The Clarion
Friday. October 7. 1994
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Kims Korner
Noise and lack of sleep are problems at BC
Commentary by
Kim Button
By now I am sure lhal everybody
has realized one very importani aspect of
college life - no matter how hard you try
or what you do, you will never, ever get
enough sleep.
This is evidenced by all of the
students who drag into class early every
morning after waking up just 5 minutes
before and throwing on some sweats and
a hat. Then there are some people who
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are lucky if they even make their
morning classes because they turn the
alarm off and fall back to sleep. And
have you ever, in your life, seen so
many people taking naps during the
day?
I can think of many reasons for
this. The biggest reason is that in
college you have about ten times the
amount of work to do as you did before.
The classes require more time for
studying and doing homework, you
might have a job or be a part of any one
of several clubs, or you just might
never find enough time to spend with
your friends or camping in the woods or
partying late at night.
But another reason you will never
get enough sleep is that if you live in a
dorm, it is almost impossible to fall
asleep at night. There is always
someone running up and down the
hallways screaming at 3 o’clock in the
morning or a group of girls who stay up
late at night talking in the hallway, i,,,
you live below the third noor, you also
get the pleasant experience of hearing
everybody above you jumping up and
down or scraping their chairs across ihe I
floor
I know that everybody is different 1
and maybe some people are most awake
at 3 or 4 in the morning. But at least be
considerate to the people who are trying
to sleep and realize that some people go
to bed before the sun comes up.
Radford’s arrest creates mixed feelings for everyone
Commentary by
Iten Voegele
It’s funny the way life works at
times. The way we view things and
believe in them despite the the fact that
they are not always true. The way we
hear things without really wanting to
hear, or the way we think that we really
know someone yet we really don’t know
them at all. Last Sunday night, I, along
with the rest of you, learned of the arrest
of men’s basketball coach Tom Radford
on the charges of indecent liberties with
minors.
To put it bluntly, I was shocked. I
still am, actually, and I know I am not
alone. I guess the main reason is that I
simply do not want to believe the
charges are true.
Plus, quite frankly, it is just a scary
thing. This is Brevard College. This
isn’t supposed to happen here. This is
the kind of story we read about in the
papers involving a large college or
university. It is the kind of thing we
expect to see on an episode of “90210.”
It is NOT the kind of thing we expect to
happen here at Brevard College.
Like a lot of students at Brevard
College, I know Coach Radford well. I
had him as a teacher last semester and
worked with him a lot covering the
basketball team for The Clarion. Coach
Radford was a good teacher who had the
ability to keep a boring class
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Kim Button
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interesting. He was the type of teacher
that could and would make you laugh
and always had a story to tell. Students
could relax in his class and learn at the
same time.
As a coach, Tom Radford was very
much respected by his players.
Although I never had him as a coach or
set foot in one of his practices, it wasn’t
hard to see, come game time, how much
the man knows his basketball and how
his teams believed in him. It was in the
way he would get so fired up when a
play wasn’t done right, or the coolness
he had when it was. I’ll always
remember his “in your face” verbal
disagreements he’d have with the
referees. In a way, we had our own
Bobby Knight right here at BC. For six
years coach Radford made decent players
great players. And he made average
teams contenders; we should not forget
that.
A lot of us want answers. Answers
that we will never get. We want the
truth to something we know little
about. We want the truth to something
that few people know anything about.
I’ll remember Coach Radford for
everything positive he gave to Brevard.
I’ll remember him for what he taught
me and I’ll remember the great teams
that he alone produced.
I’ll remember his stories. I’ll
remember his jokes. But sadly enough,
like you, I’ll remember the way his
career at Brevard College has ended, and
that is what hurts, mostly because you
just keep asking yourself “why” and
“who would have thought?”
Feel for the basketball team and let
them know we still support them and
expect a strong year. Feel for Coach
Radford’s family and friends. Feel for the
other families involved. And last, feel
for Coach Radford. If he is guilty and in
the end everything ends up being true,
then hope the man gets the help he
deserves and desperately needs. But don’t
spread rumors about something none of
us know much about.
The truth will prevail and when it
does, we will have to accept it.
Everyone is human and we all make
mistakes.
Kelly Writes
Ignorance causes
feelings of superiority
Commentary by
Kelly Wright
What gives a man or woman the
ability to believe that he/she is better
than another? Ignorance, that is exactly
what 't is! Of course, this is my
opinion and I am sure there is someone
on this campus that will disagree with
me, but that is the joy of expressing an
opinion.
Let me start by saying that the
color of someone’s skin DOES NOT
make them superior over another race.
Also, a person cannot blame someone
for what someone else did. It is perfectly
understandable that there are harsh
feelings in the hearts and minds of both
black and white people, but do not take
your anger or frustration out on others.
Just because you are a white man or
woman or a black man or woman
doesn’t mean that you are something
special. You have to earn respect, and it
has nothing to do with skin color or
background.
Also, just because somewhere in
time a black or white individual has
offended you does not mean that the
whole entire race is like that. It is
understandable that there is a lot of
anger but if we don’t move on the hate
is never going to end.
It is hard to trust someone of a
different race when you have been raised
to only trust your own and stay with
your own race. I know this because a
good friend of mine goes through this a
lot. We can joke and have the best time,