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THE CLARION
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THE CLARION
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February 21, 1978
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SUL Should Serve And Protect
Is Brevard College
Part Of Brevard?
Cathy Varner
Brevard College is situated in the small Western
North Carolina community of Brevard. It is a small
school in a small town. Most stores are within walking
distance of the college and include restaurants, clothing
and hardware stores, supermarkets, drug stores, and
book stores among others. The town also has a movie
theater and a library. The town of Brevard is home to a
Little Theater group, community clubs and several
recreational facilities all of which are open to the public.
The “public”, of course, also includes the students and
faculty of Brevard College.
The College, in turn, offers many classes and cultural
programs which are also open to the public. Its
recreational facilities and student union, however, are
only open to Brevard College students, faculty, and
staff. The library on campus claims to be open to
members of the community, but is reserved for students
and faculty at nights which is the time most community
members would be able to use it. Of course, since the
College supports these facilities it makes sense that they
be reserved for College members. Doesn’t it?
It is true that Brevard offers little in the way of en
tertainment for young people, especially if all that the
students are interested in is drinking and-or dancing.
But the town does offer a variety of past-times for
students. The Little Theater group welcomes interested
students in its casts and crews. Many of the volunteer
clubs would welcome participation by college members.
There is also a bowling alley which is open most of the
time so that members of the community and of the
college may bowl. (Not many students take advantage
of this though).
The point is: Although Brevard College is in the
community of Brevard it is not really a part of the
community. With the exception of buying, few students
and few faculty members have anything to do with the
town. (Many people refer to the members of the town as
“townies,” a somewhat derogatory term). With the
exception of day students and those teachers and staff
members who live within the town proper, very few at
Brevard College have any idea of what is happening in
the town.
Exactly whose fault this is is undeterminable. Many
students do not have the time to put into large-scale
activites outside of school, but there are many
organizations that would appreciate any amount of time
that a student is willing to give. Whether teachers are
limited by contract or administration pressure not to be
involved outside of the college is not known, but there
are very few college teachers involved in the com
munity. There are, however, many high school, middle
school and elementary teachers included in community
activities.
How this conflict will resolve itself is unknown
Perhaps, through student and faculty participation
Brevard College will become a part of Brevard instead
of just being in Brevard. Perhaps, too, Brevard College
will open more of its activities and facilities to the town
members. This will not occur, though, until people at the
College realize what is happening and that a rift is
developing between town and school (Most “townies”
see this already). There are mutual advantages in a
closer relationship, but until one is developed they will
not be realized.
I would like to start out by
saying that if you had any idea
how poorly you are being
represented in the SUL most of
you would not have elected your
officials. The attendance is so
poor the meetings cannot even be
held and many motions require a
two-thirds majority of the voting
members. The voting members
are your representatives. They
do not make the meetings which
are conveniently planned so the
majority of the representatives
could attend. How can they
possibly represent you when they
don’t care to show up. You might
ask your representative what’s
going on inthe SUL the next time
you pass him or her in the
hallway.
Find out for yourself if your
representative is doing his or her
job. If you don’t take the few
seconds to ask them, just number
yourselves among the apathetic
individuals who are likly to be
left not knowing what’s going on
around campus. Apathy seems to
be popular so let’s try to be dif
ferent, get radical, get involved.
If you do not like what your
representative is doing, impeach
him or her. It’s not so hard. The
SUL is going back to the basic
constitution. This means that
after two absences by a voting
representative he or she will be
talked to in order to find out if
they really care. On the third
absence they will be out. If you
are asking yourself how im
portant is the SUL and how much
power do they really have, I think
the best way to approach these
questions is to let you know that
the SUL is alloted $1200.00 each
year from the ten-dollar fee
which is paid upon registration.
I think with this kind of money
being involved, maybe we have
an obligation to get involved in
order to decide where the money
goes. We could do a great deal for
school which, in turn, benefits us,
but the only way is to get your
voice heard. I don’t want to sound
so negative about the progress of
the SUL. The SUL has done some
great things this year. Probably
the biggest item on their list is
the salad bar. Through the great
effort on the part of Chip Tate,
President of the SUL, and his
committee on food services along
with the help of Dean Morris
Wray and the equally ap
preciated help of Mrs. Cox, the
College dietitian, the salad bar is
a real success, ist a little note:
the salad bar cost $2300.00 which
is a large sum of money and in
fact is most of what the SUL is
allotted for one entire semester. I
am not trying to make the point
that we spent a lot of money; it’s
just that the $2300.00 was never
approved by the body of the SUL,
our representatives. Wouldn’t
you like to know why? I know you
can say that the salad bar worked
out great. Well, I agree, but what
about the next large sum of
money allotted to the SUL. I
know for a fact that only one
person on campus knows how
Life is like a table, you have tol
[polish it everyday to make it last. I
Linda Cainl
Scott Shepherd
much money the SUL really has
and this person is never checked
as far as his deposits or
withdrawals are concerned.
Now back to the achievements
of the SUL. Out of the six
thousand dollars given to the
SUL, three thousand is given to
the Social Board. This is for such
events as the new Coffee House
which is now open every Thurs
day night from nine till eleven
p.m. The rest of the money for
last semester went to several
needy places such as the Cross
Country team. Another in
teresting note here. The $600.00
which was approved by the SUL
for this project jumped up to
$700.00 when the money was
withdrawn. If your interest is
increasing maybe you just might
want to get involved and find out
what other things are going on in
the SUL. Things are not really
crooked; they are just neglected.
The SUL has made a very good
effort in trying to improve the
quality of the food in the cafeteria
but unfortunately the effort has
been put forth by too few people.
The SUL has played a vital role in
providing services when needed
in the past so let’s get it together
to help us all.
February 21, 1978
Where The
Money Goes
Are S.U.L. Funds being
misused?
The f unds that have been set up
this year for the SUL are used for
the benefit of the student body as
a whole, in most cases, but it
seems lately that the athletic
department is being fit into the
picture somehow.
This year is not the first year
the SUL has had to put up money
for sports. The money was not
provided for through the normal
channels, that is, through the
athletic department. It has been
learned that some coaches have
been instructed to channel any
request for monies through
Corky Maynord, the new athletic
director, instead of going directly
to Mr. Boshammer, the head of
the trustees. Either way the
monies are not being allocated in
the necessary sums. Is it the
responsibility of the SUL to
subsidise sports? This might be
the time to let your represen
tative knowhow you feel.
signed
F. Wayne Tate Jr.
Advisors: Who Needs Them?
George Johnson
Brevard College has a student-
faculty ratio of five students to
one member of the ad
ministration. This is a
phenomenal rate of statistics due
to the fact that most educational
institutions are more concerned
with the student working on an
independent level within the
classroom, than the studenir
faculty ratio. The point that is
being made here is that the
student body has access to some
of the most outstanding faculty
members that a junior college
future for themselves. This is a
perfect example of the reason
why the student should take
advantage of discussing any
concerns with the student should
take advantage of discussing any
concerns with a faculty member.
Furthermore, each instructor
employed at this institution is
assigned a certain number of
sutdents as advisees. It may
appear, through the eyes of some
of the students attending Brevard
College, that the only purpose an
could offer. As a matter of fact, it adviser serves is that he is to give
is hardly possible that there are only information on what courses
any instructors here on this
campus that care nothing about
the students’ welfare. In this
scope, we are richly blessed. The
majority of the students that are
attending Brevard College at this
time ^are at a stage where
decisions must be made to
determine the quality of the
the specific individual should be
allowed to take the following
semester. This by any means is
not true; he is there for the one
who will take the initiative to
drop by and line up an ap
pointment to talk over any type of
problem that may prove difficult
to the individual.
THE CLARION
Brevard, N. C. 2871;'
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