The Clarion Volume 71, Issue 8 Serving the Brevard College community since 1935 March 1, 2006 The Student Government Association elections for Ex ecutive officers is taking place Tuesday and Wednesday be fore Spring Break. The candidates are: For President: Jordon Huppert and Aaron Motley. For Vice President: Christo pher Dimond and Kody Kinsley. For Speaker of the House: Ja son Martin. For Treasurer: Sarah Lange. For Secretary: Catherine Johns. For C.A.B. President: Kenya Webster. RAs meet with President Van Horn and Dean Yowell Matt Rutherford Arts & Life Editor On Feb. 15 the Brevard Col lege Resident Advisors (RA) were given the opportunity to meet with President Drew Van Horn and the Dean of Students, Sue Yowell, to ask questions about the changes that will be BC Football • new coaches • new schedule seepage 11 occurring in the coming semes ters. The first issue brought up was the status of both Green and Taylor Halls. The Board of Trust ees met last week to discuss this very matter. Green Hall will be refurbished in the same manner as East and West Beam. There will be no air conditioning for the hall as of yet. Taylor Hall, however, will be a much more interesting recon struction. The first floor of the hall will be offices, one large apartment, and living spaces for handicapped students. Taylor Hall will also be redone in a more business oriented design, com plete with state of the art con ference rooms and an elevator. The second and third floors will house men on one floor and women on the other. Heating costs were also raised as a topic. Last Novem ber, heating costs were approxi mately $3,500. With the raise in oil prices, the cost of heating has escalated to over $20,000 to heat the entire college. Students with the status of senior were concerned with the fact that alumni shaping has fallen by the way side. The Presi dent stated that the position for the alumni activities is currently empty and staffing for this area is relatively low. Many of the 19 RAs present expressed their discontent with the current alcohol policy. Yowell and Van Horn both monthly use of the pool costs up to $1,200, while using the pool at the local country club costs less than $ 100. He also said that repairing the gymnasium pool would cost at least $350,000, according to the Sedexo Com pany. Parking may or may not be expanded, according to Yowell and Van Horn. However, a new sticker color system will be implemented next year. Each sticker color will state where you may park. Also, there will be new ways of enforcing parking, such as tire locks. When the topic of break-in insurance and vandal ism were brought to attention, it was simply staled that car insur ance was to take care of all these incidents as the student hand book states. There will be an increase in see Discussion, page 3 Inside: Arts & Life , fi Letter to the Editor... 5 Faculty Spotliglit „ fi IWercy Seat 7 Music review , 9 Movie revievi/ , 9 News ? Comics ,,,10 Opinion 4