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The Clarion | April 27, 2007
Palmer, Chilton to lead Clarion staff next year
The Clarion held senior staff
elections on Monday, choosing
Aaron Pakner and Joseph Chilton
to take over the top leadership
roles when the newspaper resumes
publication in the 2007-2008 aca
demic year
Palmer, a senior English major
from Baltimore, Md., will take the
reins as editor in chief this fall. He
joined the staff in January as man
aging editor He is planning to
graduate in December
Chilton, a junior English major
from Brasstown, will take over as
managing editor He served as a
staff writer this year, writing a
wide variety of news, features, and
sports articles for The Clarion.
Several staff will continue roles
they held this year Zack Harding,
a rising senior English major from
Hendersonville, will continue to
serve as the Arts & Life editor, a
role he has held for two semes
ters. Amethyst Green, a rising
sophomore psychology major
from Canton, will again serve as
sports editor, and Josie Guinn, a
rising sophomore English major
from Brevard, will continue her
position as opinion editor
John Billingsley, a senior major
ing in integrated studies from Hous
ton, Texas, will continue for a fifth
semester as the newspaper’s head
photographer
There are some new faces on the
2007-2008 staff as well. Business
majors Kyle Hamilton and Emily
Clark join the newspaper as busi
ness staff Hamilton, a rising jun
ior from Peterhead, Scotland, will
serve as business editor, while
Clark, a rising sophomore from
Hendersonville, will take over as
the newspaper’s business manager
Palmer looks forward to the
challenge the new staff will face
this fall. “I really appreciate the
direction that our paper’s headed,”
he said. “A once-a-week publica
tion is a difficult task and our staff
is getting better at all of their jobs.
I hope to see some new faces next
year that are enthused about writ
ing and want to collaborate on
some new ideas.”
Several staff positions remain
vacant, most notably the role of
news editor and layout and design
editor The newspaper also seeks
additional staff to serve as assis
tant section editors for news. Arts
& Life, and sports, as well as an
online editor to oversee the
newspaper’s web site.
Also, the role of copy editor has
yet to be filled.
Nevertheless, outgoing editor
Matt Rutherford sees a strong fu
ture for next year’s staff
“Aaron Palmer is a great writer
and has a unique sense of humor
and determination that will help
The Clarion continue to evolve,”
Rutherford said. “The new-com-
ers such as Josie Guinn and Am
ethyst Green will continue to grow
as journalists under his leadership.
I’m also glad some of the tried and
true are continuing like Zack
Harding.”
Rutherford looks back on his
experience with the newspaper
with both a sense of amazement
and accomplishment in how far
the newspaper has come over the
past few years. “I am astonished
at the amount it has changed,” he
said. “I am extremely proud of
what we have accomplished in my
three years working on The
Clarion^
Rutherford, an English major
from Morganton, graduates next
month and will begin graduate
school this fall at the New School
in New York. Also graduating are
news editor Tom Cowan, an En
glish major from New Orleans;
layout and design editor Molly
Carlson, an art major from
Pittsboro; and business manager
Joretta Nelson explains
the campus intranet
by Matt Rutherford
Editor in Chief
In a recent interview, Joretta
Nelson, Vice President for Enroll
ment Management, gave her
thoughts on the use of the campus
intranet.
Nelson is currently seeking bet
ter ways to provide information
to the students saying, “Email will
serve as formalized way to do so
and we continue to expect stu
dents to read their BC email. How
ever, in terms of updates and in
formation, often email is misused
and results in students deleting
rather than reading their email. So,
we developed the intranet in hopes
of providing a central location for
faculty, staff and students to share
information.”
Nelson also informed that stu
dents should check their
WEBTWISTER accounts
throughout the summer to check
about their financial aid and billing
situations. The administration will
no longer be sending hard copies
of financial aid awards in a bid to
save paper on campus. Nelson
said, “They can see what forms or
documents they are missing, what
awards have been made, etc. Soon,
likely the middle of May, they will
be able to see what their billing
statement is for the fall semester,
as well.”
Nelson also agreed with issues
of having dual logins for email and
WEBTWISTER. She says, “We
wanted to confirm with students
that the dual process of logging
into the network and
WEBTWISTER is a frustration
about which we are aware and with
which we agree! Unfortunately,
we have no option within the
WEBTWISTER system to make
that change, although we are seek
ing out information about future
possibilities. In the meantime, if a
student forgets their ID/password
for WEBTWISTER, they can
quickly request help from IT via
email.”
(and copy editor) Katie Berube,
an art major from Beaufort, S.C.
“We will definitely miss our
graduating seniors,” said John
Padgett, faculty advisor for The
Clarion. “It is because of their
steady leadership and guidance that
the newspaper has become such a
welcome and important part of the
Brevard College experience each
week.
“I am extremely proud of what
all of The Clarion staff members
have been able to accomplish this
year,” he said.
Anyone who would like to join
the newspaper staff next year
should contact Padgett or simply
email The Clarion at
clarion@brevard. edu.
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