Tuesday, September 11,1979
THE CLARION
Page 2
EDITORIALS
GSWA Comes With
Mixed Blessings
By Debbie Willenborg
“Now what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts,”
This philosophy expressed in HARD TIMES by Charles Dickens, seems to be
becoming more of a reality for some Brevard students. This possibly could be
a slight exaggeration; however, there does lie some truth in it.
The Grammar Standards for Writing Assignments sheet sets a standard
that we must follow when writing a paper! We are limited to the mechanics of
writing. It gets quite frustrating when writing a paper to accept that one’s
thoughts are Umited to a certain formula and cannot be expressed as freely as
one might feel the need to. A practicing journalist, Mark Walters, of the
English Department, feels he sees things on practical terms and not so much
academic. “I totally support the “Grammar Standards For Writing Assign
ments” as a means of establishing an acceptable level of literacy among our
students. But if it’s presented as a deaf and absolute standard of right and
wrong, then we run the risk of mistaking dogma for knowledge, and in the end
substitute one form of ignorance for another. It could easily become a weapon
of intellectual totalitarianism. It will make us act out of fear rather than un
derstanding. This is poison to the whole notion of education. In approach and
intent I totally support the GSWA, but these are the dangers I foresee.”
In asking many students about their opinion on the grammar sheet, I found
they had various opinions. Some feel that they cannot express their best work
when following a certain format; however, others feel that they put more work
into it and are more careful when following the standards.
These students, along with the faculty, believe that their work has improved
tremendously. Ms. Barnhill, also from the English Department, says,
“Looking from the wider perspective of a teacher ... the improvement ...
grammatically and in content... becomes very apparent. ” It is quite obvious.
When following this sheet, we become much more careful, most importantly,
with grammar.
An idea has been suggested to have a paper receive two grades, one for
grammar and the other content. This way the student’s ability to express
himself is appreciated as well as how he can mechanically put his paper
together.
Cross Country Team Is
Overlooked By Fans
By Ray Duckworth
All college teams should be recognized and supported by their student body,
but Brevard has a team that gets little recognition. This team’s participants
practice as hard as a basketball team or a soccer team, yet it does not have the
following of Brevard’s other teams. This team, which finished fourth in the
nation and was undefeated during regular season in 1978, is the Cross-Country
Team. These athletes run a grueling 100 miles a week. They deserve our
cheers.
When a team finishes fourth in the nation it hurts not to have support from
the school. So come on down to the Cross Country track today at 3:30 for the
team’s first meet of the year.
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Forest Parties: Don’t
Trash On Our Land
On the front page of this issue we carried a story
about the “forest party” problem.
This is a problem which merits quite a bit of
discussion. The core of the matter is that the parties
cause an unneeded problem for all concerned.
If the partiers would only organize the parties a little
bit better and plan ahead a lot of these problems could
be solved. The simple idea of bringing a few garbage
bags along would help tremendously. After all, would it
be that much trouble to throw your trash away rather
than throwing it to the winds? Aluminum cans and
plastic wrappers have no place in a natural forest en
vironment.
The person who uses the forest should also remember
that he is not the only one to do so. Signs telling the
locations of certain parts of the forest do absolutely no
good in a dorm room. These signs are for everyone’s
benefit... not just yours.
All the blame for forest misuse should not be placed on
partiers alone. It is a sad fact to note that much of our
public land is subject to abuse from every angle
imaginable.
Pisgah Forest offers a great chance for escape to
Brevard College students. The students should
remember that the chance does not come without
responsibility and they should plan accordingly.
THE CLARION
Published during the college session by students of
Brevard College. The opinions expresses in this
periodical are those of the editorial board and not
necessarily those of the college.
Editor-in-Chief crane
usmess Manager Bobby Hayes
of f • • • Donna Hooper, Fred Wise
0 o§>'aphers ..... Tommy Watson, Mont*j Bisher
Preston Birchner Mary Doyle David Thorp
Reporters Donna Mulford, Scott Singletary,
Debbie Willenborg, Marion Blackwelder,
reg Bare, Ronnie Chapman, Ray Duckworth,
Nancy Ennis, Bobby Henson, Jenny Holladay,
Donna Hooper, Charles Huckabee,
Mike McFarland, Tim Merritt,
Jana Miller, Alan Odum, Chris Pustorino,
Advi snr Roop, Anthony Tinsley
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