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Student Senate asks for student feedback on re pit

Photo courtesy of Student Senate An overhead scamatic of Lee Davies Architecture’s design for CSC’s proposed re pit and gathering area.

Photo courtesy of Student Senate Above is an artist’s rendition of Lee Davies Architecture’s design of CSC’s proposed re pit and gathering area.

 By Aubrie Lawrence

Editor-in-Chief

Last year, Student Senate took on a project to add a re pit to campus. It underwent heavy discussion, both from students and senators, before $18,000 was allocated for the project. Over the summer, designs and blueprints was created and now senators are seeking student feedback before moving forward.

“If you guys want to go take a week or two and just talk to people about if they like the plan or if they want something added or taken out, whatever.” Student Senate President Isioma Akwanamye said.

e design would be able to seat 70 people around the re pit, Akwanamnye said during the meeting, but the space would have a larger max capacity.

Senate has spent $4,000 so far on hiring an architect to draw up blueprints for the project. ey began discussing the possibility of what would happen if the project was more than what they allocated, how the re pit would be fueled and who would be able to turn it on but decided to wait on those decisions until senators had a chance to talk to students.

“Any way the campus decides they want to go is the way Student Senate goes,” Akwanamyne said. “It’s not an Isi project or a Lily project or an Abby project, it’s a Student Senate project and who’s student senate? You guys.”

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Senate, from page 1

“We don’t meet that often, it looks good on a resume, and you’re helping out your school and your community,” Cronin said. “We need to push because ve of you isn’t very good representation for an entire school.” Also during the meeting, Secretary and Solicitor General Natalie Boyd stepped down from her position on the executive board, saying that she was too busy.

“I’m working two jobs and an internship on top of 18 class credits so I’m trying to step down because I don’t feel as though I can give my full and appropriate attention that the position deserves,” Boyd said. “So, I am stepping down and looking to take a less evasive role.”

Her position was lled by Senator of Edna Hall Laura Clay. e solicitor general position, which went extremely underused during last semester’s election season according to Cronin, was lled by Senator of High Rise Colton Brienza.

In other news:

> Senate allocated $2,080 to paying the rental fee for the carnival tent used for move-in events. > Senate allocated $1,804 for student organization liability coverage. > ere is $180,405.98 in unallocated funds.

BRIEFS

Biking USA presentation set for Aug. 31

Social Sciences Professor Kurt Kinbacher will be holding a presentation on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Sandoz Center Atrium to discuss a 1 credit hour, undergrad fall class and show photos from the 2021 summer ride. Riders who participate in the summer 2022 ride will begin in Chadron and work their way to Washington, D.C., and back while completing capstone projects. For more information, email Kinbacher at kkinbacker@csc.edu.

Senate debates nixing diversity seats

Motion to keep positions vacant passes with three vote majority

 By Aubrie Lawrence

Editor-in-Chief

During the Student Senate meeting Monday, senators voted to postpone lling the three diversity senator positions until it can continue its discussion next week.

Senator of Liberal Arts Sullivan Jones, brought the matter of eliminating the positions up, stating that they weren’t a necessary position.

Last year, senators created the three senatorial positions to encourage representation of minority voices in Student Senate. Currently, those positions are vacant because last year’s senators graduated.

“I think that as senators, especially senator of liberal arts, you’re representing all of those students,” Jones said. “If you’re a senator of a dorm, you’re representing all those students in the dorm. As that senator, you can choose how you’re going to represent those students. So, for whatever the purpose diversity senator lls, if you want to become that senator that is ful lling those goals of the diversity senator, you can feel free to do it. Because essentially, we could have 15 diversity senators de facto.”

A motion was made to prohibit students from lling the diversity senator position until next week’s meeting was made even though those positions were not planned to be lled until the vacant dorm senator seats were lled, according to Chief Justice Nathan Cronin.

“It’s about representation,” Student Senate President Isioma Akwanamnye said. “I know we have all of the schools but we want to make sure that we have every voice on campus represented and there are a lot of students that are underrepresented on campus. To be very honest, we have a predominantly white campus and there are students that fall under the cracks and voices that never actually get heard. Let’s not forget that.”

With a three vote to two vote majority, the motion passed. Senator’s Makenna Metzler, Kelsey Crock, and Jones voted in favor. e discussion to eliminate the position completely was tabled for next week. Students can still apply for the diversity senator position, but they will not be sworn in until a future decision is made.