Spring Break ’92, Here we come!
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Issue 10
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CAMPUS &
COMMUNITY:
3992 Symposium fails and many
calling for a reform in the future
'‘f the program. We pve vou the
«ory. And, the 1992 Basketball In-
'tamural were a success, see who
^0 and why.
New Dining Hall Within Reach?
DINING HALL, OTHER MOVES STILL ON HOLD
Culture & Enter
tainment:
f, Area talents show off in a new
vlktale coming to the Mars in a
Endnotes:
V. 'Trust is the subject to this issues
. Uacout Take time oat and read
part three of Sylvia’s hit serial.
"We say, if you’re not reading if,
'“'1 re missing a lot!
Michael S. Roten
editor in chief
&
Donna Hooker
staff researcher
In May of 1987, Mars Hill College
began the Campaign for the Future, a
$10 million five year campaign for cap
ital and endowment funds. Now, it is
March of 1992, just two months away
from the expected completion date of
the Campaign. Has there been any
progress?
Phase I for the Campaign consisted
of such things as completion of Broy-
hill Chapel and the Weizenblatt art
gallery. As anyone can tell, these pro
jects have been completed as have
most of the other components of Phase
I. But, when your look at Phase II, the
college’s plan has not been nearly as
successful.
A new dining hall was slated to
begin soon after the completion of
Broyhill Chapel as part of Phase II.
After site-preparations were made,
there was no more progress. The dis
turbed ground became entitled the
"Mudhole" and has not lent very much
beauty to the campus. "It has been
frustrating," said James Cox, Vice
President for Development. "The area
where the new dining hall is to be con
structed is unsitely."
In December of 1991, after prob
lems created by the recession and un
successful efforts to raise the
profile of a True Mars Hill Star
^ny King battles for his life
^etts Calloway
reporter
ItgjP® wings of eagles, Tony King has
to soar above life threatening cir-
tj^stances. He is a young man who al-
'jy knew how to overcome challenges
jf. basketball court, but now the
pij •'■eyed, 6’4" senior varsity basketball
from Mars Hill College has sud-
off been faced with the threat of death
court. Tony King has cancer.
aetball team counted on in a crunch.
Out ** the man you could always depend
be in the right place at the right time,
on three point shots. If you
W, i^eeded one, 99% of the time he
make the shot," said Shawn
)-t»Uough.
tt(| f •'esident of Asheville, Tony gradua-
Erwin High school in 1988. he
Lees McRae College for two
■ei).. ^d transferred to Mars Hill Col-
the fall of 1990, his junior year.
Was not highly recruitecl out of
^5^^'^bool," said Mars Hill’s head coach,
biggins. "All he asked out of Lees
Was an opportunity. By the end
[ Sophomore ye^u■, he had made him-
A^^to an all-conference player."
^(jl';Cording to Riggins, Tony became
V ( * second leading scorer, an effec-
leader, and one of the premier
ony was the one player the Lions
shooters in the South Atlantic Confer
ence. "This is due to Tony’s work ethic,"
Riggins said.
Tie wanted to win and didn’t care
how he did it," said Tommy Nash, Tony’s
best friend and teammate.
It was a sunny afternoon last August
when Tony’s strong will was challenged
again. It began when he found a small
lump in his left testicle. Concerned, he
consulted a doctor who ran several tests.
Seeing no immediate danger, the doctor
suggested that he wait to take action.
Tony agreed. Four month’s later, mid
way through the basketball season, he
found the lump had grown dangerously.
He was referred to an urologist who per
formed an ultrasound. Instead of lacing
up his shoes for practice that day, Tony
sat in a doctor’s office faced with the news
that the lump was a tumor and malignant.
He was admitted to the hospital for im
mediate surgery and the removal of his
testicle.
"I think that was the toughest time for
me," said Tony. "Just...you know...all the
fear that goes along with the word tumor."
"The doctors never beat around the
bush, they just told me straight up what I
needed to do. That helped me out be
cause so many things were happening at
once and I didn’t know much about can
cer. I was really scared."
See "PROFILE..." on page 2
necessary funds to begin construction,
the Board of Trustees approved a step
toward the building of the new dining
hall. They agreed, according to
Claude Vess, Vice President for Busi
ness and Administrative Services, to
have the college apply for a loan from
the Student Loan Marketing Associa
tion to enable building to begin soon.
However, this attempt has not resulted
in anything as of yet.
One of the major efforts to raise
funds has been through a challenge
from James Pitman a Board member
from Roanoke Rapids. This challenge
states that by the deadline (now ex
tended until April 30,1992) all pledges
will be matched dollar for dollar if the
collection of gifts amounts to over
$600,000. The status of that effort is
unsure because of a
large number of
pledges from alumni
and others still out
standing.
So will there ever be
a new dining hall within
the next few years?
The present opinion is
yes. "Once we get
started and people see
we are actually doing
something," said Mr.
Cox, "people will start
to respond and contrib
ute to the advancement
of the college...It will
create a snowball-effect."
Other parts of the falsely-named
Five Year Campaign for the Future,
seem far in the future. The efforts to
move the library to the present Coyte
Bridges Dining Hall cannot occur until
the new dining room is completed and
the proposed conversion or the pres
ent Memorial Library into a Continu
ing Education Program center housing
offices as well as Elderhostel living fa
cilities cannot occur until the library is
moved into the cafeteria building.
Maybe some large foundation will dis
solve and give a large donation to the
college, as in the case of the Dixon-
Palmer apartments.
President Bentley and Dean Earl
Leininger were not available for com
ment.
Future Dining Hall complete with amphitheatre-type fel-
'lowship area and roughed-in basement
LiglMiMg up the campus
Mhc Bell tower now always visible
Chri* Thompson
guest writer
The most prominent symbol of
Mars Hill College is now visible 24
hour.s a day. The bell tower, symbol
of an emphasis on excellence i.s now
illuminated at night thanks to the ef
forts of Delta Kappa Theta and the
physical plant.
Delta Kappa Theta, a dedicated
social/service fraternity made this
statement about their work: "When
was the last time something about our
campus really brightened your life? ^
The completion o5f^ the chapel? That:
was almost three years j^o. [The Bell i
Tow^l is a feature that isguarauteed i
to brighten your view of MHC - espe- ;
cially at night. Symbols are import
ant.^ As the cross is a symbol for
Christians to remind them of the
that was paid at Calvary, the :
Bell Tower is our symbol of the com-
mitment that was wade back in 1856 i
under W«A.3, Brow, the first presi
dent to maintain high standards of
educatioo and dedication to a Chris*
tran community.”
not only can the general stu
dent body be proud of the campus,
. bnt also those travelling through
Mars Hill can visibly tell that MHC
stands for excellence in education in
the context of a Christian community,
The fraternity looks at the addi
tion as a very special contribution.
• ”So the next time you are driving or
walking through the cawpus, look up
and notice the beautifully illuminated
Bell Tower. ’No one lights a lamp
and covers it with a bowl or puts *t
under a bed. Instead be puts it on tbe
lampstand, so that people will see the
light as tbey come in*.*’(Luke 8:16).
’Let your fight so shine before men,
so that they may see yonr good deeds
and glorify your father who is in
heaven’ (Matt 5:16).”
The Bell Tower atop Marshba«ks Hail
can now be seen even al night