The Students' Association's (SA) reputation with the administration is dependent upon the leadership of SA. If the administration trusts the leadership and knows it, it will communicate with them more frequently-I am not making a judgment on the current executive officer's performance, just stating an opinion verified by experience. The ... [Read More…]
Students’ Association shakeup ultimately to benefit everyone
Serve the students. When you tear away all of the flashy titles and procedures and get right down to it, that's the sole purpose of the Students' Association. To serve the student body. The whole student body. Is it possible for the Students' Association to benefit every single student on campus? Probably not. Does that mean we should settle for ... [Read More…]
SA committee system, member roles affected: Smith presents proposal to a skeptical Congress
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Citing a lack of respect from the university administration, the Students' Association's executive officers made their pitch Wednesday to overhaul SA's mode of governing. According to the plan outlined in a 50-minute presentation to Congress, the SA of the future would feature no committees in their current ... [Read More…]
SA proposal needs more thought
Students' Association President Jeremy Smith came up with a solution to budget squabbling. But the solution was unconstitutional by his own admission. Yet he went ahead and said it anyway, offering Congress an opportunity to violate SA's governing document. Such an action mirrors Smith's action in presenting his bold new proposal to Congress. It ... [Read More…]
Officers to propose historic SA overhaul: Plan would promote student unity, cut spending, XOs claim
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The Students' Association is about to receive a major facelift, and the proposed changes will be announced at Wednesday's meeting, executive officers told the Optimist Friday. Althoug he declined to discuss specifics on the record, executive president Jeremy Smith said he had been formulating the idea with the ... [Read More…]
Officers promise to shake up SA
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Warning that attendance at next week's Students' Association meeting was especially crucial, president Jeremy Smith hinted that big changes were in the offing for Congress. Smith took an unusually harsh tone in his closing remarks to Congress at the end of Wednesday's meeting. "A lot of what we do is a joke, ... [Read More…]
Request fund intact with term half done: $5,788 left after SA grants to Rodeo Club, Frater Sodalis
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The Students' Association Wednesday quickly and unanimously approved a total of $6,210, bringing the Student Request Fund down to about $5,788.77 about halfway through the semester. Shades step squad, College Republicans, Frater Sodalis and the Student Action Leadership Team all received money in closed-door ... [Read More…]
SA narrowly grants funds to Essence: Congressional absences nearly cost group thousands
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Sixteen members of Student Congress did not attend Wednesday's SA meeting, and the result was a topsy-turvy session that saw Congress initially reject an Essence for Ebony request for funds. Congress originally voted 24-8 with two abstentions to grant Essence $2,335 out of the Student Request Fund. However, 51 ... [Read More…]
SA absence nearly short-change cultural group
For Essence of Ebony receiving $2,000 Wednesday, was harder than passing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Because 16 Congress members decided not to come to SA's weekly meeting for one reason or another, the multi-cultural group started and run by black students, and the unofficial ACU hockey team had to get approval from more than 75 ... [Read More…]
SA presents task force categories
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The Students' Association Congress began its advocacy work Wednesday night with a presentation of the10 categories SA task forces will be focusing on this year. Congress also approved by a unanimous hand vote two Appropriations Committee decisions that awarded $809 to the sophomore class and denied a $950 ... [Read More…]