The Clarion
Volume 72, Issue 25
SERVING THE BREVARD COLLEGE
COMMUNITY SINCE 1935
April 20, 2007
VT massacre felt on Brevard campus
by Tom Cowan
News Editor
The wake of sadness now af
fecting the entire country is espe
cially apparent here on campus
where numerous members of the
community have friends and fam
ily that attend Virginia Tec (VT).
On the Tuesday night
following the shooting there was a
solemn gathering on the residen
tial quad where around 60 people
stood holding candles with there
heads bowed. Some people cried
silently as BC chaplain Shelly Web
offered prayers and worlds of
compassion.
Kellee Bonnell, a Junior, is
among the BC student population
who personally knows a large
see VT Massacre, page 3
VT candle prayer vigil. Photo by John Billingsley.
Extreme weather causes townwide damages
by Katie Berube
Business IVIanager
While aNor’easterravagedmost
of New England last weekend,
shutting down interstate s and
public transportation in major cit
ies, gale force winds wreaked
havoc in Brevard. These winds,
described by one person on cam
pus as sounding like “the tornado
Wellborn’s Miata, and caused
county wide chaos.
On Sunday evening all of the
power in the Village, the Complex,
Ross Hall, and several small build
ings on campus went out, leaving
students in total darkness, and elec
trical silence. Students were al
lowed to remain in the Village the
first night, but when the power
was not restored by Monday af
ternoon; arrangements were made
see Odd weather, page 4
Piled cots and blankets inside Boshamer gym. Photo by John Billingsley.
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