Weekly Committee Reports Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Executive Committee: Meeting w/ Father Garanzini, S.J. - Pres Bravo & VP Fasullo met with Fr. Garanzini on Wednesday, February 11th at 8:30AM. - In conversations, they discussed the recent 2.5% tuition increase and opportunities for commuter students to be more involved in school-closing decisions (or lack thereof …) - Provost Pelissero was not present at the meeting. Hotel Development & Jesuit Just Employment Policy - Pres Bravo and VP Fasullo joined Sen Bunnage, Sen Greene, and Sen Pine at a meeting with Aramark union (UNITE HERE) representatives on Wednesday, February 11th at 7PM to discuss hotel development and further advocacy for the JJEP. Magis Scholarship Initiative - Pres Bravo has reached out to various academic departments seeking permission to speak to classes about furthering support for this scholarship initiative. - Group of students will begin petitioning this week to get referenda question on SGLC Spring Elections Ballot. Metropolis Coffee Campaign - CCRO Rocks & ESO Brocklehurst are collaborating with members of the Senate to draft legislation with the hope of creating a referenda question to gauge student body support for Metropolis or Starbucks Coffee. Communications Team – CCO Cheng | Assistants Baluyot & Martanovic
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Currently working on SGLC Newsletter #2 which will be sent out this Wednesday, February 18th! Chief of Student Organizations, Aamir Kadri - Currently collaborating with Tim Love, Dana Broadnax, Kimberly Moore, and CAN representatives to host forum/session for students to voice their concerns for the oncampus Demonstration Policy. o Will be reaching out to the Social Justice Coalition to see if they would be open to discussing it at their meeting this Friday, February 20th. - Please continue to nominate student organizations for the Student Organization Awards (SOA)! Executive Sustainability Officer, Jared Brocklehurst - ZERO Waste Game! o Pres Bravo will be signing an Executive Order on Monday, February 16th at 4:15PM in the SGLC Office to officially support SGLC’s sponsorship of the 3rd Annual Zero Waste Game! o On Wednesday, February 18th at 7PM, Loyola’s Men’s Basketball team will take on #14 Northern Iowa in SGLC’s 3rd Annual Zero Waste Game.
Academic Affairs Committee:
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Boards and delegations have been finalized. Contacting OpenStax departments at Tuesday’s committee meeting. Academic Council will hear our FRC on Wednesday University Senate will hear our textbook affordability proposal on Friday.
Allocations Committee:
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SPOT 2 Hearings this Saturday, February 21st!
Facilities and Transportation Committee: -
No report submitted due to transition in leadership.
Justice Committee: Just Leasing and Trade Project: Next steps are to deliver the results in a form of a report to interested parties. I have scheduled meetings with Rogers Park Business Alliance, Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, Community Relations, and Lakeside Management. Other ideas are gladly appreciated. Jesuit Just Employment Policy: We are working on scheduling a meeting with Jennifer Clark and Tim McGuriman, possible attended by both the hotel owner and Wayne Magdziarz. Next steps on the hotel campaign are soon to follow.
Employee Outreach Committee: We had our first worker’s breakfast of the semester on Friday. We hope to expand these breakfasts to other groups on campus in order to involve both more workers and more students. We will likely to do additional programming connecting the work of this committee and the Jesuit Just Employment Policy. Next Peace Event: Showing of The Interrupters on March 11th with Ceasefire. Social Justice Coalition: Next meeting February 20th Metropolis: We are writing legislation for the referendum next week.
Residents, Commuters, & Dining Committee:
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Nothing new to report.
Safety and Wellness Committee: •
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Smoke Screen Forum Rescheduled—Safety and Wellness’ “Smoke Screen Forum” has been rescheduled. The event will now take place on Monday February 23rd at 7pm in the Den. “Consent Is…” Tabling—Last Wednesday’s tabling was a major success. Thank you to all who participated!
Constitutional Review Committee: -
The Constitutional Review Committee has finalized and submitted an amendment updating and correcting the Elections Code of the SGLC, which will have its first reading on Tuesday the 17th. The Committee plans to finalize its comprehensive revision of the Articles of Governance during the upcoming week, with its first reading planned to take place on Tuesday the 24th.
Gender-‐Neutral Bathrooms Development Committee: - Nothing new to report
Spring Elections Board: -
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The committee had a slight change of plans with Alderman Moore and our forum on Thursday. Ald. Moore canceled on us, but we were able to book Illinois state senator Martin Sandoval, a Loyola alum, to come speak for us. The forum is still on as planned for Thursday the 19th at 7:00 pm. Also, ITS has asked us to change our timeline for everything. All the dates we previously proposed have been shifted up a week. Please speak with Dominic, Danish, or K.C. for more details.