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Friday April 25 2003
The Optimist
Page 7
New meets old
at SA meeting
Officers propose new requirements for
executive office dates of class elections
Paul A. Anthony
Editor In Chic
A constitutional amend-
ment and a by-law amend-
ment were proposed Wed-
nesday night in the first
meeting conducted by the
new set of executive officers.
The meeting was a hybrid
with new XOs and class offi-
cers but with old represen-
tatives. The two proposed pieces
of legislation focused on
requirements for executive
office and the dates for class
officer elections.
The constitutional am-
endment presented by Sen.
Mclanie Hooker next year's
sophomore class would
lower the requirements for
serving as executive presi-
dent or vice president to be
the same as those for execu-
tive treasurer and secretary.
Currently students must
have been a member of SA
for two years and completed
at least 90 hours of academ-
ic work or about three
years to serve as president
or vice president.
The amendment would
make all executive officer
positions require at least
one year in SA and two years
of academic work.
"It would better serve the
students to have more of a
selection of leaders" said
Jonathan Wilkcrson execu-
tive president.
Tile By-1 aws amend-
ment presented by Sen. Jud
(lowland next year's junior
class would allow for class
officer elections to be con-
ducted simultaneously with
executive officer elections.
Currently the By-Laws
allow for class officer elec-
tions after XO elections but
before May. The amend-
ment would remove the
clause specifying they occur
after XO elections.
Social clubs finishing spring rushes
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first rushes" said Haley
Stirman junior art major
from Sugar Land and Sigma
Theta Chi vice president.
"But by the fourth rush num-
bers were way down. Pour
rushes in the spring was
stressful on the clubs to put
on and the girls to try to
attend."
Glasscock agreed.
'The amount of rushes
have just been a little much"
she said. "It seemed it wore
all the girls out."
Spell said this was because
of an error in recording by
clubs last year and so the
clubs accidentally ended up
with an extra formal rush.
"I think that especially the
girls' clubs did all the rushes
they had the opportunities to
do" Spell said. "But wc will be
making a note for next year
so it doesn't happen again."
Blair said that spring rush-
ing is important because it is
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Members of Congress
voiced concerns however
that conducting elections
for IB positions simultane-
ously would cause "mass
Confusion instead of cam-
paigning" as one member
said.
Both amendments will be
discussed next week.
Wilkcrson also took a
portion of the meeting to
explain parliamentary pro-
cedure as vice president
Laync Rouse presented a
mock bill for questioning.
The bill will be "dis-
cussed" next week Wllker-
son said.
Wilkcrson also encour-
aged Congress to adjourn
before 7 pm each Wednes-
day in deference to mem-
bers who wish to attend
church. The president him-
self preaches at a nearby
Church of Christ.
The comments area de-
parted from previous pre-
sidents' procedure where
debate on bills deemed
especially important has
lasted for several hours
without a motion to table or
adjourn.
Most lame-duck academ-
ic and residential represen-
tatives skipped the meeting.
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so laidback and gives every-
one a chance to see the dif-
ferent clubs.
"You really can get a good
feel for things" Blair said.
"You can get your feet wet in
a sense."
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The Big Shake-Up created
a starkly different SA one that
its officers believe will be
ready to serve the student
body through advocacy not
activities.
"The changes we made
this year were really key"
Gordon said. "We arc doing
what the students want us to
do now."
Major change
SA no longer directly
administers its committees
referring to them as "student
service groups" allowing self-
perpetuation and placing
them under the guidance of
staff mentors.
Activity-planning was
moved from class officers' job
descriptions making advoca-
cy Congress' sole duty. Class
activity chairs have been
instituted Instead.
Hierarchy was eliminated
from the class officer posi
Election
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"Our people are really tak-
ing us seriously and officers
have this responsibility clear"
said Susannc Drchsel senior
interior design major from
Heidelberg Germany outgo-
ing public relations officer
and newly elected vice presi-
dent. This year two students ran
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glides
"At the beginning of the
semester the report has quite a
few names on it but at the end
of the semester there's not that
many names on it" England
said.
Joel Godcau sophomore
graphic design major from
Austin was caught sliding and
gliding early this semester and
spring rushing doesn't really
affect who gets bids in the
fall.
"It's nice to know who
comes out in the spring but
you meet so many girls it's
hard to remember them all"
Glasscock said.
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back at past year's
tions instituting five class
senators Instead.
All student groups were
permitted for the first time to
submit requests for money
before the semester began
creating smaller request
funds with less strenuous
demands for money.
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and three new executive posi-
tions were created in the
hopes of smoothing the
request process as SA leaders
go before the university
administration.
Gordon pointed to this
semester's successful attempt
in giving students free access
to the Campus Center's pool
tables as an example of the
Big Shake-Up at work even as
It was being implemented.
Congress also passed a res-
olution and several members
collected letters and petition
signatures in support of the
Texas Equalization Grant
which is in danger of being
significantly cut in the state
Legislature.
turnout pleases ISA
for ISA president when two
years ago this position was
uncontested.
Carlos Macias sophomore
pro-architecture major from
Torreon Mexico received 72
percent of the votes and Ren
l-al senior biology major from
Taipei Taiwan got 28 percent.
These candidates cam-
paigned by sending e-mails
letters giving out fliers and
sat in assigned seating until he
began to work during Chapel
"I slid in and sat for 5-10
minutes and decided to go cat
and beat the whole line" he
said.
Godcau said missing social
club activities like Sing Song
and intramurals was the
biggest negative to probation.
Probation lasts for 15 aca-
demic weeks and rolls over to
the following semester. Those
Spell agreed.
"It's less stressful than in
the fall and more relaxed"
she said. "In the fall rushing
happens so quickly. This is
more like a trial and error
time or an information gath-
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"I really hope that's the
future of SA" Gordon said.
"Nobody else on campus Is
equipped to do that."
Wilkcrson said he expects
a potential rollover of about
$4000-5000 capping a ses-
sion In which SA appeared fis-
cally more conservative than
in previous years.
"I don't know if it could
have gone much better"
Wilkcrson said. "SA's in
great financial shape."
Election attendance woes
But not all was rosy this
year where the transition
from activities to advocacy
caused hours-long debates at
times.
Congress struggled with
the shake-up forcing Smith
to lobby for weeks to get the
original measure passed in a
watered down form. The
remainder passed in a scries
of smaller amendments and
bills late in the year.
Smith blamed Congress as
putting up posters around
campus something not seen
before in ISA elections.
The other two contested
positions were Secretary and
PR.
The elected officers for
next year are:
President- Macias
Vice President- Drchsel
Treasurer- Diana Gutierrez
junior management major
who break probation arc not
allowed to enroll the following
semester. Last semester four
students could not enroll and
so far five have not been able
to enroll for next semester
because of current violations.
In addition to the students
in assigned scats this semester
70-80 have exceeded their
minimum absences.
Since the crack down on
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he stopped attending SA
meetings causing a backlash
in which Congress members
considered but never pro-
posed a resolution expressing
disapproval with his actions
and comments.
The overwhelming elec-
tion of treasurer Jonathan
Wilkerson to serve as presi-
dent earlier this month was
overshadowed by election
controversy. What was
expected to be a tight four-
way race was closer in terms
of alleged campaign rules vio-
lations and claims of unethi-
cal behavior than votes.
The final decision that
the election rules themselves
were to blame led to a
rewriting of the election rules
as one of the final acts of the
Smith-Gordon administra-
tion. "It's just a long year" Smith
said. "Any time you want to
change mindsets you're
going to get people saying
'Wc like what we're doing so
why change it?'"
officers
from Tegucigalpa Honduras
Secretary- Olivia Sou fresh-
man undeclared major from
Macau Macau.
Advertising director-
Carolina Modenessy junior
graphic design major from
Tegucigalpa Honduras
Sports director- Rlcardo
Garay junior business major
from Tegucigalpa Honduras
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exceed the minimum number
of absences have decreased by
almost half. The number of
students who miss 12-15 times
a semester has gone up.
"You have to account for
students who were exceeding
their absences are now in the
12 to 15 range" England said.
"Our opinion is that more peo-
ple are going to Chapel."
Changes In policy are being
discussed but are not final.
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