Page 8 The Clarion April 25, 1989
New R A’s announced
for next year
by lx>ra WM»driiiii
(Aaritm Kejxirter
To most students at Brevard College the
abbreviation RA stands for Resident
Assistant. But it is the hidden meanings
behind this classification that make the
position one of great importance and
respect.
An RA is a friend, a figure of authority,
one to confide in, a leader, and one that not
only contributes to correcting students but
also encourages them.
Several weeks ago students at BC were
given the opportunity to become an RA for
the 1989-90 school year, and 23 were
chosen. The new R.Asare: Kristi Bindrim,
Animari Cowan, Stacy Fowler, Heather
Gleason, Mika Korogi, Susan Link, Martha
Mariner, Charlotte Safrit, Carla Simon,
Jeannine Valvo, Mary Wise, Joan Gregory
(if females in W.Beam), Patrick Boggan,
Joe Cowan, Jake Dalton, Russell Evans,
Kenny Gallagher, Leroy Hermann, John
Kennedy, Dino Locklear, Rob Malsby, Dan
Miller, Anthony West.
"Just as there are no little people or
unimportant lives, there is no insignificant
work.” -ELENA BONNER.
BC Jazz Ensemble react to their $700 price tag at the recent Community
Campaign Kickoff.
Sophs premiere artwork
by Mullhew French
(Aarion Reporter
Brevard College’s sophomore painting
students are now exhibiting their work in
the Dunham Auditorium lobby. The show,
which is traditionally held in the cafeteria,’
went up April 6.
Serving as the location of many cultural
events, Dunham’s location brings a larger
number of viewers to the show. Exhibiting
artist Kelly Brannon said, “I feel I’ve got
ten a greater response from the student
body than if the show was held in
Coltrane.”
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Around campus views of the show dif
fered. Heather Conrad, Brevard College
sophomore, said the exhibit is “a vivid
representation of the strong and nurturing
talent on this campus.”
On the other hand, Ken Howell and Tom
Giampietro expressed their bafflement of
the more cryptic paintings.
The show features the work of Gary
White, Terri Owen, Melinda Hansen, Mat
thew French and Kelly Brannon. All the
paintings were done this semester in the
intermediate painting class taught by Bill
Byers.
Award-winning BC musicians, clockwise from bottom; Anita Cocks
Brian Cashwell. Christian Hinkle and Andrew Rogelberg.
Four BC
musicians
win competition
from B(' News Biiretui
Four Brevard College musicians won
their division in the annual Ivey’s Young
Artist’s Competition in Asheville this
weekend.
“It was a clean sweep,” said an exultant
Tony Sirianni, a Brevard College faculty
member who accompanied the four win
ners. Sirianni said, “I couldn’t be prouder.
They were up against people from the N.C.
School of the Arts, WCU, Appalachian,and
Warren Wilson.”
About 40 young musicians competed and
only six were named finalists in wind, str
ing, and piano divisions.
The winners were Brian Cashwell, a
freshman piano student from Americus
Ga.; Andrew Rogelberg, a freshman piano
student from Hendersonville; Anita Cocks,
a freshman bassoon student from Martinezi
Ga.; and Christian Hinkle, a sophomore
trumpet student from Mount Airy Cocks
was accompanied by Katherine Morgan
Brevard College faculty member.
Sirianni pointed out that Brevard Col-
won in every category it entered.
The annual competition, consisting of
preliminaries on Saturday and finals on
Sunday, earns the four musicians the right
to appear with the Asheville Symphony Or
chestra.
RA role changes
by Brian Honell
Clarion Reporter
The role of resident assistants will
change next year, providing better inform
ed resident directors, and hopefully a bet
ter image for the residen.'^ssistant, said
Dean of Student Affairs Norm Witek’.
Starting this fall, RA’s will no longer
turn in incident reports for individual
violations, as has been done in the past. In
stead RA’s will be responsible for a daily
log of all notable activity within their
assigned areas. This log will include ac
counts of any disturbances or problems, or
even good behavior, not just violations of
Uniform Guidelines, said Witek.
The log will be read periodically by the
assigned RD and any potential or realized
problems will be discussed with the RA
responsible for the account to determine
the gravity or nature of a given problem.
But except in extreme or possibly life
threatening instances, said Kevin Binkley,
campus security director, no points will be
issued to students for individual Uniform
Guideline violations recorded in an RA log.
Points will be replaced at least initially,
with counseling to offenders to determine
their motivation for the offense. Points will
be issued only after repeated unsuccessful
attempts by the student affairs staff to
help the student correct errant behavior
through diplomatic means, according to
various student affairs staff members.
For instance, said Sharon Waggy, assis
tant to the dean, an RA sees a student
drinking a can of beer in the hallway. The
RA will ask the student to throw the beer
away; the student cooperates without fur
ther incident. The RA then records the
event in his log, noting the student’s
cooperation. When the RD reads it, he
finds the student in question and visits him
in an attempt to determine the possibility
of a problem. If the student is previously
not known for such offenses, the RD might
even skip mentioning the first offense. But
if a pattern develops, the RD might seek
counseling as an option for the student.
Students habitually repeating violations
with no apparent desire to correct their
own behavior would be given points, said
student affairs officials.
The idea of a log will accomplish several
objectives, said Waggy. First, said Waggy,
the log will enlighten RD’s to students who
might have trouble dealing with stress or
emotions. If a student is found crying in
the hallway or two roommates aren’t get
ting along, the progression of these in
stances might lead RD’s to give counseling
or suggest resources to student that might
help them cope with such problems before
they become harmful. Secondly, since
many RA’s felt isolated because they were
held responsible for fellow students getting
points, even though technically Dean
Witek is the only person on campus who
actually issues points to students. Accor
ding to Binkley, “No points will be issued
from the log,” This practice should also
encourage RA’s to be honest and thorough
in their log, said Waggy, and it will be used
only for informational purposes. The
Department of Student Affairs is shooting
for more visibility and accountability next
year because many RA’s evaded oppor
tunities to report problems by isolating
themselves on their hall to avoid seeing
anything wrong, said Witek.
Other changes include RAs alternating
what Binkley calls “duty nights“ and “du
ty weekends,” which would assign RAs to
a rotating shift schedule, making each
responsible for monitoring their whole
dorms for their shift, said Binkley.