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Volume 52 Brevard College, Brevard, N.C. Wednesday, February 27, 1985 Number 8
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The members of the 1985 Valentine’s Court are (left to right): Rick Chamberlain,!
Prince; Linsey Loveless, Princess; Richard Ledbetter, King; and Molly Rawlings,|
Queen.
SGA Campaign to Begin Soon
By Eddie Tadlock
On Wednesday, March 6, cam
paigning will begin for the ex
ecutive positions of EC’s Student
Government Association. The
student body will elect persons to
serve in the offices of SGA Presi
dent; SGA Vice-President, Social
Board; and SGA Vice-President,
Judicial Board on Tuesday,
March 12, in the cafeteria during
lunch.
Executive officers must have a
2.3 cumulative GPA to run for of
fice and must maintain a 2.0
cumulative GPA throughout the
term in order to remain in office.
In addition, the must be free of
disciplinary probation when they
assume office and stay free of
disciplinary probation during
their term of office.
The SGA President is the
presiding officer of the student
legislature. His duties include:
representing the student body on
appropriate occasions, appoin
ting other members to the Ex
ecutive Department, submitting
a comprehensive budget to the
Legislature, making suggestions
to other branches of the SGA, see
ing that all legislation is carried
out, seeing that all branches of
the SGA function properly, sitting
as an ex-officio member of the
Board of Trustees, nominating
persons to chair the comittees of
the Legislature, calling and con
vening special meetings of the
Legislature, and reporting to the
student body on the progress,
plans, and activities of the SGA.
The SGA Vice-President, Social
Board is the head of the Social
Board. His duties include: call
ing and convening special
meetings of the Social Board, ap
pointing a chairman and others to
Social Board Committees, and
coordinating the functions and
activities of the Social Board. In
addition, the SGA Vice-
President, Social Board retains
primary responsibility for the
Social Board publicity and is a
voting member of the
Legislature.
The SGA Vice-President,
Judicial Board is the chairman of
the Judicial Board and sits as
Chairman of the Committees and
votes only in case of ties. Recalls
and convenes special meetings of
the Judicial Board and is a voting
member of the Legislature as
well as the Committee on Con
tinuation.
Any student who plans to run
for an SGA Execufive Office
must register to run on Friday,
March 1, in the Student Affairs
Office (Beam Administration
Building, room 108).
Brevard Recruiting Costly
By Eddie Tadlock
Competition for college
students has recently developed
into a fierce business and the ad
missions department at Brevard
College is not a stranger to its
calling. With the end of the baby-
boom the availability of college
students has become somewhat
limited.
Dana Paul, Dean of Admissions
at Brevard College, recently
made reference to the fact that
being a junior college does not ex
clude Brevard from competition.
While most large universities
boast larger recruitment
budgets, Brevard spends tens ol
thousands of dollars on student
recruitment yearly. Last year
alone the admissions department
spent better than $700 per student
for recruitment purposes, accor
ding to Dean Paul.
“Our admissions staff really
has their work cut out for them,”
said Dean Paul. Not only do they
answer the 14,000 letters re
questing information about
Brevard College, but they also
visit up to 600 high schools a year
conducting seminars and
meeting with students.
Dean Paul stressed the fact
that while most schools try to sell
an image, Brevard tries to
market an idea to meet the needs
1985 Valentine’s
Court Selected
By Kim Ormand
Valentine’s Day is more than a
day to express feelings or show
love. Valentine’s Day is a tradi
tion. And at Brevard College,
along with the candy, flowers,
gifts, and sentimentality, that
tradition includes the annual
Valentine’s Day Dance. This
year’s dance was held on Feb. 15
and sponsored by the Circle K
organization, assisted by the
SGA.
The excitement of the night
was climaxed by the crowning of
the Valentine’s Court. Represen
ting the sophomore class,
Richard Ledbetter and Molly
Rawlings were crowned King and
Queen. Representing the
freshman class, Rick
Chamberlain and Linsey
Loveless were crowned Prince
and Princess.
Richard is the son of Bill and
Jeanne Ledbetter of Yadkinville,
N.C. and graduated from For-
bush High School. As an art ma
jor, he plans to attend the Pratt
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Photo by lorn It itison
BC students D’Linda Patterson and Tina Holland
recently competed in the “Miss Blue Ridge Valley
pageant.
BC Students Perform
In Beauty Pageant
of the individual student.
Although Brevard has students
from all over the country, it has
only three main recruiting areas.
North CaroUna is the school’s
main target area with 50 per cent
of the student body coming from
in stale. Florida is the second
largest recruiting area, supply
ing 21 per cent of the student
body, and the third area com
bines Georgia, Virginia, and
South Carolina which, along with
the additional states, contribute a
small percentage. Of all the
students who apply to Brevard,
an average of 82 percent are ac
tually accepted.
By Julie Thompson
Two Brevard students, D’Linda
Patterson and Tina Holland,
competed in the “Miss Blue
Ridge Valley” pageant. A
preliminary for “Miss North
Carolina,” the pageant is af
filiated with “The Miss America
Pageant” and took place on
February 2 at Western Carolina
University in the Hoey
auditorium.
D’Linda and Tina were judged
in four categories: their inter
view with judges, the swim-suit
competition, the evening gown
competition, and the talent com
petition.
D’Linda said the judges asked
some tough political questions,
and she was asked about such
controversial issues as abortion
and alcoholism. She was also
asked about college campus pro
blems. D’linda thought she did
better on the current events ques
tions because she felt too “opi
nionated” on some of the others.
Tina and D’Linda both did
dance routines for their talent
competitions. Tina, who has been
clogging for 7 years, performed a
clogging routine, and D’linda per
formed classical ballet. Tina
“felt good about the clogging
routine and the audience, clapp
ing along to the music, seemed to
enjoy it.”
Although neither of the two
girls placed, they both gained ex
perience from being in the
pageant. D’Linda was told that
“contestants shouldn’t expect
anything their first year. It takes
at least one year to understand
and gain knowledgeability of the
rules-the dos and don’ts of the
pageant.” D'Linda continued,
saying, “you learn a lot about
yourself and competing. You
can’t go into it with a competitive
attitude or you’ll make yourself
miserable because all the girls
are all so beautiful and talented.
You just have to go in and do your
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