The Clarion
May 3.1PP3 Eas£-S
Jackson Explains
Priority Registration
by Stephanie Gardner
Clarion Staff Writer
Did you have the opportunity to
sign up for all the classes you wanted
during registration? Have you ever
wondered how it’s determined when you
may register?
According to the Brevard College
Registrar, Joyce Jackson, the first
students to preregister on Monday were
honor students and those with seniority.
On Tuesday, fall athletes were
allowed to register. “It’s important to
place fall athletes in morning classes,”
Jackson explained. Students majoring in
math, science, business, and fine arts
also registered on Tuesday. Jackson said
these students need certain classes, and
they have more restricted choices
because of their majors.
On Wednesday the returning
students who did not fit into any of the
above registration categories were
allowed to sign up.
Outstanding BC Students To Be
Recognized On Honors Day
by Lorrin Wolf
Clarion Editor
Outstanding Brevard College
students will be recognized at the
Honors Day Assembly on May 5, at
10:15 a.m., in Dunham Auditorium.
Traditionally, the administration
honors students with awards for
academic excellence and extensive
service to Brevard College.
Students receiving awards will be
given invitations to attend the assembly
through the mail.
Poetry Corner
Statues
We played the game of statues in our front yard.
My fingers slipping away from their hands,
We wSuI3"spin freely^ releasing ourselves into space
like a bubble.
A moment later we froze, our landing setded into stillness.
I loved the game.
After the liberating touch I would perform for my friends,
dancing and twisting to hear their acceptance of laughter,
fleeing from the tap that would force me to grow still.
Recently, I played statues once again.
After the touch of freedom, I ran from the ones who
enslaved me, hard and fast toward the futurei knowing I
would filially find myself waiting with open arms.
Missy Burnal
BaFftisin
After red and gold disappear from the trees, losing the sins of
hot summer days and chilly September nights that burned the
skins of passionate lovers with log fires, it floats down from
the sky, a blanket putting a baby to rest, covering everything
in innocent white, a baptism of Earth washing away original
sin, leaving the sky grey with afterthought.
Missy Burnal
This band, composed of (left to right) John Runberg, LeZonn
Miller, and Mark Maguire played for the Spring Arts Festival for the
Children. (Clarion photo by Henry Stepp)
‘Fake And Bake’ Booths May
Be More Harmful Than Helpful
by Joanna R. Wilson
Clarion Asst. Editor
So much has been written about the
dangerous effects of the sun that many
people have turned to alternative ways
to get a tan. But are these artificial
tanning methods really safe?
According to Dr. Seth L.
Matarasso, “there’s no such thing as a
safe tan.” In the November 1990 issue
of Muscle & Fitness magazine,
Matarasso warned tanners of the risks
they take when using tanning booths.
Tanning “accelerator” lotions and
bronzing pills.
Tanning booths work by exposing
the skin to UVA light which causes the
change in skin color much like the UVB
rays of the sun. Although the UVA
light may not cause as much direct skin
damage as the sun does, overexposure
can still be harmful. Warning labels on
Wblff 24 tanning beds, used at a local
tanning salon, caution the user to avoid
overexposure which may cause
premature aging of the skin and skin
cancer.
There are ways to help protect your
skin from some of the damage these
booths can cause. Tanning salons
suggest you wear a minimum of SPF
15 sunblock during exposure and to
begin exposure time at about eight to
12 minutes for normal skin and increase
this time to 10% each session. The
time should be less for fair skin and
more for daric skin.
Another artificial way to tan your
skin is by taking a tanning pill like
Canthaxanthin. However, critics contend
that tanning pills may not be that safe
either. They also argue that the drug is
not very effective without some
exposure to actual sunlight.
Tanning accelerators have been
praised by some beauty experts as the
safest way to get that “healthy glow.”
But, some bronzing lotions may still
give you a yellow-orange hue if not
used in combination with some form of
ultraviolet light.