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Volume 76, Issue 10 SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 Nov. 5, 2010
Republicans win House in 2010 elections
By Daniel Heyman / Dave Alexander
Managing Editor / Copy Editor
Republicans gained control of the House of
Representatives while Democrats maintained a
majority in the Senate on Tuesday night.
In the midterm election, 37 Senate seats and all
435 House seats were up for grabs. Polls across
the nation showed many Republicans leading
due to Obama’s low approval rating. Among
the most important issues were the economy,
unemployment and healthcare reform.
Democrats won only 9 Senate seats this week,
lowering the grip on their majority. When the
new Congress convenes in January, there will be
52 Democrats and 46 Republicans. The official
count is still out in Washington, with Democrat
In this issue...
Campus News:
International students confused
by U.S. elections 2
News:
staff profile: Stan Jacobsen 3
BCE 111: Born into Brothels 3
Sports:
Athlete of the IVIonth 4
Men's Basketball at Tennessee 5
Men's Soccer in SAC Tourney 5
Opinion:
These Hills: Panthertown Valley 6
Arts & Life
BC Presents The Glass Menagerie'... 7
Chef Boy-ar-Dave 7
Odds and Ends:
Your horoscope 8
American Hero 8
Patty Murray leading by 2 percent, according to
the Associated Press.
The Republicans were able to overcome the
257 to 178 majority which Democrats previously
enjoyed in the House of Representatives.
Starting in 2011, there will be at least 239
Republicans and 186 Democrats. Currently, ten
races are still undecided.
House Minority Leader John Boehner will
likely take over as Speaker of the House when
the new Congress takes office in January.
Currently, Nancy Pelosi of California holds
this position. She will continue to serve as a
Representative in California’s 8th district.
Additionally, a majority of states now have
Republican governors. While this does not
provide any formal power, it does make Barack
Obama’s reelection race in 2012 much more
difficult, especially considering that ten of the 29
The confusion between an athletics E-mail
with the subject line “Tornado Watch UPDATE”
and the weather updates from Campus Life last
week was not deliberate, according to dean of
students Chris Holland and athletic director
Kim Pate.
The E-mail arrived in inboxes at 8:41 a.m. Oct.
27, in the wake of updates from Chris Holland
urging students to use caution during the tornado
watch then in effect in Transylvania County.
According to Pate, athletics had been sending
E-mail updates for several weeks with similar
subject lines to encourage school spirit. A search
of earlier athletic department E-mails sent to on-
campus users announcing athletic events could
not locate a previous instance using the exact
phrase “Tornado Watch.” However, at least one
E-mail sent to Tornado Club members in mid-
October did use the phrase “Tornado Watching”
in the subject header to refer to opportunities
for boosters to watch athletic teams in action
that week.
To prevent athletic event announcements
from possibly being confused with an actual
weather alert in the future, Pate said E-mail
announcements from now on will include the
tag “Athletics” in the subject header
The sending of the E-mail with the phrase
“Tornado Watch UPDATE” in the subject header
last Wednesday while the campus was still
states with Republican governors are considered
swing states.
Republican Richard Burr won reelection to
the U.S. Senate in North Carolina. He won
55 percent of the vote in N.C., including
Transylvania County. Democrat Heath Shuler
was reelected to a third term representing the
11th Congressional district in the House.
Proposition 19 in California failed. If
approved, it would have provided an avenue
for the legalization of marijuana in the state. Of
course, even if Prop 19 had passed, marijuana
would still be illegal to use in California at the
federal level, due to the Controlled Substance
Act of 1970.
Surprisingly, the dimwitted, short-spoken and
out of left-field candidate Alvin Greene won 30
percent of the vote in the South Carolina Senate
race against Tea Party-backed Jim DeMint.
W
We apologize for any
confusion it created. It
certainly i^'as not an attempt
to capitalize on the
circumstances—just an
ironic coincidence.
—Kim Pate
under an actual tornado watch was an “ironic
coincidence,” Pate said. “We do apologize for
any confusion it created,” she wrote in an E-mail
to The Clarion. “It certainly was not an attempt
to capitalize on the circumstances.”
“The timing was the ultimate problem,”
Holland said. He added that he and Stan Jacobsen,
Director of Safety and Risk Management, have
talked about reviewing the Emergency Response
Plan for Brevard College.
“No plan is going to account for all situations,”
Holland said. He urges students to use common
sense in the event of a severe weather emergency.
He added, “If you see a tornado in the distance,
obviously you shouldn’t go outside. However, if
you are able to get to your shelter, you probably
should.”
E-mail confusion unintentional