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Mars Hill, North Carolina
Friday, February 8,1991
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from day to day, aOn Saturday, Jan. 26, 18 Mars Hill
king our sins on Hifage students joined approximately
000 other people in Washington,
ks for what is given i jp a walk for peace. The walkers in-
jnificant matters to led people from all over the country
in be proud of rathei|| ages, races, and ethnic back-
unyielding to thos^nds. The one thing everybody had
>mmon was the desire for peace in
3, the right to chooVliddie East.
bottom line is this; ‘he students from Mars Hili went to
1 do is live moral, diaiiy for many individual reasons in-
ing observation, learning, and par-
vas killed Dec. 4 in ation. Not everyone who went
him. His death maded the same opinions about the
nd try to be the ver^ and several have stated that their
ill be Going Homengs have changed since attending
Lisa Ramsey is our intention to state our
igs around the war and the anti-war
Bst that we attended. It must be
Tim Plaut
Kristin Rabai
Guest Writers
national debt, crime, and countless
other problems. We recognize the ser
vicemen and women for what they are:
brave representatives of our country.
But, as stated in a letter to the editor of
the Asheville Citizen on Jan. 30, many of
them are not sure what the issues are
and what they are fighting for. We know
that the troops are not the war, but vic
tims in a conflict that has yet to be given
a defined purpose. We simply want our
folks home physically and mentally heal
thy.
In War, Truth is the First Casualty
It seems that we are experiencing similar
patterns from the Bush administration
as were seen during the early years of
Vietnam. President Bush’s bold state
ments of this war not being another Viet-
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action of helping okf that we do not pretend to repre
gifts are due in th^ the feelings of all the students who
lent Office on or bt on the trip.
17. Please help malSupport the Troops, Bring Them
e a success! k Alivel This slogan and several
ations were the most common ones
on signs and banners throughout
•ally. The most common misconcep-
and irrational accusation about the
and its members is that the people
•took part are “anti-American” or un-
iotic. What is patriotic about wishing
family and friends into a war in which
potential for mass destruction is un-
'edented? As Americans, we feel the
need for our brave soldiers and
is here in the United States,
Z ON ‘IIIH sje^re their talents and skills can be
Z ‘ON iiLUjeJi^ to fight the wars that are crippling
QI\/j:ountry NOW, namely the homeless
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nam, of a quick and decisive victory, and
relatively little risk to our troops are al
ready proving false. In making state
ments like this, the administration was
able to win popular support from the
American people and Congress toward
starting the war, but are we to believe
that he so grossly underestimated the
Iraqis that his estimates have “changed”
from “a week” to a year? Contrary to
what the government wished us to think,
it was not the press coverage of Vietnam
that turned the people against the war,
but the blatant censorship and
dishonesty of the Pentagon and the
White House. We deserve to know the
truths behind this war, why it is being
fought and what is happening with our
men and women in Saudi Arabia.
continued on page 4
1991 Graduation Plans Underway
Lisa Ramsey
Staff Writer
The 1991 graduation at Mars Hill Col
lege will be an event to remember.
Graduating is always a memorable oc
casion, but this year will be exceptional.
If “The Rain Man” doesn’t show up,
Meares Stadium will be the location of
the 1991 Commencement, Mars Hill
College’s first outdoor graduation.
This event is not designated as atrial,
but simply the college’s compliance
with the wishes of the senior class. It is
hoped, however, that it will set a prece
dent for future graduation ceremonies.
Although there is some concern that
an outdoor graduation will not be as for
mal or dignified as those held in the past,
most of the people involved in the plan
ning do not share in this feeling.
The President’s Cabinet made the
decision to have the ceremony in
Meares at the beginning of January. The
first meeting of the Student Affairs Coun
cil was held on Jan. 30 to begin planning
for the occasion. Planning for the bac
calaureate and commencement has
been the responsibility of the President,
the Academic Dean, and the Registrar.
The council was added to help plan this
new event.
The decision was made to have the
May 12 event in Meares, primarily be
cause it is what a number of students,
faculty, staff members, and parents re
quested. Some of the reasons given for
having it outdoors are as follows: it will
allow more people to attend, it will be a
“more joyous” celebration, it will high
light the natural beauty of the campus,
and it will be cooler than the auditorium.
The baccalaureate will still be held in
Moore at 11:00 on May 12. Graduation
will be at 3:00 that afternoon.
Line-up for the processional is a cru
cial part of the ceremony. Approximate
ly 200 students will be graduating this
year and all of them must be in proper
sequence in the line in order of their
degrees and alphabetically. December
and May graduates are given their
diplomas first, then the August grads are
given theirs. In order to limit confusion,
line-up for both the baccalaureate and
commencement is planned to be in
Cornwell Hall. Seniors and ap
proximately 85 faculty members will
process across to Moore for the bac
calaureate and down the center steps of
the campus to the stadium for commen
cement.
In years past all seniors were allotted
seven seats for family and friends for the
ceremony in Moore. This year because
it will be in Meares, seats for the stadium
are not limited, but it is planned to still
give seniors their allotted number of tick
ets (seats) in Moore in case of inclement
weather.
The set-up for the commencement is
to have a podium with stage placed in
the center of the football field with seats
for the graduates in rows of 30 chairs
facing the stage and faculty in rows to
the right and left of the graduates on the
field also facing the stage. Decorations
are still in the planning, but it was sug
gested that the senior class or SGA help
with them.
A meeting of the senior class to dis
cuss graduation and other concerns is
being planned. Announcement of this
meeting (time, date, place, etc.) will be
posted.
The color of the graduates’ robes
was also a consideration. Robes have
always been black, but it was mentioned
that the Mars Hill royal blue color might
be nice.
Music for commencement will
definitely be by students and/or faculty.
Live music from the colleges’ concert
band is a strong possibility. Singing
from part of the choir is also planned.
Speeches from President Bentley
and Dr. Grayson will be part of the
ceremony as is a tradition at Mars Hill;
however, the last part of the ceremony
will be the benediction in Meares (a
recessional always takes place in
Moore’s ceremony).
Even though the 1991 graduation in
Meares Stadium will be a break in the
tradition of Mars Hill College, it will not
detract from the joy, beauty, and overall
sense of accomplishment and pride that
have always been a part of that glorious
Sunday afternoon on “The Hill.”
INSIDE
2— Editorial
3— Time Out!: Go West
4— War: Our Response
5 —Forum on War
6 —Crossword