As Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting started, senators listened to James Hager speak about Student Code Awareness Week, which will take place from Oct. 27 to Oct. 31.
Hager, a graduate assistant in the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards, said the awareness week would be a way to inform students about their rights and standards while at Ball State University.
The week before, the office will start an online quiz about the student code where every student who participates gets a prize if they get every answer correct, he said.
All students who participate will be entered into a drawing to win gift certificates to Best Buy, Scotty's Brewhouse and Applebee's.
Secretary Ebony Strong also said SGA's first social would be from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Cardinal Lanes.
This was a time for senators and Ball State students to get together and have a good time, she said.
For the majority of the meeting, senators met in their respective caucuses and committees. Below is what they mentioned:
Caucus Reports
On Campus: Chairwoman Beth Cahill said the caucus talked about getting suggestion boxes on campus. She said they also were doing a lighting tour Thursday night on where to get more lighting and emergency boxes on campus. She said they also talked about turning off lights in restrooms that were not used frequently to keep with the "going green" theme for the university.
Organizational:
Chairman Marco Pretell-Vazquez said Spectrum was having its Drag Show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom. Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Delta Tau Delta fraternity will have their annual Watermelon Bust on Saturday at LaFollette Field, he said.
At Large: Chairwoman Michelle Voss said they were working with the Residence Hall Association about getting more channels, such as Fox News, onto televisions in the residence halls.
Committee Reports
Academic Affairs: Chairwoman Mallory Winkler said they continued talking about how to pursue putting midterm grades and mandatory professor evaluations online. She said they also continued talking about getting double-sided printing in the library.
Community/Environmental Affairs:
Secretary Marco Pretell-Vazquez said he talked to Todd Phelps, assistant director of computer operations and client support for University Computing Services, about double-sided printing. Phelps said UCS tried it two years ago but there was a problem where professors wanted students to turn in assignments on one side. The students then had to throw papers away, which wasted more paper, so UCS went back to one-sided printing. Pretell-Vazquez said if SGA wanted the double-sided printing, the senators would have to pass legislation. He also said cleanup day was from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 8.
Diversity and Multicultural Affairs:
Chairwoman Brandi Terry said they would continue looking into having their movie and film festival.
Governmental Affairs and Student Awareness:
Chairman Timothy Dykiel said he would talk to Student Legal Services attorney John Connor about writing letters to advertisers on JuicyCampus.com and creating an e-mail that could be sent to all students. The e-mail would be a petition that would go to representatives to try and get the site stopped, he said.
Student Safety:
Chairwoman Michelle Voss said she spoke to Mike Planton, associate director for Landscape and Environmental Management, about trimming bushes on Neely Avenue so drivers could see students who were walking in the area better. She said she also spoke to Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of Facilities Planning and Management, about drainage in the Quad. He said a contractor would soon pave areas to fix the issue. She said the university also would pour more concrete into the small sidewalk by the Applied Technology Building to level the sidewalks. She also said more bike racks would be installed by the Cooper Science Complex. Voss also said the area by the Studebaker East and West complexes would get more benches. LaFollette Complex would get the "hand-me-downs," so students would have more places to sit and those who wanted to smoke could do it farther from the door, she said.
Student Services:
Chairwoman Nicole Akey said more recycling bins would be placed on campus. She said she would speak with Director of Dining Jon Lewis on Wednesday night about being able to let ID cards be used in the Village. She also said she would speak to Parking Services Office Manager Nancy Wray about getting permits to park at the Amelia T. Wood Student Health Center revoked. She also would look into getting tickets revoked for those students who have received them for parking in the grass by the Scheumann Stadium parking lot despite there not being enough spots, she said.
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