The Clarion, Vol. 86, Issue #31, May 5, 2021
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Volume 86, Issue 31 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 May 5, 2021 Instructions District attorney for graduation on Saturday Greg Newman Editor’s note: The following instructions and logistics for this year’s commencement exercises were shared with the campus on Monday by the BC Commencement Team. Check your BC email and/or graduation removed from information on the BC website or MyBC for late-breaking updates or additional information about this year’s festivities. If you are unsure of your ceremony office assignment, please let us know as soon as As of Tuesday, April 27, Greg Newman has Newman represented Henderson, Polk, and possible and we will confirm with you. been removed from his position as district Transylvania counties. Mask: We are asking everyone a part of attorney. A statement released Tuesday morning Brevard College alumna Grace Pryor said the ceremony to please wear your Brevard stated, “Based on the foregoing finding of fact of Newman’s removal, “I feel like I took my College mask. Due to the nature of our and conclusions of law, it is hereby ordered, first breath of air in so long and it just feels program and our policies, masks are still adjudged and decreed that Gregory A. Newman miraculous.” required for our in-person commencement. is hereby permanently removed from office Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin issued If you do not have a Brevard College mask, as district attorney and his salary shall be a 30-page ruling, which laid out the grounds please pick one up with your tickets. terminated as of the date of the filing of this for Newman‘s termination. The order described order.” willful and prejudicial misconduct. He also cited Ticket Pick Up: Tickets can be signed The center of Newman’s removal hearing willful misconduct as acts “done intentionally, out beginning Wednesday, May 5 from was a sexual assault case in which the victim’s knowingly and generally in bad faith.” the President’s Office on the second floor family claimed that Newman denied them the Lauren Wilkie, from Safeflight, a non-profit of Beam Admin. Ticket Pick up times right to be heard in court. This past February, for women in crisis, said “I think the change must be between 9 a.m.–noon or 1–3 more than 12 families came together to file a here today is going to be a big support for the p.m. Wednesday or Thursday, or you can motion to have Newman removed from office community and for survivors to see that their also pick up your tickets during your permanently because of willful misconduct. voices can be heard.” Commencement Rehearsal Friday evening. Graduates are responsible for their tickets no matter what. Tickets and hands will be stamped upon entry into the stadium seating on Saturday. Tickets have the assigned Commencement Ceremony and times on each ticket. Parking passes are no longer needed for guests, but we do ask that you please have your family carpool as much as possible as parking on campus is limited. Handicap/Accessibility Information: Please let your families who may need See ‘Chernobyl fire’ on page 3 assistance know, they can talk to a parking attendants and be dropped off by the stadium field house for easier access to the stands. Limited handicap seating is Photo from WLOS available. Former district attorney Greg Newman at his removal hearing. See ‘Graduation’ on page 3 Page 2 Campus News The Clarion | May 5, 2021 History, English majors present seniortravel blog and a historical research paper projects that audience during the presentation, enriching By Aia Andonovska Copy Editor specifically focused on the relationship between her project. the National Park Service and the Havasupai Allison Rogers’ presentation is called “How The Humanities Division at Brevard College tribe, as well as making comparisons to other a Forgotten Pandemic Impacted the Rural had in-person senior project presentations on tribes and their relationship with the National Piedmont of North Carolina” and it focused Wednesday, April 28 for history and English Park Service. on the Spanish influenza pandemic that rocked majors. Five history majors—Aia Andonovska, Mary Ragan Clark’s project is called “Was the world in 1918. She specifically researched Mary Ragan Clark, Samuel Hipp, Madison he really an environmentalist? Richard Nixon through the use of newspaper articles, and Ramsey, and Allison Rogers—presented their and the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969.” based her project on her hometown, Shelby, projects starting at 11:30 a.m. English major Clark researched this because she is a history North Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. presentations followed shortly afterward, by and environmental studies double-major. She Rogers is working towards teacher licensure. Aia Andonovska, Kenny Cheek, and Margaret is very interested in environmental law and Kenny Cheek’s project is called “Messages Correll. wanted to know what Nixon did to help the and Morals in Fiction” in which she presented Aia Andonovska’s project is called “People Santa Barbara Oil Spill of 1969, and that is a lesson plan as a future English teacher for of the Blue Green Water: The Havasupai Tribe what she based her presentation on. her future students regarding creative writing and Their Complicated Relationship with the Samuel Hipp’s presentation is called, “Early and short stories. Cheek also read one of her National Park Service.” Her project included a Modern Revolutionaries in the English Civil short stories aloud for the audience to hear. War: John Lilburne, George Fox, and James Cheek has an emphasis in creative writing and Nayler.” Hipp researched how these Quakers is working towards teacher licensure. the Clarion contributed to the modern ideals of liberty Margaret Correll presented last for the and freedom and explained the importance English Department, and her project is SENIOR STAFF of pamphlets at this time which help spread called “College during COVID-19: How Editor in Chief Margaret Correll these ideas. the Experiences of a Global Pandemic Have Managing Editor Madison Ramsey’s project is called “Which Affected College Students.” Correll shared Copy Editor Aia Andonovska Side Are You On?: How a Regional Protest Song information about her interviewees and Campus News Eleanor Flannery Became an Expression of Internal Exploitation her findings through using her journalism Opinion Eleanor Flannery Everywhere.” In this project, Ramsey explored emphasis. Arts & Life Kym Caldwell the importance of Appalachian folk music Congratulations to all of the senior students Sports and how it related to protests at the time the in the Humanities Department for all of their Layout & Design Kym Caldwell song was popular. She played the song for her hard work and dedication. Eleanor Flannery Faculty Advisor John B. Padgett STAFF WRITERS Colyn Brannon Jackson Inglis Simon Donnaway Kellen McGeorge Anna Ervin Harell Mitchell Ann Farash Jake Moore Caroline Hoy Brady Penn The Clarion is a student-run college newspaper produced by student journalists enrolled at Brevard College. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of the staff of The Clarion. Other opinions expressed in this newspaper are those of respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the faculty, staff or administration of Brevard College. All correspondence should be mailed to: The Clarion, Brevard College, One Brevard College Drive, Brevard, NC 28712, or send E-mail to [email protected] clarion.brevard.edu Courtesy of Aia Andonovska Courtesy of Aia Andonovska Letters Policy: The Clarion welcomes letters Madison Ramsey, Allison Rogers, Dr. to the editor. We reserve the right to edit letters Margaret Correll, Aia Andonovska, Brown, Aia Andonovska, Mary Ragan for length or content. We do not publish letters and Kenny Cheek after their English Clark, and Samuel Hipp after the history whose authorship cannot be verified. presentations. (disclaimer: everyone is department presentations. (disclaimer: vaccinated and masks were only off for everyone is vaccinated and masks were pictures) only off for pictures) May 5, 2021 | The Clarion Arts & Life Page 3 Editor farewell This is the final issue of The Clarion for the 2020-2021 year and the last issue of my time as Editor in Chief. I have had such a Mother’s Day great experience with the newspaper and the staff who work on it. It is very bittersweet having to leave it behind. I enjoyed the learning opportunities, the staff meetings, and the creation of the paper every week to distribute across the Brevard College campus. I hope that this paper has gift ideas given everyone some enjoyment and has By Anna Ervin If you’re feeling sentimental, get your mother been informative as it is intended to be. Staff Writer a photobook! These are customizable online I cannot wait to pass the baton to the next Mother’s Day is coming up, and you may be and are simple and fast to order. If you’re leader of the paper and I am excited to see wondering what you can do for those mother feeling crafty, you can print photos of you and what comes next. Even though I will no figures in your life without breaking the bank. her and assemble a frameable photo collage. longer be a student, I am happy to see the Here’s a few ideas to make your mother feel You can never really go wrong with a box paper continuing on. I am looking forward appreciated on a budget! of chocolate or her favorite candy. It’s easy, to the future of The Clarion! Get her some of her favorite flowers! They and you can easily make it into a basket of little items. — Margaret Correll look pretty, smell good, and if you want to step it up you can also buy a nice vase.