The Clarion September 17, 1990 Page 5
Hostages are people, not statistics SGA planning for new year
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people again. I saw faces, smiles, and
heard laughs from the past, and I
wondered if that's all those people would
be to me, memories.
Someone is hurting people I care
about, and there is not much I can do.
One thing I can do though, is make
people aware of their plight. Wherever
you are, just stop and think about this
for a minute. Imagine your life- your
life - being in the hands of someone like
Sadam Hussein.
And every minute whether you
live or die is up to him. Imagine the
fear of not knowing what's going to
happen, or the hopelessness that must
be going through the minds of these
hostages.
When hostages are taken, it is
common for people to have the attitude
that they are just far away, not people,
but just hostages. The hardest thing to
do is to remember that the hostages in
Kuwait are human beings, just like you
and me. When that fact is realized, a
need to care presents itself. And some
people feel that this situation has
nothing to do with them, they are
wrong. The simple fact that these
people's lives are in jeopardy should
evoke an emotion in everyone, even if
only a small interest.
These people in Kuwait are not
just flgures to me. They are people with
whom I shared two years of my life,
people who came to be like brothers and
sisters to me.
When there is a newscast on CNN
about the hostages in Kuwait, I usually
know about five or six of the names
mentioned or can pick out a few of the
faces I know from photographs shown. I
wake up every morning with a fear that
by James MacArthur
Clarion Reporter
In recent months, recycling has
become an even more growing concern
with today's youth. It seems that more
and more of us are sitting up and taking
notice of how easy it is to recycle.
BC student Joyea Warren has
taken the initiative and done something
about it. Joyea noticed that some of Oie
students in Beam were recycling
independently in their rooms.
By going through the proper
channels she managed to get permission
to use the housekeeping closets on the
halls to house recycling bins.
Joyea said, "Right now we are
just recycling aluminum, but if it works
out, we plan to expand it for most
materials that can be recycled.
Residents of Beam are opening a
special account to keep all the money
someone I care about is dead.
It's scary because I try and look at
it realistically. And when I do, I know
that more than likely some of those
hostages are going to die because Sadam
Hussein doesn't care about human life.
In his mind God has appointed him to
be ruler of this world and everything he
does is justified by God. And this man
holds the very life of my friends in his
hands.
So to those of you reading this I
say that there is a need for you to care
for those U'apped in Kuwait. They are
scared, alone, and may never see their
families again. It is to these people that
I dedicate this commentary and ask that
if you believe in prayer, please pray for
them. And if you don't, at least take a
few minutes to think about the
hostages, maybe even shed a tear. I
know I will.
The Co-Chairman an Co-CEO of
Time Warner, Inc., will address the first
ever Community Convocation on
Literacy at Brevard College, Wednesday,
Oct. 3.
The address, to be held at a special
12:30 p.m. luncheon meeting in the
Myers Dining Hall on the campus of
Brevard College, will be the highlight
of the week-long Literacy Awareness
Week, Sept. 30 - Oct. 7.
A college and community literacy
committee has invited over 600 Western
North Carolina educational, governmen
tal, business, civic, and church leaders
to hear the address by R. Richard Munro
of Time Warner, Inc.
they earn from recycling. They plan to
have a party at the end of the year.
Also, Joyea is willing to help
anyone interested in getting a recycling
bin for their hall. She also needs people
to help her with the actual recycling and
it does count as Project Inside-Out
service hours.
The Environmental Awareness
Group will also be helping out in their
own way. They will be making several
trips out to the forest to pick up the
trash. Residents of Duplex 3 have
already gone out and picked up cans and
bottles from "forest parties" and recycled
them for money. Russ Washburn, a
Duplex resident, said," Hey it s an easy
six bucks, plus it's the right thing to
do!" Other residents of the Duplex are
currently recycling now as well.
Anita Wright
Clarion Reporter
The 1990-91 Student Government
Association of Brevard College, an
organization representing all BC
students, is prepared for the coming
year.
Meetings of all SGA dorm
presidents, vice presidents, and hall
representatives are held every other
Wednesday night at 8 in the student
union. The meetings are precise and a
time for discussion - not gripe
sessions. Both positive and negative
subjects can be brought up for discus
sion. The leading students at these
meetings are: Loke Kue, president;
Virginia Peavey, social vice president;
Dale Wicker, social vice president; and
Joyea Warren, judicial vice president
SGA is made up of an Executive
Board and a Judicial Board. The president
"The College has undertaken this
ambitious project, "says BC Du«:tor of
Public Information Jock Lauterer, "out
of our concern over the illiteracy
problem. By increasing the awareness of
and understanding about this problem,
we believe we can have an impact in
this area.
The City of Brevard has
proclaimed Sept. 30 - Oct. 7 as
"Literacy Awareness Week."
Baccalaureate
in question
by Libby Enloe
Clarion Co-Editor
Baccalaureate may be absent from
this coming year's graduation
ceremonies, according to Brevard
College administrators.
President William T. Greer Jr.
says, "1 can argue both sides. We ought
to have Baccalaureate.... 1 also know it
has created scheduling problems for
faculty..."He continues, "I'm in the
mood to have it every year."
In the years BC hasn't had the
Sunday morning pre-Commcncement
service, the College has tried to have a
representative of the United Methodist
Church speak at graduation ceremonies.
"This year we will have Methodist
Bishop Lawi Imathiu of Kenya speak at
Commencement," says Greer.
So far, there has been no organized
vocal opposition to administrators not
scheduling a baccalaureate service. Dr.
Greer stresses that, "If there is a strong
groundswell of folks who want to have
it, we'll work it out. I will welcome
any direction."
and social vice presidents arc on the
Executive Board. Joyea Warren, the
judicial vice president, represents the
students in a fair trial and makes sure
that the uniform guidelines are in
terpreted correctly. The Social Board
provides activities for tlie students to
keep them on campus on the weekends.
The hall representatives of each
dorm set up meetings with their halls
and discuss problems and campus
happenings. This input is then discussed
as a whole with the dorm president.
Hence, these issues are brought up at
the SGA meetings.
SGA Faculty Sponsor, Dean
Witek, works together and shares infor
mation with the members. "Loke is the
main overseer," says Witek. "I just sit
at the meetings and comment on
subjects when asked. SGA is here for
the students."
New BC Student
Marshals named
by William Greer
Clarion Reporter
Brevard College Student Marshals
have been chosen for 1990-91.
The new marshals are Kellie
Tagtmeyer, Eric Chason, Lisamaric
Brooks, Richard Beck, Jennifer Revis
and Elizabeth Wood.
Student Marshals must have the
highest grade point averages at the end
of their freshman year. They must also
be enrolled for their sophomore year and
be full-time students at BC.
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