking at our demographics, who read
our newspaper, what’s the age range, and
most importantly, what are their interests.
As I listened to different Student Editors
talking about their own newspapers
and listen to Bill Schmidt, 1 began
to look at the journalism field
in a whole different spectrum.
1 began to see how
joumalism is a collaboration of
numerous fields, indulging in
everyday life; newspapers need
people from all areas of expertise
to give a fair and balanced report.
Furthermore, when sports journalist,
Lynn Zinser discussed the fast-
paced atmosphere of traveling with
professional teams it reminded me
of the movie. Runaway Bride, when
Richard Gere stated, “Joumalism
is literature in a hurry”. Sports
Joumalism has the most strenuous
deadlines within a newspaper because
their deadlines are right after the
sports events. Also, a sports joumalist
does the most traveling, following
their designated teams. Lytm Zinser
explained to the group that she travels
wherever the New York Rangers plays.
Throughout my trip, I met with
Student Editors nationwide to discuss our
school newspapers and how we run them.
It was intriguing to listen to the diflFerent
methods each editor used. For instance,
paying your staff writers or not, what type
of deadlines do you give to your staff
writers and do you accept ads into your
paper? These are just a few questions that
we brainstormed about. Additionally, it
was interesting to listen to how often other
Student Editors published their college
newspapers ranging anywhere from daily,
weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly.
I £tm thankful that I was afforded
the ojjportumty to attend this rewzirding
workshop. It opened my eyes to see how
joumalismrequirestremendousdedication
and most importantly, the diverse methods
in running successful newspapers. Being
able to attend this event confirmed my ideas
in pursuing joumalism post graduation.