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Jan. 25, 2013
President speaks: BC updates infrastructure
By Patrick G. Veilleux
Editor in Chief
With the flooding of the Dunham Music
Center’s basement, students may be worrying
about the integrity of other structures
around Brevard College’s campus. BC
President David Joyce responded to the
Clarion regarding such concerns among the
community.
Joyce said “You can’t anticipate everything
that happens, but thankfully we have
insurance.”
More than a few buildings on campus
have been around for a very long time, and
some people may have wondered, if parts of
Dunham have proven faulty, what about the
other buildings? In particular, what about the
dormitories?
“Our plans are very preliminary, but we
want to make some significant structural
improvements in residence halls, very
expensive but I think we need new windows,
roof repairs and a card access system. We
want to improve safety and security in the
residence halls.” Joyce said. The updates will
also include improved furniture and common
areas. Joyce assures students, “Whatever
happens, the residence halls will look better
next semester than they do now, though I
think they already look pretty good now.”
Joyce has noted that the updates will mostly
apply to Beam and Jones. Most of Brevard’s
“The focus on the living
environments of the students
will continue to be a high
priority for this college.”
students live in these two buildings, so this is
where the most students will be impacted by
the changes. The BC administration is in the
process of planning and finding funding for
the projects, which will, in time, give a more
accurate picture of things to come.
Another construction priority in the future
will be Taylor Hall. Joyce said “We’ve
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had some inspectors look at Taylor, just to
figure out what it would cost to rehabilitate
it. It’s going to be expensive, but you can’t
have an unused historical building, and it’s
deteriorating.”
Joyce has acknowledged that there are
also plans for the Dunham Music Center and
the Porter Center in addition to the needed
repairs. Over the summer Myers Dining
Hall will receive a few updates, mostly
aesthetic.
The problem with a plan is that it takes
money to implement. Joyce has suggested
that there are three ways to acquire funds for
the college plans. “We have lots of needs.
How do you pay for them? One way is to
borrow, there’s no appetite to borrow more
money. We would have to pay it back, and
we’ve had to borrow a lot. We could charge
students more: raising the room rates. Or,
fundraising, which is our first priority.”
Joyce added “Big projects, which we are not
ready for, would require a mixture. We’re
sticking with fundraising, and primarily we
will be investing in the safety and security of
members of the community.”
In this issue...
Campus News:
Voice of the Rivers
...2
SGA Beat
...2
Arts & Life:
Brevard Brewing Co
...3
Music Professor's Research..
...3
Fine Arts Gala
...4
Peer-to-peer Crisis Hotline....
...4
Opinion:
Various Cafeteria opinions
...5
Sports:
Women's Basketball
...6
Lacrosse
...6
Men's Basketball
...7
Cycling
...7
Odds and Ends:
Events Calendar
...8