of Saint Mary ’s College
Volume XLV No. 1
900 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
October 1990
Indecision Kicks the School Year Off to a Lively Start
—more festive openings in the future
By Elisabeth Holscher
and Lisa Svendsguard
S aturday, August 25, marks the
beginning of a new tradition at
Saint Mary’s Coliege. Indecision,
a well-known band from Charlot
tesville, Virginia, entertained
Saint Mary’s students as well as
other members of the Raleigh
community. The band played
trom 4:30 to 7:00 p.m., with an en
core. Until this year. Saint Mary’s
bad never featured a band while
opening its doors to the public.
The event proceeded with no
aorious problems involving
alcohol or people attempting to
Sneak onto the campus.
Domino’s provided pizza vvhile
'ARa food services provided
drinks. Saint Mary’s College
focelved profit from both the sell-
'hg of pizza and the selling of
drinks. Jade Brannock com-
hiented, “I had a good time. I
^bink it was a great way to start
off the year.” Indecision is a
Grateful Dead cover band that
also play their own originals.
Alison Nanninga commented, “I
liked them, but I’m not a big
Dead fan. They were good as far
as Dead bands go.” Although In
decision is from Virginia, they
play in such places as Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee and North
Carolina. Louise Harris conclud
ed by saying how “cool” the
band was. She said, “I loved it! I
had so much fun!” These are just
a few responses from the girls at
Saint Mary’s. The crowd cheered
on the band as a successful clos
ing to the event.
Events such as this will
definitely be part of the future of
Saint Mary’s College. For more
information about when Indeci
sion Is playing write: Indecision
Booking and Information, PC
Box 5046, Charlottesville, VA
22905, (804) 296^74.
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Pittman Auditorium has been spruced up
Inside and out
Campus Undergoes Needed Renovation
By Lisa Gorman
Renovating the Saint Mary’s
campus has been a focus of at
tention over the past year. The
new brick wall surrounding the
front campus sparked the subse
quent projects that have affected
nine different buildings and the
grounds.
A new tractor and various
other updated pieces of equip
ment have made the extensive
landscaping work that has been
done a lot easier for the
maintenance crew. New flower
beds have been planted random
ly around the campus. A variety
of azaleas liven up the overall ap
pearance as well as the recently
trimmed trees and shrubs. In
another effort to beautify the
campus and protect the environ
ment, a new trash compactor is
being installed in the dining hall.
As a result, the four dumpsters
behind the Ravenscroft House
will no longer be needed.
Despite the large amount of
landscaping that has been ac
complished, the buildings
around Saint Mary’s were not ig
nored. Most of the dorm rooms
were repainted. Ragland, the
Language Arts building, and the
Day Student House were cleaned
thoroughly and repainted as well.
New independent heating and
cooling systems were partially
installed in Pittman, Cheshire
Hall and the Language Arts
building. These independent
systems should cut down on the
school’s energy costs. Win
Crawley, the buildings and
grounds crew director, said, “Our
old mainstream boilers were in
stalled in 1945 and considered
obsolete after 1970. It is less ex
pensive to install individual
heating and air conditioning
systems than to maintain the
main boiler system we have
now.”
The most significant renova
tion on campus is undoubtedly
Pittman Auditorium. One of the
oldest buildings on campus now
has new carpeting, a newly
painted interior and exterior, a
repaired roof, a completely up
dated electrical system, plus the
new independent air condition
ing and heating systems. Thanks
to the hard work of the building
and grounds crew, SMC
students will be able to enjoy
assemblies in the new and im
proved auditorium as well as the
other updated areas that make
up Sairit Mary’s new look.
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