The SGA Meeting on Tuesday started off with President junior Mark Dirzulaitis discussing the tragedy in Japan.
There will be a vigil for the victims of the tragedy led by Japanese Student International.
Dirzulaitis went on to discuss the Hood Internet and Milkman concerts that will be held on April 13th and 17th, respectively. They may have to use two bus companies for the Wiz Khalifa concert.
He discussed how for Step Up Week, Alumni Relations will give something free out on the buses.
Sophomore Class President Alexandra Larsen discussed how the SGA will start discussing reading period violations after spring break.
Senator Kirk Sabnani then talked about how he and a few other members held a student group workshop for prospective student groups.
The groups will have their interviews after break.
Junior Class President Ardi Mendoza spoke about dividing the groups on campus to various SGA members to talk to them about how they are using their funding.
This will help the SGA see if they are funding each group efficiently.
The Safety and Security Ad Hoc Committee discussed how they met with Dean Boswell last Saturday to talk about getting in touch with the Department of Transportation representative.
They want to find out if they can get safer intersections.
They also would like to set up a walk with security to talk about safety concerns, traffic safety and blue light safety.
Each class then discussed their plans for the next few weeks. The senior class council is planning their senior class dinner.
The junior class council plans to submit their funding request for an event at the end of April sometime after spring break.
The sophomore class council is going to order sunglasses and plan their halfway to graduation celebration breakfast. They also plan to ask the sophomore class for plans to improve Nolan’s.
The freshman class council discussed the High Table dinner that was held last Tuesday.
They had over 800 people RSVP, and around 600-700 people showed up. Freshman President Merrill Anovick was very happy with the turnout and thought that the place looked “spectacular” and that the food was “amazing.”
The SGA plans to send out a survey to look for improvements so that they can write out an evaluation about the dinner.
They went on to talk about the show of support for the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act.
This would allow Greek organizations to file tax deductions. The SGA voted to take this to Congress, and the bill passed unanimously.
As for the Japan Natural Disaster, the SGA would like to show its support for the event tomorrow in AMR I from 4 — 9 p.m.
There will also be an event on Friday from 12 — 6 p.m.
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