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Campus News
The Clarion \ Oct. 5.2012
SGA finalizes homecoming plans and events
By Patrick G. Veilleux
Editor in Chief
The Student Government Association held
a meeting in the Reserve Dining Room to
discuss the final preparations for Homecoming.
SGA President Elise Labus emphasized
that the Student Government would be
working to create new school traditions
during Homecoming Weekend. Homecoming
Weekend will be all the more important
because of the Presidential Inauguration on
Oct. 12, so it was made very clear that the
campus would be more festive than prior
Homecomings.
At the last meeting, the theme was unclear
for Homecoming, but the SGA Executive
Board decided that the theme for Homecoming
would be “No Place like Home.” Labus said
“All the banners for Homecoming will be as
sociated with ‘There’s No Place like Home.”
Groups designing banners will have certain
requirements, these include: the aforementioned
theme in some way, the banner must have
Brevard College Spirit; SGA says that there
must be “BC” somewhere on the banner, some
sort of identifier of the club that the banner
represents, and finally as
SGA so passionately puts it
“No Glitter.”
Most importantly, SGA
wants to establish a kind of
uniformity. Speaker of the
Clubs Rory Northam said
“We want to try and make
these banners as blue, white
and black as possible; if
your logo involves other
colors, that’s fine, but try
to keep it just to your logo.
But anything else on your
banner: the bluer, the whiter,
the blacker the better.”
The Banners will be used
to decorate several units
the Villages, probably the
first, second and third units
of North and South Village.
All completed Homecoming
Banners are due Oct. 8,
submitted to the Campus Life
Offices. Labus said, “We’re
hoping to cover this place in
banners, let’s make this place
awesome.”
SGA will also be building
a connection with visiting
Alumni and will be putting
together boutonnieres for
the Alumni that are planning on being
present. Boutonnieres are decorative floral
arrangements that men wear on the lapel of
dress jackets and collared shirts.
The Campus Board of Activities will
be hosting and running most of the other
Homecoming Events, for information or
opportunities to help out see our CAB list
of events or talk to Rachael Barrow and Liz
Birolin.
SGA has also begun planning to reinstate
the Campus Activities Fund for student clubs
and organizations. The Clarion will be doing
a thorough piece on the proposal in the next
several publications but what can be said
about it now is that $50 or $100 maybe. This
would be added to semester tuition costs in
the future to help create budgets for student
organizations.
Director of Student Engagement Le Tavoloni
said, “This could substantially increase the
financial opportunities for student activities,
and it’s not set in stone. We need to continue
to gather more information from senators to
create specifics. This will not be confirmed
until sometime next semester by Campus
Homecoming has arrived
Life.”
As a point of reference, small colleges
similar to BC usually charge $200 to put
towards a Campus Activity Fund, while larger
schools usually charge $500. If the Campus
Activities Fund were put through the earliest
it would be enacted would be Spring Semester
2013. Tavoloni said, “With the whole student
body’s help it could make a huge difference
for elubs and organizations.”
Progress is being made on the issue of the use
of the weight room in Boshamer Gym. SGA
Senators will be seeking signatures of students
who intend to use the weight room regularly.
This petition will advocate the students’ desire
for the weight room’s aceessibility to athletes
outside of practice and non-athletes.
To find your Class’s Senator, see the
Senatorial list on page 3 under the weight
room article. Senators will turn in these
petition sheets to the SGA office in Coltrane
Underground or to Student Life Activities
Coordinator Mark Mosely within the next
several weeks. Senators should look for an
email from SGA Secretary Carolina Anderson
this weekend, which will have the petition.
by Andrew Gunnin