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Regnerus spoke at Bryan as a part of a week and a half chapel theme titled “Sex, Singleness and Marriage.” His first talk, “What If We Don’t Kiss Dating Goodbye?” began an uproar of conversations still continuing among the student body / Triangle photo by Anna Katharine Thomas

Clari Stewart
Triangle Reporter

From cafeteria tables to the hallways of Mercer, the Bryan College campus has exploded with conversation in response to talks given by Dr. Mark Regnerus in chapel, a “Coffee and Conversation” event and classes where he spoke on the economy of sex, dating, and marriage in the context of popular culture.

Regnerus spoke at Bryan as a part of a week and a half chapel theme titled “Sex, Singleness and Marriage.” His first talk, “What If We Don’t Kiss Dating Goodbye?” began an uproar of conversations still continuing among the student body.

Regnerus is the associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, and he holds three degrees in sociology from Trinity Christian College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He approaches his topics from the standpoint of a social scientist with statistics and facts, addressing the status quo of a society driven by the “economy of sex.” In chapel Monday (Feb. 6) he spoke of how young people easily become frustrated in their efforts to remain physically pure before marriage because the “price” of sex is so cheap in modern culture.

Monday afternoon he took questions from students during a “Coffee and Conversation” event sponsored by the Spiritual Formation Office. Tuesday he spoke in classes including “A Biblical View of Sexuality” and “CLF:Worldview & Life.” Read full story »

Bryan College hopes to offer several exciting new course options to students in the coming semester - including new art classes and the option of taking a winter term. / Triangle photo by Rebekah Weaver

Rebekah Weaver
Triangle Reporter

Every new year brings changes to Bryan College, 2012 being no exception. As students settle in for another semester, the college is preparing to make some changes.

Because Bryan is a liberal arts college, some students are confused why it does not have an art major or minor. In the past, Bryan has not been able to facilitate these changes because of staff shortage or financial difficulties, but recent talk suggest it may not be as impossible as it sounds.

For example, a visual arts minor is already in the works. According to Dr. Bradford Sample, the academic vice president, an art minor will be discussed at the next academic council meeting. Once the proposal receives approval from this group, the faculty and board of trustees must pass it before it is added to the catalog.

If the art minor proposal passes every level, Sample says it should be available for the fall 2012 semester. Elaine Davis will be the main instructor. Read full story »

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
Triangle Staff

Beginning at 9:30 this evening, the Student Government Association will meet as a corporate body to discuss and vote upon a proposal that would dissolve the group for a period of one year. The purpose of the temporary suspension would be to provide a period for students to reevaluate SGA’s purpose, enabling new perspectives and energy to be formed that would allow the group to thrive in the future, according to Vincent Smith, student body president, who is bringing the proposal.  A modified Events Council would still be in place to facilitate banquets and other student activities.  The vote will either end or begin the process of drafting a new SGA Constitution, and a favorable outcome could dramatically modify the upcoming student elections.

Bryan Family,

Over the course of the last few days, several things have happened in SGA that I think deserve clarification and that we would love your feedback on moving forward. I proposed earlier this week that SGA as an entity be dissolved for the period of one year. Events would still be sponsored and planned under a specific Events Council whose positions are still voted on by the student body at-large and the respective classes. One of the main reasons for the proposed change would be to reevaluate the functions of SGA and how it could best fit with the direction of Bryan College as a whole, to clearly see the essentials that the organization provides. I remain firm in the belief that this proposal would be best for SGA and student leaders on campus, but there are many people whom I respect inside SGA and out of it that disagree with me. I believe in this change, others do not, and disagreement is not a bad thing.

The Corporate Body of SGA will have the final vote on this proposal Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the first Corporate Meeting of the semester. I understand that I have simply given an overview and not many specifics on my line of reasoning, so I encourage anyone with an opinion on this issue to please contact your representative or friends in SGA to ask questions and give thoughts.

Thank you all,

Vincent Smith

Your Student Body President