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Volume 77, Issue 20 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
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Brevard climbs to the top
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By Caleb Welborn
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Last Saturday, the Brevard Rock Gym
hosted a Collegiate Climbing Series (CCS)
competition. Six schools from North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia were
represented.
Climbing took place between 10:30a.m.
and 3:00p.m. Climbers had that time to
attempt as many different routes as they
could, with the various routes given point
values based on their difficulty. The climber
with the highest accumulated points at the end
of the day was declared the winner in their
respective category: Beginner, Intermediate,
or Advanced.
Travis Gray and Duncan Miller led the BC
climbers, placing second in Advanced, and
first in Beginner respectively.
“It was such an awesome atmosphere,
everyone was psyched and it made for a good
time,” said Gray, 20. “These CCS comps are
some of the best competitions I’ve been to.”
Gray has been climbing competitively since
age fourteen.
The other BC climbers were: Bennett
Anderson, Maddy Brodsky, Jonathan Hyde,
Chris Keith, Davis King, David Lackey,
Misty Mitchell, and Ethan Risinger.
Each student was sponsored by the Campus
Outdoor Recreation Department.
Brevard Rock Gym hosts Free Climb
Night for BC students on Tuesday nights.
If you don’t have climbing shoes, rental is
only $3.
The gym is located in downtown Brevard
at 224 South Broad St.
Students interested in outdooPactivities
such as climbing, kayaking, or hiking are
encouraged to join the Outing Club. If
interested, contact Christina Furr, club
president.
Travis Gray climbs a route @ Brevard Rock Gym
Eric Singleton
Dr. Joyce on campus dining services
By Patrick G. Veilleux
Managing Editor
Our President, Dr. David Joyce is a recent
addition to the BC family, but he already has
ambitious goals for the institution and the
future of Brevard students.
Although a very busy man, Joyce found
time to talk to the Clarion staff on a late Friday
afternoon (Feb. 17) about one of his latest
projects, the campus dining facilities.
The entire discussion with Joyce was
sparked by one question, which he generously
elaborated on.
Clarion: “Do you have plans for
Coltrane?”
David Joyce: We will be looking at it; it’s
sort of silly to have a facility that you’re not
using. And we’re looking at food services.
Aramark is welcome to bid too. They have
been here for 30 years and it is time to think
about it again. I don’t think we adequately
answered questions like “why was Coltrane
losing money?” Was it because stuff was
too expensive, was it the wrong stuff, was
it because students didn’t want that stuff?
Rather than “we’re losing money, let’s just
shut it down,” I think we need to look at it a
little differently.
Part of the thing with looking at new food
services, which we are doing right now
as we speak, is take representatives down
to Coltrane and ask, “What do you think?
How can you make this work?” We’ll hear
proposals from them sometime in March,
and hopefully by the end of March or early
April we’ll make a decision, whether we keep
Aramark or pursue other contractors. Even if
they stay, Aramark has told us they don’t want
to stay under their current contract.
Coltrane is an asset; we have to use it. It’s
silly to shut something down and keep it that
way. The Cafe has become a bit of a hangout
See 'President interview,' page 12