'day, February 21, 1992
The Hilltop of MHC - page 3
Letter to the editor
E, FOR WE ARE MERELY MAN
.Recently I received a letter from
'"end with this poem in it:
and again we all sin.
what God created.
. simply man,
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love
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you to understand and just
out your hand.
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need you pointing fingers
‘®// me that I’m wrong.
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Oon’f know the pain I hide
things I cannot deny,
tf, Puk when I’m high and when
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me, don’t take my pot of
' drown me with your Bibles
Pdy ftv// of guilt
■ ‘ you ever leave me
ig^^^esus never would.
Vul^^t you forgive me because
'q «noiv you could.
hf ^''umors are like stakes driving
my heart.
deep down that you don’t
that Jesus and I will ever
Don’t mock me and stare
Just love me and let me know you
care.
Cause after all is said and done
yyhat’s the worst thing I could do?
But say thank you for making me
and God one and one again.
I may not always live my life ac
cording to his plan
But hey, what can I say?...I’m not
God,
I am merely MAN!
Reading this shocked me...and
reminded me of Jesus’ main com
mandment. Love. It’s hard to do
this because it’s easy to feel that if
we love, we’re condoning whatever
activity it is that we disapprove of
or that people will not know what
we believe. People will know what
our beliefs are, if we uphold our
standards. Love.
Even if he wanders in drunk
every night? Love.
Even when she sleeps with the
campus? Love (and don’t believe
everything you hear.)
Even when he doesn’t respect
my beliefs? Love.
Even when that "Christian"
doesn’t love me? Love.
Love.
It’s so difficult to grasp the real
concept of love, but we all must
continue to strive for it, we must
sacrifice our natural feelings of
anger, envy, and jealousy to love.
It helps, I think, to remember one
line in particular, "You don’t know
the pain I hide.” We don’t know
what each person is carrying
around, so we have to leave know
ing that and changing, if need be,
to God. Our job is to love each
other.
Erica Brotzman
SURVEY:
CONDOMS AND MHC
The following is a survey approaching the students and
faculty of Mars Hill College about their feelings towards plac
ing condom and/or birth control advertisements in THE HILL
TOP. All questions should be read very carefully and
answered in the same manner.Individuals wishing to partici
pate in this survey should respond to the questions on a
separate piece of paper and mail their reply to THE HILLTOP,
P.O. Box 1148-C. Names can be included, or you can remain
anonymous. If you wish to include additional comments, you
may either include them in your response, or call Carol Jo
Howell or another staff member. Results of the poll will appear
in the next issue of the paper, so be sure to respond as soon
as possible to be counted.
1) Would you, as a student/faculty member attend
ing/working at a Baptist institution, be opposed to seeing
a condom advertisement placed in THE HILLTOP? Birth
control advertisement? Why or whynot?
2) If not opposed to the idea, do you feel that there is any
kind of need to place such an advertisement in the paper?
3) No matter what your response, would your feelings be
altered in any way if the advertisement was put in the
context of battling the AIDS virus?
4) Do you feel the advertisements would promote safe sex
on campus?
5) Do you feel the advertisements would promote sexual
activity on campus?
6) Are there any other effects you feel the advertisements
would have on the student body or activities of the student
body?
7) Do you know anyone who is currently sexually active
on campus? If so, are they practicing safe sex?
8) Are you yourself currently sexually active? If so, do
you practice safe sex with your partner(s)?
9) Approximately what percentage of the student body
would you predict issexually active, and what percentage
of those do you predict are practicing safe sex?
10) If you chose to remain anonymous, are you male or
female? Senior, junior, sophomore, or freshman? Com
muter or do you live on campus?
11) Any additional comments?
Our Silly Past: Remembering the Kaiser
serialist
ill Tk 9® quite a history of silli-
_ students are always trying
\ri I® with stunts that will go
^iirTiii^ I,? *he record books. There was
. your s '|,|i hung on the mud hole (other-
g with a ^ g hown as the future cafeteria) say-
ght now |y 65^ you build it, they will come."
all acro5\|((iiy a stuffed skunk was used to
?ople juS’-jijl ,9| p ne living daylights out of sev-
ms are tou Pie on camous. And once all
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Royalty at Mars lIillV Secret agents thwart
ing deadly terrorists? A royal Charles-and-
Diana-stylc wedding on the mountainsides? And
(»asp) is there really a harem walking our lovely
Christian campus?
The answer is yes - to an extent.
Seeking to develop a new tradition, some stu
dents have begun their own mythical answer to
the Round Table, hoping to rival the creative
genius of "Star Wars." C.S. Ixwis. and the land of
Dune
"Royalty" (such as it is) takes the title of the
Kaiser, after the great Kaisers of the German
limpire (Kaiser is the German name for C:aesar
or kung). And the person presently holding that
title is Greg Burnette (alias Grover Sebastian).
GS. as he is affectionately known, is from Little
Switzerland (alias the Bavarian Forest), ,NC.
Burnette's subjects decided he deserved the
Cjp9 Pone to date has ever topped (jfc of Kaiserbecausc of hiscolorful person-
ThT?® .01 a certain G.S. Burnette ality: "Lord, I'm such a character." he is fond of
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s the Kaiser?
i.'ile ® following reprint is from an
iijOl^i^^ritten by Chris Royster, and i
4® Everything. It is coming up
'Of
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-, anniversary of the found-
,'ilcj Ae Kaiserdom, so I thought it
5.®,9reat for everyone to hear
“to; a®in the story of the Kaiser.
Zip-^'l Ownhouse 003 is now 103).
ty:
The Kaiser s domain is the townhouse com
plex on campus. From T ownhouse 003. his royal
headquarters, he delivers his State of the Domain
speeches, when he issues edicts on such matters
as "official favorites" (the sport of wrestling for
its aesthetic value) and "anthem for the domain"
(Steppenwolfs "Born to Be Wild").
But since his formal installation last year, the
Kaiser has been plagued with numerous coup
attempts sponsored by sinister Serbian National
ists (his arch rivals in nearby lownhou.ses) for
control of the domain. It is rumored that some ol
his own subjects arc subversive members of this
group.
Some of the Kaiser's lighter adventures, how
ever. include snowball battles and nefarious as
saults from a water ho.se (fed by his own "loyal"
housemates).
T he Kaiser was stunned this year when the
women of his domain, those located in Town-
house 101 specifically, revolted against the
Kaiser's "chauvinism" and stole his most prized
possession - the Royal ,Mace. T he Kaiser mod
eled the mace after the .Mai's Hill College mace,
and it has been displayed al most of .Mars Hill's
football games. In the games it was used (Kaiser
GS waves it over his head in the manner of a monk
waving incense), the Lions have never lost.
Once the women of the domain had the mace
in their possession, they blackmailed the Kaiser
into submitting to their demands for a co-ruler.
So. early in September, a ceremony was held to
crown Pamela .lanulet. official representative of
the Women's Liberation Activities, as Kaiseretie.
Janulel spoke about |thc| joy of her corona
tion: "1 would like to thank all the little people out
there. I will cherish these memories always." she
said while rubbing her carefully manicured fin
gers through her long blonde hair. "We, Kaiser
GS and 1, enjoy such pastimes as fashionable
conversation over tea and crumpets and expen
sive shopping sprees at McCrory's Boutique."
The kaiser, apparently taken by his lady's
charms, commented, "She’s a wonderful, great
looking gal with class, creativity, and sex appeal."
T'hc Kaiser, who plans to be a Baptist minis
ter. estimates that he has a harem "of al least
twenty" female friends that don't mind having
him give each of them a friendly hug each day.
Itven with the conce.ssion of naming a Kaiscr-
elte. the Royal Mace has Mill noi been returned.
but the Kaiser is iiying to recover iTbefore the
next home football game.
Rumblings continue among some of the
Kaiser's subjects (alias, his housemates), who
seem on the verge of launching another coup
because of his concessions to the women. "GS
Kaiser is a wimp." one subject said. Referring to
the many water attacks against him. the Kaiser
slated. " They are unfair assaults against me,..but
on hot days they come in handy."
Still the Kaiser remains optimistic about his
status. " The best things about being in this ele
vated state is that 1 have risen from relative ob
scurity to social prominence." he .said.
The Kaiser has recently created a number of
auxiliary organizations for the defense of his do
main Among these are the KID (kaiser Intelli
gence Agency), KzN'TO (Kaiser Atlantic Treaty
Organization) and KT'OGH (Kaiser for Reunifi
cation of the German Homeland). His foreign
policy consists of making satellite nations out of
most of the dorms on campus and uniting them in
an assault on Russia.
As his fame has spread, the Kaiser has been
recognized (ie, addressed by his title) by several
faculty members, including Dr. Pat Verhulsl.
Rev. Sue Fitzgerald. Dr. Robert Melvin. Dr. Jim
Lenburg. and Dr. Jon Crawford.
So what does the future hold? Will the
Kaiserette find a real Prince Charming? Will the
Kaiser be over-thrown by his own subjects? Will
he abdicate and hand his mantle to a new lead?
'The answers to those questions arc uncer
tain. but the Kaiser knows the road to victory and
security is long and bumpy. And as Dusty
Rhoades .said, "If you can't run with the big dogs,
Dadd), stay on the porch "