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page 2 The Clarion Friday. September 17. Volunteers: An Important Part Of The Community By Jon Zillioux In a society such as ours, there tends to be the belief — and with good reason — that everything that is ac- comphshed is simply the result of monetary incentive; in other words, money makes the world go ’round, so to speak. Well, this is definitely true: people have to perform services in exchange for money, how else could one sur vive? But there’s always the flip side of a coin, and in this case, the flip side to the monetary incentive is the^ volunteer incentive, or personal satisfication. Both, think, are equally important. Look at everything around us that is the result of peo-| pie volunteering their time and energy into ac-[ complishing something for the betterment of others. Practically every church in this country is Composed of Transylvania Countie’s Sharing House, located un «^amwen ^sireei oenina the various committees whose tasks are accomplished en- Methodist Church, is itself an establishment run almost entirely by volunteers work- tirely through the aid of volunteers. There are commit- ing to help the needy. tees which work to improve its particular church, others TT If* TT • rr ¥ HandlmgHousing Hassles By Jeff Shore Brevard College is beginning to understand a problem that most other schools across the coun try have dealt with for many years: the lack of student housing. While other institutions have been forced to go to lottery systems that put unlucky students on their own in finding housing on Caldwell Street behind the which raise money to aid the needy. All sorts of commit tees are doing this and that in order to improve their (and others’) condition. There’s a lot of this going on just within the Brevard area. Probably the leading volunteer organization in the county, if not all of Western North Carolina, is the Transylvania County Ministries’ Sharing House, which IS located across Caldwell Street from the Methodist Church. The Sharing House is an institution founded and operated solely (with the exception of its leader. Rev. Joe Henry) upon volunteers. This organization is made up of a large network of receptionists, counselors, clothing and food distribution managers, all of whom are working together for those who need help in Tran sylvania County. I’he Sharing House is helping a great many people, people whose condition would be worse if it were not for the efforts of these volunteers. You may decide to stop in the Sharing House and have a look around; you’d be surprised how busy those volunteers are, and how much they’re accomplishing. Most of Brevard College’s organizations are volunteer oriented. These organizations consist of many students and faculty who devote some of their time towards that organization’s particular goals. The CLARION itself is wholly the product of volunteers. The paper’s advisor, Mr. Chamlee, gives of his time, and I and my staffers give of ours in order to n a ■ r produce a newsnarw^r whinh ic Brevard is unique in the fact that it informative students the opportunfty to return for ® SGITlGStd*. Tho r'T ATJTriM 4 -U Ordinarily a fifth-semester student would oc- 1 ne t^LiAKlUN contributes to the college, as does the ® °ne semester only to leave PERTELOTE, the Student Government Association the job of filling the vacancy Kappa Chi, and practically every other camous ^f"‘'®t*'®‘?eginning of the spring term. A policy organization. These organizations are important to the thp Prospective would not discourage overall comoositinn nf nr L O important to the the continuance of admitting students for a fifth composition of BC as a good school, and that semester but would increase the chances that makes its volunteers important, too. off-campus, Brevard has avoided this problem over the years by staying within its capacities to adequately house the student body. But this year the administration found itself with what ap peared as a shortage of housing in mid-summer due to the decision to increase enrollment. By reshuffling the dorms, building the New Com plex, and having students drop during the sum mer, the administration can take a deep breath for they were able to squeeze everyone onto the campus. Even so, several questions remain: Has Brevard overextended itself this year in hous ing? Has the school reached its maximum stu dent capacity? By having what administration terms as the “perfect system” in housing pro cedures, it has fortunately avoided overexten sion. But what the system will not solve is the fact that no more students can be given a bed on Brevard’s campus. Several alternatives are available in helping to alleviate the situation, none of which are inex pensive or easily acceptable. Perhaps the easiest but toughest solution would be for the college to reevaluate their priorites in who receives hous ing. At the top of the list in this case would be the policy of giving space to students who decide to return for a fifth semester and to local residents in and around the Brevard area. Brevard is unique in the fact that it allows a fifth Every person owes something of his time, energy, and talents to the community in which he lives, whether it be a staffer for the CLARION, a club member of Kappa Chi, or a volunteer fireman in a local fire department. There’s an old saying that a person should leave a place (or condition) better off than he found it; I think this makes good sense. Volunteers, I believe, ac complish just that. Perhaps a person who doesn’t give of himself is merely cheating himself, and others, in the long run. rooms could be filled year round and that students will not be turned down by the admis sions office because of a lack of housing. It is interesting to note that while approx imately 89% of the total enrollment lives on cam pus, this number is particularly deceiving since it does not give a total picture of the students from the area on campus. Many local residents live within walking distance of the college but elect to reside on campus for reasons of their own. While area residents should not be discriminated against in their desire to attend Brevard, they represent one of the clearest but understandably hardest routes to make more rooms available. A second alternative is a need for more in volvement from administration. Along with the admissions, ceremonies, leaves and grants, tenure, athletics, academic standards, and con tinuation comittees, it seems the time has come for yet another committee, housing. At present no formal committee exists on the matter but is handled instead through the various ad ministrative offices. By expanding participation in planning and procedures of housing, faculty, students, and the community input could be in cluded in meeting the needs of the college whether they be short or long term goals. In volvement from a housing committee could possibly allow a closer evaluation to take place not only during the summer months but year. round. The last alternative is certainly the most logical way to solve the problem, but upon ex amination is the most expensive, time consum ing, and tedious of all: the building of more hous ing. This is first time in over seven years that ad ditional housing facilities have been added to the Brevard campus. The lapse of time has shown the college community through the building of the New Complex that this avenue to solving the problem requires careful planning in all respects. If the decision to add more facilities is under consideration, then now is the time to begin if Brevard College wishes to continue its growth and expansion as experienced this year. Regardless of what steps are taken, the situation deserves full attention before another school year passes by. The CLARION is now accep ting letters to the editor. Letters will not be considered for publication in the CLARION unless they are neatly hand written and double-spaced, or typed. The CLARION reserves the right to edit letters to the editor. Please submit copy to either Mr. Chamlee (M-G 130) or Jon ZiUioux (campus box 80). The Clarion September 17, 1982 Editor-m-Chief jon Zillioux Business Manager Eric Johnson Photographer jon Zillioux jyjr Ken Chamlee ; Todd Greeson, Richard Halliburton, Julie Chason, Barry Deitz, Regina Wortman, Tim Wilkins, Jeff Shore, Patsy Gazaleh, Kathy Nung, Jim Evans, Sandra Zeigler, Phil Monte, Wanda Raines, and Genie Glover.
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