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(10/07/03 12:00pm)
Sodexho will be experimenting with the Carte Blanche system again this semester, according to senator at large Brian Mulvihill. Sodexho will be meeting SGA representatives to discuss students' opinions of last semester's Carte Blanche trial.
Vice President of Student Services Sara Potter is planning for two SGA fundraisers that will take place at the end of the semester.
The events will include a battle of the bands and a coffeehouse event where students will be able to perform music and poetry.
Potter said details are forthcoming.
Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs Marco Zelaya announced that SGA will vote on the constitutions of four new student organizations next week.
These groups are Ink, the Aero Design Team, the Table Tennis Club and the Women's Club Lacrosse Team.
Also, Vice President of Community Relations Becky Alimena said SGA will participate in Community Fest on Oct. 11.
According to Alimena, SGA members will attend the event, where they will help children paint pumpkins.
(09/16/03 12:00pm)
SGA President Christina Puglia addressed Vice President for Student Life Mary-Elaine Perry's controversial plan to reorganize the Student Life office at the first SGA meeting of the semester last Wednesday.
Last week, student organization leaders met with Puglia to decide what actions student leaders would take regarding the planned reorganization, and to investigate how other schools run their Student Life offices.
Puglia also urged SGA members to advise her on how SGA should respond to the reorganization.
The reorganization of Student Life, scheduled to take place in October, will significantly alter the structure of the office. Many faculty members are changing positions and some student organizations will receive new advisors.
Many student leaders believe these changes will be detrimental to student organizations.
In a later interview, Puglia said that the reorganization is another instance of the administration ignoring student opinion.
"They changed the name of the College without asking the students," Puglia said. "They changed the logo without asking students. The administration "never asks us what we think," she added.
Puglia plans to have SGA draw up a document that would ensure that students are consulted about administrative changes that affect them.
Laura Delucia, former vice president of Student Services, was sworn in as SGA Executive Vice President. She was appointed to the position after the previous Executive Vice President, Christina Puglia, was promoted to President.
Nadia Gorski, who had been elected President last semester, resigned over the summer for personal reasons.
Delucia said that she convinced Campus Police to void any tickets written for students who parked illegally in Lot 12 this semester.
Students who received tickets for parking in Lot 12 said Residence Life gave them permission to park there for the first few days of the semester. Approximately 100 $50 tickets were written. Students can go to Student Accounts to have their tickets voided.
Annelise Catanzaro, alternate student trustee, proposed three amendments that were made to SGA election by-laws. Campaign T-shirts will no longer be allowed in the student center on election days, even if the shirts are worn inside out. Also, a candidate may not hang more than one of his campaign posters on any bulletin board or tack strip throughout the school and senators must attend all senatorial retreats held throughout the academic year.
Elections will be held on Sept. 29 and 30 to fill the freshman class positions and those SGA positions that were not filled in last spring's elections. Interest sessions for the elections will be held on Sept. 9, 15 and 17.
Mike Cilia, vice president of Administration and Finance reported that this year's SGA book sale was a "disaster." Students who sold books at the sale made a total of $200. SGA, which collects 20 percent of the profits of all student sales, made $130.
Last fall SGA's book sale brought in $2,800 for participating students and $900 for SGA. Unsold books are donated to the Mercer County Public Library.
Cilia said that despite the book sale, SGA is still financially "solid."
Caitlin Stinneford, vice president of Community Relations said that SGA is organizing a 9/11 Memorial and Tribute to take place outside of Paul Loser Hall next Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
(09/16/03 12:00pm)
SGA President Christina Puglia has set up several meetings with Vice President for Student Life Mary-Elaine Perry and College President R. Barbara Gitenstein, because she is unsatisfied with the amount of information SGA has obtained about the reorganization of the Student Life Office.
Puglia said that at a Sept. 5 meeting with Perry and seven other student leaders, Perry did not satisfactorily answer questions about the reasons for and the effects of the plan to reorganize the Student Life Office.
At Puglia's regular meeting with Gitenstein the following week, Gitenstein said she will make sure that SGA gets all the information that it needs about the reorganization of Student Life.
She suggested a second meeting between Puglia, Perry, the seven other student leaders who attended the first meeting and herself. The latest meeting is not yet scheduled.
Puglia said that the meetings are "incredible progress" for SGA. Gitenstein's suggestion of a second meeting shows, "that we have people we can go to when we need information."
Puglia said that SGA possesses the potential to have a significant influence on the reorganization of Student Life.
She added, however, that "we can't lose sight of the fact that (the reorganization of Student Life) is still an important issue."
Puglia said that SGA does not yet have a stance on the reorganization of Student Life.
SGA considered passing a resolution on the reorganization, but has now decided to wait until after the second meeting with Perry and Gitenstein.
The reorganization is scheduled to take effect in October.
SGA Executive Vice President Laura Delucia said Gitenstein created the Community Building and Communication Task Force this semester.
The task force will be composed of administrative officials, Delucia, and an SGA senator and will attempt to facilitate communication between the SGA and the administration.
Delucia said the task force will help prevent conflicts between the administration and SGA.
Gitenstein promised to release more details about the task force within the next two weeks.
Joe Schramm, senator of Science and SFB liaison, announced that SFB restrictions on events co-sponsored by groups financed by the Student Activities Fee (SAF) and those that are not funded by the SAF have been almost completely eliminated.
The only remaining restriction is that advertising for events must state that the sponsorship money comes from the SAF and that the events are open to all students.
Schramm said SFB hopes the reforms will encourage more cooperation between SAF-funded groups and non-SAF-funded groups, especially the Greek organizations.
Lauren Lebano, senator of Education was sworn in as vice president of Academic Affairs.
Also, associate member Sara Potter was sworn in as vice president of Student Services.
Ashlee Stetser, senator of Culture and Society, announced her resignation two days ago. She said that she did not have enough time to commit to SGA.