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Several student organizations thanked the General Student Senate for sponsoring various club activities at Tuesday night’s meeting. Kappa Kappa Psi, the Ultimate Frisbee Team and the Nordic Ski Team expressed thanks to the senate for allocating money for trips and other club activities. R.E.A.C.H. and Rotaract made slide show presentations about their community service spring break trips that were sponsored and funded by senate in the March 24 meeting. R.E.A.C.H. made a trip to Ecuador while Rotaract went to New Orleans.
The overall meeting of the senate was full of lightheartedness and laughs to relax after a series of long, businesslike meetings regarding upcoming changes within the university.
President Owen McCarthy quoted Britney Spears in his presidential report. McCarthy was “throwing props to Britney” by quoting her latest single, “Circus.”
“There’s only two types of people in the world. The ones that entertain and the ones that observe,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy also referenced his meeting with Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Dana, where he discussed the importance of providing a 24-hour study area on campus. Dana agreed on the importance of providing a 24-hour study area and stressed that progress is being made to create one.
Vice President of Student Organizations Samantha Shulman worked with Director of Alcohol and Drug Education Programs Lauri Sidelko to provide an informative video about alcohol abuse titled “HAZE.” The film will be shown to members of the Greek community on April 9 in DPC 100 at 6:30 pm.
A resolution passed thanking Joyce Rumery and Fogler Library for being interested in students’ opinions about improving the library. The library quickly responded to the revisions suggested by students and the current changes can currently be seen throughout the building. Fogler Library added multiple tables on the third floor along with 49 power strips throughout the library.
Sen. Ben Goodman spoke about the resolution. “We didn’t know what to expect, but within a day, there were significant results,” he said.???????????
Six allocations were presented of $350 to the Panhellenic Council, $433 to the Dressage Club, $375 to the Society of Women Engineers, $500 to International Students Association, $448.50 to Women’s Lacrosse and $500 to the Division of Student Organizations.
