Matt Kearney on the Quad 4/29

Mat Kearney on the Quad this Thursday 4/29!!!! It should be a sick concert filled with great music and an amazing atmosphere! Bring all your friends and family! This should be an epic concert to end the year with and you won't want to miss it!! Also tomorrow Spring Fling starts and Wing Fling is from 11-1 in Ben Brown. Also this week, there will be a dunk tank, photo-booth, and other great activities you won't want to miss. Its going to be a great week!!

Cheers

Senate Update (3/30/10)

Hey everybody!

Sorry I didn't get a chance to give a Senate update after last week's meeting, but it was a crazy couple of days. As you can see below, the Senate has been busy giving out a lot of money during the last couple of weeks. In the last two meetings alone we've given out a combined $4,680 to six different organizations. This leaves the remaining Senate budget at $1,350. If any organization still needs to come request funding please do so in the next couple of weeks. The Senate also passed a resolution to set aside a day every year honoring cafeteria and food court workers. Although not definite what this day would look like, we tossed around the idea of perhaps students volunteering to serve workers food on that day. I think that it is about time we had a day to honor the hard-working, often underappreciated men and women who we pass by every day in the cafeteria. I plan on bringing Chris Vizzina (the man over Samford dining) to speak to the Senate next Tuesday about various cafeteria options and for him to get feedback from Senators. Another plan in the works is to have another open Senate meeting either on the quad or in Harry's sometime in late April.

Have a blessed Easter,

Sam

SR: 09-10-09 (Caf Workers' Day)

SR: 09-10-09
Sponsored by: Kelly Morris
Student Activities Committee

A Resolve of the Student Senate

WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Student Government Association Senate to exercise oversight on all matters of student opinion and concern, and

WHEREAS, the cafeteria and food court workers work hard serving the student body, and

WHEREAS, these cafeteria workers have gone above and beyond duty in establishing relationships with students, and

WHEREAS, they are open to suggestions and eager to cater to students’ needs, and

WHEREAS, they are often overlooked for this hard work, so

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the SGA Senate proposes an annual day of recognition honoring these workers for their service to the student body.

Updated Senate Appropriations

3/23/10 Film Club - River Fish Documentary: $400
3/23/10 UMin - NorthStar Renovation: $400
3/23/10 Panhellenic - Crawfish Boil: $1,600
3/23/10 Spanish Club - Salsa Night: $400
3/30/10 ODK - Service Day Lunch: $1,080
3/30/10 Beta Alpha Psi - National Conference: $800

Senate Appropriations to Date

Senate Appropriations as of 3/21/10

Appropriation
10/13/09 Oxfam - Poverty Simulation: $425
10/13/09 Univ. Ministries - Leadership Conference: $500
10/20/09 Project Africa Now - Darfur Speaker: $750
10/20/09 French Club - Semi Annual Dinner: $200
10/27/09 Model UN - UN Conference: $700
11/3/09 Women's Lacrosse - Fees and Referees: $1,335
11/10/09 Spanish Club - Salsa Night: $250
11/17/09 Academic Team - Entry Fees: $720
11/30/09 Beta Alpha Psi - Regional Conference: $340
2/23/10 Club Frisbee - Tournament Entry Fees: $550
3/9/10 Air Force ROTC - Annual Dinner: $3,000
3/9/10 Club Frisbee - Custom Frisbees: $200

Senate Bill 09-10-06 (Organizations Given Due Process)

SB: 09-10-06
Sponsored by: Grant Willis
Code of Laws/Code of Values

Synopsis:
This bill is being written to assure fundamental fairness in the judicial process for those who are subject to the Code of Values’ judicial process.

Current statement:
The purpose of the value violation process is to give fundamental fairness to a student who has possibly violated a Samford University behavior value…

Proposed changes:
The phrase, “or an organization,” should be included immediately following the word, “student,” after each time it appears within the VALUE VIOLATION PROCESS of the Code of Values.

Conclusion:
The phrase, “or an organization,” added after the word, “student,” should be added because organizations are subject to some of the same value violations and minimum sanctions as students. The Code of Values provides a formal procedure in order to provide fundamental fairness to students who have possibly violated a Samford University behavior value, but it fails to ensure this same fundamental fairness to organizations. This bill is necessary in order for the Code of Values to provide the same fundamental fairness to all who are subject to it.

Senate Bill 09-10-05 (Organizations in Code of Values)

SB: 09-10-05

Sponsored by: Grant Willis
Code of Laws/Code of Values

Synopsis:
This bill is being written to assure fundamental fairness in the judicial process for those who are subject to the Code of Value’s judicial process.

Current statement:
A student who has been charged with a value violation and thus alleged to be involved in an inappropriate behavior will be granted these rights to assure fundamental fairness in the judicial process…

Proposed changes:
The phrase, “or an organization,” should be included immediately following the word, “student,” after each time it appears within the STUDENT RIGHTS of the Code of Values.

Conclusion:
The phrase, “or an organization,” added after the word, “student,” should be added because organizations are subject to some of the same value violations and minimum sanctions as students. The Code of Values recognizes that there are certain rights that are necessary for a fundamentally fair judicial process and without this amending statement, the Code of Values fails to ensure a fundamentally fair judicial process for organizations. This bill is necessary in order to assure fundamental fairness for all entities currently subject to the Code of Values’ judicial process.