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MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
Friday, October 26, 1973
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I Want To Bite Your WHAT ?
by Wes Pierce
The legendary Count
Dracula, fictional no
bleman who rose from his
coffin at nights to
drink blood -from the
necks of Victorian lad
ies was inspired by a
real person, goulishly
cruel to his victims.
Evidence that Dracula
was more than a creation
of Bran Stoker and Bela
Lugosi has been compiled
by two Boston College
professors, one of whom
traces his heritage to
Dracula's times, who
tracked the vampire
trail throughout Rxuaania
three separate times.
Going up the Arges
River to its source in
the mountains of Walla-
chia, near the Transyl
vanian border. Profes
sors Rajnnond McNally and
Romanlam-bom Radu
Florescu finally found
Dracula's castle in
1969. Surrounded by
dense bleak forests, its
walls rising straight
up from the sides of a
300-foot precipice, the
was a
Oxford
escu.
"WHO'S
The largest number
ever selected for Who's
Who in American Colleges
and Universities was
made this week as the
Registrar's Office an
nounced that 25 Mars
Hill students had been
named to the honor.
Usually, the approv
ing organization in Tus
caloosa, Alabama, allows
only 24 nominations to
be accepted; however.
Bob Chapman, Registrar,
reports that there was a
five way tie in four of
the slots allocated, and
the Who's Who board ap
proved the 25 positions.
The selection for
1973-74 are: John Rob
ert Allison, a PE major
from Easley, S.C.; Karen
Jane Batson, a Religion
major , from Taylors,
S.C.; Brenda Jean Berry-
Hill, Religion major
from Charlotte; Mrs.
Christina Caldwell, a
Music Education major
from Stanley, N.C.;
Priscilla Anne Canupp,
an English major from
Monroe; Ken Chamlee, an
English major from
Greenville, S.C.; Susan
Rachel Chapman, a Music
castle was every bit as
imposing, isolated and
as sinister as the man.
Prince Dracula, that the
two professors had spent
nearly a decade resear
ching .
Evidence from folk-
loric stories in the
castle area combined
with exhaustive research
in east European arch
ives indicates that
Dracula was a 15th cent
ury Romanian prince also
nicknamed Vlad the Im-
paler-. "We , have no
doubt that there really
Dracula," says
educated Flor-
Most of his hor
ror came via the stake;
hence his sobriquet "the
Impaler." Once he made
a forest out of 20,000
Impaled Turks.
Dracula's castle
still enjoys ill repute
among the villagers in
the area and to this day
peasants use garlic to
ward off vampires and
ultimately drive a stake
through the suspected
vampires' hearts.
”AT MHC
major from Mars Hill;
Judy Elaine Cox, a Psy
chology major from Bel
ton, S.C.; Richard S.
Croll, a Drama major
from Marlton, New Jer
sey; Sheryl Christine
Davis, a Music Education
major from Chester, Va.;
Johnny Dawkins, an Art
major from Gaffney,
S.C.; David Gasperson,
a Religion major from
Skyland, N.C.; Sarah
Grant, a Biology major
from Jacksonville, N.C.;
Jerry Hayes, a PE major
from Elkin, N.C.; Joey
Hinson, a Sociology ma
jor from Columbia, S.C.;
John Robert Howes,
"Frog," a Political
Science major from Lake
land, Fla.; David Rowan;
a Religion major from
Wilmington; Ed Sams, an
English major from King
ston, Tenn.; Neil St.
Clair, a Voice major
from Vinton, Va.; Joe
Steadman, a PE ' major
from Inman, S.C.; Que
Tucker, a PE major from
Reidsvllle, N.C.; Mari
lyn Tucker, a Business
Administration major
from Patrick Springs,
Dr. Radu Floresdu is
professor of east Euro
pean and Balkan history
at Boston College.
Florescu's family had
joined the cause of Radu
the Handsome, Dracula's
brother and political
adversary. Because of
connection and possible
marriage alliances with
in the family of Radu
the Handsome, there is
said to be a curse on
the family promised by
Dracula himself.
Dr. Florescu will be
on campus Nov. 4 in
Moore Auditorium at 8:00
p.m. This program is
designed more as a dis
cussion rather than a
lecture. There will be
a 50-minute film "In
Search of Dracula," fea
turing scenes from the
Dracula movies, views of
Transylvania, woodcuts
and drawings from the
15th century depicting
dracula, and much more.
I Elementary Education ma-
' jor from Buffalo, S.C.;
I Kenny Ward, a Math major
from Minneapolis, N.C.;
and Annette West, a Mus
ic major from Lexington,
N.C.
E,F,aW
Badfinger and their
back-up group, Bamaby-
Bye from England, have
concelled their entire
American Fall of '73
tour. This in turn, cut
out the performance of
these two groups at the
Friday night concert of
this Homecoming Week.
Phil Weast was able
to arrange the plans and
eventually came up with
a new group for the con
cert, Earth, Wind, and
Fire.
E, W,
& F features leader
Maurice White who has
played with Curtis May-
field, the Impressions,
and Ramsey Lewis.
They have been commis
sioned to do the sound
track for the’ movie.
Sweet Back,. Check 'em
out Friday night at 8:00
in Moore Auditorium.
McLaughlin, takes job
in College Union
Va.; Sandra Varner, an
Earth, Windt ccnd Fire to play for homecoming concert
The Student Director
of the College Union is
a position unknown to
most Mars Hill students.
Mickey McLaughlin, a
sophomore Behavior Sci
ence Major from Bladen-
boro, ^orth Carolina,
wishes to remedy this
situation, showing stu
dents that they have a
voice, through him, in
the planning of college
functions. As student
Director of the College
Union Mickey has several
responsibilities. First
of all, he is chairman
of the College Union
Board which elected hiifi
to his post. The CU
Board is the most repre
sentative of all Mars
Hill organizations, in
cluding the director of
the College Union, the
dean of student develop
ment, and representa
tives from the student
body, student govern
ment, the Senate, the
Intra-Greek Council, the
Christian Student Move
ment, the Committee on
Public Information, the
faculty, and the Commit
tee on Visiting Lectur
ers and Artists. Mickey
works closely with the
Director of the College
Union, advising him of
student -'ideas. He is
the link between stu
dents and administration
of the college union.
In addition to rep
resenting the CU Board
at all official funct
ions, Mickey is in
charge of the Executive
Council which includes
officers of the Board.
Members of the Executive
Council work on bylaws
for the cost involving
uses of the College Un
ion. Also, they bring
matters up before the 4
programming committees
(concerts & dance, mov
ies, visiting artists,
and coffee house).
As Student Director,
Mickey has several ideas
involving the use of the
College Union and in
volvement of students.
Mickey believes that
Mars Hill is very for
tunate in having an or
ganization such as the
Mickey McLaughlin, Stu
dent Director of the
College Union.
Friday night, Oct. 26.
College Union where stu'
dents can participate It
the planning of thel*
activities. He hope®
that the program will
spread out, involvioi
even more students.
Mickey also discusses
the monetary problems of
the College Union. Tb*
organization has to op'
erate on a very limites
budget, a lot of it pro'
vided by student feeS'
However, Mickey and th‘
Student Board have proff'
ised "no more dead week'
ends." He urges sto'
dents not to be Impe'
tient about paying no®"
inal fees for movies ai>‘
other entertainment be'
cause with these adde*
funds, more entertain'
ment can be spree*
throughout the yea!
Also, the College UniO'
is a non-profit orga®
ization, operating pl^
marily for studeO
needs. The Union ^
pledged in giving tk
student the maximimi ^
mount of activity f*’
the steadily increasl**
prices of today.
Mickey continual^
emphasizes the impof
tance of the student ^
voicing his opinions ^
College affairs. It f
up to the student '
make responsible decl'
ions through involveme^
in college life. f*’
information on how f
can be involved in
planning of college 3*
tivities contact eitb*
Mickey, Sarah Trayl^*
or Jim Manchester.