Senate to hold first meeting,
must adjust to new
structure
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
Students should not expect too much — at first
— from the Purdue Student Government as it is still getting used
to its new structure.
The Student Senate will hold its first meeting
of the semester at 7 p.m. tonight in Stewart Center 202. This will be
the first senate meeting under a reconfigured organization, whose representation
for student senators is based on academic school rather than housing
as it used to be.
In April, the student body voted to pass a referendum
to change the structure of the organization.
After a transition in April to the new form of
the organization, temporary senators are in place until Student Senate
elections are held in October. The temporary senators will try out the
constitution and see what changes need to be made to it.
Philip Miller, PSG senator, said most of the meeting
involves the senators getting used to how the organization runs.
"I think it will go real well. It's something I'm
anxious to get started, I think everyone is too," he said.
Matt Newton, student body vice president, said
the first meeting consists of amendments for bylaws and discussion of
a budget. Once the budget is passed it will allow for all the programming
funding.
Newton said the senators would also like to address
granting certain powers to the election secretary and changes to the
student court system.
The senators expect to discuss some academic issues
at the meeting as well, but will discuss them more in the meetings to
come.
The meeting will also have two guests speakers
— student board of trustee member Anna Day — who will report
on what the board did this summer — and Sara Fetzer, assistant
director of promotions for Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics.
"We want to form a relationship with (these people),"
said Fetzer. "PSG is the governing body for the students. It's a great
way to bridge the water between athletics and the student population."
She will discuss topics of student concerns such
as the naming of the student section in Mackey Arena and student ID
checks for football and basketball games.
It has been a policy that all persons sitting in
the students section of Mackey and Ross-Ade Stadium show their student
ID before sitting, however, the policy has not been enforced in recent
years. This year Purdue will again enforce the rule.
"Hopefully they'll be glad the student section
will be filled with students," said Fetzel. "We're trying to protect
their student section and keep it an actual student section."
Fetzer will also discuss some of the upcoming nonalcoholic
related events such as the Oct. 6 Tailgate Party for Purdue's home game
versus Iowa.
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