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The Montre WHE Volume III, Number III dent Voice ONE 8757 November 1, 2002 Future Tastes Good for Howerton Men By Kortney Blythe Spurred by the overwhelming response of 60 out of the 75 residents present at the Howerton dorm meet ing, Tim Tyson plunged into the esti mated $11,000 kitchen project. Funding Distribution for Howerton Kitchen This long anticipated addition would be located on the floor of Howerton dorm in what is presently a storage facility. The Montreat Zoning Administrator, Building Inspector, and the Fire Marshall have all approved this location for the kitchen, which is essential to the project’s completion. Tim Tyson is in charge of the Howerton Kitchen Committee for the SGA and he revealed, “My goal is for the kitchen to be completed by the end of this semester.” Tyson’s ambi tious completion sched ule, however, is not truly plausible considering the time remaining in the semester (7 weeks). The major hin drance, according to Charles Lance, Dean of Students, is that “the President’s Cab inet meets in the spring to plan the budget for the upcoming academic year and it is very difficult to get funding for unplanned projects, in the middle of the year.” We are in a very budget-centered year, according to Lance, and the projected cost of the future kitchen at $11,350, surpasses the average amount of financial aid award per stu dent by $1,350. If a large chunk of money, appliances, and labor were donated, the likelihood of a speedier completion would increase signifi cantly. “The Board of Trustees is so impressed with student initiative and servant hood that it is hard to say ‘no’ to student requested funding; espe cially if the project will improve the quality of living for present and future students,” encouraged Dean Lance. Complaints abound in Howerton about the absence of a kitchen. Nate Swift is one of many residents who assert, “It’s about time they got in gear. All the other dorms have a kitehen already. We deserve one.” However, are Howerton residents aware of the downsides of a kitchen? The bustling of Anderson lobby con tinues to invite loads of students with growling stomachs. However, after the food disappears, so do most of the students. The dishes and leftovers pile up, and on more than one occa sion, the kitchen has been restricted Continued on page 7 Recycling: No Deposit, No Return By Becca Snyder “Is recycling economically feasi ble? Yes. Is it being done locally in a responsible manner? No,” says biol ogy professor Mike Sonnenberg. Montreat currently recycles, according to Linda Harrison, head of housekeeping. “We mostly recy cle paper and cardboard,” she says. Housekeeping puts blue plastic bags of recyclables on the curb Tuesday mornings, where GDS collects them along with the garbage. “I recycle the easy stuff - like paper,” says sophomore Jackie Raffa. “It gives me an excuse to get out of Young Life Quest Students Train to Lead Teens to Christ By Erin Maguire This year’s Young Life training program. Quest, is giving seven stu dents an opportunity to help troubled and non-religious teens gradually come to Christ. “I want to show kids heaven by meeting them where they’re at,” says sophomore Jackie Raffa about her reason for being involved with Quest. Others students in Quest are Kaylin Fisher, Jessica Mueller, Erin Jones, April Shelton, Joel North and Vince Norfleet. Young Life leaders Phill Berry and Beth Godsey lead Quest meet ings every Tuesday. Members learn memory verses and Young Life lead ership skills. And they also have weekly homework. One assignment included going to a football game to scope out and observe the different teenage groups. Once the Quest stu dents have had training, they have to pass a test to become Young Life leaders. Kaylin Fisher thinks the training is valuable. “I have a heart for teenag ers. I want to learn how to explain the message of salvation.” “Young Life is about the relation ships with the teenagers and going to wherever they are at, whether it be practices, lunches, even their homes,” says Phill Berry, a Young Life mis sion staff member. “Christ said that he would give you your life if you give your life away.” Jim Rayburn started Young Life in 1940 in Texas. He once said, “It is sin to bore kids with gospel.” Young Life brings adventure to the gospel and leads teens to Christ in a non threatening but straight up way. Most of the teens Young Life targets do not attend church or youth group. “I want to help lead them to Christ,” says Joel North. my room. Like if I’m studying for an exam, and I see a stack of paper, 1 think Til go recycle this.’ But I don’t usually think to recycle glass and ams.” “One aluminum can is not worth anything. Ten bags of aluminum arc worth a little, but are a bother to the waste hauler. A hundred tons of alu minum cans is currently worth around $100,000,” asserts a recycling pro posal researched and written by the biology department last year. According to Blue Ridge Metal Recycling, Inc. approximately 66,000 aluminum cans equals a ton. Montreat does not recycle on that scale, and implementing a more comprehensive recycling program would take a com munity effort, according to Sonnen berg. The SGA formed a recycling com mittee September 26. Kelley Cleve land, who works on the committee with Lindsay King, says their intent is to “investigate with the plan to pos sibly implement a recycling program hopefully within the year.” Wednesday’s convocation speaker Don Yelton serves as a resource for the SGA. “He’s the expert,” says Sonnenberg. Yelton quotes aluminum value at $660 a ton, and other metals and paper each at $24 a ton. “It pays to do the right thing,” says Yelton. An informal poll reveals most stu dents do not recycle during the school year. “1 guess it’s just not something Continued on page 6 Verse of tlle Week: But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. - 2 Corinthians 4:7 Bclh, April, Jt^ssica, Jackie, Krin, Kaylin, Phill, Viticc, and Joel .showing their young life.
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