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The Montreat Co It e ge Student Voice
WHETSTONE
Volume II, NumberX Montreal Obllegb, North Carolina 28757 Feburary 22, 2002
Montreat’s Own Clancy
Page One
• Montreal’s Own Clancy
• Talented Singer
• SGA Minutes
Page Two
• Spiritual Munchies
• Editorial
• More Than Just a Belly
Button?
Page Three
• Movie Review
• Showdow n at Susan
Page Four
• Sports
• Activity Schedules
• Biking Excitement
Page Five
• Comics
• Concert in Ik;lk
Page Six
• National News
• Cross Word
• Ugly Dress
Page Seven
• Music Calender
• Engaged Ciouples Apology
• Jubilee!!
Page Eight
• Wall Street Journal
Verse of the Week
But now ;i righteousness from
God, apart from law, has been
make known, to w'hicli the Ltiw
and the Prophets testify. This
righteousness from God comes
througli faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe. (Romans
3:21-22)
By Donovan Campbell
Ptiranioiint Pictures and Cruise/
Wagner Productions will mtike
a movie from his
tory professttr Bill
Forstchen’s book
Rally Cry. The
book, which Forst-
chen wrote while
in graduate school
twelve yetirs tigo, is
the first in his eiglit
book series The
L.ost Regiment.
’T got an e-mail
from an agency
back in early
October,” Forstchen
remembers. Kevin
Cleary and .Tosh
Morris, who know
represent Forstchen in the deal, per
suaded Acme I.iteray and Talent
to run with the idea. “1 have
WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN
The first book of the Foretchen legacy.
wonderful agents to thtuik for all
this,” admits I'orstchen. With a
gleam, he continues, ’’They’re actu
ally fatis. T hey did
this because they
wanted to see the
movie.”
,\ccording to
the Washington
Times, “The label
‘.science fiction’
hardly describes
this series as a
whole ... a Civil
War series with a
twist.” Rally Crv
introduces the main
chiiracters, soldiers
of the 35tli Maine.
On board ;i trans
port ship, the Union
regiment stumbles into the Ber
muda Triajigle where they tire time
warped to another planet. Here they
must rally the other earthly pris
oners to csctipe captivity from the
monstrous tilien natives.
.\s for money. Professor Brian
Fuller fomid in his 1 lolly wood expe
rience, “Writers usually receix'e a
flat nue.” Whnte\'er the pay-off.
Forstchen asserts, “1 am staying
rigid here. I've looked for Montreat
till my life and 1 would be foolish to
leave now.”
.\lthough a January 31 press
release olfered no hint ;is to when
the movie will be released, For.st-
cheii discloses, “I heard a rumor
lliat filming miglit begin late this
year.” He feels that it could easily
take a minimum of a year and a
lialf to finish the project.
“To do the movie right would
require a lot of computer gener
ated imagery,” speculates Forst
chen. “Lord of the Rings pushed
Continued on page 7
Whetstone to Host Talented Singer-Songwriter
By Aaron Gies \J \J
By Aaron
On February 26, 'fhe Whetstone
will host a free concert in the
Chapel of the Prodigal by Jane
Kelly Williams, a nationally known
singer-songwriter from New York
City. Raised in Georgia on hymns
tind Joni Mitchell, ;ind classically
trained, Williams is adept on boQi
piano ;ind guitar. She beg;m playing
the club cir
cuit in New
York in the
early 90s and
tissembled a
band of
stellar play
ers, includ
ing Saturday
Night Live
drummer,
Shawn Pel-
tron.
In 199.“', Willimns produced her
first record on the Mercury label,
Tapping the Wheel. Commenting
on it. Silent Planet Recoriis pre'si-
dent Steve West said, “ Tapping the
H'Tieef simply blew me away. Well-
crafted original songs, delicate rmd
imderstated instrumentation, and a
beautiful voice adomal this criti
cally acclaimed record.” Mrs. Wil
liams has rc'cently produced a thirrl
recording, entitled Patchwork ofthe
l.ost and Found, and is touring the
Soutlieast with husband and bas.sist
Dtive Richards.
It might seem strange that an artist
used to playing the Bitter End with
a full band of top-shelf musicians
should stop off in Montreat. The
connection is engineer, musician.
Montreat .Alunuuis, and sometime
Music Department .Adjunct Kevin
Auman, a friend of Williiuns, who
persuaded her to stop here on her
current tour. T he Alumni Office ;md
the Whet.stone Newspaper would
like to invite you to c.xperience Jane
Kelly Williams next Tuesday night
at 7pm. Although the concert is
free, donations are encouraged.
Continued on page 4
SGA Minutes
By Sarah Wolfe
Members Present: Vince Norfleet.
.Ad;un Schultz, 'l im fysmi. Woody
Quinn, Sarali Hicks, Dave Wil-
li.uns, Nate Swift, Jennifer Kaiser.
.Amanda McLamb, Sarah Ennis.
Members/Absent: Jennifer Brooks,
Cliris Rumfelt. Sarah Kelly.
JelT Bryson was late and Carol
McMahan was present.
9:1.“' the meeting called to order
with prayer by Ad;un Schultz.
Old Business;
Continued on page 3