10/26 Student Senate Meeting Minutes
The Gettysburg College Student Senate provided the following minutes. Besides formatting, they have not been edited in any way.
Officer Reports
- President Duquette
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- Absent, no report
- Vice President Bumps
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- Pizza and costume contest
- Parliamentarian McCrea
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- Announcement of Student-Athlete and Greek Life Representation Act
- Treasurer Paine
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- Announcement of Student-Athlete and Greek Life Representation Act
- Secretary Migut
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- Missing T-shirt sizes – handled
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- Instagram involvement
- Inclusion Officer Hippensteel
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- Cultural Club Event Calendar will be coming soon
Advisor Reports
- Jon Allen
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- Not present
- Jeff Foster
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- No report
Committee Chair Reports
- Academic & Career Affairs Committee – Amir Hasan
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- Purpose: handling academic and career issues, faculty academic plans
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- Goals: share faculty plans; once allowed, planning a professional headshots event next semester, academic resources planning guide
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- Meetings Friday nights at 9 pm on Zoom
- Budget Management Committee – Treasurer Paine
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- Allocates money to clubs based on their event needs and Senate attendance
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- Meetings Thursdays 6:30, Cub 230
- College Life Advisory Committee – Bridget Hallinan
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- Working on new website issues, publicizing, and making posters for broken links
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- Meetings 1 pm Tuesdays in Junction
- Dining Committee – Hailey Clark
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- Work with dining services, resolve student concerns, weekly tabling, dining concerns form
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- Meetings Mondays after senate
- Inclusion Committee – Brianna Wright
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- Goals: foster inclusion and celebrate differences, hoping to set up events like a date party
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- Meetings Mondays after senate
- IT Committee – Parker Dominick
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- Info and outreach about IT – wifi, website, AI initiative
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- Meetings Tuesdays 4 pm in west building
- Opinions Committee – John Towey
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- Gather student opinions, present them to Senate
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- Meetings Wed 6:30, Library first floor
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- Please fill out QR code with any opinions
- Outreach Committee – Secretary Migut
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- Purpose is to give the student body a perception of Senate and gain interest in what Senate has to offer, operate social media, and gather engagement.
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- Meetings Tuesdays 12-1in Junction
- Rules & Administration Committee – Parliamentarian McCrea
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- Oversees the Constitution, rules, amendments, etc
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- Brings changes to the floor
- Wellness & Safety Committee – Joshua Snyder
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- Working to assess wellness and campus safety; will share reports with senate as a whole
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- Faster emergency alerts like fires and gas leaks
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- Meetings Mondays before senate, alternate between servo and bullet
- Board of Committee Chairs – Vice President Bumps
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- Fosters community amongst the committee chairs and keeps them on track to accomplish goals
Club Reports & Announcements
- Mr Alpha Omicron Pi Charity Event will be tabling in CUB
- Chi O Night Live Charity Event will be tabling in CUB
- PDT Haunted House tickets: 8 at table, $10 at door, benefiting Adams County Youth Service
- Choir concert on Halloween at 8 pm in the chapel
- Spring musical looking for a guitarist, bassist, or anyone who can read music; please reach out to Allesandro A. to perform
- Football game kickoff 1 pm this Saturday versus Ursinus
- DSA Día de los Muertos 6-8pm
- Panhell kickoff event November 1st; look on Engage for various sorority events and locations
Student Concerns
- Bullet syrup refill – handled
- Garlic pepper at servo needs consistent refills
- Commuters concerned about parking shortage
- Servo takeout, no way to take out drinks (maybe making that an option)
- Dining concerns UPDATES:
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- Will be tabling in Bullet for student concerns
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- Family weekend is this weekend; all dining options will stay open, commons will open even earlier
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- Servo will have a to-go option for Family Weekend; families can get a ticket for a free servo lunch
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- Servo lunch lines – servo employees need more feedback – if you wait in a line for more than 7 minutes, please let an employee know
- Looking into Bullet Ranch pump
- Cookies in Bullet will hopefully be coming soon
- Bacon updates – regular bacon should be available on almost all weekdays
- Servo Thanksgiving November 17th
Budget Requests
- Burgburst Budget Request $12,550 – BMC suggested $9,800
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- Discussion on past overspending of Burgburst (Referred to OCL – pending further information)
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- Burgburst operates by giving each culture club a set amount of funds, and then they coordinate their own table’s food
- Motion to table – gone to voice vote – The nays have it with 14 votes
- Motion to approve $9,800 – gone to voice vote – nays have it with 19 passes
- Motion to set a timer for 5 minutes for discussion; if no resolution is passed, the request will be automatically tabled; motion passes
- Motion to approve $1440 for decor – ayes have it
Old Business
- None
New Business
- SAAC & Greek Rep Amendment moved to next week
- Costume contest winners:
- 1st place: Elin T. dressed as The Lorax
- 2nd place: Kailey R. dressed as a Bill on Capitol Hill
- 3rd place: Alessandro A. dressed as Where’s Waldo
Adjourned at 8:32 PM EST.
