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Students to vote on constitutional changes
Jessica Davis, Content Manager
Issue date: 2/27/07
Last Updated: 8/9/07
Off-campus representation is impacted the most by the proposed changes as it loses one representative.
Smelser said under the current system there are approximately 250 off-campus students represented for one voting member. Under the proposed system, there would be about 330 off-campus students represented for one voting member.
Job descriptions for the different positions would change minimally.
On-campus representatives will be responsible for only putting on a minimum of one traditional event and one service event. In the past, each senator was responsible for putting on one major event and service project every semester.
A few programs would no longer fall under the responsibility of ASWC. The traditional Mac Haunted House event will fall to residence life.
Ballard senator Amy Moos said she spoke to residence life in McMillan who said they could easily take on the traditional event.
Associate dean of students Dick Mandeville said he was hesitant to comment on the impact this proposal will have on residence life before he spoke to resident directors.
Mandeville said he was concerned if important programming will be cut.
Mandeville also said he was not very familiar with the proposed changes.
"The real kicker is what students want," Mandeville said. "It will be interesting to see what students think."
Another concern brought up at the meeting was the grouping of McMillan, Ballard and Schumacher Halls into one zone.
"Logistically, this probably won't work. To go into another building is way more difficult," director of student activities Dayna Coleman Jones said. "My fortune telling is that you will change it within a year to have a different representative in Mac than Ballard."
Duvall senator and senior Seth Wall believed the issue of male-female representation could be resolved.
"The purpose of putting the dorms together is to have equal amount of people in the zones. Ballard and Mac have 80 people each and the other dorms are close to 160," Wall said.
The proposal was originally created with the intent to align student government more closely with the college. Most universities are broken up into several colleges by academic discipline.
However, the college currently has no plans to change its governing structure according to executive assistant to the president Dale Soden.
"More likely than not if we continue to grow and add programs, we will reorganize, but that's not in the current plan," Soden said last week. "We want to be ready to adapt ourselves to changes that might occur in the future."
Smelser said under the current system there are approximately 250 off-campus students represented for one voting member. Under the proposed system, there would be about 330 off-campus students represented for one voting member.
Job descriptions for the different positions would change minimally.
On-campus representatives will be responsible for only putting on a minimum of one traditional event and one service event. In the past, each senator was responsible for putting on one major event and service project every semester.
A few programs would no longer fall under the responsibility of ASWC. The traditional Mac Haunted House event will fall to residence life.
Ballard senator Amy Moos said she spoke to residence life in McMillan who said they could easily take on the traditional event.
Associate dean of students Dick Mandeville said he was hesitant to comment on the impact this proposal will have on residence life before he spoke to resident directors.
Mandeville said he was concerned if important programming will be cut.
Mandeville also said he was not very familiar with the proposed changes.
"The real kicker is what students want," Mandeville said. "It will be interesting to see what students think."
Another concern brought up at the meeting was the grouping of McMillan, Ballard and Schumacher Halls into one zone.
"Logistically, this probably won't work. To go into another building is way more difficult," director of student activities Dayna Coleman Jones said. "My fortune telling is that you will change it within a year to have a different representative in Mac than Ballard."
Duvall senator and senior Seth Wall believed the issue of male-female representation could be resolved.
"The purpose of putting the dorms together is to have equal amount of people in the zones. Ballard and Mac have 80 people each and the other dorms are close to 160," Wall said.
The proposal was originally created with the intent to align student government more closely with the college. Most universities are broken up into several colleges by academic discipline.
However, the college currently has no plans to change its governing structure according to executive assistant to the president Dale Soden.
"More likely than not if we continue to grow and add programs, we will reorganize, but that's not in the current plan," Soden said last week. "We want to be ready to adapt ourselves to changes that might occur in the future."
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