PSG to discuss trip proposals
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
The Purdue Student Government will hold its Senate
session Wednesday night where it will discuss various bills and resolutions.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in Stewart
Center 214ABC.
On the agenda are three bills and two resolutions.
The first bill, "Spring 2001 Budget for Association
of Big Ten Students," proposes a budget for a trip to the Association
of Big Ten Students Spring 2001 Conference to be held at Ohio State
University from Feb. 8-11. At the conference a delegation of PSG members
will exchange ideas with other Big Ten schools.
DeAnna Shonk, PSG Association of Big Ten Students
representative, believes "It's a conference that we go to get ideas
about different issues going on at different schools. We have similar
situations but we all have different problems. We come together to see
how each school handles their problems."
"By going to these we have gained a lot of new
ideas. We came up with University Day. We get new ideas about campus
safety. This semester we'll learn about admissions processes and drug
abuse on campus," said Shonk.
The "New Computer Acquisition Act of 2001" bill
proposes the purchase of a new computer to become a web server for the
PSG Web Page and the Roommate Finder System.
The "PSG Spring Retreat Budget" bill proposes a
budget for a mandatory senate meeting. The meeting will stress teamwork
and outline universal goals.
The "In Support of the Hard Work of the 2000 Purdue
Football Team" resolution will recognize the members of the football
team for their accomplishments last season.
Brenda Shea, Purdue Student Government Chief of
Staff, said "We just thought it would be really good to take a couple
of minutes to acknowledge the football team for their hard work and
going to the Rose Bowl last season."
The "Resolution Concerning the Higher Education
Act of 1998" proposes that the Purdue student body joins the movement
set forth by other universities to call upon the 107th United States
Congress to overturn the section of the Higher Education Act of 1998.
The Act denies or delays access to financial aid based upon convictions
for drug-related offenses.
Luke Van De Walle, senator for the Purdue Off-Campus
Student Coalition, said the Higher Education Act of 1998 fails to include
other crimes such as rape and alcohol related offenses and it is discriminatory
because most of the people affected by it are minorities.
"It's (Higher Education Act of 1998) trying to
fix a problem by making an assumption. That needs to be corrected. It
creates more problems than it fixes," said Van De Walle.
Also at the meeting information will be announced
concerning the homecoming parade next fall, the mentoring program at
Purdue Village, and the Roommate Finder System.
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