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September 24, 2014 Volume CXXXIV Issue 3
SGA meeting addresses campus concerns SGA clarifies their relationship with the student body and how they are here to help By BROOKE WHITAKER A&E Editor Last Thursday, Sept. 18, saw the second general assembly of the Student Government Association (SGA) in the Ward Room of the LRC. The assembly began with roll call and then officer reports. President Turner Altman laid out the goals of this year’s SGA in his report, which included being a more visible force on campus, giving more grants for new student initiatives and maintaining SGA’s role as a liaison between the student body and the Georgetown administration. Other officers also gave their reports, which included the results of the recent blood drive (there were 74 student donors), the announcement that all 20 senate seats had been filled and the announcement that all student organizations would now have to submit a monthly report one week prior to the general assembly. These reports would include records of activities and attendance for the month, and would serve as a general record of an organization’s activities and status. The Student Concerns Chair
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reminded everya new net and new, one that there is a clean sand. Altman space within the responded with the student portal for information that the students to submit volleyball court was concerns that being looked into, but would go directly that no conclusion to SGA. Students had yet been reached. can go to the SGA Next was the link on the “Stuconcern about the dent Life” page and new parking arrangethen click on “Stuments on campus— Source: Georgetowncollege.edu dent Concerns.” specifically on South The current members of the 2014-2015 SGA There was also a Campus. In preheaded by President Turner Altman (center). reminder that stuvious years freshdents should follow to help organizations who men women lived in “@gtownSGA” on Instagram, needed it, but that preference Knight Hall, and freshmen Twitter and Facebook. would be given to new ini- were restricted to parking in One of the main focuses tiatives and student organi- the Knight Hall and Anderson of the assembly was the new zations in the hopes that this West parking lots. criteria for awarding grants action would promote growth With the migration of to organizations. As part of and more student involve- freshmen women to Allen this year’s focus on helping ment. Preference would also and Collier Halls, however, new student initiatives grow, be given to organizations that those parking restrictions were those initiatives will be given had a history of high atten- lifted, and freshmen are now preference over established dance at general assembly allowed to park in the South organizations for SGA grant meetings. Altman also stated Campus lots. money. During the Q&A por- that this was the reason for the One upperclassman raised tion of the assembly students monthly organization reports. the concern that South Campus raised concerns about why the Other concerns raised spots were now at a premium focus wasn’t placed instead on during this time were the while the Knight Hall lot was helping organizations started state of the sand volleyball virtually empty. Students within the past two years that court and the new arrange- asked if there was a possibilare still struggling to get estab- ments of on-campus parking. ity of moving the freshmen lished. One student brought up that parking spaces back to Knight Altman responded by the sand volleyball court on Hall or the construction of a saying that SGA was still there South Campus was in need of new parking lot. Altman and
Dean of Students Laura Wyly responded by saying that there were still plenty of spots in most gravel lots around campus and in “the pit,” and that it was not possible at the current time for a new parking lot to be constructed. Wyly stated that funds were being focused on “residence halls with significant structural issues” instead of new parking. Wyly did mention, however, that new security measures were being put into place across campus in the hopes that students would feel more comfortable using the under-utilized parking areas. These new measures include the possibility of a call box in “the pit” that would connect directly to the campus safety office and cameras placed on strategic buildings across campus. Wyly stated that she had been working with Director of Campus Safety Dan Brown on these issues, who will be next month’s speaker. General Assembly meetings are held once a month in the Ward Room of the LRC. All students are welcome to attend the meetings.
Internet outage on GC’s campus page 2
Why students should use the Writing Center page 11
Investment Team is looking for members page 3
Check out the Jacobs Gallery in the LRC page 8