Bryan College Triangle

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

Artsist at the "Take Art, Leave Art" event have multiple options as to how to express themselves, from paper collages to painting / Triangle photo by Rebekah Weaver

Rebekah Weaver
Staff Writer

College is generally all about  learning together, but what about creating together? That’s what the “Take Art, Leave Art” event is all about.

When junior Annalise Williams first heard about “Take Art, Leave Art”, she says she “thought it was a great idea.”

“It’s a beautifully inclusive event, and I think people are really going to enjoy it.”

The project allows students to create a piece of art, put it in the display area, and take a piece of someone else’s artwork in exchange.

Sophomore Clari Stewart, the event coordinator, says the idea wasn’t her own.

“Last spring break, I met a friend in Chattanooga for coffee. We were walking past this building with a sign that said, ‘Take Art, Leave Art,’ and I thought, ‘Bryan needs to do this!’” Read full story »

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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Junior Kelly Findley plays a piano in the music department. SGA is thinking about letting students not studying music play piano on campus. / Photo courtesy Daniel Jackson

Justin M. Jones
Triangle Reporter

During the next Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday at 9 p.m., SGA will continue to speak about making pianos publicly available on campus to students who are not music majors or minors.

“Expression in the form of music should be encouraged,” senior Daniel Grayton said.

Pianos used to be in the Huston and Long lounges and were taken out in the middle of the spring semester last year. SGA is against the idea of putting them back in the lounges because the sounds could be heard from almost every floor, sometimes after hours.

Freshman English major Kelsi Bostic, along with several other students, is upset by the fact that she cannot use any of the pianos in Rudd despite her several years of piano lessons.

“There is no way I can grow as a pianist, or musician, if I can’t play,” Bostic said. “How am I going to better myself if there is no means by which I can practice? I mean, practice makes perfect, right?

“I understand that they don’t want people simply banging away on the pianos and destroying them, but coming from a musical background, I find it absurd that the routes and means by which I can play piano have been cut off.”

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Normally students play videogames alone or in twos or threes. This time, it was a social event. / Photo courtesy Natilee Masti

Natalie Masti
Triangle Reporter

Before most people arrived on campus this semester, SGA members were already planning ways to accomplish their mission of “pushing the boundaries.” Most of the events that were done last year were general ideas that attracted a large group of people, but the events were not based on hobbies but class.  This year, Scott Rieckhoff, sophomore class treasurer, used one of his personal hobbies in order to create a new event.

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