Hours are:
Wednesday 12-4:30
Thursday 10-7pm
Friday 10-4
Saturday 10-1

Please weigh everything you take at the weigh station.

And don’t forget to visit the FreeStore, which is full of office supplies, household goods, books, toys & other assorted treasures.

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Bookstore hours: May and June, Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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DeVries Gym will close Friday at 5 p.m. Summer hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Closed weekends

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Pool hours

May 15-20
Closed

May 21 – August 24
Mon-Fri
8a-12p, 2p-6p

Sat
Closed

Sun
1p-3p

Closed July 4

3^rd Sunday of every month except for June, July, and August

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall

(On the campus of Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC)

Primarily using The Sacred Harp (1991). Beginners are most welcome and there are plenty of loaner books available. We also have Sacred Harp books available for purchase ($18).

2012 Schedule

Sunday, January 15

Sunday, February 19

Sunday, March 18

Sunday, April 15

Sunday, May 20

Saturday, July 28: Annual Singing, 10 AM – 3 PM, Morris Pavilion, WWC campus

Sunday, September 16

Sunday, October 21

Sunday, November 18

Sunday, December 16

Our annual singing is held in conjunction with the Swannanoa Gathering Shape Note Singing, which occurs on the Saturday concluding the Swannanoa Gathering’s Old-Time Week. It takes place in Morris Pavilion on the campus of Warren Wilson College, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, with dinner on the grounds. Books used include The Christian Harmony (2010), Sacred Harp, and Southern Harmony.

For more information call Sarah and Kevin Kehrberg (828-772-6232; 828-771-3765)

The Swannanoa Journal has been a weekly radio program on two regional radio stations for over ten years.  Five years ago when I was asked to manage this program, a shift was made to center the outreach program around students.  Students of Catherine Reid’s Environmental Journalism and Lockie Hunter’s Feature Writing courses have been annual contributors to the SJ radio program.  The SJ work crew has been vital in also writing and advancing the quality of the recordings from our partner’s recording studio, Asheville FM.

I am proud of all the students who have written for The Swannanoa Journal over the past 5 years. Some articles inspired people into action and even resulted in unsolicited financial contributions to programs such as INSULATE!.  All of the achievements of our students have led to the expanded distribution through of two additional college radio stations (Lenoir Rhyne and UNCA) and the Mountain Xpress online newspaper.  Casey also took the lead in making this expansion possible.

Congratulations, Jay.

1. Never feed a bear. Do not leave cat food outside. Most black bears will avoid people, except bears that have learned to associate food with people. Ninety percent of all human/bear conflicts have been associated with habituated, food-conditioned bears. A fed bear is a dead bear. Fed individuals become pests that will either be hit by a car or shot to protect the people.

2. Never leave garbage or compost uncovered. Secure all garbage in sturdy containers with tight fitting lids. Take in bird feeders (especially suet) until the cold months. Do not clean fish outside of houses. Do not put garbage out until the morning of pick up.

3. Never approach a bear, especially bear cubs. When surprised or when protecting cubs, a black bear will threaten the intruder by laying back its ears, uttering a series of huffs, chopping its jaws, and stamping its feet. This may be followed by a charge, but in most instances it is only a bluff. Keep a distance of at least 100 yards between you and bears. When encountering a bear, leave the area and give the bear the right-of-way. Always leave the animal an escape route.

4. Be alert when hiking in bear territory. To avoid bear encounters, hike in groups, carry noisemakers such as rocks in an empty can, or shuffle your feet in dry leaves to make noise. Noisemakers may not be effective in dense brush or near rushing water. Be especially alert when traveling into the wind because bears may not pick up your scent. Avoid food sources such as berry patches and carcass remains. Watch for bear sign – fresh tracks, digging, and scat (droppings). If you encounter these signs or see a bear at a distance, make a wide detour. Pepper spray only works within 30 feet or closer and may antagonize a bear as much as deter it.

5. At close range keep calm and assess the situation. A bear rearing on its hind legs is not always aggressive. If it moves its head from side to side, it may only be trying to pick up scent and focus its small eyes. Speak in low tones and back away slowly. Do not run. Most bears can run as fast as a racehorse. Quick jerky movements by humans can trigger an attack. Climbing a tree is no assurance of safety because black bears climb well.

6. If you are charged, attempt to stand your ground. Black bears may be frightened off by acting aggressively toward the animal. Do not play dead if a black bear is stalking you or considers you as prey. Use sticks, rocks, frying pans, or whatever is available to frighten the animal away, but do not hassle a bear unnecessarily with noise because this may trigger an attack.

7. As a last resort in the event of bear attack, resistance is usually useless, but a few victims have survived by striking an attacking bear directly in the nose. Bears are an important part of the ecosystem and are worthy of continued protection. For many people, seeing a bear is very exciting and they would not want to eradicate them from our campus. Our campus community is dedicated to the protection of all wildlife, with full regard given to public safety. With your co-operation, bears and people can co-exist, but only if bears are respected as potentially dangerous wild animals, and people act responsibly for their own safety and the safety of others. Problem bears are not born, they are created.

Going on a bike ride or skateboarding? Do you have a helmet? WWC Outdoor Programs now has helmets that can be checked out by students for free during crew hours.  This initiative is geared towards increasing awareness and education about brain injuries on and providing an incentive for students to wear helmets. Stay tuned. Public Safety and the Work Program Office will also be getting sets of helmets that will be available to check out soon.

For more information or questions contact Maddy Dillon, mdillon@warren-wilson.edu

From the publisher: Stories from across North America of contemporary church leaders, parishioners and religious activists who are working to define a new environmental movement, where honoring the Creator means protecting the planet.

Sacred Acts documents the diverse actions taken by churches to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading Christian voices such as Norman Wirzba and the Reverend Canon Sally Bingham detail the concrete work of faith communities such as:

Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis, IN, where parishioners have enhanced food security by sharing canning and food preservation skills in the church kitchen

Georgia’s Interfaith Power & Light, which has used federal stimulus funds to weatherize congregations, reduce utility bills and cut carbon emissions

Earth Ministry, where people of faith spearheaded the movement to pass state legislation to make Washington State a coal-free state.

Sacred Acts shows that churches can play a critical role in confronting climate change – perhaps the greatest moral imperative of our time. This timely collection will inspire individuals and congregations to act in good faith to help protect Earth’s climate.

From The Physics Photo of the Week for April 13, 2012:
Occasionally cirrus clouds show long tails as this photo taken near sunset (5:47 pm) on November 11, 2011 so vividly illustrates.

Cirrus clouds consist of ice crystals and often give rise to halos around the Sun or Moon shown in last week’s Physics Photo. In this case the ice crystals are forming in supersaturated water vapor near the tops of the clouds. The condensing of water vapor into ice is referred to as “glaciating” in meteorology. Because the air is often supersaturated with water vapor way below the freezing point of water, the resulting ice crystals grow rapidly and begin to fall due to gravity. In the case of these clouds, the wind at the lower levels blows in a different direction than the wind at the tops of the clouds. Thus the falling ice crystals are carried laterally for considerable distance before they eventually evaporate. Hence the long tails streaming towards the southeast.

The same phenomenon occurred about 3 weeks later (Dec. 3, 2011) shown in the mid-afternoon photo (below), except the precipitating ice crystals are being blown to the north and eventually disappearing as they evaporate before falling to the ground.

The mid-afternoon event provided a rare opportunity to capture the motion of the cirrus tails to prove the hypothesis of the wind distortion of the clouds. With the camera set to take a photo every 10 seconds, an animation was created. However, the clouds are traveling away from the observer due to the wind velocities at the higher elevations. The animation had to “catch-up” to the traveling clouds. By anchoring the alignment of successive images on some relatively permanent features of the cloud “roots” at their tops, we were able to compose the animation shown below. In the animation we can clearly see the tails blowing towards the north (left) due to the lower altitude winds blowing toward the north – a different direction from the wind at the tops of the clouds. Thus the “comma-like” formations are the result of wind shear at high elevations.

The animation concentrates on the clouds in the left-center of the full-frame photo. The animation is played back at about 20 frames/sec – a speed-up factor of about 200 from the original 10 sec between images.

Physics Photo of the Week is published weekly during the academic year on Fridays by the Warren Wilson College Physics Department. These photos feature interesting phenomena in the world around us. Students, faculty, and others are invited to submit digital (or film) photographs for publication and explanation. Atmospheric phenomena are especially welcome. Please send any photos to dcollins@warren-wilson.edu.

All photos and discussions are copyright by Donald Collins or by the person credited for the photo and/or discussion. These photos and discussions may be used for private individual use or educational use. Any commercial use without written permission of the photoprovider is forbidden.

Click here to see the Physics Photo of the Week Archive.

Product selection is based on availability and prices reflect the 15% Warren Wilson discount. Stop by the bookstore for a complete price list and to view the current selection.

Prospective students will be able to meet faculty, staff and current students; tour the campus; learn more about the academic program, the Warren Wilson College Triad and financial aid; and have an admission interview. Open House visitors also are invited to enjoy lunch as guests of the college.

For more information or to make reservations, call the admission office at 828-771-2021 or 800-934-3536, or e-mail visit@warren-wilson.edu. You also can register online by clicking here.

Steven L. Solnick, Ph.D., New Delhi Representative for the Ford Foundation since 2008, has been named by the Warren Wilson College Board of Trustees as the college’s seventh president, effective in July 2012. He will succeed Sandy Pfeiffer, who is retiring in June after six years as president.

Go here to read more about Warren Wilson’s seventh president. You also can read stories about Steve Solnick in The Chronicle of Higher Education and in The Warren Wilson Echo.