The Clarion, Vol. 85, Issue #6, Sept. 25, 2019
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clarion.brevard.edu Banned Books Week Volume 85, Issue 6 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 September 25, 2019 2019 J.R. McDowell Speaker Judy Woodruff Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff meets with BC By Sam Hipp truth. The press is there to serve and inform the students in MG Staff Writer American people.” She had strongly assured the audience that the By Sam Hipp PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff purpose of the press is to report information for Staff Writer arrived at Brevard College Thursday, Sept. the people, not to act as their enemy. 19 as the McDowell Lecture Series speak for While upset at the President’s comments, Before her “Inside Politics” talk on fall 2019. Woodruff also brought up the issue of why news Thursday, Sept. 19, broadcast journalist A longtime journalist covering politics in outlets are being called out for “fake news.” She Judy Woodruff met with students, faculty Washington, including stints as White House pointed out that there are multiple news sources and staff to discuss her career and answer correspondent for NBC News and host of a that are lacking in journalistic integrity by some questions. weekday show on politics on CNN, Woodruff showing extreme bias, hiding certain pieces of Woodruff began her talk with stories of spoke in the Porter Center that evening on news from the public or even outright reporting growing up in a military family, moving the topic “Inside Politics,” during which she falsehoods. from place to place, wherever her father discussed the important and controversial Woodruff moved on to discussing elections she was stationed. She talked about the bases topics in today’s political climate to a wide has covered in the past and what the upcoming she lived in that were spread out across the audience. election would probably bring. United States and in a few bases in foreign Among the most controversial topics of “This will probably be the most important countries, including Germany and Taiwan. today are the attacks that President Donald election in your lifetime. I know they always Her formal education began in 1964 Trump has made on the press, referring to say that about every election,” she said, “but where she attended Meredith College, an networks such as CNN as “fake news” and so much depends on what happens next year.” all women’s college in North Carolina, to constantly hurdling insults via Twitter. She continued with statements of how both pursue a degree in Mathematics. The pursuit “Trump says that the media is the enemy the Republican and Democratic parties will in Mathematics was put off by gaining an of the American people,” Judy Woodruff be torn up if President Trump is reelected due interest in Political Science from one of her said in an impassioned speech about these to the division that he is presently causing in professors. She eventually transferred to attacks. “He couldn’t be any further from the Washington, D.C. Duke University and graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor’s in Political Science. Though she had a great drive to pursue a career in journalism, Woodruff faced some rough patches along the way. When she began as a secretary at an ABC affiliate in Atlanta, her superiors made sexist comments about her appearance rather than focusing on her abilities as a rising journalist. Sexism did not hold her back. She still wanted to rise up in a male-dominated field where women would usually, at best, report on the weather. Her career went on during a very turbulent era for civil rights where women were gaining better career opportunities, in part to her efforts as a journalist. Her work for news outlets such as PBS, CNN and NBC has empowered women to pursue careers in the field to where now we see many women Photo by Esther Padgett Photo by John Padgett anchoring and reporting for most news Left: PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff presents her talk on “Inside Politics” to a sold-out crowd at outlets. the Porter Center on Thursday evening. Right: Earlier that afternoon, Woodruff met with students, staff and faculty in MG 125 and answered their questions. Page 2 Campus News The Clarion | September 25, 2019 Fuesler debuts senior project hospitality, registration, workshops, technology, By Carmen Boone food, setup and basically making sure everything Copy Editor goes smoothly. “I want to make sure it’s really done well since this is going to be the 27th year,” This is the 27th year of the Adventure Fuesler said. Education Conference, and Brevard College Even though Fuesler is mainly running senior Abi Fuesler is running it. “It is a place to the event, she has had some help from other workshop and educate,” said Fuesler. students. Grace Kelley, Emilie Abbott, Hannah Planning this event is Fuesler’s senior project. Weatherall, Ivy Blanton, Kete Chaump, KC The event is one day and is for all WLEE Collins, Lilie Jones, Lucas Gomez, Madison (Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Smith, Mariah Grande, Croft Hamilton, Molly Education) style majors at all southeastern Brown, Shay Kerr and Sutton Burton all play a schools to meet, network and learn. This year, role in helping to plan and run this event. Fuesler Brevard College is hosting it in the Porter Center and these students have been working on the on November 1 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. event all summer and will continue to right up The conference will include a workshop by until it happens. Nacole Potts working on resumes, another For any students who would like to attend, workshop with Robert Dye where he will talk early registration ends October 1 and tickets are about Aldo Leopold, a famous conservationist $20. After early registration is over the price will and John Burton will be the keynote speaker. be $30. For any nonstudents wanting to attend, Fuesler says planning this event is a great early registration tickets will cost $30 then will way to really use her Integrated Studies major go up to $40 after early registration. with WLEE and Business and Organizational Fuesler is very excited to host this event, and Leadership. She will be working on marketing, says she will work hard to make it the best it can be. THE CLARION SENIOR STAFF Lung disease tied to vaping Editor in Chief Mary Lewe Managing Editor By Mary Lewe disease. Copy Editor Carmen Boone Editor in Chief The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have Campus News Zach Dickerson collected demographic data for 373 of the 530 Opinion Julie Carter With seven confirmed deaths and over 530 plus cases of the disease and, although causation Arts & Life Chloe McGee total cases across 38 states and one US territory, for the disease cannot be determined, there are Sports an outbreak of a strange lung disease currently some interesting correlations. According to Layout & Design Chloe McGee has medical professionals and researchers the CDC’s initial data, most patients reported . Margaret Correll baffled. using vape products which contain THC, many Faculty Adviser John B. Padgett At the center of the controversy surrounding reported using both vape products containing the disease is one thing: e-cigarettes. THC and nicotine while only some of the Samuel Hipp Breanna Queen The first e-cigarette was invented in 2003 by patients reported using vape products which Lande Simpson Amber Vance a pharmacist in China after his own father died only contain nicotine. of cancer following a life of heavy smoking. Notably, marijuana products such as the THC The Clarion is a student-run college newspaper produced Having only been around for 16 years, it is cartridges used in vape pens are not legal in all by student journalists enrolled at Brevard College. unlikely that society has witnessed e-cigarettes’ Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of the states where the lung disease has popped up, the staff of The Clarion. Other opinions expressed in full potential to cause harm. but many suspect that black market cartridges this newspaper are those of respective authors and do The use of e-cigarettes, also called vaping, are the actual culprit. In addition, self-report not necessarily reflect the opinions of the faculty, staff has been on the rise, particularly among young data from patients regarding their use of illegal people. While vaping was originally thought to substances may not tell the whole story when All correspondence should be mailed to: be a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco The Clarion, Brevard College, One Brevard it comes to this new disease. College Drive, Brevard, NC 28712, or send cigarettes, it seems that vaping nicotine may Regardless of the source of the illness, the E-mail to [email protected] come with its own set of potential health CDC recommends that no children or young clarion.brevard.edu concerns. adults use e-cigarette products of any kind, and According to the American Lung Association, those who do use them should never purchase Letters Policy: The Clarion welcomes vape juices contain a variety of toxic chemicals products off the street, as they can be tampered letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit including various “aldehydes,” which are letters for length or content. We do not publish with. In addition, the CDC states that individual formed when the liquids are vaped and have anonymous letters or those whose authorship users should not tamper with or add ingredients cannot be verified. been linked to both lung and cardiovascular to their manufactured vape products. September 25, 2019 | The Clarion Campus News Page 3 Banned books week By Zach Dickerson at various points in history have been banned, guaranteed in the Constitution.