THE
Clarion
Volume 76, Issue 24
www.brevard.edu/clarion
SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
April 1, 2011
SGA passes amendment
and postpones elections
SGA passed an amendment Tuesday that now
requires SGA executive board candidates to
complete a campus life form to run.
Other required documents for candidates are
30 signatures of the students’ peers and letter
of recommendation from a faculty member
Candidates must have previously attended
a minimum of three SGA meetings to be
eligible.
Applications are due by April 8. A question and
answer session for executive board candidates
is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April
13 in the Reserve Dining Room. Updated
executive board voting information has not been
announced yet.
Voting for faculty, staff, and coach of the year
has been extended. Students may vote for a
faculty member from each division during lunch
and dinner on Monday, and lunch Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 12, SGA will host an open
forum meeting concerning the presidential
search. Students are encouraged to attend to
voice their opinions about the next President
ofBC.
In this issue...
Campus News:
White Houses' green initiative 2
Special topics seminars 2
News:
iWIL travels to Chicago 3
Sports:
Softball drops two 4
Football signs recruits 4
Cycling at Clemson 5
IVIen's Golf in Charlotte 5
Opinion:
Devil's Advocate 6
Perspective: Europe with ORG 390.... 6
Arts & Life:
Zumba for Japan 7
Chefs... Brian and Dan 7
Odds and Ends:
Word of the week 8
Tour of Turkey Pen
Perspective
By Park Elliot Baker
Staff Writer
Last week I was privileged to play tour guide
for the Editorial staff of Dirt Rag Magazine.
This doesn't mean much to people who don't
ride mountain bikes. But if you enjoy a good
publication, then you might want to check the
magazine out. Printed every six weeks. Dirt
Rag is based out of Pittsburgh, Pa and has been
in print since 1989. The staff profiles “need
to know” information such as local races, the
review on a good brew, and the latest part that's
worth buying.
The magazine is well known for it's cycling
related literature and they encourage reader
submissions. The staff was on tour of some of
the finest riding on the east coast. While testing
products for the next issue, they were also
touring a few facilities in preparation for an
article about products made in the USA.
Two parts manufacturers are located in
Asheville. One,
Industry Nine
Componentry, is a
machining company
that produces the best
wheel sets currently
on the market. The
other is Cane Creek,
a veteran company
best known for it's
partnership with
the motocross
company Ohlins in
manufacturing one
of the most revered
shocks in cycling.
Our route is a
classic, and I thought
they would enjoy
what I had in mind.
We started at Turkey
Pen trailhead. This
entrance to Pisgah
National Forest is
located off NC 280
at the Henderson and
Transylvania county
line. From the parking lot we descended down to
the South Mills River and crossed the swinging
bridge. If you've never been in this part of the
forest, it is beautiful this time of the year The
Lady Slippers and ferns are just starting to
come up.
Paralleling the river for a few miles on South
Mills River trail we reached the intersection
with Cantrell Creek.
George Vanderbilt had a hunting lodge here,
and the chimney remains intact. This trail runs
along Cantrell Creek itself, and climbs until it
hits Squirrel Gap trail.
Squirrel Gap is often doted as the “Crown
Jewel of Pisgah” as the narrow ribbon of
singletrack weaves in and out of hollows for
nearly 13 miles in a rocky, rooty undulation
that could leave even the biggest curmudgeon
smiling.
After the ride the twilight grew as we shared the
contents of their cooler, laughing and projecting
our hopes for the coming summer “We had a
really harsh winter We needed that ride, thanks
Park,” said senior editor Josh Patterson. 2011 is
shaping up to be a great year
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A map of the Turkey Pen trail: Riders cross three swinging bridges over
South IVIills River along the trail.