MONTREAT
COLLEGE
ALETHEIA
Volume XXXI, Number 3
Montreal College
10 October 1997
Promises Kept, Men Broken
24 local men join 1.7 million Christians in D, C.
By Heather Conroy
Chaplain Ed Bonner took 24
men to join the mass crowds at
tlie Promise Keepers rally in
Washington D.C. on October
4.
Freshman Jason Frazier
said, “There is only one way
to describe it, it was a miracu
lous act of God. There is noth
ing or no one else that could
have brought that many people
together, except our one and
only Jesus.”
The number of students that
Journeyed to D.C, shows the
impact Promise Keepers has at
Montreat; 14% of the male stu
dent body attended the event
of 1.7 million Christian men
from 60 nations.
Freshman Chad Cahill, who
attended a Promise Keepers
rally in Jacksonville, FI, re
marked, “Men came out of their
comfort zones and realized the
impact tliey had on society.
The men realized that change
had to begin
within them
as believers
and brothers
in Christ.”
The
group’s goal
is to live by
seven prom
ises. The
“There is
nothing or no
one else that
could have
brought that
many people
together, except
I was challenged by was the
theme of racial recognition.
Speakers made it clear they
weren’t talking about naive
color blindness, but
a deep self evalua
tion of subtle, un
conscious racial at
titudes of superior
ity, manifested in
body language,
tone, and hidden
thoughts, and a
commitment to over
come them.”
promises en
courage men our One and Only The event lasted
to love their /pc#/c” hours, and
wives as it encouraged, chal-
“Christ loved the Church.”
Men are also inspired to do
more for and in their communi
ties and to overcome racial
boundaries.
Bonner shared, “One thing
lenged, and supported Biblical
principles.
Kevin Warth said, “It was
gratifying to sec so many dif
ferent nations praising the
same God.”
Graham to finish awaited yearbook
By Sliellie Bowser
Advancement Associate for
Alumni Affairs Bob Graham
has agreed to complete the un
finished yearbook, the Agape,
from last year.
Agape Editor Zola Griffin, a
May, 1997 graduate, did not
complete the book due to com
puter problems and lack of pic
tures. The graduate printed all
the color pages spending
$3,000 of the yearbooks allot
ted $6,000. File rest of the
money disappeared since the
yearbook remained unfinished.
“I’m going to take $3,000
from this year’s yearbook bud
get to finish last year’s book.
That will cause problems for
this year’s Agape, if someone
chooses to do one. No one has
yet agreed to edit the 1998
Agape.”
Now that Homecoming is
finished Graham will begin
working on The Agape. He is
unsure of the completion date
but hopes to have the year
book out by this semester.
fim Partlow, a resident di
rector of Davis dorm com
mented, ’’The yearbook is good
to have for memories. Most
people go through major
changes in their life and will
meet their best friends in col
lege.”
Junior soccer player Ami
Wappes remarked, ’’Nice idea,
but it has only been an idea
since my freshman year. The
most recent yearbook came in
1993-94. Ed Carty, a senior resi
dent of Davis said, “Yearbook?
I’ll believe it when I see it!”
Senior basketball guard Will
Mangum wished, “It would be
nice to have a yearbook so we
all can have memories of our
collegiate years. Without them
all our memories will fade
away.”
Bob Graham expressed he
did not need any student help
for the completion of the 1996-
97 year book, but he is looking
for volunteers to help with the
1997-98 Agape. Contact Bob
Graham in the Alumni Office at
ext. 3703, or e-mail
bgraham@montreat.edu.
Circle K boosts service projects
By Roger Watson
Special to The Aletheia
Circle K International, a
branch of Kiwanis International
for college students, kicked off
a campus-wide recruiting effort
Wednesday, September 24 when
more than 100 Montreal stu
dents gobbled down 30 pizzas
from My Father’s Pizza.
The new club, sponsored lo
cally by the Black Mountain-
Swannanoa Kiwanis Club, has
already had two meeting and
planned to begin work on sev
eral service projects.
Circle K International is the
world’s largest collegiate orga
nization dedicated to service
and leadership development.
There are more than 500 clubs in
seven countries.
The Montreal club is one of
several in North Carolina.
Representatives from the
Circle K Club at Appalachian
State University visited last
week to lend a hand and pro
vide some ideas about how to
get the organization off to a blaz
ing start.
Meetings are Wednesdays at
10 p.m. in the lower Belk lobby.
Due to fall break, the next meet
ing will be Wednesday, Oct. 22.
SGA
delays
budget
business
By Marcella Arnold
The Student Government As
sociation has not yet met this
year, but President Fim Partlow
says, “There hasn’t been any
reason to have (a legislative
meeting) yet.”
Partlow has slated this year’s
student services budget as one
of the first orders of business.
Recently, the executive commit
tee passed the budget, and it is
waiting to be passed by the leg
islative committee after fall break.
I'he budget supplies money for
different clubs and school orga
nizations, which has diminished
this year by $6,000.
Partlow said, “It has been hard
dividing up the money because
there is so much less, and every
one wants at least what they re
ceived last year, if not more.”
Recently students have been
questioning exactly what SGA
has been doing. SGA helped
with the heritage dinner, as well
as returning fall break to its
scheduled length.
“This is my first year to be on
the executive committee and I’m
just now seeing what a big or
deal it is to just vote people into
different positions. Not many
people know that we’ve met for
an hour a week since the begin
ning of school. No one sees all
that goes on behind the scenes,”
says Senior Associate Justice
Sam Simpkins. The executive
committee is made up of Class
Presidents, Activities Chairper
son, President and Vice Presi
dent, Secretary, and the Senior
Associate Justice.
Positions are still available on
many different committees for
anyone who wants to get in
volved with student government.
“I wouldn’t necessarily as
sert that Montreat has a mere
lack of student interest, but
more generally a lack of stu
dents,” observed former SGA
president Hunt Briggs.
SGA is waiting for an open
convocation date so legisla
tive to begin meetings. Contact
Partlow at the SGA office, ext.
3636 for more information.