The Clarion March 31. 1995 Page 5
Tpacher feature
Peggy Jackson encourages art of communication
Brick McDermott
Clarion Staff Writer
You may recognize her as a
amiliar face, or maybe you have heard
bout her. Perhaps you have been
cky enough to have her as a profes-
or. Who is this lady? Her name is
ry Jackson, a teacher here at Bre-
ard College for the past five years.
Jackson, originally from Raleigh,
orth Carolina, attended Campbell
niversity, as an undergraduate, and
went on to North Carolina State
niversity for graduate school. She
rew very interested in teaching English
hile at Campbell. "I had really
ntnguing English professors. They
ere the people who inspired me to
ecome a teacher," she said.
Jackson also feels that she has a
ositive influence on her students. "I
want my students to understand
ow important communication is,
erbally and written, which is used
very day, and without appropriate
ommunication skills, students could
ave many problems in the future."
Not only does Jackson teach, but
she also assists Tina McBride with
poetry and writing events. With all of
these responsibilities, Jackson somehow
finds time to enjoy herself. "I love
hiking and mountain biking in the
Pisgah Forest," she expressed. "I am
also an avid collector of American
Indian artifacts and enjoy finding
interesting types of rocks."
Jackson loves teaching at Brevard
College because she likes the location
Peggy Jackson
Student Spotlight
Student manages time and
thletics with determination
Mike Felder
Ira Haber
Clarion Staff Writer
Tornado basketball player, Mike
Felder, made his way to the All-Confer
ence and All-Region teams with quiet
determination. Averaging 20.7 points
and 10 rebounds per game, he is one of
the nation’s "Freshman Sensations".
During his senior year in high
school, Felder was elected to play in the
North & South All-Star basketball
game. When asked how he felt about
that honor, he said, "It was just another
game, but it was one in which I was
recognized as one of the best players in
the state of South Carolina.
Felder’s schedule was at times
very hectic. His daily schedule con
sisted of waking up early for classes
lasting until 3:30; then he headed
straight for the gymnasium for a two to
three hour practice. After that, it was
directly to the library for another two to
three hours used for studying. After a
late dinner, he would spend the rest of
his time with his friends.
In this season’s game against
North Greenville, Felder scored 30
points and 14 rebounds for Brevard, his
lest game of the year. With the hard
work and talent Felder and his fellow
teammates displayed and will continue
to do, Brevard will surely keep pro
gressing for a more successful end.
BC students who are drinking the
spring water while camping in Pisgah
National Forest are becoming sick. If
you use the water for drinking or
cooking, boil it for five minutes. Better
still, take bottled water with you.
SGA
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ihe fine arts tor more support. On the
surface there appears to be the need for
more money to participate in more
social and competitive events outside of
the school. Ford fights against her on
this part, and the irony here is that at
one time he was going to support her in
this endeavor.
The inactivity of the SGA is due
in part to the apathy of the majority of
the representatives on the board. While
there is a core group of about four to
six students willing to work for the
welfare of Brevard College, there are
not enough people attending to make the
meetings into anything better than an
informal forum about how great it
would be if the college were different.
The SGA has turned into a few people
playing at being a serious student gov
ernment.
But the representatives are only
part of the problem. The students of
and the small school atmosphere. She
currently teaches freshman English, as
well as the first half of British Litera
ture for the sophomores.
Brevard College students are
fortunate to have a teacher like Peggy
Jackson.
New class explores
Japanese culture
Yosuke Hinago
Clarion Staff Writer
For the first time in its history,
Brevard College has established a
Japanese class. Bob Foster, who went
to Japan as a missionary in 1947 and
stayed there more than thirty years,
teaches the class. He speaks the Japa
nese language perfectly, and he proba
bly knows more about Japan than the
Japanese students know themselves.
The Japanese class meets three
times a week. Basically, the students
learn grammar, greeting expression, and
"Hiragana," which has fifty-two charac
ters. They will also learn "Katacana"
and Chinese characters.
There is, however, only one
student who takes the class for credit;
several other students just want to learn.
"Obviously, it is pretty hard for Ameri
cans to learn Japanese, compared to
another language such as Spanish,
German, or French because not only is
the grammar totally different from these
languages, but you also have to under
stand the different way of thinking,"
Foster said.
Foster will continue teaching
Japanese to these students interested in
learning about another language and its
culture.
the campus are just as much to blame as
the SGA is. Everyone has a complaint
or an idea of some kind or another, be
it about visitation, smoking, campus
activities, money, or alcohol. And the
list could go on. Each meeting is open
to all the students of the campus, and
this was made clear by the February 27
meeting where there was an open invita
tion. No one showed up, but remem
ber, if you have a complaint, an idea,
or anything of that nature, you have the
right, and the voice, to be heard. It is
the SGA.
CORRECTION:
The Clarion apologizes for the
misinformation in the last issue concern
ing the cost of the new cooling system
in the library. The cost was $100,000
rather than $100 million. The library is
keeping costs down while working to
improve comfort in their building.