clarion.brevard.edu Happy National Kale Day! Volume 84, Issue 6 Web EditionEdition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935 October 3, 2018 SGABy Jeni Welch Constitution amendments Editor in Chief If passed, new clubs will only need five members in comparison with the original constitution that requires 10 and the secretary will be The Brevard College Student Government Association (SGA) has responsible to publish the minutes of the meetings on my.brevard as to initiated new revisions to their constitution. be viewed by anyone. The amendments were proposed on Sept. 25 with two different public All of the amendments and revisions are pending a two-thirds majority forums being held to hear concerns and answer questions. The first was vote before being approved as part of the new constitution. on Monday, Oct. 1 and the second forum will be on Friday, Oct. 8 at 8 A complete list explaining the proposed amendments and constitutional a.m. in Myers Dining Hall. changes was emailed to the student body last week. The final vote on the amendments will be on Monday, Oct. 8 during the “The most important amendments that are pending approval are the SGA meeting. However, the floor will be open to the public for any last ones that had complex language that interfered with comprehension,” comments prior to the voting. If none of the dates are of convenience, said Joseph and Fuesler. “Creating clearer expectations will help us please email [email protected] with your comments so your voices welcome more into the SGA community and not get bogged down in can be heard. the bureaucracy. According to SGA President Bliss Joseph and SGA Treasurer Abi “We want our Constitution to be digestible to the average Brevard Fuesler, SGA’s main focus is “to hear and represent the student body and College student and we also want to make sure it’s relevant and reasonable hear voices from students that we may not have heard before.” for life in 2018.” Earlier this semester SGA created the Constitution Committee comprised The SGA Constitution is supposed to be revised every three years, but of Solomon Turner, Gabe Neckolaishen, Abi Fuesler, Audrey Cardwell it is unknown by current SGA officers when the last revision took place. and Bliss Joseph with the goal of “encouraging more diversity in SGA and Last fall, former SGA President Lauren Fowler announced the need for [to] make a positive visible imprint on the Brevard College community,” revision, but nothing happened. said Joseph and Fuesler. “We are assuming because of her announcement that we were overdue The revisions include the rephrasing and changes to the language of for some revisions,” Joseph said. Fuesler concurred. the constitution, changes to qualifications along with the formats and Both Joseph and Fuesler were elected to their current positions in April combinations of sections to add clarity and avoid redundancy. 2018. Big wins for Brevard College Cycling Team collects 10 first place finishes, 17 total podiums at Mad Dog MTB Race at Kentucky’s Union College over weekend By Phil de Montmollin Sports Information Director BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – The Brevard College Cycling program produced a dominant performance highlighted by a total of ten first-place finishes and 17 total podium finishes this past weekend at the Mad Dog MTB Race hosted by Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. Hannah Arensman, Carson Beckett and Lucas Gomez each won two individual races to lead the flurry of first-place finishes for the Tornados. Tyler Clark, Nicole Rusden and Nathan St. Clair also won individual races to go along with a win by Brevard "Team 1" of Tyler Clark, Hannah Dickson, Beckett and Arensman in the team relay event. St. Clair earned three more podiums in addition to his two wins, while Arensman, Beckett, Clark and Gomez all collected two podium finishes. Sam Munson, Tyler Orschel and Nicole Rusden also registered podiums as did Brevard's "Team 2" (Scott McGill, Rusden, Zack Lowden and Photo by BC Athletics Arensman) in the team relay. Members of the Brevard College Cycling team at the Mad Dog MTB Race in See ‘BC Cycling’ page 8 Barbourville, Ky. this weekend. Page 2 Campus News The Clarion | October 3, 2018 ’90s party is a hit! Alumni Art Campus event gives students a Exhibit On Friday Oct. 5, the Spiers Gallery in the Sims Art Building will being displaying the Alumni Art Exhibit showing through Nov. 2. night to remember The free opening event starts at 5:30 p.m. By Carmen Boone There will be refreshments along with live Arts & Life Editor students born in both the mid and late ’90s. music by Josh Carter. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Morgan Shepard As more and more people arrived, the dance The Spiers Gallery is open to the public and Brandon Lewis in collaboration with CAB floor began to fill up with groups of friends as Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. threw a ’90s party at 9:30 p.m. in the aux gym. well as some skilled dancers. Many of the people Students were encouraged to wear ’90s — Jeni Welch on the dance floor were just having a good time clothes. There were glow sticks being given with friends while others were there to show off out upon arrival at the party as well as light up some moves in front of the crowd. balloons scattered across the floor. The lighting Almost everybody at the party was dressed in was mainly disco lights combined with the glow ’90s clothes. At the end of the night, there was a Correction sticks all the guests were wearing. In the Sept. 26 issue of The Clarion, an article prize given out to the person with the best ’90s Some food was provided. There were about new adjunct history instructor Frank costume. Ilias Clerisier was the winner, his prize meatballs, pizza and punch being served for free Taylor incorrectly suggested that he is currently being a $25 gift card to Walmart. to snack on while taking a breather. finishing an MA degree at the University of The party was filled with food, music, dancing, The music consisted of all ’90s songs; the DJ North Carolina. In fact, Taylor earned a master’s friendship and fun. The party lasted from 9:30 to was Ray Hope-Evans. The dance songs included in journalism at UNC in 2014 and is currently 11:30 p.m. It was a night to remember and gave “The Electric Slide,” “Crank That (Soulja working toward a second MA degree in history Brevard College students a chance to relieve Boy),” “The Cupid Shuffle” and “The Wobble.” at Western Carolina University. The Clarion some stress and have some fun. Many of the tunes played were throwbacks for regrets the error. the Clarion SENIOR STAFF Editor in Chief Jeni Welch Managing Editor Copy Editor Mary Lewe Campus News Zach Dickerson Opinion Julie Carter Arts & Life Carmen Boone Sports Layout & Design Mary Lewe Photo by Carmen Boone. Faculty Adviser John B. Padgett This group of friends had a great time dressing up for the 90s party on campus last week. OTHER STAFF Julie Carter Chloe McGee Kenny Cheek Christopher Phipps Matt Lynch Thomas Wilkins Security Report Matheus Masukawa The most recent security reports for Brevard A harassing note was left on a student’s The Clarion is a student-run college newspaper produced College have been released as of Monday, Oct. residence hall room door suggesting that the by student journalists enrolled at Brevard College. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of 1 at 1:30 p.m., according to Brevard College resident reported illegal activity of others. There the staff of The Clarion. Other opinions expressed in Campus Security. also appeared to be several puncture marks on this newspaper are those of respective authors and do There was a break in at Ross Hall. It is not the door which appear to be from a knife. not necessarily reflect the opinions of the faculty, staff or administration of Brevard College. certain whether the perpetrator(s) may have been Anyone engaging in this activity is subject vagrants or not. The Brevard Police Department to suspension or even expulsion and possibly All correspondence should be mailed to: has been advised and it is under investigation. police arrest for this type of activity. In this case, The Clarion, Brevard College, One Brevard College Drive, Brevard, NC 28712, or send Students are reminded that Ross Hall is the student was not involved as the perpetrator E-mail to [email protected] condemned and advised that the building is flea suspected in the note. clarion.brevard.edu infested. Therefore, not only is it a felony to Everyone is requested to contact Campus break in to the building, but anyone entering is Security at (828)-577-9590 if wrongful or Letters Policy: The Clarion welcomes letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit subject to injury and/or health issues. The Ross suspicious activity is observed on campus. letters for length or content. We do not publish Hall area is restricted and anyone observed there —Zach Dickerson anonymous letters or those whose authorship is subject to police arrest. cannot be verified. October 3, 2018 | The Clarion Campus News Page 3 Sigma Xi on campus Eastridge talks machine learning at many levels By Mary Lewe Copy Editor make it possible to do work in a reasonable On Thursday, Sept. 27 Dr. Sam Eastridge, a amount of time. “When you have big sets of professor of mathematics, gave a talk on “Local data you sometimes have to cheat,” Eastridge Learning and Stochastic Gradient Descent” in said.