7 February 2007

Residence Life Commission Report

Howdy.  I hope you’re all having a wonderful week and are ready to go to the intern dinner tomorrow night. 

Due to midterms, projects, and a certain city council meeting, Res. Life did not meet this week, but I did receive reports from a few Senators.  Senator Noble spent the weekend in Washington D.C. and presented our concerns regarding the athletic cuts to Congressmen Charlie Wilson.    Sen. Kostiha met with Chief of Staff Gargulio and they created a rough draft of the dining hall petition.  Senator Smith has finished the rules change proposal regarding voting changes and has submitted it to Rules and Procedures.    

Our interns are doing a fabulous job, as they compiled a great deal of information regarding Title IX, which I plan on forwarding to Senator Bell for use by the Special Committee on Athletics. 

Those are all the people I’ve received reports from, so if your name wasn’t mentioned, shame on you. 

I spent the majority of the week helping Senator Bell follow up with the Athletics resolution and Senator Fardy look into the Worker’s Rights Consortium..  I also attended a meeting with Commissioner Heery, Assoc. Provost John Day and Dr. Kirch regarding the incident last Fall with the Accounting 101 exams. 

I have received feedback from Jenny Hall-Jones, Matt White, and Rich Carpinelli regarding the resolution that was passed two weeks ago in support of the RA compensation increase.  They were all very encouraging and thanked us for our support

Finally, Assoc. Director of Housing, Beverly Wyatt, has sent me a final draft of the proposed Upper Class Housing Policy.  Senator Smith and I helped to draft this last quarter and Dir. Wyatt has requested that Senate review it so we’re hoping to have a resolution up next week.  If you’re interested in being on that, either send me a note or see me after the meeting. 

END OF REPORT