The major liberal arts library collection the College purchased recently has arrived this week and should be on the shelves, at least in part, for student use this fall.

Approximately 25 volunteers helped unload three semi-truck trailers filled with more than 60 pallets of book boxes in under four hours. Mr. Ed Iverson, Head Librarian of Tyndale Library, coordinated the sale and shipping, and organized the crews that helped move the books into the building for processing.

Processing of the books and getting them on the shelves will probably take more than a year, but the first 12-15,000 key volumes most needed by students, including a strong new reference collection, is already shelved and will be ready for students in August.

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Students on the England study tour took in the Globe Theatre, visited Canterbury, and explored Scarborough Castle
Photographs by Beth Covington

The College's 2005 Study Tour of southeastern England was a wonderful way to make their studies of English history, Shakespeare, and art and architecture come alive. The two-week tour to Canterbury, York, Lindisfarne, Sutton Hoo, London, and many other sites was led by Academic Dean Chris Schlect and Director of Student Affairs Ben Merkle. About 25 students, alumni, and friends of the College spent the last two week of June touring key sites and hearing lectures from the faculty.

If you're interested in hearing more about the 2005 trip or joining the College for another study tour in the future, please contact the College.

City upholds complaint, but code, not College, the problem

College moves ahead with business as usual, preparing new library for next school year, while city revises code

The Moscow City Council voted Monday to overrule its own zoning administrator and uphold a hostile third party complaint against the College being in the downtown business district, but council members were clear that the zoning code--not New Saint Andrews--is the problem and in desperate need of revision.

The College received official city aproval to occupy its historic downtown building back in 2003 and has been operating in the heart of the city with permission since 2001. The College previously rented office and classroom space in Anselm House from 2001 to 2003. The College purchased the Skattaboe Block building on Friendship Square in 2002 and made extensive city-approved remodeling changes prior to receiving an occupancy permit in early 2003.

Though the council's vote technically went against the College and its prior approvals, council members were clearly supportive of fixing the code rather than causing the College any undue concerns. Council members expressed reluctance to "create a hardship for New Saint Andrews." Councilwoman Linda Pall suggested that the council "agree to six months of no action of enforcement" to correct the inconsistencies in the code.

NSA Board Member Doug Wilson said, "The good news is that at least three of the council members who voted against us indicated that they knew the problem was with the wording of the code, and not with NSA's presence downtown. The council clearly committed itself to a process of changing the code, the discussion making it plain that the city would not enforce the decision against us in the short run. This would leave time for the code to be changed."

Dr. Roy Atwood, College president, said that the College is grateful for the support members of the city council showed and appreciative of their desire to correct the zoning technicalities while the College continues to serve its students and the Moscow community from Friendship Square.

The College has 28 days to appeal the decision, but may not have to if the City Council completes appropriate revisions in the code. In the meantime, the College is moving ahead with installation of its new library collection and making its usual preparations for the start of the next academic year in August.

For more information about progress on the zoning issue, please contact Bob Hieronymus, the College's executive vice president.