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Volume 76, Issue 3 SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 Sept. 17, 2010
Our town; a brief history of Brevard
GAULEY!
Rafters brave rapids at last year’s Gauley Fest
on tlie Gauley River in Summersville, W.Va. The
annual event was begun almost 30 years ago
by the American Whitewater organization and is
highly regarded by whitewater enthusiasts from
around the world as one of the sport’s premier
events.
Gauley Fest 2010 takes place this weekend,
with several Brevard students planning to take
part. For more, see the story on page 3.
In this issue...
News:
BC Establishes New Scholarship 2
BC to offer European Study Tour 2
Volleyball team holds camp 2
What's Happening at BC 2
The Shape of Things' Preview 3
Security Report 3
Opinion:
Letter to the Editor 4
New Ideas in Business 5
Arts & Life:
Chef Boy-Ar-Dave 6
The American' movie review 6
Sports:
Women's Soccer 7
BC Sports Briefs 7
BC Tornados Scoreboard 7
Odds and Ends:
Your Horoscope 8
Sign of the Times 8
American Hero 8
By John M. Climer
Editor in Chief
Yesterday morning, as I strolled into the
City Water Bureau to pay my bill, I noticed a
historical marker outside of the building and
paused to read it.
Written on the marker was a brief history of
Brevard, which peaked my interest and made
me want to know more about our little mountain
town.
Brevard is located in Transylvania County; the
name Transylvania comes from the Latin words
“trans” meaning “across” and “sylvan” meaning
“woods.” Based on our locale to Pisgah
National Forest and our surroundings in general,
that seems an apt name for the county.
The first official court meeting in Transylvania
County took place on May 20, 1861. At the
meeting Alex England, Leander Gash and
Braxton Lankford donated 50 acres to the state
for the establishment of a town.
The men also decided to name the town
Brevard to honor Colonel Ephriam Brevard, who
had served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary
Army.
Upon establishing Brevard as the county seat,
the town’s founders began planning the street
layout and selecting sights for public buildings
and churches. The growth of the town was all
but stopped when the Civil War erupted, in spite
of the fact that no major battles took place in
By John M. Climer / Daniel Heyman
Editor in Chief / Managing Editor
The Myers Dining Hall parking lot, covered
smoking areas and the new campus “tag line”
were among the issues addressed by President
Drew Van Horn in yesterday’s campus issues
forum.
Several dozen students, faculty and staff
gathered in Dunham Auditorium for the open
forum, which lasted around 40 minutes. It was
the first installment of two campus forums
planned for this semester. The purpose of
these meetings is to address the change from a
campus issues committee to the current forum
setting, as part of the reworking of the shared
governance system.
When addressing attendees about the plan
for the Myers parking lot. Van Horn outlined
the town.
After the Civil War ended,
Brevard saw a boom of
development when the
railroad was directed from
nearby Hendersonville to
the town in 1895. The establishment of Brevard
as a railroad stop brought new people to the town
and the population grew steadily.
For the next significant chapter of Brevard’s
history, jump forward to 1949; it was in this
year that Brevard received it’s most notable
inhabitants, the white squirrel.
According to Transylvania Times, Brevard
resident Mrs. W.E. Mull stated that her brother-
in-law was given two white squirrels, by another
resident who trapped the squirrels when a
carnival truck overturned near his yard.
Eventually, one of the squirrels escaped and
later the other was let go. Residents then began
to notice the increasing number of the white
squirrels, which were apparently breeding with
the native gray squirrels.
In 1986, the City Council of Brevard enacted
an ordinance which established the city as a
haven for the squirrels and asserted that it “shall
be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, trap, or
otherwise take any protected squirrels within the
city by this section.”
To date, Transylvania County boasts around
30,000 residents, with nearly 7000 of them
living within the Brevard City limits.
a three-step process. The first phase begins by
covering a portion of the parking lot in mulch,
adding more seating and potted trees to the
space.
Phase two involves the removal of the asphalt
currently in place and planting grass in the space.
According to Van Horn, the transition from
phase one to phase two depends primarily on
issues related to the finances of the college.
The third phase consists of putting in paths,
trees and a possible water feature.
The next topic was the issue of covering the
smoking areas or the possibility that our campus
may become a tobacco free environment.
Currently, no steps are being taken to cover the
smoking areas, but there is continuing dialogue
about the possibility of a smoke-free, or possibly
even tobacco-free campus.
See 'Forum,' page 3
BC president hosts first campus issues forum