March 2, 2005
The Clarion
SGA Minutes, 3-16-05
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Jamie moves; Sarah seconds; 14 approve; 0 oppose; 0 abstain
III. Committee Reports:
Josh Rosen; BC Recycles has no further updates
Dean Yowell: no further updates
IV. Old Business:
Picture committee has not met
V New Business:
Jayne: Rob Seay has spoke with her about purchasing carabiners; each
would say “Compliments of SGA and Residence Life”; All incoming freshman and
residential students would receive one; $ 545 split two ways, so $275 out of SGA
funds.
Jamie moves to approve $275 for the carabiners; Daniel seconds; Open for
Discussion
cloth name tag/key holders will still be given out
Jamie says carabiners would represent the image of BC
Extras would be used for transfer students
Basketball Championship rings issue tabled for next week
Chris Dimond is welcomed as new Org. Com. Chair
VI. Open Forum:
Heather Hinkle: John Crowe will be here next week; please brmg any
suggestions tomorrow for the open forum he is hosting.
Jordan: Sue Kavli will be at the meeting next week.
Dean Yowell spoke about the privilege of mass email being revoked, the
Student Institutional Relationships Committee and the Information Technology
Committee will be meeting soon to discuss the best way to deal with mass email
security/harassment issues.
A system is being looked at; students may unsubscribe to certain sections (club
announcements, lost and found, etc); the issue of who is authorized to send mass
emails will be dealt with; moderated list temporarily.
An announcement giving information concerning this issue will be sent to the
student body by tomorrow or the next day via email.
VII. Announcements:
Heather: Chemistry Club Tri-Beta is sponsoring a speaker about the ris
of opening border to foreign pharmaceutical companies; will be food, this is
Thursday the 17* at 7:30 in MG 125.
Catherine: Spring Fest April 16 and 17; help wanted and appreciated.
Sarah Lange: Samaritin’s Purse sent a thankyou postcard to SGA for o
help with Operation Christmas Child; was successful and many children enj y
Christmas that normally would not.
CRC meeting right after SGA
Breiss Choir concert on March 23"'. Please Come!
VIII. Adjournment: Heather moves; Daniel seconds; 15 approve; 0 oppose;
abstain
Football
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1. There are no colleges in Western
North Carolina, with enrollments of 1,000
traditional undergraduates, or more that do
not have football as an intercollegiate sport.
2. There are a significant number of
football players who will attend a College
where they can continue to play football.
3. Western North Carolina, Western
South Carolina, Northern Georgia, and East
ern Tennessee are all strong football areas,
and offering football could improve our
marketing ability in those areas.
4. If introduced properly, football could
generate a significant amount of revenue
for the College.
After determining these initial beliefs,
the committee decided that the process
would be divided into five phases: identi
fying institutions to study, research, cam
pus and community meetings, and the final
report.
Following much discussion, the com
mittee started looking into two schools simi
lar to Brevard College that recently added a
football program: Shorter College, which will
begin football in the fall of 2005, and
Shenandoah University, who’s had a foot
ball team for more than five years.
According to the President of Shorter
College, Dr. Harold E. Newman, the two mam
reasons for beginning football were to in
crease the number of male students on cam
pus, and to offset revenue lost by breaking
relationship with the Georgia Baptist State
Convention.
Five months away from their first sea
son, Shorter College says its toughest prob
lem is student housing and reaching out to
commuter students. The residential stu
dents, however, have not been very out
spoken about the program: some think it is
great and others don’t, according to school
officials.
Shenandoah University began its foot
ball program over five years ago competing
at the NCAA division 111 level. From its ex-
see Football, page 13