In an effort to spurn action, Student Government Association president Tolu Olowomeye urged senators to write more legislation at Wednesday's meeting.
"It is the 11th week of school and not one piece of legislation has crossed this floor," Olowomeye said. "I am going to begin to write legislation to motivate others to do so."
Olowomeye also spoke about her concern regarding the low turnout at the parking forum Tuesday -- an SGA sponsored event.
"If you have problems with parking services, 10 students do not show that," Olowomeye said. "If you don't care, who will?"
She then addressed low involvement in another SGA sponsored-event -- the Oct. 13 bus trip to Toledo. SGA canceled the bus trip because enough students did not sign up for the trip.
Olowomeye said SGA had originally planned to offer another bus trip to Central Michigan. A rough hand vote was taken, with most senators abstaining. Those who voted were not in favor or sponsoring the second trip.
The focus of the meeting shifted as senators turned toward progress with legislation.
The Student Safety committee and student services are both looking into lighting and shuttle bus route options as possibilities for legislation.
"We did a survey that gauged student thought and found students were most concerned about lighting on the Cow Path and the stadium parking lots," Jeremy Kalvaitis, student safety chairman, said.
Kalvaitis, along with other senators, traveled to both sites one evening to assess the lighting situations.
The committee suggests more lights should be installed on the back of the Art and Journalism Building. Members of the committee also suggest trees should be trimmed or a light should be installed on the path near the Applied Technology Building.
"We also found that there are still concerns about lighting in the Quad," Sen. Nick Loving said. "We thought that the problem had been fixed."
Loving said, until more lighting is installed in the Quad, students should stay close to the academic buildings.
In other safety options, the student services committee is researching extending shuttle bus service from the overflow parking lot to the lot located east of the stadium.
Chairwoman Katie Wiese said she will most likely draft legislation about this issue within the week.
Student services is also trying to work with Computing Services in extending hours on certain academic Web sites. On-line access to services like degree assessment progress reports and course requests is currently available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. After discussing the matter with computing services officials, Wiese is optimistic about extending the time restrictions.
"Hopefully, the service will be extended an extra hour or two," Wiese said. "If it does change, it will take effect after the semester break."''2#<-á--*F SGA 10/23DNEditorial''2SORT™+â-ä2AUDT
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