ALETHEIA
Volume XXVn, Number 6
Montreat-Anderson College
October 15,1993
New Restaurants
Offer Alternatives
to Cafeteria Food
By Cara Weiss
New restaurants in the Black
Mountain community give students
yet another reason not to eat in the
cafeteria. Many students on campus
like to go to restaurants to hang out
and meet new people.
Denny's is 14 months old, butit
is still relatively new. It used to be a
frequent hang out for those students
wishing to study, but they have just
recently started closing at 11pm.
Denny's wasn't making enough
money to stay open on weeknights.
They are, however, still open for 24
hours on Friday and Saturday.
Many students are disappointed
about this. Sarah Fortney expressed,
"I like Denny's, but I wish they
would stay open."
Chris Hilgers had an idea for
how they could profit by staying
open, "They should have a two to
three dollar minimumcharge, so stu
dents could stay there and study.
That way it would be kind of worth
it."
Taco Bell is around a year
Cavalier Grill
Lowers Prices
and Adds Variety
By Kathryn Letterman
The Cavalier Grill has
made a few changes. They've
lowered prices on pizza and
drinks, and also an extra large
drink and mozzarella cheese
sticks have been added to the
menu.
The Grill is under new
management: Jefferey and
Wendy Garrett, both whom are
students here at M-AC. The
students are pleased with the
new management and the qual
ity of the food served.
Andrea Murrell com
mented, "It's been more consis
tent than last year,
but sometimes they
still slack off. The
variety of foods is
good,and they have
friendly service."
Erik Brown
also praised the ser
vice saying, "I love
it, man! It's awe
some!"
The Grill is open for lunch
and dinner, however, breakfast
is not being offered. Jefferey
Garrett explained that it was
due to lack of interest on behalf
Students Seek and Find God Together
„ ^ ^ Bible Study Groups Encourage Fellowship With Others
By Sean Anderson j f o ir
The Student Christian Associa- mented, "My goals for the group are:
tion has been rather busy trying to get
Bible study groups on campus. There
are two groups currently active on
campus.
One group is for men, and the
other group is for women. The men's
group is called Scripture Seekers, and
they meet every Thursday night at
7pm in the prayer room. They come
together to discuss different Scripture
passages, and follow up with a group
prayer, each giving a personal prayer
to God.
Richard Whitmire, who is the
leader of Scripture Seekes, com
to make the scriptures clear, minister
to thepeople within tlie group, to have
a positive impact on the Montreat
campus, and to allow people to wor
ship freely and sincerely."
Kurt Grohman, who leads an
other bible study group exclaimed,
"I'm looking for students who have a
hunger for God and his fullness, seek
ing him with passion and zeal."
The women's Bible study group
meets in M-A Hall and consists mainly
ofladies from that hall. This group is
similar to the men's group - their
purpose is also to come together as
Christians and discuss the Word of
God.
SCA has been working dili
gently to start more Bible study groups
on campus. The main purpose of
these Bible study groups is to learn
more about the Bible, increase one's
faith, and, most importantly, to get in
touch with God.
There will be more informa
tion about the new Bible study
groups around the campus soon.
These groups are meant to give
students the opportunity to study
the Bible out of class, and to fellow
ship with other students.
old. They have in the recent
past extended their hours to mid
night on weekdays, and until
lam on weekends. Krista
Schroeder said, "They do sup
port student’s eating habits on
campus."
Freshmen Jennifer Watring
and Gina Granger agreed, "We
love Taco Bell. We go about 4
nights a week."
Chicken Junction has been
open for three weeks. It opened
September 20, and business has
been booming. Many M-AC stu
dents go there. There was a
private opening for the residents
of the Montreat Community on
Saturday. Two students, who
wished to remain anonymous,
commented that Chicken Junc
tion was good. They liked it
because the chicken was cooked
restaurants.
The newest restaurant in
Black Mountain is Royal Do
nuts. It has been open for two
weeks. Their specialty is cake
donuts. John Harris, a senior,
stated, "It’s good to have a donut
shop so close. It's open until 9
or 10pm." Cheryl Baiera also
added, "They have very good
donuts, but I thought they were
high priced."
differently than other chicken
English as a Second Language Suspended
International Students place out of ESL classes
Monday, Thursday
11:30- 1:30pm
5:30- ll;00pm
Tuesday
11:30-2:00pm
5:30- 11:00pm
Wednesday, Friday
11:30am - 11pm
Sunday
7:00 - 10:00pm
By Sean Anderson and
Jennifer Moore
English as a second language
has not been taught for the past two
years due to insufficient numbers
of students who placed in this class.
The main reason International
students need these classes is be
cause they placed below level on
the TOEFL test, which is Test of
English as a Foreign Language.
This test is usually taken before
their arrival at M-AC.
Some students think that tak-
of the students, "If the students
want breakfast, then I will offer
it to them."
Garrett also stressed,
"We're open to any suggestions
or opinions from the students.
The workers in the
Grill are great, and
they work hard. If
there is any specific
item that the stu
dents want served,
they should let us
know."
The students
are satisfied with
ing away the English classes is a
good idea, others believe that En
glish should be taught to Interna
tional students.
Karl Schafler, who has been
overseas for almost twelve years
said, "I think that it is important to
be indoctrinated in English." He
also realizes how important it is to
leam the language of another coun
try and to understand their culture.
Omar Ly, an International stu
dent from Costa Rica, commented,
"I think that they should keep them,
those courses should be kept, be
cause most students from other
countries aren't very good at En
glish. Any form of improvement
will be good; not only for Interna
tional students but Americans also."
Relocation of Mailboxes Requires Adjustment
the changes that have been made.
Shalimar Kinsey expressed,
"Because Jeff is a student, he
has been able to target the foods
that we want. I think the change
in managers was a good step."
By Marcy Buckner
Change required adaptation
from all affected parties. The
movement of M-AC's faculty/
staff mailboxes from the front
office to the document center
necessitated adjustment from
faculty/staff and students.
Kevin Hord said that the
relocation of the mailboxes has
not bothered him at all. He has
heard complaints from others,
but not frequently. Initially it
was a problem for the faculty
and staff to have access to their
boxes after the mail room closed,
but they are becoming accus
tomed to the change.
Public relations officer,
Mindy Clinard, explained, "The
hours are sometimes inconve
nient because of my schedule.
But overall it is much better hav
ing such close management."
Some faculty and staff have
chosen to obtain a 400 or above
mailbox, and at 5pm every
evening, at their request, Hord
transfers the mail from their fac
ulty/staff box to their downstairs
box.
The mailboxes were moved
when the school's offset printing
equipment was sold. When the
print shop moved to Belk Center,
Hord was put in charge of copying
and mail.
The professors' mailboxes
were once used for students to drop
off their assignments. However,
the relocation does not seem to have
affected students negatively. Heather
Rich exclaimed," I don't spend my
time during the day thinking about
where people's mailboxes are!"