NEWSBRIEFS
SPRING 1990 PRE-REGISTRATION MOVED
Pre-registration for the Spring 1990 semester has been rescheduled for
after Thanksgiving Break, according to College Registrar Cheryl Hallowell.
Advisees should schedule conferences with their advisors during the week
of Nov. 13. Registration information and materials is being distributed to
students and advisors in preparation for those conferences.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TIMETABLE
Thanksgiving holiday at Brevard College begins Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 4:30
p.m., and dorms will be closed at 6 p.m. according to Dean of Student Affairs
Norm Witek.
An earlier notification about holiday times was in error, he said.
Residence halls will reopen at noon, Sunday, Nov. 26.
AUSTRIA ’90 HAS OPENINGS
Any students interested in the Brevard College semester abroad program
in Austria need to contact Dr. Charlie Teague, the Chairman of the
Humanities Division, (MG 104).
Also, Dr. Teague says that he received a letter from Mylene Thomas in
Austria indicating that they don’t get enough mail from home. So, here’s
their address; BC Students, bie Zedniik, Abteistrasse 12, 4813 Altmunster,
Austria, Europe.
BC ON THE AIR
Brevard College’s best and brightest music talent are on public radio now.
Music from Brevard is broadcast every second Sunday at noon on WNCW,
88.7 FM, a new public radio station for Western North Carolina.
The show is produced by Anthony Sirianni, with Mark Nabholz annoucing.
Terry Robinson serves as technical engineer. The show is produced entirely
on the campus and was first was aired on Brevard’s AM station, WPNF, last
year.
The program, titled “Second Sunday,” will debut at noon on Sunday, Dec.
10, will feature an all-student production including Aaron Minton, trumpet;
Greg Turbeville, guitar; Beth Winters, soprano; Rachel Welch, marimba;
and Andrew Rogelberg, piano.
Also, Brevard College’s Director of Public Information, Jock Lauterer,
has a weekly radio commentary show on WNCW that airs Fridays at approx.
8:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
Brevard College is also underwriting the National Public Radio news pro
grams on WNCW, “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.”
ART FACULTY WIN HONORS
Professor of Art Tim Murray served as a visiting artist at Clemson
University in October. Also, Murray will be featured in the November edi
tion of “Now and Then” magazine. This fall, Murray participated in the Tri-
State Sculpture Exhibit at the Firehouse Gallery in Graham, N.C.; and has
been named to participate in the traveling Tri-State Exhibit with 20 different
stops over the next two years. That show was a 26-piece invitation-only com
petition.
BC Art Instructor Jo Pumphrey has a drawing showing in the Spring Mills
Annual Exhibition in Lancaster, S.C.; and a drawing in the Octot)er Show, a
juried exhibition at the Asheville Museum.
Also showing at the October Show at the Asheville Museum is BC Art In
structor Bill Byers, who has a painting on exhibit.
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Mark your calendars for December. Here’s the exam schedule for the fall
semester: exams start Dec. 16 and end on the 20th. As always, exams ^
through that weekend in order that students have an additional travel day
before Christmas. Students are expected to leave campus soon after their
last exam.
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The ciarion November 13, 1989 Page 3
Letter to the editor,..
Let’s be constructive
Letter to the Editor
Has there ever been a place where
everyone was completely satisfied? Even
though it is not an admirable trait,
everyone has a “Gripe” or complaint
at>out something, someone, someplace. I,
myself am guilty of putting things down,
but no one can say they have never criticiz
ed an aspect of anything.
Naturally, in a big way, this includes the
fine institution we attend.
What is wrong with Brevard College?
Many things are wrong, as with any col
lege or university. Besides complaining
about complaints, I am sure every student
here has something they would like to see
changed. It would be nice if people could
do something positive with their com
plaints, but with any group of students and
an administration that has regulations, it
seems nearly impossible to get the
changes many of the students want.
The following issues may not t>e on a
level of wordly importance like nuclear
arms or Ethiopian starvation, but they
affect us here in our smaller world of col
lege.
One issue that many people gripe about
is food, i.e. the cafeteria. The fee is man
datory, but shouldn’t the students have a
say so?
Give ARA some credit. They have to
feed a lot of people a lot of food every day.
Mass production of food does not
guarantee fine cuisine. But residing
students could and should have the option
of a meal plan that is similar to other col
leges. Couldn’t students use their ARA
money to buy groceries and cook in the
dorm kitchens? Beam and Jones have kit
chens and so does Ross Hall, the Complex
and Duplexes. Shouldn’t we be able to
prepare our own food without losing a
large sum of money to food we may never
eat?
Is smoking an issue? There are very few
situations where smokers are a real pro
blem. Maybe there should be an entire
campus referendum with each student
voting for his or her dorm and other pro
blem areas. That would be democratic and
would eliminate individuals griping
without doing anything.
Parking can be a problem, but doing
away with cars would be a big problem.
The spaces are fine except for the students
who have big cars. And, yes, we do need
cars. Not everything is within walking
distance. Would it surprise the people who
only use their cars to escape that some
people need their cars? 1 need my car. I
work at night uptown and I sure won’t walk
three miles every night. If there is such a
parking problem, why don’t we use the
gym?
Security could l>e an issue. Are Security
police? Are they biased against certain
kinds of students? If Security can keep
people off campus, why don’t they patrol
the area around the Duplexes and Com
plex behind Ingle’s? Let’s have a school-
wide forum or memo on the exact respon
sibilities and power of RDs and Security.
Visitation is an issue, as it has been for
years. Realistically, this school needs
regulations on visitation. But could the Ad
ministration reconsider the hours? Con
trary to popular belief, good things can be
done after 8 p.m. For some students there
are things that have to be done at night.
Quiet studying, especially for those who
work, cannot be done in dorm lobbies, and
the library closes at 10 p.m. There are few
solutions to this problem, but the school
should be open to suggestions.
Why don’t we stop complaining about
complaints that are real. These issues are
real to us and we should be able to com
plain.
But if we do gripe, let’s do something
about it.
Tennis and bananas
Sarah Galligan
From Page 2
me out, so I went back to my room and
drank a six pack of Pepsi. Good thing it
wasn’t t>eer, because I probably would
have been drunk. An idea came to my
mind; can the drinking age, it doesn’t
work. Of course I don’t drink. I am content
with my Pepsi’s. Later on that day I went
on a hike. I really enjoy the nature around
here. I had my six pack of Pepsi’s right
there with me, and an empty bag to throw
the cans in when I was finished drinking
them. Wouldn’t want to destroy a coon
brother’s home you know.
After drowning my sorrows in Pepsi, I
decided to go get my girlfriend in Jones.
Every afternoon we kick soccerballs at
windows. We are getting really good at it,
we hope to join a pro team someday. But
woe-is-me, it was Wednesday, and there is
no visitation on Wednesday. Why do they
spell Wednesday the way they do? I mean
we say Wenesday. Don't we? Anyway, 1
was again bummed out I guess if I had
common sense I would have called her.
But I don’t so I didn’t.
After this I went to go play tennis. I don’t
mean to gripe but my grip really stinks. So
I went to work on grip. It is getting better.
That same night I had a dream about a
banana. It was best looking banana ever.
When I peeled the skin back though I
realized that the core of the banana was
rotten. When I awoke I interpreted the
dream as having some meaning. What it
meant to me was that no matter how good
something looks on the outside, if the in
side is rotten then the whole thing is no
good. Brevard is a lot like that banana.
There are so many things about Brevard
that make Brevard beautiful and nice
place to be. But there are also im
provements and changes that can t)e made
to make Brevard a better place. Sure there
are global issues and problems that need
to be addressed. But there are also issues
right here on campus that need to be ad
dressed. If you don’t deal with the pro
blems around you then how can you even
begin to address the global issues. If
everyone would concentrate on keeping
the inside fit then the outside will eventual
ly be fit too.
I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving.
Eat plenty of turkey and veggies, and
drink plenty of Pepsi’s And if you play golf
or tennis be sure you work on your grip.
Grips are very important you know.