The C^iariQn November 10. 1992 Paye 2
When all is said and done...
Oh, say can you see ... NOT!
by April Liebe
Clarion Editor
As I enter into the gates of this
great learning institution, I see the
glorious name of Brevard College upon
the sign before me. As I quietly stroll
across the campus, I look upon stately
buildings with plaques of honored
alumni, a Bell Tower of great grandeur,
and a white cross representing the
greatest sacrifice of all.
I lift my eyes and see the beautiful
mountains that have been seen by
countless students of the present and the
past. As I take all of this in, I come to a
single solitary flag pole standing bare of
what it was raised for. Where is our
American flag?
As we were students preparing for
our college years, every school we
attended, from elementary to high
school, proudly displayed the American
flag. Now that we have arrived here and
are preparing for the goals of our life,
how soon we forget.
The flag is honored at sports
events, from Little League Baseball to
major league baseball, from Pop WamCT
football to the NFL.
The flag is a symbol of freedom.
Not only freedom of speech or freedom
of the press, but a symbol of our
personal freedom. The freedom to
choose. Whether we want to get a job or
continue our education. A lot of people
in other countries do not have this
freedom.
Men and women died for this
freedom. They died fer this country.
That also is what the flag represents:
our country. One thing that makes me
upset is that the families of the men and
women who died for our country often
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CLARION
Apnl Liebe
Editor
Sandy Kaighin Lorrin Wolf
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Photo Editor
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remember their lost loved ones at the
sight of a proudly displayed American
flag.
honor our former alumni with
plaques on display for all to see
throughout campus, but where is the
flag of our American heritage. Is it
somewhere folded up out of sight to be
displayed only when important figures
come to visit? I saw the flag wave a
couple of times. 1 saw it at the
beginning of school, maybe once or
twice, and at homecoming.
Do we have to have alumni give us
a gold flag before we display it?
Has such apathy become so
common place in the spirit of this
campus that we can not even wave the
American flag?
The City Hall, the Courthouse,
high schools and grammar schools wave
their flags. What separates the College
from the rest of Brevard, besides the
front gates. Is this where patriotism
stops; at the gates?
What are we saying to our foreign
exchange students? What are we saying
to our community from which we ask
support?
Is it that we need to assign Honor
Guards? If so; HND THEM.
It is as much of a disgrace to hide
our flag as it is to spit on it or bum it.
Let’s display our national flag here on
campus, for all to see.
LETTERS
Dear Editor:
Thank you for your article in the
September 21, 1992 issue of the
Clarion about Mr. Scott Yager,
instmetor in Physics and Mathematics
at Brevard College, and other new
faculty. In addition to Mr. Yager’s B.S.
degree in physics from the University of
Central Florida, Mr. Yager also has a
M.S. degree in physics from the same
institution. All of the Math/Science
Division faculty teaching university-
parallel courses have master’s degrees in
their disciplines, and many hold doctoral
degrees.
Sincerely,
Jeffery Llewellyn, Chair, Division of
Matliematics and Natural Science
What do BC students think of Bill Clinton, our new
president of the United States?
Compiled by Sandy Kaighin
“I want to move out of the United States because I feel that Clinton’s term
will be a repeat of the Carter years.”
- Loirin Wolf
“I am scared of the change.”
- Beth Chapman
“So, so.”
- LaTonya Abraham
“I am glad he won because he is a democrat and we needed a change.”
- Christine Desaine
“Clinton is young and he takes into consideration what the young generation
has to say.”
- Christy Waldroop
“I am very disappointed, of the three candidates Clinton is the worst. Can’t
blame Bush for America’s problems. Hope Clinton won’t cause problems.
What also scares me is the fact that we have a democratic house with a
democratic president, who knows what is going to happen.”
- Becky Frankwiz
“It’s a sad day in America when we choose a wife cheating, draft dodging, tax
raising, issue waffling, liar, as our president. God help the United States of
America.”
- James F. Woodley