Ball State University's Student Government Association met for the final senate meeting of 2009 to discuss the current position of the slate's platform.
Some of the points on the platform update included the hours in Bracken Library being successfully extended, Parking Services agreeing not ticket cars during Family Weekend and Homecoming Weekend and streaming live for the first time on SGA's Web site.
Vice president Mandy Mills said Parking Services had a successful trial run this year during Family Weekend and the Homecoming game and would be continuing the service next year.
"Parking Services said they didn't have any issues with people parking over the two weekends so they'll be keeping the service," Mills said.
Bracken Library hours will be extended on Dec. 11 from 9 p.m. until midnight for students who need additional time to study for finals.
"I feel like what we have done is going very well," SGA president Beth Cahill said. "It's rare for a slate to finish all the platform points, but the executive cabinet has been doing a great job this semester."
Cahill and treasurer Nick Turner have been talking with Miles Ogea about implementing the Cardinal Cash system in various stores in the Village to make purchases easier on students. Turner said that Ogea has been working with various campus organizations during the past 15 years to get Cardinal Cash.
"We want to build the relationship between the Village and Ball State," Turner said. "Miles Ogea has been very enthusiastic about testing it out at one of the businesses in the Village."
Turner also said he was very confident in the Senate's ability to complete the proposal. However, they still have a lot of logistics to figure out before the system can begin including security for the students which is one of the big issues because of confidential student information that would be released to businesses. Turner said other issues are the costs of buying and installing the necessary technologies and deciding which businesses would use the system.
Also during the meeting, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs chair Edward Honea updated senators on his proposed discrimination survey for next semester.
Honea said his survey is going to be conducted online through the Ball State student e-mail system asking a series of questions about campus incidents of discrimination against race, religion or sexual orientation.
The survey will be available once Honea gets permission from University Computing Services.
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