Bryan College Triangle

SGA Senate is proposing a resolution that will restrict RA applicants to rising juniors and seniors / Triangle photo by Jessica Slade

Alex Green
Assistant Online Editor

Rising sophomores will no longer be eligible for RA positions if the Office of Student Life adopts a resolution that the SGA Senate plans to vote on Feb. 22.

Vice-President of Student Life senior Daniel Grayton said on Monday that the resolution is a request on behalf of the student body that RA positions be left to upperclassmen.

Grayton said that problems arise when sophomores try to enforce rules on juniors and seniors. Seniors in particular, buck up against correction from underclassmen.

The problems are not the fault of the sophomore RAs he said, rather it is simply a case where the position may call for stronger influence and authority.

“There have been some drawbacks [to having younger RA’s],” said Grayton.

Grayton said that “all RAs are responsible for enforcing all the rules, all the time,” even though a sophomore may be in a position to reprimand or report an upperclassman. As a result, the SGA Senate decided to attempt to alleviate the problem by asking the Office of Student Life to appoint only upperclassmen, or rising juniors and seniors, to RA positions. Read full story »

Daniel Jackson
Assistant Online Editor

The Office of Student life recorded that about 35 students face work hours for skipping chapel, as of last Wednesday, November 30. OSL said that this number is about the same as last year.

With such a small number of students facing discipline for skipping chapel, the college is unconcerned with students skipping the three-times-a-week corporate gathering.

“It is adults making decisions based on their priorities,” said Ben Norquist, Director of Faith and Mission, about students skipping chapel. He, however, recognizes that the college has rules in place which must be enforced. One part of Norquist’s duties is to direct chapel.

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Justin M. Jones
Triangle Writer

SGA is sponsoring a canned food drive Monday, Dec. 5 through Friday, Dec. 9. The cans will go to We Care’s food pantry to help those in need around Christmas.

To get students to participate in the canned food drive, the Office of Student Life will take away three points per can turned in up to 15 points – five cans.

The point forgiveness incentive was based off something that senior Daniel Grayton’s hometown library had done in the past with overdue book fines.

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There is a place for correction and God has placed people in authority to handle this act, I will never deny that. In fact, the correction structure is quite possibly my favorite apparatus within a functioning Christian community. It allows for the growth needed to continue developing a strong relationship with God and other believers. That being said, I do not feel like this structure was properly implemented in my current disciplinary issue.

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A group of Bryan students traveled to Catalys Atlanta 2011 last week and returned to school this week with raving reviews / Photo courtesy of catalystconference.com

Justin M. Jones
Triangle Reporter

The twelfth annual session of Catalyst took place last week, Oct. 5 – 7, in Atlanta, Ga., with “Be Present,” as the theme. About 13,000 young leaders in Christ, including many Bryan students, came together to grow in their calling and to learn more about their leadership abilities.

Students returning to Bryan this week brought back glowing reviews.

“The conference was absolutely incredible,” said Junior Andrew Conn. “I learned something from each and every speaker that impacted my life. If I had to narrow it down to one thing it would be one of the things David Platt said on Wednesday. He said that we as Christians have become leaders without conviction. We do things while forgetting why we do them.” Read full story »