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My Whetstone Adieu
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by April Heyward, Managing Editor
Honestly, I find it difficult to
realize that this will be my last
issue working for The Whetstone.
It feels surreal to comprehend that
in two weeks I’ll leave Montreat
and will not return in the Fall,
This school and my work on the
paper have defined my life for the
past four years.
My experience at Montreat
includes a mix of emotions:
from great times like gallivanting
throughout the streets of Asheville
and spontaneous Denny’s stops at
3 A.M, to the difficult times when
the pressure of academic require
ments and personal circumstances
seemed relentless.
I’ve learned so much in the past
four years, and my time working
for The Whetstone played a major
role in my learning and develop
ment. The people I’ve met and
worked with are some of my clos
est friends.
When students created The
Whetstone in 2001, they pulled
the verse Proverbs 27:17 as the
basis for the organization: “As
iron sharpens iron, so one man
sharpens another.” The Whet-
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Editor in Chief
Managing Editor
Graphic Design/ layout
Business Manager
Staff Writers
Lindsey Migliori
April Heyward
Brittany Anderson
Travis Shelburne
Kimmy Braendel
Rachel Foreman
Steve Carter
Photographers
Web
Steve Carter
April Heyward
Brian Devore
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stone is to serve as an avenue
for the students, staff and fac
ulty of Montreat as well as the
surrounding community. In the
middle of this college environ
ment, in which one can become
easily complacent regarding
current events, I hope this paper
will continue to inform our vast
audience about what happens on
our campus nestled in this sleepy
Swannanoa Valley. I know for my
fellow seniors graduating in 2006,
this paper is the only record of
any major events, engagements,
photos, and sports accomplish
ments that we have.
I will continue to pray and
think about this school and espe
cially this organization when I
leave. I hope that people will
rmderstand the value of what we
print and truly realize that this
is the student’s paper. Students,
please take advantage of this
gift. LET YOUR VOICE BE
HEARD!! Write. Take Pictures.
Share. Inform. If you think there
is nothing worth reading in The
Whetstone then write something
worth reading. It’s never a good
practice to cower in apathy.
I caimot leave without prop
erly saying thanks to a handful
of people that I’ve been blessed
to know during my time here.
Thank you Bob Graham, Tim
Tyson, Becca Snyder and the
Snyder family. Your love and
positive energy made me believe
in myself during times when
feeling doubtful seemed like the
best avenue. I am fortunate that
I was able to learn and grasp
your vision of the paper. Thank
you so much Kortney Blythe for
being one of the best co-workers
I will probably ever encounter. I
will always cherish the times we
spent brainstorming the perfect
verb while also sharing our lives.
Thanks Brian Fuller for teaching
me the fundamentals of the Jour
nalism field. Brittany Anderson-
Montreat’s Layout and Design
GODDESS- it was great getting
to know you and to marvel at
your work (while also enjoying
your great music collection).
Though the finished product of
the paper layout may look easy
to the untrained eye, it takes great
skill and art. The Montreat com
munity is grateful to be blessed
by your expertise.
To the people outside of The
Whetstone realm, I just want
to take the time and say thank
you TO Sandra Owen for being a
mother to me. To all of my pro
fessors who dealt with all of my
“shenanigans” in the classroom,
thanks! For the eclectic group of
students I’ve met at Montreat and
I now consider true friends, thank
you for sharing your lives with
me.
Thank you, my Montreat com-
mimity, for letting me bother you
in these four years. You let me
take your pictures, ask stupid
questions, and so many other
things that I felt embarrassed to
do during the time. Through this
experience. I’m slowly overcom
ing some of my fears, but I could
not do it without you guys.
For the future
Whetstone staff I just want to
say good luck and don’t ever
loose hope. Though things may
seem impossible (especially
aroxmd press night!) it can be
done. I love you all and you’ll
always be in my thoughts.
As I leave. I’ll be honest to
say that I have no clear idea of
what’s in store for my life, but I
believe that my time at Montreat
will serve as a stepping stone for
everything I learn and encoun
ter in the future. Thank you.
Montreat, for enabling me to love
and grow.
Reflections...
by Kimmy Braendel
Over the past four years, Montreat has become more than my
college, it has become my home, not just friends, but family, I
have learned my biggest lessons not in class, but living in com
munity with., others. Remember no matter how much we try to
plan out our lives, God has a perfect plan for us, and He will do
anything to make sure we continue on in the right path,
SO trust Him with everything that you do, and when “life hap
pens” remember that He is there to comfort you and love you. I
was reading a book that someone recommended to me and I
stumbled across this quote... “I thought that someone with faith
in Christ could overcome any obstacle. What I didn’t realize was
that I needed my friends. I needed support. I needed people who
could talk to God when I couldn’t. Who loved me unselfishly.”
I have found those friends here, so once again, thank you. I will miss this home more than I can
express. Remember “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13).
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