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SERVING THE BREVARD COLLEGE
Volume 74, Issue 14 COMMUNITY SINCE 1935 January 23, 2009
BC bids farewell to food service director
by Thomas Lide
Staff Writer
John Crowe has been the food service
director at Brevard College for 6 years and
will be leaving the student body and faculty
on Jan. 29.
John has decided to leave Brevard College
to be the food service director at Western
Carolina University. John sees this as an
opportunity for him to make progress in
his career, but will miss the students and
faculty at Brevard College dearly.
During an interview with The Clarion,
John emphasized how much he is going
to miss the relationships that he has estab
lished with everyone on campus and hopes
that he will be able to maintain them.
Bridgette Vess will take over John’s
responsibilities as food service director
beginning Feb. 2. She is a 14 year veteran
with the company that provides food for
the cafeteria, Aramark.
No extreme changes will made in the caf
eteria, but there may be improvement over
time. Vegetarian options may be enhanced
and more TV’s may be installed to help
students stay better coimected to news in
the world.
Students can expect to see the same caf
eteria staff as well. Crowe mentioned that
adjustments will be made to the food court
in Coltrane and that over time the coffee
and smoothie sections may be moved to
the reserve dining hall. Interest in adding
more declining balance to students' meal
plans was also mentioned.
In this issue...
NEWS:
Campus reaction to the swearing in of
our 44tli President 2
Rent some gear 4
Basletball roundups 5
ARTS AND LIFE:
BJ on Waii-E: 5 stars! 7
IVIicley Rourle wrestles out some man
tears from our editor 6
Tis tlie season for celeb goodness 7
ODDS AND ENDS:
American Hero 8
Proof that Ohioans party much, much
harder than you do 8
On-campus enrollment down 14 Vo from last fall
by Joseph Chilton
Editor in Chief
Finding a parking space on campus last
semester, when residential enrollment
reached an all-time high, was a royal pain
for most Brevard College students. The
problem should be greatly alleviated this
semester
According to figures from the Brevard
College Registrar, there are 591 students
enrolled this semester, down from 651 last
semester
Even bigger than the drop in total students
is the decline in students living on campus.
BC Students attend inauguration
Ryan Fiffick, Margaret Ann Medley, and Sara Daugherty pump their fists at
the swearing in of President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
438 students are living in dorms this year, as
opposed to 510 last fall. Assistant Director
of Campus life said Wednesday.
The drop is not unexpected, as most
spring semesters have lower enrollments
than fall semesters. BC had a record on-
campus spring enrollment last year, with
445 students, and still saw a 28-student
dechne from the preceding fall.
“Our numbers our comparable to other
semesters and years,” Minton said.
“We are 7 off of our all time spring
high.”
Most upperclassman residence halls are
still full, with most of the vacancies caused
by the departing students leaving empty
space in the freshman residence halls.
Both Villages are 87% occupied and West
Jones is 88% full. East Jones is only at
61% capacity, but Minton points out that
4 rooms are currently empty due to rooms
being closed for repairs.
East Beam is the most occupied dorm,
with 96% of available space being filled,
and West Beam is 83% full. Those numbers
are offset, however, by the startling amount
of free space in Green Hall, which is just
44% full this spring.
“Green Hall is usually the building tha
the least amount of students are assigned
to,” Minton said.