The Clarion
Serving the Brevard College community since 1935
Volume 71, Issue 1
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September 9, 2005
President Van Horn calls for
community to help families,
conserve gas.
More than 12 displaced families
are already in the Brevard area.
Gas lines form in town days after
storm hits Gulf Coast.
Red Cross asks for volunteers,
money, peer counselors.
see pages 6-7 for more info
Professor leads
two geology trips
by Zack Harding
Staff Writer
On August 17, geology professor
Jim Reynolds, Ph.D. returned from his
second international trip this summer in
volving students from Brevard College.
The first trip, which was to Greece,
was a co-listed class of Geology 270 and
Art History 290, effectively titled Geol
ogy and Archeology of the Mediterra
nean Basin. The second trip was to
South America, and was sponsored
through the Appalachian College Asso
ciation Berger Grant.
see Trip, page 2
Earthquake shakes local houses
by Stephen Schonewolf
Staff Writer
“I was outside on the deck. While I
was outside there, the insects became quiet
and 1 thought, ‘That’s strange.’ It took
about 10 seconds and boom! The earth
quake hit. It shook just about everythmg. I
knew it was an earthquake.
This is the story of Dr. Jeffrey B.
Llewellyn, a member of the science faculty
here at Brevard College. He’s referring to a
small earthquake that occurred on Wednes
day, August 24th at 8:56 AM. This smaller
quake, called an aftershock, received mi
nor attention in the media.
Earthquakes are caused by shifts in
the earth’s crust. From time to time, the
plates slowly shift, and pressure builds up
at points that don’t shift with the rest of
the plate. When the pressure rcaches the
point where the plate snaps free, we expe
rience an earthquake. Earthquakes are usu
ally very short in duration, although it can
take a lot of time to heal the damage they
cause.
Many people in the Brevard commu
nity were concerned about the Brevard
Fault Line, a geological feature where two
different types of rock formations meet.
Earthquakes often occur on lines like this.
However, Earthquakes in Western North
Carolina are very rare. Most of us aren’t
even aware of the tremors that occur from
the shifting of rocks in these mountains.
“It took about a full minute to get back
to the full chorus of insects you heard be
fore the earthquake,” Llewellyn said.
see Earthquake, page 3
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Red Cross volunteers
take donations
Volunteers with the Transylvania County
Chapter of the American Red Cross took
donations for the Hurricane Katrina
survivors In the College Walk parking lot
across from campus Monday morning. See
pages 6-7 for more details on the storm s
effects on the Brevard area.
photo by M*U Penn
Inside:
Arts & Life 8
Comics 5
Faculty Spotlight 9
Hurricane coverage 6-7
Letter to the Editor 5
Opinion ^
SGA News 2
Sports
Welcome to Brevard 10