Jan. 25, 2013 | The Clarion
Opinion
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There is nothing to do
By Shannon Lockhart
Contributing Writer
The most common complaint that I hear
from peers is how boring this town is. When
students come to visit Brevard College, they
are fascinated with its beauty. But once they
arrive, they discover how quiet and small the
town is. It irritates me to hear people make
this complaint.
When I asked Jazmin Carlisle, a transfer
student, why she thinks people complain
that they’re bored she said, “Most people
probably aren’t in clubs and don’t participate
in CAB (Campus Activities Board) activities;
of course they’re bored.”
Liz Birolin, the President of CAB,
commented, “There are things to do, but
they are not going to come to your door.
Our calendar is tentative; we can try to help
cater events that students want if they allow
their voices to be heard.” If you have ideas,
suggest them to CAB. If you don’t let them
know what you want to see, then you probably
won’t see it happen.
Brevard has two major forests with plenty
of trails to hike and waterfalls to explore.
Brevard also has a brewery, a movie theater,
plenty of shops and restaurants downtown,
and a bowling alley. Asheville is 30 miles
away, and on Fridays at 7 p.m., there is a
drum circle.
Brevard College is a one of a kind college,
but if students do not make their ideas and
wants known, then nothing new will happen.
Clubs and programs like CAB put on events
all the time, and the students are encouraged
to attend them. If the events on campus don’t
meet your expectations, there are plenty of
things to do off campus too.
A lesson on caf etiquette
How to dine in a cafeteria setting while behaving like an adult
By Melissa Sullebarger
Managing Editor
It may be merely due to my being in my
final semester at Brevard College and growing
crotchety in my old age, but there are many
things within the cafeteria that have been
irritating me as of late.
With that opening you may assume that 1 am
preparing to join the hordes who take issue
with the food service, but this is not the case.
I take issue with those consuming it all.
• We are not in high school, and as such
there is no need to stand in a line that hugs
the counter and blocks all access to foods
other than the one you (and your fellow line-
standers) are waiting for. There is also no need
to be so suspicious of those who beg your
pardon and help themselves to the food you
were leaning against a moment ago.
• If you are hoping to get your drink out of
one of the soda machines, keep in mind, there
are two of them a short distance apart that
provide the exact same beverages. This means
that there is no cause to form a line behind
the poor student who happens to be taking
slightly longer than you would like.
• On an opposite note, there is no reason to
block off an entire region of counter while
collecting your refreshment. Working to
increase your coffee’s potability? Too bad!
Take it somewhere else!
• Stop chatting in front of the food or other
walkways. We all appreciate that you are
an enthusiastic conversationalist, but there
is no need to force us all to be a captive
audience.
• Pick up your dishes and garbage when
you have finished dining. Your parents are
not going to come by the school just to clean
up after you.
• There is usually a garbage can out in the
dish hallway. This is not for decoration, it
would make a lot of people’s lives easier if
you would go ahead and use it for its purpose,
and not leave your garbage on your plate (or
worse yet, in your cup).
• Stop walking out the entrance of the dish
hallway during peak dining hours. I mean
really.
In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit
that I myself have been guilty of some of
these infuriating and inconsiderate behaviors
in the past.
However, since noticing their recent
proliferation, I having been working to stop
acting like such an oblivious jerk, and I
highly recommend this effort to my fellow
students.
Quit your complaining
By Kara Fohner
StaffVVritei^_
If you want to get to know someone, ask
them whether or not they like the cafeteria
food.
The optimists enjoyed the novelty of steak
night. They acknowledge that although
options are sometimes sparse, there's always
Lucky Charms.
The critic will peer into his mashed potatoes
with pursed lips. “This semester is better...
I guess,” he'll mumble, before ditching his
half-finished plate at the bar.
Welcome to Brevard, Pioneer Caterers. We
expect you to produce gourmet cuisine on a
middling budget. If you can't, the guillotine
is out back.
As a transfer student. I'm here to tell
you that the redeeming attribute of college
cafeteria food is that it builds community. I
can slouch down beside a stranger and say,
“So what do you think of dinner tonight?” If
their spinach was wilted, we have common
ground. But in comparison to last semester, I
do appreciate Pioneer's ingenuity.
Their fried green tomatoes were
memorable, and the cheesecake, garnished
with strawberries, had an appealing aesthetic.
Maneuvering the narrow corridors of their
vegetarian selection is more challenging.
Yesterday, I saw a student put a pizza on his
salad in a baffling pursuit of variety.
Although it may not sound like it, I do
like the food. I believe that Pioneer Catering
is doing a splendid job assimilating their
services with BC's student culture, and I
appreciate the fact that although quirks of
certain dishes provide a consistent topic for
conversation, the ground is not littered with
victims of food poisoning.
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