The Aletheia
Montreat-Anderson College
Tuesday, February 23,1993
Baseball's
Home Season
Start Delayed
by Marsha Evans
The Cavalier BasebaU team will
begin their home season on Thursday
at 2:30 pm against rival. Mars Hill
College. Due to icy and concrete-like
field conditions, the game scheduled
for last Thursday, was posponed until
Febmary 25.
Although this out-of-confer
ence game will not be easy for the
Cavs, Mark Smith, one of the team
captains, says, "As long as we play as
a team and come together as one" the
Cavs will win against Mars Hill.
The next difficult game will be
against Piedmont, which is in
Demorest, Georgia, approximately
three hours away. The Piedmont squad
is part of the NAIA program and the
Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Con
ference (GIAC). This group is ex
pected to be very tough and very com
petitive.
The Cavaliers feel that all of
their opponents will be challenging
thisseason. When asked how he thinks
his team will look. Coach Chaplain
remarked, "We have potential later on
to be good, but might stmggle early."
Cavs Endure
Two Losses
By Matt Haney
This past week was anothertough
one for the Cavaliers. It began with our
nine freshman travelling to play the
Carolina Tarheels’ 17 member JV
squad in an unscheduled match-up at
the "Dean Dome."
The Cavs played well forthe first
five minutes of the game. Lance Wat
son even put the Cavs up by three
hitting a two point shot at the 14:04
mark of the first half. Then the Caro
lina defense took hold, shutting the
Cavs out for the next four minutes and
45 seconds, while they pulled out a 26
-19 point advantage.
By the half, the JVs had extended
their lead to 14 points, 48 - 34. From
that point, the Tarheels pulled away to
c^ture a 100 - 78 victory over the
Cavaliers. Pearce Landry led the
Tarheels with 26 points, followed by
Ric Gardner with 12, and Larry Smith
with 11. Kevin Laws and Lance Wat-
M-AC Students Play
Ping-pong
By Ed Heidel
The ping-pong tournament
was a success this past weekend.
Many students came out tO the
Belk Center to join in a heated
competition.
There were three cash prizes
given put to the first three places.
Rob Suddeth won twenty dollars for
first place, Cary Willcox gained ten
doll^ for second and Phil Lomac
earned 5 dollars for fourth, as a result
of Tom Hilgers capturing second
place and declining his cash prize
because he is not a student. All, in all,
the tournament was an enjoyed "pad-
dling experience."
Charles Taylor Holds Meeting
By Matt Haney
This past Saturday, over 100
people turned out to hear and to speak
with Charles Taylor, Republican Rep
resentative of the eleventh Congres
sional District of North Carolina.
He began by thanking those
present for his re-election, citing that
he had received as many democratic
votes as he had republican (both his
district and the crowd were mostly
democratic). He then went on to ex
plain that due to his re-election, he was
now assigned to serve on the powerful
Appropriations Committee of the
United States House of Representa
tives. The Appropriations Committee
is the only committee in the congress
which can create spending bills, and
he considers this to be a position of
great responsibility.
He then detailed last years Bud
get Deficit. Telling the crowd that the
U.S. government took in $ 1.2 Trillion
of our tax money, while spending $1.5
trillion, 25 % more than what was taken
in. He then explained how he would
deal with deficit spending; "There will
always be unmet needs. We need to
set priorities, then meet them in order
until we run out of money, then spend
no more."
Taylor had high praise for Presi
dent Qinton's description of the U.S.
Deficit, saying that is was right in line
with what he and economist like Larry
Brickett have been saying over the
past few years. That is where the
praise ended and the political rhetoric
began.
Taylor, as one of 450 voices in
the House, issued a written challenge
3:30 pm
6 pm
7 pm
9 -11 pm
Friday, Fab. 26
to the new president,
A challenge to con
front the liberal demo
crats (whom he calls
cows) on the Appro
priations Committee
to be more respon
sible and to hold Aem
accountable for their
spending policies.
The Congress
man criticized
Qinton’s budget Defi-
citReductionPlaa He
commented that when
Qinton started, that
for every dollar of
taxes increased, he
wanted to cut two,
then that ration be
came one to one, then
1 to ,25, and now by
Taylor’s estimate it
stands at 1 to .06. Be
cause of this, Taylor
instead of weighing
the merits and draw
backs of each tax pro
posal, spending bell,
and budget cut that
comes before the
house, will vote a
blanket vote. He wiU reject all tax
increases (supported by 71 % of the US
public: CNN/Time poll), vote no on
all spending increases, and vote yes on
all spending cuts (with the exception
of those to cut spending to build more
prisons).
Other issues which the Congress-
man spoke on included his support of
ACTIVmES SCHEDULE
Tuaaday, Fab. 23
10 am Spiritual Emphasis - Dr. Ron Scates Gaither
7 pm Spiritual Emphasis - Dr. Ron Scales Gaither
7 pm Ladies' B-ball Toccoa Falls
9-11 pm Open House Davis and Howerton Halls
Wadnaaday, Fab. 24
10 am Spiritual Emphasis - Dr. Ron Scates Gaither
5:45 pm Student Activities Meeting BCC Lounge
7 pm Spiritual Emphasis - Dr. Ron Scates Gaither
9-11 pm Open House M-A Hall
Thursday, Fab. 25
10 am Spiritual Emphasis - Dr. Ron Scates Gaither
Financial Aid Meeting Gaither
Ladies’ B-ball Milligan
Arms and the Man Audifions BCC Lounge
Open House Davis & Howerton Halls
3 - 5 pm Arms and the Man Auditions
BCC Lounge
7:15 pm Wes King - Doors open
Gaither
8 pm Wes King Concert
Gaither
Saturday, Fab. 27
1 pm M-AC Baseball
Piedmont
7 -10 pm M-AC Night Sports
Club of Asheville
Sunday, Fab. 28
9:45 am InterAct
BCC Lounge
7 pm Vespers
McGregor Lobby
Monday, Mar. 1
3 pm M-AC Baseball
Eton College
4:05 pm SGA Executive 1
BCC Conf. Room
6:05 pm SGA Legislative (Discuss handbook) MSB
7 pm Chess Club
BCC 3rd floor
9:15 pm FCA meeting
BCC Lounge
9 -11 pm Open House
M-A Hall
the line item veto for the President; his
plans to slash the Congressional Bud
get 25% ($450 million); reform wel
fare; stand against homosexuals in the
military; and why he voted no to the
Family Leave Bill. Finally after two
hours the meeting was adjourned and
the Qingressman was allowed to re-
tumhome to he own family and friends.
son led the Cavs with 18 and 17 re
spectively, while Brian Levering con
tributed 14 in a losing effort.
After the game J. B. Bennett said
that he felt the Tarheel J.V.s could
easily take the TV AC conference.
While Lance Watson commented, "I’ve
never seen a team execute so well,
both offensively and defensively," a
sentiment agreed on by Roger Idstrom,
who coached the Freshman against the
Tarheels.
Coach Idstrom said after the game
that the freshman Cavs "Came out
with a lot of heart and played hard all
game. Much of the team was in awe,
growing up Carolina fans, and having
a chance to play in the Smith Center."
Idstrom also stated that this game was
a "great experience, we learned that
you can run a system and do very well.
We don’t always run our offense or
defense effectively, but we learned
how successful you coitld be by watch
ing UNC."
Thursday the Cavaliers’ full
squad ventured to Qinch Valley in a
must win scenario. Brad Gabriel
summed up the team’s attitude before
the game Thursday saying, "This is a
game I feel we can win." But alas, it
was not to be.
The Cavs held the lead for only
the first four minutes and 59 seconds,
then Clinch Valley shut them down,
while Carter and Cagwood went on a
shooting spree. The Cavaliers found
themselves down 58 - 24 at the half.
The second half was no belter.
Qinch Valley opened the lead up to 49
points, 80- 31 before showing an
mercy. Eventually downing the Cava
liers 1(X) - 76. Qinch Valley had six
players in double figures, Lveech lead
ing with 20, while M-AC only had
four, Travis Ross had 17, Brad Gab
riel, Brian Levering and Lance Wat
son.
The day after tomorrow the Cavs
will travel to North Eastern Termessee
to take on a heavily favored Milligan
team that beat the Cavs in the "Cays’
House", 76 - 65 two weeks ago. A loss
effectively puts M-AC out of the tour
ney, while with a victory other teams
must now lose for the Cavs to have a
shot
Sports Club of Asheville Provides Facilities
By Matt Haney
The Activities Committee
has reserved the Sports Club of
Asheville from 7 to 10 pm this
Saturday for M-AC students’ sole
use at no extra cost to the indi
vidual student.
Jacque Atkins gives high
praise for M-AC Night at the Ashe
ville Sports Club citing, "They have
a good weight room, a variety of
work out machines, and an inside
basketball court. Plus, it’s not
crowded with just us students
there."
During the last Sports Club
Night, Cameron Thomas learned
ballet, while nearby, Melissa Duke
took lessons in racquetball. Duke,
after her first visit, views the Sports
Club as a "nice, different thing to
get away from this routine with."
Jason Edwards sums up his
reasons for going by stating, "I go
to have fellowship with other
people who are going . I know I’ll
have a good time; there is a lot to
do."
The Sports Club Night of
fers s^tudents a chance to get off
campus, work off some stress, and
enjoy a first class fitness center.
Sign-up sheets will be posted on
the Activities Bulletin Board in
BCC for those wanting to attend
and those capable of providing
much needed transportation.
The Aletheia
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Eric Bush, Maisha Evans,
Kenneth Graham, Malt Haney,
Ed HeideL Lisa Holc(»nbe,
Jamie King, Shalimar Kinsey,
Kathryn Letterman, & Mark Paidue
Editor
Jennifer Gunsch
Faculty Advisors
Rich Gray & Brian Fuller
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