Volume XXIX, NO. 6
Methodist College, Fayetteville, N.C. 28311
April 30,1992
Faculty and SGA Approve
Campus - Wide Smoking Policy
by Diana Pressley
Methodist College faculty approved a
new campus-wide smoking policy at the
February 28th faculty meeting. This poli
cy went into effect March 16, 1992, and
prohibits smoking in all campus build
ings, including all lobbies, hallways,
stairwells, laboratories, classrooms, and
offices. The new policy does allow for
smoking in private residential rooms of
the residence halls, but only if all occu
pants of the room are smokers.
The Student Government Association
also passed a non-smoking policy regard
ing the residence halls. No smoking will
be permitted in public areas of the resi
dence halls which include lobbies, hall
ways, and restrooms. Smoking will be
jjermitted in rooms of residents only if
all occupants of the room agree to permit
it. A five dollar fine will be issued to
students found in violation of this policy.
This new policy follows the trend to
wards eliminating smoking from public
areas. All airlines now ban smoking on
domestic flights. Many companies and
most government agencies ban smoking
in tlie workplace. Much research has
been done on the effects of second-hand
smoke.
In 1985, three major bodies were
commissioned by the National Research
Council at the request of the Environ
mental Protection Agency (EPA). All
three arrived at the same conclusion-that
passive smoking significantly increases
the chance of lung cancer in adults. They
also agreed that passive smoking greatly
increases respiratory illnesses in children.
In an article which appeared in the
June 11, 1990 issue of Newsweek, Stan
ton Glantz, a San Francisco heart re
searcher, suggested that passive smoking
causes ten times as much heart disease as
it does lung disease. Glantz and his col
laborator, Dr. William Parley, showed
that living with a smoker increases heart-
disease mortality and lung cancer mortal
ity. Glantz estimates that 50,000 deaths
per year occur as a result of passive
smoking.
Class of '92 to Bury
Time Capsule
by Diana Pressley
Our world has changed drastically in
the last four or five years. Communism
has crumbled, the Soviet Union is no
more, and
a man named Saddam Hussein made
headlines.
The Christian Life Council and the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes are
planning to bury a time capsule as part of
this year's graduation ceremonies. All
graduating seniors have the chance to
contribute some item which reflects diese
changes in our world and on campus dur
ing their time here. This is only the sec
ond time a capsule has been buried here
at Methodist. This one will be opened in
the year 2007 during homecoming cere
monies.
Some suggestions of items to include
are:
1.
2.
3.
a one-page, typed personal reflec
tion upon the meaning of one or
more of the world-changing
events in the international com
munity.
a one-page, typed reflection on
your college experience and what
it has meant and how it has
helped shape your life.
Poetry, prose, art, photos, me
mentos of your college life.
These items must be small and
appropriate in nature.
THE TIME CAPSULE COMMIT
TEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DE
TERMINE THE ACCEPTABILITY OF
ALL STATEMENTS AND ITEMS
SUBMITTED.
The deadlines for the one-page, typed
reflections are due by Monday, April 27.
A written description of any item includ
ed in #3 must also be submitted by April
27. All objects, items, and mementos
must be submitted by Thursday, April
30.
You can submit these items to Aman
da Cook, Garber Room 214 (630-7333),
Rob Pilewski, Cumberland, Room 106
(630-7509), or Carrie Parrish, Campus
Ministry Office (630-7157).
The time capsule will be planted im
mediately following the Baccalaureate
service on Sunday, May 17, at approxi
mately 11:45 a.m., in the bell tower
quadrangle. All seniors, families and
Iriends are invited.
College Bowl Team
Defeats Wake Forest
by Christopher Laning
The Methodist College Bowl Team
beat the team from Wake Forest Univer
sity for the second time this semester at a
tournament in Virginia. Methodist fin
ished second overall.
The invitational event was held April
11th at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville. Two teams from NC
State, a team from the University of Vir
ginia, a team from Wake Forest Univer
sity, and a team from Elon College com
peted in the event. In addition another
team was comprised of extra players
from both Elon College and Methodist,
two teams that have played each other
many times in the last year. There was
also a team from a private high school in
Charlottesville.
Student Attacked
by Jennifer Seamon
A female student was attacked Mon
day, April 6, in the ladies' restroom on
the top floor of Reeves Auditorium. The
attacker became nervous when the stu
dent screamed. He ran down the hall into
the art department. Finding no exit, he re
traced his steps and ran out the side doors
by the fountain.
Mr. Wilson, theatre instructor, heard
the screaming and went to investigate.
He followed the attacker into the student
union. The man ran out the east side of
the student union and ran into the PAC.
Shortly afterwards, security arrived
on the scene. They questioned eyewit
nesses and obtained a description of the
suspect. However, the suspect has not
been apprehended yet.
Fortunately, the student was not hurt.
If anyone has any information regard
ing this incident, please contact campus
security.
The Methodist Varsity squad consisted
of Cathy Griffith, Steven Fann, Marty
Brock, and Jeannie Denman. The team
started off with a loss to the high school
team. In Methodist's defense, the high
school team was good.
After that loss the Methodist team be
gan to come on strong. Their only other
loss of the day was to NC State's 1st
team. So the Methodist Team finished
with a record of 5-2 for the day which
tied them for second place with the team
from the University of Virginia.
Two other Methodist players, Chris
Laning and Terry Lydick competed on
the combined Methodist/Elon team. The
combined team went by the names of:
"The Unified Team", "The Amalgamated
Team", "The Bye" and "The Methalon
Blues". This team did not fair as well as
Methodist but finished with a record of
1-6. That was enough to allow them to
finish ahead of NC State's second team.
NC State's first team finished in first
place, followed by the tie for second be
tween Methodist College and the Univer
sity of Virginia. Third place went to the
high school team and fourth place was
captured by Wake Forest. Fifth place
went to the Elon team and sixth place to
the "Methalon" team. NC State kept the
field boxed-in with their second team
rounding out the bottom.
This was the last competition for the
team this year, but they are already mak
ing plans for next year. Look out NC
State!