The Undergraduate Student Government had a quiet meeting last night, but discussed some key points.
President Sundeep Mutgi and Vice President Kevin Basch both encouraged the members of USG to keep up with their hard work and stay focused through the holiday season and spring semester.
‘It’s easy to check out early,’ Basch said. ‘We want to make sure we finish [our terms] strong.’
Basch announced a possible bowling night and a retreat in January in order for members to gather together and discuss different issues they are working on.
Mutgi also talked about an activity he and the other executive members participated in during a separate meeting, which had them list all the standing issues USG is currently engaged in. He said there were a lot of issues listed that could be accomplished by the end of the semester. Mutgi said he is going to be e-mailing the list of issues out to all of the members of USG, setting deadlines and checking on progress.
‘The best is yet to come,’ Mutgi said, whose goal is to have a clean slate for an all new set of issues for the spring semester.
Award
The National Residence Hall Honorary Falcon Chapter has awarded USG the Community Service Program of the Month Award for their work with the B!G Event that took place a month ago.
Basch said it was a nice gesture that shows ‘people appreciate what we do.’
Kiosk
Student Welfare Committee Chair Chris Schiazza announced that this week is the trial run for the potential kiosk, which will make USG representatives available for student issues and concerns through a table near the Union information desk.
Monday was the first day and, Schiazza said, they have already gotten ‘a lot of good feedback from it.’
Library
Sen. at Large Clayton Stewart made a couple of announcements concerning the work he’s doing with Jerome Library beautification, as previously reported.
He said progress was ‘moving along really fast’ and he will know about all definite plans by Nov. 13.
He is also working on coming up with a possible dining option for the library, such as a coffee shop.
Budget
Treasurer Brian Gerker said he and a couple of others met with University President Carol Cartwright to discuss the University and the USG budgets. They discussed Cartwright’s main priorities for the University, which are the enrollment of students, student welfare and faculty salaries.
Parking
Chief Administrator Melinda Grooms also took time to clear up any confusion of the rules and regulations with parking on campus.
She cleared up that commuters, faculty and on-campus parkers have designated parking spots, which are in place 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. Between those times, campus parking police are patrolling. She also said that anyone without a registered vehicle, such as visitors to the campus, can only park at metered spots.
On the weekends or after 7:30 p.m. anyone can park anywhere they wish, unless the certain parking lot is noted otherwise.
Anyone who has recieved a ticket has the right to appeal within 21 days of receiving the ticket, by filling out a form from room 402 in the Union.
She also said that the only time parking rules do not apply is when the University is closed and faculty are not working. ‘
