Student Government Association senators with red "Your BSU, Your SGA" shirts are walking around campus looking for students to fill empty Student Senate seats.
SGA held their first meeting of the year to discuss empty senate seats, plan projects and get the word out about university policy with fliers.
"For the first meeting we brainstorm and get things together," junior Matt Lacy said. "We need to get it all organized and figure out what we want."
The first order of business was to appoint Loren Ray and Moses Jones to the University Review Board. The board deals primarily with reprimanding and suspending students. The decision to appoint them was almost unanimous, with one dissenting vote and few abstentions.
All senators were given free red SGA shirts to advertise the organization on campus.
As the meeting proceeded the members discussed seats remaining to be filled and members that would return but were not in attendance. President Asher Lisec said five freshman applications have been submitted.
"The first meeting is all business," sophomore Jessica Tindal said. "It's meant to introduce what went on over the summer, and meet new members."
The caucus reports included problems such as sidewalks needing to be built on Neely Avenue by Studebaker East and West complexes, and repairs to the cow path.
The off-campus caucus was already getting things in motion. They only attended the beginning of the meeting because they left to put Campus Community Coalition hangers on door handles of houses surrounding campus. The fliers were meant to inform surrounding students and residents on Ball State activities and policies.
The off-campus caucus hopes to get a taxi service set up from the Village to residences in the surrounding area.
"It's to give students the option of a taxi, instead of driving home intoxicated," sophomore Michael Campbell said. "We're working with the local bars on promoting safety."
The multicultural caucus is attempting to better represent student diversity by promoting the construction of a multicultural center, Tindal said.
The goal of this first meeting was to break the ice and greet new members.
"For the first meeting its always up in the air, but we got the ball rolling," Michele Faroh, secretary, said.
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