Volume I, Number 4
"Esse Quam Videri"
Thursday, March 2, 1995
15 Pilgrims Celebrate Pittsburgh 'Jubilee'
by Scott Jenkinson, Special to Pravda
The Old Testament Jubilee, or the Sab
bath was intended for men and women would
remember to live out their daily lives with a
dependence on God. Today, this idea is nearly
forgotten, except in Pittsburgh.
Fifteen students traveled from
Montreat to Pittsburgh Friday, February 24
for this annual celebration. Jubilee targets
college students from Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio and Virginia.
Dr. William Romonowski challenged
listeners to rethink their view of culture. As
Christians, Romonowski stressed, we are not
to fall into the culture of society, but trans
form our culture through interaction with oth
ers, through views of the world, and through
career choices.
Mike Yaconelli, author of lac Vac Tac.
was the conference's main speaker. Yaconelli
captured the hearts and minds of the audi
ence with his messages. His first message
was a satirical look at "When We Give Our
Lives to Christ, He Ruins Our Lives," mak
ing the point that culture limits Christians. It
Season Ends In Playoff Match
Young Proud of Achievements on Court
by M. Janie King
The Lady Cavalier Basketball team fin
ished up their season last weekend at the
Tournament Playoffs in Bristol Tennessee.
This loss, against Tennessee Wesleyan was a
very disappointing for the Lady Cavs.
The basketball team had played Ten
nessee Wesleyan earlier in the season and had
one of their worst games against them. Coach
Billy Conley stated about that game, ’They
just couldn’t figure out what was going on.”
Despite playing better against them than in
the earlier game, the Lady Cavs were still
squeezed out by five points.
The girls were still excited about the
season in general. There were many things
to get used to including having a new coach.
Conley exclaimed, “They came such a tre
mendously far way from where they started.
By the end of the season they were walking
out on the court with a sense of confidence,
knowing they were going to win.”
Returning player Stephanie Young
stated, “We’ve learned to work well together
throughout the season.” Young had very high
hopes before they went to the tournament and
was a disappointed by their loss in the first
game.
Gail Collingsworth stated, “Everyone
out on the court played as hard as they could.
I’m not disappointed at all.”
steals dreams and it takes away Christians'
passions for life. Christ renews God's inten
tion for excitement and joy in Christians'
lives.
Yaconelli maintained in his second
point "A Christian life should not be bal
anced. It should be like a roller coaster, wild
and out of control, not knowing where the
next turn is going to take us." Comfort and
security should come through the recognition
of God's grace.
Saturday night Christian rock band.
Vigilantes of Love, was featured. The band
excited audience to dance and to stage divf,
Many of the Montreat students who at
tended Jubilee returned impacted by Jubilee's
vision and with realization that Christian's
need to transform their culture as they have
been transformed by Christ.
Anderson, Strigle, Fall at
Ping-Pong, Pool Nationals
by Christian Malone
Last Friday, Junior Pharon Anderson and
Freshman Jason Strigle competed for Montreat-
Anderson at Nationals in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Anderson represented the school in Ping-Pong,
while Strigle was the college's representative in
pool. They both fell on tough luck and didn’t
last long.
Both competitors had earned the right to
represent the school by winning a school tour
nament held in late January. Anderson went
undefeated in earning his berth, while Strigle
lost to Wes Caldwell in the final. However,
Caldwell was in Pittsburgh last weekend and
couldn’t go, so Strigle, the runner-up, went in
stead.
Anderson took the table, and faced last
year’s runner-up. He fought hard, but ended up
being outmatched and fell. He then competed
in a double-elimination loser’s bracket, where
he won . He wasn’t around very long, but he
enjoyed himself anyway. When asked about his
performance, Anderson said, “I won one game
in my round. It was fun, though.”
Strigle was even unluckicr. He faced the
defending national champion, and, in the words
of Cary Willcox, “He got a few shots off.”
Strigle was blown away quickly, then lost both
of his games in the loser’s bracket, and was
through. He said, “I didn’t get much of a chance
to win, but it was nice to go anyway.”
It may not sound like a big deal, but the
nationals are serious business. The competitors
stayed at the Hyatt Regency Knoxville and com
peted at the University of Tennessee. The event
attracted over 500 participants and consisted of
competition in a number of events besides pool
and ping pong. Many participants were serious
competitors; Anderson College in Indiana left
their two best players home because they’ve al
ready qualified for the Olympics.
Though they didn’t win, or even come
close to it, they both enjoyed themselves any
way. Willcox says he’d like to compete in more
events next year.
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loaned for free to the school and has done the
same with tuxedos.
Peck has also been very successful in
gaining door prizes. Last year the door prizes
included dinner at McGuffy’s or other nice
restaurants in Asheville and tickets to the
Spring formal. This year he has obtained
many of these same prizes and states that he
is also in the process of getting free airline
tickets for some lucky person whose name will
be drawn.
This year the spring formal will be held
on Saturday April 8 at the Deerpark a in the
Biltmore House, the same place it was held
last year. Tickets will go on sale sometime
after Spring Break although prices have not
yet been set.
Senior class president Jeff Reardon is
excited about the Spring Formal once again
being held at the Biltmore Estate. He exclaims,
“Last year I thought it was the best place for
the Formal that Student Activities has found
so far. I’m sure this year will be even better.”
Ball Team Struggles
Through Opening Five
by Amy R. Buckner
Stumbling after a difficult road trip to
Alabama, the baseball team dropped two road
games this past week to Anderson College and
use Spartanburg, moving their record to 0-5
overall. Sophomore pitcher, Nathan Gardner
stated, “We aren’t hitting the ball well, and al
though our relief pitchers are doing a good job,
our starting pitchers are struggling..”
Last Thursday, the team faced Anderson
College in Anderson, South Carolina. Although
Joe Snyder and Jay Johnson were both 2-3 with
a combined total of 3 RBI’s, pitching and hit
ting were the primary weaknesses in the team’s
attack. The men fell to Anderson 7-4. Coach
Darin Chaplain related, “We are playing good
defense, but we are really struggling at the plate.”
On Sunday, the team took on USC
Spartanburg in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Chris Robertson was 2-4 and both J.R,
Cunningham and Shane Pressley batted 1-3.
Once again, the absence of offense coupled with
weak pitching contributed to the defeat. The
team fell to USC Spartanburg 6-2.
Chaplain continued, “This team is strug
gling, but they have the potential to be good.
We have a lot more work to do and we need to
iron out a few things. We have a long way to go
with 45 more games to play in the season. Up
to this point, we might not have prepared the-
team as well as we should have.”
PRAVDA
Editor
Jamie King
Instructor
Brian Fuller
Contributors
Scott Barnard, Melissa Brown,
Amy R. Buckner, Zola M. Griffin,
M. Janie King, John Langer,
Christian Malone
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