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2 — HILLTOP, Friday, November 13, 1987 Just the Facts Forum Craig Cox Columnist Self-Help Quiz Here is a good sell-help altitude quiz that was put together after inmutes of intensive research by a crack group of armchair social psychologists and part- time coUege students one night over pizza. It is mtended to help you, the reader, find your way up Abraham Maslowe’s famous ladder. Just answer the ques tions below and then grade yourself as described after the quiz. 1. How well do you enjoy your classes? AJI eagerly await each class, with its potential for new and excitmg learn ing experiences. B) I mostly have a good time. m ^ t i-i. Cl There are some classes I could do without, hut others that I like. D) I think I could get by without classes, and whoever answered A above had out the Golden Shovel. 2. Does the food suit you? AJ The folks at Epicure are culinary geniuses. BJ The food’s OK, most of the time. C) I eat at Texaco a lot. D) Food? In the cafeteria? Really? 3. Do you get along with your teachers? AJ I admire each and every one of my teachers as a role model for our en tire generation to imitate. BJ The instructors are a likeable group, for the most part. CJ Although there are teachers I like, some of these people with their long- winded lectures get on my nerves. DJI haven’t brought my boxing gloves to class. Yet. 4. Do you feel that the amount of homework is reasonable? AJ I study seven hours every night anyhow; having something specitic o study makes it really nice. BJ There generally isn’t any more than I can deal with. CJ I occasionally have to sacrifice study time from one class to give time to Qiiothor DJ Who says there’s nothing to do on weekends?! I have enough to hi^e my own office staff! And if anybody answered A on this one, they really had out the Golden Shovel! 5. How well is the campus maintained? AJ No one could ever offer the slightest complaint about the hghtnmg ser vice rendered to the campus building. BJ They seem to do a good job with what they have to work with. CJ I get tired of the occasional clogged sink or toilet, but you can t expect everything. , i ■ DJ “Slow as Physical Plant uphill in June’’ will soon replace molasses m January as the hallmark of sluggishness. 6. What do you think of the Hilltop? AJ I think our school newspaper is the most totally awesome, cool m existence and I have cancelled my subscriptions to the New York Tmes, the Washington Post, the Asheville Citizen and the Delaware State News and now only get the Hilltop. BJ It is a very well-written school paper. CJ It’s OK If you’re bored. , , , , ■ j DJ An otherwise marginally worthwhile paper that was absolutely rumra by that stupid columnist, and whoever even wrote (let alone answeredj A above needs professional help. 7. Do you agree with the Commumty Life Program as it currently stands. AJ I enjoy chapel and violin concerts immensely, and would attend even if they weren’t worth CLP points. ... . BJ In spite of the controversy and rough implementation, it is a very good idea. . . CJ I think that the events are too limited and the reqmrements are a little heavy. DJ Chapel and violin concerts give me the hives. 8. Are the dormitory rooms adequate? , , , ... j >* AJ I don’t own anything more than my clothes and books, and they don t even begin to fill all the space. BJ The dorms are pretty comfortable. CJ My stereo sometimes gets a little crowded with the refrigerator. DJ The welcome mat I bought doubles as a wall-to-wall carpet. 9. Are you satisfied with the Student Post Office facility? AJ I think that the facilities look very nice and the workers all do a very good job. BJ It’s OK, but the mailboxes do seem a little small. CJ It’s a little hard to tell (without askingj if they’ve put everything in my box that they’re going to. j , . DJ I’m satisfied if I like getting my mail up to three days late, not gettii^ packages on Saturdays, and having to pry postcards out of the cub byhole with a forceps and surgical clamp! 10. Are you happy with tlie quality of the education here at Mars Hill? AJ I find the courses very challenging and feel that my professors do everything in their power to give me as complete a picture as possible of their lesson. BJ Considering the size of the school, they do a darn good job. CJ They try hard, but some areas do seem lacking. DJ My little brother’s cockatoo could do this stuff. Dear Editor, I read with interest the article m the October 16th issue of the Hilltop, “Students Urged to Prevent Flu Now.’’ I recall giving an interview for someone’s English class but not to the newspaper. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify certain state ments that appeared in the article. Influenza does cause persons to feel badly for several days; however, the illness is much more serious in persons with chronic diseases (i.e. lung, cardiac, diabetes, kidney, or persons that have immunosupprssion for various reasons.J Death can occur in these patients from influenza- related causes such as pneumonia. I I do not refer to patients as victims (even though they might feel that way!J. The patient doesn’t necessarily “wear the flu off.” By observing good common sense and basic health prac tices one can lessen the chances of getting the “flu” and/or lessen the discomfort of it if one is unfortunate in getting it. Adequate rest, proper diet, and frequent handwashing will also help. We use Acetaminophen (i.e. Tyle- nolj usually instead of aspirin. We do this for two reasons. First, some of our students are still in the age group I that can get Reye’s Syndrome and se condly, anyone with the flu may have nausea and vomiting and aspirin is not tolerated well in this situation. In reference to the last paragraph of the article, I do not refer to the ill ness as the flu torture and although I do urge students to get the vaccine (to date only seven have done soj, I do not suggest that they vaccinate them selves. The nursing staff will ad minister the vaccine. Thank you for letting me share these thoughts with you. I certainly appreciate you publishing health- related articles but I want to be sure that all the facts are correct so as not to mislead the readers. Sincerely, seen in the “liberals,” I was steaming mad. Obviously, that remark had not been thought through. Only God can determine the “Christian lifestyle” for His children. And if the “Christian lifestyle” means following the Bible word for word with no exceptions, then we all are doomed. Are there any women who pray in public with out covering their heads? Are there any women who cut their hair? I Cor inthians 11:5-6 speaks directly against this. What about women who (dreadful thoughtj wear jewelry? This is also wrong according to I Timothy 2:9. So, you say to me that I must con sider the time in which the Bible was written. Exactly. I could not agree with you more. I do not want everyone to agree with my beliefs. I am simply asking that they be respected. We worship the same God, and His influence will be different in each of our lives. That does not make us sinners. That makes us individuals. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye all are one in Christ Jesus.” Galations 3:28. If we as Baptists, or as students, or as anything else cut off God s love or our own Christian love to our “liberal” or “conservative” brothers and sisters, then we have committed a horrible sin. God does not command us to judge each other. God com mands us to love each other. John 15:12, “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.” Is this happening in our convention? Certainly something to pray about. Sincerely, Lea Pardue not refund my money on two new books. Next, I went to see Mr. Claude Vess, the manager in the business of fice and supervisor of the bookstore manager. He was also out and I had | to come back a few days later to talk to him. He said that he had to speak to the bookstore manager before hej could give me an answer. He asked me to come back two days later. But when I returned he said that he was | sorry, but that he could not give me a refund. He suggested that I sell the brand-new books back to the book- store at the end of the year. But the bookstore does not pay even 50% of | the original price. Is this the kind of treatment that is supposed to satisfy students? It cer- ] tainly didn’t satisfy me. If enough i complaints are made about such in considerate and unfair rules, mayte something will be done about this ir ritating problem. Sincerely, Alison Powell from thef SGA (To the Editor; A /riend passed this on I to me. I pass it on to you with! pleasure. Maybe it’s time college! students thought about these things! again. Dr. J. P. Schubertjj Mrs. Ellen Coomer, R.N. Director of Nursing J We apologize for any misquotes and I misinformation. Thank you for setting I us straight. — The Editor I Dear Editor, I attended the meeting on October 129 regarding the Southern Baptist I Convention and its influence on Mars iHill. As a writer for the Hilltop, I had I planned to take notes and write an I unbiased article for the paper. I did [take notes, but I cannot write an im- Ibiased article. Instead, I am writing a Ibiased letter. We continually label ourselves as “liberal” or “conservative,” but what Ihappened to “Christian?” What hap- jpened to Matthew 7:1 — “Judge not, Ithat ye be not judged?” Who has the [right to condemn what brought anoth- ler to Christ and term it as “wrong?” [Is that not also condemning God’s Itechnique? I When 1 heard the statement that I the Christian lifestyle had not been Dear Editor, Every student at Mars HiU probab ly has purchased something from the college bookstore sometime or anoth er. So most students are familiar with the policies. Maybe. But most are probably not familiar with a “loop hole” that catches many students. The handbook stresses the impor tance of satisfying student. Unfor tunately, the managers do not prac tice what they write. The problem I faced was returning a new book for a refimd after I decid ed to drop Spanish 112 because I felt my class load was too heavy. The last day to return books was September 4, only two weeks after school started. But the last day to drop classes was September 24. What are students supposed to do if they have already purchased a textbook, but want to drop the course after the return date? After I dropped Spanish 112, for two weeks I went periodically to the bookstore to speak to the manager. Several times he was busy with sales men so 1 came back later and he was at lunch at 2:30 in the afternoon. Other times I stopped in, he was on vacation and bookstore workers could not tell me the exact date he would be back. Finally, when 1 was able to speak to the manager, he said that he was very sorry that he could Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but was in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you foimd them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt some body. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced Ufe. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Re member the Uttle seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup — they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK. Everything you need to know is there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology and politics and sane living. Think of what a better world it would bo if wo all — the whole world — had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. Hello friends, and yc friends. If that sounds fan you many thanks; if it soi ing I love you, and for ti who have no idea what about — you missed out! Friday, October 23 at Hill students — from both cafeteria — came toge Pizza to raise money for Foundation. After 49 long ble hours, the largest raise in the history of lege was over. Tub-a- $6532 to help out ar‘ Special thanks go Yates, Kelly Garner, Mike Zito, Amy Gasl bett, and Gleiui Smi dividuals stayed out at Thon for most of the w out these people this f not have happened. Als to thank every single ticipating in a group ef Alpha was the top fi Gamma Chi Epsilon ca Overall, the Greek girls $1500 for arthritis. 1 to thank the sole frat pant. Kappa Alpha Psi, on Friday afternoon. Now I’m sure that t of you who really feel Duane 1 Staff W rd quite I finally ^ previews t this wa 'cho thrill len I was intimatf ly, I real lerican iconds of iesj. So, me and 1 •y tells I [ichael E seductis liantly p( business very ini ends she — ^ - vet agair worry — Tub-a-Thon II %0ting wl the corner, so bundle upUther fr( feet up because you are If e, playec all the rest you can getbave towi you who can t wait to dhtive hous remember you were mtaare an are my friend, and youAxt follow my friend. j go fortt Chip Tig, thus e: SGAPtynks. The does not This p New C on Ag Offer© since h daughte: relate tc situatioi [t follow, fraction' of our df the extr 1 in the n Lea Pardue I an inter thrill Staff Writer In the pr Scoring: Go back through and give yourself one point for each time you answered A, two points for each time you answered B, three points for each time you answered C, and four points for every D answer. The attitude breakdown goes like this: Personal Memoirs of a Fireman Jay Jackson Staff Writer 0-9 10-14 15-20 21-25 26-30 Go back and take the whole test. Attitude almost completely innocent. A very happy person, you may sometimes be referred to as a geek for no reason that is readi ly clear; pay it no mind. Very good, school-spirited attitude. Write home and tell your parents that they should he proud. Slightly above average. Write home and tell your folks they should feel slightly proud. Average attitude. You are in the mainstream of college tile, and basically have nothing to worry about, and probably already know it 31-35 36-40 41 & up Needs improvement. Nothing to worry too much about, you pro bably have a lot of friends with you in this same category. Completely incorrigible. The bane of faculty, staff, and student workers, people tend to flee at the sight of you. Recommend you either pack it in or write a newspaper column. See a math tutor about your addition skills; you can’t get more than 40. We the staff at the Cranial Research Institute and Poker Club hope that this test has been of some use to you in gaining insight into your personality. As fur ther research is conducted, even more profoundly revealing material may be forthcoming. There’s a fire in Macon county and we need volunteers to help!” “Why should I help?” “How does $4.00 an hour sound?” “When do we leave?” Thus began my illustrious career as a volimteer firefighter. Sunday morning, a loud pounding on my door woke me from dreamland. It was a fireman asking if anyone wanted to help put out a fire. I said I would, and he said to meet outside in the parking lot, ready to go. We were on the road at 9:30 antici pating the roaring flames that we were soon going to face. The long two hour drive included a stop at Texaco (for foodj and a trip to the North Carolina Forestry Department’s base. After transferring to another vehicle, the ten-man crew that had been as sembled drove to the scene of the fire. We arrived at the site around 12:00, ready and willing to take on the task we had volunteered to do. After waiting an hour, we received our instructions and were finally on ft We climbed, and climbed. . . and climbed. our way. We climbed, and climbed, and climbed... and climbed until we reached the spot that had been as signed to clean-up duty. There would be no burning bushes to tangle with today, only the ashes from 20 acres of burnt wildlife. While searching for spouts of smoke, I engaged in a conversation with the crew chief. I asked him if he had any idea of what had started the flames. He said he wasn’t sure, but he believes it was fox hunters on top of the moimtain. After a healthy McDonald’s dinner, we were relieved by another crew, who were to stay there all night and keep the flames under observation. We reloaded back into the trucks that had brought us there and we were on our way home. The trip home was even longer, for we had lost the “spark” that we had attained on the way there. We arrived back at the dorm with nothing to remind us of the event ex cept the pictures in our heads and the stench in our clothing. It was a rewar ding experience, and is one I hope to encounter again. "“pso, as a I ju a coupl With registration (cover fre semester right aroundjnes. For are probably thinkiiiu a few “What new and excilr from tli sign up for next semej What about Ethical vices to the Aging? This is a brand course offered by the ontology program, will bo Dr. Dick 01 vorsity of North Caro and our very own Goldenberg. Why should you i Well, if you ever “old,” or if you parents might one day ic age of sixty-five concerns you. Cert planning to work i vice-oriented fields sociology, social wo and so forth, this is a schedule. Ethical Issues in Se ing will cover all dilemmas such as sions (decisions regi mination of treatmeh tion of lifej, the i autonomy and right tionalization, abuse patient’s/resident’s uality. By the end of will be able to ideh codes of ethics that on work with the ag fessionalism in the and family, and to common ethical iss' providers are faced tantly, you will be a formation and use if lives of the elderly. The issues exa are issues conce you have Monday evd to 9:00 free, sign upi worth your while. Jp Hilltop Staff THT Cftcjp'fer JH] Editor-in-Chief Lisa Starnes 1 Assistant Editor Scott Frady | Lay-out Editor Jim Parks I Photographic Editor John Edwards I Sports Editor Glenn Smith I Business Manager Laurie Israel Staff Writers Michelle Barber, Laurie Israel, Jay Jackson, Allen Kromer, Heather Osen, Lea Pardue, I Becky Horner, Laura Smithwick, Duane Partin, Lisa Ramsey, Craig Cox Cartoonists Wade Astin, Mike Houston, Scott Gossett Advisor John Campbell 6er«rol Se-^S + *n kis jtvrnty to rttrio>t Typesetting and Printing by Clark’s Printing The Hilltop is the official student newspaper of Mars HiU College. The opin ions expressed in the paper do not necessarily reflect those of the adminis tration, faculty, or staff of the college. Nor do the opinions necessarily reflect those of the Hilltop staff. Hilltop, P.O. 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