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The following events occurred at the Tuesday, April 23, meeting of the General Student Senate:
GSS allocated $1,191.20 for food for a “Getting Ready for the Real World” seminar.
The GSS Public Relations Committee received $800 for an end of the year newsletter to be distributed throughout campus.
The Maine Peace Action Committee received $400 for their spring semester newsletter.
The UMaine Water Polo Club and UMaine Video Club were granted preliminary approval by GSS.
The revised constitution of the Maine Student Government Organization was ratified, after much debate.
Vice President Matthew O. Gagnon’s report: Gagnon had a meeting with Richard Chapman, Vice President of Student Affairs; Dwight Rideout, dean of Students and Community Life and other administrators to discuss awarding academic credit for Senate members. The group also discussed Cutler Health Center’s budget. Cutler is $172,000 in debt this year and had to make $150,000 worth of budget cuts. According to Gagnon, a considerable amount of money will need to be raised to cover costs. A $10 per visit fee and a raise in the Comprehensive Fee were discussed as options. The source of the deficit is due to the rise in health-care costs of equipment, material and staff, Gagnon said.
Vice President of Student Entertainment Maggie O’Brien’s report: The Bumstock budget is “right on target,” O’Brien said. Backstage passes will not be given to the media. There will be a tent set up for press and two photographers from each newspaper will be allowed in between the barricades and the stage.
Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation Study Committee Representative Jon LaBonte’s report: There will be a town meeting May 1, 3 p.m. in room 100 of the Donald P. Corbet Building to discuss further development on campus and the three traffic studies being done. Mark Anderson will be moderator.
Residents on Campus Representative Aaron Sterling’s report: Sterling looked into the room sign-up changes and the increase of the fee students pay to get out of their room contracts from $75 to $100. John Lewis, executive director of Student Auxiliary Services, said this decision was made by the president’s cabinet who told SAS that since other fees on campus were $100, they wanted to raise this fee to stay consistent. Sterling said the changes made room sign-up more flexible, but more binding. Moving sign-ups from late February to a later date provides people plenty of time to find apartments off campus before signing up for a room, instead of signing up for a room, then getting an apartment, making that room unavailable for others to sign-up for.
The General Student Senate meets every Tuesday in room 110, Little Hall.
