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THE CLARION
February 1, 1974
Monster
By M. B. Sheppard
Student government is a common cause, a
g'athering- and mobilization of power and energy
for the students and by the students in preparation
for their day of leadership on a national level, and
more important a individual level.
Today students are faced with a corru’pt gov
ernment, or pe«rhaps a corrupt coumtry of which the
leaders of our nation are but a direct reflection.
Many sicken when faced with fraud, politically
justifiable schemes and immoral judgment. Our
government is a manifestation of years and years
«f deceit and political murder.
Students throughout our nation are up in
aarms over what they see in the example of govem-
'.■ment set before them. This in many cases is as far
»s it goes? Far worse, more students just don’t
Jcare. Have the students of our college and our
nation grown fat and gotten lazy as our ’pa,rents and
grandparents have been accused of in Stenpenwolf’s
“Monster.” Student government is a common cause,
but a common cause of what? Does our student
body at Brevard College meet the requirements of
a miobilized body of power and energy which will
eventually find itself in the position of its parents.
Or have our studeints “grown fat and gotten lazy,”
land ibecome just another parasite under the auspices
of the “Monster” which threatens to devour our na
tion. Students are willing to criticize and srumble,
but where are the students once the time for collec
tive unity arrives? Are the tangled and knotted
atrocities of our nation today soluable for future
generations? The answer is no if the growth of
obsessive uninvolvement is allowed to continue. The
answer must have its beginnings in our generation.
It should just as well begin here at Brevard . Will
iBrevard College students become mobiliz^^d and
exert their full power in the learning pro^’ess of
government, or will they continue to srumble and
gaze with unseeing eyes the answers which are be
fore them. Cannot we learn from other’s rnjstakes,
or must we repeat the errors! of the oast, today in
our Student Union, and further nollut© and contami
nate our government once we take our riehtful posi
tions of leadership. Yes, there is a Monster on the
loose. It may be found in our government.
Is it an extention of the students here at
Brevard? Is it herei with us now?
V
Energy Crisis
Student Activity
It has, in five months of school, become a
oommon thing to hear people complain about noth
ing to do on the weekends. The Social Board (head
ed by Libby MoGimsey), working with Coach Camp
bell has_ come up with a tentative schedule of week
end activities for the rest of the semester. To go
along with this four visitation days have been set
uip for the semester Actions such as these cannot be
successful unless students participate.
The Social Board is working on more ideas,
so if you have any give them to Libby or Coach Camp
bell and participate!
The CLARION
Brevard, N. C. 28712
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Published during the college session by students of Bre
vard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical
are those of the editorial board and not necessarily those
of the College.
Advising Editor Mark McGuire
Editor S. A. Beard
Advertising Manager Loyd Courtney
Typist Mary Mitchell
Photograhers — Craig Miller, Bob Hupp, Saye Atkinson
Reporters — — Susan Anderson, Frank Cothran
Jonn Covey, Gary Johnson, Gayle Rancer
M .B. Sheppard, Ray Rash, Richard Setzer,
Rose White, Clint Williams
Instructor Preston Woodruff
Advisor John Eversman
Peter, The Wolf And Fire Alarms
Susan Anderson
Once upon a time there was a little boy
named Peter. Peter lived in a log cabin in the
Austrailian wilderness with his mother and father.
One day, Peter was helping his father out in the
fields. Well after a while Peter’s father decided
to leave him in the fields alone and he would go re
pair the fence around the house. Before he left
his father told him to be careful and that if anything
should happen to scare him to cry out for his fa
ther. The father had no sooner begun to work on
the fence when he heard his son. His father could
barely see Peter but the cry of “wolf, wolf,” was
unmistakable. Peter’s father dropped his tools and
when he reached the field he found his son in the
grass laughing and his father was very angry
and warned his son not to do it again. The
boy said he was on ly checking to see if his
son the man once again left the field. Twenty min
utes had not yet passed when the father heard the
cry “wolf, wolf” coming from the fields. The man
threw down his tools and took off for the field. This
time the son was again laughing to see his father.
The father, however, did not find this second offense
funny at all. He felt that his son was breaking a
bond of trust. Right then and there he decid
ed that he would not come the next time his son call
ed. _ About an hour passed and the father was be-
gmning to have faith in his son once again. No soon
er had this thought crossed the fathers mind than
the cry of “wolf, wolf” came. The father’s anger
began^to rise again and he continued to work Ao-ain
came wolf, wolf” continuously until suddenlv °the
cries stopped. The silence began to worry the fa
ther and he ran to the fields. When he arrived the
man was shocked to see his son lying dead tom
fied wolves with their hunger satis-
™ parable has been told for a reason.
There s a ^ea^ning. The first feelings you might
h^e IS that the father should have come all three
loved his son. The
other IS that the son should not have called “wolf”
^kss he meant it. The boy should not have lied
What kapipened happened and the facts can not be
dead^ The father blamed himself. The boy wS
wolf TW society a person cries
wolf. These persons do not realize how much they
endanger their own existence and well being These
wolf cnera have one thing in common — thiy don’t
think before they act. These men and womeS don’t
consider the other people involved. Maybe this story
of a boy who cried wolf will bring to mind a few 7f
V 1 ® repercussions that follow an act
that takes place before thought.
Every time you hear the
news or pick up a newspaper
or magazine, what is the first
thing you are confronted with.
Right, the gas shortage. The
major oil companies have de
clared that they can’t supply
enough oil to be refined and
processed to keep up with the
demand of the world. But many
Americans, including Ralph Na
der believe the American peo
ple are being led astray by the
big companies.
Let’s look at some possibili
ties. The major companies for
one thing wanted the Alaskan
Pipelne to be approved by
Congress, but environmentalists
shudder at the thought. What,
they asked, would this do to the
vast Tunda of the Alaskan
state? Anyway many people
hypothesize that the major com
panies made up a big hoaJ?
about the shortage tO get Con
gress to pass the Pipeline Bill,
If so, it worked.
Others say that the companies
foresee the end of a great de
mand for oil as scientist are
coming up with cheaper, more
accessable means of energy. So
lar energy is possibly right
around the corner as scientist
are learning ways to harvest
energy from the sun. At least
three major car companies are
working on prototypes of elec
tric cars. These will run off
energy cells and give off no
pollution. If the companies do
foresee this possibility then
they may be tryng to make as
much as they can before this
event occurs.
SUL Report
The proposal to form a stud
ent body committee was passed
at the January 16 Student Body
meeting by over ninty percent
of the voting students. The
executive Board of the SUL
(Mark McGuire, M. B. Shep
pard, and Libby McGimsey)
nominated nine people, who
were approved by the SUIi
Tuesday, January 2. The nine
appointed were Osmond Ash
man, Sheree Beard, John Capps,
Terry Craig, George McJunk-
en, David Meeks, Diane Paul,
Debi Weirenga, and Rose
White.
At the January 29 meeting
of SUL, Kirby Bailey elected
unanimously to replace Stuart
Krall as Sergeant at Arms.
This month the SUL also re
divided into committees to re
place last semesters, most of
which had become ineffective.
The new committee heads are
Sam Edwards, Constitutional
Committee; Fran Hermann,
Honor Committee; Bev Sher
wood, Sims Banquet Committee;
Jerry Yunker, A. P. Tutorial
Committee; and Libby McGim
sey, Social Board Committee.
The A. P. Tutorial Commit
tee is a new conmiittee set up
to help persons on academic
probation. This committee will
be working closely with Dean
Thurston to come up with so
lutions to some of the people
affected by A. P.
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