SA Senate Tackles New Business
TJ O'Sullivan | Associate News Editor - S
Last Updated:2/3/10 Section: Student Assembly
The Student Assembly Senate reconvened on Tuesday, January 26th, kicking off the new calendar year with what could be termed "spirited discussion" and wide-ranging updates and new business. Of particular note, the chair of the Student Life Committee, Sen. Betty Jeanne Manning ('12) announced that Information Technology would be transitioning the school's student email server from Mirapoint Webmail to Gmail for the coming academic year. In addition, the faculty server will be switched to Microsoft Exchange which will take some time due to necessary software and hardware updates. Sen. Manning relayed that these changes came in the wake of IT's assessment that the community had simply outgrown the current email system.
Being the first of the semester, the meeting largely focused on a number of new business bills. Senators Ross Gillingham ('10), Erik Houser ('10), Ben Brown ('11), and Betty Jeanne Manning ('12) sponsored the first bill, SB 317-052 "The College Board of Elections Act" which seeks to establish an independent elections committee to purchase an eBallot voting platform for Blackboard and to facilitate its use for any interested campus organization. This committee would replace the current Student Assembly Elections Commission which, according to the bill, "is ill equipped to handle such a responsibility."
Sen. Betty Jeanne Manning ('12) sponsored SB 317-053 "The Get With the (NY) Times Act" which seeks to allocate $6,250 from the Consolidated Student Activities Reserve Fund for the purchase of 200 issues of the New York Times every weekday for a 60 day period this semester.
Senators Erik Houser ('10), Steven Nelson ('10), Stef Felitto ('12), Betty Jeanne Manning ('12), Jill Olszewski ('12), Matt Schofield ('12), Justin Duke ('13), and Curt Mills ('13) sponsored SB 317-054 "The 2010 Richmond Road Funding Act" which sought to allocate $595 towards transportation of students to the annual "Road to Richmond" event on January 26th, 2010, designed to allow students to interact with legislators and to lobby for the College. The bill passed 17 to 4.
Being the first of the semester, the meeting largely focused on a number of new business bills. Senators Ross Gillingham ('10), Erik Houser ('10), Ben Brown ('11), and Betty Jeanne Manning ('12) sponsored the first bill, SB 317-052 "The College Board of Elections Act" which seeks to establish an independent elections committee to purchase an eBallot voting platform for Blackboard and to facilitate its use for any interested campus organization. This committee would replace the current Student Assembly Elections Commission which, according to the bill, "is ill equipped to handle such a responsibility."
Sen. Betty Jeanne Manning ('12) sponsored SB 317-053 "The Get With the (NY) Times Act" which seeks to allocate $6,250 from the Consolidated Student Activities Reserve Fund for the purchase of 200 issues of the New York Times every weekday for a 60 day period this semester.
Senators Erik Houser ('10), Steven Nelson ('10), Stef Felitto ('12), Betty Jeanne Manning ('12), Jill Olszewski ('12), Matt Schofield ('12), Justin Duke ('13), and Curt Mills ('13) sponsored SB 317-054 "The 2010 Richmond Road Funding Act" which sought to allocate $595 towards transportation of students to the annual "Road to Richmond" event on January 26th, 2010, designed to allow students to interact with legislators and to lobby for the College. The bill passed 17 to 4.
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