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BC students go green for the 2nd Annual Sustainability Contest By Courtney Sharp

Staff Writer BC students united over the month of October to create different clean energy ideas for the Second Annual Sustainability Contest. The Sustainability Contest is fairly new to the BC community. It was introduced last year by the Environmental Issues Committee after they saw the student population’s passion for improving the environment. The contest invited students to submit entries that promoted sustainability not only on campus, but in the community as well. The theme of this year’s sustainability contest was clean energy. Contestants were asked to come up with efficient ways to raise awareness about the economic, social, and environmental consequences of individual energy choices and find ways to transition to a cleaner and more equitable energy economy. The contest was officially opened for submissions on Sept. 30. The original deadline for entries was Oct. 12, but the campus received so many entries that the deadline was extended to Oct. 22. This year’s contest received over 130 entries from students. The first place winner will receive a $100 Gift Certificate for the Campus Bookstore. The second place winner will receive a $50 gift certificate, and the third winner will receive a $25 gift certificate. Over 70 entries were submitted by the BC students last year. As a result of the numerous green ideas that students came up with, BC pledged to make these ideas into reality. Students helped raise $10000 for the installation of the solar panels on Myers Dining Hall last spring. Ever since the contest ended, BC has divested its endowment from fossil fuels last winter. Last year’s winner Natalaya Gryson, had the idea of installing electric car stations on campus. BC wanted to implement this proposal so they branched out to Tesla, an electric car company, earlier this semester. This led to the college becoming the first and only college to offer two Tesla High-Speed High-Power Wall Connectors and two free electric vehicle charging stations.

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Stepheny Hine, Stephen Olsen, Thomas Ruple, Mackenzie Williams and join together to show student support for the new charging stations. The charging station concept was the winning idea from last year’s sustainablity contest.

“Brevard College is constantly finding new ways to reduce our carbon footprint,” President David Joyce said in a press release with BC. “By combining leading-edge technology and the forward-thinking of Tesla with our commitment to being a leader for higher education in the environmental movement, we now have the ability to offer the Brevard community a seamless and convenient charging experience.” Robert Cabin, the Environmental Science professor, said that the increase of entries is due to students becoming more aware of the devastation that is happening to the earth. Sustainability is becoming an increasingly

important component of this College, according to the Environmental Issues Committee. “Everyone narrates the Earth,” Cabin said. “This generation has the greatest stake in the future of our planet. Our students realize this and want to do something about it, which is why we have this contest.” The top winners of this year’s contest have yet to be announced. The judges will announce all of the winners within the next couple of weeks. For students who missed the deadline or feel compelled to share their proposal for clean energy, the Sustainability Contest will return next year.

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There’s more to Baker than business By Anna Marie Conard

Staff Writer Drew Baker has been a faculty member in the business and organizational leadership program for eight years and has come to be a well-known and respected person by many of the students. However, there is much more to Baker than just being a professor at BC—he is also the owner of a vacation rental farm, a reviewer for the Wall Street Journal Information Technology email, a proud father and a loving husband. Baker spent his childhood in New York. As an adult he attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. From Dartmouth, he went on to take a job in Chicago working for Harris Bank and attended the University of Chicago to get his MBA. After 20 years of working at Harris Bank, Baker decided to work for a marketing agency, which he did for 11 years. “The good thing is that I had the benefit of having a very varied career in business, so I got to do completely different things every four or five years,” Baker said. In 2008, Baker and his wife Renee moved to the small town of Brevard. Baker started teaching business at BC, and now teaches classes in economics, marketing, management information systems, corporate and personal finance, total quality management, and intro to business. “Teaching at Brevard has been great”, he said. “I love all the subjects I teach and thoroughly enjoy working my all my colleagues in BORG. We’re a great team.” Because of his broad experience, both in working in business and teaching it, Baker recently became the reviewer for the Information Technology email that the Wall Street Journal sends out every week to professors around the world. In 2012, the Bakers worked together to open a vacation rental farm in Brevard. “I'm the chief financial officer and farm slave,” Baker said. “My wife, Renee, is the brains behind the operation.” The five-acre Fodderstack Farm consists of a renovated barn that was converted into a house with three bedrooms and three bathrooms for visitors to stay in. The farm currently has 43 animals, including sheep, horses, donkeys, chickens, ducks, dogs, and cats. Guests in the rental house are allowed to interact with the animals around the farm in multiple ways. Popular animal entertainment is gathering eggs from the hens and working with Renee to groom the horses and donkeys. The vacation rental has become a popular place for tourists to stay. “The two main groups that we get are older couples looking for a fun retreat and small families out of the Atlanta, Florida, and Charlotte areas,” Baker said. The farm has been featured in both Charleston's The Post and Courier newspaper and in the current online edition of “Our State,” a magazine about the best that North Carolina has to offer.

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Drew Baker and his wife, Renee, own a farm used for year round vacation rentals in Brevard.

Along with working on the farm and teaching at BC, Baker is also a student at BC, taking MUS 125. In this class, he is being taught by Lou Mowad to play the guitar. “It's something I kind of used to play as a kid, but not well,” Baker said. His other hobbies include playing tennis and hiking with his wife in the beautiful surrounding mountains. Baker is also the father of two daughters, Anne and Claire. Anne is 28, and works as an architect in Seattle, and Claire works for a company called Epic that develops large computer systems for hospitals in Wisconsin. Between balancing work, animal care, and a social life, Baker is a very busy man, but he has managed to find a way to have fun doing it all. He is passionate about his teaching and Fodderstack Farm, is loving of his wife and kids, and is spirited about his hobbies, demonstrating that what is seen in the classroom is only a small fraction of what characterizes Drew Baker.

BC Wind Ensemble to present fall concert Nov. 19 By Elizabeth Harrison

Director of Communications and Media Relations Audiences can expect a little grace and a little grit in the Brevard College Music Department’s wind ensemble concert Thursday, Nov. 19. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. in The Porter Center for Performing Arts’ Scott Concert Hall and is free and open to the public. The concert features a varied repertoire with music by American and European composers. The ensemble will showcase Belgian composer Pierre Leemans’ “March des Parachutistes Belges,” written for the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides and American composer Vincent Persichetti’s “Divertimento for Band.” This is Persichetti’s first composition for Wind

Band and the piece the composer describes as “graceful” and “gritty” – the former lyrical and melodic, the latter sharp and intensely rhythmic. The Brevard College Wind Ensemble is comprised of students representing several departments from across the campus in addition to talented and experienced members of the heralded Brevard Community Band. “Our concert program was conceived to appeal to many musical tastes through its exceptional diversity representing time-honored standards, intriguing contemporary works, ethnic Acadian folk music, and traditional shaped-note melodies indigenous to the United States,” said Eric Peterson, assistant professor

of music and director of bands at BC. The Brevard College Chamber Singers will make a special guest appearance during the wind ensemble’s performance of “Echoes of the Hollow Square” – a suite of shape-note tunes. Shape-note singing is named for its system of printed shapes instead of standard music notation, which helps untrained singers learn how to read music. It has been practiced in the United States for over 200 years. Audiences will be haunted by the brass and woodwind harmonies and large percussion section during contemporary composer David Gillingham’s “Lucid Dreams.” The piece is See ‘Fall concert,’ Page 6

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Senior kayaker anticipates graduation

By Jessica Wiegandt

Staff Writer Drawn to BC two years ago, senior Carrie Schlemmer will graduate this December with a BORG and WLEE double major. Schlemmer, originally from Birmingham, AL, transferred to BC after spending two years at the University of Alabama. Schlemmer said in high school, BC representatives visited and when she saw it she thought it looked like the school for her. “But as I thought about it, I didn’t want to leave my mom, I’m really close with her,” Schlemmer said, “And then as I stayed on at Alabama, I realized it wasn’t working being so close to home and I didn’t even think about it, I just knew I needed to go to Brevard. And here I am.” While BC was a enticing with experiential education, Schlemmer was also attracted to the location of the school. At 17, she received her first whitewater kayak, and from then on was always drawn to the river. Schlemmer grew up in a family of mountain

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Carrie Schlemmer (left) and Sarah Ruhlen (right) are all smiles during the annual women’s Green River Takeover.

bikers, and many family trips involved going to the Ocoee River area to bike the surrounding trails. “I remember we would walk by the Olympic section [of the river] and I was always like ‘That is what I want to do, Dad’ and he said we should go rafting and even though that wasn’t what I meant, because I wanted to kayak, it was still a step in the right direction,” Schlemmer said. Now Schlemmer’s father and brother both kayak and visit the WNC area to paddle on a semi-regular basis. Schlemmer’s love for kayaking has developed over the years, and for the past two summers she has worked at Camp Merrie-Woode in Sapphire, NC, as river staff. “Kayaking has definitely changed my life,” Schlemmer said, “And at Camp Merrie-Woode I get to teach girls how to kayak and it’s really cool to see the confidence that they get from kayaking.” Camp Merrie-Woode is a special place to Schlemmer, as she was brought in two summers ago and was welcomed by the staff. Her first summer she was scheduled to be the head of the whitewater activities program, but a shoulder dislocation and surgery caused a shift in staff and she worked in the mountaineering program. This past summer she worked as the head of whitewater activities program and was able to paddle every day and instruct girls in a supportive and enthusiastic environment. While Schlemmer’s shoulder didn’t inhibit her this past summer, it has been an issue for several years. Both shoulders have been dislocated enough times that Schlemmer has a method to self-treat it on the river and manually push it back in to continue down the river. “The first time it happened I freaked out a lot and it hurt a lot and then it popped out about five more times after that before I went to go get surgery,” Schlemmer said, “Then after

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Carrie Schlemmer seal launches into the Green River below the class V waterfall “Gorilla”

surgery I was on the Tallulah [River] and the other shoulder popped out! Now I don’t even go to the hospital anymore, I just pop it back in and keep kayaking. It’s worth it.” Schlemmer said one of the largest reasons she paddles is for the adrenaline. The feeling of anticipation, nervousness, happiness, a mix of stress and confidence, and finally the feeling of accomplishment at the bottom of a rapid, keep her coming back to the river. Of all the rivers she has paddled, her favorite is the Chattooga, because it was the first real whitewater river she had ever run. The different water levels and varied sections of the river offer difficulty at whatever level a boater needs, and Schlemmer finds it interesting to be able to look back and see her progression as a kayaker reflected by her performance on the Chattooga. “There’s something special about being on the river and being secluded and, sure, you can hike in, but there’s something about looking around and knowing that you got yourself there and you have to get yourself out,” Schlemmer said, “It’s a beautiful river and I love it.” See ‘Kayaker,’ Page 6

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BC Greens hits the streets of DC By Alex Webster

Arts & Life Editor A group of 15 students and two faculty members traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in a learning weekend titled, Our Generation, Our Change. Sponsored by 350. org, United We Dream, Divestment Student Network, and Million Hoodies, the BC Greens club members attended workshops, participated in an active training session, and took part in group discussions. Senior Emily Crowley and junior Kate Brandhuber coordinated students, travel, funding, and ironed out the details of the trip. They initially discover the organization 350.org and suggested the trip to students in a BC Greens club meeting. Campus Life staff Capri Savage and Gabby Mellendorf chaperoned the trip, making the 10 hour drive from Brevard to D.C. and back in one weekend. Savage and Mellendorf incorporated the concept of Experiential Education into the trip, and led BC students in reflections (the second portion of the cycle). Asking questions like, “How can I take this knowledge back to Brevard?” and, “How has this experience

changed me?” students were able to begin applying their knowledge from the trip. They also then had the opportunity to share with the rest of the group how the ideas and discussions impacted them personally. Each of the students responded differently when asked, “What is the one idea you’ll bring back to Brevard?” Although they had different answers, they all showed maturity and insight with the consensus assuming a greater sense of community between the BC students, and a heightened passion for the causes they went to fight for. Brandhuber said, “I brought back a bit of America’s history with me. Getting to see even a few monuments and memorials was really life changing. I also brought back a stronger desire to question the systems and institutions I trust with my well being and education.” She continued, “Why are businesses and schools still holding back from clean energy? Is the profit really going to matter when we all suffer from health problems caused by mass pollution?” Gabby Smith, a senior English major, attended the trip because she felt strongly about racial issues discussed at the conference. Smith

BC Alumna Laura Williams By Alex Laifer

Staff Writer Laura Williams graduated from BC in 2006 with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Not even 10 years later, she has a highly successful career in voice. She is now an Adjunct Professor of Voice at the University of Colorado in Denver and teaches private voice lessons. She has also performed in several ensembles. While some of these ensembles have been in Colorado others have taken her all over the world to France, Germany, Chile, and Tunisia. William’s education did not end at BC. She went on to get her masters in music from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She attributes her decision to go to graduate school to Professor Kathryn Gresham who went to the same graduate school. In addition, Williams earned a Certificate of Vocology from the University of Iowa in 2012. Williams has been passionate about music almost her entire life. She played the piano since she was seven, and at age 16, she began studying voice. Williams continues to play the piano during her students’ recitals. For Williams, attending BC made sense. Originally from Florida, she moved to Brevard at age 13 and attended Brevard High School. She was drawn to the college’s music and the-

ater programs. Additionally, she was offered financial aid from BC, which was important since she was funding her education. Her education at BC has immensely benefited her music career. She liked the small school atmosphere and individual attention. The music program changed for the better during her time at Brevard. In addition to her music studies, Williams was involved in the theater program - acting in the plays and musicals including “Into the Woods”. She believes that theatre and singing are both means of storytelling. “Playwrights and composers always write something for the artist to communicate to the audience, either through song, words, body language, movement or the lack of all of the aforementioned. The performer through the character's motivation, has to discover what that is, and how best to present it” said Williams. Williams recently moved to Denver from Boulder. She said that living in Boulder was like trying to live in New York City - it was too expensive. She noted that in Boulder living with her dog Harvey made the rent much more expensive. Williams has several upcoming shows later this month and in December including “The Messiah by Handel” where she will be performing in one of four solos

said, “I think [the conference] made me realize that even though I wasn’t really that conscientious of my environmental impact before, I needed to be. At the core of the climate issue are people of color and of low socioeconomic background. They are most heavily affected by these things, and as someone who likes to think of themselves as a humanist, I have to make a change to be more concerned about this and do my part to help.” Overall, the students were very satisfied with the way they were able to learn and grow, but negative comments and remarks from other students at the conference were very off-putting. In a blog post, junior Kayla Leed responded to negative attitudes of other students, saying, “I want to present to you the real issues I have found myself wallowing over: homelessness, hunger, there are people without water. These are some of the few things that had my attention while I listened to people go back and forth about the color of their skin and the moral duties they had, or were denied, because of that particular pigment.” As the BC van and car left the church they stayed at, a homeless woman, referred to as Queen Victoria, waved and blew kisses. She was thanking the students for sitting and talking with her. They pitched in and donated metrocards, a water bottle, and plenty of food. Paying attention to the needs of people rather than the petty comments issued by teens and twenty-somethings seemed to be of greater importance. The idea of success can be defined in many ways, but for the BC students who traveled this weekend, helping at least one person fulfilled their goals for the weekend.

Do you love books? Interested in attending poetry readings? Want to visit an author’s home? Expand your writing skills in a workshop? Check out the BC Literary Society (Get Lit)- we’d love to have you. Get to know your Get Lit officers over coffee at Bill’s Boiler Room 10:30 am Wednesday, November 11th Bill’s Boiler House 6:00 pm Thursday, November 12th Bill’s Boiler House We hope to see you there!

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Men’s Basketball concludes exhibition schedule at UNC Asheville By Eli Sirota

Athletic Media Relation Assistant

BC’s men’s basketball team played its final exhibition match before the 2015-16 season on Saturday afternoon, losing to Division I UNC Asheville 76-64. Playing in a more familiar venue than last week’s exhibition at Auburn, Brevard was able to play competitively with the Bulldogs, even hoisting a lead after a pair of made free throws from Will Brown put BC up 13-11 midway through the first half. Asheville countered with a 12-0 run to end the threat and create a lead Brevard would not be able to penetrate. The Tornados got its closes to Asheville’s lead late in the first half, as a 7-0 rally from the visitors made it a four point game with 2:20 left before halftime. Asheville quickly added five points onto the scoreboard but Miles Leathers made the final bucket of the frame to make it 36-29. The Bulldogs yet again created a big gap in the score, leading by 14 at 47-33 with 16:48 left to play, but Brevard could not bring the score closer than seven before the final horn. Demarcus Threatt led the offense with 21 points, followed by Miles Leathers who had 20 and a pair of steals. Stevie Williams and Omar El Diraoui both grabbed seven boards while Alex Moe had a team-high two assists. Brevard outshot the Bulldogs from the freethrow line, shooting 73.1 percent from the charity stripe versus 55.6. Threatt went 9-10 from the line, the most on either side. Brevard is back in action next week, as the Tornados open up the regular season versus Lander on Nov. 13.

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Postseason push Brevard leaps Tusculum in SAC standings with sweep

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By Eli Sirota

Athletic Media Relation Assistant

Brevard College’s volleyball team ended its two-match skid on Saturday with a 3-0 victory over Tusculum. With the win, Brevard improves to 11-15 overall and 8-12 in the South Atlantic Conference. Entering the match Tusculum (11-16, 8-13 SAC) had a half game lead over BC for eighth in the league standings. With the top eight teams advancing to the Conference Championship, Brevard now has a half game lead plus the tiebreaker since they won both contests against the Pioneers. It is the first time since the Tornados joined the NCAA that they have swept the regular season series with Tusculum. Brevard trailed for the majority of the opening set, forcing a couple of early ties but trailing 15-10 in the middle of the stanza. Brevard muscled its way back from the deficit and took its first lead of the night at 18-17. The two sides exchanged points for the remainder of the set, with back-to-back blocks from Hannah Elmore and Gharachorloo to give BC the first set point at 24-23. Tusculum forced extra volleyball in the set with the following point, making it the first to score two in a row the winner of set one. Brevard kept the advantage in extra play, never trailing after the initial set point, and prevailed 28-26. Elmore set the tone of the second frame early with a pair of kills to put Brevard up 2-0. Brevard had its best offensive set of the afternoon in the second, posting 17 kills on a .424 clip to muscle a 25-17 victory. Tusculum was able to force four score ties in the early phase of the set, and even get a lead at 7-6, but the Tornados were able to take the lead back of a DeMoss

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Whitney DeMoss and Savannah Cox jumping for a block.

kill and never look back. With Brevard slowly pulling away at 16-13, the visitors went on a 6-0 run to put the set out of reach at 22-13. Facing elimination, Tusculum came out of the break with a 3-0 run. Brevard was able to take its first lead of the finale in a 6-0 spree that put the Tornados ahead 9-6. Late in the set, Tusculum was able to get a two point advantage at 22-20, but a 5-1 rally from Brevard ended the contest. Elmore led the offense with 11 kills while Erin Barr had six off a game-high .545 kill percentage. The sophomore setter also had a team-high 31 assists. Gharachorloo anchored the defense with a game-high 25 digs, with Aleksandra Vrvilo having 20. Gharachorloo and Elmore teamed up for three assisted blocks in the sweep with Cox and DeMoss pairing up for two. Brevard controls its postseason fate playing at home against Queens on Nov. 13 and Catawba on the 14 to conclude the regular season.

BC cross-country finishes their season at regionals By Rebecca Martin

Staff Writer The cross-country team competed in their last meet of the season on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Wingate University in the NCAA DII Regional Championship. Despite heavy rainfall leaving the course in difficult racing conditions, some BC runners still managed to run impressive races. In the men’s race, Hassan Kiprono came in first for BC with a personal best time of 34:30.3 for a 10k, putting him in twenty-fifth overall. Following after Kiprono was Jordan Lance, who finished in the top 100 with a time of 37:28.9. The next two tornados to cross the finish line

were Micah Voelzow and Caleb Stanley with times of 42:43.8 and 44:52.4, as the pair competed in their first ever regional race. Mount Olive won the regional meet for the men, with Conference champions Mars Hill and Queens coming in second and third. Unfortunately, since there were only 4 men running for Brevard, their team placement didn’t count amongst the other teams. On the women’s side, Hannah Cook led the girls in her last regional race. She finished with a time of 26:33.8 and broke a BC Cross Country record, making program history, which is the first time since BC has joined NCAA that See ‘Regionals’ page 6

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Hannah Cook in the women’s run concluding her BC career with a 26:33.8 time.

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Atkins moves closer to NCAA era record in Tornados loss

By Eli Sirota

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Brevard College’s football team played its final road game of the 2015 season, holding the South Atlantic Conference’s second-best offense under their average in a 27-0 loss at Lenoir-Rhyne. The Tornados were able to hold LenoirRhyne’s (6-4, 4-3) potent offense off the scoreboard in the first quarter, with senior Modzelle Atkins logging five tackles in the opening 15 minutes of play. On LR’s starting drive, Atkins prevented a touchdown with a forced fumble on Brevard’s one yard line to give possession back to the Tornados. Atkins forced fumble is his second of the season, fourth in his BC career. He now sits tied for second in Brevard’s NCAA era for most in a career, trailing Rufus Jenkins who ended his career wearing the royal blue and white with five. After the Tornados defense was able to cause another turnover on Lenoir-Rhyne’s second drive, the Bears finally found the end zone on its third drive. The hosts added another touchdown before halftime, as their defense blocked a Brevard field goal attempt from Alex Noboa and returned it for seven.

Midway through the third quarter, punter Kevin Weber was able to get his name into the NCAA era record books with a 71 yard punt; a career-best and third longest since Brevard joined the NCAA in 2008. Lenoir-Rhyne added to its lead in the third quarter on a run from Evin Sims, who ranked second in the SAC in rushing scores heading into the game with 11. In the final frame, Brevard was able to push the ball into Lenoir-Rhyne territory twice, getting into field goal position on the Tornados’ penultimate drive. The Bears were able to get a final touchdown before the end of the game, but missed the extra point. Atkins led the defense with 10 tackles, followed by Marcus Lunsford who chipped in eight. As a team, Brevard had four tackles for loss led by Jeremy Chandler with 1.5. Tyler Gregory had 43 yards of passing connecting with three receivers. His longest throw of the night went to Tyler Garland for 27 yards. Brevard finished the contest with 209 yards on the ground, led by Xavier McEachern who had 75 on the ground off 13 carries for a 5.8 average. The Tornados conclude the 2015 regular season on Saturday, Nov. 14 when they host Mars Hill, kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Spiers Art Gallery seemingly absent of artists

By Joshua Cole

Copy Editor Spiers Gallery had its third showing of the fall semester Friday November 6, titled Mindful Places, but the artists were noticeably absent. Amongst the beautiful works by Kelly Adams, David Davenport, and Michael Voors art patrons from Western North Carolina appreciated the quality of work before them, but were disappointed in being unable to discuss nuances of the works with the creators. Not only was the show full of variety, but also cohesion - a quality sometimes missing from shows that display mediums such as painting, charcoal, graphite, photography and more. Adams displayed her graphite drawings which are full of precise detail that when viewed from afar looks kin to an old black and white photograph. The balance between dark and light, along with the way her works are composed draw the viewer in to further examine all the detail - truly impressive works. Davenport featured a number of paintings set up as a grid, each square representing a separate idea or feature found in nature - nature was a

major element for each of the artists in one degree or another. Davenport’s work seems to be telling a particular narrative. Each image leads to the next, but all together the images work together rather than separately. His work is full of bright and bold colors not found in the works of the other two artists. Voors works were similar to Adams’ in the way the theme was similar throughout. One of his titled pieces is called Pompeii - the rest of his pieces follow the same theme of ancient buildings standing in an overgrown nature back in the days of Rome. The buildings stand in stark contrast to the surroundings emphasizing the relationship between human creation and nature. Because of the difference in treatment between the featured architecture and the foliage often times framing it the viewer is left with a feeling that these works are from some distant memory in the human psyche. The artists were unable to attend the event, but Bill Byers, photography professor at BC, mentioned that the school hopes to have the artists drop in on a to be determined evening to discuss their works in detail. The exhibit will be up until Dec. 4, which is the last day of classes for students and teachers.

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She credits her ability to be comfortable outdoors and as a leader to her experience here at BC. John Buford was her Immersion professor and she labels him as one of the professors who has influenced her the most. “He has really changed my life from a leadership perspective, but also as a human being. From Brevard I will take what John has taught me,” Schlemmer said, “He’s really big into servant leadership, so I find myself now asking what I can do as a leader to help my followers. I hope that one day I can be even the smallest bit of the leader John is, because he’s doing something right.” Schlemmer is both excited and nervous for her upcoming graduation, as she looks for a job in the area of WNC. While she is a double major, her focus for a job is currently emphasized on the business aspect. “While I don’t really know what I’ll be doing yet, I know it will be good,” Schlemmer said, “And as long as I get to keep kayaking, I’ll be happy.”

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anyone has accomplished this. The second women’s runner to come through was junior Elena Raygoza, running a 28:02.3. Following Raygoza were four freshman, finishing within just minutes of each other. First came Melia Milne running a 28:45.6, with Rebecca Martin following soon after, running in her first 6k ever with a time of 29:18.6. After Martin, Ruby Lewis and Leah Jostes completed the course, running times of 29:36.7 and 30:07.7. The University of Montevallo earned the women’s regional championship with an average time of 23:29, followed by Wingate and Queens. Brevard finished with ranking 26 out of 27 teams with an average time 28:27. With that, the cross-country season is officially over, with track season starting in just a few weeks.

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based upon a recurring series of nightmares. To contrast the eerie melodies of “Lucid Dreams,” the musicians will soothe with Eric Whitacre’s popular “The Seal Lullaby,” a beautiful adaption of his earlier work for large chorus based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem of the same name. The concert concludes with a two-movement setting of standard Cajun folk songs by University of Southern California Professor and Composer Frank Ticheli.