College cancels summer camp for inner-city kids
Not enough funding for high-schoolers' on-campus Life and Liberty Camp
Betsy Woodruff
Issue date: 3/5/09 Section: Your News
Campbell sees canceling the camp as unfortunate for the students who could have attended it.
"It's a big deal and a big opportunity for people, and I know it was a big opportunity for me. Not being able to have it seems like a big loss if you ask me. Also, it's a big advertisement for the school," he said.
Péwé agreed.
"It was a wonderful camp that gave a lot of people some hope, and it really exposed really bright kids to things that they had not had an opportunity to experience before. It was an incredible service," he said.
President Larry Arnn played an important role in starting the camp. Several high school students involved in the I Have a Dream program attended a banquet in Washington, D.C. After speaking with them, he asked Father Beauchamp to develop the camp.
Hillsdale paid for the students to attend the camp and gave travel stipends to students that lived too far away to be picked up by the college van, said Beauchamp.
Péwé said that keeping tuition costs from rising was an important priority for the administration as it re-worked the budget.
"We didn't reduce academic programs or any of those things that would have an impact on the student," he said. "I'm sure cutting funding for the camp wasn't an easy decision for them, but when you're trying to trim your budget by 10 percent unrestricted, there are a number of things that you've got to consider."
Whether or not the camp will return the summer after this remains uncertain.
"I'm sure Dr. Arnn hopes so," Péwé said. "I'm sure it's not something that we'll forget about. It was successful."
"It's a big deal and a big opportunity for people, and I know it was a big opportunity for me. Not being able to have it seems like a big loss if you ask me. Also, it's a big advertisement for the school," he said.
Péwé agreed.
"It was a wonderful camp that gave a lot of people some hope, and it really exposed really bright kids to things that they had not had an opportunity to experience before. It was an incredible service," he said.
President Larry Arnn played an important role in starting the camp. Several high school students involved in the I Have a Dream program attended a banquet in Washington, D.C. After speaking with them, he asked Father Beauchamp to develop the camp.
Hillsdale paid for the students to attend the camp and gave travel stipends to students that lived too far away to be picked up by the college van, said Beauchamp.
Péwé said that keeping tuition costs from rising was an important priority for the administration as it re-worked the budget.
"We didn't reduce academic programs or any of those things that would have an impact on the student," he said. "I'm sure cutting funding for the camp wasn't an easy decision for them, but when you're trying to trim your budget by 10 percent unrestricted, there are a number of things that you've got to consider."
Whether or not the camp will return the summer after this remains uncertain.
"I'm sure Dr. Arnn hopes so," Péwé said. "I'm sure it's not something that we'll forget about. It was successful."
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