- Page Two, THE HILLTOP, Thursday, February 3.1983
Editorial
Too often the media is criticized for
doing a poor job in covering current
events. Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry’’
has gone far in the American music
charts, and it has made many journalists
begin to think: do we always give the
bad side of the news? Are the headlines
always those that grab the readers atten
tion due to some tragedy? Is “crap”
really king in modern journalism?
To that, I must answer an emphatic
“no”! There are standards that all virtu
ous news media follow, the most impor
tant of which is tell It like it is. Oft times,
that requires showing a less-than-pleas-
ant newsreel on television depicting
death or tragedy. Many times that
means a front page picture of a downed
727. Many times that means a news bul
letin to tell you your president has just
been shot.
In these cases, the job isn’t always
pleasant. But it is necessary. It’s our job
to let you know what’s going on around
you, be it good or bad. Examples of
good news can be readily found, too.
Like stories of handicapped persons
overcoming their problems, and con
quering some goal or problem. Reports
on good, as well as bad aspects of our
economy. The story of the little child
who received an organ transplant just in
time to save his life.
It is the news media, for example, that
got the ball rolling in the Watergate
case, due to a story in the Washington
Post. That story led to investigations
and convictions of high level members
of our government. Recently, a local
news team held a big story for over two
weeks in order not to spoil a local police
investigation. On a national scale, it was
us who warned you about the Tylenol
poisoning.
This isn’t intended to be a pat on the
back for ourselves or our fellow journal
ists. The news media have made made
mistakes in the past, and will probably
do so again. There are “glory-grabbing”
reporters who go after the sensational
ism in a story, rather than the fact.
Don’t be fooled, publications like the
ENQUIRER and the STAR make big
bucks for what they print. But keep in
mind they don’t even quality as a jour
nalistic publication -1 haven’t seen them
awarded any Pulitzer prizes lately.
When you want your favorite ball
team to be covered, you call the newspa
per. When you want your wedding to be
printed, you call the newspaper. When
you want to speak out with your opin
ions, you write a letter to the editor.
And all these things are great! We’re a
public service, and all of the above are a
part of our job, our service to you.
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Wednesday, February 9, in Moore Auditorium
P.O. Box 1148-C
Mars Hill, North Carolina 28754
Editors: Steve Ferguson & Gina Worley
Staff Advisor: John Campbell
Advertisements Manager: Christel Young
Sports: Alisa Sampson
Mary Ann Teague
Creative Consultants: Stefanie Briggs
Wanda Dickey
Cartoonists: Alan Drumm
John Hooper
James Maxey
Office Staff: Edith Harrison
Photographer: David Wachter
Reporting Staff:
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Andy Behl
Tammy Buchanan
Jennifer Cadmus
Cynthia Crawford
Ken Edwards
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Daniel Harris
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Associated
Collegiate
Press
Erratic Dorm Temperatures Cause Waste, Worry- jlsye Ni
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Dear Administration:
You have raised our tuition, suppos
edly to cover additional costs, yet a ma
jor operating expense of the college is
not being wisely administered. The fail
ure to regulate heat in the college’s
buildings results in the waste of fuel and
the discomfort of faculty and students in
classrooms as well as the dorms.
Being a business major, most of my
classes are in Marshbanks. In the morn
ing, downstairs, the classrooms are usu
ally so hot that the windows go up first
thing. Yet upstairs, people are cold
because of the lack of heat. In addition,
the adjustment knobs which at one time
were on the heaters, were removed long
ago under your orders. This makes it im
possible to adjust the heat in the class
rooms.
The dorms are worse than the class
rooms. You insist on turning the heat
high during the day and then you have it
turned off at night. I think an adminis-
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Dear Editors,
I would like to write about what I feel
is an important issue concerning Mars
Hill College athletics - fan spirit.
In the previous years, fan support
towards the athletic programs has been
less and less. Even though the athletic
teams have not done so well in the past, I
feel that fan spirit is a partial cause of
this. I know that a loser will not get any
support. Someone said, “If you don’t
have a winning team, then you won’t get
support.” But, I feel, without support,
you can’t have a winning team.
The athletic program is in a rebuilding
process. It takes at least two to three
years to start having a successful pro
gram. We can now see the program
starting to build with the addition of a
new painted floor, programs for the
game, halftime entertainment and spec
tacular pre-game introductions.
The fan support at basketball games is
just not spirited. We are averaging an
estimated 450 people per game at home,
but we are not getting any support. It’s
like one team member said, “It’s just
like playing on the road.” If you think
back to previous home games, you will
see my point of view. In due respect to
the cheerleaders for the men’s games, I
know they put forth an effort and take
time away from their studies to cheer at
the games, but I would like to see them
get the fans unified in a cheer during the
game, whether we are winning or losing.
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freezing that goes with it, were
for me.
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improvement to the school.
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point or we’ve already won. B L People say \
this doesn’t mean all fans. could be
some that will cheer, but a big diff
cheering does not amount to - Rath'
it. It is embarrassing when you . j^^pp
to five people cheering at a hoiP i Qy Viv
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at home. Whenever teams com® iltj 'oolc at it ;
Hill, they should dread Day
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cheering. Right now is a strai
we need home fan support and t l|j.
court advantage.
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dents put down other students
ing at the games. I think this is ^ |, ^dshin „
someone wants to cheer, let the J «el( ” c
get embarrassed, then move td T '>r p^. ®*”P
seat, but do no. deny them
down. Cheering is part of auV
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winning.
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