Enhancements to SG TV

SG President Ed Wolf announced that SG TV would have “major enhancements” starting very soon. There will be weather updates, up to date events listed, and RSS feeds.

Graduate Senator Position

Student Government has proposed a new amendment to the constitution, which represents graduate students through a seat in the Senate. The amendment states, “The Senator from the community including all students registered with matriculated graduate student status shall be elected by the prevailing graduate student organization advised by the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.” A graduate student speaking to the Senate stated, “We’ve had over 700 responses. Twenty five percent of grad students are interested. They would like to have a grad student represent them, having a voice in this community that will work with SG to perceive how we will work with this organization…We’re trying to approach different issues, like students trying to get research and help students interact with their advisers. We can get this help through dean Moore in the College of Graduate Studies.” SG has decided to table this issue until next week.

SAAC Athlete Registration

The SAAC representative addressed the Senate in regard to getting athletes to have the same registration privileges as Honors students and NTID students. “For first and second year students, it’s very difficult to get your practice schedule to fit around your academic schedule. That, and most of the coaches aren’t full time, so they have to schedule their jobs around their practice times as well…We’ve talked about this with faculty and they agree that it would be better if athletes went to classes instead of having to skip them for games,” he said. Some disagreed that allowing athletes to register early would be a benefit. The GLBT Senator stated, “I think if this organization tries to get privileges before the rest, then another organization will, and then everyone will want those privileges.” The Senate decided that giving athletes particular attention could present a complicated situation. They vote next week.

Parkour Revisited

Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Mary-Beth Cooper addressed the Senate in regard to complications with the Parkour club. “I’ve come here to hear your thoughts about the Parkour Club and what I rely on is that people are making good decisions before issues come up to my desk, ” Cooper said. Despite its initial objection, the Senate has agreed that by and large that the Parkour Club presents issues of liability to the University, because its participants may become injured or injure other people and harm RIT property. COB Senator Carlos Cornejo disagreed, saying, “After they presented, they proved that they would be able to follow safety standards. I pushed forward to approve this club.” Cooper concluded, “This looks exciting to me...I love the organization and the training, but we still need to discuss administrative reliability.”