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An open
letter to
the student
body:
Hello,
Ever gotten in trouble with Brevard Col
lege or the Brevard Pohce Department? At
next weeks SGA meeting, on March 25 in
MG, Casey Asbill-Beck, Jackson Dowd,
Zachary Porch, Tony Brendal, Andrew
Davis, and Josh Carter will discuss our
experiences with the Center of Dialogue
and their struggle to resolve an issue. At
the meeting, we will be apologizing to the
student body as well as presenting new
ideas for future work with the Center of
Dialogue and Brevard College. If you an
swered yes to the above question or could
be answering yes in the near future come
by SGA next week.
Thank you,
Casey Asbill-Beck
Opinion
The Clarion | March 20, 2009
The Clarion's guide to (legally)
picking the NCAA tournament
by Joseph Chilton
Bracketology Major
As everybody knows, engaging in money
pools hinging on the results of sporting
events is an offense more serious to the
NCAA than cheating on the SAT. And given
that about half of this school participates in
some form of NCAA sanctioned athletics,
it is safe to say that there won't be much
March Madness pool action going on this
week (wink).
However, if you are brave enough to
venture into the dangerous world of good-
natured recreational gambling. The Clarion
would like to make sure that you don't blow
it and totally waste your five dollar tourna
ment entry fee. In order to give yourself the
best possible shot at bracket bad-assitude,
please follow the following tips:
One- Always pick the team with the
coach's son playing point guard. It's been
a while since Bryce Drew and Valporaiso
broke Mississippi's heart, but the lesson
they taught us lives on: Cinderella is
spawned from the loins of coaches.
Two- pick a 16-seed. So what if no 16-
seed has ever one a tournament game. That
just means they're due. It's basic probability
and statistics- you should ahve learned that
freshman year.
Three- don't pick your Cinderella team to
go past the Sweet 16. Sure, Steph Curry
carried Davidson on his slim feminine
shoulders to the Elite Eight last year, but
that only happens every other year. Think
about it- George Mason in 2006, Davidson
in 2008, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi Tech
State in 2010. And nobody in 2009.
Four- if you do happen to be an athlete,
don't join pools on Facebook or any other
public site. It may not seem like a big deal,
but when Washington football coach Rick
Niuheisel got fired for entering a pool it
took his career a decade to rebound.
Other than that, just have fun and pick
away. And remember- it makes more sense
to leave the bracket blank than pick Duke
as your champ.
Cartoon by Karam Boeshaar
Per
very
- ^