Volume 84, Issue 6 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
SGA Constitution amen
By Jeni Welch
Editor in Chief
The Brevard College Student Government Association (SGA) has
initiated new revisions to their eonstitution.
The amendments were proposed on Sept. 25 with two different public
forums being held to hear concerns and answer questions. The first was
on Monday, Oct. 1 and the second forum will be on Friday, Oct. 8 at 8
a.m. in Myers Dining Flail.
The final vote on the amendments will be on Monday, Oct. 8 during the
SGA meeting. However, the floor will be open to the publie for any last
comments prior to the voting. If none of the dates are of convenience,
please email bcsga@brevard.edu with your comments so your voices
can be heard.
According to SGA President Bliss Joseph and SGA Treasurer Abi
Fuesler, SGA’s main focus is “to hear and represent the student body and
hear voices from students that we may not have heard before.”
Earlier this semester SGA created the Constitution Committee comprised
of Solomon Turner, Gabe Neckolaishen, Abi Fuesler, Audrey Cardwell
and Bliss Joseph with the goal of “encouraging more diversity in SGA and
[to] make a positive visible imprint on the Brevard College community,”
said Joseph and Fuesler.
The revisions include the rephrasing and ehanges to the language of
the constitution, changes to qualifications along with the formats and
combinations of sections to add clarity and avoid redundancy.
If passed, new clubs will only need five members in comparison
with the original constitution that requires 10 and the secretary will be
responsible to publish the minutes of the meetings on my.brevard as to
be viewed by anyone.
All of the amendments and revisions are pending a two-thirds majority
vote before being approved as part of the new constitution.
A complete list explaining the proposed amendments and constitutional
changes was emailed to the student body last week.
“The most important amendments that are pending approval are the
ones that had complex language that interfered with comprehension,”
said Joseph and Fuesler. “Creating clearer expectations will help us
welcome more into the SGA community and not get bogged down in
the bureaucracy.
“We want our Constitution to be digestible to the average Brevard
College student and we also want to make sure it’s relevant and reasonable
for life in 2018.”
The SGA Constitution is supposed to be revised every three years, but
it is unknown by current SGA officers when the last revision took place.
Last fall, former SGA President Lauren Fowler announced the need for
revision, but nothing happened.
“We are assuming because of her announcement that we were overdue
for some revisions,” Joseph said. Fuesler concurred.
Both Joseph and Fuesler were elected to their current positions in April
2018.
Big wins for Brevard College Cycling
Team collects 10 first place fiinishes, 11 total podiums at Mad
Dog MTB Race at Kentucky’s Union College over weekend
By Phil de Montmollin
Sports Information Director
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - The Brevard College Cycling program
produced a dominant performance highlighted by a total of ten first-place
finishes and 17 total podium finishes this past weekend at the Mad Dog
MTB Race hosted by Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky.
Hannah Arensman, Carson Beckett and Lucas Gomez each won two
individual races to lead the flurry of first-place finishes for the Tornados.
Tyler Clark, Nicole Rusden and Nathan St. Clair also won individual
races to go along with a win by Brevard "Team 1" of Tyler Clark, Hannah
Dickson, Beckett and Arensman in the team relay event.
St. Clair earned three more podiums in addition to his two wins, while
Arensman, Beckett, Clark and Gomez all collected two podium finishes.
Sam Munson, Tyler Orschel and Nicole Rusden also registered podiums
as did Brevard's "Team 2" (Scott McGill, Rusden, Zack Lowden and
Arensman) in the team relay Members of the Brevard College Cycling team at the Mad Dog MTB Race in
See 'BC Cycling' page 8 Barbourville, Ky. this weekend.