Kvarteret faces gale
Students’ house Kvarteret will most likely have a
deficit of 400.000 NOK this year. This is a problem bad enough,
but it is only one of the matters Kvarteret’s new board
has to deal with. The annual meeting at Kvarteret will be
held this Sunday, and here are some of the challenges:
• Kvarteret’s board doesn’t have a list
over previously approved investments.
• Investment of more than 1.510.000 NOK has been approved
but projects have not been completed.
• Two internal work groups are dysfunctional.
– This situation is too bad, says Line Grønstad
of Kvarteret’s old administrative board. (KVAST) Still,
KVAST is praised prior to Sunday’s meeting.
Anticipated incomes have failed, for example the expected
540.000 NOK from UiB for cleaning purposes amounted to only
210.000 NOK. A new strategy plan for Kvarteret has been launched.
Projects which will have priority include refurbishment of
the building’s third floor as well as upgrading the
back yard. Discussion of the new strategy plan and election
of a new leader will take place during Kvarteret’s general
assembly at 2 PM on November the 23rd.
Japanese is popular
The number of students taking Japanese has multiplied by
five this term. Usually there are 10 to 15 students compared
to the 53 having signed up this term.
Headmistress Ingrid Koch Christensen is happy to see the increase.
– The reason for this may be people’s increasing
interest in foreign, exotic languages. There also are more
people taking an interest in studying the Middle East, Christensen
says.
The black hole
Experts call students a black hole when it comes to oral
health. Students seldom visit the dentist. The reason? It’s
too expensive.
As one has to pay for visits to the dentist when turning 20,
a lot of people don’t go there until it’s really
necessary. Several factors, like snacking, affect students’
oral health. However, one is advised that frequent visits
will come out cheaper in the long run than having major repairs
later. The frequency of students’ visits to the dentist
has declined the last ten years.
ALEXANDER KEMP
19.11.03
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