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Vol. XXXIX, No. 10
Special Orientation
Carrie Adcox
Editor-in-Chief
My first year of col
lege was an experience I
will never forget.
My friends and I ate
Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in
college algebra. We
skipped psychology on a
daily basis for fresh coffee
at a local coffee shop. I
never went to class.
But 1 thought 1 had
a good reason. I was hang
ing out. I was real cool.
Until something
happened.
1 started thinking
about the college I was at
tending. 1 saw drug deals
go down. 1 saw colors,
gang colors. Teachers
knew me by my social se
curity number, not my
name. 1 was threatened in
class by other students.
After being sexually as
saulted after class on night,
I knew something had to
. change.
I transferred to
Methodist on the advice of
my parents and my boy
friend.
I noticed an immedi
ate difference my first year
at MC.
The professors knew
my name. When I saw
Why I Chose Methodist
in the halls, they college), some things don't I’m sure it wc
them in the halls, they
would ask how everything
was going. They genuinely
seemed to care.
I felt safe again.
Then, I got involved
in different programs.
My first year at
Methodist, I participated
with Rainbow’s End - the
scholarship vocal en
semble. 1 performed with
show choir. Most impor
tantly, I made friends with
anyone who would talk to
me.
After an intensive
first year at MC, I relaxed
for a while.
Several times, I
changed my major (five
times to be exact) and
landed in the English De
partment.
Now as a senior, I
am the editor-in-chief of
the newspaper.
That would have
never happened at another
college. I’m not even a
journalism major.
Yet, I was given
chances that I would have
never received at another
college.
For example, how
many college’s would
have allowed me to repre
sent them at a newspaper
convention in San Fran-
Student Media Events
coming this Fall!
Positions being filled for the Afonarcii Messenger
'staff team, the Citrillon staff team, and the Student'
Photography Team!
Work study positions available!
We wiU be attending the National Student Media
Conference in New Orleans!!
le will be inducting students into the first chapterl
jofSociety for Collegiate Journalists!! Membership
requires that you belong to a Student Media team
or are a communications major.
Call 630-7292 for more information!
college), some things don’t
matter any more. At
twenty-two, I have little
concern for drinking or
partying every night. I
want to take advantage of
every situation to make it
easier for me in the future.
I’m sure it won’t
matter in ten years from
now that President
Hendricks or Dean Blanc
asked me how things were
going every time they saw
me. But that means a lot
to me now.
I hope a great fresh-
man/first year for every
one. If you see me on cam
pus, say hi. I usually know
close to everything that’s
going on in case you get
bored.
Not All Colleges Are Alike
Photo by Jami Sheppard
Adcox winning musical
chairs.
cisco? Not many. Plus,
they helped me pay for the
trip.
On this campus, you
will find opportunities at
every comer whether it is
a convention, a trip, or a
chance. These things
don’t happen at larger col
lege. Smaller campuses
allow students to gain ex
periences that they else
where might have been
over looked.
Methodist has also
reminded me how to have
fun while I grow up.
MC Late Night Ex
press has helped me learn
to relax a little. I won a
lollipop at musical chairs
last year.
As you get older
(I’m in my fifth year of
George Blanc
Vice President for
Student Life
There was a time
when an average college
student and their family
would spend more time
finding the right “used, but
reliable’’ automobile for
college, than the time they
would spend choosing the
college the student would
attend.
Higher education
has never been more com
petitive. Choosing the
right college has never
been harder.
Today’s college
bound students and fami
lies are doing their home
work. Many parents know
more about candidate col
leges they have never seen
and may never visit, than
they know about the col
lege they attended.
Comparative shop
ping is the order of the day.
Everyone is looking for the
best college at the best
price or at the best dis
count.
The more you page
through a big city-like
phone book sized guide to
colleges or through hun
dreds of websites, the more
colleges look alike.
Carefully selected
photographs depict beau
tifully manicured cam
puses filled with students
who could not look hap
pier to be there.
So, how do you find
the best college? If they are
all wonderful, which one
is best for you?
Many times the
most important aspects of
a college or university are
factors that cannot be mea
sured in square footage or
in dollars and cents.
Experience shows
choosing the right college
requires you spend as
much time examining the
intangibles of an institu
tion as you spend measur
ing the tangibles.
Some of the intan
gibles that should be con
sidered in your decision
making process include: a
sense of community, aca
demic climate, personal
safety, professional com
mitment, academic excel
lence, caring profession
als, approachable faculty,
supportive staff, develop
mental student activities, a
truly personal education,
first name relationships,
and a Christian based edu
cational experience. These
qualities can make a real
difference in the quality of
your college experience.
The Student Life
motto at Methodist Col
lege can also be defined as
a set of intangibles: “To
Serve and To Develop,”
We see our role as
one which, complements
the academic mission of
the college by providing
our students with a mean
ingful and supportive en
vironment outside the
classroom.
This not only serves
your particular needs, but
also provides you with op-
portunities to continue
your “whole person” de
velopment.
On the average, a
college student will spend
Blanc.
20 to 30 hours of every
week in a classroom and in
some form of dedicated
study. This leaves the stu
dent with approximately
140 hours weekly to spend
in some other endeavor.
This is where Student Life
comes into play.
Our dedicated team
of student affairs profes
sionals developed a
myriad of programs and
activities. Each of these
specifically designed to
provide our students with
the opportunity to maxi
mize their college experi
ence through personal
growth and development.
For many, college
provides the last opportu
nity to prepare for the kind
of life you want for your
self Our responsibility at
Student Life is to do all that
we can to support and op
timize your preparation.
This is Job #1 for us: “To
Serve and To Develop.”
I encourage all to
visit us at Student Life and
see what we offer. I believe
that you will like what you
see and recognize that in
tangibles do make differ
ence and that all colleges
are not alike.