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now.Instead, I'm at Mars
reading religion books,
ing seminar papers,drink-
pots
I,- i^urs full of coffee,
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The people who
after me don't
well; they can
- up to two years. Their
^tges won't be dropped.
me say something about
[,®®lf. I'm a Resident Tutor;
interning with the Mar-
News-Record; and, after
countless
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Hi
fighters,
> normal (except I've de-
f ^■Oped an unqodly fetish
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of sweat and
I'm graduating
®®6cember.I think I'm pret-
an ungodly
textbooks.) I
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to help
my boy
virtures) and I'm try-
earn enough money to
my car running.In short,
tot an average criminal.
Or
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to
■^ts.
the past couple of
scores of people have
me about the Carriage
5^^®6,an abandoned nineteenth
l^'^tury set of stables on
(,j^^tcatcher Mountain in Ashe-
They say it's haunted,
L it's not: Upperclassmen
® freshmen girls there to
them. Whether they show
L^^tr frightened dates the
j^^Utifui skyline from the
afterwards, I don't know;
' ^ 1 do know that plenty of
Hill students have been
Ve.
About three weeks ago I be
came bored with a paper I was
working on, so I decided to
go there with seven other stu
dents . Maybe I went out of
curiosity; maybe I went to
shake up the girls who went
and actually believed in
haunted houses. Maybe it was
both—I can't remember. But
I did go.
When we arrived, it was
raining a cold rain.The night
was quiet and a gentle fog
had nestled itself around the
mountain. The night had be
come somewhat eerie, forbid
ding enough to scare three of
the eight into waiting in the
car while the rest of us look
ed for an entrance.
After finding an open win
dow, we crawled in and began
roaming through the vacant
fortress. Five minutes had
not passed before we were out
side again. There were no
ghosts and no frightening
noises; there were cops. We'd
set off a silent alarm which
detected the sounds we'd made.
Three squad cars and a paddy
wagon came, discharged what
seemed like hoards of big
blue-clad men, and hauled off
several bewildered students,
one of them me.
My immediate thought in the
paddy wagon concerned getting
my textbooks into jail so I
could work on my seminar pa
per. I sometimes wonder, had
I been an underclassman need
ing hours, if Mars Hill would
give internship credit for
imprisonment. Sociology or
political science or some
thing. As my head cleared, I
began to worry about the fine
I would have to pay.
Both Breaking and Entering
charges were doled out to
each of us who had gone in
side; the three others were
released. After getting blue
sheets which said that if we
failed to appear in court on
November 9, we could pay up
to $3000 and spend up to
.three years in prison, we
left.
Mike Dixon (the owner of
the stables) contacted us two
days later and told us he
would drop charges. He also
told us that there were rats
in the stables. He added that
he had an unreliable care
taker who toted a gun and had
ventelated the walls with bul
lets. Geez. Mike then bought
us refreshnients and we left.
The trial was short. The
D.A., the schmuck, reluctant
ly dropped charges and, after
each of us paid the $26 court
charge,we left. Two weeks be
fore I had paid $44 for a
speeding ticket in Virginia
and by this time I was sick
of courts and fines. I smiled
as I left, hoping never to
contribute any more money to
law enforcement agencies.When
I got to my car, I found a
manilla envelope with a
charge for a parking viola
tion stuck under the left
wind-shield wiper. I paid the
fine and drove back to school
at SOmph.
I haven't written this be
cause I am proud of what has
happened or because I want to
somehow gain instant fame. I
try to avoid ego trips.I have
written this to warn others
at this college who might un
knowingly find themselves in
a similar predicament. Only
next time, Mike Dixon might
not be able to take time off
from work.
If I can be showy with my
religion for a moment,! would
like to thank God for people
like Mike Dixon and Detective
Medford who gave hours and
hours for five of us who need
ed a break.To a certain court
official,! shake the dust off
my sandals.
It's been one hell of an ex
perience]
Union Board Meels
Members of hhe College
Union Board of Directors met
on November 2 to discuss is
sues related directly to the
student body. At the begin
ning of the meeting, Buzzy
Scott gave a report about his
trip to the Association of
College Unions International
Conference and announced that
he was chosen to be the repre
sentative for the Eastern
Tennessee/Western North Caro
lina district.
In the area of new business,
the board decided to promote
a special admission price for
the Sunday night movie prior
to Thanksgiving. The money
given by the student body
will be used to purchase food,
clothing, and other needs for
a few low-income families in
the Mars Hill community. Each
student is encouraged to make
his Thanksgiving a meaningful
one by supporting this event.
The main feature of the
November 2 board meeting,how
ever, was the ratification
of the Program Budget for
spring 1977. A total of $18,
241.00 is requested for ex
penses this spring by the fol
lowing eight committees of
the College Union: (1)Coffee
house Committee—responsible|
for providing entertainment
at least three times every
two weeks—$2,100; (2)College
Union Board—responsible for
intercollegiate travel,steer
ing committee meetings, dis-
strict travel—$1,669; (3)Con
cert and Dance Committee—re
sponsible for entertainment
through music and alternative
choices, such as movies, com
edies—$5,500; (4) Films Com
mittee-responsible for Sunday
night movies and special pro
grams—$2,832; (5) Outreach
Committee-responsible for the.
development of the craft room,
the special interest college
classes, and spring fling—
$1,550; (6) Publicity Commit
tee-responsible for promoting
and advertising upcoming e-
vents—$660; (7) Recreation
Committee-responsible for in
door programs,, outdoor pro
grams, and travel to various
tournaments-$l,650;(8)Speciai
Events Committee—responsible
for a January ski trip, for
events in the spring fling,
and for miscellaneous events,
such as trips to away basket
ball games—$2,280.