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Volume 71, Issue 10 Serving the Brevard College community since 1935 May 2, 2006
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by Adam Beeson
Managing Editor
On April 25, Head Coach
Bobby Poss announced the in
augural 70-member Brevard Col
lege football roster set to take
the gridiron in the fall. Along
with high school seniors from
around the southeast, the roster
included six current BC stu
dents.
Dustin Young, Joel
Gerolimatos, Karl Kuester, Sean
Flanagan, Dustin Martinelli, and
Brett Carpenter have all signed
letters of intent for the 2006-2007
season.
Young, a 6'3" 235 'lb senior
from Waynesville, came to BC to
play basketball in 2002. After
having played football for 10
years, particularly at slot-back.
Young looks to help the Torna
dos at nose-guard or defensive
end in the fall. “I just want a
chance to play the game of foot-
ball and help the program,”
Young said.
Gerolimatos, a 5'9" '185 lb
freshman, graduated from A.C.
Reynolds High School in 1998
where he played under Coach
Poss as an outside linebacker.
After spending some time as a
firefighter and an EMT in Ohio,
joining the Naval Reserves, and
receiving an Associates Degree
in Criminal Justice, Gerolimatos
came to BC this semester and
intends to spend his last semes
ter of eligibility with the Torna
dos in the fall.
Gerolimatos’ younger
brother, Luke, will join the pro
gram next year as well. “Even
for just one season the opportu
nity to suit up and play along
side my little brother on the col
lege level is going to be a real
ization of a dream 1 have had
since high school,” Gerolimatos
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Clarion announces senior staff for 2006-2007
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The Clarion held senior
staff elections on April 18,
choosing Adam Beeson as edi
tor in chief for the 2006-2007 aca
demic year.
Beeson, a senior English
major from Charlotte, N.C., has
served as managing editor of the
newspaper for the past three se
mesters. This summer, he will
serve a newspaper internship for
the Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-
News.
Taking over as managing
editor is Matt Rutherford, a se
nior English major from
Morganton, N.C. Rutherford
most recently served three se
mesters as the Arts & Life edi
tor. He will also act as the paper’s
circulation manager next year. He
will serve a journalism internship
in London this summer working
for a cultural magazine.
“Adam and Matt are well
suited for their elected posi
tions,” said Hall Penn, the out
going editor, who will graduate
this semester with a B.A. in En
glish. “1 think they’ll do a great
job next year, and 1 wish them
the best.”
John Billingsley, a senior
majoring in photography and
environmental journalism from
Houston, will serve as photog
raphy editor and assistant circu
lation manager.
Tom Cowan, a senior En
glish major from New Orleans,
will become news editor.
Zack Harding, a junior En
glish major from Hendersonville,
N.C., will be the Arts & Life edi
tor. The assistant Arts & Life
editor will be Lange Eve, a se
nior art major fi"om Lawrenceville,
Ga.
Zach Browning, a senior
English major from
Hendersonville, N.C., will take
over as sports editor.
Copy editors for 2006-2007
will be Jamie Michaels, a senior
majoring in integrated studies
from Olathe, Kan., and Emily
Wade, a senior English major
from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Michaels will also serve as the
opinion page editor.
Layout editor will be Molly
Carlson, a senior arts major from
Pittsboro, N.C.
Serving as business and
advertising manager will be
Christina Dennis, a senior En
glish major from Greenwood,
S.C.
Penn, the editor in chief for
the past three semesters, said he
enjoyed working with the staff
and is pleased to see so many
old staffers stepping into lead
ership positions as well as new
staff members taking on jobs
with the newspaper. The past
few years have been a time of
change for the newspaper, he
said, as the paper resumed print
publication in January 2005 af-
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Inside:
Arts & Life
8
Comics
14
Honors Day.
4
Movie Review
10
New/s
2
Opinion
6
Security Report
2
Senior Spotlight
8
Sports
15