The Aletheia
Montreat-Anderson College
Friday, March 11,1994
Freedom
Proposed to
Cabinet
By Chad Smith
Last Tuesday SGA voted in the Re
lations Committee proposal to extend open
dorm hours for next year.
With this proposal, there will be
open dorm every day, including the week
end, from the hours of 3pm to 11pm. Each
residence hall will have the same open
dorm hours rather than the current rota
tion of resident hall open dorm nights.
There are three stipulations to
this new proposal: no one will be
sitting desk, instead visitors will be
accompanied upstairs by the resident,
the door still must be open at all times,
and students will be accountable for
their own actions.
Although the proposal has been
passed through SGA, it still has to go
through the Cabinet. If voted in by them,
it will become official as early as next
year.
JuniorResident Assistant Jay Smith
Health Center Hours Inconvenience Patients
By Daniel! Hartness
Conflicts occurred over the
nurse's hours coinciding with class
hours. College nurse Connie Cort
works in the clinic on the mornings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from
9 to 12, and from 12 to 3 on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons .
Many students have morning and
afternoon classes during the hours that
the nurse is available. Drama Minis
try team member Jennie Hinman ques
tioned, "What happens if your classes
happen to be during that time? You're
out of luck."
Freshman Christy Waddell
stated, "[The nurse] needs to be here
all the time, because anything can
happen at anytime."
Waddell recalled when she had a
high fever and had to go home because
the nurse was not in at that time.
Basketball player Shane Wilson
also agreed that M-AC needs Cort to
be a full-time nurse.
Vice-President for Student De
velopment Charlie Lance stated that
during times of emergency, one should
go to student services or a resident
staff member. Also, Dr. Cargyle lo
cated on US 70, and the Urgent Care in
Swannanoa, are available.
Cort's responsibilities include
identifying routine sicknesses, follow
ing up, and giving adequate medicine
for illnesses.
According to Cort, there are ap
proximately 25 to 35 people per week
that seek medical services. Students
have consistently complained that the
nurse's hours do not sufficiently meet
their needs. They also suggested that
the nurse's hours be extended later in
the day, and that the hours would be
the same for every day of the week.
Corts stated, "I would like to be
available each day so the students
would have a time where they could
see me without cutting class."
doubted, "It will never happen. It has been
tried before and always voted out by ad
ministration. If it does happen, I think it
will help because students will feel more
like adults."
SGA member Robby Suddeth added,
"I agree with the proposal. Yes, it will be
abused to some degree, but it allows us
more freedom for things like Bible studies
Cafeteria Opens New "Bar”
By Jack Spencar, Special to the Aletheia
Starting in the next few weeks, you will be able to dial E-A-T (328) on the school phone
system to inquire about the daily menu. Any one interested in coming to our bi-weekly food
committee meetings held at 6 on Wednesday nights in the cafeteria private dining hall is
welcome.
Recently, anew suggestion box has been made available. I will respond to these suggestions
daily. All suggestions and responses will be posted at the entrance to the dining hall.
Our new World Fare program is a concept that is isolated daily and has been designed
to create additional options from the standard hot food line.
World Fare options include concepts such as pasta extravaganza, nachos plus, and
baked potato bars.
The ARA, the company that provides food for the college, has featured a daily
vegetarian selection as well as a self-serve vegetable line, which will also include a non-
seasoned selection.
Many of these improvements are the result of suggestions from you, the students, and
from the faculty and staff. Please feel free to make any further suggestions as my door is
always open.
Dasburg Leads Support Groups
By Jeff Lang
There is an active counseling pro
gram on campus this semester headed
up by Dee D asburg.
Dasburg is a student at Western
Carolina University. She completed
her practicum at M-AC last year and
will be receiving her masters in Coun
seling from WCU this May.
Dasburg logs forty unpaid hours
per week serving M-AC students. She
focuses on individual and group coun
seling in a discussion format. Her
service is free and absolutely confi
dential. When asked about student's
resistance to going to a counselor,
Dasburg responded, "I feel like more
students are coming. I'm seeing about
ten on a regular basis."
Dasburg has launched a series of
new small support groups. Some of
these groups include: a support group
for graduating seniors, a self-evalua
tion group, and a therapeutic twelve-
step program focusing on the use of
Jesus Christ as the higher power of the
program format.
Dasburg would like to remain in the
college counseling arena: "I want to work
with coUege-age students... [because tliey]
are away from home and are doing a lot of
identity development."
Part-time campus nurse Connie
Cort praised Dasburg's work, "She's
very caring and dedicated to the well
being of all the students."
McGregor resident Kerie Peter
son expressed, "Dee is a thoughtful,
caring person who has a lot of great
insights. She is always there for any
one who just wants to talk."
An editorial...
Acting Business Chief Responds
By Pete McDanel, Interim Chair of Business Department
I disagree with the headline of the recent issue of the Aletheia
regarding the Business Division changes in professors for the 1994-1995
college year.
The statement "Business Division Shaken by Changes; Kaminar,
Batson, Pate Dismissed" was totally inconsistent with the body of the
report. (Which was well written and accurately represented the contents of
the meeting). The first paragraph of the report mentioned correctly that Dr.
Kaminar and Dr. Batson resigned; the position of Mr. Pate was eliminated
because of the lack of students in the accounting concentration.
Unfortunately, the final product will be remembered for the lack of
respect for individuals who served the college well over many years. The
lack of respect for the careers of these individuals was ignored; instead a
shocking headline was used to ruin their reputations. I frankly was
embarrassed for them and the college. The college has handled this issue
with tact and class. I wish the college newspaper had done the same.
and indoor tackle-the-smackle."
The reason for this proposal is to
help decrease the number of students
that move off campus. This year one
fourth of the student body resided off
campus.
Another aspect for having a new
open dorm policy is to help build up
residence life. By having all students
on campus and giving them the free-
doip to visit members of the opposite
sex, this will increase the potential for a
more personable and unified student body.
Chairman of the Relations Conimit-
tee Janie King conveyed that this proposal
started last semester when over fifty stu
dents met together with a new open dorm
policy as their main concern.
Cavaliers Make Line Drive To Florida
By Sean Anderson
Over spring break, the Cavaliers
will face all of their opponents in
Florida. On Sunday, March 12, the
men will compete for the first time
against North Florida University, an
NCAA Division II school, located in
Jacksonville. Last year. North Florida
was ranked #1 in the NAIA confer
ence. Coach Darin Chaplain stated
that they will be a very tough team.
On Monday morning, the team
will come together with Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. Although the
institute is located inTroy, New York,
the game will be played in Tampa
Bay. Rensselaer is an NCAA Division
III team.
On Monday afternoon, the Cavs
will battle Eckard College, in St. Pe
tersburg. Eckard is an NCAA Divi
sion II team.
On Tuesday, the Cavs will jour
ney to Clearwater to vie against
Geneva College. Geneva and M-AC
share the same conference.
On Thursday, the men will com
mute to Melbourne to contend with
the Florida Institute of Technology.
Florida Tech is an NCAA Division II
team.
On Friday, the team will join the
NCAA Division I University of Massa
chusetts in Tampa to fight for the win.
Shortstop Chad Greene com
mented, "We get to play them one at a
time. We are going to be happy to be
there and with the good Lord's will
ing, things will work out."
Somebody Turn On the Lights
By Danlell Hartness
Lack of lighting in various places
across campus has students, faculty,
and staff concerned for their safety.
Resident Director of Howerton
Roger Idstrom explained that there
have been a lot of questions about
safety because of the lack of lighting
around campus.
Idstrom further expressed that if
there have been delays in the response
to complaints, it has been because the
Mountain Retreat Association (MRA)
and the college's property lines inter
twine.
Last semester the Student Gov
ernment Association formed a com
mittee to address this problem. Former
student Jamie King began the project
by taking a walk around campus with
sophomore Lisa Me Murry, Howerton
resident Robby Suddeth, and Maury
Hurt, architect and part-time volun
teer for M-AC. They carried a map
and evaluated potentially hazardous
areas.
Although the campus is dark.
Hurt explained that the problem could
be improved by replacing the burned
out lights with new ones.
The problem areas are along
Winsborough Road located between
Howerton and McAlister Gym. Lights
cannot be put on or in front of
Winsborough Road because the
Winsborough building belongs to the
MRA and the lights on the road belong
to Carolina Power and Light (CP &L).
Volleyball player Gail
Collingsworth offered, "If there was
another light near the gym, there would
be enough lighting."
Another dimly lit place on cam
pus is around Lake Susan. But trans
fer student Paul Fuller defended,
"Lights around the lake would ruin the
romantic atmosphere and the scenic
wonders of Montreat."
Some students report that the
lighting in the M-A Hall and Davis
parking lots is inadequate. These lights
also belong to CP & L.
Maintenance is working on the
lights on school property and have
reported the remainder to CP & L.
Hurt warned, "CP & L are busy
and are usually not quick to respond."
The Aletheia
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Kathryn Letterman
Managing Editor
Jennifer Moore
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Contributors
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DanieU Hartness, Jeff Lang,
Kerie Peterson, Chad Smith.
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