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Volume 78, Issue 1 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
Aug. 31, 2012
Changes across BC campus
Staff Editorial
The new or not-so-new student’s guide
to what’s new at Brevard College
As best we can determine, Kings Creek
still flows from west to east through the
center of campus, but beyond that, there are
some other distinct changes on campus that
might keep even grizzled veterans scratch
ing their heads (and beards) for days (or
weeks) to come.
First, the changes in people. As we
first heard over the summer via an Email
from President Joyce (who is not new,
incidentally—he’s been here since Janu
ary), John Hardt is no longer over the Offlce
of Academic Affairs. In his place is history
professor Scott Sheffield, serving as Interim
Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Aca
demic Affairs. He will also teach one his
tory course this Fall, which unfortunately
(for first-year students) is not his Monty
Python-themed BCE 111 course.
In the Caf, there too will be some notable
changes; Coke is now Pepsi, which means
that Mountain Dew is now provided in un
limited quantities for all caffeine-addicted
students (and maybe a professor or two).
Some personnel will be changing as well.
as Chartwell’s takes over for Aramark to
provide food service on campus. The new
staff includes Kathy Holliday, Darlene
Blackstalk, Terry Allen, as well as other
familiar faces and some new ones. One
person who regrettably will not be returning
to us is Frank Jahelka, who passed away
over the summer and will be greatly missed
by all on campus.
In Campus Life, our new Dean of Stu
dents and Vice President of Student Life
is Debbie D’Anna, and she has in place an
almost entirely new staff that includes BC
alum Michael Cohen as director of resi
dential life, as well as Alessandra Tavoloni,
Gabrielle Mellendorf and Jessica Burke.
Several recent graduates can now count
themselves among BC’s staff, including
Kimberly Williams and Shane Apps in the
Admissions Office.
Athletics, too, has a number of changes
in personnel, one of the most notable of
which is that Norm Witek has been coaxed
back into coaching track and field.
In academics, the Theatre Studies
program has a new coordinator, Brandon
Smith, and Miller Asbill is taking over
as Director of Bands and Coordinator of
Music Education. Rob Campbell is now in
the AEC as the new Director of the Office
for Students with Special Needs.
Of course, with the influx of new faculty
and staff come some notable changes to
the campus itself One of the biggest of
these is in the Coltrane Underground with
the new Habeneros, which will be open
Monday-Friday 11a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday
11 a.m.-4p.m., and Sunday 6 p.m.-10 p.m.
The Clarion editors can confirm thaf the
new food tastes great.
Nearby, between Moore Science and
Myers Dining Hall, the parking-lot-that-
was-not-a-parking-lot will soon be com
pletely transformed into a new grassy stu
dent plaza. And speaking of grass, Brevard
is one of two institutions of higher learning
in North Carolina to commit to a new en
vironmentally friendly way of resurfacing
roadways with a grassy substance. (The
other is NC State, by the way.)
While this does not represent all of the
many changes around campus and in the
community, the Clarion intends to cover
more in the weeks to come. In the mean
time, we encourage you to check it all out
yourself, let us know what you think and
what we missed. Be sure to check back
later to learn more!
Scott Sheffield, Interim Dean of faculty and VP for Academic Affairs,
reunites the BC community at Convocation.
Editor's
welcome
By Patrick G. Veilleux
Editor in Chief
I feel like right from the beginning of the
final Fall semester, a Senior would feel a
sense of conclusion, like they would have
seen all that their school has had to give
them; no more surprises. Well, I’m happy
to be wrong about that.
See 'Welcome/ page 8