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4 ^ccemfcr 2008 J2imtrcat, X[j87S7 hctStOM JMontreat Coffee’s Student ^oice Enjoying Life Outside the Classroom Garrett Ray Have you ever w^on- dered what it would be like to experience an entire course in the outdoors, to scale the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and build a friend ship with twelve other people while camp ing in the crisp cool air of autumn? Ask the stu dents who attended the field studies course to Grandfather Mountain on the weekend of October 17-19, led by professor. Dr. Brad Daniel. The group set up camp on a Friday night in McCrae meadows at the foot of the 5964 ft. moun tain and spent their days co-teaching about the flora, habitats, geology, soils. ecology, prevailing weather patterns, and cultural his tory surrounding the only privately owned biosphere reserve, and simply observ ing the beauty of God’s creation. The course was filled with a variety of teach ing oppor tunities for the students includ ing the Grand father Nature Museum, animal habitats, and a number of traversed hiking trails along the way. With the aid of the ever-friendly Grandfather naturalist Jesse Pope, the group was able to observe first hand what happens behind the scenes of the park, as well as scale their way to the top of McCrae Peak, the third highest peak of the moun tain, and catch a glimpse of the Charlotte skyline nearly 100 miles away. Montreat College field courses are uniquely designed immersion experi ences for students to learn various ecosystems outside of the classroom. For more information on the Envi ronmental Studies majors at Montreat College, contact Dr. Brad Daniel at bdaniel@montreat.edu, or Dr. Brian Joyce, Depart ment Chair, at bjoyce@ A Final Season as a Lady Cavalier Heather Hable Finalizing my last soccer season here at Montreat, I can not honestly say it ended the way I had imag ined. I remember wonder ing throughout the sum mer who God would bring to coach us for my last season. The upper class- man and I kept a thread on Facebook so that we could share thoughts, hopes, and prayer requests throughout the summer. It was not until July that we finally had a name to go “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall seeface to face. Now I know in part; then I shall knowfully, even as lamfully known.” I Corinthians 13:12 into the position. We were told our new coach would be Don Maples from Knoxville, TN. Pre-season was set for the beginning of August and I had not even talked with him. None of us knew what to expect when we arrived. With about as many new girls as there were returning players, the diversity of the indi viduals was obvious. But the thread that held us all together was the love for the sport of soccer. This is exactly what I love so much about soccer—^you can get a group of people together who love soccer, but maybe do not even speak the same language and throw a black and white ball in the middle of them, creating automatic unity. The season was full of demanding practices, late nights on the field until we could no longer see in front of us, and dance parties in parking lots. We were picked to have ended montreat.edu. For more information about Grand father Mountain, visit www.grandfather.com. the conference in fourth place but actually ended in sbcth. We did so much better than we thought we could against some difficult teams. However, after some foolish mistakes towards the end of the season we had to finish our last few games without some key players. Through this strange and different season, Coach Maples taught us some of the most difficult life lessons. I will never forget See Lady Cavalier on pg. 10
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