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The Clarion \ March 20, 2009
President Van Horn speaks to SGA
regarding campus money concerns
by Ryan Fiffick
Copy Editor
President Drew Van Horn met with stu
dents at Wednesday’s SGA meeting, of
fering insight into the structure of Brevard
College’s finances.
His demonstration of the flow of money
into and out of the College’s coffers re
vealed the crucial role of tuition dollars in
the school’s capacity to spend money. More
students mean more money.
Using an Excel pie chart in an interac
tive question and answer period with the
members of SGA, he also dehneated how
funds were being aUocated.
The SGA assembly marked the second
meeting of the student body with President
Van Horn in one week, as a very similar
meeting with the Dean Holland’s student
cabinet was held the day before. In both
cases, the President fielded a volley of
questions from students and outlined the
necessity of expanding the college’s re
cruitment focus to newer markets while
upholding the coUege’s tradition of serving
the educational needs of Appalachia.
President Van Horn’s reacted to the dis
cussion easily, saying, “I enjoyed speaking
with the students last night. I feel that it
is important that rumors are dealt with as
soon as possible. I believe that the students
found our time together to be informative,
as it also was for me. The students asked
good questions and made very insightful
observations. I hope that we wiU have more
opportunities for this kind of dialogue.”
Students seemed to appreciate the oppor
tunity for the discussion, applauding Presi
dent Van Horn as the meeting ended. Those
in attendance learned that there are a two
areas in which students can help keep the
college financially strong in the surround
ing economic chmate: apply for grants to
bring more money to the school (they ARE
out there, you simply have to look) and
reduce energy consumption (the less the
school spends on electricity and water, the
more they can spend elsewhere).
Sara McDorman, SGA’s President-Elect,
aimounced that she wiU hold weekly meet
ings with President Van Horn to ensure that
the dialog between the students and the
administration of the College wfll remain
strong and effective.
Environmental Issues Committee
proposes ideas for a greener campus
Academic Quad fountains may be drained and become gardens
from Staff Reports
The Environmental Issues Committee
made a list of recommendations to Presi
dent Van Horn over break that if approved
will help the school become more environ
mentally friendly. Committee chair Ken
Duke confirmed last week.
The recommendations addressed driving
on campus, campus paper consumption,
recycling, and water use on campus. If
approved, the most noticeable change wiU
be that the fountains in the Academic Quad
wiU be drained and converted to gardens.
“Maintenance often requires the fountains
to be drained and since there is no bottom
drain, the water is pumped out and apphed
to the surrounding grass where it can seep
into ground,” Duke said.
“The savings in resources, primarily
labor, used to maintain the fountains are
significant.”
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