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Ebtorial THE CLARION MARCH 17, 1972 cjdetterd ^Ite Fault-finding is damaging Around Brevard Coll'e^e the students seem to find fault in almost everything but themselves. The cafeteria and convocations are certainly the most oomplained about. However, the complaints that do more damage than any of those pointed to con vocations or the cafeteria are those pointed toward the infirmary. Brevard College’s infirmary can be proud of the fact that it is run by a very capable R.N., Mrs. Burdette, and is fortunate to have a night nurse the caliber of Mrs. Fortune. Between the two, they cover the campus sickness 2'4 hours daily. In larger universities this service is cut to perhaps a sixth of this time where nurses are on duty for about 4 hours a day. They do not remain on call on weekends as our nurses do, and do not give the individual, per sonal attention that every student receives here. Some students greet ill students with, “Don’t go to the infirmary. They really don’t think you are sick,” or with the females on campus, “She’ll just ask you if you are pregnant.” These statements are completely unfounded and seem extremely childish. The rumors not only put the infirmary and staff in a bad light but damage the confidence of the sick student who does not know whether or not to go to the infi^ary. During the period he puts off going to_ the infirmary on the advice of well - meaning friends, he could, and usually does, become much sicker than he was when he first started to go to the infirmary. In an effort to control these damaging rumors, if the students have gripes about the infirmary, take them there, to Mrs. Burdette. Surely Brevard Col lege has enough rumors and complaints without an added, dangerous one presented about the infirmary. A.T. Spring recycles attitudes A small army of concerned students turned out last Saturday in a successful effort to improve our environmental situation. These ecology-minded peo ple collected clear bottles and old newspaper to be taken to Asheville to be recycled. This week’s eye sore may become next week’s pickle jar. This week’s effort becomes next week’s satisfaction. Such efforts show a very real pick-up in camp us concern. This may serve as an initial step to im proving the community - college relationship. Hope fully as the weather improves so will this refreshing attitude toward school affairs. The CLARION Brevard, N. C. 28712 Member of Associated Collegiate Press and Intercollegiate Press. Three - time winner of ACP’s First - Class Rating. Published weekly during the college session, with the exception of holidays and examination periods, by stud ents of Brevard College. The opinions expressed in this periodical are those of the editorial board and not neces sarily those of the College. Editor-in-Chief Mike Jones Associate Editor Pam Boyce Advertising Donald Woods, Jill Wright Reporters David Arledge, Judy Ashe, Frank Blount, Dennis Brown, Margaret Dees, Terri Gatti, Jim Patterson, Dave Queen, Joan Swint, Anne Tuttle, John Warlick, John Williams, Mary Helen Huggins Photographers Kent Deardorff, Robert Lowder Advisor Hugh Moran Dear Editor: The two years I have worked with publications at Brevard have beiem, to say the least, a great disappointment. Last year I came to the conclusion that the reason for poor publica tions was the lack of leader ship, but during this year when everything seemed to be pro gressing, problems still arose. I have now come to the conclu sion that there is something in ternally wrong in the make-up of the publication department— specifically yearbook. - - There seemfe to be a great need for a publications board or at least a new committe« evaluating the total aspect of the publications: budget, advisors, censorship, and staff. Specific guidelines should be stated identifying the powers of the advisor, editor, and staff, con cerning censorship and budget. Although the above project could greatly improve the pub lication situation next year, problems still exist now. Although most agree that the purpose of a yearbook is to record a story of the year, my attempt to record a true and realistic view of the 71-72 year has not been accepted. My idea is that opinions and view points from all parts of an academic community are part of the year and should be in cluded in a publication. So, the only type of publication (year book) presently available pre sents Brevax’d as the Utopian society, which defeats the pur pose of a yearbooR. or It is these ideas above that will probably cause the ’72 Pertelote to arrive in the mail during the summer months. The rejection of 12-14 pages recently before a deadline became the most serious problem. The blame should be given to sev eral parties: Editor (myself), advisor, and staff due to lack of communication and ideas up on content. What is the answer? The only thing I can suggest is to com pletely revamp publications with new ideas or ban publica tion of the yearbook. When a staff is limited in its type and style of approach toward a yearbook, the publication no longer becomes successful ..., Sincerely, Richard Poole Editor, ’72 Pertelote Members tapped Congratulations to the follow ing students, tapped for mem bership yesterday in Phi Theta Kappa, the national scholarship honorary. Boy;a, Pamela Craig, Jane Crenshaw, Gail Drayton, Larry DeVore, Jim Easter, Hall Freeman, Mae Hehemann, Gene Henderson, Elaine Hopkins, Phil Huggins, Mary Helen Livingston, Tom Newton, Gathy Pederson, Robert Robinson, Michael Siddaway, Leslie Whicker, Louella Williams, John Musical underway Rehearsals are currently un derway for the April 13, 14, and 15 production of the musical comedy, LI’L ABNER. The pro duction, under the direction of Sam Cope and sponsored by the Fine Arts Division of Brevard College, will be presented in Dunham Auditorium. This musical, which made a hit on Broadway sveral years ago, is based on the comic strip characters created by A1 Capp. The action takes place in Dog- patch and Washington, D. C. Word has been sent from Wash ington that the citizens of Dogpatch must evacuate their homes as the town has been se lected as the most unnecessary town in the country, and there fore, the perfect site for testing nuclear weapons. The citizens of Dogpatch try to find some thing which will save their town, and after a trip to Washington and many adventures along the way, they are finally successful. The fine musical numbers in clude the duet between Abner and Daisy Mae, “Namely You,” the hilarious “Jubilation T. Cornpone” describing the ex ploits of Dogpatch’s most fa mous citizen who lost the Civil War practically single-handed. The cast of 60 is headed by Eddie Gash as Li’l Abner, Jane Hodge as Daisy Mae Scragg and Harvey Miller as Marryin’ Sam. Brian McGuire will portray Earthquake McGoon (the world’s dirtiest wrestler) and Mike Henderson will play the part of Senator Jack S. Phog- bound. fAs the Dogpatchers say, “here’s no Jack S. like our Jack S.”). LITTLE MAN ON CAMPU.; reierL SO mi W OUTtl Mo we 0UeSEL\/€5 ♦! I Viewpoint I t By - JOHN WARLICK ♦ A problem has come to my attention. This problem concerns the parking lot for Jones and Beam dorms. According to my calculations (which art probably wrong), there are 57 spaces for cars. To day, out of 57 spaces, 39 were used and 13 were not, leaving 5 spaces where cars were double park ed. Five cars are double parked for one of two rea sons: (1) rotten drivers (2) or the spaces 'are too little. I measured the spaces with baby steps; my foot is an 8 1/2 C. Each space is about 8 baby steps wide, which is not too bad if one has a sports car. Now take a noted ba.sketball player’s green car. This car takes up 7 1/2 baby steps, which leaves 1/4 of a baby step on each side of the car. If 57 cars park ed and no one got out, people would be imprisoned in their cars. One of two things can be done about this problem: (1) cars that are over 7 baby steps wide can be outlawed from the campus or (2) the parking spaces' could be widened.
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