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Brevard College, Brevard, N.C.
Volume 55 Number 5
Wednesday, November 18, 1987
Men win XC title; women 2nd
Just before the bus rolled out of Brevard College bound for the Nationals ^ iwaSle
teams poses tor a group shot: left to right, front to back, Scott Dvorak Geoff ^
Hawk Barbara Burton (second row), Jeff Breen, Glenn MacDonald, Brad Dodson. Janice Wilder, Kelly
S:rge Jeff "aj^A^e ^ MlcieUe Lambert and Coach Dave Rlnkcr. (BC News Bureau photo)
Visitation hours extended, rescinded
by April Woods
Will we be keeping our visitation hours?
The extension of the two-week trial
period seems to indicate that we will. Ac
cording to Dean of Student Affairs, Norm
Witek, during the two-week trial
period,“there were not any more students
written up than there normally are.”
But Witek said the resident directors
agreed that two weeks was simply not
enough time for a good evaluation, so the
trial period has been extended to last the
rest of the fall semester. Afterwards, ac
cording to Witek, the resident directors
will look at the pros and cons of the situa
tion and make a final decision.
But not all authorities think the two-
week trial period was a success. According
to Sharon Waggy, assistant dean of student
affairs, “there were about three times as
many violations.” But she says that since
the extension, she hasn’t noticed any more
write-ups than usual.
According to Tammy Jackson, head of
residential life, one of the biggest pro
blems is that “more guys are probably
spending the nights in the girls’ rooms, and
the other way around. You know- people
figure it’s ten o’clock and half way through
the movie of the week, so why not just stay
the whole night.”
Jackson and Waggy agree that one
benefit of the extended hours is that the
halls are much quieter— expecially the
lobbies. Without 30 or 40 people running
around in that one area, there is more
peace and quiet all the way around.
Waggy says, “there’s been no major
crisis,” and the consensus of the resident
directors and Dean Witek seems to be that
if this continues, the changes of the ex
tended visitation hours (from 8pm to 10pm
on week nights) remaining the same is
highly likely.
Editor’s note: As of press time on Fri
day, Nov. 13, the extended visitation rights
have been taken away from .lones Hal!
because of visitation violations.
by Kenny Monteith
The Brevard College men’s and
women’s cross country teams posted their
best finish ever at the NJCAA Cross Coun
try Championships held Saturday in
Overland Park, Kansas.
For the fifth time in eight years, the
Brevard College men’s cross country team
captured the national title. For the second
year in a row, the women’s cross country
secured runner-up behind heavily-favored
Northern Idaho.
BC also won the Nike Cup for the best
men’s and women’s combined scores,
while Coach Dave Rinker was voted by the
other coaches as “Coach of the Year for
the men.
“They went out great,” said Rinker. “It
was unreal; they were already in position
by one mile. They really hammered the
whole race.”
Sophomore John Erickson paced the
Tornadoes as he crossed the finish line in
fifth place with a time of 24:49. Teammate
Jeff Pajak secured ninth place in 25:33 and
freshman Brad Dodson placed 11th in
25:36. Sophomore Glenn MacDonald
finished in 13th place with a time of 25:41.
Close on MacDonald’s heels, Scott Dvorak
and Jeff Breen finished in 15th and 18th
place in 25:44 and 25:50, respectively.
These six men received All-America
honors. Running with an injured foot,
Geoff Moore completed the five mile race
in 26:29.
“They were thinking Blinn of Texas and
Central Arizona as the heavy, heavy
favorites,” said Rinker, “No one was
thinking BC.” Brevard won the title with
43 points, while runner-up Blinn scored 58
points and third place Central Arizona
scored 72 points.
The Lady Tornadoes, consisting of five
freshmen and one sophomore, scored 82
points, second only to Northern Idaho with
42 points. Freshman Kelli George cap
tured eighth place in 18:47, just 27 seconds
off first place winner Demetra Castille of
Eastern Oklahoma. “I was so happy,” said
George, “I started crying.” Lady Tornado
Alice Gaines finished the 3.1 mile race in
16th position with a 18:52 while teammate
Marjorie Hawk seized 20th place in 19:00.
George, Gaines and Hawk, all freshmen,
earned All-America distinctions.
Janice Wilder, 33rd, and Barbara Bur
ton, 63rd, added to the victory as they ran
for times of 19:31 and 20:15, respectively.
Coming back from an injury, sophomore
Michelle Lambert finished the race in
21:20.
BC President Dr. Billy Greer hired an
airplane to tow a banner over the race just
before the meet. The banner read: “Good
Luck BC Tornadoes. Go! Go!”
“The banner helped a lot. It broke the
tension,” Rinker said. “The kids loved it.
Everybody was staring at it.”
Posters, streamers and a cake awarded
the triumphant cross-country teams when
they arrived on the campus Sunday night
to the cheers and hugs of fans and fellow-
students