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The Clarion | February 6, 2009
BC to host job fair next Wednesday
by Radosav'Backo' Babic
Business Editor
This year’s job fair will be
held in Reserve Dining Hall
and Institute Room of Myers
Cafeteria on Wednesday, Feb.
11 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00
p.m.
Brevard College will host
representatives from around 40
employers from the local area.
Those representatives would
like to possibly hire summer
staff and are looking for poten
tial employees.
Students who are in need
of a summer job in the camp
industry, outdoor recreation or
wilderness therapy and don’t
have anything plaimed yet, this
will be a great opportunity to
network with many represen
tatives from those respective
fields who may end up being
their future employers. Some
available positions will even
provide summer housing, for
those whose hometown hap
pens to be outside of this area.
This will give the students a
Anatomical sculptures siAlited. on campus
by Ryan Fiffick
Staff Writer
A phallic sculpture is
left in the belltower by a
surreptitious artisan
An unusual memo crossed this editor's electromagnetic desk at the
wee hours of the morning before weekly press deadlines; “Does
these ice dongs belong to anyone?”
That is a quote. I would have used the words ‘do’ and ‘sculptures’
in place of "does" and "dongs." Grammatical misgivings aside, my
attention was detracted from the streaming Asian market data. I
dug a little deeper. The artisans, replete with ninja-osity, placed
several carefully crafted ice penises in conspicuous locales around
campus. These crystalline schlongs must certainly represent a
myriad of intense emotions and poignant social commentaries best
surmised as “Penis.” That’s not a real quote, but rather the most
appropriately generated adjective that I can summon in description
of the stunningly cunning act of guerilla art. What statements were
the artists trying to make with such a stupendous display? Who are
these midnight nobby marauders? All I can suggest is to keep you
eyes peeled and your attention up...
unique opportunity to person
ally and directly hand in their
resumes to the representatives
of organizations they wish to
work for Getting a job is often
a very long and complicated
process, not to mention how
competitive job hunting can
frequently get. However, by
meeting your potential boss in
person you may already have
your foot in the door
For those who already have
plaimed and/or arranged plans
during the summer, just at
tending job fair would be a
beneficial experience. This
fair is available and possibly
beneficial to all Brevard Col
lege majors.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Race and Brevard College: then and now
by Nina Willis and
Gretchen Allie
Staff Writers
Febmary is the month that we
remember the important people
and moments that helped Black
Americans progress in our
society.
According to history.com.
Black History Month was
originally a seven day period
called “Negro History Week”
which was created in 1926 by
Carter G. Woodson. Woodson
was an African American his
torian, scholar, educator, and
publisher
In 1976 it became a month
long celebration; February was
chosen, not because it is the
shortest month of the year, but
because Frederick Douglass
and Abraham Lincoln’s birth
days occur in this month. They
both were main catalysts in the
abohshment of slavery.
Brevard’s first black student
was Mary Mooney. Mary
started attending Brevard in
August of 1962. Brevard was
a two year school then, and
Mary stayed at BC for a year
and a half and then left before
graduating.
The identity of the first black
BC graduate is currently a
mystery. The school’s archives
are slightly incomplete in this
area. There were three black
graduates in 1970, but there
might have been others before
in 1968 or 1969. Since then,
Brevard’s black population
has grown.
This year there are 650 stu
dents enrolled at Brevard. 60
of those students are black and
519 are white, with the rest
being American Indian, Asian,
Hispanic, International, or un
known. A general observation
among BC students is that the
majority of the black students
on campus are athletes and
male.
When asked about Black
History Month, Jordei Osby,
an African-America freshman,
said that although she thinks
it’s an important time of year
to remember, she doesn’t go out
of her way to celebrate it unless
the opportunities are right in
front of her
Even though African-Amer-
icans are a minority on our
campus, many of them don’t
feel like a minority. Francios
Diouf said that he doesn’t
feel like a minority, and that
he generally feels accepted
on campus. Osby said “I do
realize I’m a minority, but it
doesn’t feel like it. I try not to
pay attention to race”.