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Published Weekly Atlantic Christian College April 28, 1980 Nl^BFK 1
NEW IIGGIME
TAKES OVER
TIIINCLAIIS FALL!
Finally after days of anxious
anticipation, 1 got the official
word that 1 had Deen elected to
the post of Collegiate editor. On
many occasions during the
previous days, I had received
the unofficial word but nothing
had been confirmed.
The anticipation finally came
to “a grande finale” at about
11:00 p.m. on April 21 when 1
was omciallv informed of the
good news, f had won a run-off
election against no-one else.
So you may ask, “Why the
worry if there was no opposi
tion?” To answer this we'll nave
to go back a few weeks before to
the original elections. In those
elections, there was no one
running on the ballot for the
Collegiate editor, so 1 ran as a
write-in candidate. I was the
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only one running but yet 1 still
lost the election. How? Well,
1 evidently did not campaign
enough because the winner
needed a certain percentage of
the students votes (amounting
to 39) which 1 obviously didn t
get. So it can be seen why 1 was
nappy to win (even without
opposition).
Anyway getting back to the
story, after 1 was told about my
■‘victory", I gathered toother
four of my handpicked staff and
marched over to the Collegiate
office. We found a room in
shambles. There were papers
and trash scattered wall-to-wall
and there were walls so clut
tered with papers that they
resembled one massive collage.
So the new staff went to work.
WE CLEANED THE DESKS OF
OLD TRASH AND THREW IT
ON THE FLOOR. Then we
swept all of their trash into one
big fire hazard for the maids to
clean up in the morning (you can
see the new ^ys are already
catching on!). By one o’clock in
the morning, the place was
transformed completely.
So that's where we are today.
We all are sitting in a nice clean
and neat office with all of our
inexperience, not knowing
heads or tails about what's
going to happen next. However,
we all have desire and dedic
ation plus a willingness to learn.
1 think that may prove to be a
winning formula. Of course,
those of you who know me
personally know where thinking
usually gets me.
LOOKING BACK
Another sports year is wind
ing down here at Atlantic
Christian, and its time to look
back and reflect on the achieve
ments and glory of the varsity
teams during the 1979-80 cam-
pa^n.
The soccer team of Coach
Dave Adkins opened their sea
son in guest of their second
consecutive ClAC champion
ship, which they had wrestled
away from Pfieffer and Guilford
in 1978, and winning the NAIA
District 26 crown for the first
time in the school’s history. The
'Dogs fell just short in 1978,
losing to rtieffer in the first
round, and finishing with a
12-4-1 mark.
The season opened on a sour
note, finishing tnird in the CNC
Classic and then falling in the
finals of the Toyota of Wilson
Classic to Wofford 2-1. AC
continued to struggle for awhile,
and at the midway point of the
season, were a dismal 4-3-1. But
then the Bulldogs caught fire,
winning 10 of their last 12
games, their only losses coming
at the hands of Pfieffer in the
regular season, 4-1, and to
Alabama-Huntsville 4-0 in the
Area Tournament. Following
the loss to Pfieffer, AC won 8
straight contests, seven of those
by shutout, and the other by a
score of 2-1. Although they did
not retain their Conference title,
they did manage to win the
District 26 crown and the right
to advance to the Area playoffs,
where they were eliminated in
the first round. For the year the
'Dogs were 14-5-1, with 10
shutouts. District Champs, and
ClAC runnerups with a 4-1-1
mark.
Women’s tennis got off to a
tremendous start in the fall
winning 9 of 10 matches and
eleven straight including early
spring matches, propelling
them into the spring with anti
cipation for the first time in
several years. The lady netters
of Barbara Smith went on in the
sprir^ to finish fourth in the
ClAC and sixth in AlAW Divis
ion Two Tournaments. Led by
Tracy Eubanks, Yolanda Rod
riquez, and Mercedes Giron, AC
finished 13-4 in a highly sucess-
ful season.
Volleyball entered another
season, and although the victor
ies were few and far between,
the stage has been set for a
stronger future. Coach Carol
McKeel should have the depth
next year to build on to the
program that worked very hard
this season, and despite being
short-handed on numerous oc
casions, gave each contest the
Ijij umfoxd
100 percent effort that it was
capable of. Women’s basket
ball recovered from an off
season in ’78-’79 to end years of
frustration in 1980 with their
initial victory against High Point
ever since the Dogs have been
playing ladie’s basketball, with
17 coming in the finals of the
ClAC basketball tournament,
68-63. The championship was
the first brought back to AC in
25 years in basketball. Led by
Cathy Wall, Sara Leonard, and
Tyra Boyd, the Lady Bulldogs
finished the ’79-’80 campaign
with a mark of 19 wins and 6
losses. The ladies also took third
in the regular season ClAC
standings with a won-loss re
cord of 4-3.
All-Conference Cathy Wall
established a new scoring re
cord for the women by pumping
in over 1700 points in her four
year career. In the 1979-’80
season the ladv cagers were led
in scoring by Wall with 480 pts.
in 25 games for a 19.2 average,
another All-CIAC player for AC,
Boyd had 463 pts. for an
average 18.5, and Leonard
chipped in 458 points for 18.3
ppg. Leonard hauled down 254
rebounds for a 10.2 avg., while
Bwd grabbed 248 caroms for a
9.5 avg. Boyd also led the team
in field goal shooting, hitting
189 of 349 shots from the floor
for 54.2 percent, and Leonard
paced the team from the charity
stripe by connecting on 130 of
186 shots for 69.9 percent. Jill
Worley also scored in double
figures for AC, with 251 for a
avg. of 10 points per game.
Once again the men’s old
nemesis, the bad breaks, kept
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REGULATIONS FOR
CONTINUOUS
ENROLLMENT
To continue to be enrolled at
Atlantic Christian College, all
students are expected to main
tain satisfactory progress to
ward graduation. Satisfactory
progress is defined as meeting
at least the minimum required
grade point average, as oeing
enrolled on a probationary sta
tus, or as being approved to
continue in enrollment by the
Petitions Committee.
Total Semester
Hours Attempted
7 - 26
27 - 44
45 - 61
62 - 91
92 and above
At the end of each semester
any student who does not meet
the minimum grade point aver
age shall be placed on academic
probation for the subsequent
semester. While on academic
probation a student may enroll
in no more than thirteen sem
ester hours. He or she should
attend all class meetings except
for a verifiable excused absence
because of illness, a family
emergency, or a school function
requiring absence from the -
campus.
At the end of an academic
Minimum required grade
point average is determined by
the number of semester hours
credit attempted by the student.
Grade point average is comput
ed by dividing the total number
of quality points earned at
Atlantic Christian College by
the total number of semester
hours attempted at Atlantic
Christian College. Minimum
grade point averages are:
Minimum Grade
Point Average
1.25
1.40
1.66
1.86
2.0
dent whose grade point average
does not meet tne minimum
requirement shall be suspended
from the college for a period of
at least one semester.
Students may appeal a
suspension to the Petitions
committee. When a student
presents an appeal, the Peti
tions Committee will request
letters of evaluation from two
faculty members who have
taught the student during the
previous academic year.
Students on academic
icademic probation or suspension may
probationary semester, any ^
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Atlantic Christian went into
Monday's track meet with F.lon
at Fike'High School looking for a
winning mark in '79-'80. and a
victory over highly regarded
Elon. But someone forgot to tell
the Fighting Christians about
the AC plans, as Elon captured
13 of 1/ first place finisnes to
post 96-48 victory.
AC. who finshed the dual
meet season with a 2-3 record,
garnered first place finishes in
^e pole vault, mile run, 440
dash, and three mile run. Jonas
Hooks, who won the vault with a
vault of 10 ft. 6 in.. also took
seconds in the 120 and 440
hurdles.
The ’Dogs also received
places from Tim Berry, who ttxik
seconds in the shot and discus;
Mickey Bissette, victor in the
the mile in 4:52, and third in the
three mile; Kevin Rouse, second
in the pole vault and third in the
high jump; Tony Barriteau, who
claimed a second in the javelin
and a third in the 120 hurdles;
John Vinson with a second in
the mile; Norwotxl Uzzell, three
mile winner with a time of
16:32, and third in the mile; and
Terrence Hollis, who won the
440 dash in 51.38 seconds, and
took another third for the team
in the 220 dash. Also scoring for
AC were Mike Barnes who took
second iln the 880 run and Gary
Hall, who took third in the same
event.
Elon utilized sweeps in the
long jump, triple jump, 100 yard
dasn, and won the mile and 440
relays to mount a huge lead in
the meet, which the Bulldogs
were unable to overcome. Along
with the sweeps, Elon took all of
the field events except the pole
vault, and garnered l4 of the 20
places in the field events.
Taking field firsts for the
Christians were Tommy Jones
in the shot and discus, Daryl
McLean in the long and triple
jumps, Yeshnick in the javelin
and Robert Harned in the high
lump.
SENIORS!
Seniors: If you have not yet
registered with the Placement
Office, you are going to miss
receiving the Placement Bul
letin which lists up-to-date job
opportunities, as well as other
on-going placement services.
Register now—turn in your
placement packet!
B-BALL!
Atlantic Christian saw its
pennant hopes drop to half mast
in the ClAC and District as
Pfieffer swept a doubleheader,
5-1, and 17-0 Thursday. The
doubleheader was the third
straight swept from the Bull
dogs, those being twin setbacks
at the hands of NC Wesleyan
and ECU.
PLAYDAY!
Z’ly (Ika\[i£.
A picnic playday was held this
&ast Saturday at the Wilson
ecreation Park and was spon
sored by the CCA. There were
games and fun for everyone.
After the games there were
hamburgers, hotdogs and
drinks served.
Cliff Harris made his farewell
remarks as CCA president and
Marilyn Bryan made her ac
ceptance remarks as the new
President of CCA Micah
Christian led an inspirational
sing with his guitar after lunch.
A kickball game followed
lunch to keep the pace moving.
Everyone had a lot of fun.
A SILENT KILLER
£iy ^oe.
The world today is one of
constant hustle and bustle.
People are hustlling around
trying to meet strict time sche
dules which they seldom meet
and people are always so busy
yet nothing ever seems to get
done. So may 1 ask why do
people act this way? I’ll tell you
the answer because of the
pressures associated with every
day living.
The pressures of everyday
living can be caused by a myriad
of possibilities (two of which I
have already mentioned). How
ever one of the main causes of
pressure is from other people.
People are always trying to
“pressure” others into doing
this and into doing that and into
not doing this and into not doing
that. Some people get so con
fused and nervous that they do
things that they would not
normally do. They act without
thinking and usually end up
regretting what they did.
The sudden pressure of a
certain situation, the sudden
realization of a certain possibil
ity, or anything else of this
nature may add up to tension.
According to Mr. Webster, ten
sion can be “inner striving,
unrest, or imbalance often with
physiological indication of
emotion' or on the other hand
he also states that it may be “a
state of latent hostility or op
position between individuals or
groups.” Neither definition
sounds very healthy.
Pressure and tension in many
cases walk hand-in-hand. There
are many problems that can be
caused by excessive pressure
and extreme tension: ulcers,
high-blood pressure, anxiety,
worrying, even suicide -just
to name a few.
rary^
These problems could pos
sibly by avoided if people would
slow down the pace of living just
a little bit, stop trying to strive
forward for goals at all costs,
and just look at the world
around them, learn to appre
ciate it, and reach out to other
people who have not yet reached
that state of serenity.
There are so many things that
can be done to avoid tension if
or:'v people would just stop and
look around. In order to main
tain a healthy state of mind, a
person must have a release. A
release is an “escape" formula
and could be almost anything. It
generally varies from person to
person. Running is a good
example of a release, as is the
placing of a musical instrument
or lust plain talking it over with
a friend who cares.
Keeping problems welled up
inside can cause even more
tension. So before you have a
chance to blow-up from inside,
use your release system. It’s so
simple and it can save a person
from a lot of agony. Some
people try to run away from this
tension and do drastic things
because they feel there is no
hope left. It is so much easier
(and much more effective) to
take advantage of a release. It
helps deliver you from the
problems of sorrow, suffering,
or trouble before they can lead
to worse things. A release can
take the weight of the world off
of your shoulders. Oh yeah, I
almost forgot! Afterwards, try
smiling. A smile makes the
whole world a lot brighter!