Volume 64: Issue 5
Brevard College
For hearts and minds as large as the mountains
Wednesday, March 6,1996
SGA Ratifies New Constitution
Jon Ostendorff
Editor
The Student Govenunent Association
officially passed the new student
constitution into law on Feb. 29, 1996.
This new constitution was created to
generate more student involvement and
better organization of the SGA.
Some of the improvements consist of
the creation of a student senate which is
made , up of elected Residence Hall
represenatives.This Senate will consist of
24 senators that will act as the legislative
body of the SGA. The senate was created
to offer the students an organized way of
voicing their opinion through the SGA in
the form of a bill. The bill is then voted
on by the senate, and if passed, it is sent
to the SGA president. The President may
then approve the bill or veto it and send it
back to the senate. -
The other three groups of the SGA
will be the Judiciary Branch, Social
Board, and the Executive Branch. The
Judiciary Branch will hold the student
appeals court and become involved in the
impeachment process if such a need
should arise. This power was not given to
the Judicial Board in the old constitution.
The Social Board will plan and
present campus events as they have done
in the past.
The executive branch will consist of
the SGA President, the SGA Vice
President, and the SGA secretary.
Mr. Steve Martm, Dean of Campus
Life, was very influential in the drafting
of the new constitution. At the meeting of
the current SGA members he explained
the new constimtion and the reasons for
its creation , “This SGA has to grow in
its power and its voice as the college
grows into a four-year instimtion”.
Steve Martin, Dean of Campus Life, displays the old two page Constitution
Chiaroscuro Contest Winners Are Announced
Rhonda L. Parker
Staff Writer
“(ke-ar-uh-iAyoor-o); the treatment
of light and shade in order to produce the
Olusion of depth.” This is the official
definition of the title word of the Brevard
College literary magazine, the
Qiiarosciiro.
This year, twelve Brevard College
students received honors in the annual
literature/art contest for the publication.
First and second place and four
Honorable Mentions were given in each
category.
In the literature division, Brooke
Dean won first place for her prose
“Nostalgia Through the Hourglass”,
while Joe Gibson took second place for
his prose, “Running a Great Race.”
Honorable Mentions included Tanja
Sveda for her poem, “My Request ,
Rhonda Parker for her poems “A State of
Being”, and “Sidewalk Angel”, and
Ortiz
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Contest wiimers stand with Mrs. Jackson. From left to right. Joe Gi
Brooke
Konstanin Stoyanov for his prose “A
Trifling Family Problem.”
Austin Ortiz took fu-st place in the art
ndivision of the contest
I with his pencil drawing,
“Self-Portrait.” Second
I place went to Chris
I Behrens for his untitled
I pen and ink. Honorable
I mentions were given to
] Donna Pimental for her
pencil drawing “2
Tyrannosaurus Rex”, Cory Phillips for
his pen and ink “A Peaceful Stream”,
Chris Behrens for his untitied pen and
ink, and Matt Cherry for his untitled pen
and ink.
Each first place winner received $30
for his or her contributions, and second
place winners received $20.
LiteraWre pieces were judged by
Marijo Moore and John Foster West, who
are both published authors. Art pieces
were judged by Robert Hauser, owner of
“Brush and Pallet” in Brevard, N.C.
This fall. Peggy Jackson took over
the job of advisor to the Chiaroscuro
staff. She and two students, Cory
Phillips and Konstanin Stoyanov, are
responsible for putting the literary
magazine together.
The origin of the name of the literary
magazine is shrouded in mystery, but the
publication itself has been in existence for
more than twenty years. Students,
faculty, and staff are allowed to submit,
but the literature/art contest is open to
students only.
Peggy Jackson has a few ideas of
where the publication will be going in the
futore. “The magazine wish list would
include going to a statewide literamre
competition in addition to student
literature and art contests and having a
budget that would allow for color
reproduction of artwork. As it stands
now, our budget doesn’t even cover
printing costs, and the magazine is having
to use some of the funds allocated to the
Humanities division just to cover these
basic costs.”
She also went on to say, “Not being
able to meet printing costs is just one
sadness associated with an inadequate
budget. If every student enrolled here
wanted a magazine, he/she would not be
able to have one because we aren’t given
enough money to be able to provide a
copy for each student.”