Tuesday. November 21,1978
THE CLARION
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College Clones
By Jon Young
After viewing the motion
pictures Grease and National
Lampoon’s Animal House, and
after seeing a few nauseating
performances by a certain male
singer, I thought that surely there
could be no believable replicas of
John Travolta, John Belushi, and
(gulp!) Barry Manilow. I have
seen many good physical
imitators of Phyllis Diller and
Boris Karloff (with Frankenstein
makeup on) around this very
campus, but never had I seen
such foolproof-looking celebrities
as the aforementioned ones.
1 first noticed John Belushi
(David Anderson) while eating in
the cafeteria one day. I hurriedly
put away my tray, believing that
Mr. Belushi was making a per
sonal appearance tour in western
North Carolina for his new film.
But just as suddenly as I had
stumbled my way over to his
table, grappling for a napkin and
a pen (my first autograph, I
thought). I noticed that this
person was eating normally. How
can this be, I wondered. He
should be shoving countless
hamburgers into his mouth, or at
least be slurping the entire
contents of a bowl of lime jello
down his throat. But the scene I
watched was actually quite
normal.
I made my way into a cnair
beside him and said, “You know,
you look just like” — “John
Belushi, I know.” he interrupted.
“Everybody says that.”
As I spoke more with Mr. Belu -
uh, Mr. Anderson, I discovered
that he comes from Durham,
N.C., and that he does watch
Saturday Night Live although he
has not yet seen Aminal House.
But he has heard about the
fnovie, and vows that he will one
pile his cafeteria tray high
with vast amounts of sandwiches,
Cakes, and cheesburgers. He is
even seriously 'thinking of sen-
‘ig a photograph of himself to
s real John Belushi in New
York.
t f, David for our brief
aiK and began to get out of my
I lost my
h again. Rob Rutherford of
Georgia, turned around
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in his seat across from me and I
could have sworn, for one brief
moment, that I was looking at an
album cover of vocalist Barry
Manilow. It was fantastic. Any
minute I was expecting to hear
the gentle strains of “I Write The
Songs” emanate from Rob’s
throat. But then I realized that it
was only some cruel joke played
on me by Mother Nature.
“I was thirteen when it first
became noticeable,” said Rob in
answer to a question concerning
his initial realization of the fact
that he had a famous double.
“Tell me Rob, would you please
do us a favor and —”
“No, I don’t sing that well.”
I was cut off again. Well, I
pondered, what does he think of
his celebrity counterpart?
Rob’s reply: “He’s a welp.”
End of conversation.
Now I was intrigued. If both
John Belushi and Barry Manilow
existed on this campus, who else
might I find? The answer came in
Green Dormitory.
I knocked on the door and when
it opened, there stood John
Travolta, alias Joe Rothell. I
discovered that Joe comes from
Titusville, Florida, and when I
asked him if he had seen either
Saturday Night Fever or Grease,
he replied with a sedate no. I
thought about asking him to do a
few dance steps for me, but after
hearing his opinion of John
Travolta as unappetizing, I
figured that my appearance did
not need the enhancement of a
fist in the face.
After these three, short en
counters, I have come to the
conclusion that every person in
this small community must look
like someone we all know and
respect in show business.
Everywhere I look now, I see an
international celebrity before
me. I must now simply close my
eyes and pray that everyone will
look quite normal, for I have
enough autographs to cover my
walls as it is.
Getting into the swing of things
by Tom Snyder
Interest in baseball is on the
upswing at Brevard College so
much so in fact that it has
culminated in the forming of the
Brevard College Baseball Club.
Although the club has no official
head, Mr. Lee Bratton, a music
instructor here at Brevard, is
handling the club’s organization
and operation.
Mr. Bratton, who coached
baseball on the high school level,
is presently functioning as the
club’s head coach and general
advisor.
Mr. Bratton was first ap
proached about baseball
organization by a student who
had learned from Dean Wray of
Bratton ’s interest in coaching
and athletics, Bratton agreed to
lend a hand.
“I told the students who were
interested that they would be
responsible for making the club
what they wanted it to be,”
Bratton explained. “I’m in a
very helpful, friendly sort of
position. My major functions are
to organize practices and to act
as coach of the team. Besides
that, I’m just here if they need
advice or an adult opinion - which
isn’t often - they have things
fairly well in hand.”
Mr. Bratton feels that Brevard
College has the type of in
dividuals necessary for a suc
cessful and worthwhile baseball
club. The club is already con
tacting other schools in an at
tempt to schedule a number of
scrimmages for the spring, and
also has the problems of field
management, organization and
fund-raising either on the
drawing board or underway.
“If we could get everyone out
there (participating) who could
really help the team we could be
very, very good. We’re fortunate
enough to have a number of
excellent players and supportive,
interested individuals. Hopefully,
those students who could benefit
the team but have not yet shown
themselves will become in
terested and turn out. I’m
anxious to get the team down to a
workable number and begin
making plans for practice
sessions over the winter in the
gymnasium. The whole thing is
off and rolling and gaining
momentuem. It looks
promising.”
Anyone interested in joining
and for supporting the Brevard
College Baseball Club should
contact either Jeff Harris or
Jerry Miers as soon as possible.
Concert
Announced
December 5th - the Collegiate
Singers, Chamber Choir and
band will combine for a concert.
The concert will be held at the
First Methodist Church at 8:00
p.m. The program will consist of
a variety of both secular and
nonsecular music along with the
ever popular Christmas music.
The program is included in the
Culture and Life Series and credit
will be given to students who
attend.
Mr. Lee Bratton, conductor of
the Collegiate Singers, urges any
student who wishes to, to join the
Collegiate Singers next semester.
The group is open to anyone who
wants to join, no auditions are
required for entrance.
Both groups do quite a few
performances locally each year.
This spring three tours are
planned. Alex Helsabeck,
president of the Collegiate
Singers, and Mike Capps,
president of the Chamber Choir,
along with other officers and
travel managers, are planning
these trips.
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