Tuesday, April 8,1980
THE CLARION
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Moseman Wins V.P.
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trudging from room to room and
aslcing for support for their
candidate. Moseman’s campaign
slogan was “Step Out on the right
foot”. Keeping with this theme
the Delta Pi chapter handed out
hundreds of foot keyrings, Debbie
Moseman Campaign buttons and
pamplets.
The hour of decision came at 9
a.m. Saturday morning when the
official delegates convened to
vote for national officers. It was
pins and needles time for the
conventioneers until late that
evening when the final an
nouncements were made.
The final event of the con
vention was the Awards Banquet
held that evening at the Hilton.
The key speaker for the banquet
was General William West
moreland who challenged the Phi
Theta Kappa members to face
their patriotic duties. Following
that speech, eleven standing
ovations, and eighty-five awards,
the announcements for new
national officers were made.
Other national officers for 1980-
81 were Stu Thomas, president,
Sarah Drake, North Northwest
V.P., Carol Biggs, Middle States
and New England V.P., and
Valerie Olsen Midwest V.P.
Billy Joel Punks Out
If I were to complie a list of the 20 best albums of th€
70s, Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” would be included. On tht
other hand, if I made a list of the 5 most disappointing
albums of the new decade, Joel’s “Glass Houses” would
be on the list also. If you’ll take notice, I said disp-
pointing and not bad. The album itself is basically made
up of new wave and punk rock tunes. There’s nothing
wrong with new wave, I just never expected to see an
artist like Billy Joel go through that period of transition.
It’s hard to sit and listen to this particular LP and think
that this very same guy wrote such classics as “Captain
Jack” andd “Piano Man”. If I sat the album on the
turntable and totally forgot who the artist was, I wouldd
probably take the first side over the second. “You May
Be Right”, a fast paced number opens up the first side
while “All For Leyna,” a love ballad, closes it. And in
between those two numbers is about all the new wave
sound I personally would care to listen to. Then again,
I’m just not into new wave.
In one particular song, “It’s still Rock and Roll to
me”, Mr. Joel sings, “Hot funk, cool punk, even if it’s
old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me”, he gives the
listener the impression that no matter how the beat
goes, eventually everything falls back into the category
of good ole rock and roll. It’s obvious from that song that
he’s perfectly content to change with the times and
nothing anyone says or writes will change that.
In summing up the album, it’s simply up to the in
dividual. If you are into new wave you probably will like
this album. However, if you want to listen to some
classic Billy Joel songs, I suggests that you go buy “Cold
Spring Harbor”, “Piano Man”, “Streetlife Serenade”
or “Turnstiles,”, because that’s where the classics
stops.
Pass It On
Your candid auvice about
Brevard College to your friends
still in high school could be more
meaningful to them then that of a
high school counselor or ad
missions officer. Quite frankly,
Brevard depends upon its current
students to be the best ad
vertisement to high school
prospects. Surely you still
remember how tough it was io
decide which college to attend.
Your friends ara looking ^o you
for canoid, first-hand advice, so
tell it like it is, but tell it.
Brevard has experienced
capacity and record enrollments
for the last three years while
many independent colleges are
suffering enrollment declines.
Bob McLendon, Dean of Ad
missions, reports current
inquiries and applications are far
exceeding last year at this time.
The fact is that a continued
capacity enrollment helps hold
tuition increases to a minimum,
boosts our ability to raise
scholarship funds, and allows
Brevard to add new courses and
faculty.
Make a significant contribution
to your college by recommending
it to a friend. If you would like a
catalog mailed to someone,
simply drop the name and ad
dress in the campus mail, or
bring it by the admissions office
yoursv 'f.
Robbie Sheppard and Karen Quick in a moment of
hilarity from “Black Comedy”.
B.C. Houses
Indoor Tourney
Soccer was seen on the courts
recently instead of on the field.
Between the months of January
and March, Brevard’s soccer
team participated in indoor
soccer tournaments “to keep
active in the winter,” according
to Don Scarborough, the team’s
coach. The team participated in
three tournaments one of which
was hosted by Brevard. In all
three tournaments Brevard
finished second in their division.
In the tournament at Warren
Wilson, fifteen teams par
ticipated ' where they lost to
Erskine in overtime and gave
Pressbox, a club team, a good
show in the playoffs. Erskine also
defeated Brevard in overtime at
Brevard following a shootout.
During spring break several
members of Brevard’s team
visited a soccer clinic in England.
While there they were guests of
the Lincoln City Professional
Football Club. In addition they
spent a day in London touring and
shopping. This excursion was a
first of this type for Brevard.
Mark Lee, a wing defender of the
team, who traveled abroad said,
“although the weather was worst
of England’s winter, the week
was excellent overall.” And
Coach Scarborough mentioned
that Roger Whittaker, who is
probably the best high school
coach in England, said that
Brevard’s team was the best
American soccer team he had
witnessed.
The tulips in front of the ad
ministration building are about to
bloom again. Pulling up the bulbs
or picking the blooms deprives
everyone their enjoyment, so
leave the tulips in peace please.
Now that spring is in the air the
team is playing on the field. Of
the 50 North Carolina amateur
soccer teams. Brevard is
currently undefeated in the
Western division. Several games
are scheduled during this month
including one April 12 and one
April 13. Coach Scarborough is
very optimistic about the games.
He says, “No one should beat us
in the up-coming regular games
before play-offs, which are on
April 20. Next year about half of
the team members will be
returning. In order to fill the
vacancies, 150 men have been
invited for recruit auditions on
April 19.
Art Majors
Life Unique
For the average fine art
majors, time is scarce and work
is plenty. Often depicted as in
dolent vagabonds, they work as
tiard if not harder than people
majoring in academics such as
English, Mathematics, or
History.
Long, tedious hours of work are
spent recognizing and developing
their potentials. Self-discipline is
jsstential since music majors
must practice every day for
several hours, and visual art
majors must spend, at a
minimum, the same amount of
time working on their own in the
studio as they do in class. But
that is only a fraction of the load
these people carry. Music majors
must participate in various en
sembles meeting at least twice a
week for about two hours at a
time earning not three, not one,
but one half of a semester hour
for each ensemble. Along with
these, music majors must study
music theory and literature —'
two subjects comparable to math
and history in complexity and
structure.
Visual art majors, along with
the usual drawing, painting, and
sculpture classes, must take
courses in art history, design,
and color theory. A diversity of
subjects is incorporated into
areas of study. For instance, in
an art history course one may
study about pohtical history,
religion, literature, and science
while learning about painting,
sculpture, and architecture of a
particular time period.
An individual benefits from his
or her pursuit of art according to
the amount of time and work
sacrificed. A great deal of
motivation and dedication
towards ones’ art is essential,
and these are two qualities that
develop personal character as
well as artistic skill. Arts course
are both time consuming and
emotionally trying, yet they can
be the most rewarding and self
informative courses that exist.
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