By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief
The Students’ Association Congress threw its support and wallet behind an effort to build a disc golf course on ACU’s campus Wednesday, voting unanimously to sponsor a hole and help build an information kiosk at the future course.
Deonna Shake, instructor of exercise science and health, is gathering donations from student groups across campus to build the Wildcat Disc Golf Course and asked Congress to help fund a hole at the Nov. 12 Congress meeting.
“I really hope you guys can think about sponsoring a little piece of this,” Shake said during her appeal to SA.
Junior Sen. Daniel Burgner, Rep. Minda Hyde and Rep. Christy Ruiz responded by presenting legislation to appropriate $1,000 from the Congressional Project Fund to sponsor a course and help build the kiosk.
The bill passed 36-0-0, and Burgner said he was glad to support the course, which he believed would expand extracurricular options on campus.
“For students without vehicles, the more things to do on campus, the better, especially for underclassmen who are stuck here all the time,” Burgner said. “I think students will actually use it.”
SA will sponsor one of nine holes planned to be built in the spring at Sherrod Residential Park near Smith and Adams halls. The beginning of the SA hole will have a sign with the SA logo on it.
Before passing the legislation to sponsor the disc golf course at the meeting, SA formed an ad hoc committee that will meet with Student Life officials to help hear appeals from students wishing to form new student groups for the spring semester.
The group will meet Dec. 2 in the SA office in the Campus Center. The temporary committee will recommend which groups it believes should be approved, but the final decision will be made by Student Life officials, said committee chair Aaron Escebedo, Education Building representative.
“I view SA as a steward of funding, and if new people are going to request funding, we need to see if they’ll be an asset to the whole community or just for a small group of students,” Escebedo said.
Executive treasurer Spencer Hemphill said this is the first time SA has helped with these decisions. The members of the committee are Escebedo; Junior Sens. Steven Cardona and David Vanderpool; Administration Building Reps. Ashley Alton and Jordan Hancock; McDonald Hall Rep. Keri Gray; College of Business Administration Rep. Stephen Moore; Foster Science Building Rep. Colter Lane; Mabee Hall Rep. Jake Hutto; Edwards Hall Rep. Jared Elk and Chambers Hall Rep. Breanna Anderson.
The SA Congress will not have a formal meeting on Dec. 3 and instead will have an SA Christmas party. If any legislation is presented, Congress will vote on it at the party.
