Letters to the Editors
Students Express Thanks and Voice Concerns
Dear Editors,
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank everyone who participated in
the recent SGA elections. The race was
active and good for our school.
I feel richly blessed that I had the op
portunity to run for the office of Presi
dent. Though I lost the election, I still
feel like a winner in the sense that I
met new people and developed new
friendships during the course of the cam
paign.
Mars Hill is a good school, but it can
still be better. We all can pull together,
and with faith in God, make it stronger
and more responsive to our needs.
I offer my congratulations to Brad,
and I pledge my continued support
to the SGA and the students of Mars
Hill College. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Wright Culpepper
all their time to cleaning up the student’s
trash! These men do spend every Fri
day doing nothing but clean-up of lit
ter and trash — our garbage, but with
only six men and over 160 acres of land,
it’s an impossible job to cover it all.
I feel that it is time we start helping
out a little! We are adults and should
not have to have someone going behind
us and cleaning up for us! This is our
school and our campus, and it’s up to us
to do what we can to help take care
of it. With Spring arriving many will be
out on the lawns enjoying the sun
shine and fellowship. Please be aware
of the many trash cans placed around
the campus and use them. If everyone
would be a little more caring and con
siderate of our campus, it would make a
big difference!
Thank-you,
Dear Editors,
While recently working on a research
topic of Improving The Beauty of the
Mors Hill College Campus, it came to my
attention that one of the biggest pro
blems here is the amount of litter and
trash scattered and thrown about. When
interviewing Mr. Fish, the head of the
Physical Plant, he explained that he
was trying to keep our costs at a min
imum. Because the prices of every-
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thing have gone up so much within the
last year, his budget can allow only
six men on the outside grounds crew.
With mowing grass, fixing sidewalks
and steps, shoveling snow, and other
necessary jobs, they just cannot devote
Dear Editors,
Montague Library or Memorial Li
brary is in effect ineffectual as a modern
learning resource. It may supply some
avid book and magazine collecters
with glimpses of books printed thirty,
fourty or even ninety years ago, but it
cannot, at least to my experience, satis
fy a student of modern educational needs
and interest.
I have heard many other students
complain of the inadequacy of the li
brary. The only resort left to many
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serious students is to rely on other
sources such as book stores or librarys
elsewhere. This is not to say the library
has no merit but too often it does not
meet fundamental needs or general in
terest.
Part of the blame can be traced to
student apathy but certainly that can
not be the only factor. The library cer
tainly fills academic needs to an ex
tent, the periodicals are good and in
teresting, books can be found, but too
often the library falls short. Certainly
something can be done.
No place can have everything at once
but I believe the library, in quantity
and quality should be updated and im
proved. Some concern must be voiced
somewhere as to this point. This is a
general appeal. Some may take what is
intended as criticism for an attack. The
intent is not to provoke but to help.
Usually change does not occur until
concern arises, suggestions are made
and listened to.
Keith O. Coker
Dear Editors,
To anyone that keeps his ears open,
it has become evident that certain stu
dents have felt a calling to spread ru
mors around campus. These rumors
are not founded on facts, but merely
gossip that seems to perpetuate it
self. These misguided unfortunates
who don’t have anything better to do
have ruined and are ruining many stu
dents’ reputations.
Of course, as you’ve guessed by now,
these rumors concern the questioning
of sexuality among students. For some
students, it has become an obsession.
The problem is so widespread that the
Attorney General staff of the SGA
should seriously consider looking into
the matter.
The important thing to remember
when you hear a rumor being spread
is to be patient with them. They’re
only trying to justify their own hang
ups.
Name withheld for fear of
having a rumor started about
me.
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The recent energy conservation measures as proposed by MHC’s
administration have been questioned by many students here on cam
pus. We agree that definite measures should be taken and that the
energy crisis is a serious problem. Closing down the Union Building
early, shortening cafeteria hours, and cutting out some of the lights
in the classrooms is understandable, but we question the early clos
ing of the library. The 11:00 closing was early enough for students,
who sometimes have to allow late hours for studying because of
other activities. But, the 10:00 closing creates even a further in
convenience. What would be wrong with cutting out the lights in
Cornwell, which is really not used in the evenings? The heat in the
dormitories also could be cut down during the warmer days. We
realize this causes problems with the overall heating system, but
residents have expressed their willingness to have cooler rooms.
Many complain they have acquired illnesses due to the overheating
in their dorms.
These remarks are not meant to criticize any positive efforts but
merely question some of the methods. Why must students suffer in
several areas, when they could possibly be accounted for in other
areas? Perhaps, student input to these problems would be very
beneficial in creating solutions.
Co-Editor, Debbie Clary
Co-Editor. Janice Taylor
Sports Editor, Scotty Miller
Photographers, Kirk Hall, Archie Jones, John Ma’'
Sam Tunstall
Advisor, John H. Campbell, Jr.
Contributors .
Joy Bridges, Tom Carr, Sally Curtis, Jill Kmg
Sara LeFever, Phyllis Sledge
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