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Volume 83, Issue 16 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
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Photo by Ivy Pope
January 18, 2018
Cycling wins Team Reiay
Nationai Championship
Hannah Arensman takes varsity women s title
By Calum McAndrew
Managing Editor
Competing at the USA Cycling National
Championships in Reno, NV., last week, the BC
Cyclocross team picked up a pair of National
Championship Titles. The Tornados defended
their title in the team relay event, while Hannah
Arensman emerged victorious in the Division
I Varsity Collegiate Cyclocross National
Championship.
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Hannah Arensman
took home the Varsity Women’s Division I title,
after a long, back and forth battle with Samantha
Runnels of Lindenwood College. Emma Swartz
of Marian University rounded off" the top three.
Arensman completed the event in a time
of 44:28, 31 seconds ahead of second-placed
Runnels at 44:59. According to Cyclocross
Magazine, Arensman took advantage of a
third- lap pit from Runnels to open up a gap on
her opponent.
With this victory, Arensman joins an illustrious
list of previous BC cycling national champions.
She also becomes the first racer in the Brevard
Cyclocross program to capture a Division I
national championship individual title.
For the men’s individual races, BC placed
three racers inside the Top 20. Carson Beckett
finished 11th overall, Scott McGill finished
15th, and Tyler Orschel was one spot further
back in 16th.
On Jan. 11, one day after the Varsity individual
races, Arensman was once more a National
Champion, this time as part of a trio in the
Team Relay event. Carson Beckett and Scott
McGill were the other two members of this
victorious team.
The relay team bore a remarkable likeness to
the team that won the national championship
last year. Arensman, Beckett and McGill were
all part of the victorious team of 2017, and
managed to repeat this feat one year on.
This year, without the help of Alison
Arensman, the Tornados were once more
victorious on the national stage. Unlike every
other team in the race who fielded four racers,
Brevard had only three, with Hannah Arensman
taking on two spots by herself
Despite being one racer less than every other
team in the event, BC finished with a time of
See 'Cycling,' page 8
BC Team Relay Champions successfully defended their National Title In Reno, NV.
BC celebrates
of
Martin Luther
King Jr.
By Lauren M. Fowler
Arts & Life Editor
Brevard College students marched alongside
the community on Monday during the 28th
Annual Unity in the Community march in honor
of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. The
celebration began with a community brunch at
the Bethel “A” Baptist Church Saturday and
closed with a march to the Porter Center for the
celebration Monday night.
Breakfast was served by local and student
volunteers at the Bethel “A” Baptist Church on
Saturday morning. This breakfast has annually
been a way to bring the community together to
start conversations and connections among those
who might never meet otherwise.
The march began at the Bethel “A” Baptist
Church with the NAACP banner leading the way
and proceeding down Main Street to the college.
They were accompanied by the Brevard Police
as driving and marching escorts, attracting
curious looks from drivers passing by. The
group of marchers totaled upwards of200 people
and consisted of Brevard College students and
professors, Brevard High School students, local
business owners, and Brevard locals.
The march was followed by performances in
the Porter Center by local groups. Starting off
the celebration were the familiar faces of Ebony
and Ivory (otherwise known as David Carr and
Ed Buckley) who have hosted the event in the
past. Buckley started the event by saying, “We
need love, we need to have unity—sometimes
that’s hard but it’s never impossible.”
Dr. Joyce spoke before the performances about
the history of the event and its ability to bring
together the entire community for a common
cause. Stressing the importance of choosing
to come together and stand together during
See 'MLK day' on page 4