The Clarion
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Volume 71, Issue 9
Serving the Brevard College community since 1935
April 14, 2006
Preston Woodruff resigns after 33 years
by Adam Beeson
and Matt Rutherford
There may be one less fa
miliar face in the Brevard College
religion department next fall. Af
ter an extended salary dispute
with the college, Preston Woo
druff, professor of philosophy
and religion, says he will not be
returning to Brevard. Woodruff,
who says he makes $8,000 less
than the average full professor,
has been with the college for 33
years.
“It is hard to imagine
Brevard College without Preston
Woodruff,” Mel Bringle, Chair of
the Humanities Division said.
“His gifts as a story-teller and a
classroom teacher have left an
indelible impact on three de
cades of students. His wit and
wisdom have been equally cher
ished by his colleagues in the
Humanities Division and all
across the campus. Many of us
are saddened that he feels the
need to take the step of resign
ing from his position in this way.
We will miss him."
According to Woodruff,
the average salary for a full pro
fessor at Brevard College is
$51,300 a year. However, Woo
druff says he only receives a little
over $43,000 a year.
President Van Horn re
leased the following statement:
"Preston Woodruff has
made the personal decision to
resign his faculty position at
Brevard College. The College
did not request, nor seek
Preston's resignation. The
College appreciates Preston's
long-term servi ce to the insti
tution, and is saddened by his
decision to resign. The Col
lege wishes Preston much
happiness and success in the
future.
Brevard College values
all of our faculty and staff.
The administration has
worked diligently to address
salaries and benefits for its
employees. While they are not
where we would like for them
to be, the College has been
able to make some progress.
The Board of Trustees, at its
February meeting, stated that
faculty and staff salaries
would be the top priority for the
2007-2008 fiscal year budget."
photo by John Billingsley
see Woodruff, page 3
Banff Mountain Film Festival visits BC
by Tom Cowan
Staff Writer
On March 18 and 19, the
Banff Mountain Film Festival
(BMFF) once again included the
Brevard College Porter Center on
its world tour. This year, the fes
tival received its largest turn out
in Brevard.
The Banff Centre is an arts,
cultural, and educational institu
tion that annually tours the
world with a collection of cul-
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tural and outdoor related films.
This year’s showing of the Banff
films was the seventh in a row.
Members of the BC Outing
Club and Cycling Team were
aided by Campus Recreation in
organizing the festival and pick
ing 17 films from a list of 25 car
ried by Banff this year. Banff rep
resentative Holly Elliott said that
the film selections for each fes
tival are geared toward the com
munity, which is why Brevard s
festival featured a good deal of
rock climbing and white water
sports. Elliott said that the Banff
Centre chose their 25 films out
319 films submitted from 39
countries this year.
On Saturday night, the
festival’s films included; Balanc
ing Point. The Hatch, Harvest
Moon, Hockey Night In
Ladakh, Grand Canyon
Dreams, Return2Sender.
Paratlelojams (The Fundamen
tals) (Best Film on Climbing win
ner), Solilochairliftquist. and
Tangerine Dream.
On Sunday, films included;
Cavewoman. The Kumbu
Mighty-Mites. The Lost People
of Mountain Village, The Magic
Mountain (People’s Choice
Award winner). Middle Kaweah.
Person as Projectile. Praszczur
(Grandpa) (Best Film on Moun
tain Sports winner), and
ReturnlSender: Bug Out.
Elliot said that for this year’s
world tour, Banff vans have
brought their films, projectors
and sound systems, to 185 loca
tions in North America and 80
locations throughout the rest of
the world.
This year’s BMFF took
place on open campus weekend,
helping it to sellout for the first
time in history Saturday night
and generate its greatest ticket
sales, totaling around 1,100 tick
ets according to Assistant Di
rector of Campus Life, Rod
Fincannon. BC students were
charged $5, faculty members
were charged $10, and guests
were charged $12-$ 15.
This year’s money will go
to fund BC’s new Cycling Team,
The Outing Club, and Campus
Recreation received five percent.
Inside:
Arts & Life
6
Band Feature
7
Comics
10
Concert Review
9
Movie Review
6
News
2
Opinion
4
Security Report
2
Sports
11