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FEATURES fPq^e ^ive, ‘The MetfUia r Spotlight On ' Beth Wirtjes - ^ By Donna S. Buggs Staff Writer Beth Wirtjes is Montreat- Anderson ’ s Career Counselor and the new resident director for the ladies of Montreat- Anderson Dorm. So far Beth has enjoyed her stay in Mon treat and looks forward to a future here. Beth went to Wheaton College as an undergraduate when she developed an inter est in career counseling and became the employment manager for Wheaton. She received her masters from Northern Illinois University and taught two years in ca reer counseling. Beth is excited about the career program she has set up forMontreat-Anderson. Four to five companies are willing to recruit Montreal students and the campus of UNCA will also allow Montreat stu dents to be recruited there. Beth has had fifty appoint ments so far with students where she tests their skill and interest ability, gives the graduate exam, and helps prepare resumes. Beth likes her job as resi dent director. She shares her time with the girls by sharing her faith in God, having B iblc Studies every Tuesday at 8:00 pm, giving newsletters per taining to dorm/campus life, and having wonderful get-to gethers for M-A Hall in her apartment. When Beth has free time for herself, she attends a singles Bible study and is a member of First Baptist Church in Asheville. She loves to listen to music, grow and nurture plants, and is a writer. She nas had articles lublished in Methodist, Pres- yterian, and Baptist maga zines. Beth also likes to travel abroad with students and is a foimer exchange student of Oxford University. Those who are interested in a certain career or are not sure what careers are avail able, go and see Beth in Whitehaven on the second floor. Harvest Festival cont. from page 1 hotdogs and even shiskabobs-you name it, they had it. Enveloping all the commotion and activ ity was loud and blar ing music-definitely a must in any cele bration of this sort. There was a lot going on, one had to carefully pick and choose what activity Tara Paquette falls head over hech for Stuart take part in be- Nanney at the Pillow Bash. CauSe there waS SO was plenty of food and much. Although the fes- drink. Cotton candy, fun- tival itself got off to a late nel cakes, popcorn, start, it did well. Every one seemed to have a good time. This year’s Har vest Fest was definitely a Tom McMurtry falls victim to child treachery. building block for others to come. To Those of My Country Who Are Not Christians: By Kevin Auman I write to ask a courtesy of you that I will return in kind.Wouldyouconsidertbe things that I believe, and the opinions that I offer in our public arena, on the basis of Truth if I would do the same for yout Would you be willing to consider them as having the potential to be true, instead of disregard ing them because they do not meet with whatever presuppositions you have about the world? I think that we will both find that we can not afford not to, if we are to survive not only as a nation but as a civilization. I must admit that I and other Christians have made the mistake many times of assuming that because we have some Truth, we have all the Truth, For centuries, the Church taught that the Sun revolved around the Earth* Jesusnever said the Sun revolved around the Earth, the Genesis account didn’t mention it either, but that’s what the Church taught. When it was discov ered that the Earth, in fact, revolved around the Sun, the Church had alotof explain- vfflg to do. When the first dinosaur bones were found, rather than using their ex istence to further illuminate the teachings of scripture, the Church told the world that God put them there “to test our faith.” It’s no secret that Christians past and present have blown it time and time again because they have made this false as sumption. It is in this light that I propose that a new courtesy be established between us that will be of mutual bene fit, I do not want to live my short life believing in any thing that is even in part, a lie. Neitherdoiwanttolive under a system of govern ment, the laws and prin ciples of which are based on premises that are nottrue, I have a suspicion that you feel the same way, Wouldit not be to our mutual benefit to consider whatone another has experienced, discovered or believes, and weigh it on the scale of truth? Of course we both know that if we do this we will be forced to admit that much of what we believe or perhaps wish to be true, is either not true, or cannot be proven conclu sively, In light of this, I would hope that we would be willing to acknowledge those things which we do not know for certain and be more tolerant toward one an otherwith regard to these things. Ifl were a Christian living in the thirteenth cen tury, I certainly would rather have been forced to say, “it certainly looks like th e Sun revolves around the Earth, but I can’t be certain that it is not the other way around” than: to teach dog matically something that was not true. There is not benefit whatever in sacrificing truth, for any reason or cause. I might desire ear nestly to believe that hu man beings are basically cont. OP page S
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