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THE VOICE or BREVABD COLl.Efte STUDENTS
Edition 1
Tuesday, September 11,1979
Volume 47
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BILL MUNROE, award-winning anchorman and
executive producer of NBC-TV’s “Meet The
Press,” opens the Brevard College Cultural Life
Series tonight at 8:15 p.m. in Boshamer Gym
nasium.
Social Board Plans
Campus Activities
By Greg Bare
The coming year promises to
® one filled with lots of on
campus entertainment. The
group responsible for this facet of
“liege life is the Social Board.
e Board is composed of the
presidents of each dormitory.
e organization has made its
° j^etive this year to provide
everyone with a year filled with
extracurricular activity.
According to John Little, Social
Joard Vice president, “the
Jious committee members
working hard since the
r,i, ° spring towards the
nning of this year. Thanks to
u *^his year is shaping
Rrr. ° ^®st years
ardhas ever seen.”
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movie will be shown
first showing at 8
■ the second feature at 10
Ranger Encourages
Better Forest Use
By Debi Crane
For many of the students of
Brevard College the famous
“forest parties” are just as much
a part of their lives as classes.
They provide welcome relief
from a week of tough work and
allow students an outlet for
recreation.
According to David Rhodes,
Assistant District Forest Ranger,
the parties are somewhat of a
problem. Said Rhodes, “It isn’t
just the parties from Brevard
College but all parties. In fact,”
he added, “there are so many
that they are a significant
problem.”
The aftermath of the parties is
often a large amount of litter and
destroyed vegetation. It seems
that a lot of the partiers cut down
trees rather than hunting for
already fallen trees or bringing
their own firewood. The parties
also cause a lot of late night
traffic with resulting accidents.
Vandalism is also a problem.
“We are called up regularly to go
to the college and pick up signs
stolen from the forest. These
signs are unbelievably ex
pensive,” said Rhodes.
The parties result in a loss of
tax dollars. A large amount of
money is spent yearly in cleaning
up after the parties and replacing
the signs.
Rhodes added “One thing we
encourage is the use of group
campgrounds for the large
parties. This involves a small
nominal fee, but the parties then
get security as well as a certain
amount of privacy and toilets,
water and lots of off the road
parking.”
There are five group camp
grounds available to B.C.
students. These are Kuykendall,
the Upper and Lower Cove Creek
Campgrounds and two camp
grounds in White Pines.
Several areas in the forest are
closed to roadside camping.
These areas include Fish Hat
chery Road, Davidson Road,
Road No. 137 and Avery Creek
477. Anyone wishing to set up
camp along these roads, must do
so at least 1000 feet from the
center of the road. This entails a
hike of approximately a quarter
of a mile. Basically this means
that campers must be out of
sight.
Rhodes gave some words of
encouragement to B.C. students,
“We are tickled for the college to
use the forest, but they must
realize that the forest is yours’,
mine and ours. These are public
lands and should not be abused. If
everyone takes this attitude to
heart maybe we won’t have a
problem.”
StainedGlass Course Offered
p.m. Monday nights will be stereo
night. This is a night where
students can listen to the FM
stereo in the Student Union
building.
Tuesday night, beginning at 9
p.m., students may bring their
own albums and request a side of
the album to be played. Every
Thursday night will be coffee
house. Coffee house is a variety of
on-and-off campus entertainment
such as guitarists, doggers, and
folksingers.
For the weekends a variety of
events are planned. Friday night
is Greek Night. One dormitory a
week will host a dance or party in
their respective dormitory. This
will follow along the lines of a
fraternity or sorority social.
Saturday night is planned for
dances of all variety ranging
from costume dances to disco.
By Peg McLarty
A special non-credit course in
stained glass art will be offered
at Brevard College beginning
September 13th and continuing
for eight sessions.
The course will be supervised
by Mr. Gary Newlin, owner of the
Asheville store “A Touch of
Glass” which specializes in art
glass supplies and instruction.
Mr. Newlin has demonstrated his
techniques in seven colleges in
this area including Furman,
UNC-A, USC-S and AB Tech.
The Brevard College class will
be held on Thursday afternoons
from 1 to 4 p.m. beginning Sep
tember 13th. The studio will be on
the second floor of the Student
Union.
Registration for the afternoon
class will be held in the Con
tinuing Education Office, 105
McLarty - Goodson Building,
September 10, 11, and 12th from
10:00 a.m to noon and from 1:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. If enough
requests are made for an evening
cl s, the college will arrange for
it. Ten is the minimum
enrollment for the class, and 25
the maximum number.
The total cost of the course is
approximately $75.00. This
includes tuition ($10), equipment
kit ($32) and the supplies needed
to complete a student’s project.
Cost of supplies will vary with the
size of the project selected by the
student. Couples who register
need buy only one work kit.
For further information call
the Continuing Education Office
883-8292, Extension 236.
O’Hara Announces Security Policies
By Ronnie Chapman
Brevard College’s security
department’s office hours are
from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday thru
Friday. Security handles
registration of valuables such
as stereos, cameras, etc. ; car
registration, and firearm
registration and storage.
Campus security also
provides investigative ser
vices for accidents and thefts,
as well as other matters.
Brevard College has an
“open parking” system, on a
first come basis. White lines
areas are for student parking
while yellow areas are for
faculty and visitor parking.
Vehicles parked in
unauthorized areas will be
cited as explained in parking
regulations.
Parking fines are due within
5 days and should be paid to
the Director in office 107 in
McLarty-Goodson during the
office hours mentioned above.
If fines are not paid, the cited
vehicle is subject to towing
and impoundment at the
expense of the owner-
operator.
Vehicles should be
registered by the first day of
classes each semester. Many
vehicles are currently not
registered properly for this
semester. Failure to register
could result in the towing of
the vehicle and the privilege of
driving or parking on campus
being revoked. Any student
who cannot find a parking
space should make use of the
gym parking lot, which is
relatively uncrowded during
most of the day.
Director O’Hara adds that
students who receive a
citation should explain the
situation to him fully so that
the correct fine or penalty (if
any) can be decided upon, and
invites any student who needs
counseling to see him in his
office if a problem arises with
which he can help.