•The Sunday, Oct. 29 Senate meeting began late as a result of the School of Nursing auditorium being locked. After waiting 25 minutes, Chair Tim Rich ’08 decided to move the meeting into a vacant classroom.
•The Concert Committee – Michael Mancini ’07, Jon Velotta ’07 and Kara Ackerman ’08 – announced the band O.A.R. as this year’s concert.
•Some hands were raised after the announcement that this would not technically be a fall concert, as it is on Jan. 25. But Chair Rich requested that no questions be asked “in the future on anything like that.”
•Chair Rich announced that there will be an upcoming town hall meeting about possible changes to the housing lottery. He asked that “all concerned senators work with [FUSA President] Hutch to formulate two good questions.”
•Rich also noted that “attendance [the past week] was dreadful, abysmal and horrid. You made the commitment to be here.” He reminded the Senate that if members cannot attend a meeting, they must send a proxy. For “this body can not function without attendance.”
•Chair Rich also was “pleased to report that there are more benches and picnic tables seen all over campus,” as a result of a resolution passed by the Senate last year. In addition, he has contacted the HAM channel to possibly begin televising Senate meetings.
•Academics Committee Co-Chair Allie Dailey ’09 said that the faculty committee devoted to examining the teacher evaluations “really wants to work with us. Include a student question or a FUSA question.” In addition, the Committee is looking into the fact that Stagweb is down between 3 and 7 a.m., which causes problems for students abroad.
•Student Life Committee Co-Chair Nikki Enriquez ’07 said that the previous meeting was spent looking into “Sodexho issues” – including cleaner plates, more chicken patties and placing napkins on the tables. They have also received positive feedback about removing the folding chair from the townhouse laundry room and installing more washing machines.
•In addition, they are trying to incorporate Deb Cady, Gary Stephenson and Frank Ficko into the ongoing battle against students smoking too close to residence halls. “We want to get everyone on the same page,” Sen. Enriquez said.
•Sen. Cota ’07 asked if anyone was investigating the possibility of a live stag mascot, saying, “this is not a joke.” Sen. Enriquez promised she would look into it at the next meeting.
•Sen. Kamenchenko ’10 raised the possibility of FUSA Senate jackets. “It will show that we are proud to be senators, [and] people will know that we are senators.” Chair Rich promised they are looking into “some form of clothing,” he said.
•Sen. Thibodeau ’10 raised the concern that “students are being targeted by public safety and RAs,” saying that he witnessed an event where two RAs walked by a room that was not loud and later entered the room without properly identifying themselves.
•Sen. Amsbaugh ’08 put a request in writing for the issue to be examined. “Examine students’ right to privacy against the administration’s necessity to enforce the student conduct code,” the document said. Administration was later changed to “Residence Life and Public Safety.”
•Sen. Cota brought up a possible investigation of whether or not students follow the Academic Honor Code. Sen. Amsbaugh said, “From personal experience … a large group [of students] think it is no big deal. … Another group [thinks] the Honor Code is a mission in life. Some are like ‘eh, whatever’ and some believe it is important,” he said.
•Sen. Liguori ’09 moved to adjourn the meeting; his motion was unanimously approved.
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