Meet Monfreat
By Lyndsay Mayer and Angela Le
With things going “bump” in the night the last week of October, we canvassed the campus for
spine-tingling stimuli, asking this week’s victims of Meet Montreat, “What are you scared of?”
Startled by the question, Carizma Chapman,
a sophomore, blurts out “you sure know how to
put a sister on the spot!” But as she gets over
her shock, and considers her answer, Carizma
confesses that one of her greatest fears is that
she will go through life not helping people,
and not accomplishing anything. She loves the
sense of accomplishment she feels when she
helps others.
Dr. Gary Van Brocklin has
turned his fear of the dark into
an inspirational kaleidoscope
through which he views his
Christian faith. At the age of
seven or eight. Dr. Van Brocklin
remembers spending the night
with a fearless friend who slept
sans illumination. “I was so
thankful for his dear mother,
who was willing to leave a light
on for me,” Dr. VB. says. But
this Associate Professor of Bible
and Cross-Cultural Studies has
learned to use his fear to develop
his faith. “Some people say basic
fear of the dark is innate, and
rational,” Van Brocklin says, “but
developing a protective sense of
Christ has the clear benefit of
displacing fear with trust.”
Ryan Wright, a leading scorer on the men’s
soccer team, claims he has something in
common with former Atlanta Braves pitcher
Charlie Leibrandt. While some of you may be
guessing it’s a 14-year-long career in the sport
ing arena, prepare to stand corrected. While
Ryan’s no spring chicken at the ripe old age of
22, he hasn’t been around .that long, contrary to
popular belief. Ryan and Leibrandt both share
a fear of snakes, actually “it’s not the fear of
snakes as much as it is the fear of being bitten
by one,” Ryan drawls. Ryan, a junior busi
ness major, entertains great crowds with an
old snake-spotting anecdote, “1 almost killed
myself getting out of the car once because I
thought 1 saw a snake. But it was just a stick or
something.”
Dean Lance, the Dean of Students, says the
thing that terrifies him the most is a late-night
phone call. He doesn’t mean typical prank
calls, but rather late-night phone calls with
tragic news. A few years ago. Dean Lance’s
wife handed him the phone in the middle of
the night. That phone call brought news of the
tragic deaths of two students in an accident on
highway 40. Now, any late night call sends chills
down Lance’s spine. He assumes this will con
tinue to be the case for the rest of his career as
Dean. However, he does have hope that a good
late-night call could diminish this fear. Dean
Lance’s daughter is expecting, and he hopes the
good-news call telling him he is a grandfather
will come at NIGHT in early June.
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She has leather upholstery in
her automobile and taps the door
before reaching for the handle.
This Tampa Bay, FL native does
not play around. “I have an intense
fear of being shocked,” says Lind
say King, a senior human services
major. “It only happens in the
winter, when I reach for the door
handle or stand up from my chair,”
Lindsay explains. She has her own
coping mechanisms for dealing
with this frictional hazard. In addi
tion to her luxury shock-resistant
car seats, she remains nip-free by
adding, “When I get up from my
chair, I slide my [pant] leg against
the metal leg of the desk.” This is
the secret to minimizing the zap
factor.
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