Clarion
8th Edition
Tuesday, February 17,1981
Pagel
A Talk With Dean Don
Because of the recent changes in interhouse
visitation pohcy and because of the memorandum
left in each student’s mailbox on Feb. 3 informing
students that their dorms had been “closed for the
remainder of the semester,” and that “room
searches” were to be made at early hours of the
morning, the Clarion saw the need to straighten out
a few rumors and get comprehensive facts
regarding these issues. The following is the text of
an interview with Dean of Student Affairs Don
Scarborough regarding the recent problems and
rule changes.
Q. Many students on campus have let it be known that
they feel they are not being treated as adults. What is
your view on this widespread opinion?
A. “Lots of students felt that we were not treating
them as responsible adults. May I question our
ability to accept adult responsibility? Recently, I
have had to deal with:
1. Students steaUng milk crates from area
grocers.
2. Setting down guidelines for snowballing so that
buildings are not destroyed and students are not
injured.
3. Students throwing trash and tobacco juice out
of residence hall windows.
4. Students rolling the residence halls, lobbies,
and campus with toilet paper.
5. Roommates and suitemates that cannot
respect one another’s property.
“I do realize that the majority of our student
body are truly responsible adults, but there are
incidents when I must question where the
responsible adults are hiding."
“The new parietal guidelines for supervised
visitation is an attempt to give each student, floor,
and residence hall responsibility for their own
area. The adults among us will exercise that
responsibility. Those unable to accept it will be the
ones that will be suspended and then cry that they
have not been treated as adults.
Behind Closed Doors.
Q. Couldn’t part B of the memo left in all students'
mail boxes on February 3 be considered illegal because
of Senate Bill 621, Amended General Statute 14-286
which stales in part: “It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to wantonly and willfully...pull the
slide arm or lever of any station or signal box of any
fire alarm system, except in case of fire?
A. “We can conduct fire drills in each of our
residence halls. The regulations also require that
we inspect the entire building so that we can
determine if in fact the entire building has been
cleared.”
Q. When you ring the bells to check the rooms, does
everyone have to leave the building?
A. “Yes, because we have to give them (the fire
department) a log on how fast it takes them to
leave the building”.
See Dean Dog Page 8
Summer Employment for College Students
by Cheryl McDaris
Summer employment is a must
for many Brevard College
students, and for those willing to
look, the opportunities are there.
Summer camps are abundant
in western North Carolina and
offer many opportunities for
summer employment. Tran
sylvania County alone has ^18
listed in the phone book.
These camps always hire a
large number of young people to
fill such positions as lifeguards,
counselors, cooks, ground crews
and others. To apply, a person
can write the personnel director
of any camp and he will sent you
an application.
Also hiring college students for
summer staffs are this area’s
conference centers. Most of these
are religiously affiliated and hire
college staffs of 50 to 150 people.
Some of these centers are
Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly,
YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, and
Christmount, all in Black
Mountain. Also Montreat
Assembly, Luther Ridge and
Bonclarke hire summer workers.
National Parks and Historical
Societies employ seasonal help, If
one wishes information on these
write: Washington Office,
National Park Service, Interior
Building, Room 2328, 18th and C
St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20240.
One example of this type of
employer is the Yellowstone
National Park Company which
employs 2,000 students each year
as summer help. If you are
interested in this particular park,
you may obtain information by
writing: Personnel Director,
Yellowstone Park Division,
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming 82190.
Another possibility, and a fun
one. is a job at a seasonal
amusement park such as Six
Flags or Carowinds. These places
employes thousands of college
students each summer as con
cession operators, ticket sellers,
ground crews, ride operators,
See Employment Page 6