Spring Break
Senate seats new members
Chris Walden/Student Government Reporter
Issue date: 12/6/07 Section: News
After a lengthy discussion, senate also approved the reimbursement of $103.43 to Student Executive Vice President Levi Bulgar for travel costs of going to Springfield last Thursday.
Bulgar found out Nov. 27 he was appointed to Illinois Governor Blogjevich's Campus Safety and Student Mental Health Task Force and spent Thursday meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate member Karen Armour was voted as the Senator of the Semester, with other nominees being senate members Angelina Montleon and Jeff Melanson.
Student Senate Speaker Adam Martinelli gave his State of the Senate address at the beginning of the meeting.
He outlined his thanks to senate members for helping him achieve his three goals for the senate in the Fall 2007 semester: to organize senate and stay on deadlines, to update the Student Government Web site and to build stronger relationships between senate members.
Student Body President Cole Rogers also gave his State of the University address, focusing on what he called a large amount of change over the course of the last semester, and good change at that, he said.
Rogers expressed his admiration and thanks to Jeff Melanson, Karen Armour, Rich Higginbotham and Levi Bulgar for each spearheading new movements and initiatives on campus.
"Change is good, and change is necessary for progress," Rogers said. "To the student body, I ask you: Is good enough good for you? It's our job to keep changes happening to make students' lives better."
Bulgar found out Nov. 27 he was appointed to Illinois Governor Blogjevich's Campus Safety and Student Mental Health Task Force and spent Thursday meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate member Karen Armour was voted as the Senator of the Semester, with other nominees being senate members Angelina Montleon and Jeff Melanson.
Student Senate Speaker Adam Martinelli gave his State of the Senate address at the beginning of the meeting.
He outlined his thanks to senate members for helping him achieve his three goals for the senate in the Fall 2007 semester: to organize senate and stay on deadlines, to update the Student Government Web site and to build stronger relationships between senate members.
Student Body President Cole Rogers also gave his State of the University address, focusing on what he called a large amount of change over the course of the last semester, and good change at that, he said.
Rogers expressed his admiration and thanks to Jeff Melanson, Karen Armour, Rich Higginbotham and Levi Bulgar for each spearheading new movements and initiatives on campus.
"Change is good, and change is necessary for progress," Rogers said. "To the student body, I ask you: Is good enough good for you? It's our job to keep changes happening to make students' lives better."
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Chris Kromphardt
posted 12/05/07 @ 11:59 PM CST
Great job everyone. Especially to you, Megan; congrats on making Speaker! Can't wait to join you guys in January.
matt
posted 12/06/07 @ 12:04 AM CST
you SG people are a bunch of idiots, the politics is ridiculous. i cant believe the people constantly relected only due to lack of votes from students. (Continued…)
Ryan Kerch
posted 12/06/07 @ 12:37 AM CST
Well, Matt. As a newly elected senator, I look forward to changing your opinion of Student Government.
Matt
posted 12/09/07 @ 11:38 PM CST
i was on student government actually. but please do do something to change it. the same people who do nothing keep getting the privilege of high up positions which is just unfair to the student body. (Continued…)
Kyle
posted 12/10/07 @ 7:53 PM CST
"United Party of Students"
If someone had told me that was the name of a party running this year, I would have thought it was a joke. Didn't we already have the Students United Party and the Student Unity Party?
The line between reality and parody in Student Government is perforated. (Continued…)
Chris Kromphardt
posted 12/10/07 @ 10:31 PM CST
I don't get what the importance of a party name is. It's just a label for a group, and the acronym worked well, so why not use it? What exactly do you expect in a student government party name, Shakespeare?
As for things getting old, cynicism over student government sure is high on that list. (Continued…)
Johnson
posted 12/11/07 @ 12:48 PM CST
Who cares, 12,000 students give or take and 300 some voted. Obviously no one cares or believes that thes people do anything except pad their resumes. (Continued…)
Travis Bounds
posted 12/12/07 @ 12:26 AM CST
Well, hell, if your spelling is any indication of your intelligence, I would rather you not vote, and leave it up to those who can form cognitive sentences
Johnson
posted 12/12/07 @ 4:02 PM CST
Travis Bounds;
student senator - check
member of the nerd patrol - check
Cognitive sentence?
posted 12/12/07 @ 6:22 PM CST
Would that be a sentence relating to the mental processes of perception and memory?
Perhaps you meant "cogent," meaning relevant or incisive.
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