ALETHEIA
Volume XXVI, Number 11
Montreal-Anderson College
January 27, 1993
Bill Clinton Becomes 42nd President
Inaugural Speech Focuses on Change
By Kenneth Graham, Jr.
People screaming, yelling, and
cheering is what BiU Clinton heard
after repeating the thirty-five word
oath that now
makes him our
42nd President,
The inauguration
took place on a
day that provided
nearly 1 million
attenderswithton-
peratuies in the up
per thirties and a
sky that was Caro
lina blue.
The event
began at 11:30 am with music that was
broadcasted throughout the mall areas.
Those people who had tickets to the
inauguration were allowed to enter be
tween the reflecting pool and the Capi
tol Themallareawasdividedintofour
sections, pinple, green, beige, and blue.
People with purple and green tickets
were directly in front of the Capitol and
people with beige and blue were near the
reflecting pool. Most of those who
attended the inauguration went to the
c e r -
emony
and the
inaugu
ral pa-
r a d e .
Only a
few were
privi
leged
enough
to attend
the
Presidential balls. President Clinton
made an appearance at each of the
eleven balls.
From the mall area people could
see networks reporting the inaugural
events live. At the top of all buildings
in the Washington area, FBI and secret
service agents could be seea They also
patrolled most of themain and back
M-AC Students Kenneth Graham and Justin
Ramb enjoy Washington, D.C. During the
Inaguaration. Photo by Jonathon Woody.
streets. The manhole covers were
sealed so that anyone attempting force
against the F*resident would have no
luck.
Traveling in the Washington area
was made difficult due to most street
being blocked People were encour
aged to park at RFK Stadium and take
the Metro to the c^itoL Pennsylvania
Ave, was blockedfromthec^itol to the
White House, in order for the President
to make his way down to his new home.
Along the route to 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave people crunched pushed, and
shoved to get a glimpse of their new
President Therewereannouncersalong
the route to inform the public of where
he was and when he might possibly
make his way down Pennsylvania. Al
though the inauguralparadewasopento
the public, the chance of actually getting
to see the President was impossible.
However, there were those who had
tickets to sit in bleachers that provided
them witii a better view. Along the
parade route, many hoped that Presi
dent Bill Clinton would read their
signs such as, "BOMB SADAAM"
or "FREE HAITL" There were also
many who voiced tiieir opinion on abor
tion by using pictures of aborted fe
tuses.
In President Bill Clinton's four
teen minute inaugural address he told us
that "Each gaiaationofAmericansmust
define what it means to be an Ameri
can." In his inaugural address, Clinton
also focuses on how we are about to
embark onchange, saying, "The Ameri
can people have summoned the change
wecelebratetoday. Healsosaidthathe
challenges "anew generation of Ameri
cans to aseason of service." Aftergiving
the inaugural address President Clinton
proceeded down Pennsylvania Ave to
the White House...
Debit Card Offers New Options
Gives Students Choice of Cafeteria or The Grill
Students Discuss Homosexuality
By Jamie King
Starting in mid-February and
lasting through March, students
on the meal plan will be able to
choose if they prefer to eat in the
cafeteria or in the Cavalier Grill
during both lunch and dinner.
Meal-plan students will receive a
card that will allow students ad
mittance into the cafeteria or al
low students to buy a meal in the
Grill. Non-mealplan students will
be able to purchase meal tickets at
the same price as before.
Because of this new experi
ment, students will have to stop at
the front desk in the cafeteria to
have their tickets punched. Once a
student exits the cafeteria, they
will be unable to re-enter. "Rules,"
says Cary Willcox "will have to be
super-strict." If a student loses or
forgets a meal ticket, they will
have to either find it, or pay for the
meal.
Meals will be available to
those on the ticket in the cafeteria
during normal hours. In the Cava
lier Grill lunch hours for the meal
ticket students will begin at 11:15
am and expand to 2:30 pm. Dinner
will keep the same hours as the
cafeteria for the meal ticket stu
dents. Meals in the Grill will con
sist of a sandwich, nachos, or a
solo pizza and a drink. Strombolis
will not be included.
Willcox warns that on a day
when a unpopular meal is served
students must be prepared to to
"Bear the burden of waiting."
Students must remember
that this is only an experiment
and that plans are not yet final
ized.
In the future as the size of
the student body grows, this may
work into a true debit system
By Eric Bush
Last Sunday, a controversial
Veritas meeting on homosexuality
was held. The meeting drew a crowd
of over 90, largest in Veritas' his
tory, and was seen largely great
success. Although signs promoting
the event were repeatedly tom down
during the week, Veritas coordina
tor Clay Martin said that he was
stunned by the respectful tenor of
the evening.
The evening opened with the
presentation of a 30-minute video
Art Program Expanded
By Shalimar Kinsey
"Student demand and inquiry"
have led to the development of a
minor in Art at Montreat-Anderson
College. The minor will be starting
in the fall of 1992 and has been
designed to allow a student to "re
peat an experience in any one me
dium." Courses that are currently
being offered will apply, although
the names and descriptions will be
changed slightly to allow for a shift
in content. The photography class
will become a three credit hour
course, instead of the current two.
Studio courses will be expanded to
include beginning and advanced
levels, which will be offered con
currently. For example. Painting
will be expanded into Basic Paint
ing and Advanced Painting. Cur
rent Issues in
Art and Inde
pendent Study
(ART 304) will
be added to the
curriculum and
will be required
for the minor.
The purpose of
ART 304 will be for the student to
"prepare a final exhibition of per
sonal artwork" in their particular
medium.
Jim Southerland, Professor of
featuring a Tony Campolo speech.
The speech denounced homosexu
ality as unbiblical, but strongly at
tacked the church for its response to
gays, which Campalo described as
insensitive, destructive, and not in
God's will. After the video. Dr.
John Chesky moderated a discus
sion which lasted for about an hour
and a half. The discussion spanned
several subtopics, including gays in
the military, gays as a minority, and
how to deal with homosexuality as
Christians. Overall, students felt
some discomfort about homosexu
ality, but spoke of it as a complex
issue without simple solutions.
Art, has been the driving force be
hind the Art Minor. He attended
East Caro
lina Uni
versity and
received a
Bachelor of
Fine Arts
with a ma
jor in print
making and
a minor in ceramics. While attend
ing graduate school at The Pennsyl
vania University, he changed to a
major in Ceramics and a minor in
Print-making.
Requirements for a minor in Art;
3 hrs Art 101 or Art 102
9 hrs Art electives (any courses)
3 hrs Art 303 (Current Issues in Art)
3 hrs Art 304 (Independent study)
18 total hours required for Art minor
*Final art exhibition required.