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PAGE TWO MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1974 CONSIDER... 1/ Last week marked the regular room sign up for reservation of dorm rooms for the Fall of 1974. The procedure for this years sign-up was changed and students registered in the dorm of their choice instead of signing at the Housing Office. This Spring sign up has become a ques tion as to whether this college is be coming a college for the administration or a college for the students. Students have less decision in choosing their own rooms this year be cause the Housing Office set aside rooms in all dorms (except Towhhouses and Jarvis) for next Fall's incoming Freshmen. Dorms tliat have been tradition ally Upper - classmen dorms are now to be the victims of deseg- the regation of classes. Many complaints have been raised such as "I cannot get the dorm I want because Freshmen will get first choice, not us rising Seniors." An other student was turned away from rooms in Gibson due to reserved Freshmen rooms and when he went back to sign up in his present dorm, he found out that the room he is in this semester has been re served for Freshmen also and he had to find another room. Students rights! Do we still have, the right to choose where we want to live? Do we let the Housing Office make our room selection and dorm classification for us? Is this a colle.ge for the administrat ion or a bollege for the student? Dear Editor; I wish to apolo gize for an incorrect statistic which I gave you during an interview for the Hilltop. In that interview, I stated that the athletic budget had increased only 4.5% since 1968. The' actual figure is 44.5%, a rather glar ing mistake. I think, in order to gain a true pic ture of the increase in athletics funding, one should understand the history of how football was at first dropped by recommen dation of the Presi dent and then rein stated after a great deal of demonstrating and protestation by students, faculty, and alumni. % "HOUS LEAVE from OFFICE OF THE DEAN "OVICt A CAWPUS «2EVOOmONARy, ALWAYS A CAMPUS REVaUnONARY/" The faculty, in tneir vote, understood that they would have to pay to be admitted to athletic events. In terms of actual dollars, we find that the athletic budget as a result of the student fees, faculty passes, gate receipts and the formation of the Golden "M" Club, In the spring, 1967 meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Board, acting on a recommendation of the President, voted to discontinue foot ball. In the fall of 1967-68, there were many protests from students, faculty, and alumni to the ef fect that we should • reconsider the decis ion. A student ref erendum was held in February of 1968, and 946 voted for rein stating football, and 15 voted against. As a part of this refer endum, the students also voted a $10 per semester athletic fee fully realizing that to reinstate football would also carry with it a price tag. Of the faculty, 51 voted for and 6 against. has increased from $116,500 in 1968-69 to $168,349 in 19737 74. As you can see, student fees in 1973- 74 generated $42,300 income, gate re ceipts, $12,000, and Golden "M" Club, $30, 000. These new sour ces of income have more than offset the former commitment to athletics, and cer tainly has been no burden to the instru ctional budget, which has increased from $1,045,738 in 1968-69 to $1,764,323 in 1973 -74. Of course, in cluded in these fig ures, you would not have the overall sup port budgets for our total academic such as new facilities, 1. e., Cornwell Hall and the Physical Ed ucation Building, and other such increases to support our over all academic program. Mars Hill College will continue to try to distinguish itself within the academic world, but at the same time, it will maintain a total pro gram of student in volvement of which athletics will be a very vital part. Sincerely, Fred B. Bentley President Wren College Union Coffee House Dear Editor, Thus far this year the WCUCH has not functioned as such. At the beginning of spring semester 1974 an attempt was made, and is being made, to function this facil ity more towards its purpose. Weeknight spot en tertainment , along with planned enter tainment, has been provided up to this date, however parti cipation has not yet parred that which is needed to carry out or continue our functions. For the upcoming academic year of 74- 75, Qccasional week- hight entertainment is being provided a- long with outside en tertainment every weekend. Without the participation and help of you, the stu dents of MHC for the remainder of the sem ester, we cannot car ry out these plans for next year. They are solely being pro vided for your enjoy ment and leisure. So for that reason, we strongly urge you to give us a hand. For the remainder of this semester (hopefully!) the cof feehouse is open 5 nights weekly, being Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Friday, Sat urday, from 7:30 till 11:00 p.m. Again we ask for your help in fulfilling our plans. Thank you. Sincerely, Jeffrey Parker Chairman C.H. Co® Hilltop Staff editor eric GARNEli THE STAFF TONI WHITE, ' JIM BAKER LARRY PIKE, JUDY SMILEV BEN SPROUSE, GENE HOLDWAV DIANE KING, CONNIE MONTAGUE JON RIDDLE, ANDY STEFANIE ANGIE STEPHENSON BELINDA SCALZO, VERNON THOIASON ADVISOR. JOHN CAMPBELL The HILLTOP is published on a fortnightly basis by the students at Maxs Hill College* Mailing address is Box 1148-C Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N.C. 28754. Rates for subscription are calculated at $2.00 per year and advertising rates at $1.50 per .column inch. 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