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NASA arrives in WNC for Solar Eclipse By Calum McAndrew Managing Editor
Thousands of people poured in to the city of Brevard on Monday, Aug. 21, to see the spectacle of a totally eclipsed sun passing over the town. During the event, NASA, and Brevard College’s Associate Professor of Physics Michael Castelaz took part in once in a lifetime research at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Pisgah Forest (PARI). “The PARI event had several components,” Castelaz said. “One part was public, where they were set aside a footprint to sit in and watch the eclipse. The other part was with researchers.” Approximately 1300 people viewed the eclipse at the grounds of PARI, with a small percentage of that number conducting research. Professor Castelaz was among this group of researchers. “There were different NASA groups, doing different sets of atmospheric measurements. The research I was involved in was in Radio Astronomy,” Castelaz said. “There are two big dishes on the (PARI) campus, and we used both of those to view the total solar eclipse. This is the first time, that we are aware of, that a radio observatory has been in the path of totality. For at least another 100 years or so, it’s not going to happen again.” “We decided to do it (make radio observations), and what we were looking at was the corona of the sun, which is very hot, and a lot of it is just plasma, electrons and protons. A lot of people said however, that there could be hydrogen atoms too, but nobody has ever had the ability to look for it. So that’s what we decided to do,” Castelaz explained. “We set up the two dishes to look up at the sun during totality to look for hydrogen. The bigger dish see’s the entire full moon, observing totality, while the smaller dish see’s an area bigger than that, the corona,” Castelaz said. “By com-
paring the two images, we can look for neutral hydrogen gas. This has never been done before.” On Wednesday, Aug. 23, Castelaz went to PARI to sit with the crew that made the observations. “The data is pretty complicated. It’s going to take us sometime, maybe weeks, maybe more, to work to a point where we can even say anything. Research just takes time.” Castelaz plans to present his findings from the total eclipse at the North Carolina Astronomers meeting in late September, though the data is still complicated. “We looked at the data, and just kind of shook our heads,” Castelaz said with a laugh. “It was really quite an effort by the crew up in PARI,” Castelaz said. “I was the research director in PARI, starting in 2001, and the President of PARI, Don Cline, pulled me aside and told me to remember August, 2017, because there was going to be a total solar eclipse over PARI. This was in 2001. He was already thinking about this eclipse. I remember thinking, ‘who thinks that?’” PARI however has not stopped looking towards the future according to Castelaz, who said, “When I was there on Wednesday morning, they were already talking about 2024, when we will have a partial eclipse here. It will be about 85 – 90 percent.” Despite the significance that the results at PARI may yield, Castelaz was far more interested in talking about another important part of the day. This was the social side that arrived as part of the eclipse. “I thought, when I walked from this building (MS) to the Porter Center. The amount of people that were out there picnicking and just having fun, I’m so glad that astronomy could do something like that.” As a professor at Brevard College, Professor
Castelaz teaches several courses in the Physics department. For an opportunity to take a course with him, and to travel to the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, where the experiments of last week were conducted, the course PHY 102 is offered to all students.
Photo Courtesy of PARI
Above: a view of PARI located in Pisgah Forest. Below: image of the solar eclipse.
Photo Courtesy of PARI
Campus News
Cool and quiet in MG Page 2
By Zach Dickerson Campus News Editor
Many of the returning students of Brevard College may notice that something is both new and missing in McLarty-Goodson (MG) this semester. What is missing is the loud, metallic hum of the air conditioning units that used to be in the windows of the classrooms of MG that would drown whoever was speaking in the room. They were taken out over the summer and replaced with newer more silent units that have been placed on the walls of the classrooms. These units are similar to the ones in the dorm rooms
Tower Gardens give back Two tower gardens were purchased last year as the winning entry for the Sustainability Contest put on by the Environmental Issues Committee and are being utilized in the cafeteria to grow food to be used in student meals. Kate Brandhuber, a recent BC graduate and employee of the cafeteria, currently maintains these gardens and has exciting plans for them in the upcoming year. Tower gardens function by use of an advanced form of hydroponics called aeroponics. Instead of planting seeds in soil, a high nutrient agent is used as the base for the seedling plant. The gardens then utilize the tower shape to spray a mist on the inside of the tower in which the baby plant’s roots are able to absorb the water they need. This method allows for a large amount of plants to be grown in a small space and reduces the amount of water required to grow a plant to maturity. Plants such as purple kale, radishes, cherry tomatoes, nasturtium, and even squash will be grown in the towers. “The goal is to provide some exciting vegetarian options and add some color to the line this year,” Kate explained. Another plan for vegetables started in the tower gardens is to transplant them to the new greenhouse on campus so that they can be grown to maturity to be used in the caf as well as contribute to the new Sustainable Agriculture major. Kate added that her hope is that students will see the towers and start thinking about how the food in the caf can be improved now that fresh veggies available which can create new opportunities for healthier and more creative meals that are different than the usual “southern fried favorites.”
of Stanback Hall. Even the windows that the old air conditioning units used to sit in and every other window in MG has been replaced with new insulated windows that help keep the building at a constant temperature. The doors to the classrooms must also stay closed whenever the air conditioning units are running to help keep the air from escaping and the rooms cool. Mary Harris, MG Administrative Assistant, controls all the new air conditioning units in the building with multiple remotes and the master controls. All the units are set in a timer that runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. “All the units in the building are set to the
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same temperature,” said Harris. “We’ll just keep running them at different temperatures until we reach a happy medium that everyone is comfortable with.” Three of the members of the Brevard College Board of Trustees were able to put their resources together in order to obtain a gift of around $100,000 in order to help pay for the A/C units and the new insulated windows. There are also many other new renovations around campus including adding a new gaming area with new furniture in the Underground in Coltrane Commons, updates to Dunham Auditorium (stage lighting, electrical, and sound), and new paint and lighting in East Jones Residence Hall.
Photo courtesy of Zach Dickerson
Above: image of one of the new air conditioning units in MG 102.
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A Tribute to Pat Shores
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Editor’s note: Pat Shores, who served for 21 years as administrative assistant in McLartyGoodson until she retired in 2016, died July 26. She was 79 years old. A beloved member of the college staff, she was a friend to all who knew her, including the Clarion staff. We honor her memory with these articles by a former student and a faculty member who, when he was division chair, hired her to serve as the division secretary.
‘She made us feel at home’
Kara Fohner
2015 Brevard College Graduate Every time I think about Pat Shores, she is surrounded by people. I was at Brevard College for three years, and during those years, that’s how I saw her: I would walk into MG, head to the staff lounge for a cup of coffee, and say hi to Pat. Most of the time, there would be students standing around her desk and chatting with her. I got to know Pat better during my last years of college. During my senior year, Pat took me to a burrito shop for my birthday. I was lonely, and she must have sensed that. At one point, I interviewed her in an attempt to glean stories from her life for a book of poetry about Transylvania County. During that conversation, she spoke quietly about her life’s hardships, downplaying them. It was probably because I was a student, existing in a different version of reality than the one she had lived in for so long. But she was honest, and through her honesty, she somehow managed to bridge that gap, and not just with me. I’ve talked to student after student who had a similar experience. I don’t want to romanticize Pat. Death often leads us to write through tinted glasses, idealizing the the ones we’ve lost by emphasizing their most positive traits. I know Pat struggled with health problems late in her life, and I know her personality had dimensions to it that we, as students, probably didn’t often see. But the sides we did see — her quick, provocative wit, her kindness, and later in her life, her vulnerability, those were authentic. Pat was real, and I believe that’s why we were drawn to her. We came for the coffee at first, but we stayed because of Pat Shores. She made us feel at home.
Kara Fohner and Pat Shores, Graduation Day, 2015.
Pat Shores: ‘The eye of a hurricane’ Dr. Ken Chamlee
Professor of English When I remember Pat Shores the image that comes to mind is the eye of a hurricane, a smooth center surrounded by a storm. I see her at her desk in McLarty-Goodson 101, a swirl of students, faculty, and staff spiraling through her office requesting handouts, syllabi, and award certificates; then she gets up, adds more paper to the copier, calls for a new toner cartridge, refills the insistent coffee machine, answers the phone, channels a maintenance request, and prepares a sign-up sheet for the next divisional party. All this she does while bantering with the crowd until the swarm moves on with the next class change. Then she goes back to her chair and says “Wasn’t that just crazy!?” That’s the Pat we all knew—dedicated and determined through all the distractions and dysfunction of a sometimes manic workplace. Most of us think having just one boss is probably excessive, but being the administrative assistant first to two divisions and later to three, Pat’s bosses numbered about 30. How did she do it?
She did it with good humor and cheerfulness. There wasn’t a day in 21 years that Pat and I didn’t laugh about something. She was easy to work with, fun to be around. She also did it with an overriding sense of willingness and helpfulness--Organizing the details of a divisional dinner, showing up early to oversee the arrangement of food and plates, staying after to clean it up. The extras. Most notably, she managed her work with genuine care for all of us—students and colleagues. A good listener, a sympathetic counselor, a comforting presence. The students especially knew this. When you stepped into Pat’s house, the first thing you saw right there on the wall facing you was a plaque reading Outstanding Staff Member award, given by the Student Government Association of Brevard College. How deservedly proud she was of that recognition. Pat Shores will forever be a part of the fabric that makes Brevard College more than an assemblage of offices, functions, and titles. She was a vital thread, colorful and compassionate, immutably woven into our lives and memories.
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“Leadership, Management, and Business” Speaker: Stephen Marsh Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. in MG 125
Campus news
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Parking and Regulations
2017 - 2018 By Stan Jacobsen
Director of Safety, Security, and Risk Management Many students are still not complying with those regulations. They are parking illegally in yellow lined Faculty spaces, in the grass, and along the curbs (especially the curb behind Stanback Hall). Please note that there have been a few changes from last year. For example, some of the lined spaces in front of the gym have been changed to yellow which designates them as Faculty parking. Please observe our parking regulation in order to avoid a $30.00 ticket. I appreciate your cooperation.
Photo by Jeni Welch
See ‘Wintergreen Falls’ on page 7
This week at Brevard: Wednesday: CAB meeting at 6 p.m. Coltrane Student Center Illusionists at 9 p.m. Ingram Auditorium Thursday: FCA meeting at 8:15 p.m. Stanback Basement Friday: Cross Country at Tusculum Open Saturday: Football at Davidson 7 p.m.
Photo by Florian Peyssonneaux
The new D.D Bullwinkel’s store on Main Street in Brevard. See page 7 for more details.
Sunday: Afternoon paint class at 2 p.m. Coltrane Student Center
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Video game Review: ‘Drop Alive’
Opinion
Netflix Spotlight:
‘Daredevil’ the adaptation we were waiting for By Jordon Morgan
By Amanda Heskett
Staff writer “Drop Alive” is a PC game that features a living drop of water as the protagonist whose objective is to try and get out of the house it’s trapped in and into the river outside. Through several platformer-styled levels, the player will guide the little drop of water through obstacles in the house. By replenishing the drop’s size with water and coins allow for the use of its power to change into steam and ice. The art style of the game gives the feeling of being hand-drawn, causing a whimsical vibe as the player is immersed in the house. The fire in the game, for instance, doesn’t look like fire how we usually see it however, in this game it fits with the atmosphere. The graphics are made to appear how objects may look or feel at the scale of a drop of water. The game doesn’t have any tutorial, leaving the player to figure it out. It has the same basic controls as most PC games have, with the keys W, A, S, and D to move and the spacebar to jump, but there are no directions to give insight. The water drop has the ability to wall jump and when in the form of steam the water can dive down. The ability to figure out the key components of the game allows for wonder and discovery for the player. The levels in this game are short and allow the player some breathing room to figure out which things will hurt the water drop, how to complete the level and how to change forms, without losing too much progress when a level isn’t completed successfully. In the first level, the game is very linear, as the player figures out how to play. Going forward however, there are many different paths to get to the destination. The initial path may not be the best course of action, which allows for maximum exploration within the game. “Drop Alive” is a game with a unique challenge. The short level rounds allow for casual playing but encourages players to explore multiple options to successfully escape the house and get back to the river.
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Editor-in-chief
In the wake of the debut of the Netflix original, “Marvel’s The Defenders,” it’s important to look back to the first season of the sleeper hit show that began it all, “Daredevil.” Released in 2015, “Daredevil” tells the tale of Matthew Murdock (Charlie Cox), a lawyer by day, vigilante by night. In this tale, Murdock is in a perpetual war against Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'onofrio), a crime overlord who has Hell’s Kitchen firmly in his grasp. Given that up to this point the only liveaction representation of Daredevil was the 2003 film starring Ben Affleck, which at best was mediocre, this TV series had a lot to make up for, and it did that in spades. The show harkens back to the Frank Miller run of the character during the 1980’s, with violence that sometimes is horrific and shocking, but never goes over the top with it. The shock that comes with some of the most violent moments in the show feel earned, not exploitative, and sometimes even necessary to convey the harshness that the show is presenting. On that note, the action scenes that occur are extremely well-choreographed and intense. They also never overstay their welcome, often ending at just the right time to let you catch your breath. More importantly, the show doesn’t oversaturate itself with action either. It is sometimes an unfortunate habit of superhero shows and films to throw in action to make up for narrative shortcomings. Both of these particular elements are just two positive elements of the larger aspect that this show nails so well, the pacing. Even with 13 episodes at almost an hour apiece, the pacing of the storytelling and the aforementioned action is pitch perfect. The appeal of Netflix is that its shows often are presented in a way that just makes you want to keep binge watching until it's over, and this show lives up to that criteria in a huge way. It is all backed up by a cast of characters that are relatable and interesting. Charlie Cox
especially seems like a perfect fit for the The Man Without Fear, bringing an intensity and ferociousness when it calls for it, but also a sense of empathy and humbleness that bring him into being a fully realized person that genuinely grows and changes as the series goes on. Likewise, Vincent D’onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, or Kingpin as he is referred to in the comics, is also a stellar performance of an iconic character. D’onofrio brings to life a Fisk that is confident, intelligent, reposed and, when he is provoked, terrifying. The show does such a fine job of presenting Wilson Fisk as someone who is nigh impossible to take down, someone who is rich and powerful not just financially, but physically. Without spoiling too much, when he is finally taken down, it feels like a well-earned victory at the end of a brutal, hard fought war. “Daredevil” also succeeds at building up a world that is open to future crossovers. The biggest complaint, justifiably so, of the DC Extended universe as well as the so called “Dark Universe” that Universal tried to set up with the Tom Cruise vehicle “The Mummy,” is that they try too hard in creating worlds without creating characters that feel justified in existing in them first. Subsequently, characters that should feel important and epic just feel like an afterthought that were put aside to build up their respective worlds to then make money. To that end, Netflix focuses on one thing and one thing only, Daredevil himself, and they succeed with flying colors. In the end, you should absolutely go out of your way to watch this show. Even if you’re not into the superhero genre as a whole, “Daredevil” still tells a gritty, dark, and yet uplifting tale of sacrifice, determination, and heroism in the face of hopelessness that should not be put aside. Seasons one and two of “Daredevil” are on Netflix right now, so what are you waiting for?
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Summer Job Series: Guiding the Boundary Waters By Jessica Wiegandt Arts and Life Editor
Paddle, portage, camp, repeat. Junior Sam Willis, WLEE and BORG major, spent his summer as a Trail Guide at YMCA Camp Menogyn in Minnesota. Willis returned for his second summer and was able to sologuide two self-supported canoe trips. Camp Menogyn is located one portage (the carrying of a boat and cargo between two navigable waters) over from the official border of the Boundary Waters between Canada and the USA. Campers are between grades 7-12 and the programs offered are canoe trips, backpacking trips and rock climbing trips. “Depending on age and skill level, campers can go on trips that are only a few days long or can work their way up to 50-day trip expeditions,” Willis said. “The longest canoe trip is a 22-day session in Quetico [one of Ontario’s provincial parks] and this summer I guided two canoe trips this summer, both times I was the solo guide.” Solo-guiding requires skills in not only canoeing and navigation, but also in group management as the staff member is the only leader for the entire expedition. One of the trips Willis led was a 16-day paddle-building session, where campers learned how to build their own paddles. “We spent an extra day in camp at the beginning to build our paddles and then we took those paddles out for the next 12 days on trail,” Willis said. The other trip Willis guided was an eight-day session where the group was dropped off at one lake and paddled back to Camp Menogyn by the eighth day. Willis found Camp Menogyn in the summer of 2016 when his cousin brought it to his attention. According to Willis, he had applied to a couple different companies but hadn’t heard back from any by late May and he needed a summer job. “I didn’t know much about it before I got there. I knew it was a camp, I knew there was canoeing, but I wasn’t actually sure what I was in for,” Willis said. “When I showed up, all I saw was one building and a lake and I thought to myself ‘This is it?’ and then I realized I had to take a boat across the lake to get to the actual camp.” Camp Menogyn utilizes the remote location to encourage campers to grow as leaders and stewards of the world. Willis often taught backcountry living skills, along with other skills sessions, including a paddle building class. The backpacking and canoeing trips work in a progression-based trip selection. First-time campers go on shorter trips that require less skill and as years pass, trips become progressively more challenging. “Once you get on the 16-day backpacking trip you get to go to Yellowstone [National Park] and for longer trips you start looking at trips to places like the Sawtooths [a mountain range in Idaho], the Jasper Wilderness area in Canada…” Willis said, “As far as canoeing goes, the next progression from the initial 14-day trip is a 21-day in Quetico Provincial Park where you start in Canada and paddle back into America.” The canoe trips extend to 30-day trips as well, which are known as the Northwestern trips. These trips paddle rivers in the Northwest Territories in Canada, eventually leading up to running whitewater on the rivers. “We did three long trips this summer,” Willis said, “One of them started in a small town in a Northwest Territory and the group paddled up to the Arctic Ocean.” Willis had the opportunity to drive one of the 50-day trips to their dropoff location, so he was able to see a lot of Canadian wilderness. However,
he said the most interesting part of the summer was being a solo-guide for his trips. “It’s not industry standard to have solo guides,” Willis said, “It changes the dynamic of how you guide because you don’t have someone else to bounce your ideas off. The decision-making process is on you at all times. It’s up to you entirely to make the best decisions for you and your campers.” Willis also said returning campers are a helpful resource to use. As guides and campers progress to longer trips, the campers begin to know what to do in camp and how to help the guide as the group lives in the backcountry. Seeing campers progress throughout the trip is what Willis enjoys seeing most during the summer. He takes pride in watching as his campers learn how to properly guide a canoe through the water and fine-tune their cooking skills in the wilderness. He also said noticing the scenery changes within the Boundary Waters is incredible. “On one lake you’ll be paddling through an area that was recently affected by a fire and it’s all new growth, just basically blueberry bushes, and then you’ll portage over to another lake and there’s cliffs and heavily forested areas,” Willis said. “It’s incredible to see the contrast of each lake, especially with the knowledge that they were all formed from this one big glacier back in the day. It’s beautiful.” Willis said he had limited knowledge of canoeing prior to working at Camp Menogyn because he took the whitewater canoeing class at BC, but he learned most of what he now knows through guidance from returning staff members. “Being in the WLEE program really helped me get a foundation of knowing how to live in the backcountry and studying group management but the experiential education aspect of being thrown into leading the trips when I got up there was the biggest learning experience of it all,” Willis said. “I know a lot now about working efficiently in the outdoors by pairing my major with this job.”
Willis (in front) leading canoe trip in Canada.
Photo courtesy of Sam Willis
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Arts & Life
The new D.D Bullwinkel’s By Florian Peyssonneaux
Opinion Editor D.D Bullwinkel's and the Moose Track grand opening happened on June 21 in downtown Brevard. Those two stores previously existed in Brevard, but due to a lack of space and desire to expand as they moved on 60 East Main Street. This store now brings D.D Bullwinkel and Moose Track in the same building, even though each shop will keep its own identity and products. The main goal of changing location is to expand the range of products that was available in the previous location. More space has been made in Rocky’s to have a part unique for the restaurant and one for the retail products. For people who are not familiar with this store, it is family owned and focuses on selling items for consumers who like outdoors sports and activities. Adam Perkins, who is a former Brevard College student, is the co-owner of the store.
In this new location customers will be able to find new items such as camping gear, rock climbing equipment, and full service outfits. The goal being to “give people from Brevard an outdoor store close to where they live, so they don’t have to drive half an hour to find what they want” said Perkins. The store itself is over 7000 square foot of retail space divided in a two story building. Because the grand opening was delayed from the beginning of the year to this summer, employees are still figuring some details out such as a new inventory system. “Opening in the rush of the summer season was tough, but in the end things worked out well” said Perkins. This two-story store offers a great variety of products for outdoors sports and activity. Perkins also said that the new location allowed him to “expand the product offering such as equipment for rock climbing, or display the ENO hammock in a more visible way.”
Trail Review:
Wintergreen Falls in DuPont State Forest By Jeni Welch Copy Editor
Brevard is located in the heart of waterfall country and while students find their routine for this semester, exploration time should be worked into the schedule. Wintergreen Falls a two-tier waterfall which cascades into a wading hole below while the accompanying trail is easy terrain and walking to the falls is well within grasp of an afternoon adventure in in Dupont State Forest. The trail is available to bikers and pets and traffic is limited on the trail, which is surprising due to the accessibility of the waterfall. To access Wintergreen Falls from campus, drive toward DuPont State Forest on US 64. Turn right onto DuPont Road and then take a left on Sky Valley Road, which will be less than a mile past the Oskar Blues REEB Ranch bike park. Continue driving on Sky Valley for 1.5 miles, the road will turn to gravel and the Guion Farm parking lot will be on the left. The trail head for Tarkiln Branch begins towards the left of the parking area two large
rocks mark the trail head. This connects directly to Wintergreen Falls. There are two different ways once you start the trail to end up at Wintergreen Falls. The quicker way is to cut off to the left between two rocks, in the beginning of the trail, after the open field on the right. Neither of the options are difficult or strenuous, only a time difference is affected. There will be two more left turns on the trail, regardless of which way is chosen. The rest of the turns are well marked with signs in the middle of the intersections. On the shorter path, it is only a 20 to 30 minute walk to the bottom of the falls that stands around 20 feet high. The waterfall is rocky and has a side path that leads up to the center of the falls where there is a pool of water. The water is not quite deep enough to swim in but is at a level to wade in and cool off. The water is cold but refreshing after walking the incline to the base of the falls. It is important to note that the walk back out is at an uphill slant. It is not difficult but does require more effort than the hike in.
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Another plus for this local business compared to its previous location is the map room on the second floor. This gathering space is a social place in the store with maps of the region, couches and a bar. Tap beer is available, and in the future the store wants to have a greater range of beers. According to Perkins, the goal is to offer an experience to the store “so people don’t just walk around in the store, we want to give customers a unique experience when they come at D.D Bullwinkel and the Moose Track.” Other local business are enthusiast about the opening of D.D Bullwinkel’s as it will attract tourists and customers in downtown Brevard. “It was great to see the support from the community for the opening of the store” said Perkins. In addition, BC students will receive 10 percent discount by showing a valid student ID on most products available in the store.
the Clarion Senior Staff Editor in Chief . . . . Jordon Morgan Managing Editor . . . Calum McAndrew Copy Editor . . . . . . Jeni Welch Opinion . . . . . . . . Florian Peyssonneaux Arts & Life . . . . . . Jessica Wiegandt Sports . . . . . . . . Campus News . . . . Zach Dickerson Layout & Design . . . Jeni Welch Faculty Adviser . . . . John B. Padgett
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The 2016-2017 Brevard College cycling team
First weekend of cycling races
By Payten Maness
Staff Writer The BC cycling team will take to the trails this weekend in the first race of the season, which will be held this weekend, Sept. 2 and 3, at the Oskar Blues REEB Ranch. Racing will start with the cross country men at 8 am on Saturday and run until the end of the slalom race around 4 pm. On Sunday the women's short track starts the day at 9 am and the racing ends with the downhill racing finals at 1:30 pm. The REEB Ranch is located just 20 minutes from campus off Crab Creek Road. The park will also be open for non racers to ride the trails for $10. There will also be a food truck at the race site. Teams will be coming from all over the Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference for the first race of the season. The University of Florida team is traveling the farthest coming seven and a half hours from Gainesville, Fl. Most teams will only only travel a couple hours to get to the race. As the defending D1 National Champions, the BC team is expected to perform well and end the weekend with several podiums. Some other teams to watch are Lees McRae who got 4th at
D1 Nationals as well as Warren Wilson College who was 1st in D2 Nationals. This is the first of hopefully many years of using the REEB Ranch as the home course for the cycling team. The staff at the REEB Ranch
have helped the BC team set up the courses and prepare the site for racing. Be sure to see the BC team race this weekend in a fast and competitive environment.
BC Athletics Upcoming Schedule: Football: Sept. 2, 7 p.m. @Davidson Sept. 9, 1 p.m. Emory and Henry (home)
Mens Soccer: Sept. 2, 6 p.m. Point U. (home) Sept. 9, 2 p.m. Huntingdon (home)
Volleyball: Sept. 2, 4 p.m. @West Virginia Womens Soccer: St. Sept. 2, 2 p.m. @St. Andrews Sept. 3, 11 a.m. @Virginia Union Sept. 9, 2 p.m. @ Averett Sept. 3, 3 p.m. @Pfeiffer
