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Volume III, Number II Moifittlk, NC ‘28757 October 15, 2002
Intramurals Spark
Fierce Competition
By Kendell D. Milton
Intramural flag football saw an
action-packed season, ending with
Brandon Love’s team (Los Vatos
Locos) defeating Jonathan Bostic’s
in the championship game Thursday,
September 26.
Drew Stewart’s team (The Under
dogs) fell to Los Vatos Locos 26-21
in the game preceding the champion
ship. There were ten seconds left, the
quarterback hiked the ball on the one-
yard line and headed for the end zone,
but-was stopped short by the referee.
The quarterback’s flags were not on
him, thus he was down. With three sec
onds left and no time-outs Los Vatos
gained the victory, sending them on to
the championship game.
' ~~ J ' ^4, Jonathan
Jones’
team (The Ho-Town Warriors) for an
equally exciting game. In the first
half, it looked like a run away for Bos
tic’s team, ahead 22-12. However in
the second half The Warriors made
a strong comeback, even though they
were bothered by numerous penalties.
With two minutes left. The Warriors
were marching. The ball was hiked
and with the defensive rush on, the
quarterback scrambled and released
the ball, but Bostic’s team intercepted
it. As a show of sportsmanship, Jon
athan Stanley knelt, allowing time to
run out. The 34-28 victory sent Bos
tic’s team to the championship.
Ultimate Frisbee, the currently
running intramural event, began Sep
tember 30 and will run until the tour
nament on the 14th. Participating are:
Bostic’s team. The Ho-Town Warriors,
The Underdogs, Los Vatos Locos,
and newcomer, George White’s team.
All games are played at In the Oaks
between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Intramural volleyball should be
starting up after fall break.
Most teams are involved in intra
murals for the whole season, compet
ing in all sports to gain points. Bos
tic’s team is currently leading with
2600 points, followed by Los Vatos
Locos with 2000. Up-to-date intramu
ral scores and game information can
be found on the bulletin board next to
the Cavalier Grill in Belk.
Rowe Runs for Miss NC
By Wes Waldorf
Sophomore basketball player
Jaymie Rowe will compete in the Miss
North Carolina USA Pageant October
25-26 in High Point, a feed-in to the
Miss USA Pageant.
Paula Miles, director of the North
and South Carolina Pageants, asked
Rowe to come for an interview in Gas
tonia this past May. She invited Rowe
to compete in the pageant on the spot.
“This is actually the first pageant
I have ever been in. I have done some
modeling before but never pageants,”
she says.
The pageant consists of evening
gown and swimsuit competitions, and
an interview event. Several national
modeling agencies will be judging,
and Rowe feels the exposure will be
good for future opportunities.
Rowe says, “It will be a great chal
lenge for me mentally, physically, and
spiritually, and I am hoping that this
unique opportunity will help fine-tune
me as an individual.”
Rowe won the Belk 247 Contest in
Hickory, and modeled in a Seventeen
Magazine Fashion Show, as well as
some other shows. Twice she attended
the American Model and Talent Con
vention in Orlando, where she was a
finalist in photography.
“My hope is that I will represent
Montreat with honor and dignity,” says
Rowe.
O.E. Curriculum Restructureij
By Justin Leonard
The outdoor education program has
made dramatic alterations to the cur
riculum, including demoting Discov
ery and the Advanced Skills Sequences
from mandatory to optional, and even
possibly adding an elective course
titled High Adrenaline Adventure.
In the spring of 2001 two peer-
reviewers visited Montreat to evaluate
the outdoor education program. “They
suggested that we reduce the overall
requirements to give more autonomy
to the individual within the total 126
required hours,” says professor Jay
Guffey.
The curriculum changes were
made as a department and in coopera
tion with O.E. majors Jessica Thyke-
son, Aimee Schimpf, Adam Schultz,
and Josh Williams.
Discovery, a three-week wilderness
education trip, is no longer mandatory'
because “We want students to really
choose it,” says Guffey. “The course
requires such a high level of commit
ment.” Students now have a choice
between either taking Discovery or
Wilderness Journey, a discipleship
based program which is still in the for
mative stages.
Rumors have been circulating of
Hawaii being a possible backdrop for
the facilitation of Wilderness Journey.
Wliile professors Dottie Shuman, Jay
Guffey and Dave Sperry make it clear
that such an endeavor is not likely
in the immediate future, Wilderness
Journey will most likely take place in
a locale outside of the mountains of
Western North Carolina.
The Advanced Skills Sequences, a
12 credit hour class in whitewater kay
aking, backpacking, and rock climb
ing, is now optional for O.E. majors
because “it wasn’t very in line with
some students’ career goals,” says
Guffey.
Beginning in spring 2003, students
taking Skills will have the option to
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PC(USA) Boycotts Taco Bell
By Alexa Smith, Presbyterian News Service
The world ministries division of
the Presbyterian Chureh (U.S.A.) has
announced a nationwide boycott
against Taco Bell.
The action is a way of seeking
“farm worker justice.”
The Coalition of Immokalee Work
ers (CIW), an organization of tomato-
pickers, is in a dispute over wages
and working conditions with Six L’s
Corp., a distributor that supplies toma
toes to Taco Bell. The workers want
the restaurant chain to pay an addi
tional penny per pound to Six L’s.
If that cent were passed along to the
workers, it would double their earn
ings. (Immokalee is town in Florida;
its name rhymes with “broccoli.”)
The Presbyterian boycott is aimed at
18- to 24-year-oIds, Taco Bell’s most
important consumer group, according
to Gary Cook, who directs the Pres
byterian Hunger Program. He said the
action will be promoted mainly over
the Internet, an effective means of
reaching people of that age group.
The PC(USA) also will support a
shareholders’ resolution against YUM!
Foods Corp., Taco Bell’s parent com
pany, introduced by the United Church
of Christ; and will launch a media
campaign to give the denomination a
voice in the current debate about cor
porate responsibility.
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But he (God) said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for
my power is made perfect in weakness.” Tliereforc 1 will boast
all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power
may rest on me.
-2 Corintliiiins 12:9