The Bdles
of
St. Mary’s
College
COLLEGE COSTS
ON THE RISE
by Margie Morgan
Millions of parents about
this time every year realize
how expensive it is to send
their children to college. This
figure may run anywhere
from $2,000-yr. to as high as
$7000-yr. Multiply this by four
years and the cost of a college
education becomes a gold
mine.
An investigation of tuition
fees at area colleges and
universities proves just how
much costs vary. The
following figures were taken
from college catalogs and
vary depending on private or
state-supported institutions,
and resident or non-resident
North Carolina students.
The tuition at Ap
palachian State University is
$560-year (SR) and $2,280-
year (Non SR). The room and
board is $1,130-year with total
expenses at $1,900-year (SR)
and$3,600-year (Non SR). The
total expenses at Campbell
University, a private im
stitution, are $3,434-year with
an out of state fee of $25-
semester.
Duke University, a
private institution in Durham,
has an annual tuition of $3,830.
Room and board is $l,800-yMr
with books and supplies
estimated at $l,070-year. The
total expenses for Duke comes
to $6,700-year. East Carolina
University, a state institution,
has tuition of $520-year (SR)
and $2,240-year (Non SR).
Room and board is $432-year
with books and supplies of
$175-year. The total expenses
for ECU are $l,600-year (SR)
and $3,300-year (Non SR).
Meredith College, a private
four year college for women,
has tuition and fees of $2,10^
year. Room and board is
$1100-year with books and
supplies estimated at $200-
year Total expenses for
Meredith are $3,400-year (SR)
and $2,300-year (Day
Students).
Our own St. Mary s
College, a private institution
for women, has tuition of
$2 883-year for Boarders and
Day Students, and $l00-year
for Special Students. Room
and board is $2,198-year wito
books and suppli^ estimate
at $200-year. Applied Music is
available at $225-year (1 hour
lessons) and $115-year (Vi
hour lessons). Total expenses
including transportation, lab
fees, and service deposit are
$5,131-year for Boarders and
$2'933-year for Day Students.
Just up the street is North
Carolina State University with
tuition and fees of $558-year
(SR) and $2,270-year (Non
SR). Room and board is $470-
year. Total expenses in
cluding books, supplies, and
meals are $2,703-year (SR)
and $4,415-year (Non SR).
The above mentioned
colleges and universities are
only a sampling. College costs
differ from state to state and
within the state, but anywhere
you choose to go will be ex
pensive whether you are a
J^ident of that- state or not.
The majority of colleges have
financial aid available to the
students. Anyone who really
wants a college education will
find a way to get it.
Sl Mary^s Picks Reagan
In Student Poll Results
St. Mary’s students favor
Ronald Reagan over Jimmy
Carter for the Presidency
according to the latest St.
Mary’s Poll. A student ran
dom sample of 62 students
responded to the poll ad
ministered by Political
Science 29 students.
48 percent picked Reagan
while Carter received 31
piercent and Anderson got 13
percent. 8 percent either gave
no opinion or were undecided.
Party identification was
remarkably even. 47 percent
identified themselves as
Democrats, 45 percent as
Republicans and 8 percent as
independent. When asked who
they belived would finally win
the Presidential race, 66
percent of students picked
Reagan while 23 percent chose
Carter. 11 percent were un
decided.
The sample group of 62
insures that the poll results
within *a 4 percent
deviation from the actual
percentage of opinions in all
St. Mary’s students.
Though Reagan won on
campus, the poll figures m-
Se a much closer race
statewide. Republican Party
identification is almost even
with Democrats
but Democrats
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race between Reagan and
Carter seems imminent.
Mike Cross will appear m Nov. 19 in Pittman Auditorium.
Internships Offer Opportunity
by Mary Horton
Long before school
started, Mrs. Barbara Bunch
was working on the Internship
Program. She developed
forms, publicized the program
and even called up students
who were known to be in
terested.
For anyone who doesn t
know what the Internship
Program is, a description is
found in the College Catalog.
Briefly, a girl can volunteer to
work in a career area in which
she is interested and gain
valuable work experience.
Soon the applications
started rolling in - 26 by the
closing application date.
People came in for interviews
to find their specific interests.
Calls started to come in from
off-campus offices. Eni-
nloyers wanted to know if
there were girls who wanted
to work in these offices. Since
some of the applications did
not match the job op
portunities, Mrs. Bunch was
busy working at the coor-
^nation.
So'far thirteen students
have been placed. Nancy
Gillespy is working in College
Relations with Mrs. Weiner.
There are three girls working
on “The Belles”: Anna Tate,
Linda Ingram, and Stephanie
Gardner. Laura Culbertson is
working at City Hall. Sheri
Vinson is working at the new
Rex Hospital in Physical
Therapy. Valerie Purdie is
working in the Admissions
Office. Lina Branscome is an
aide at Wiley School. Gwen
Cooley is working in the
Guidance Office. Karen
Apostolou is working at the
Art Museum; and Margaret
Griffin and Beth Scott are
working in the computer
center at N.C.S.U. Evelyn
Scruggs is working at E. H.
Bridger’s Accounting Firm.
Some positions are
currently pending. These
include: work at a physical
therapy office, at WRAL-TV,
at Republican Headquarters
and a local bank. Other
positions are awaiting in
terested, qualified students.
These are: aides at Wiley
School, North Carolina
Governmental Internships
and Internships at the
Department of Archives and
History. All of these positions
are non-paid.
Mrs. Bunch has spent as
much time as she could on the
program without neglecting
other responsibilities. BoUi
she and the interns seem very
enthusiastic about the
program.
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by Nan Wilkinson
The original seven Gdd
Cuts expanded their size by
adding seven new girls to meir
eroup. After four workshop
and a lot of hard practice, the
new Cold Cuts were an
nounced on October 20th.
In addition to the first
seven girls chosen at the end
of last year, Christi Jo^s,
Ellen Rodmen, Ellen Mc
Cowan, Mary Howard Pitt,
xS Jeanette Madra, Anne
Sond and Dean Greshem
S nicked to join the group.
ThSe seven girls were chosen
from seventeen that tried out
during the four workshops.
The girls had to tryout in front
of many students. The girls
had to form groups and make
up medleys to sing for tryouts.
At an assembly to an
nounce the new members, the
old Cold Cuts entertained the
students as they anxiously
awaited for the new members
to be called out. Anne
Sigmond was chosen to play
the mop, Ellen Rodmen the
washboard, Mary Howard
Pitt the clothes rack, Ellen
McCowan the bongos, Mary
Madra the scrub brushes.
Christ! Jones the salad
scissors, and Dean Greshem
the tambourine. These new
members were announced one
by one with a tantalizing
break between each one.
Finally all seven new cold cuts
were announced. All fourteen
then gathered on the stage and
sang the “Cold Cut song.”
After the assembly, the
new girls were taken to Ed
wards Grocery where many
St. Mary’s girls gathered and
went through some different
initiations. The initiations will
go on for a week.
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