2008 Woodie Awards
Election days at Southwest Baptist University usually go smoothly, but for the April 11 Student Government Association Cabinet elections, a bit of controversy ensued. A candidate had a campaign poster displayed within sight of the voting box, which is in direct violation of the SGA constitution.
Southwest Baptist University students voted in favor of the Student Government Association restructure at the SGA elections Wednesday, April 18. One hundred ninety students voted for the re-structure, which will separate SGA into two parts. Under the new system, the cabinet (president, vice president, secretary and treasurer) will be a completely separate entity from committee chairs.
With the Student Government Association Cabinet elections behind them, SGA at Southwest Baptist University took on the second major project for April, Student Activity Fee budget allocations. Incumbent Student Body Treasurer junior Brian Maloy headed the financial committee who approved Student Activity Fee allocations for 33 SBU clubs and organizations.
Whether the students are hot when the heat is on or they are cold when the air-conditioning is on, they are always complaining about the temperature in the residence halls. Something the students do not know is that everything that can be done is being done.
A stadium normally filled with cheering students and pep band music was silent as over 150 Southwest Baptist University students, faculty, staff and Bolivar residents gathered for a candlelight vigil in Plaster Stadium for the students of Virginia Tech Tuesday night, April 17.
The next few days are rife with social activities for students. Saturday, April 21 is an exciting day with Emerging Musicians United (EMU) Fest from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to 11 pm. This takes place in Ingman Hall and in the field outside of Casebolt Apartments.
Out of the minds of eight students in a marketing class, the Polk County Humane Society Charity Drive was born. Starting as a simple assignment for sophomore Aaron Streeter and seven others, interest grew, and contacts were made. Through the contacts of friends and friends of friends around Bolivar, enough interest was generated to begin planning an actual event.
An emphasis on students serving other students is spreading around the Southwest Baptist University campus as evident in the newly organized Students Serving Other Students (SSOS). According to SSOS founder sophomore David Kellogg, SSOS is dedicated to serving the student body.
Sophomore Natasha N. Bell, a student at Southwest Baptist's Mountain View campus, was killed Saturday, April 14 in a three-vehicle auto accident. The accident, which happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, took place on U.S. Highway 60, about three miles east of Birch Tree.
Students planning to graduate in Southwest Baptist University's May Commencement Ceremony are receiving graduation information letters from the Office of the Provost. According to Linda Maberry, administrative assistant to the provost, the letters were mailed the last week of March.
Southwest Baptist University announces the results for the 48th Annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference recently held in Jefferson City. The conference featured competitive events for individuals and teams and the election of state officers for next year.
SBU Computer and Information Sciences students junior Megan Burnett (Barnett, Vt.), junior Michael VanDevender (Nixa, Mo.), senior Scott McFall (Topeka, Kan.), and junior Nathan Sisk (Sikeston, Mo.) held off some stiff national competition in a field of 48 teams to finish in second place in the Application Development category of the 2007 Association for Information Technology (AITP) National Collegiate Conference held in Detroit, Michigan.
SBU's top programming team reclaimed the title of best programmers in the Central Plains Region Saturday, a title they had held two years previously, but had lost in last year's competition to Northwest Missouri State. Two other teams from SBU finished in the top 10 in the fifteen-team competition.
For the third consecutive year, The Omnibus, the student newspaper of Southwest Baptist University, captured the coveted sweepstakes award at the annual Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) Convention April 13-14 at The Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark.