At its first meeting of the semester yesterday evening, Student Council members emphasized their desire to make tangible contributions to the University community.
"Our main focus this year is making a substantive difference" at the University," Council President Darius Nabors said, explaining Council's new emphasis on not only passing legislation, but putting it into effect, as well as creating change through the work of committees.
Council consists of a representative body as well as a group of standing committees. Each Council representative serves on a standing committee along with other students from the University. In the past, these two groups worked as separate entities to some extent, with representatives passing legislation on Tuesday evenings and committees working on projects throughout the week.
Last night, Nabors clarified the purpose of the Tuesday Council meetings and emphasized the need for committees and representatives to work together outside of these meetings.
"Basically what we are here to do [on Tuesday nights] is give each other updates on what we're doing [during the week], but additionally, to discuss what's been brought forth with legislation," Nabors said. "Really, the work gets done outside of Tuesday night."
The legislation introduced at the meeting echoed this sentiment. One resolution would create an ad-hoc student-faculty interaction committee. Additionally, a second resolution would establish an ad-hoc committee charged with addressing the issue of peer-advising. Nabors said he hoped the work of committees such as these would help to "produce change" at the University.
Additionally, a resolution naming third-year Architecture student Brian Poulson to the position of Building and Grounds Committee chair was introduced. All three of resolutions will be voted on next week.
Vice President for Administration Jeff McLaughlin also discussed the need for cooperation between the representatives and committees in the upcoming year.
"Representatives and committees need to work together instead of separately," McLaughlin said. "Once a bill is passed in meeting, I want to identify a representative
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