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VOLUME LIX, NUMBER 4
MHC SIGNS
AGREEMENT WITH
NATIONAL GUARD
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Drovide college credit classes to
the enlisted men through
dispiaj Military Professional Develop-
'ats (AMPD) Program. Under
a tilPD provisions, the Depart-
eadingit of the Army has stipulated
■ “Gl,t all commissioned officers
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aser ft60 semester hours of college
d a * dflh hy October, 1989. Those not
•y Quin compliance will be removed
tiorn. National Guard rosters by
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Z23SS ^ccording to Raymond C.
a GrigpP> director for Mars Hill’s
fd. Iter for Continuing Education,
;on, th( officers are eligible for tuition
seasoiistance of up to 75 percent of
iristma of ^^oh semester hour
of the^o. Enlisted personnel are being
ur-day ouraged to take classes as well.
Pops C^ they qualify for up to $500 per
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Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1985
WREN COLLEGE
UNION ACTIVITIES
an.
year in tuition assistance.
There are approximately 450 of
ficers faced wilth meeting the
AMPD requirement according to
Captain Richard J. Clontz, Coor
dinator for the Asheville Center,
and they are spread from Murphy
to Manteo. The advent of the new
GI Bill, which became effective on
July 1, 1985, means that all 12,000
NCNG personnel are qualified to
receive benefits.
The first class Mars Hill will of
fer for guard personnel will be
PDS-200, The Reflective Life Ex
perience Seminar. The class will
meet October 14-December,16, at 6
p.m. in the NG Armory on
Brevard Road in West Asheville.
Additional information for all
service-connected personnel is
available from Raymond C. Rapp,
Director, The Center for Continu
ing Education, Mars Hill College,
Mars Hill, N.C. 28754, telephone
689-1166.
The Films Committee of the
Wren College Union has developed
a list of possible movies to be
screened for the spring semester.
The Films Committee consists of a
chairperson and eight committee
members. In an effort to receive
more student input we have put
together a survey containing the
list of possible films to be shown
next semester. Please take a few
minutes to complete the survey. It
will be used to aid in the selection
of films for next semester. By fill
ing out the survey you can see the
movies that you want to see. The
survey will be located outside of
the WCU post office.
Special Intrest
On Friday, Nov. 1 Mars Hill
College will sponsor its second an-
nual Hug-A-Thon. It will begin at
MICRO-SWITCH
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1 Melba Renee Payne, have each
n awarded $500 scholarships to
:nd Mars Hill College by the
cro-Switch Division of
neywell.
dico-Switch, which has a plant
Mars Hill, has been awarding
olarships to Madison County
dents who attend Mars Hill Col-
; for several years. They recent-
loubled the number of scholar-
Ds they award from one to two.
)ale Ponder, the son of Mr. and
5. Harold Ponder of Ponder
’ERS Mars Hill, is a freshman
the college. During his high
Dol career he was active in the
owship of Christian Athletes
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FURMAN GAME
PREVIEW
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koff: 1:30 p.m.. Paladin
lium (16,000), Greenville, S.C.
I—saee Available
,tion-j'o= WVMH-FM (90.5)
ches: Steve Patton (Mars Hill)
Dick Sheridan (Furman)
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Educ Season: Mars Hill 6-5; Fur-
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, HILLTOP PICK: Furman 31,
tlOls Hill 17
Southern Conference member Ap
palachian State which extends their
win streak to six. Furman’s only
loss came early in the season to
Newberry on a game ending 53
yard field goal. Among Furman’s
wins this year as a 42-20 thrashing
of ACC member North Carolina
State. The Paladins are lead by the
Southern Conference’s leading
passer senior Bobby Lamb (64 of
111 for 57.7%, 1195 yards and 16
TD’s). They are led on the ground
by junior Brian Jager
(127-669-5.3-7 TD’s). Lamb’s
favorite target is All-American
candidate, wide receiver Chas Fox
VS.
5date: Mars Hill head coach
; Patton assistant coaches
: Wilson and Tom Marshall
’ 'TN j*' mater Furman
; .Qj. on the NCAA I-AA
Paladins. At the time
6eiS0d siting the Paladins were
iub6jo number five in NCAA
iion I-AA. Furman is coming
a 21-7 victory over fellow
who has hauled in 11 touchdown
passes and averaging over 20 yards
per catch.
The Lion’s are coming off a 13-7
win over Presbyterian to extend
their conference record to 4-0
which puts them on top of the
SAC-8 including last year the
Lion’s have won 9 out of their last
10 games.
7:00 a.m. and lasts until 5:00 p.m
The event is designed to promote
happiness and friendship through
the basic need of touch. The Hug-
A-Thon participant who hugs the
most people will win $25.00 cash
prize. Second prize is $15.00, anc
third prize is $10.00. Anyone can
register in the Office of Student
Activities where you can also
receive your official Hug-A-Thon
T-Shirt for $3.00. The winners wil
be announced at the Costume Ball,
Nov. 1, 9:00 p.m. in McConnel
Gym.
Concert/Dance
Come out and join everyone for
a ghoulish night of festivities. A
Costume Ball will be held on Nov
1 in McConnell Gym from 9:00
p.m. until 1:00 a.m. Cash prizes
will be awarded for best costumes.
Admission is $1.00 and it is only
.50 if you are wearing a costume
SGA TODAY
and VICA organizations. He plans
a major in biology and a career in
the field of medicine.
Renee Payne is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Payne of
Chestnut Street. Also a freshman
at the college, she was captain of
the tennis team at Madison High
and a well-known regional tennis
player, winning the City of
Asheville Junior Championship
tournament in 1984. She plans a
major in recreation and hopes to
coach tennis.
The Micro-Switch Scholarships
are part of over $3 million in finan
cial aid that Mars Hill College will
award this year. For additional in
formation, contact the Financial
Aid Office at 689-1123.
BY SCOTT BARRON
SGA PRESIDENT
There seems to be a lack of
understanding among many
students as to the Judicial System
at our school. The Judicial System
is operated and maintained by
students. The head of the Judicial
Branch for the Student Govern
ment Association is Wayne
Johnson, the Chief Justice. He is
responsible for being sure that the
Judicial System is run smoothly
and properly.
When it is reported to our of
fices of the Student Development
Office that a student or students
have violated the code of student
conduct or committed a violation
against housing regulations, then
the judicial wheels are set in mo
tion. A person who is charged with
a violation has the choice of con
testing the charge or not. It should
be noted that a person is assumed
innocent until PROVEN guilty. If
the student chooses to contest the
charge, then he has the choice of
appearing before Dean O’Brien,
the Dean of Student Development,
or before the Hearing Board con
sists wholly of students, with the
Chief Justice officiating. Also,
provided for the benefit of the stu
dent is the Chief of Defense - who
this year is Matt Miller. The person
responsible for prosecuting the
defendent is the Attorney General
-Stuart Jolley.
If, after having appeared before
either the Dean or the Hearing
Board, the student disagrees with
the decision rendered, he may then
appeal the decision to the Appeals
Board, also composed wholly of
students. The Appeals Board will
hear the evidence presented in the
previous trial and then decide
whether the decision should be
overturned of not. From here, the
last hope is Dr. Bentley. A decision
by the Appeals Board may be ap
pealed to Dr. Bentley - who has the
option of hearing the appeal or
not.
I realize that this is a quick and
dirty explanation of the Judicial
Process, but I hope it does make it
clearer. If you would like further
information, please read your
handbook and contact Our office.
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The HILLTOP salutes The Cast of You Can’t Take It With You
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR
Photo By John Edwards
Editor’s Note:
As of Oct. 1, 1985, the Anti-
Pornography Law went into effect
in N.C. The following is the obser
vation and comments of David
Meire, a MHC junior.
This is addressed to the prosecuters
of man’s unabridged and
unalienable rights of the 1st
Ammendment!
In America, censorship has
been, and still is a habit that lives
with many bureaucrats. Books are
banned from public libraries, adult
films are removed from shelves in
local video stores, and adult movie
theaters are closed for obscure
reasons. Citizens of the United
States, where are our rights? This
is not the America that our
forefathers constructed for us!
In 1973, the Supreme Court
upheld a decision in Paris Adult
Theater v. Slaton, declaring that,
“obscene films do not acquire con
stitutional immunity from state
regulation simply because they are
exhibited for consenting adults on
ly,’’ and that although there is no
conclusive proof of a connection
between antisocial behavior and
obscene materials, the legislature
of Georgia could quite resonably
determine that such a connection
does or might exist.’’ In Miller v.
California, the Supreme Court
upheld five obscenity convictions
in five different cases. That deci
sion declared that a man could not
distribute brochures which adver
tised books and movies under
freshly written standards defining
obscenity. These standards defined
obscenity as being material which
provokes lustful thinking. In a
third case, Roth v. the United
GIVE ME DEATH!
States, the court ruled that obscene
material is that which deals with
sex in a manner appealing to
vigorous thoughts and desires.
I could go on. The fact of the
matter is that the front-runners of
this nation, which boasts itself on
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness are denying the people
their inevitable rights of the 1st
Ammendment. In the state of
North Carolina, X-rated theaters
are being closed due to the ig
norant and naive judgement of
several elected officals, who
enacted the antipornography law.
In Asheville, less than a month
ago, the Fine Arts theater was
forced to close its doors to an ur
ban history of street life, and
character that adds age and in
dividualism to our cities. This was
yet another violation of the 1st
Ammendment by America’s
presiding dignitaries.
Are we becoming apart of the
communist regime that prompted
the Bay of Pigs, the Red scare of
the 1950’s, and the prodigal lan
ding of U.S. Marines at Greneda,
or are these actions merely another
chapter transpired in “The Making
of a Nation’’?
In more recent years, books such
as The Tropic of Cancer, by Henry
Miller, and The Last Temptation
of Christ, were banned from
libraries. In addition, many
classics are to be considered
dangerous. Don Quixote falls into
this category on the basis that it is
religiously and ethically unaccep
table. King Lear, by William
Shakespeare is thought to be foul,
and politically corrupt. A big sur
prise to be found on this list is the
Holy Bible. To some, the Bible, is
dangerous for ethnical, religous,
and cultural means. That is fine,
but should it be banned from
school libraries? During the Mc
Carthy era in the 1950’s, Robin
Hood was labled unacceptable
because the book’s theses sup
posedly advocated the ideas and
teachings of Karl Marx!
The question once again is hoist
to the tops of America’s flagpoles,
“What is happening to the 1st Am
mendment?’’
In 1973, Wiliam O. Douglas,
asserted the elementary philosophy
of the 1st Ammendment. “When
man was first in the jungle he took
care of himself. When he entered a
societal group, controls were
necessarily imposed. But, our
society, unlike most in the world,
presupposes that freedom and
liberty are in a frame of refernece
that makes the individual, not
government, the keeper of his
tastes, beliefs and ideas. That is the
philosophy of the 1st Ammend
ment and it is the article of faith
that sets us apart from most na
tions in the world. This
philosophical statement clearly
points out that one blatant fact
which separates the United States
from the remaining governed
bodies of the universe, the 1st Am
mendment of America’s Constitu
tion.
If you are of the Moral Majori
ty, the Unification Church, the
American Socialist Party, or the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, it
makes no difference. You are a
citizen of the United States and as
a citizen of this country it is your
responsibility to recognize the
rights of freedom of the American
masses, and not the rights of the
moral majority, the Unification
Church, the American Socialist
Party, or the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan.
For many, pornography may be
unpalatable, but for others it is a
way of life. Whether or not these
people are criminals is not the
issue! Their rights are supposed to
be in the Constitution.
Each day America is greeted by
a large influx of immigrants. These
people make their new home in the
land of the free and the brave
because they choose freedom and
prosperity! This opportunity is
commemorated by the Statue of
Liberty which stands on Liberty
Island in upper New York Bay.
Over the years. Liberty’s bright
torch has become dim, and her
crown tarnished. Yes she is being
restored, but our hearts and minds
are paying the price. As incompe
tent leaders have allowed
America’s symbol of freedom to
go to waste, they have also, allow
ed America’s principles to go with
her.
In conclusion I leave the readers
of this article one question. Are
you going to watch your freedom
become dim and tarnished?, or are
you going to help restore the
building blocks of this nation for
your children?
The views expressed above do not
necessarily reflect those of the
HILLTOP staff, or Mars Hill Col
lege.