Page 2 TTie Clarion April 23, 1987
CLARION
Editor Bonnie Davis
Basinets Manager and
Sales Director Rebecca Russ
photographer Eric Klingensmith
Staff Reporters Celia Alves. Kim Belanger,
Mark Brom, Chris Costanza, llionias Scott Dameron, Sean Juman-
Singh. Bill Meiners, Pat Mellon, Chris Peterson, Jeff Punches,
Steve Reich, Buck Rowlee, Sandy Rogers, Mark Selkirk, Vic
Stanley, Jeff Turner, and April Woods.
Faculty Advisor Jock Lauterer
Editorial
What is responsibility?
by April Woods
What is the definition of responsibility?
If you are interested in hearing what the the definition is not, you
might want to ask the individuals who destroyed furniture, windows,
pictures, and other objects in the Quality Inn the night of the Spring For
mal. I suppose you could also ask those individuals who watched the
destruction and did nothing to stop it.
If you are interested in hearing what the definition of responsibility is,
you might want to ask some of the others who attended the dance, and
perhaps even some of the people who called hotel security (not that it
apparently did any good) to try to stop the damage.
Neither is it the responsibility of the school administrators to babysit
students, tucking them into bed at night to insure that no rules are
breached, especially at an off-campus event.
The administration has undergone great pains to make the Uniform
Guidehnes and point sysytem here at BC fair. In fact, the point system
for next year is supposed to be more lenient because school officials feel
that the students were prepared to handle bigger responsibilities.
It would be a shame for a few discontented troublemakers to ruin the
reputation for responsibility the rest of the student body has earned.
««ot)erts) mystifies inn-owners Giles and
Mollie Ralston (Jeff Rice and Kellye Price) in the recent
Shil?hChristie’s thriller, "The Mousetrac ”
The editor’s opinion
Farewell to a special place
by Bonnie Davis
No Doc Wood or Truesdale English essay could possibly be so difficult
to write as this traditional, farewell salute as Clarion editor. But if I
could muddle through their ^says, I can certainly do so in my last
spotlight in print.
If you had asked me two weeks ago how I felt about leaving BC, my
immediate response was a jump for joy—I couldn’t wait to get out of
here. But just in the last few days as graduation draws closer, feelings
of nostalgia, regret, and sadness have begun to steal over me.
For the first time, I’ve really understood why Brevard is such a
special place and why it will be hard to leave. What makes BC the place
it is is simply this—the people! It’s doubtful that we’ll encounter the
same caring, family atmosphere again that Brevard has provided.
Granted, Brevard has its flaws and isn’t quite as it appears in the
glossy pamphlets, but for the most part, BC is so much more than what
can possibly be depicted in a few short pages and pictures. What the
glossy pictures never tell us is that people at BC are real and that they
care, and I feel that we students have occasionally forgotten that over
the course of the year.
All it takes is a few short words to let these people know how much
we’ve appreciated them and valued their help—it’s not much to ask in
return.
The Mellon Patch
Please send your money,
my Rolex is in the shop
by Pat Mellon
A few weeks ago, I was watching televi
sion as I do every day to inform myself of
current issues and better myself as an in
tellectual college student. Bugs Bunny
wasn’t on, so I stopped the channel on the
news.
Apparently, TV evangelist Jim Bakker
has been a naughty little evangelist. It
seems His Holy Righteousness had an af
fair a few years back.
I wondered why a saint like Bakker
would do something so evil and
hypocritical.
Enter Tammy Bakker.
Now, let’s look at Tammy Bakker...but
not for too long.
Tammy Bakker looks like Pat Sajak on
hormones. In fact, Sajak reportedly stop
ped wearing make-up on his show, fearing
that one day a contestant might ask to play
for eternal life in the Bonus Round.
Tammy’s previous job, playing rhythm
guitar for Twisted Sister, fell through
when the other band members found out
that her make-up doesn’t come off.
So Jim resigned as president and host of
the PTL talk show, and he and Tammy
were exiled to their $450,000 home in
California. I should suffer that way.
Then there’s Oral Roberts. His parents
were poor and couldn’t afford to give him a
real name. Oral was concerned for himself
because he said the Almightly told him to
raise eight million dollars or he’d bring
him to heaven. Now, that’s entertainment.
So, Oral goes public, pleading and crying
to viewers across the country to send him
their money. Sounds ridiculous, right?
Well, evidently there are enough gullible
people out there to fill a small country.
There for a while it looked as if Oral
would fall too short. Apparently, just
weeks before Oral’s deadline (no pun in
tended), he was one million plus dollars
shy of the eight million mark God had ask
ed for. Oral was worried.
But wait. One of those gullible folk is a
millionaire dog-track owner in Florida.
Jerry Collins galdly gave Oral the 1.3
million he needed. Collins, however, was
later quoted in a Miami newspaper as say
ing, “I don’t care about Oral Roberts. I
think he belongs in a mental home.”
Touche, Jerry. .
Well. Oral got his money and the Bak-
kers are doing fine as well. It was just
really funny to see this sort of thing on
television. After all Oral, K-Tel only wants
$9.99 for “Slim Whitman’s Heavy Metal
Favorites.”
BC students honored
Brevard College students were honored
for athletic and scholastic achievement in
two ceremonies Tuesday and Wednesday.
Top BC athletes from the school year
1986-87 were named at the annual All-
Sports Banquet held in the cafeteria Tues
day night.
Outstanding BC scholastic achievers
received awards and citations at the an
nual Awards Day ceremonies held
Wednesday morning in the College gym
nasium.
Due to deadline restrictions, the Clarion
is unable to publish the names of the win
ners.