SGA extends deadline for time capsule

If you've ever wanted to leave a message for future generations, Student Government Association may have just the thing.

SGA is still accepting donations for its time capsule, which originally was scheduled to be buried at the end of 1999.

Community service committee chairman Adrian Cain said, "The door has not been closed and I don't think it's right for us to close the door. Student organizations are still coming forth to contribute."

A new deadline of March 28 was set Tuesday at the Student Senate meeting.

College of Liberal Arts senator Nate Kuratomi said, "I think if we put a deadline on it, it will put pressure on people to get things in."

The capsule will be buried April 1. Donations may be taken to Memorial Student Center 2W29B.

Several student groups and organizations have already contributed everything from pennants to photographs to plaques.

"It's really just a hodge-podge of things that represent the different groups on campus," Cain said.

The capsule will be buried at the corner of the MSC plaza where the sidewalk joins the plaza facing Old Main. A granite monument will be in view to mark the location of the capsule.

The capsule will be exhumed in 2037 by the SGA.

"2037 will be Marshall's 200th anniversary," Nicole Nelson, Campus Life committee chairwoman, said. "We want the SGA in 2037 to rebury a time capsule for 100 years so that there will be one for every anniversary.

"We're trying to start a little tradition here," Nelson said.