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Several of the highlights of the Parents’ Weekend talent show; left to right: the ever-popular Harry
Belefonte Sawyer belts out a lovesong, Burney Mack disguised as a dancing head, clogs for the audience,
and at right, (looking for the world like Huckleberry Finn) Charles Koory sings “Dust in the Wind.”
(Clarion photos by Jock Lauterer)
Carter’s classroom is in the woods
by Marc Carr
Clarion Reporter
Since outdoor recreation is a very
popular reason for students attending
Brevard, students have gained a valuable
asset with the new outdoor recreation con
centration program.
Coordinated by Clyde Carter, the new
program will give students a better oppor
tunity to experience the outdoors. “I want
to teach the safety aspects of the outdoors
and give students opportunities to explore
the outdoors,” states Carter.
Carter, or Clyde, as he likes to be called,
holds a bachelors degree from Clemson
University in parks and recreation
management, an associates degree in
science from Montreat-Anderson College,
and is currently working towards a
masters degree at Mankato University.
Carter’s background on outdoor recrea
tion started as a child when his parents
started taking him camping at age three or
four. He has been canoeing since age 12
and started rock climbing at age 13 when
his brother bought a rope and a book.
As far as experience goes, (barter led
canoeing expeditions from the Canadian
border to the Pacific Ocean for the
Alaskan Forest Service, as well as being a
director and instructor for several Boy
Scout camps and other summer camps.
Carter has also taught at Montr^t-
Anderson College as an instructor for the
Clyde Carter
Discovery Wilderness Program there.
As for the classes students are able to
take from Carter, they cover the follow
ing: backpacking, rockclimbing, moun
taineering, canoeing, kayaking (spring,
1990), and mountain biking. The backpack
ing classes will take one fall trip and one
winter trip this semester, and the
rockclimbing class takes frequent trips to
Devil’s Courthouse and Loi^ng Glass
Rock. Carter would also like to start cross
country skiing for the 90-91 school year.
Students will also be able to take part in
the Wilderness Experience between spring
semester and summer session this school
year. The Wilderness Experience will
allow students to spend three weeks in the
forest away from civilization to gain sur
vival skills. The students will have to
spend three days by themselves.
The process of developing concentration
in outdoor recreation will benefit students
who are looking for careers in that area.
The students can come out of the program
with a possible 22 hours of elective time
and some sort of certification that will help
them get jobs at summer camps as well as
^ other outdoor recreations sights. This will
' also help them transfer to a four year pro
gram to futher their education in their
selected fields. “Transylvania County has
a higher concentration of camps than any
other county in the nation,” adds Carter,
“and students will be getting paid for what
they love to do.”
When it comes to his students. Carter is
more than a teacher, he is a valuable ally.
Steve Spence: “I think what Clyde
teaches us is really valuable because of the
preservation of wildlife and nature.”
Joe Walkowiak: “I think everyone
should take backpacking or mountaineer
ing from Clyde to get to know what the
great ourdoors has to offer and to teach
every one of us to respect and take care of
it.”
Grant Westfall: “I enjoy hiking, and tak
ing backpacking from (3lyde makes me
feel safer. Clyde stresses the importance
of each task we do because a simple error
can cost you your life.”
“I think this is a program long
overdue.,” Carter concluded, “and
hopefully I can provide leadership to get
the program to a full start.”
Killing me softly
by Marc Carr
('Jarion HoporiPi
With students at BC complaining of
nothing to do on campus, Student Ac
tivities Director Jeff Battle has come up
with yet another brilliant idea. T.A.G., or
The Assasination Game, started Wednes
day, Oct. 11, for all interested students.
T.A.G. is based on the old spy vs. spy
scenario where students armed with water
pistols are assigned to “assasinate”
(okay, squirt) their targets, who are
unaware of who is trying to assasinate
them. “The fun part of this is the fact that
you never know who is trying to get you,”
says Jeff Battle, “and you always have to
be on your guard.”
The game is based on three rounds of
play with a limit of 20 people per play.
Leroy Herman was the sole survivor of the
first round due to the fact John Kennedy
and Marc Carr shot each other
simultaneously trying for second place.
“Leroy got off easy this time,” John Ken
nedy said with a smile,” “but there’s no
room for two first place finishers in the
final round.”
Round two of the game starts in the se
cond week of November, and the top ten
players of the first two rounds will go on to
play a final third round for the champion
ship. Who knows, Maybe your assasin is
watching you as you read this.
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