The Student Government Association board meeting began with the Rowe Award given to Freshman Class President, Alyssa Wright, saluting her for engaging and addressing concerns on campus issues.
The Executive board of Club Sports council shed light on their recent “transitioning to collegiate rosters.” The executive board brought about their current 20 percent budget, because many club sports teams haven’t used most of their money. It was also mentioned that they’ve created a “club cup” where teams receive points for cooperation. It encourages them to participate with each other, team to team, and at the end of the year the winner gets a prize. Club sports’ executive board’s main focus is on competitive sporting. The board wants all club sports to compete and get involved with other schools.
Lancers into Leaders will be holding facilitation workshops, building lancers and directing students towards clubs and organizations at 7:00 – 8:00pm in the Lankford Student Union Amelia Room. The workshops reach out to organizations
“as a whole market, budget, workshops are all inclusive,” said representative Allison Dobson.
Each month of the semester various workshops will be held. They will include “Building and Being Your Brand” Wednesday, Oct. 22, facilitated by Longwood’s Admissions Officers, Lauren Karidis, and Ashley Woodard.
A “Recruitment and Retention Relevancy” workshop will also be held by the Longwood Communication Studies Administrative Assistant, Lauren Irby, on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Open Forum started with raising concerns over price of Lancer Park parking decals. Raising concerns from students as to why they pay the same $100 per semester for decals in Lancer Park, when they are unable to use commuter lots.
Senator Class President, Paige Rollins noted that Bedford’s entrance Lancer ID scans have not been working between hours of 5 pm on. Many students have night classes and issues have been occurring for a couple of weeks now.
A reoccurring problem with Curry is that trash piles up fast, leaving a mess and it is often un- cleared.
Curry and Frazer’s response time to work order tickets have also raised issues for students, especially when RA and student work orders are put in. On a positive note, Senator John “Archer” Minor commented on the quickness of Lancer Park work orders, stating, “whoever does that, thank you.”
They then moved to the executive report where President Joseph Gills asked for feedback for any issues regarding sexual assault cases, taken under Title IX. The Senate Board noted the idea of the false statement of “if it is not seen, it’s not a problem.” However, many campus issues that occur are often unseen. The board agreed that campus issues regarding conduct and behavior “needs to be handled,” first and foremost.
Moving to the report from the Historian, Ellen Kensy. She moved to approve the Philosophy and Debate Club. They are moving toward diverse current events at meetings every Thursday. The club is for students to have an open forum to work on public speaking, as well as participation in debates. The club name used to be Philosophy Club, but it now incorporates debate.
Then Kensy moved to approve the Gender Studies Club, a “brand new club.” They focus on different gender issues on campus and would like “to have a place to discuss gender equalities for all students, not just courses on gender,” said representatives Whitney Scott and Kathi Ayala. The organization is also hoping to promote participation in social activism upon discussions, ideas to work with sororities on campus to promote gender studies, as well as a general place for everyone. Treasurer Jessica Darst agreed that the club basis is great for “women and men to have an outlet where they can talk about issues like this.”
Gills presented the idea that the offices of Diversity and Inclusion would be more than willing to help gain a footing for the club.
The Committee report states that students who didn’t complete My Student Body courses will not have holds on their accounts.
Senator Jessica Hamilton announced that the Spirit Committee has discussed ideas for the Hannah Graham support vigil. They are working with the Longwood Police Department and discussing an app to put in showing the location of where students are going as a safety precaution, and including a safety walk. Darst moved to allocate
money to the Student Educations for Active Leadership (SEAL) to move money for the Mountain Lake Leadership conference. This would include removing money for registration, motion passes and giving them allocation to giving money for last year’s budget. They had money for transportation.
SGA moved on to closing thoughts and Dr. Pierson announced he will be speaking at a summit on Title IX, regarding notion of consent, where he will be recognizing a “very interesting topic,” in raising awareness and progress.
SGA closed with final comments, and motion passed to close.
