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Mars Hill, North Carolina
Jrth Day’s Twentieth
i^niversary Leaves Its Mark
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iiiii Hon, from the Marine Biological
°n at the University of Georgia,
® 'iie ice in Belk Auditorium on
April 5.
Concerned Citizens for the En-
jnient (CCE), were responsible for
9 Hon, four local environmental
and a San Franciscan
l^s/piaywright, to speak on several
of the deteriorating environ-
Earth Day celebration was the
first project to alert people
‘he state of the environment. They
® i^ “planted the seed for future ac-
and awareness,” said Becky
. h one founding member of the
i^'^his point, I have more questions
^^aswers,” said Hon, beginning his
Sion on the global perspectives of
. .^'[onment. His theme is to “think
about such things as ozone,
'oti and climatic warming.
1^1 'ists the major factors in these
®nis; fluorocarbons used in
I ^ion and “dirty fuels” such as
Noil.
(j°'^®'"hnnent, he said, is the “chief
^ J because it exempts itself from
9olations applied to other in-
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problem is, we have no
energy policy for the future,”
igl ^ Kelly, the first activist on the
ijt’^boke on land-use planning and
'Th ^^®sting practices.
^^berlying problem with the en-
'a growth,” Kelly stated. She
^clu beware of growth in this
)ij highway 1-26, which will pass
‘Lg ^^bison County.
'Us f planning is the tool we
^11^ ‘^'■growth planning,” Kelly said,
ter p ^bchanan, from the Clean
in Asheville, spoke next.
frQrT®®'^^ed the causes which keep
dv rv. ^'®3ning the “mess we’ve al-
J^ade."
C|^ H^^®htioned that Chemtronics in
fitter the GE plant in
'urrN . are sources of heavy
St ell ®*^bment, citizens and industry
'iror^^^hicipate if we are to solve our
a 'Kent’s problems,” Buchanan
'^aues of solid and nuclearwaste
and disposal were handled by an activist
from Laurel, Lou Zellar. Zellartold of the
hazards of our landfills due to the was
tes dumped there.
He does not believe the
government’s 25 percent recycling goal
is acceptable: “An 80-90 percent recy
cling rate is realistic” in order to reduce
the volume of the landfills. He proved
this could be done by mentioning the 70
percent recycling rate in some
European countries.
Alan Smith, who spoke on biodiver
sity and endangered species, is an en
vironmental consultant from Mars Hill.
Smith mentioned the destruction of the
rain forests, especially in South
America, as being detrimental, but also
describes the thousands of undis
covered species in North Carolina
destroyed daily by the construction of
golf courses.
“Thousands of species of organisms
are disappearing in sight of Mars Hill. It’s
just that we don’t think of it every day,”
said Smith.
After an hour and a half of discus
sion, the moderator. Dr. Arthur Schmel-
tokopf, former NOAA atmospheric
scientist, sumed up the refurbished en
vironmental distress: “There are no
quick and easy solutions to these
problems.”
Later that evening, Rosa Perez, from
San Francisco, put the final touch on the
MHC Earth Day celebration with her
one-woman play, Real Town.
“It’s a parable of hope in the Nuclear
Age,” said Horner. “Everybody works in
harmony. They are all happy, but that is
not the way it is in our world, today. That
is what Rosa wants us to see, and try to
change.”
One MHC student. Carmen Ford,
said, “I think she wanted to make
everybody realize they have to wake up!
She wants us to know that we all need
to work together for peace and not to let
the Nuclear Age get us.”
The Earth Day celebration was or
ganized by the CCE, and co-sponsored
by that group. Mars Hill College and the
Hester Center for Peace and Justice.
The CCE hope to provide similar
programs and activities next year.
The common consensus was that
Earth Day was a success, but “remem
ber,” said Horner, “Earth Day was not
just today [April 5], it’s every day!”
Bronze, Silver and Gold
Tammy Condrey
Co-editor
On Wednesday, April 18, the Mars
Hill Collegiathon team traveled to
Catawba college for the last two com
petitions: GPA and track. Also, the first,
second and third place overall awards
and sportsmanship award were given.
Collegiathon, is a nine event com
petition between eight Carolina small
colleges. Events in this year-long battle
include tennis, golf, chess, non-trivia
quiz, swimming, bridge, volleyball, track
and GPA.
Mars Hill went into the last events
with a gold medal in bridge and a bronze
in non-trivia quiz. Bridge gold was taken
home by Rob Cothran, Tammy Con
drey, Ruth Thomas and Mike Free while
the non-trivia quiz bronze medals were
given to Condrey, Cothran, Free, and
Michelle Hutt.
Team members Doug Searcy, Jeff
Searcy pealed-out and finished off a
golden victory for the Lions with a 5:35
mile, only eight seconds off the Col
legiathon record.
Following behind the Lions, came
the Wingate Bulldogs and the Elon
Fighting Christians. Hutt, Carringer,
Searcy and Wakefield stood with pride
as the gold metals were placed on their
necks and the Mars Hill alma mater was
played.
Following the closing ceremonies,
the team headed for the banquet hall for
the GPA, overall, and sportsmanship
awards. Mars Hill knew they had to place
close to Wingate in GPA in order to take
the overall third-place award.
As GPAs were announced Wingate
took third. The Lions were called next
taking the silver with a 3.660 average
GPA. This was only thousandths behind
Wakefield and Lynn Carringer went to the 3.668 of Erskine, who took the gold.
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which had received one as of yet.
At 3:30 Carringer, Searcy, Wakefield
and Hutt hit the track in the four mile
relay.
Wakefield made an impressive start
as he pulled out in front of the other com
petitors in the first leg. He lost his lead,
coming in third behind Elon and Win
gate - ending his mile with a time of 5:51.
Carringer took the baton from
Wakefield and headed off afterthe Fight
ing Christian and Bulldog. She took
Wingate’s second runner and handed
the baton off to Hutt 7 minutes, 7
seconds later.
On the final curve of Hutt’s mile, she
came up beside the Elon Fighting Chris
tian and a neck-to-neck final leg began
for Searcy. Searcy and the male from
Elon stayed heel-to-heel until the third
lap of the race. On the backstretch.
This second place insured the bronze
overall.
Dr. Donald Schmeltekopf, Provost of
MHC, who came down to watch the
awards ceremony, placed the medals
for overall placing around the team’s
necks. He was accompanied by Dr.
Richard Hoffman, assistant to the Presi
dent.
Coach and Dr. Larry Stern was
presented with the permanent plaque
that will be engraved and left at MHC for
a memento of the 1989-90 games. The
team expresses deep appreciation for
all the work put in by their coach and his
wonderful support for their endeavors.
The medals will now be set aside and
dreams will enter the minds of the
sophomore team members who will be
able to participate in the 1991-1992
games.