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College to remove landlines from
dorm rooms next semester
The Clarion \ December 5, 2008
by Joseph Chilton
Editor-in-Chief
Brevard College students
should all have one thing in
common on their Christmas
lists this Holiday season- a
cell phone.
The College aimounced on
Monday that landlines will be
removed from the dorm rooms
next January, making owning a
cell phone a must for students
in order to communicate with
friends and family.
According to an e-mail sent
to the student body from
Cherie Tinsley, Assistant to
the President, the decision
was made after a campus-wide
survey found that 82 percent of
students do not use the landline
phones in their rooms.
“Brevard College does
recognize that a few students
will be affected by this removal
and will be providing a landline
phone on each floor of each
residence hall for students
to use to make local and
emergency outgoing calls,”
the e-mafl said.
In hopes of accommodating
students who do not have
cellular service, Brevard
College will invite wireless
vendors to campus in early
January to make the transition
more convenient for students.
The survey conducted by the
school found that 96 percent
of students already own cell
phones, leading some students
to applaud the upgrade from
antiquity.
"In my three years here I have
yet to see anybody use their
landline," said SGA president
Travis Wireback.
As with any change,
however, not all students are
welcoming.
“I think it’s kind of stupid,”
m
said junior Megan Street.
“Being able to call room-to-
room for free [on the landline]
saves me minutes on my ceU
phone.”
Kids' Night Out a hit
by Radosav Babic
Foreign Correspondent
The first time ever - Kids
Night Out, organized as a
fundraising opportunity for
Student Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) turned
out to be a great success. There
were 32 kids and SAAC was
able to raise close to $300,
half of which wiU go to a Make-
A-Wish Foundation, while
other half wiU go to SAAC for
leadership development.
Due to a great outcome
SAAC board members may
consider having this event each
semester, hoping to have more
participants each time.
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