Dear Students...
I hope you are off to a great school year. By now you have probably had your
first series of quizzes, tests, papers, and lab assignments. Of course, 1 know you
are also fully engaged in friendships, small groups, athletic events, and just get
ting to know each other. Treasure these days. Get to know as many people as
you can, experience the natural beauty of this area, and grow in you knowledge
of Christ. College days are unique and have a charm you will yearn for in later
years.
As you move through college, I encourage you to find a writer you can read
for the rest of your life. It doesn’t really matter whether the writer is well known
to the rest of the world. All that matters is he or she “speaks” to you. Try to read
everything you can by that person. In my own case, I have gone through periods
when my “writer” was Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle (author of the Sher
lock Holmes detective stories), William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and e. e.
Cummings. Later, after becoming a -teacher, I found myself drawn to the great
writers of world literature, including Homer, Virgil, Dante, Tolstoy, and Dos
toyevsky as well as the giants of English literature such as Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Browning, Tennyson, Joyce,
Lawrence, and Yeats.
However, the one writer 1 always come back to is C. S. Lewis. If you don’t
know him, I urge you to pick up one of his Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwlape
Letters, The Great Divorce, or one of the three books in his Ransom space tril
ogy—Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.
Lewis is definitely a writer you can read all your life, particularly if you are
looking for someone who combines literary excellence, hard-nosed thinking, and
a winsome faith in Christ. It is no exaggeration to say he was the most articulate
Christian writer of the 20'*' century, especially in his appeal to readers across
denominational lines. Although I never met him, through his books he became
my greatest teacher ahd most influential mentor.
Look for that person who can become your “writer for life.” You will never
regret it, and 1 predict you will return to him or her year after year for aesthetic
delight, intellectual stimulation, and spiritual insight.
Don W. King
1974 - first year as English
professor at Montreat-Anderson
College -'f
1981 - tenured' -
1986-88 • Chairnicin, Humanities
Division
1988-92 - Associate Dean of
Academic Affairs
1993-2000 - Vice President^''
Dean of Academics and
Associate Professor of English
1999 - became Editor of
Christian Scholar’s Review
2000-2001 - Professor of
English
2003 - appointed Interim
President of Montreal College
Cross Country Races in Brevard
Jenn Ramsey
Cavalier Cross-Country completed
their third race of the season at the
Land-O-Sky Invitational, held at
Brevard College this Saturday, August
20.
The Lady Cavaliers finished in
9'*’ place out of 11 teams, although
hampered by the loss of freshman
Katie Totten due to injury. With a flat
5-kilometer course and clear skies, the
women’s team ran their best times of
the season.
In a race that feamred 71 runners,
Jenn Ramsey finished 18'*' in 22:35,
Marina Ilminska (53"*) in 26:05, and
Annie Garrett (56'*') in 26:27. Gar
rett was followed closely by Kirsten
Wynne, who ran a time of 26:32 to
place 57'*'. Rounding out the team
were Helen Tate, finishing with a
vicious sprint to gain 63"* place with a
time of 27:28, and Mary Jane Shafer,
charging across the line to be 68'*' in
29:19.
Men’s XC Team left to right Darrell Frick (SO),
Brisben (FR), Adam Ripley (SO)
Due to an automobile accident suf
fered the day before by sophomores
Adam Ripley and Darrell Frick, the
men’s team was unable to field a full
squad, thus making therii ineligible
Women’s XC Team left to right Jenn Ramsey (FR), Mary Jane Shafer (SO), Katie Totten (FR),
Kirsten Wynne (SO), Annie Garrett (SO) Helen Tate (SO), Marina Ilminska (SO) (not pictured)
Page 8, Sept. 26,2003
The Whetstone
Lyndsay Mayer
Women’s United Soccer
Association Under Fire
team that feeds into WUSA teams.
Convey, a sophomore and Environmen
tal Studies major, says, “we don’t know
how it will affect us [Splash players] but
we play with the aim of progressing to
the next level, being WUSA. If it’s gone,
there’s nowhere to go.”
Convey is doubtful thdt the WUSA
will regain establishment, and forecasts
the future of American women’s profes
sional soccer as bleak at best. “It seems
like a waste of talent,” says Convey,
“and you’re probably going to lose play
ers to the European leagues, if they ever
get formed.”
U.S. team captain Julie Foudy is
optimistic about the opportunity the
team will have to receive press coverage
throughout the duration of the World
Cup. “I think it’s a great rallying point,”
says Foudy, “I look at this team and our
attitude is ‘Bring it on. You think we’re
going to go down?”’ (Credit: USA
Today).
Several investors, previously
unaware of the league’s dire straits, have
come forward to offer their sponsorship.
The remainder of the money needed to
sustain the league is expected to come
from ticket and WUSA merchandise
sales.
There are eight teams in the league,
including the Carolina Courage based
out of Cary, NC.
The 2003 U.S. Women’s World
Cup team began defending their title
by crashing Sweden 3-1 on Septem
ber 21. They must also contend with
defending the existence of the WUSA,
which was formed after the U.S. won
the World Cup in 1999.
On Monday, September 15, the
Women’s United Soccer Asso
ciation (WUSA) Board of Governors
announced all operations would cease,
effective immediately. Chairman of
the Board John Hendricks cited “a
shortfall in sponsorship revenue and
insufficient revenue from other core
areas of the business” as grounds for
the league’s collapse. (Credit: WUSA)
A committee was formed to investi
gate potential investors for the league’s
salvation. There currently exists $100
million in the WUSA budget, but the
decision to close operations was based
on the contingency of severance pack
ages to be paid from the $100 million.
An additional $30 million to $35 mil
lion is needed to keep the league up
and running through the 2003-2004
season.
Montreat women’s soccer team
member Michelle Convey of Coven
try, England, currently plays for the
Asheville Splash, a semi-pro soccer
Jeremiah Weston (FR), Tarbeil Patten (JR), Ben
for team competition. Ben Brisben
also did not ran, due to shin splints
incurred during training.
Ripley had severe braising and
what he thought might be a cracked
rib due to the accident, and watched
the race from the sidelines.
Frick came in first for Montreat in
the men’s race, coming in 41“ in 32:32
over the 8-kilometer course. Freshman
Jeremy Weston came in 64"' with a
time of38:l 1 and junior Tarbeil Patton
finished in 40:54 to score 70'\
Milligan College won both the
overall men’s and women’s competi
tions.
The Cavaliers journey next to
the Lees-McRae Invitational held at
Lees-McRae College on October 4.
Coach McMahill encourages all those
interested in running cross-country to
contact him at extension 3409.
Movie Quotes
,, "I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything,
process anything as a career. I don’t
want to seli anything bought or processed,
or buy anything sold or processed, or pro
cess anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair
anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a
career, I don’t want to do that.” John Cusack as Lloyd
Dobler Say Anything
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