Although the staff has not made a formal recommendation, the college's general counsel, Ben Echevarria, said in an interview after Tuesday's board session that he will discourage the board from adding the real estate to its portfolio. He told the board that the college could be opening itself up to costs of defending lawsuits by hikers and others, such as hang gliders, who could get hurt using the hill. Yet we are careful about our public responsibility. In other business, the board approved a voluntary student activity fee, and set the dates and times for interviewing finalists for the college presidency. The fee is aimed at helping finance a computer center in the new student union.
Plans are for students to get benefits such as discount movie tickets if they pay the fee.
Also being talked about are free access to the computer center, free use of fax and photocopying machines, discounts to theme parks and lower on-campus parking costs. The board also voted to conduct interviews with finalists for the presidency.