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Student Senate to review last week's allocations
Bob Bajek / Student Government Editor
Issue date: 2/18/09 Section: News
Student Senate will discuss the additional allocations passed at Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting at 7 p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.
The allocations passed amounted to $32,390.
Student Senate Speaker Drew Griffin said the senate would evaluate the allocations and vote on them at next week's meeting.
AB passed an allocation of $1,593 for the athletic department and the Blue Crew to send a fan bus to support the men's and women's basketball teams at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in March.
Griffin said he was concerned with 53 basketball fans getting a free ride to Nashvile, when they said at the AB meeting they would travel to Nashville on their own initiative.
"Student Senate supports school spirit, but it might be concerned with showing favoritism," Griffin said. "(53 fans) is such a small part of the student population."
Other items on the agenda include the Student Government banners, which will be the only bill voted on. The banners, which cost $120, are for the Student Government issue tables the organization will use.
Tonight's meeting will have no bylaw changes on the floor, with the leave of absence bylaw change approved and the campus involvement bylaw change not passed last week.
Griffin said to his knowledge, no one is attempting to rework the campus involvement bylaw change, but he said he thinks a compromise may be possible.
He also said the members had a healthy debate at the senate's previous meeting. Griffin's view on the senate's debate was contrary to what some members feel.
Student Senate member Michael Whildin was the lone abstention that affected the campus involvement bylaw change. The vote did not meet the two-thirds majority of a quorum with a vote of 14-7-1.
Whildin said he agreed with the bylaw change initiating campus and constituency involvement and removing the diversity requirement.
"To me, when it comes to a bylaw change, it is internal matters and if you would give a poll to students, most of them won't care because this is an apathetic campus," Whildin said. "I probably brought up my policy at a bad time because if there was a bylaw that would directly affect students, this was it.
"But the principle of a bylaw change is something I'm not voting on right now as a statement. I don't feel voting on how I do my job will affect students."
Whildin said members should show more passion for asking students about issues. He said he is in favor of the Student Government issue tables resolution passed Feb. 4 but has not gone to a table yet.
Isaac Sandidge, co-chair of the Internal Affairs Committee, said that Student Government has not set up any tables yet, but he hopes tabling will start soon.
Bob Bajek can be reached at 581-7942 or at rtbajek@eiu.edu.
The allocations passed amounted to $32,390.
Student Senate Speaker Drew Griffin said the senate would evaluate the allocations and vote on them at next week's meeting.
AB passed an allocation of $1,593 for the athletic department and the Blue Crew to send a fan bus to support the men's and women's basketball teams at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in March.
Griffin said he was concerned with 53 basketball fans getting a free ride to Nashvile, when they said at the AB meeting they would travel to Nashville on their own initiative.
"Student Senate supports school spirit, but it might be concerned with showing favoritism," Griffin said. "(53 fans) is such a small part of the student population."
Other items on the agenda include the Student Government banners, which will be the only bill voted on. The banners, which cost $120, are for the Student Government issue tables the organization will use.
Tonight's meeting will have no bylaw changes on the floor, with the leave of absence bylaw change approved and the campus involvement bylaw change not passed last week.
Griffin said to his knowledge, no one is attempting to rework the campus involvement bylaw change, but he said he thinks a compromise may be possible.
He also said the members had a healthy debate at the senate's previous meeting. Griffin's view on the senate's debate was contrary to what some members feel.
Student Senate member Michael Whildin was the lone abstention that affected the campus involvement bylaw change. The vote did not meet the two-thirds majority of a quorum with a vote of 14-7-1.
Whildin said he agreed with the bylaw change initiating campus and constituency involvement and removing the diversity requirement.
"To me, when it comes to a bylaw change, it is internal matters and if you would give a poll to students, most of them won't care because this is an apathetic campus," Whildin said. "I probably brought up my policy at a bad time because if there was a bylaw that would directly affect students, this was it.
"But the principle of a bylaw change is something I'm not voting on right now as a statement. I don't feel voting on how I do my job will affect students."
Whildin said members should show more passion for asking students about issues. He said he is in favor of the Student Government issue tables resolution passed Feb. 4 but has not gone to a table yet.
Isaac Sandidge, co-chair of the Internal Affairs Committee, said that Student Government has not set up any tables yet, but he hopes tabling will start soon.
Bob Bajek can be reached at 581-7942 or at rtbajek@eiu.edu.
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