PSG adjusts to new semester
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
In its first meeting of the semester, the Student
Senate of Purdue Student Government spent Wednesday night's meeting
adjusting under a new constitution and new senators.
It was the first PSG meeting since a referendum
was passed in the April student body elections that enacted a restructuring
of the organization — changing representation on the senate from
housing-based to academic school-based.
A bill for the budget of the organization, which
would cover all programming costs, was tabled until committees could
look over the proposal.
In order to cover costs for two upcoming events
— Meet the Provost and the band at the All Night at the RSC —
the senate passed a temporary allocation of funding. The allocation
will last until Sept. 12.
Matt Morgan, PSG treasurer, said the funds will
only be used for those two events.
Sean Cowley, president pro tempore, said he thought
the first meeting went well. He said not a lot of bills are expected
to be passed as the senators got accustomed to their new positions and
tinkered with a new constitution.
The senators did discuss possible changes to the
elections rules and bylaws concerning the Student Court.
Sara Fetzer. assistant director of promotions for
Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics, spoke at the meeting to ask for student
support for athletics. She outlined three goals — increase attendance
for all sporting events, enhance the image of athletics and improve
the atmosphere at sporting events.
"We want you to come back," she said.
She mentioned the new student section in Mackey
Arena, for which students will have their own entrance where they will
have first access to rally towels and any other promotional giveaways.
Promotional giveaways with free food and T-shirts
are scheduled for other Purdue sports events.
Fetzer also addressed the decision to enforce student
ID checks at football and basketball games.
If anyone with a ticket for the student section
does not have a student ID upon entering the event, he will have to
pay $19 for an upgrade to a regular ticket if he still want to see the
game.
Fetzer said this will cut down on students scalping
tickets and non-students sitting in the student section.
"We just want to make it an actual student section,"
she said.
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