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Brevard Colh^ee. Brevard, N.C.
Volume 56, Number 7
Tuesday, January 10,1989
BC adding new
dorm rooms
Returning BC students will notice a cou
ple of changes on campus, in addition to
the new faces (approx. 40-50 new students)
on campus this seinester.
During Christmas Break, the campus
maintenance department has been busy
converting the old study lounge in East
Beam into a suite of residence hall rooms.
The construction is in response to last
fall’s record enrollment and in anticipa
tion of next fall’s increased numbers, ac
cording to BC President Billy Greer, who
says, “Brevard College is getting ready
for another record class.”
The new suite in Beam will house seven
to eight honor students and will be open for
the fall of 1989.
Also, on demand, Stamey has been
coverted into a men’s Scholar’s Hall. Mat
thew French will serve as the Resident
Assistant for Stamey.
King’s birthday
to be observed
In observance of the birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., the college will
host guest speakers and gospel singing.
The evening programs titled “In Memory
of Martin Luther King Jr.” will be held 7-8
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 16,
in Dunham Auditorium.
Providing the special music for the
celebration on Monday will be Brevard’s
popular Johnsie L. Mills Memorial Choir.
The special programs are free to
students, and the public is invited.
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Welcome back!
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Helloooo, Brevard College!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas
and an even better New Year’s.
First, I would like to welcome the new
students to Brevard College. I’m really
glad you can experience the fun and
friendship that I have experienced during
my years here.
BC can be fun and BC can be boring, but
it all boils down to one thing: Brevard Col
lege will be what you want it to be. You can
celebrate the wonderful times with friends
or you can sit around and complain. It’s all
up to you.
As editor of The Clarion, I would like to
invite you to express yourself through the
newspaper. We have an excellent
newspaper, and it is well-respected by the
students, faculty and administration.
Welcome back also goes to those
students who attended BC last year and
were unable to attend Brevard this past
semester. I hope you enjoy this semester
as much as I’m going to.
Last but not least, welcome back to the
faculty and administration, and the ever-
important student body from last
semester. I would really like to see us
make this semester the best ever. Sure, we
are going to have horrible days, but that’s
all a part of life. The memories of friends
and good times will overshadow the bad
times.
Hats off to the whole Brevard College
campus, and let’s go full-steam ahead into
the new year.
(Artwork by Dan
RhettBC ’85)
BC work team picked for
spring break trip to Mexico
Some of the students on the BC work team going to Mexico over spring
break. The team includes Ann Whitmire, Alicia Andrews. Debra Lucen-
ti. Jennifer Wells, Joan Gregory, Penni Todd, Daniel Miller, Anthony
West, Bobby Ortiz, Ted Fort, Robin Wicker and James Fredere.
A dozen BC student have been selected
to embark on Brevard College’s first inter
national work mission over Spring Break.
The trip to Durango, Mexico, is the first
venture of BC’s new Community Service
Program under the direction of Program
Coordinator Sybil Dodson who has named
the mission “Project Inside-Out.”
Dodson has been working on designing
the College’s Community Service Pro
gram since she joined the staff as Resident
Director this summer.
The project’s name, she says, comes
from extending education “from inside the
classroom to outside to the real world.”
BC President Greer originated the pro
gram out of his desire to bridge the gap
between the classroom and reality. Dr.
Greer says, “This represents a major new
thrust in the direction of Brevard
College.”
The work team will help with repairs on
a 100-year-old mission school as well as
area homes. Students will also be working
with elementary sch(H)l children, accor
ding to Dodson, who has served on such
work teams in ihc past.
After extensive screening and interview
ing, 12 students were selected to par
ticipate on the work trip. The six men and
six women are Daniel Miller, Bobby Ortiz,
Anthony West, Robin Wicker, Ted F'ort,
James Fredere, Penni Todd, Joan
Gregory, Ann Whitmire, Debra Lucenti,
Jennifer Wells and Alicia Andrews.
Four members of the BC faculty-
administration-staff are also going: Pro
ject Coordinator Sybil Dodson, Resident
Director Sharon Waggy, Director of Public
Information Jock Lauterer, and
Maintenance “Wizard ” Mike Dodson.
To raise money for the trip, Sybil Dodson
coordinated a bighly-successful exam
“survival kit” project that generated
about $1,200 during December.
Parents and friends bought approx
imately 260 of the “care packages” which
were filled with food, toys and
muchies—all designed to surprise and en
courage the exam-weary BC students.
"You should have been there to see the
l(K)ks (m Ihc faces ol the students when
they received their kits.” Dodson said.