The Clarion December 4, 1989 Page 3
NE WSBRlEFSFROMBREVARD COLLEGE
from Staff and News Bureau reports
BC track gets face-lifting
Brevard College’s track is undergoing a major facelifting to the tune of
$90,000.
The three-month-long project should be completed some time in Deceml)er,
according to Dave Rinker, BC athletic director.
College planners had hoped the new track would be ready by now, but
weather has played a major factor in the delays. The paving was completed in
October, and then several layers of polyeurethane must be applied when the
surface and temperatures are right.
During this construction phase, walkers and runners are asked to stay off
the track. A fence is being constructed to keep bicycles and large wheeled
vehicles off. The new fence has a constantly open, narrow right-angle
passway, allowing walkers and runners through.
When the new track is complete, it will be open to the public again — but
with a major difference. “The new track will be a first-class athletic facility,”
said Director of Public Information Jock Lauterer. “It’s soft surface is
designed only for the proper kind of running shoes. This is not like a parking
lot surface; hard soles and wheels can destroy it. We’re just asking the public
to respect this facility.”
When the new track is completed, the College will prohibit the walking of
dogs on the track as well as the use of all wheeled devices such as
skateboards, bikes and baby carriages, all of which will damage the soft sur
face.
“The new track replaces one so decrepit that we didn’t care what you did
out there,” Lauterer says, “The way the old track was, you could have rolled a
Sherman tank on it and it wouldn’t have made much difference. No wonder we
din’t have any rules regarding the track’s use.”
Because the new facility is mainly for the College’s running program. Coach
and AD Dave Rinker is reserving the first three inside lanes for collegiate run
ners, leaving the outside lane for walkers and the public.
Pre-registration fee is due
Dean Wood’s office reminds students that the deadline for the pre-
registration fee for Spring semester is Dec. 12. The fee is $50 for residential
students and $15 for commuting students.
Payment of the fee is especially important this year because of the waiting
list to get into BC for the spring semester.
According to Dean Wood, “Paying this fee indicates that a student has made
acommitment to return to Brevard College for the spring semester. I will
assume that any student who has not paid the fee by the deadline will not be
returning to BC. Therefore, I will direct the Registrar to remove that student’s
schedule from the computer and the Director of Housing to cancel that stu
dent’s room reservation.”
This fee should be paid in the business office upstairs on the west wing of
Beam Administration Building. Fees will be applied to the spring semrater
bill. For students who decide later not to return to BC, deposits will be refund
ed until Friday, Jan. 4, 1990.
Project Winners needs you
Do you want to make a difference in a young person s life?
Brevard College will again hold its high school drop-out intervention pro
gram this summer, “Project Winners.” The College hosts about 50 eighth
graders from Western North Carolma in an attempt to encourage em ® ® ^
in school. About 10 BC student counselors serve as principle role m^els for
the two two-week sessions in June and July. To apply for the pai posi ion, see
Steve Martin, MG 130.
King birthday to be observed
Brevard College will celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader Dr^Martin
Luther King, Jr., with a Jan. 15 program. The 8 p.m. pr^entation
Auditorium will feature Dr. Julius Scott, the president of Paine College of
Augusta, Ga.
Christmas Dance planned
The annual Brevard College Christmas Dance will wm*fMti^e
day, Dec. 9, from 9 p.m. to 1a.m. in the Auxiliary Gym. e . . ^
the band “Beat the Clock.” ID is required. StudenU plannmg to b g g
must sign them up now with the Office of Student Affairs i
semi-formal. j
Try-outs set for new play
Tryouts for the Spring Production, “Summer and Smoke” by Tennessee
WiHams, will be held Dec. 6 and? in the Barn Theatre at 7:30 p.m. All students
interested in drama, regardless of whether they have acted berfore, are in
vited to attend. Also, any students interested in backstage work are invited.
Jonathan Crow, Director of the spring production, described the play as a
“lyrical tale of unrequited love, set in the Deep South after the turn of the Cen
tury.”
Production dates for the play are Wed. through Sat,, March 29, 30, 31 and
Wed. through Sat. April 5, 6, and 7.
While tryouts will be held before Spring Semester, actual rehearsals will not
begin before the second week of Spring Semester, late January, according to
the director.
Make that date
Any group which plans to meet on campus during spring semester must fill
out a scheduling request with Paige Johnson in the president’s office. This is
necessary to secure a meeting place and to have the meeting included on the
Coming Events List if desired.
Semester abroad program students picked
The six students selected for the Brevard College semester abroad program
in Altmunster, Austria, have been selected. The are; Cory Clark of Porte
Vedra Beach, Fla.; Kelly Ferguson of Upper Marlboro, Md.; Marla McNeill
of Kannapolis, N.C.; Andrew Parse of Valdese, N.C.; Russell Washburn of
Spartanburg, S.C.; and Grant Westfall of Raleigh. The six will spend the spr
ing semester studying German with BC instructor Maggi Zednick and learn
ing about Austrian culture.
Letter to the editor,..
A word from the President
My dear friends:
I am writing to say how very proud I am
of each of you-and I mean it. Brevard Col
lege is a demanding place, and that is why
you chose it. There is not another two-year
school in America that possesses the kind
of integrity Brevard possesses in the eyes
of four-year colleges and universities. This
faculty knows how to get you ready for
high-powered places because they are
high-powered people. We make no
apologizes about being tough. Each of you
can handle it or you would not t>e here.
The past two years have been marked
with significant changes. The changes
have been and are an effort to improve
the quality of life for you. Enormous
changes are occurring. Some of the
changes are obvious while others are more
subtle. You have seen the creation of lear
ning center (we need more personal com
puters in the learning center). We have ad
ded a full-time college counselor and
brought to the staff a full-time leisure
recreation person. We have expanded the
physical education department with the
beginnings of an outdoor recreation pro
gram and we have launched an Austrian
semester abroad program. We have seen a
environmentalist group formed, and in a
few months our new service component,
Project Inside-Out, will become a reality.
As I write this letter, we are in the mid
dle of two important construction projects
— a new state the art track and a new stu
dent center. Hopefully, the track will be
completed by the time you return in
January, but the timetable on the studer.t
center is not as hopeful. We are looking at
a late March or early April date on it.
When 1 stop to think that we will have
gone through nearly an entire academic
year without a student center, 1 realize
how patient you have been. 1 thank you
very much for your patience and
understanding and believe that the wait
will be worth it in the long run
(sophomores may wish to disagree with
me about this).
You will be interested to know the enroll
ment continues to break records. We ex
pect another record enrollment in January
and still another record next fall. It
pleases me very much that Brevard Col
lege is a popular place, but it pleases me
more to know that it is a tough place with
tough academic standards and tough
demands placed on each of us. I assure you
that we are never tough just to be tough.
We are tough because we care. We are
tough because we are committed to doing
everything we can to lift your horizons nad
to make a small contribution toward shap
ing your life in the direction of service and
responsibility toward your fellow man.
Your Friend,
Billy Greer
P S. The next three weeks will be critical
to each of you. Study hard, utilize our sup
port systems and good luck!