24 January 2007

Residence Life Commission Report

Hi all.  Res. Life has stayed rather busy this quarter, as we have yet another resolution up tonight.  I hope you’ve all read and have questions about the Halloween Guest Fee Resolution. 

In other news, Senator Kostiha is still working with our three interns to formulate the dining hall petition.  They’re toying with the idea of delaying the signature gathering until late February, as Senator Pollard informed us that Rich Neumann projects that most students will run out of dining dollars around Feb. 20. 

During our commission meeting, we discussed ideas regarding the University’s smoking policy.  The general consensus seemed to be that the Res. Life model is the most practical.  Senator Golby had a meeting with Terry Koons yesterday and they discussed the idea of putting up signs on academic buildings asking people to please be courteous and not smoke directly outside the doors or underneath windows.   They’re also looking into offering classes to students who want to quit smoking.

As I mentioned earlier, Sen. Pollard attended the DSDC meeting along with Senator Golby.  All seems to be going well on that front.  Senator Smith assisted with the writing of the Guest Fee Resolution and is also researching changes to our election rules which would allow for electronic voting. 

Our interns; Catie, Jen, and Joni, in addition to helping with the Dining Hall petition researched RA compensation at peer and other MAC institutions.  As was reported last week, we rank in the bottom 5 of the 32 state institutions in Ohio.  Should the funding request be approved, we would move up to around 15^th. 

This week, I attended the General Fee meeting where we went over Treas. McKinney’s application draft and set the dates for our funding interviews.  I also attended the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee Meeting earlier this afternoon with Sen. Cataline.  Just an FYI, admissions are up 420, admits are up 80 and average ACT score is up .1 (to 23.4). 

END OF REPORT