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Thp riarion Friday, Qy^nher 7. 1994 EiUi£-l C begins new environmental club by Beth Fisher Clarion Writer Here at Brevard College there are many clubs and organizations. There is one in particular that deals with recycling here on campus. The club is called “BC Recycles!” Anyone can join land anyone can help with the various activities that “BC Recycles!” has. You can even get PIO hours from “BC Recycles!”. What a deal! Helping to preserve our world and get credit towards graduation! Not to mention it is fun too! Among the activities and responsibilities of “BC Recycles! are such activities as recyling on dorm halls, classrooms, and offices here on campus. “BC Recyclcs!” even helps pul on a haunted house each year around Halloween. The club also has several paper drives and can crushes throughout the year. If you are interested in becoming active in “BC Recycles!”, please contact Beth Fisher (BC Box 5219E) or Dr. Bob Glesener. Along with “BC Recycles!” there is also another environmental club on the rise. This club is called SEAC for Student Environmental Action Coalition. Wc will be joining the national SEAC chapter. We will be in Region 12. This organization is more action oriented than “BC Recycles!”, but they will comc together tor environmental meetings. SEAC will also be educational in the long run. This is the first year SEAC has been on the Brevard College campus. Being part ol SEAC is not holding a membership ciu'd, taking a pledge, or waiting around for direction. It is an altitude backed up by action. This was in the SEAC source book and basically means that SEAC is purely action and not just sitting around. There will be petitioning and legal protesting throughout the year. These will either be held by Brevard SEAC or regional SEAC. We will be teaming up with NC Slate, UNC, William & Mary, and other SEAC chapters in the region. There will be conferences and “actions” that will take place somewhere other than Brevard. That means u-aveling! SEAC at Brevard will be trying to change BC to be more environmentally minded. National SEAC sends out a monthly magazine, Threshold, which contains a lot of useful information, upcoming events and contacts. SEAC will be a lot of fun, so gel involved! For more information, contact Beth Fisher. We need loads of dedicated people who care about the environmental health of our world. Bolh of these groups are improving our campus and world for the environmental better! Illlll Tparhe.r Feature Dr. Eason begins last year at BC Dr. Byrdie Eason by John Roberts Clarion Asst. Editor This spring Brevard College will lose one of its most respected teachcrs, Byrdie Eason. She will retire after the spring semester to pursue other interests. Dr. Eason holds the division chair for the Division of Physical Education, Wilderness and Health. She and Clyde Carter began the wilderness program here and are looking into beginning other programs at BC. Dr. Eason taught at Soutwest Louisiana Lafayette, where she eventually worked her way to division chair. She taught at USWL until 1980 when she retired and moved to her cabm in the Smoky Mountains. In 1981, she came to Brevard College to teach. She enjoyed the change of going from a very impersonal college of 18,000 to the small comfortable personal surroundings at bc Dr. Eason believes the most important thing in her life hapi^ned m 1983 when she accepted Jesus Christ. Writer Ellen Douglas entertains Brevard College campus by Andrew Douglas Clarion Staff Writer Ellen Douglas, a nationally renowned author, delivered the first of many appearances by authors in the Grace Creech West lecture series. The series will continue annually, with writers visiting Brevard College and speaking to students, faculty and members of the surrounding community. Douglas is the author of six novels and two collections of short stories within the past thirty years, which is not too shabby coming from someone who says,”Don’t write unless you have to.” She began writing as a disc jockey during World War II when she would write to escape the tedium while songs were playing. After the war, she slowly began to write on a professional level, and has since been the recipient of a vast collection of national literary awards and honors. She writes her novels from real-life endeavors that she has encountered “When things happen,” said ^oug as, store it in the back of my head and sometimes it will be years before I put it in one of my works. Her style of writing overwhelmingly genuine and^^^r colorful narration from her novel, “The Rock Cried Out,” made her visit all the more enjoyable. The Grace Creech West Lectureship was established this honor of a former First Lady of Brevard College. The lectureship will bring a distinguished writer to the Brevard College campus each year to present a readmg and discussion, and to work meaningfu y with faculty and students. Freshmen learn to cope with the shock of college life by Stephanie Thompson Staff Writer We are well on our way into the fall pcfpr here at Brevard College and m aarioo wmied .0 find out how *e [X^were coping with CO. egejft and for some, dealing With whai seem Up a bit of a culture shock, relationship between faculty students was also deemed important. The inclusion of various religious programs also made Brevard more attractive to those students coming from a religious background. In addition, they found that the emphasis on extra curricular activities was most appealing for the active students. Several freshmen were formally interviewed to find out how they feel about the Brevard College community. When asked if feeling homesick. Brick McDermott, 18, of Charlotte said, “No, not anymore. I was when I first arrived, but I’ve made friends and settled in fine here at Brevard.” On the other side of ihe coin, we have an international student, Hiromi Akiyama, 20, of Japan who says she still feels homesick on occasion. When asked what she did when she fell homesick, she said, “I find one of my friends and talk. I also go for walks and try to keep myself busy.” Many other freshmen said that when they first arrived here in Brevard, it was very difficult settling in and finding a place in the college community, although they now feel accepted and are settled.
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