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n-Profit Organizai Postage mit No. 2 rs Hill, NC 2871 adenza Winners nnounced... see page 4 FHE HILLTOP d from page 2 eeks. “We someti tball over their m in the classroi lens. Every player n he grade check ee 64, Issue 11 all players doing exf“ — e classroom are reo_, - . . ■ ■ ■ ■ j-. :ompllshment. In i tional Commission Reveals Future of MHC Mars Hill, North Carolina :o in the football prca Deaton for calling someWriter /ho have football plducing servant leaders, forging to inquire as to theadership in its governing body, ^lising $50 million headlined the enefits and “perks'mendations for MHC’s future incoming athletby the National Commission on choose Mars Hillure of MHC during a college con- /? By coming to fhn on April 16,1991. i have the chances commission, composed of 73 iletic careers and tois from many professions and to enthusiastic aukphic areas, has been studying g high hopes with tiege for the past ten months, en- of the MHC athletiifing to find ways to strengthen the ilso submit to the N as it prepares to move into the )f their coaches afentury. The commission has been lutting their best efcl by Dr. John Chandler, an alum- ' 93fTi6. id leader in higher education. The serformance is notission’s recommendations were ect, however. “I amhed in a booklet entitled 2000 and r four things,” said'd; Preparing and Empowering hey must be Leaders. These recommenda- don’twanttohavetwere revealed to the iligibility all of the thing Board of Trustees must be good athIC. notivators. Personab report focused on six ibilities are imports (1) to implement a ) build good qualityjs-wide mission state- ational championsli(2) to forge new leader- r a student has givehrough changes in its atheorshewillattei^ of Trustees; (3) to ent athlete still resePP a student-focused nge his/her mind.‘‘1^’^ lor the traditional ng to invest so mut°o-traditional students; : and then we just cfostablish centers of ex awe don’t have the'oe in the liberal arts. Coach Blakely. ’Sional programs, com are just as impoi^ technology, and the any other school, (5) to stress the impor- he most importanti global awareness letes who attend the community in- / Bradley comit’9 the faculty; and (6) to lot like Carolina of'^^'^loate the mission of ng run that’s bettd^°"®96 through public to learn-and not?^®> oiarketing and development ius Ross, senior, i*''Poses of attracting donations for ling to get an edu^^°^''ce needs of the college. *e first entry focused on a campus- i^ission and purpose recom- 0 by the commission would P® a statement which is driven by a j^'tment to servant leadership. This ,y now to combat the ■a ism and emptiness of the cur- pneration. The college commits it- tone for the campus. “Everything the college does,” explains president Fred B. Bentley, “should be done with this mission statement in mind.” Forging new leadership was the second element touched upon and per haps the most publicized. This would occur by increasing the college’s base of leadership and financial support. “Let us hope that our Baptist prin ciples are indeed Christian ones,” stated Dr. Bentley during the convocation ser vice. “The rise of fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention has created havoc with two seminaries. The ability of teachers to teach, conduct re search and publish has been stifled.” Therefore, the commission suggests that the current Board of Trustees “work with the (NC Baptist) convention to ef fect a change in the charter which can broaden the leadership and financial Left to Right: President Fred Bentley; Commission Member Robert Graham; Commission Chairman Dr. John Chandler; and Ed Beach. Chairman of the Board of Trustees members, no more than six members from one church and nine must be from churches with 400 or fewer members; additionally, they should represent a good geographical and professional sample from the state. Therefore, the NC Baptist Convention currently has com plete (100%) control over the school while the institution only receives 7.45% of its budget from this source; this per centage is estimated to decline to 4.8% by 1996. Meetings on April 25 and May 28 will become the base of further action. However, the current board is suggest ing an expansion of the number of trus tees to fifty. These extra fourteen would be chosen by the Board (not by the con vention), and would not require as many stipulations. They could be from various denominations and states. This would allow for many alumni, businesses, cor porations, and foundations across the nation to make donations and also be on the policy-making board of the college. The convention will decide whether or not they will approve this amending of the charter. “If the convention is not receptive to such negotiations on a timely basis, the Board should take unilateral action to the end that the Board of Trustees is unilateral and self-perpetuat ing.” This would be a separa tion from the North Carolina Baptist Convention, not the Southern Baptist Convention in its entirety. All in all, this would not change Mars Hill as a whole. IQ BGIEinifl 'Rli combined ' nstian values and a nurturing unity. This would include serving q' S “at the top” of the L th ^t the same time, they j ® of a body of superior s to lead and set an intellectual base of the Board.” The current system of choosing trus tees for the governing board is a “cum bersome system...that places the college at risk,” admits Dr. Bentley. It severely limits the college and subjects its to the potential of “takeover.” Dr. Chandler comments, “The college has no intention of separating itself from its founding Baptist traditions, but the Board of Trustees should be a board that chooses its own successors.” The Board of Trustees is a body of 36 members elected by the NC Baptist Convention, each serving 4 years. The system currently requires these mem bers to be Southern Baptists from the state of North Carolina, active church The only possible outcome would be for more money to be available for the im provement of the campus. “The college will only become better and better. The Board is taking a stand and not allowing a "takeover" by anti-education fun damentalists,” encourages Dr. Bentley. Additional improvements to develop student-focused programs were also suggested. This would include creating a Christian community and giving stu dents leadership opportunities. The growing opportunities for women in leadership positions would be ad dressed through role models in the faculty. Dr. Bentley states, “If we have a more diverse student body, we may continued on page 2 Friday, April 26,1991 Hutt Wins National Fellowship Becky Horner ' Co-editor Senior biology major Michelle Hutt was awarded a prestigious H. Y. Benedict Fellowship at the National Convention of Alpha Chi in Orlando, FL on Saturday. This award, in the form of a $1500 stipend to be used for graduate study, is presented annually to five col lege seniors nationally. No Mars Hill College student has ever been the recipient of one of these awards, although Vickie Howell (Class of 1990) was an alternate designee for last year’s fellowship. Competition for the award is very stiff, and the winner is selected from among those students who submit an original graduate-level research paper in their field of specialization. (Creative arts students may submit artwork/music in lieu of a paper.) Additionally, the scholarship com mittee considers such things as extra curricular and co-curricular activities and leadership responsibilities. Hutt has served as an officer of the Mars Hill North Carolina Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Chi for the past two years. This year, she is president of the chapter. She has also been involved in numerous other ac tivities. For the competition, Hutt submitted her senior seminar paper, which dealt with Multiple Sclerosis. After graduation in May, she will enroll in the two-year Physician Assis tant Program at Bowman-Gray School of Medicine. Alpha Chi is a National Honor Scholarship Society which recognizes the top five percent of juniors and seniors. New members are inducted each fall. Membership in the organiza tion is based not only upon scholarship, but also upon moral character. For more information on the Benedict Fellowship or Alpha Chi in general, contact official sponsor Winona Bierbaum in the Home Economics Department.
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