COMMUNITY
Representative Cam Boles
Greetings,
Welcome to another year at Montreat College
from your Student Government. We sincerely hope
that you have had a wonderful summer filled with
great memories and possibly some days where you
slept until noon. As the semester has gotten started
off with classes, it may seem too sudden and busy,
especially for you freshman, but we hope that you rise
to whatever challenges await and work to grow and
expand your knowledge and understanding in a Christ-
centered atmosphere. Along with how busy your
summer may have been. Montreat has also had quite
a busy, but God-blessed, summer, filled with promising
updates looking to lead to a bright future for the Col
lege. For anybody still unsure of the financial state of
the College, we have some great news! The budget
is balanced by a record number of donors and money
donated. In other words, we are well on our way to
clearing the 88th and last hurdle for the reaccreditation
process!
Aramark has been faced with the conflict of
needing to raise room and board costs for students. In
stead of immediately deciding tocharge more, Aramark
decided to think about their customer’s (students)
needs and wants first, before automatically increasing
costs. So they diligently dug deeper and found that the
proposed raise in tuition could be avoided at the cost
of a few minor amenities:
• Disallow meal swipes at the Huckleberry for Lunch
(currently it is available for both Lunch and Dinner).
• Eliminate Ice Cream in Howerton Dining Hall (still
available to purchase at Huckleberry).
• Create Winter Hours for the Huckleberry - Close the
Huckleberry from 2-5 beginning around Mid to End of
November.
As of now, these changes will only be perma
nent for the 2012 Fall Semester, as Aramark is very
interested to receive student feedback on the issue
(no tuition raise versus free ice cream) for the spring
semester. We encourage you to write or email the
Whetstone with any comments that you may have, and
how you feel about the changes that have been made
in the cafe.
SGA has been busy in hopes of helping to
make this year a great one for serving you (students)
and truly giving a voice on behalf of your needs and
desires to see certain changes around the College.
We are currently working on a number of projects that
we believe would make campus life a bit better and
more enjoyable for all students. If any student has
an idea, that is not already listed as a current project,
that they believe would enhance their experience at
Montreat, feel free to come by any SGA meeting at 9
pm on Tuesday nights in the Whetstone office on the
main floor of the Belk Center. Also, feel free to ap
proach any SGA member or RA in the dorms to voice
your opinion or suggestion on how Montreat College
could be improved.
Our current projects include worship night, bon
fires, Prayer Week, Hebrew language classes, SGA
Convo, class trips, coffeehouses, and PowderPuff for
Homecoming, along with other Homecoming events.
Finally, check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and
Tumble
http;//www. facebook.com/MontreatCollegeSGA
https://en.twitter.com/MontreatSGA
http://montreatcollegesga.tumblr.com/
We hope you have a fantastic year, and grow
in the knowledge and understanding of our Creator,
and in the world in which He has commanded us to
spread the good news!
Blessings,
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HAPPENINGS
Whetstone Deadline 9/18
^-dToBreathe Concert
9/19
p^^hill Derby 9/28
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Homecoming Dance 10/(T^
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