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BOV Attends Annual Meetings by April Heyward The Montreal College Board of Visi tors plans to gather for their annual meetings from Friday, October 31 to Saturday, November 1. The responsibilities of the Board of Visitors include representing the college with prospective students and prospective donors and giving occa sional advice to the president. The board members are also asked to pro vide financial support to the college. The weekend schedule will be busy for the board members. “They are here for less than 24 hours so we try to do everything in our power to show them what Montreal is all about,” says weekend coordinator, Anita Sayles. The members are scheduled to attend a campus showcase, discussing the Discovery program, the Adult Studies Program, and the Bell Library’s 30"' anniversary. Tours of Montreal and Black Mountain Campus, a seminar about Gettysburg with Dr. William BIk. Mountain Caters to Visitors Continued from page 1 think that will be the height of the leaf season and everything is booked for the middle of the month.” Located in downtown East State Street, the building offers newcom ers ideas of things to do around town by providing brochures, flyers, and other advertisement of businesses in the area. Volunteers are also on hand to greet and assist visitors or give directions if necessary. The Visitor Center staffs fifty-two volunteers, one full-time, and one part-time employee. Two volunteers work four-hour shifts that accommodate their schedule. “The volunteers are well educated and do a good job helping visitors and answering their questions,” comments Th« Montraat Coflag* S1gd*nt Vole* WHETSTONE Montreal College Box 839 Montreal, NC 28757 828.669.8012 Ext. 3710 whetstone@montreat.edu Managing Editor Asst. Managing Editor News/Sports Editor Features/Column Editor Business Manager Sponsor/Advisor Staff Writers Photographers Tim Tyson Becca Snyder Brittany Anderson Christina Lopez Kortney Blythe Bob Graham Jeb Berkeley Jenn Davis Scott Denkman Kelly Evans Moriah Geer-Hardwick Rachel Godby April Heyward Erin Maguire Lyndsay Mayer Kendell Milton Jenn Ramsey Nathan Thomas Emily Washburn Johanna Wright Dustin Etheridge Billy May Joel North Tiffany Sloddart The Whetstone is published bimonthly while school is in session. The views expressed in this publication arc not necessarily the views of Montreat College or its staff. Funding for this paper is provided by our advertisers. Student Activities Budget, and the Office of Alumni Af fairs. Visit our Web site at www.montreat.edu/ whetstone. Please direct any questions or com ments to the editor at whetstone@montreat.edu. Page 2. Oct. 31,2003 McMurray. The visitor center represents part of the Black Mountain Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce, a 300-member business organization that promotes local economic development. Throughout the year the chamber of commerce organizes such events as the Christmas Parade, Sourwood Festival, and the Taste of Black Mountain. The Chamber of Commerce and the City of Black Mountain are not con nected, but work together on special projects. “We’ll meet with the board of directors a couple times a year to see if there are things we ask them to do, or they would like us to do,” says McMurray. The Chamber tries to “encourage the town to do certain projects like trails, green ways, beauti fication projects, and things that would enhance the town,” he continues. The chamber also has an economic development committee in which some members of town staff par- > free high-speed wireless internet access > espresso beverages > fair-trade ^ coffees Vbted Best Coffeehouse > smoothies in WNCr > homemade '' get pastries wem a/ some. Forstchen and Mr. Robert Boer, and a business session are also included in their schedule. To become part of the Board of Visi tors one must be nominated by some one from the college or by another board member. “The best thing we can do is to get people who not only are going to help what we need them to help with financially but are in a posi tion to talk to teenagers,” says Sayles. ' iilHiafif “For good, or for awesome?” a -Strong Bad “More like, YOU write a book about comeback jokes...NERD!” -Strong Bad ticipate. The current project for the committee is the development of an interchange off 1-40 down on Blue Ridge Road. Plans have been in the works for five years. McMurray hopes that it will, “help take some of the traf fic congestion out of the downtown and help develop the east side of town more economically.” Living "Water by Johanna Wright Who is my Neighbor? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed, ” hut does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:15-17 In the gospel of Luke (10:25-37), Jesus tells a parable on being neighborly. In the parable Jesus makes a Samaritan the good guy as he addresses an audience of Jewish religious teachers. In Jesus’ day Jews and Samaritans thoroughly despised one another. They were rivals living in the same land, and this parable must have infuriated members of the Jewish audience as Jesus spoke of the‘good’Samaritan. The point of the parable is that each of us is required to be loving and neighborly’ to all people. ‘Neighbor’ is not referring to spatial location or simply to people we call friends, but to those that we would despise in our hearts. In faith we are to reach out to those in need. As James puts it, our faith means nothing if it is not evident in the way that we treat others around us.' 1 think of the recent Warren Wilson fire that left many of our neighbors with absolutely nothing, and the way that Montreal responded. For years there has been sort of a barrier between Montreal students and Warren Wilson students. We have acted similarly to the Jews and Samaritans of Jesus’ day, making no attempts to build relationships with our neighbors. In much the same way that the tragedy in the parable brought the Samaritan and the Jew together, the fi rc has enabled us to build bridges and reach out to our neighbors. As we seek to follow Christ and respond to him, let us continue to seek ways to be neighborly as we minister to the needs of those at Warren Wilson and elsewhere. PackinMt Whetstone and SGA soon to have new home -by Brittany Anderson The Student Government Associa tion and The Whetstone are moving. Both organizations will now be on second floor Belk in the Prayer Room. This location will provide these groups better advertisement, and access for the students. Dean Lance of Student Services suggested this location for use by the SGA and the student newspaper. SGA To Sponsor Thrift Store Prom by April Heyward SGA is planning a Thrift Store Prom for Saturday, November 15 from 8 to 12 at night. It’s just a dance (a replace ment to the Christmas dance) and it will be held at the Black Mountain Campus. “The prayer room was in the middle of student activity and currently not being used for productive reasons.” Commented Tim Tyson, editor for the Whetstone. The two student organizations hope that the new location will get the student body'more involved with the newspaper, and campus cares or concerns. The room will provide a place where students feel comfortable bringing up issues or submitting their work. On October 27 the SGA and Whet stone were given the “go ahead” to start moving in. The Prayer Room still lacks a lock on the door, Internet access, and phone access. This in turn hinders the move for these organiza tions. These organizations hope to be well established in their new office hy mid-November. /-y-'Y ' 4 “I don’t care about the crosswords man! Just the jumbles! The jumbles!” -Strong Bad front porch Seizing old fashioned hamburgers and hot dogs made with mustard, onions, chili, and slaw. Free drink with purchase of burger and fries when you show your Alumni Discount Card Monday: 7am-3pm Tuesday-Saturday: 7am-8pm The Whetstone
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