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i'i* t Page Four MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP Thursday, November 15, 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT. ACTION ON CAMPUS by Tim Haden The time has come for students of Mars Hill College to a- bandon their seem ingly "no position" tradition or at best, their status as mere armchair in tellectuals. Sit ting behind closed dorm doors, safely expressing token rad ical (or conserva tive) opinions, in dignantly calling for some kind of drastic action on a given is sue is not enough. Students must realize their ideas and i-. deals in. outwardly visible, and effec tive action initiated by themselves. Dele gating responsibility for effective change to other unknown act ors in life when one clearly sees a prob lem and realizes the need for action, is hypocritical and per haps immoral. Have you ever speculated as why there have been no demonstrations _ at Mars Hill pertaining to such issues as the continued war in In dochina, pressing en vironmental problems or the political cor ruption that has been revealed this year. We just sit back and let the world pass by, that is, as long as we can continue to tumble (or stumble) up and down girls' or boys' hill and perhaps sneak a for bidden beer into our rooms. Either Mars Hill College consists to tally of mediocre, no opinion students, or else these students are basically afraid to take a potential ly controversial stand on a particular issue, Afraid, yes, even intimidated they may be. Students are scared of being wrong, scared of an tagonizing a given instructor by voic ing views that con flict with the in structor's own views or scared of disap proving comments from "high adminis tration sources." One of the most common rebuttals to student opinions is, "well, when you get older and more ma ture, you'll change your mind." Coming from an admired pro fessor (or hated) , this type of answer is intimidating to say the least because it reduces a student from a young adult status to a cringing innocent babe incap able of thinking for himself. Don't be- linquish your budding ideas too quickly! One professor told this writer, that by the end of his sopho more year, he had come to the conclu sion that his opin ions were as good as anyone else's and therefore, there was no reason not to ex press them "loud and clear." This was food for thought. Clearly our fine in structors at Mars Hill, because of their wide experi- ■ ence and training, will generally be able to successfully dispel a student's o- pinion if their opin ions are in conflict. However, it is impor tant to realize that you will more than likely, be able to find another teacher on campus who can substantially support your views. For ex ample, I heard in one class that Christian theology provided the way to find truth and meaning in life while in the next class, I was told that this same theology so nar rows and restricts a student's mind that the process of disa covering truth and meaning in life is irredemably impaired. In fact, professors, even more than stu dents , seldomly agree on anything, so why be careful about whom you agree with. Ob viously there needn't be any fear of being wrong in some persons view, particularly on idsues similar to the ones mentioned above, for undoubtedly many others will support you. Beware particu larly of behavioral and intellectual con ditioning . Remember that the general de signs of this college would not necessarily be the same as those at UNC-A, Whittier or Harvard. Who is "right?" Students need to dispell the seemingly entrenched idea, that open demonstrations, pamphlets or informa tion tables, etc., are activities to be persued at Mars Hill. In a recent protest against Marine re cruitment on campus, many students seemed upset, not by what the protestors had to say, but by the fact that an "audacious" open protest was act ually taking place. A typical rebuke was, "Why are you picking on the Marines?" One football tarzan even threatened to turn over the protestors' information table! But it is precisely this kind of public activity, despite the dangers of irrational behavior mentioned a- bove, that creates interest and thought among generally una ware students. It is clearly more effec tive than "barroom intellectualizing." During the quest ion and answer period after the Julian Bond speech, one student asked what could be done on a "political ly apathetic campus." I suggest to this student, and others, that they seek out persons who are ideo logical fellow trav elers and organize, write position papers and handouts, send letters to the edi tors and promote their views openly. Nothing can happen as long as students sit back and complain that nothing is hap pening. A few inno vated persons could start what might pos sibly put Mars Hill back in touch with the world. Aleksandr Solzhen- iksgn, famous Russian writer and political dissenter, asked the thoughtful question; "If one is forever cautious, can one re main a human being?" It is your world and your future—DO SOME THING ABOUT IT!! "t Just Want You To Know I’m Behind You, Spiro... One Thousand Per Cent." FOOTBALL... In Summary by Eric Gamer There comes a time in every coaches car eer that he must take a deep breath and continue to fight despite difficult conditions. This is Coach Claude "Hoot" Gibson's first year as head of the Lion football team. It has had joys but also has come many disa ppointments . The Lions have lost their last four ball games in a row, total of five. Three of those five have been losses by 4 pts. or less. That can be discouraging. Surely Coach Gibson has had many great moments this year. Present ly, the Lions are twelvth in the nation in passing offense. Ronnie Reeves has twice been named Car olines Conference Player of the Week and Jeff Conner was ■unner-up once also for the same award. Ronnie Capps is pre sently seventh in the nation in pass recei ving. The Lion de fense ranks top in the Carolines Confer ence against the pass. Ronnie Reeves leads the conference in scoring. Tom Fi sher is tied for fourth in the nation in punting. Surely the Lions have All- Conference players like Ray Kinney, Wayne Perryman, "Spike" Anderson, Dan Johnson and David Bo- schelli (remember his 3 interceptions last Saturday). With all these things going for him, a coach has to wonder why the re cord isn't better than 4-6. Last weeks loss to Newberry 17-21 is no thing to be ashamed about. Gibson has a young team with a ma jority of players who are freshmen or soph omores . There is the future to look for in our Lions. This week we take on Georgetown College at 2:00 in Meares Stadiiam. The Lions have a lot to be proud of. Let's support them as they close out this sea son. This is Parents Weekend and there are 9 seniors who deserve your support. by Cole Harris Intramurals Next Monday and Tuesday are the dates set for the Inter mural Football Play offs. Only the top four teams will enter the play offs. Mon days games feature the Over the Hill Gang, 9-0, vs. Pika Katz, 6-4, and Mama Sue's Boys, 8-1 vs. Cottage Cheese, 7-2. Tuesday will host the winners of both games for the Championship. In 5th place in the standings was Pi Kapps, 5-5, followed by Semi-Tough 4-5, Sea Gulls 4-5 ( tie for sixth place) , Melrose P, 2-7 and tied for the bottom are Myers G. and G- men, both at 0-8. Participation in intermural volley ball, 3-on-3 basket ball, and doxibleS paddleball will begin Monday, Nov. 19. In termural basketball teams are now being formed and all organ izations should have their rosters in to the Intermural Office before the Christmas Holidays. Vol. XI SG NE by Ben Si Tw have will h break Brenc SGA wit! for tor Frc by Jonath Wl by Marc So fa| have bel comets, r ficallv ci ■ng the! ^bristml already [ amount! family, actu little wa| bydroca and at) •■ock ar aucleus) atiles aq ® hiliioJ «. ®cne| ,‘ce ciT •aterstel l>etweet[ Centaul Cloud, r to be ^idered"! Once i| ‘^bunksl ®nd fall
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