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Volume 81, Issue 21 VJeb Edition
SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
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February 17, 2016
Funding the team:
BC Climbing to host event in
conjunction with local coffee shop
By Jessica Wiegandt
staff Writer
Local coffee shop, Coffee Carts Studio, and
the BC climbing team have joined together and
will host a fundraiser event on Sunday, Febru
ary 21. The event is in effort to raise funds for
the climbing team to compete for the rest of
the semester.
Audrey Ashbumer, president of the climbing
team, said the team is competing well this year,
but the cost to cover competition fees is high.
“John Pate and I were out one day looking for
sponsors when he decided he needed some cof
fee,” Asbumer said, “He swerved in to Coffee
Carts and as we were talking about it in line, the
owner said we should host a fundraiser there.”
Ashburner said the studio has space for a
lot of activities and has hopes for high turnout
on Sunday. There will be live music as well
as live artists, where those in attendance can
watch as artists make products, such as spray
painted exhibits.
“Along with that there will be a collabora
tive art piece, where people can pay to get a
water balloon filled with paint and throw it at a
canvas.” Ashbumer said, “The canvas will have
a tape-figure of a climber and after it’s been
‘painted’ by the community, we’ll peel off the
tape and auction off the splatter-paint piece.”
Local businesses from Brevard have donated
prizes that will be either raffled off or sold
through the silent auction that will take place
during the fundraiser as well. “O.P. Taylor’s
has donated some toys and some restaurants
have given gift cards for the raffle, and then
there have been kayaking trips, gift baskets
from Next Venture, and things like that,” Ash
bumer said.
There will be events for kids as well, where
rock climbing key chains can be made. Ash
bumer said there also will be prints for sale, a
com hole tournament, a climbing informational
table, a campfire and a cookout. For adults,
the cookout will cost $10 but for kids and BC
students it will cost $5.
Twenty percent of the sales made during the
event will go to the climbing team, but on any
other day, ten percent of sales made will go to
the climbing team when Brevard College is
mentioned.
“The place Is really cool, the owners are re
ally nice and this supports the climbing team.”
Ashburner said, “I definitely recommend at
least stopping by to see what all is going on
because this is going to be a really fiin event.”
Slots are still open for any artists who are
interested in participating and can get more
information on how to participate by emailing
bcclimbing@gmail.com. The event is open to
the community and all BC students.
Teacher's Program
Diversity Forum Kick-off event
Understanding Friends: A
Hands-On Workshop on Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. in MG 125
Voter registration
deadline for North
Carolina primaries
is February 19
By Alex Laifer
staff Writer
The North Carolina primaries will be held
on March 15. To be eligible to vote you must
register at least 25 days before the election on
Friday, February 19.
Unaffiliated voters have the option of voting
in the party of their choice. Voters who belong
to a party must vote in their respective party’s
primary.
Unlike many other previous election cycles,
it is unlikely that any candidate either Repub
lican or Democratic will clinch their respective
party’s nomination for President by the North
Carolina primaries. This will give North Caro
lina a say in the nominating process.
The Presidency is the highest office on the
ballot but there are many other offices on the
primary ballot. Other federal offices include US
Senator and the US House of Representatives.
There are primaries for numerous statewide
offices including Governor, Attorney General,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Super
intendent of Public Instruction.
There are also primaries for the North Caro
lina State Senate, House of Representatives,
and Transylvania County Commissioners.
North Carolina enacted stricter Voter ID
regulations at the beginning of the year. Among
other things, a student ID card is no longer an
acceptable form of photo identification even
from state universities. Opponents of the new
regulations argue that they make it harder for
students and low-income voters to register to
vote which in turn will make it easier for Re
publicans to win elections.
The Transylvania Board of Elections helped
with voter registration outside of Myers Din
ing Hall on February 8, 10, 15 and 16 as part
of “Rock the Vote”. They will not be back on
campus but if you would like to register you can
still do so at their office in downtown Brevard.
For more information on voting as a college
student, visit: campusvoteproject.org.