The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 2, Ed. 1, Friday, October 9, 1987 Page: 2 of 6
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Commitment makes the difference
As all semi-informed students
know we at HSU are reauired to
take four phys ed activity courses if
we are desirous of graduation from
this illustrious pint of higher learning
Now. being the type of person
whose eye-hand coordination most
resembles that of an amputated
chimpanzee I find myself moaning
and groaning every time I sign up
for one of these courses However.
sign up l do
I'm not real sure of the reasoning
behind being reauired to take
these courses supposedly it has
something to do with good physical
health and increased mental well-
being That's kosher by me. until I
think of all the three-hour courses
I've also had to take which required
nothing more of me than the ability
to split damaged hair ends for 50
minutes at a whack. I'm one of
those who came to college with a
genuine if somewhat misguided
desire to learn
But I digress My wish in this little dit-
ty is to discuss phys ed courses On-
ward then
From that high point it was all
downhill I discovered in no time at
all that the instructor of the course
believed in early lunch breaks
about 75 percent of the time class
lasted no longer than 20-40
minutes Furthermore this coach'
took no interest whatsoever in
students no interest whatsoever in
interaction and no interest what-
soever in much of anything The
reason fa this was that the instructor
coached another sport not golf
and because golf was not the
favored child the whole class suf-
fered For this delight I paid $180
Gift of a 'Name Bearer' can only be given away once
Attention to all Kingdom People-to
all those who bear the Name I was
told a story by an ageless wanderer.
a seer with a tale of adventure He
bore the Name as a follower and
his story is an exhortation to all who
will listen and heed-to those who
bear the Name
While the earth was still cold in
many places and the Name was
known only in parts the wanderer
stopped traveling for a while he
had found what he was looking for
and stopped to grow up He was
given the title "Name Bearer" and a
gift a small cold cup filled to the
brim with water Having been given
the title and the cup and having
grown up. the wanderer set off
again he was plainly dressed and
by now wrinkles were beginning to
appear on his brow And he now
had a purpose
He treasured protected and
guarded the cup for he only had
one to give He knew that true
Name Bearers never spill their water
needlessly With this in mind he
wandered purposefully although
he did rot yet know exactly where.
The Brand staff
Marcie Glna Editor
Patrick O'Donnell. Layout Editor
John Neese Sports Editor
Darren Zitterkopf Features Editor
Tammy Mantooth Advertising Manager
Grace Wolfe Advertising Asst Business Manager
Laura Ater. Illustrator
Dale Crow contributing writer
Jet Drake contributing writer
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by Marcie Ginn
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By the time that summer session
had ended I had no desire at all to
sign up for any more activity
courses However my degree plan
was staring me m the face and
demanding more physical exercise
so I signed up for a racquetball
course here at HSU under Dr Ron
Rainwater Perhaps a foolish move
for a non-athlete like myself but I just
wanted to get those courses out of
the way
The first day of class under Coach
Rainwater he informed us that we
would be held for the full one hour
55 minutes because one we paid
for it and two he felt we wouldn't be
getting full benefits from the course
if we did not stay the whole time I
said a few choice words under my
breath thinking of how much I hate
sweattmg. but by the end of the first
week it was a completely different
story
When an instructor you don't know
can take a course you didn't want
to sign up for and turn it into one of
the best courses you've ever had he
deserves a note of thanks In that
racquetball class I did not just learn
a forehand drive (as a matter of
fact. I'm not sure I ever learned it at
all. but that's not his fault) or how to
or when or how he would grve his
gift He persisted simply because
that is all a Name Bearer with the
cup can do until if s time.
Over years of lonely travel and
throughout ages of blistered feet
aching limbs and periodic hunger
and cold the wanderer reminisced
He remembered again and again
whose Name it was he bore and
why he was wandering with the cup
of water held tightly in his hands
One day he came to a huge
cold desert and the wind a mere
guiding zephyr urged him in the
direction of the horizon Without
knowledge of the end he trudged
onward across the expanse;
nobody at all was there no one's
voice broke the silence Therefore
he sang the Name to the wind
knowing well that a driven Name
Bearer is often atone
Suddenly one dry desert day. the
wanderer heard sounds he heard
waves voices and movement Just
beyond his sight were others and he
ran. excited with hope would his
cup be poured out?
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control my temper and display
good sportsmanship I also got to
know eight other students and
Coach Rainwater rather well It
wasn't only a phys ed class it was
one of those learning experiences' I
came to college for in the first
place
My point in this is not obviously to
make the statement that I have a
newfound love for physical exercise.
I still have trouble climbing the stairs
to Abilene Hall second floor My
point is this having taken a phys ed
course at a different school and
then one at HSU. I can vouch for the
superior quality contained in at
least one instructor at my school
over that of an instructor from
elsewhere
This past summer I decided that
perhaps I should get yet another
activity course out of the way not at
HSU but at another school in
Abilene to be left unnamed I sign-
ed up for a course in that grand
and glorious sport golf. I began the
class filled with dread visions of a
palsied Arnold Palmer filling my
head as I took a mad swipe at that
minute speck of reconstituted onion
commonly referred to as a golf ball
So for those of you whose athletic
ability is approximately the
equivalent of mine keep in mind
that you are at an advantage by
being here and having the oppor-
tunity to take a course under Dr
Rainwater I sincerely pity the peo-
ple at the Other Institution" who are
stuck with an uncaring impersonal
instructor who sometimes can't
even be bothered to show) up for
class because something else
seemed more interesting to do
FOP KINGDOM PEOPLE
By David Knight
wanderers all with cups Breathless
he sat and watched as the other
wanderers walked to the great
ocean of water at the end of the
desert and leaned down Each of
them poured his one cup of water
into the great wet expanse and
then looked for change to occur
But nothing changed The cups
were being poured into that ocean
of water and nothing changed The
ocean did not get deeper no life
emerged from its depths not even
from the pouring of the hundreds of
cups Nothing at all happened
What had these wanderers done9
They were tired and worn like him;
hey had come across the desert
like him; but they had given their
gifts m the wrong place had given
them in vain. They sadly walked
away with empty cups in hand
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Cafeteria director explains
program changes
To the Editor
In the spring of 1987 the Dining
Services along with the Food Ser-
vices Committee of the Student
Congress solicited input from the
boarding students regarding the
boarding program and its flexibility
During dormitory visit by the Director
of Dining Services as well as through
committee feedback we found
that people appreciated the ability
to take advantage of their meal
programs in the Branding Iron when
their schedules did not permit them
to eat in the dining room
However many of these students
felt that being limited in what and
when they could puchase in the
Branding Iron did not meet their
needs many people would give up
a meal in exchange for a donut or
cup of coffee This meant they
could not eat that particular meal in
the cafeteria and the value receiv-
ed for the meal did not seem
equitable
In response to this information
HSU's Campus Dining Services
developed a program to allow
students to make purchases in the
Branding Iron without limitations on
which items could be purchased or
when they could be purchased This
leaving across the desert but
without the gift they had on their first
crossing which was lost forever in
the ocean.
Immediately the wind the gentle
zephyr pushed against the
wanderer He. was by now used to
following it and obeyed starting
back across the desert his voice
lifted in song On a new day. in a
place he'd never wandered to. the
gentle wind stopped all at once
The Name Bearer panic stricken
grasped his cup more tightly and
sat down to wait Silence in the
desert not a sound He waited on.
noticing the dryness and coldness
He remembered the others who
had lost their gifts in the great dep-
ths of the ocean and he reasoned
Til pour out my cup here in the
sand. I'm old and tired and the
wind my guide has brought me
here to stay" And he tilted the cup
pouring his gift to the parched
earth
With a great sound a sudden rush
as his cup emptied onto the sand-
LIFEI A plant grew up fast in that
place and then another and
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allows students to use their meal
cards in the dining room and ten
minutes later purchase a soda in
the Branding Iron As a result meals
per se are not used in the Branding
Iron
AI50 service hours in Moody
Center Dining Hall were extended
to accomodate students who
might work or have class conflicts
through meal times The Dining Ser-
vices is aware of the fact that there
are many unique situations regar
ding schedules For example
athletic teams may schedule prac-
tice through a meal time work
schedules off campus conflict with
meal times and some classes are
best scheduled during meal times
Already Dining Services is working
with the Athletic Director to ac-
comodate practice schedules for
teams and with many students who
have unique scheduling problems
HSU certainly has one of the most
aggressive dining programs for a
campus our size. This does not
mean we have the perfect dining
service yet one reason why it is ag-
gressive is because when the
customer speaks. HSU Dining tries to
respond in the best way possible
Brian McElhaney
another. They bore fruit and green-
ness the dampened area
became warm and grassy
He looked into his cup and it was
full again frdntically he poured it
onto another sandy spot More ex-
ploding life appeared trees of all
types sprang up and the Name
Bearer enjoyed the fruit they bore
He kept pouring his cup. his gift but
it never went dry A lush forest came
up from the ground and the
wanderer knew that the years of
waiting had paid off The water car-
ried by the Name Bearer had been
used wisely the wanderer had
listened to the wind.
I met the wanderer in that place I.
too was wandering with a cup of
water in my hand and he greeted
me as a fellow Name Bearer and
taught me He said Take your cup
your one and only gift Do not throw
it in a place like the sea. where it
won't make a difference Pour it in
the driest place the wind guides you
to." I left the wanderer's forest and
sang out loudly to the wind alone
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