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Volume I, Number 1
From the
NEW COLLEGE
PRESIDENT
WILLIAM HURT
Montreat-Anderson College
September 18,1991
Students Speak Out in SGA
by Kim White
Eat More Ice Cream
Tucked away in our
subconscious is an idyllic vision.
We see ourselves on a long trip
that spans the continent. We are
traveling by train. Out the win
dows we drink in the passing
scene of cars on nearby high
ways, of children waving at the
crossing, of cattle grazing on a
distant hillside, of smoke pour
ing from a power plant, of row
upon row of corn and wheat, of
flatlands and valleys, of moun
tainsandrolling hillsides, of city
skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our
minds is the final destination.
On a certain day at a certain
hour we will pull into the station.
Bands will be playing and flags
waving. Once we get there, so
many wonderful dreams will
come true and the pieces of our
lives will fit together like a
completed jigsaw puzzle. How
restlessly we pace the aisles,
damning the minutes for loiter
ing - waiting, waiting, waiting
for the station.
"When we reach the
station, that will be it!” we cry.
"When rm 18." "When I buy a
new 450 SL Mercedes Benz!"
"When I put the last kid through
college.” "When I have paid off
the mortgage!" "When I get a
promotion." "When I reach the
age of retirement, I shall live
happilyever after!"
Sooner or later we must
realize there is no station, no
one place to arrive at once and
for all. The true Joy of life is the
Ice cream cont. pg. six
The Student Govern
ment Association is off to a fast-
paced start this year with senior
Reid Cavnar as President S.G.A.
Legislative meetings are held
each Monday evening at 6:00
p.m. Students are encouraged to
attend any Legislative meeting
and voice their concerns,
opinions, and ideas. Several
issues have been presented
already this semester.
S .G. A. Legislative voted
to have as Student Government
theme for the year, “Serve to
Lead.” As student leaders on
campus, we seek to serve the
student body in representing
them for their best interests. The
idea is Scriptural; Jesus said,
“Whoever wants to become great
among you must be your
servant....just as the Son of Man
did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give His life as a
ransom for many” (NIV Matthew
20:26).
Also, as members of the
student body, we can practice
serving one another in love.
S.G.A. will soon be selling T-
shirts with this theme, designed
by art professor Jim Southerland,
to the student body at a non
profit price.
The S.G.A. has voted to
sponsor a pep rally/picnic as part
of Homecoming Weekend
activities to boster school spirit
and to involve the community.
Karen Campbell will be
organizing the pep rally with the
assistance of Naj Alicea, Mike
Liebler, Frances Domingues, and
other volunteers. Plans are not
finalized, but some ideas voiced
at the Legislative meeting
include the introduction of our
soccer and volleyball teams,
cheers from the cheerleading
squad, background music by
student instrumentalists, and
decorations. The pep rally/picnic
will be held in the Bam.
A topic which has
sparked high emotion in S.G.A.
Legislative is inadequate parking
on campus. The point was raised
after the car registration fee was
increased 133% this year.
Students questioned the purpose
for the increase, especially since
parking space is insufficient;
many felt that parking stickers
should not have been issued
beyond the number of available
spaces. Students proposed some
interesting solutions to the
parking problem, including
paving and marking MA Hall’s
gravel lot and having day
students park in the Anderson
Auditorium lot. A committee
was formed to prepare a case for
these issues with Matt Liebler as
chairman. The committee will
discover the number of stickers
that has already been issued, the
number of parking spaces
available to each dorm and day
students, and the number of
residents with cars in each and of
day students. Reid Cavnar will
incorporate these statistics in a
written proposal of solutions to
the parking problem.
A suggestion was
brought before S.G.A. that the
profits from vending and laundry
machines, in each dorm, be
directed to the dorm for its own
use, instead of into the general
operating fund of the college.
This would allow students more
input as to how it is allocated. A
committee was formed with A1
Goodman as chairman to prepare
a formal proposal and to set up
guidelines for the use of the
profits.
Several members of the
student body expressed an
interest in renovating the Belk
Campus Center Snack Bar. Mark
Bolick is chairing this committee
to investigate this possibility. The
proposed remodled Snack Bar
would have a warmer
atmosphere, create a focal point
for the campus, provide live
musical entertainment on the
weekends on its open mike stage,
and be a point of interest for
prospective students.
Suggestions submitted by the
committee include: cover the
walls with rough wood planks,
remove the suspended ceiling
and fluorescent light, install track
lighting over the stage and
suspended lights over the tables,
carpet the floor, replace blue and
yellow tables and booths with
wooden ones. The proposal also
includes extending the hours of
the Snack Bar and offering a
wider variety of food items.
Any students who would
like to make suggestions to the
SGA Cont. Pg. Six
INSIDE
Take It or Leave It 2
SCA News 2
SGA President Letter 3
Cafeteria Changes 4
Murder in the Past Tense 7
Volleyball Underway 8
Spirtually Speaking 8