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Resigned (From

left)

Vice President Jordan Day, Deputy Speaker David Valerio

and

Treasurer Brendan Cardona

announced their resignations during

Parliament

last

Wednesday.

Shakeup in SCG as treasurer, vice president and deputy speaker resign

Parliament also tackles Homecoming, Student Union expansion, Rec. Center and Art Center renovations at first meeting

By Frank Wellington

Though the agenda was nearly empty, emotions ran high at Student Community Government, Inc.’s latest Parliament meeting. The first meeting of this semester, held on Jan. 25, was still short, but packed with discussion of issues around the campus, and ended with three members of the Executive Council surprisingly resigning from their positions. The positions of vice president, treaSCG Bureau Chief

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surer, and deputy speaker were all vacated. To start off the night, Kate Brezina, RIC’s new executive director for alumni and college relations, brought Parliament’s attention to Homecoming, which takes place annually in October. After reading The Anchor’s Oct. 10 editorial that challenged the lack of student involvement in Homecoming, she said she was inspired to prevent the annual event from turning “apathetic.” Each year, RIC’s Homecoming draws very few students to the event, so Brezina

wants to create a new vision of Homecoming. She said any students looking to help plan the event, which will be mapped out by this March, should contact her as soon as possible. “We’ve got to have more traditions at this school,” said Brezina. She plans on creating a direct link between students and alumni by introducing student-alumni mixers. This may even lead to scholarships, which could draw more students to the event. Other student-friendly

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concepts Brezina presented included planning more events at night rather than in the morning. A bonfire, pizza cook-off, chalk war, and a dorm-decorating contest are among the ideas that she presented to Parliament. “I hope students who want to be a part of this will follow through,” said SCG President Travis Escobar. The next order of business was from SCG

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