Volume XXVII, Number 5
Montreat-Anderson College
October 8,1993
Program Cuts Greybeard Players Present Three One-Acts
Silence Singing student Directors Offer Suicide, Televangelism, and 'Sphinx'
By Marcy Buckner
The music volume is lower
on campus. M-AC's music pro
gram has had several eliminations
this year. Two of these include: the
Teaching Music to Children class,
and the Celebration group.
Lovanda Fast, a senior,
will not be able to complete her
music minor due to the class cuts.
She lacks one three hour credit
course in completing her require
ments for graduation. She will be
unable to pick up the class next
semester due to financial reasons.
Adding the class next semester
would change her part-time status
to full-time; a monetary difference
of over $2000.
She said of the problem,"
It makes it difficult to finish your
requirements when they [the col
lege] won’t accommodate your
needs. To me, the music minor is
really important. It's going to be
harder on me in the long run be
cause they haven't fulfilled their
part of the bargain in providing this
class."
President Hurt commented
that he was not aware that any
music classes had been cut.
Two of several reasons for
the cuts made in the music pro
gram include: the school’s budget
and the salary and time of Dr. Bob
Neil, the current choir director.
Neil's salary was cut by
$4200 from the 92-93 school year
to the 93-94 school year. His
present duties include the follow
ing: serving as the college's liaison
to the MACALL program, over
seeing the use and care of Gaither
Hall, directing the concert choir.
By Kathryn Letterman
Some Montreat Anderson
students are not acting like
themselves. The Greybeard
Players, the drama troupe of
Montreat-Anderson College pre
sents three one-act plays: God
Spies, directed by Mark Bolick;
Ledge, Ledger, and The Legend,
directed by Janie King; and In
terview with the Sphinx, directed
by Naj Alicea.
God Spies is a satire of
televangelism. Calvin, played
by Jeff Lang, and Wendy, played
by Jennifer Kramer, are repre
senting different approaches to
faith.
Dale,
played by
Karen
Campbell,
is the host
of a talk show, and Calvin and
Wendy are her guests. As Dale
hears these differing opinions,
the character has to make a deci
sion about her own faith. Direc
tor Mark Bolick commented,
"[the play] examines the spec
trum of Christianity."
Ledge, Ledger, and The
Legend is a comedy about con
sumerism in society. It sheds a
light on how people think they
can buy or
Ledge, Ledger,
and The Legend
Susan Janie King
J.M Jeff Reardon
P.J Denise Oblander
Director Janie King
God Spies
Calvin Jeff Lang
Wendy ...Jennifer Kramer
Dale Karen Campbell
Director Mark Bolick
sell any
thing, in-
eluding
life or
death. Su
san, played by Janie King, wants
to commit suicide. J.M., played
by Jeff Reardon, and P.J., played
by Denise Oblander, are com
petitors attempting to outsell
suicide to Susan. Susan plans to
hire one of them to teach her the
proper way to commit suicide
and to make her look good once
she is dead.
Interview with the Sphinx
deals with the question that was
asked to Oedipus, and it also
discusses what the consequences
would
have been
had he an-
s w e r e d
the ques
tion wrong
stressed, '
Interview with
the Sphinx
Sphinx Kat Ballou
Interviewer ..RodTStew^ard
Director Naj Alicea
Director Naj Alicea
It raises the point
about how things aren't always
black and white. There are some
things that we're never going to
know the answers to." Kat
Ballou plays the Sphinx and Rod
Steward plays the Interviewer.
These three one act plays are all
student directed and all actors and
directors will be given academic credit
for their hard effort This represents
themoststudentinvolvementin drama
in which academic credit is given.
When asked if people are acting solely
for academic credit, Karen Campbell
responded, "The people who act, do it
because they love it It's not just about
academic credit. Those who do the
directing are definitely looking for a
challenge."
Naj Alicea expressed this about
the pressures of being a director: "I
work better under pressure. Because
this is my first play, I want everything
to be right That in itself has put more
pressure on me than I’m used to.’’
Director Janie King also com
mented, "This is the third play that
I've directed. There have been hun
dreds and hundreds of hours put into
this. There's a lot more pressure be
cause of the fact that it is on a grading
scale.”
and offering voice lessons. This
past summer he directed the college’s
Elderhostel program.
Dr. Neil said that, based on
his current salary, he does not get
paid enough for the time require
ment necessary for a group such as
Celebration.
He explained," I would have
agreed to do everything I did last
year with the same salary, but I
didn't feel like it was fair to do
everything the same with a cut sal
ary."
Neil regrets that these elimi
nations have been necessary. He
said specifically of the Celebration
group, "We did a lot of good public
ity. I've had several calls asking for
the group to come sing. The idea is
to build a larger emphasis on the
choir, and that is good. But it's a
hindrance when you don't have a
smaller group also to get to places
easier."
Neil also stated, "Anytime
you drop something out of a pro
gram, and later try to reinstate it, it
is harder to get reorganized."
In the distant future. Presi
dent Hurt hopes the college will
offer a music major. However, the
study for this program is not far
enough along at this point. The
trustees, by charter, decide on any
new academic program.
Original Entertainment Breaks Weekend Monotony
By Cara Weiss
Harvest Fest breaks the
monotony of college life. This
year's Harvest Fest will be more
action - packed than previous
years.
Cary Willcox stated, "It
will be a cul
mination of
this
semester's ac-
t i V i t i e s ."
There are
many differ
ent events
this year, four
of which are free to Montreat
students. Free events include:
the Orbitron, human bowling,
sumo wrestling, and velcro
Harvest Fest Provides Events for
jumping.
To ride the Orbitron, one
straps one's self into a space
like simulator and spins around.
In human bowling, teams
roll a large steel bowling ball
with one of
their mem
bers inside
toward the
putting on an industrial strength
velcro suit and jumping onto an
inflatable velcro wall, attempt
ing to stick to it.
Other events and food booths
will have a cost, which will range
from 25 cents to one dollar.'
Directions to Black Mountain
Recreation Area
From Montreat, turn right on U.S.
70. Go to the second stop light on U.S.
70 (Blue Ridge Road) and turn left. Turn
left on the first gravel road.
pins.
P a r -
ticipants in
sumo wres
tling climb
into a suit that makes the wearer
look and feel like a sumo wres
tler.
Velcro jumping involves
The Harvest Fest will be spon
sored by Pepsi of Asheville and
Kiss FM, who will be advertising
by radio.
Students will be able to catch a
Entire Community
shuttle from the Commons Area to
the Black Mountain Recreational
Area.
The Harvest Fest will be an
opportunity for M-AC clubs and
organizations to raise money. The
following groups will be involved:
Chess Club, Veritas, M-A Hall
RA's, cheerleaders, Paddlers’ As
sociation, senior class, junior class,
sophomore class, and freshman
class, FCA, Agape, Business Club,
International Club, NCEA, Ethnic
Diversity Club, French Club, and
TNT.
Lou Vaughn, with the Black
Mountain Parks and Recreation, is
allowing M-AC use of the site. The
whole community is invited to attend.