Dear Editor,
When BYU administration makes an unpopular decision the Student Advisory Council has the job of making the students' voices heard. But SAC itself has recently made an administrative decision that will negatively affect students on campus. SAC has declared the permanent cancellation of the 100-Hour Board.
From its humble beginnings a few years ago, the 100-Hour Board has grown into a popular campus resource. The omniscient staff can answer any question about any topic in 100 hours or less. Stupid questions ('Is it against the Honor Code to wear a shrub on my head?'), trivial questions ('Why are they called 'hot dogs'?'), and serious brain-wrackers ('Prove the quintic formula') are mixed in with questions about BYU and student issues. As a (former) 100-Hour Board writer and editor, I have not only enjoyed myself as I read and answered questions, but I have gained experience which has proven valuable in recent job interviews.
However, SAC, the 100-Hour Board's parent organization, has decided that since only a small percentage of questions deal with issues, the Board is useless to them. Instead, they are planning to replace it with some kind of a forum exclusively for student issues. Never mind that students use the 100-Hour Board to get answers they can't get anywhere else. Never mind that it's a source of information and, yes, entertainment for the hundreds of people who stop to read it every day.
SAC deals with student issues, and the 100-Hour Board doesn't focus on issues enough to justify its existence. But now SAC has a new issue to deal with: the students want the 100-Hour Board back the way it was.
Matt Astle
Salt Lake City