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THE CLARION
November 1, 1977
Cathy Varner
From the time we are born until the time we die, we
are faced with the problem of meeting and getting along
with people. Very seldom is there a better place to
visualize this than in a college dormitory.
When people are living together in close quarters,
there are bound to be conflicts and friction among them.
However, these may be avoided or at least lessened by
respecting the rights of those around us. These include
the right to privacy, the right to be able to study and
sleep, as well as the right to be an individual.
Rights are fine and dandy on paper, but they are no
good unless we consider them while we go about our
business. Freedom is the practice of exercising our
rights without infringing upon the rights of others, and
sometimes this is extremely hard to do. For this pur
pose, rules and regulations have been made which are
supposed to help protect the rights of all of us.
In the Brevard College dormitories such rules include
the practice of having “quiet hours” during the week
nights in order to facilitate studying and sleeping. It
seems, though, that “quiet hours” are very seldom
quiet, especially before and during exciting times such
as Homecoming. Recently there was a disturbance in
the dormitories resulting from the childish behavior of
several students. I call it childish because those
involved took no consideration of the
people in the dorm who were attempting
to sleep and study. Only children are expected
not to understand the concept of consideration for other.
Sure, there are those times when a person feels that it is
necessary to “let go” and relax. This is good for a
person’s emotional and mental as well as physical
health. However, he should also consider the health of
others who may be sick or is trying to study or sleep.
Many people get really uptight when they cannot study,
and their health may be affected by this.
In a dormitory situation, everybody’s rights are in
volved and it is up to those living there to see that they
do not infringe upon the rights of others. If everybody
would take these things into consideration before they
do something, it would save a great deal of trouble and
irritation and help make a better community within the
dorm.
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THE CLARION
Brevard, N. C. 2871Z
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Cathy Varner
Rick Olive
Luke Osteen
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Scott Sheperd
Wes Denton, Lee Harpe
Linda Cain, Mark Galloway
Cheri Hamption
JaneVocelle, George Johnston
Martha Branson, Liza Octaviano
Dawn Owens, Brenda Rackley, Lee Reed
Rhuemma C. Miller
John D. Eversman
Just as London suffered
through the German Blitz of the
early 1940’s, so has Brevard
experienced the fury of the
Rosman “townies” rf the late
1970’s. And while Austria cannot
be blamed for the crimes of one
Adolf Hitler, neither can the city
of Rosman be charged with the
acts attributed to six of its
natives.
High School dropouts from the
beginning, this sordid group of
six young males have been in and
out of trouble throughout their
lives. On this particular Thur
sday evening, drugs and alcohol
were the main ingredients in
their actions.
At approximately 10:00 on the
night of September 29, while
many of the students were
viewing the Ali-Shaver fight on
television, a 1967 Chevrolet
quietly cruised through the rear
entrance of the college. Yielding
to a halt near the cafeteria, a
number of the occupants
disembarked from the auto
wielding yard-long wooden
truncheons. Striding from the
Chevy to a car picked at random,
the delinquents swimg heavily
and demolished the entire shield
of glass on the driver’s side of the
parked vehicle.
The vandalized auto, a 1975
Nova, belonged to Mr. Gene
McDowell, West Beam Director
and an instruct^' of Religion at
Brevard.
Word frantically spread
through the residence hall and to
the room of Mr. McDowell.
Naturally, the instigators had
vanished by the time the students
emerged from the dormitay.
Campus security was sum
mon^, and all figured that that
was the end of that How wrong
they were.
An hour later, Mr. McDowell
was conferring with two
students, Tom Dehn and Mike
Fox, about the incident At 11:15
p.m., as the trio stood outdoors
facing the cafeteria’s south side,
a Chevrolet puUed slowly up
beside them from the back en
trance. An unidentified person in
the car leaned groggily from the
window and asked the three for
some “pot”
Correction
An error was made in the last
edition of the Clarion, in which;
Dr. Wray was mistakenly said to
be the Dean of Student Affairs.
Dr. Wray’s correct title is the
Dean of the College.
We would like to apologize for
inadvertently leaving the name
of Jane Vocelle out of the
masterhead in our first edition.
Jon Anderson
Receiving a negative response,
one of the unknown members of
the automobile said dninkenly,
“Then what the h- good are
you?”
Stepping from the vehicle, two
or three individuals brought the
long clubs from hiding and began
walking toward the group. Mc
Dowell said later that he could
' see the glass particles from the
car’s windowpane embedded in
the sticks.
Before any more violence could
occur, McDowell began yelling at
the t(^ of his lungs. Most students
on West Beam’s first floor heard
him, and those that did not were
aroused when he triggered the
fire alarm. By that time, the
entire dormitory was on its feet
ad was ignorant at first to what
was happening.
Lee Reed
People from aU over the United
States enjoy coming to the
Pisgah National Forest. Each
year when tourists come to the
area, they expect to see a clean
well-kept forest and it is up to us,
“the public,” to keep it that way.
Many students of Brevard
College consider the forest their
home away from home. The
forest is a place for many ac
tivities such as hiking, swim
ming, sight seeing, and most of
all, Forest Parties. A forest party
is a good ‘hing to have, but if
students do not start doing their
part to clean up the trash after
the parties, the privilege we now
have (usage of the forest) will be
taken away.
It just takes a little effort to
clean up after a party. When you
are in the forest and you are
getting ready to come back to
school, please look around and
pick up what you can and take it
to a trash can, because “every
little bit helps.”
The vandals, meanwhile, had
hopped back inside the Chevrolet
and steered it toward the en
trance of the college. On their
way out, the glass of a second f
vehicle was hastily smashed to ▼ ♦
pieces by the “townies.” This t SHOWBOAT will be presented^
car belonged to Ermray Win- iby the Brevard College drama^
stead, one of the two security Xdeoartment. It is directed byj
guards on campus. Tsam Cope with costumes byJ
Iciaircope. Curtain will be at8:00!
But the destruction spree was ^p.m. Fine Arts Chairman, Dr.!
finally halted, for the Brevard ^ John Upchurch announces that!
Police Department was waiting 4 tickets are on sale at the box^
for them at the top of the street, ♦ office from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and ^
where an arrest was ultimately ♦ may be reserved by calling 883-^
made. 48292 ext 11. Tickets prices arej
Hn ^ iiT $5 00, $4.00 and $3.00. All seati*
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physical combat had the vandals f Through Fn. |
decided to return. But word was # !
relayed that the perpetratcx-s had ♦ “Pause” is a very special kinci
finally been snared. #of fellowship each Thursday*
♦ evening. The time at “Pause” isl
Incidents such as this willjspent sharing, singing, and}
continue to plague the campus T discussing God and what he has}
unless appropriate action is I done for us in our lives. There is a4
taken sooa Y special bond of togetherness andf
?love at “Pause’ which meetsj
J every Thursday evening in thej
A Chapel of the Methodist Churchf
^ at8:30. To learn what “Pause” isi
♦ about you have to experience it.?
♦ Everyone is welcome. |
“I am still learnin g."
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