November 18,2005 — The Clarion
OPINION
Page 5
On the Street Interviews
What do you think about the pos
sibility of a mascot change at
Brevard College?
Dr. Ken Chamlee
it's great that
students are consider
ing a change in the
mascot. Whether such
a change occurs, it's
good that we respect
the historical pro
cesses of the college
but also involm c^-
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Kristy Chaboudy
I cmildn't care iesst;
Letter to the Editor:
Comments on life and
culture appreciated
I enjoy Matt Rutherford’s ruminations on life and culture in
The Clarion. I hope it’s a regular thing for the rest of the year. His
column on popular music in October was especially gratifying to
this graybeard who sometimes wonders the same thing - where are
the minstrels of this generation, the ones who write music and
lyrics that stay in your head for a lifetime?
Around campus 1 see T-shirts celebrating musicians and bands
from the 60’s - The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, etc.
Once in the cafeteria 1 asked a student in a Jimi Hendrix shirt, “Why
are you drawn to a musician who died more than a decade before
you were born?” She shrugged as though the answer were obvi
ous. “He was great. There’s nobody around today like him.”
Back in the 90’s, when my children were teens, it was the same
thing - music from their parents’ generation on their Walkmans. As
a teenager myself, I wouldn’t have been caught dead listening to
my parents’ records — Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin
(though I’ve come to appreciate them now). When I asked, my kids
gave me the “Well, duh!” look and said they liked 60’s music better,
that’s all. ,
I’m sure there are good writers out there now. They just can t
break through the cacophonous wall of commercial pop or stage
rock - over-arranged, hyper-choreographed, light-and-sound show
music that takes all day to set up, all night to take down and three
18-wheelers to get the show to the next venue. It’s hard for a
thoughtfiil lyric to make itself heard in conditions like that.
Thanks, Matt. Keep it up.
—Preston Woodruff
A Simplistic View
by Hall Penn
Austin Ornelas
I think it's great. It's
something that needs
to be done, “torna
does” just doesn't fit.