By Committee of Campus Life (CCL)

Happy Friday Earlham!

The Committee for Campus Life (CCL) has been working on multiple projects this semester, and we would like to update you on our progress.

First, a sub-committee of CCL now entitled Engendering a Sense of Place (ESP) has been charged to create a class experience that directly addresses the perceived lack of sense of responsibility of Earlham students towards the campus and the community. We are envisioning an elective course that would incorporate both classroom and lab work entities.

The classroom work will consist of analyzing Principles and Practices and the document’s relation to Earlham as well as literature from community building movements that existed in the 1960s and 1970s.

The lab component will be a project designed and implemented by the students through which they will actively engage in bettering our campus. Ideas include painting a mural, working back campus or trash pick up.

Our hope is that through intentional service, students will begin to feel responsible for the campus and their place in it and will begin to hold one another accountable to the values we share.

We welcome any suggestions or comments on this proposal. ESP meetings are open to all, Thursday at noon in the coffee shop, or we can be reached at ccl@earlham.edu.

Second, CCL is finalizing changes made to the Smoking Policy, including, and most significantly, possible adjustments to the method of enforcement.

Finally, we have created an Advocates sub-committee that will soon be assessing the possibilities for a similar student sexual violence support group to sustainably exist on campus.