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)[0LUME xlix, number 10
MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975
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DRIVE THE UNION
hy Dick Newsome
Now that Monday
^ight football is off
ihe air, one has to
^heck out all avenues
Monday night en
tertainment. Last
°nday your raving
“Reporter dropped in
a special meeting
the Mars Hill
rckey Mouse Club.
ekey presided over
the
He
9et
meeting as usual,
even threatened to
sarcastic but
et Was a big enough
in itself that
further stabs at
mnor (literaly) were
‘'®eded.
ho
®otn,
lyi
sooner than I
gotten settled,
‘®one said, "We are
ng." This wasn't
y new revelation to
^^ckey. jjg said that
g. had been dying
contraception.
. ^ meeting took on
ca^ hsial format; a few
fU:
Vo
-oons, sheer pro-
hdity, and a note-
^hhy thought here
there.
tQ ^ be difficult
^Pprecid:e how pro-
^hnd some of these
®®tions were, being
^n out of context,
they are here.
4s
>^U:
tew
■h'U
same, give
Is
Cojj. ®'‘oments of quiet
Of smpiation to some
^ese gems. "What
with Wednes-
and "Do people
Mars Hill?"
was not a re-
a poor Rung Fu
hg but a serious
'Vgj: -
W " much so) attempt
Mickey Mouse
^ to make you,
^ and
■y* t”
paced
rfith ,,
Llowed j
Sally
realize just
is the CoILege Union
is not, can
^^^not do, needs
>
''Of
not need,
and does
for
’'Qq for. It's
1 you weren't
to get a fefel
f.
12 po^’^t
J A ^ V= u. c
hed g/l Vk Yourself
■Of
usneb* g,
^ ‘Vj
oveY ip
ae b'f#
rusteu
ley
gam® a'
n o*'
just
^ose things are.
Ssg °° also be
V.K are
t
wee^^'
^ Yo^°^ weren't and
'hff going to
reading this
j} a
A my audience
^'*t Q^t I could make
J^Ss' the whole dis-
Union is
® Working for
their fellow students
to try to bring them
the best entertain
ment they can. Lt is
not the new location
of the Fillmore East.
It can be an organi
zation where you as
an individual have
the opportunity just
as big a role in what
goes on as you have
the desire to. ^ can
not be and organizer
tion that exists and
succeeds merely be
cause it is housed in
a new building. It
needs the support,
involvement (rah-rah)
and positive sugges
tions that only you
as the individual
can contribute to
it. Lt does not need
the spreading of un
informed criticism.
It hopes to do one
basic thing - provide
you with a good time.
It does not hope to
be a small click - a
few students arbitra
rily deciding what
will and will not
happen as far as en
tertainment goes at
Mars Hill College.
It seems that one
could write the pre-
ceeding paragraph a
multitude of different
ways, probably ways
much better, but they
would all say the
same basic things.
These are the things
that the various
chairmen and leaders
of the Wren College
Union want you to
know and to be aware
of.
To elaborate on
these points, the
College Union is stu
dents working for
their fellow students
to try to bring them
the best entertain
ment they can. The
College Union is the
student organization,
on campus that pro
vides the best medium
for direct student
input into decisions
that affect the en
tire student body.
The College Union
is not the new loca
tion of Fillmore East.
We are not in the po
sition here at Mars
Hill to put on the
highest guality of
entertainment that
each of us would like
to see. The College
Union functions under
a budget. Its re
sources , although
considerably adequate,
are limited. It has
been suggested to re
lay some examples of
just what some of the
best in the various
fields of entertain
ment cost these days
and to compare this
to what the commit
tees of the College
Union can afford.
One showing of
movies such as "The
Sting" and "American
Graffiti" would cost
the movie committee
in the vicinity of
$500.00 each. This
committee, chaired by
Jean Barton, has a
semester budget of
$1500.00, which aver
ages out to about
$100.00 a week. At
the most on a sellout
Sunday night might
take in $60.00,
thereby losing $40.00
a week.
A one night concert
by Bachman-Turner
Overdrive would cost
the Dance-Concert
committee approxi
mately $15,000. This
committee, which is
chaired by Niles
Hipps, has a semester
budget of $8000.00.
Charging $2.00 a
ticket, the most the
committee could take
in with a packed
Moore Auditorium
would be about $3000.
A two night stand
by club entertainers
such as Ball and
Taylor and Ball or
Columbine go for
$750.00. The coffee
house committee,
chaired by Wally
Wallin, has a semes
ter budget of $1525.
Considering how often
entertainment is put
on in the coffeehouse
the money would not
last long at these
rates. All this says
nothing of the $1000
the committee has
spent to bring an ad
equate P.A. system to
the coffeehouse.
Congratulations go to
this committee for
the work done to cor
rect this oversight
in the planning and
early operation of
the coffeehouse.
New ping pong and
pool tables - how a-
bout leaving it at
saying - they are ex
pensive . The recrea
tion committee, chair
ed by the Howard
Hughes of Mars Hill,
JBoy Black, has the
financial responsi
bility of control
over a budget total
ing zero, zip, void,
el nothing. The re
creation committee op
erates with the money
that is taken in by
the rec - room. This
would be great if
there were no over
head, but there is.
The college union
can be an organiza
tion where you as an
individual have the
opportunity to play
just as big a role in
what goes on as you
have the desire to.
The open membership
policy of committees
means that you as
much as any student
at Mars Hill can
voice what you want
done and work to see
it done. This oppor
tunity for decision
making is real and
not just apparent.
The decisions as to
what entertainment is
and is not provided
at Mars Hill are made
by students. You can
be one of them.
The college union
cannot be an organi
zation that exists
and succeeds merely
because it is housed
in a new building.
Trite but true, great
people, not great
buildings make an or
ganization work. The
building is Jherely a
resource, the people
are the ones that de
cide how to best uti
lize the resource.
The college union
needs the support,
involvement and posi
tive suggestions that
only you as the indi
vidual can contribute
to it. Some positive
suggestions between
cartoons at the Mon
day night drive-in
changing from weekend
to week night enter
tainment since so
many go home on week
ends; opening the rec
room in the morning
if people could be
found to work those
hours; trying to bet
ter publicize what is
happenhg by utilizing
announcements at bas
ketball games, the
Announcer, and the
mythical radio sta
tion; teaching peo
ple how to read; and
bringing in an ex
athlete to evangelize
a committee member
ship drive. The Pick
Hit suggestion of the
Week was JBoy Black's
suggestion of putting
a Student Information
Center in the main
lobby of the College
Union building. There
would be a bulletin
board display of all
upcoming college union
events. It would be
an added responsibil
ity of the page on
duty to man the cen
ter . He/She would
have access to the
student directory,
specific information
about each event on
the bulletin board
and any additional
information which
students could bene
fit from.
Your reactions to
these suggestions and
any of your own will
be appreciated. Let
ters to the Editor oY
visits to the College
Union office are ways
you can get your
ideas across Al
though the best way
is to become - that's
right - a committee
member. Then you are
not only offering
suggestions but are
in a position where
you have the power to
see them carried out!
The College Union
does not need the
spreading of unin
formed criticism. Be
informed, then criti-
size.
The College Union
hopes to do one basic
thing - provide you
wi'th a good time.
Getting a little
philosophical here,
but that is what it's
all about. The end
for all the means of
the college union is
both simply and com
plicated - that you
have a good time. The
SEE UNION
CONT. PAGE THREE