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BttDrtal Iagr Faculty reflect on U. S. foreign policy THE CLARION FEBRUARY 25, 1972 2 Fire may have been worse By Dennis Brown To Suzon Franzske, Becky McGrady and Ann*^ Tuttle Brevard College and Community owes a sin cere “Thank you.” At about 12:00 Tuesday night Suzon walked to the trash cans at the end of the hall in the basement to find smoke pouring from one of the overflowing cans, Suzon, staying calm, swung Becky’s door open tojr help and then grabbed the fire extinguisher. Becky pulled the fire alarm and be'gan throwing the cans into the hall. As the smoke thickened, Suzon’s extinguisher jammed and Becky took off to get one from another floor. Anne Tuttle helped Beckv free the extinguisher from the glass case on first floor. Back in basement Suzon had scattered the* bum- ing debris well enough to be doused a second and third time. Beam girls (and an intelligent few men) should be commended for their calm clearing 6f the build- been discovered when it was the boiler room would have been one of the first rooms engulfed in the path of the fire. Panic can be deadly. Needless to say what losses could have been suffered. As a Beam basement resident, it’s almost impos sible to describe the sick, nauseous pain I felt as a boy screamed out his window, “Burn, Baby, burn'” My friends were still in the basement. • ® completely out when the firemen arrived though the smoke had traveled up the stair- well a,nd could still be seen rolling down second and third floor balls. Suzon made a brief trip to the in firmary because of smoke inhalation, but that was tne only casualty besides the cremation of one trash can. A still smouldering cigarette, tossed in a waste basket was probably the cause of the blaze. Hope- fully this will prove a cheap lesson in carelessness. 1 ne Beam boys who realize the seriousness of the ^arm and made their way to the basement were greatly appreciated — especially for their genuine -"d Suzon a SI fK PfJ'haps preventing Brevard College from being Wednesday morning’s tragic headlines —P.B. Convocation is one of best Brevard finally came up with the type of Con vocation the students want. The Reverend Ed Kil- unifying the student body in S Brevard meaningful assembly at ±Jrevard College in the past two years. Tin+Convocation that students do not have to be forced to attend. Kilboume’reasv-Jo- ^imposing style provided a much more pleas ant atmosphere than most of our Convocations which "i”® Distinguished Christian ^11 SiSE ^ delightful as the first, there will De little need for required attendance. As the presidential campaign moves into high gear and Pres ident Nixon’s trip to China has materialized, the Clarion has decided to run a series of two interviews with students and faculty. This week’s interviews will cover the opinion of fac ulty members, and next week the students’ ideas will appe^. The interview questions, in the order they were asked are: 1. What do you feel is the major reason for President Nixon’s trip to China? Is it main ly just a good, political move in an election year or are there other reasons? 2. What do you see as the re lationship between the U.S. U.S.S.R., and Communist China in the next 10-20 years? 3. Do you feel that the U. S. is being presented with a com petent slate of presidential con tenders in 1972? Why? 4. What do you see as the ma jor issue in the 1972 presiden tial campaign? Why? 5. Do you have hope for the future of the U. S.? Why? The following faculty mem bers expressed their opinions about these questions. Mr. Holcombe 1. President Nixon has conduct ed a basic change in American foreign policy, a change from isolation and non-recognition of China to the opening of avenues for some co-operation. Only Nixon, wtih a firm anti-com munist background and the support of the major conserva tives in the U.S., could have ac complished this without inter nal turmoil. Many people, in cluding myself, feel that non recognition has been a mistake for many years. We applaud the President’s willingness to talk. And Mr. Nixon Ls skillful enough to recognize that that’s good politics. 2. I’m no prophet, but some things are apparent. The Peo ple’s Republic of China is not and cannot be the major mar ket that Americans have en visioned it for over a century; the country’s just too poor. China must industralize, and we can provide the machinery and/or technical knowledge that they need. If they don’t indus trialize, they will have to ex pand the acreage of their ag ricultural base, and that means conflict with the U.S.S.R. in the heartland of Asia. Neither the Russians nor the Americans want such a conflict. 3. North Carolinians will have the first Presidential Prefer ence Primary in our history, and this morning I read the list of candidates. They include ev eryone froni George McGovern to Terry Sanford to George Wal lace; and that’s some choice. These men (and Shirley Chis olm) are qualified by experience ir any Presidential candidate ever has been. Of course, I have my choice, but the Ameri can system gives us the right 10 disagree. This should not imply that I feel the convention system isn’t out of balance. Many minori ties are simply not represented there, including the aged, the blacks, the youth, and others. The candidates at this stage are qualified, diverse, and some look promising. I wonder who will be nominated by the con ventions. 4. With only a couple of ex ceptions, presidential campaigns have been fought over domestic issues. Vietnam is almost dead as a vital question, and the newest draft calls show that. No candidate has anything dif ferent to say about Vietnam ex cept differing speeds for troop withdrawal. As I see it, the major issue will be the state of the econ omy, including inflation, farm production, the job market, and other aspects. This is the bread and butter of the country. Sec ond will be the “social issue,” centering around bussing, mi nority representation, and simi]. ar issues. There’s a lot of ground lor improvement in these fields Third, watch for the tax shari ing proposal to relieve property owners in their support of the public school system; that’s the next major tax reform in sight 5. How can one not hope for the future of a young, dynamic country like this? As I’ve been watching the news from China, I’ve been most depressed by the lack of open spaces, by the in tense cultivation of every avail able bit of land that can pro duce anything edible. Compare this with our country, which has only one fourth the population. Yes. we have problema, but not like we had seventy years ago. We licked those, and we can take care of these. What we need is education and in volvement, at every level. We need schools, for things other than baby - sitting agencies and need to make them the centers of education that they should be. We need to slow up our coUege years and start turning out truly educated people, not just techni cians. And we need to spread industrial training to turn the poorly educated into technic ians. That’s a ladder we’re starting to climb. We need to do more of it. Dean Ferree 1) I believe that the basic season for the China trip is an —Turn to Page Four oLetter ^lie Editor Dear Editor; Even though not too many people have found girls basket ball interesting enough to come to support the team here at Brevard, there are a few that have. On behalf of the girls baskeball team, we would like to extend a “special thanks” to the following: Grey (Kentucky) Hart, Dennis Brown, and Jim Holmes. These guys were will ing to give up their time to be at our practices and to help out in any way possible. We feel • • • that they have contributed much in helping to improve the team. On Friday and Saturday, Feb ruary 25-26, there will be a girls basketball tournament here. We would appreciate some support from the stud ent body. Also “thanks” to the interested students who have come to our games throughout the season. Co-captains Helen Walker and Debra Hinson r The CLARION I Viewpoint Test fee abolished By —JOHN WARLICK u . Brevard, N. C. 28712 ^ ® First - Class Rating ^Wished ^ekly during the college session, with the exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud- I CTTT Spress’ed "inis { SUL Editor-in-Chief , Associate Editor « Jones Advertising Donald Woods, jm”wSS Reporters - _ _ David Arledge, Judy Ashe, Frank Blount, Dennis Brown, Margaret Dees, Terri Gatti, Jim Patterson, Dave Queen, Joan Swim Anne ^ttle, John Warlick, John Williams’ Mary Helen Huggins ’ Ad^S^^^r Z Z Z Z Robert Lewder Hugh Moran A meeting of the Student Union Legislature was held on February 16. It was reported that the $5.00 test fee has been abolished. This includes week ly tests and mid-term examina tions, but not final examina tions. However, teachers are not required to reschedule tests at a student’s request. A women’s basketball tourna ment wiU be held at Brevard on February 25-26. Visiting play ers will be staying in Jones and West Beam. A college is a place where students are ?u'd- films Brevard College would cancel iiinis because of their nature. If this school wp.rp a kindergarten full of six year olds I would s^ whv thi8 mowe should be banned. If the^S.^ ££ “™°wfd..7b”! ? »tudS'lrl®he aSundTh^lrl^f a 12 foot fence to move thi5 pniH ^ would be S rh7Himala?in^M'"^^/ smack down in the middle 19 and 20 vP«r realigtically. Why should Moi of th/Snn'pl? ^«t^be shown R-rated movies? know exactlv Brevard College campus them ? ^ ^ ® happening, so why shelter rpn can t the students have enlightened mowe of this kmd instead of B.mbi by Walt wTney
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