The Student Government Association Senate met last night to discuss the plan to update residential housing, the “R U Ready” Core Response Committee and Free Speech Alley. SGA President Olinda Ricard went to a meeting of the Residence Halls Evaluation Committee Friday. She said so far only one proposal to redo residential housing has been submitted.
Ricard also talked about the “R U Ready” Campaign. An application for a Service-Learning Grant is being completed at this time. The campaign focuses on sending a message to eighth graders about the core curriculum students are required to take in high school in order to attend college. By doing this, students will know what they should schedule before even entering high school.
Free Speech Alley on Friday was a success, Ricard said. About 10 students took the microphone to speak on issues discussed. Ricard said she is hoping to have Free Speech Alley about once a month.
“It was really exciting, and students were very engaged,” Ricard said.
Ricard met with the Student Engagement Committee August 31. This committee is directly related to the fall enhancement planning, of which the University’s initiative is to engage students in college life. This year’s committee will focus on the first year experience for college students, and the committee will meet about once a month, Ricard said.
Mia Coulon, Senator-at-Large and chemistry sophomore from Thibodaux, met with the Senate’s Campus Improvements Committee. The committee discussed the issue about the University’s plan to create a policy on Facebook.com and other related sites. The committee proposed the idea to create an awareness letter to distribute to students, informing them of the dangers of these types of sites, instead of creating a policy.
Voting for Homecoming Court will be held September 18-September 20, and Homecoming King and Queen voting will be held September 25-27. Elaine Musso, SGA Secretary, said the Homecoming Court Committee does not allow nominees to campaign through signs or other things, but nominees are allowed to simply tell students their name is on the ballot.
