Gardener would not mind crushing Transylvania on the court. That is what a little known student organization, the Kentucky Independent Colleges Student Governance Association, would like to see. Basketball could be a major event in an upcoming intramural Olympics between various private schools around the state, one of the many activities and service projects that the group is rushing to pull together. Originally founded in 1994, the organization serves as an open forum on what other independent colleges are doing in Kentucky and as a force to organize action within their communities. Meeting twice each semester at any of 16 member schools throughout the state, representatives from the various student bodies discuss what is working on their campuses, what is not, and what to change.
Every new leader wants to come in with the concept of change.
The question is how can we do that change in the year that we're here. A suspension of meetings for nearly a year led some schools to grow detached from the organization, doubting its promise. In an April 24 meeting at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, the group elected their current officers and began planning for the 2000-01 school year. Today, those leaders admit the difficulties they face, but have ideal visions for the future. Just because we've had one solid year does not mean they will all jump back on.