Thursday, September 24, 2009

Senate Campus Update - Week of 9/20

Here's your weekly campus update from Student Senate:

1. Today's Meeting - Moved to 6:45 PM in MM 103
2. Last Week's Report - Karen Boyd, Dean of Student Affairs
3. CMU T-Shirt Design Competition
4. Spray Chalk Resolution Approved, Updates to Poster/Graffiti Policies
5. Safety on Campus/Escort Service
6. Apply to JFC! Applications due TOMORROW

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1. Today's Meeting - Moved to 6:45 PM in MM 103

In order to accommodate the visit by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who will be speaking in Rangos at 5 PM, today's Senate meeting has been moved to 6:45 PM, still in Margaret Morrison 103. We will be voting on some special allocations to student groups and discussing a variety of campus events, including happenings with the G20 currently going on.

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2. Last Week's Report - Karen Boyd, Dean of Student Affairs

Last Thursday, Senate was pleased to have Karen Boyd, Dean of Student Affairs, as its spotlight speaker. Dean Boyd spoke on a variety of campus issues, including G20 preparations on campus and general campus affairs. The full minutes of the discussion will be available after they are approved at today's meeting online at http://cmu.edu/senate - go check out the really informative discussion!

Senate also passed the following finance motions:

09-10 005: Special Allocation of $1500 to Panhellenic Association for Stacy Nadeau: Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
09-10 006: Special Allocation of $500 to Pi Delta Psi Fraternity for 2nd Annual Dragonboating Event

Senate passed the following resolutions: (full text available at http://cmu.edu/senate)

09-10 008: Resolution in Appreciation of Orientation Staff for Orientation 2009
09-10 009: Resolution Regarding the Use of Spray Chalk (See #3)

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3. CMU T-Shirt Design Competition

The CMU T-shirt Design Contest is a new initiative of the Undergraduate Student Senate's Campus Life Committee. The Project is a way to get student work and input on what school spirit is at Carnegie Mellon. We want to improve the Senate Campus Gear Sale by asking you what YOU want to wear - and letting you design it.

Designs are due by October 9th - check out www.cmutshirt.com for more details!

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4. Spray Chalk Resolution Approved, Updates to Poster/Graffiti Policies

At its September 17th meeting, Student Senate approved a resolution in opposition to the use of spray chalk on campus. Senate will be working to revise and update the official poster and graffiti policies in the coming weeks. If you're interested in giving your feedback about either of these two policies, please e-mail student-senate@andrew.cmu.edu.

You can see the full text of the spray chalk resolution on the Senate website: http://cmu.edu/senate.

Senate is also looking for one or two undergrad students to serve on a working group/committee to revise the poster and graffiti policies (which have not been updated since 2003). This group would meet two or three times over the next month to propose changes to the poster and graffiti policies. Please e-mail student-senate@andrew.cmu.edu if you're interested.

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5. Safety on Campus/Escort Service

Student Government wants your feedback on your overall sense of safety on campus and specifically on your experiences with the Escort service - good, bad, or suggestions for improvement. Please e-mail student-senate@andrew.cmu.edu with your experiences or if you want to be kept up to date on these discussions.

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6. Apply to JFC! Applications due TOMORROW

Just a reminder that if you want to apply to the Joint Funding Committee, which distributes over $1 million in student activities fee money to student organizations, applications are due tomorrow (Friday). More information is available on the JFC website - https://stugov.andrew.cmu.edu/jfc/ - it's a really great opportunity to get involved. All class years welcome!

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That's it for this week! As always, please e-mail me (amgross@andrew.cmu.edu) with any campus issues or concerns.

Have a nice weekend!
Aaron

By: Aaron Gross, Senate Chair