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MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1974
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As a result of the
mini-term course. Was
God an Astronaut?, an
interest group called
"Soup and Saucer" has
been formed. Soup
stands for Study of
Unusual Phenomena,
and Saucer stands for
Study of Aerial Un
knowns by the Commit
tee for Extraterres
tial Research. We
will be meeting one
Wednesday a month
during the second se
mester and will be
discussing such
things as Tarot card
readings, palm rea
dings , flying sau
cers, ESP, etc. The
meetings will be open
to all who are inter
ested. Meeting dates
and times will be
placed in the Announ
cer in advance. This
group will have no
dues, officers, or
constitution—just a
ccanmon interest in
the strange and unu
sual.
Bob Kramer
for each player, new
travel shirts for
each player,
new
shoes for each play
er. Just think—all
of this for our men's
team within a few
month's time and what
do the women get?
Nothing, except the
$800 provided for the
few away games they
have.
REMEMBER, these
women represent your
school—is it worth
it???
Concerned Women
Athletes of MHC
We are writing out
of concern for the
welfare of our wo
men 's athletic pro
grams . To date,
these programs have
suffered because of
lack of funds. We
realize that the Phy
sical Education De
partment has contri
buted as much as is
possible and some
times extra, yet this
is not the point.
The Varsity program
should be included
and funded by the
Athletic Department
just as all of the
men's programs are
funded.
The Varsity Wo
men's Basketball team
must limit their num
ber of games to thir
teen because "we just
don't have any more
money." Donning old
men's warm-ups, old
uniforms, and using
old basketballs, the
team performs very
well in representing
our school. Think a-
bout it: 24 new bas
ketballs, 2 sets of
new practice uniforms
HOAX or
REALITY
by John Campbell
Much information
has surfaced recently
which indicates that
the fuel shortage
this past summer was
really "orchestrated
for political and e-
conomic benefit by
the oil industry."
That comment was made
by John S. Knight,
chairman of Knight
newspapers, in a col-
lamn which appeared on
November 18, 1973.
It is available for a
stamped, self-ad
dressed envelope from
the Promotion Depart
ment , Detroit Free
"Staff Study of the
Oversight and Effi
ciency of Executive
Agencies With Respect
to the Petroleum In
dustry, Especially as
It Relates to Recent
Fuel Shortages." It
is available from the
Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Gov
ernment Printing Of
fice, Washington,
D.C. 20402 and costs
$1.00. When ordering
ask for report Y-4.
G74/6:P44/3.
Parade also notes
Press, 321 West La
fayette, Detroit, Mi
chigan 48231.
Parade magazine
In a time when the
Federal government
and its citizens are
having to pause and
re-evaluate a nimiber
of our priorities, I
feel it is imperative
that the students of
Mars Hill College do
likewise.
Just where are we
headed? Are we to
continue to allow the
administration to
render football the
top financial priori
ty while academics
lags a distant sec
ond? While football
wallows in a series
of losing seasons,
other departments
continue to struggle
against mediocrity.
The Music Department,
the school's largest,
is striving to make
ends meet with a lack
of practice rooms
(which are not venti
lated) , a shortage of
professors, and a
subsequent schedule
which is often impos
sible to keep.
The Audio-Visuals
Department is but an
other segment of the
college which cer
tainly has its share
of problems. Anyone
who has tried to use
some of their materi
als knows that they
do not have a suffi
cient supply of ma
terials. This is due
basically to a simple
shortage of money. A
list of further
shortcomings is for
midable . One cannot
receive ETV or PBS
stations on this cam
pus . The videotape
machine is outdated
offers this comment:
"The federal govern
ment and the major
oil companies are re
sponsible for this
country's oil cri
sis." They ask doub
ters to send for the
40,000 word report
that a three part re
port entitled "Oil—
The Created Crisis,"
is available for 25:
from the Philadelphia
Inquirer, Box 8380,
Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania 19101. It
was written by repor
ters Don Barlett and
James Steele and was
originally published
in July, 1973.
Time magazine re
ports growing suspi
cion that the Arab
world never cut pro
duction as much as
they said they had,
and also has repor
tedly uncovered evi
dence that Arab pet
roleum had been lea
king into the U.S.,
despite a supposedly
total embargo.
All of these re
ports and more point
to the fact that the
U.S. consumer is
bearing the brunt of
yet another tactic by
large industries to
increase their prof
its . Exxon, the lar
gest oil producer in
the U.S., increased
its profits during
the third quarter of
1973 by 80%. During
the first nine months
of 1973, while we
were supposedly un
dergoing a fuel shor
tage, the oil indus
try exported 1.5 mil
lion barrels of dis
tillate fuel to for
eign countries. Ac
cording to Barlett
and Steele, the five
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and in constant need
of repair. The rea
son for these and de
ficiencies are again
simple; the depart
ments suffer from a
critical lack of
funds.
In addition to the
departments, Moore
Auditorium is in very
poor condition. The
Light Board is in a
ridiculous state.
The counterweight
system has been in
need of repair and
reconditioning for at
least three years.
Moreover, the sound
room is in need of
extensive repair.
Why? You guessed it!
Why doesn't the
Art Department have a
place to display
their works in the
Student Union Buil
ding? Why is the
heating system in O-
wen Theatre, which is
the original system,
allowed to continue
to break down and on
some occasions smoke
up the interior of a
refurbished theatre,
when the press box at
Meares Stadium is
air-conditioned?
The choice for the
future of Mars Hill
College appears sim
ple. Either drop the
football program and
have an excellent
college, or drop the
college and have an
excellent football
_team.
There is a great
need to examine our
priorities. Are we
to continue to place
"Emphasis on Excell
ence" in football and
settle for a "Decline
in Excellence" in ac
ademics? Are we
"competent" in allow
ing the problems men
tioned above to ex
ist?
The "college" has
adopted an education
program which they
wish to refer to as
College was built is
weakened.
C. Bryan Rice
"progressive" rather
than "liberal." I
realize that for pro
gress to occur some
thing must be torn
down, but when it is
the academics which
are being "torn down"
the very foundation
on which Mars Hill
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Hilltop Staff
EDITOR ERIC GARNER
THE STAFF MARCIA COPE,JIM BAKER
TONI WHITE,JUDY SMILEY
GENE HOLDWAY,LEWIS WILLIAMS
CONNIE MONTAGUE,BEN SPROUSE
MARTY SANDERS,DIANE KING
JON RIDDLE,ANDY STEFANICK
ADVISOR JOHN CAMPBELL
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