BOARD, PRESIDENTS COUNCIL Board members meet with students to discuss campus issues The student life committee of the Board of Trustees held its annual meeting with various representatives of the student body, Oct. 19. The committee members heard from representatives oftheInduction Review Team, Student Impact, BIson and Petit Jean staffs, student association and spiritual life committee. Bill Chism committee chairman said the annual meeting is important for committee members who do not spend as much time on campus as students. "This is the only committee that has direct contact with the students," Chism said. "We must have student involvement. Our primary focus is students. It's not buildings, it's not budgets - it's students." Chism said one of the major challenges his committee faces is the fact that Harding is growing in enrollment each year. Ofparticular concern is maintaining "the small college flavor that Harding gives its students through one on one contact with faculty members." One of the best ways Chism's committee has found to meet the needs ofstudents is to listen to what representatives of the student body are concerned about. Representatives at the Oct. 19 meeting voiced concerns about issues ranging from the price of Student Impact to changes in the club induction process. Junior Nathan Bills of the student spiritual life committee said he sees a need for a peer counseling network on campus. He said that, whlle the existing on-campus counseling center is doinganexcellentjob, the numberofstudents needing counseling is increasing. "The counseling center sees over 100 132 J - _-"B""o"'ar:o."d'-,LPo....o.::re:s=:o:id"'e"'n~t'-" s,-,C""o,u",n,?-c=li Academics Don Shores, a board of trustees member for 25 years, was honored during Homecoming weekend with the dedication of Shores Hall, a new women's dormitory named for he and his wife Lois. students each week," Bills said. "I think a number of students fall through the cracks." The proposed counseling network would be geared toward those students. The network would model peer counseling programsalready in existence in a number of high schools across the country. In a counseling program of this type, students apply to be counselors and are selected by a faculty committee. Rather than give advice, the counselors practice listening and role playing. The committee also heard a report on this year's spring break campaigns. The number of students going on campaigns increased by more than 100 compared to last year. Chism said seeing such a "tremendous amount of students who want to be involved says volumes abouthow strong our students are spiritually." "When I compare what I hear going on around campus here to our local state universities, our problems are just minute," Chism said. "It makes me feel very good about the future." - Casey Neese Tim Hacker leads members of the President's Council in singing. The council met together during Homecoming and again during Spring Sing Photo by Daniel Dubois. Bill Chism speaks to students in a meeting during Homecoming weekend. The Board of Trustees and President's Council met together to discuss the events of the year. Photo by Daniel Dubois. James Cone and his wife Oral attend the dedication ceremony of Cone Hall. Cone spoke to those present at the dedication. Photo by Daniel Dubois.
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