The Clarion Mav 3. 1993 Page 5
Martin Discusses Mental Illness On Campus
by Susan Lee
Clarion Staff Writer
Mental illness is when you lose the
capacity to do every day things, such as
getting enough sleep, eating right,
managing relationships, and dealing
with the pressures of being in school.
The most important thing when trying
to get over a mental illness is to take
the problem one day at a time, or one
semester at a time.
At Brevard College, there is no
more mental illness then you would find
anywhere else. There are a wide range of
problems from eating disorders to
sleeping problems. Most of the
problems the students have were already
there before the student came to school,
according to Steve Martin, BC campus
counselor.
Martin explained the mental illness
that is found most commonly on the
Brevard campus is depression, anxiety,
and manic depression. The counseling
for these problems depends on the
problem and the student. One of the
things you might say to the person is,
“what can 1 do to help today?” The most
important thing is to follow the
student’s lead. Martin teaches the peer
counseling class and says to remember
that each student is an individual.
Martin also helps to train the RAs in
the summer so that they can help
counsel students with a mental illness.
A lot of students who have some
type of mental illness do not withdraw
from Brevard because of the mental
illness. “Sometimes a student will have
a problem that is bad enough and the
student will withdraw from the school
and get the help that he or she needs.
Hopefully, they will get the problem
under control and will be able to come
back to school.” says Martin.
Besides Martin the counselors for
Brevard College are Kathy Meehan, and
Jennie Latimer. The -school also uses
off-campus counseling. The support
groups that are offered on the campus
are Alcoholics Anonymous, which
meets every day, an eating disorder
group which meets on Mondays at 7
p.m. in the Weaver room. Both groups
are open to those who have similar
problems.
The Survivors of Sexual Abuse
group meets Monday at 4:30 p.m., and
that is a closed group. If you want to go
to this group you need to call The
Healing Place.
If you are having a problem please
talk to Martin in his office, room MG
208, or call him at EXT. 2229
PIO Helps To Paint Small School For Refugees
by Stephanie Gardner
Clarion Staff Writer
On Friday afternoon, March 19,
seven students led by Project Inside-Out
coordinator Fran Lynch left for Jubilee
Farmers in Comer, Georgia.
Jubilee Partners is a shelter for
foreign refugees who are entering the
United States or Canada and need help
adjusting to our society and learning the
English language.
The group spent Saturday and-the
early part of Sunday jrainling the small
school where the refugees are taught
English. Over the weekend it was
transformed from dark brown and green
colors to a traditional red schoolhouse
with tan trimmings.
The group was introduced to the
community lifestyle of Jubilee Partners
by an orientation session on Friday
night and a tour on Saturday by group
member Robyn Mossely’s parents. It
wasn’t long until the Brevard students
were playing afternoon volleyball games
and washing dishes along with the
volunteers and residents of Jubilee
Partners.
The students who attended this PIO
trip were Seiko Kuramoto, Niel Sutton,
Aki Emoto, Randy Marlow, Robyn
Mossely, Stephanie Gardner, and Wayne
Richardson.
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mountain to meet the fast group as
planned. Fortunately though, we had
Clyde. He just zipped up to the top and
brought down the fast, food-carrying
group to us.
Being able to survive in the
wilderness seems to boost self-esteem.
It also has a way of bringing people
closer together. I guess that is because
you are working for a common goal,
(like getting a fire going so you do not
freeze to death.)
On the last day of our trip we saw a
most unusual rock. It apjteared to have a
“smiley face” on it. It is funny how
nature seems to reach out to you. This
trip was filled with many unique gifts of
nature. I think being in the wilderness
helps a person see how beautiful life can
be. It also makes you appreciate
bathrooms more.
Partcipants in the latest PIO trip were, front row, left to right, Aki Emoto, Seiko Kuramoto,
and Stephanie Gardner, and back row, left to right, Neil Sutton, Robyn Mosely, Fram Lynch,
Randy Marlow, and Wayne Richardson Jr.
At JA. Jones Library
Metcalf Wins Jellybean Contest
Special to
The Clarion
For National Library Week, April
18-24, the J.A. Jones Library sponsored
a Jelly Bean Contest. Every time a
student checked out books, he or she
could guess the number of jelly beans in
a jar at the circulation desk.
Chrystal Metcalf guessed the correct
number (121) of jelly beans. She won a
$25 gift certificate from Highland
Books, and the jar of jelly beans.
Congratulations, Chrystal!