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Students At AC
Ge Hiffigiy!
This week i welcomc the chance lo be relieved from writing
one of those boring, monotanous editorials. This week I'm
Hot Line To Heaven’
happy to say
thanks Tom for saving the day!
Joe
Since I’ve been awarded the opportunity to express my
view* at this time, I'll try not to waste yours. I’d like to say a few
words about an event that you may or may not have heard aboiJ .
United Campus Christian Fellowship, The Collegiate, and The
Chaplains Office of A.C.C. are uniting together and “
Fa*t for World Hunger, appropriatly entitled, “A Fast for or
Hunger.” To better explain to you just what we are domg, let
me use the Who, What, Why, and How method of inquiry.
The Who.- This was explained In the opening sentences
You’re going to have to pay attention!
The W hat.- A Fast is nothing more than denying yourself to
partake In the consumption of food, for a specified length of
time. Why? Ah, you’re getting ahead of yourself, so just wait up
a minute.
The Why.- At last, the meat of the issue. Why Fast. Why
should you deny yourself your body’s fuel’ What purpose could
it possibly serve?
Every day, through-out the world, thousands of innocent
people, some not unlike ourselves, die because they cannot
scratch together enough powdered milk, rice, or flour to make a
decent meal. Their countries are not large enough to produce
enough food to provide for it’s people. The devestation of wars
have left them with out homes and shelter from the environment.
Their desire to overcome and surv ive is overshadowed only by
the pain in their stomachs. But how does fasting provide for
these people? The answer; It doesn’t! You do! Not by your act of
fasting, but by the compassion and concern that develops from
the act of ‘Fasting with a Goal,’
By participating with your fellow students, faculty, and
administrators you can not only show them and the world that
you care what happens to your brothers in other lands, but you
w ill also be able to join them in their hunger. You will be able to
experience, first-hand, the feelings of pain (even though minor]
that millions endure each day of their, often short, lives. You
will know what it must feel like lo not know where you’re next
meal Is coming from, or even when it will be.
During the fast you will have time to pray,think,cry,hurl,laugh,
learn, and most important of all, you will be able to do something
about the problem. Something substantial. During the fast,
participents arc encouraged to offer as a gift, the dollar amount
which they feel that the three meals they will miss would have
cost them. This is, by all means, voluntary and there is no set
amounts placed on the contributions. You may give the cost of
three meals, two, one, or a hundred if you so desire. You can
simply offer sincere pray for those peoples, that God v*ill
see fit lo come to their aid. A fast is a time for meditation on
current events that are now taking place, but a fast is also a time
for reflection. Recalling to mind all of the many blessings that
we, here In our prosperous country have received. Blessings
that we consider, our just due. Food, clothing, shelter, and
medical care. Things we take for granted and don’t even
consider as blessings. Two-thirds of the world considers
lower-middle class Americans as wealthy nobles, who have an
abundance of neccesities, and without a single care lexcepi
maybe, which movie we are going to see this week).
The point is not to condemn our lifestyle, but to help improve
the lifestyle of those undernourished, unsheltered, and unloved
persons around the world.
If you feel that giving up twenty-four hours and maybe a few
dollars is worth sav ing a life, or providing for an entire family for
a week, then we ask you to join us on November 19 and 20, for
Twenty-four hours of continuous Love, Prayer, Instruction,
Fellowship, and Commitment in doing something about this
world wide situation that is becoming more involved and
complex. The time to act is now, because every moment we wait,
another young child has just exhaled his last breath and died!
Does It sound depressing? It is. So let us act to head off these
problems. After all. The only thing that seperates us from
these people and their problems is a few thousand miles of ocean
and land, and history has taught us that distance is hardly a
barrier worth leaning on.
The details of the fast arc on page ‘4,’ so look them over, sign
up and join your fellow man in a display of “Love in Action!"
P.S.
Tom
Thanks Joe. I think maybe we’ll see real results. Enjoy your
Fast, and I'll see you then.
Have you often wondered what
the future has in store for you?
Maybe just a bit of curiosity?
Have you ever felt a need in
your heart, or a desire that you
would like fulfilled? All of us at
times have been in these situa
tions. Many times we fee) that
“fate” is against us because
nothing ever seems to work out
right. These are just the times
when we should humble our
selves and ask a friend for help.
Everyone soon realizes that he
can't go it alone and does need
special help at times. When this
realization does occur, we are in
an excellent position to take
advantage of one of the greatest
powers of the universe! This
force of which I’m speaking is
the power of prayer.
If you have ever wanted (or
needed) to talk to God about
something, then this is the way.
He's always there, and He
WILL listen. He wants to know
how we feel inside so He can
share our pain, our sorrow, our
accomplishments, our victories,
and our defeats. God wants to
share our entire being with
Him. Mark 11.-24 states
"Therefore I say unto you.
What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye
recieve them, and ye shall have
them,”
Anything and everything that
is important to you is important
to God, No matter how big or
how small the need, God wants
^o£. cStatfcngs
you to talk to Him about it. For
First Thessalonians 5:17 says
“Pray without ceasing.” He’s
obviously not going to get tired
of hearing from you. And don’t
forget, ALL prayer will be
answered on His time. And
also remember that sometimes
God says “no” to your desires.
He answers prayer according to
what He feels is best for you.
Prayer helps you get through
the “thorns of life.” James5;13
says “Is any among you afflict
ed? let him pray ”
One good thing about prayer is
that there is no particular place
that you have to go to pray. In
First Timothy 2:8, it says “I will
therefore that men pray every
where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.”
In other words, you don’t have
to be in a church for God to hear
your prayers. Sounds like a
good deal, doesn’t it? That’s
’cause it is.
There’s still another neat thing
about praying. You can get
together with a bunch of friends
and pray for each other. This
can be seen in James 5:16,
“Confess your faults ones to
another, and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.”
The power of prayer coincides
with the power of God, and
therefore is unlimited. There
are absolutely no boundaries to
what prayer can accomplish.
James 5:15 states
prayer of faith shall savt 4
sick, and the Lord shall
him up; and if he haveconut-
ed sins, they shall be iorg^.
him.” This means p,,.^
can take care of physical
well as mental pain. It can
any kind of problem,
sin. Praying to God
ness is one step in God's pt
for our salvation.
Praying to God can also h(.
build your faith. It can give ,4
the strength to cope with
lems and to eventually oia-
come them. First Thessoloub
3:10 says "Night and day pny
ing exceedingly that we nii^
see your face, and might peifec
that which is lacking in \i«
faith? ” It’s great to know to
anyone can possess this gift.
You know, prayer is thewMt
which we can fully exercise tin
power of God, It's a great f
that someone can neve: teili,
understand and take advanuf:
of before they become a Chtii
tian. The verse of Ptovetis
15:29 says “The Lord is tar trot
the wicked: but he heareth
prayer of the righteous." Mac
that’s heavy stuff! Heavy, k
true.
We have a great gift withinar
grasp, if only we teach out aac
take it. If you have it, wh\ m
pray to God and thank Him k
it? He’s on the “Hot Line'
now.
Which Reagan Will Become President!
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WASHlNGTONH^Which
Ronald Reagan will move into
the White House in January-
the strident reactionary of yore
or the soothing campaigner who
suddenly became a middle-of-
the-roader?
That is not a churlish question
from one who did not support
Reagan's election. It is the most
important of questions, given
the fact that Reagan’s electoral
landslide has led many Amer
icans to assume that he can walk
into the Oval Office as anything
he wants to be. The widespread
assumption is that, given the
conservative tide that swept
liberals like Birch Bayh, Frank
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Church, George McGovern,
John Culver, And Gaylord Nel
son out of the Senate, Reagan
must assume that the election
was a mandate for programs
more right-wing than those he
espoused during the campaign.
Traditionally, Americans don’t
like to ask such “divisive”
questions on the heels of an
election. We are supposed to
utter Pollyannaish cliches about
how “this is the time to unite”
behind our new president. But
the reality is that unless Reagan
drifts further toward the center
than we have reason to expect,
he will find millions of Amer
icans fiehting his proposals and
programs to the bitter end,
If Reagan tries to halt feden
aid to education, and to abolisl
the Department of Educatioi,
he will not find American!
“united” behind him.
Some observers see Reagan's
election as signifying an endrfi
“the Vietnam Syndrome," the
mass American distaste
foriegn military actions that wa>
produced by the debacle it
Southeast Asia. The see voters
saying, “We want Reagan be
cause we want someone A
will stand up (0 the Sorie!
Union, even at the risk of war.
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EDITOR:
Joe Stallings
EDITOR’S ADVISOR:
Marilyn Bryan
ADVISOR:
Craig Falor
SPORTS EDITOR:
Jay Mumford
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Ron Homer
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FEATURES:
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Tom McDustrell
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PHOTOGRAPHERS:
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TYPISTS:
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REPORTERS;
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