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I. Roll Call/Agenda
II. Old Business
A. Senator's Projects (Jerilyn Libby, HPC Liason)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: So in advance of Valentines Day, Cortni wanted to give a little cabinet welcome.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: So I was feeling a little down about not having a Valentine so my mother sent me a little Valentine package. We wanted all of you to know that there is a lot of love in senate and that we'll be your Valentine if you don't have one.
Jerilyn Libby, HPP: So tonight was the deadline to submit your revised proposal for Senator's Projects and not everyone has done that. Turnover will come sooner than you think and we really want this to be a meaningful project. It's something for your constituency to show them what you did for them. Here are some examples: Severance does fun lunches about once a month. Pom is doing a TV fundraiser and is doing a really good job about getting the community rallied around this project. I can also send you some ideas if you email me. Lindsey also has a lot of great ideas.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: So I was feeling a little down about not having a Valentine so my mother sent me a little Valentine package. We wanted all of you to know that there is a lot of love in senate and that we'll be your Valentine if you don't have one.
Jerilyn Libby, HPP: So tonight was the deadline to submit your revised proposal for Senator's Projects and not everyone has done that. Turnover will come sooner than you think and we really want this to be a meaningful project. It's something for your constituency to show them what you did for them. Here are some examples: Severance does fun lunches about once a month. Pom is doing a TV fundraiser and is doing a really good job about getting the community rallied around this project. I can also send you some ideas if you email me. Lindsey also has a lot of great ideas.
III. New Business
A. SOFC Update (Cortni Jones, Student Bursar)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Moving on to old discussion...
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: This is more of an update about what is going on in the financial world of Wellesley. I would like to propose that the Senators come by to the office and get to know what exactly being a treasurer is like. I also wanted you to inform your constituency about different ways of getting donations from faculty and departments. I would also like to remind you of the Office of Student Activities and how willing they are to help in planning events. These people are really the experts in planning these events. We had emergency funding due last night and then lecture funding is due next Sunday at 9 pm.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: This is more of an update about what is going on in the financial world of Wellesley. I would like to propose that the Senators come by to the office and get to know what exactly being a treasurer is like. I also wanted you to inform your constituency about different ways of getting donations from faculty and departments. I would also like to remind you of the Office of Student Activities and how willing they are to help in planning events. These people are really the experts in planning these events. We had emergency funding due last night and then lecture funding is due next Sunday at 9 pm.
B. SOAC Update (Michel Ballard, CG VP)
Lindsay Boylan, CGO: Yang Qiu will be speaking on behalf of Michel Ballad, who is sick today.
Yang Qiu, Severance Senator: Hi everyone I am the SOAC org coordinator. We have constituted new organizations. We approved four out of seven proposals: Native American Student Organization, Community Bike Initiative, Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and Wellesley Every Nation Ministries. We publicized the deadline last semester. We required a hardcopy of the application and we basically reviewed the applications and encouraged the new members to give presentations during the SOAC committee meeting so we could get a better point of view. All organizations came except one and they gave about a five minute presentation. Tonight we would like you to vote on the process and not the actual organizations. We would also like to update you about our SOAC constitution review. We are beginning to review the constitution and we will update you about that later. Now Claire will give you some updates on the Elections Committee.
Claire: I am the reps coordinator. One of the committees we will be reviewing very soon is the Elections Committee. Applications are due on February 20. The Elections Committee is basically the committee that runs elections for College Government.
Yang Qiu, Severance Senator: On February 26th, SOAC and Office of Student Activities will be hosting President's tea. It's a sort of second semester get together.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: A reminder since there is no senate next week we will be doing electronic voting for the new SOAC organizations.
Yang Qiu, Severance Senator: Hi everyone I am the SOAC org coordinator. We have constituted new organizations. We approved four out of seven proposals: Native American Student Organization, Community Bike Initiative, Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and Wellesley Every Nation Ministries. We publicized the deadline last semester. We required a hardcopy of the application and we basically reviewed the applications and encouraged the new members to give presentations during the SOAC committee meeting so we could get a better point of view. All organizations came except one and they gave about a five minute presentation. Tonight we would like you to vote on the process and not the actual organizations. We would also like to update you about our SOAC constitution review. We are beginning to review the constitution and we will update you about that later. Now Claire will give you some updates on the Elections Committee.
Claire: I am the reps coordinator. One of the committees we will be reviewing very soon is the Elections Committee. Applications are due on February 20. The Elections Committee is basically the committee that runs elections for College Government.
Yang Qiu, Severance Senator: On February 26th, SOAC and Office of Student Activities will be hosting President's tea. It's a sort of second semester get together.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: A reminder since there is no senate next week we will be doing electronic voting for the new SOAC organizations.
IV. Open Discussion
A. Work Study Presentation (Laura Till, Associate Director of Student Employment)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Now moving on to open discussion we have Laura Till here to discuss work study.
Laura Till: So I am here to give some information about work-study programs at Wellesley. There are really three types of work-study at Wellesley.
1. Federal Work Study (FWS), 2. Wellesley Work (WWK), and 3. All other student work- casual wage.
Laura Till: Any wage that a student earns if they are not on financial aid.
Dana Montalto, Tower: I believe that financial aid is factored in at about $1000. I know that with some jobs there are only a certain number of hours and there is nothing done to meet that.
Laura Till: Well I guess that's why students are holding several jobs.
Yael Gafni, Pomoroy: Before students get to campus are they also notified that their work was not guaranteed. Some of my constituents were concerned that information was not clarified for them before they arrived.
Laura Till: That information was given to them.
Cortni Jones, Bursar: I was wondering what kind of information and services are given to students to help fill out tax forms.
Laura Till: We are usually not allowed to give out tax information. We can guide people to look into websites that have tax information. We suggest that students talk with their parents. I know it is difficult to give out specific tax information.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I'm wondering what the difference is between Wellesley work study and federal work study?
Laura Till: We try to have students who are eligible for federal aid go under federal. If there is a family that is not eligible for federal aid and we think that they need aid then we give them Wellesley aid.
Karin Mathisen: Students who are on aid are given priority, how is that guaranteed?
Laura Till: It's not an absolute. We say during the first two weeks but we don't have an absolute cut off. It depends on the department that you are working with.
Karin Mathisen: How often is the website updated with new job postings?
Laura Till: We try to update it as long as we get new information.
Maryska Kaczmarek, Shafer: I was wondering if there was any priority given to students with federal aid versus Wellesley work? Is there a requirement for federal work study to use their work study?
Laura Till: We don't require that, we feel that the priority of work is for both groups. It's not something that we state as a policy. In addition, it is not required for students under federal work study to use it. They might have a job off campus or some other accommodation.
Shaheli Guha, Slater: For most international students, they do not have social security number. What do you suggest students do during that two week period when they are trying to get employment?
Laura Till: We ask employers to keep that in mind. We hope that it hasn't been a problem for students. It's not a school issue but a visa issue.
Sandy Naing, Dower: I was wondering if there was a base wage for employment for students at Wellesley? I know students who are working for less than $6 an hour.
Laura Till: The wage is set at 6.75-10 an hour. The wage is set.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: When looking at the two week period and are their ways to underwrite that?
Laura Till: There may be and we can look into this.
Amy Wang, Cazenove: It sounds like those with work study can't find jobs and those with jobs can't find enough hours. So can we solve the problem with the problem?
Laura Till: Some students are working overtime and others are having trouble finding jobs. We are not restricting people to one job or a certain number of hours. Certainly those people with four jobs that restricted that to one or two that would open up jobs to other people. When determening what someone is going to get for financial aid there really is a level of need that a student has and we fill in the money that student has to meet that need. That is money that we are saying you will hopefully have a priority to a job. Since that is money that is not provided upfront. The expenses that they are incurring through the school year.
Melanie Carter, McAfee: For off-campus opportunities, I did not know that they can find federal work-study off-campus. Is there a way to give information to the students who can't find jobs to find other ways off campus to fulfill their federal work study?
Laura Till: We have been trying to work with the Center for Work and Service. We can certainly look into highlighting that for people as for what positions and what employment students could look into off campus.
Laura Till: So I am here to give some information about work-study programs at Wellesley. There are really three types of work-study at Wellesley.
1. Federal Work Study (FWS), 2. Wellesley Work (WWK), and 3. All other student work- casual wage.
Here are some student employment facts:
- All students can work on campus.
- Only students who have federal work study are eligible to work for federal work study jobs off campus.
- There are approximately 1130 students that worked for Wellesley College last year and of these about 60% were paid with work-study and 40% on casual wage.
- Students are working at approximately 1670 jobs at the College.
- There are additional jobs that are not part of the college in the dining halls and the bookstore. Students with work-study awards are given priority during the first few weeks of each semester.
- Students are able to work more than their work study awards.
- There is no restriction on the number of jobs a student can hold.
- There is no restriction on total earnings although we suggest that students limit their hours to 10-15 hours a week.
- A pay increase is expected when a student returns to the same job from year to year.
- There are some disadvantages to work-study as well: there is not a guarantee that student on work-study will get a job. Some students are actually working the equivalent of several jobs.
- On campus employers are asked to post their jobs on our website. First-year students are notified in the summer so they can get certain documents required for work-study. The form needs to be submitted to the Student Employment Office. Students should only be working after they have completed that step.
Amy Wang, Cazenove: Can you define "casual wage"?
- All students can work on campus.
- Only students who have federal work study are eligible to work for federal work study jobs off campus.
- There are approximately 1130 students that worked for Wellesley College last year and of these about 60% were paid with work-study and 40% on casual wage.
- Students are working at approximately 1670 jobs at the College.
- There are additional jobs that are not part of the college in the dining halls and the bookstore. Students with work-study awards are given priority during the first few weeks of each semester.
- Students are able to work more than their work study awards.
- There is no restriction on the number of jobs a student can hold.
- There is no restriction on total earnings although we suggest that students limit their hours to 10-15 hours a week.
- A pay increase is expected when a student returns to the same job from year to year.
- There are some disadvantages to work-study as well: there is not a guarantee that student on work-study will get a job. Some students are actually working the equivalent of several jobs.
- On campus employers are asked to post their jobs on our website. First-year students are notified in the summer so they can get certain documents required for work-study. The form needs to be submitted to the Student Employment Office. Students should only be working after they have completed that step.
Laura Till: Any wage that a student earns if they are not on financial aid.
Dana Montalto, Tower: I believe that financial aid is factored in at about $1000. I know that with some jobs there are only a certain number of hours and there is nothing done to meet that.
Laura Till: Well I guess that's why students are holding several jobs.
Yael Gafni, Pomoroy: Before students get to campus are they also notified that their work was not guaranteed. Some of my constituents were concerned that information was not clarified for them before they arrived.
Laura Till: That information was given to them.
Cortni Jones, Bursar: I was wondering what kind of information and services are given to students to help fill out tax forms.
Laura Till: We are usually not allowed to give out tax information. We can guide people to look into websites that have tax information. We suggest that students talk with their parents. I know it is difficult to give out specific tax information.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I'm wondering what the difference is between Wellesley work study and federal work study?
Laura Till: We try to have students who are eligible for federal aid go under federal. If there is a family that is not eligible for federal aid and we think that they need aid then we give them Wellesley aid.
Karin Mathisen: Students who are on aid are given priority, how is that guaranteed?
Laura Till: It's not an absolute. We say during the first two weeks but we don't have an absolute cut off. It depends on the department that you are working with.
Karin Mathisen: How often is the website updated with new job postings?
Laura Till: We try to update it as long as we get new information.
Maryska Kaczmarek, Shafer: I was wondering if there was any priority given to students with federal aid versus Wellesley work? Is there a requirement for federal work study to use their work study?
Laura Till: We don't require that, we feel that the priority of work is for both groups. It's not something that we state as a policy. In addition, it is not required for students under federal work study to use it. They might have a job off campus or some other accommodation.
Shaheli Guha, Slater: For most international students, they do not have social security number. What do you suggest students do during that two week period when they are trying to get employment?
Laura Till: We ask employers to keep that in mind. We hope that it hasn't been a problem for students. It's not a school issue but a visa issue.
Sandy Naing, Dower: I was wondering if there was a base wage for employment for students at Wellesley? I know students who are working for less than $6 an hour.
Laura Till: The wage is set at 6.75-10 an hour. The wage is set.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: When looking at the two week period and are their ways to underwrite that?
Laura Till: There may be and we can look into this.
Amy Wang, Cazenove: It sounds like those with work study can't find jobs and those with jobs can't find enough hours. So can we solve the problem with the problem?
Laura Till: Some students are working overtime and others are having trouble finding jobs. We are not restricting people to one job or a certain number of hours. Certainly those people with four jobs that restricted that to one or two that would open up jobs to other people. When determening what someone is going to get for financial aid there really is a level of need that a student has and we fill in the money that student has to meet that need. That is money that we are saying you will hopefully have a priority to a job. Since that is money that is not provided upfront. The expenses that they are incurring through the school year.
Melanie Carter, McAfee: For off-campus opportunities, I did not know that they can find federal work-study off-campus. Is there a way to give information to the students who can't find jobs to find other ways off campus to fulfill their federal work study?
Laura Till: We have been trying to work with the Center for Work and Service. We can certainly look into highlighting that for people as for what positions and what employment students could look into off campus.
B. Alcohol Policy Update (Dean Kim Goff-Crews and Dean Michelle Lepore)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: a continuation for our discussion last week. The deans are gong to discuss the party ban and alcohol issues.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We do have a party ban in effect which is for large scale parties with over 1000 people in the sports center. We are talking about two main parties: Dyke Ball and Tower court. We have been noticing the number of students with high risk drinking increase. This ban was put into effect last year after Dyke Ball. Last year at Dyke Ball we had 11 official transports and we had a couple that were on the borderline. The police were very concerned because we put a drain on the ambulance and the local hospital services. The police sent out a note saying it was so difficult with the number of transports that they were very concerned that they did not have enough facilities. The goal of the ban is not reduce partying and not to reduce drinking. Any planning for this issue has to be a collaborative effort between students and the administration. I am happy to say that the party planners and the student leaders are working hard. We have increased the amount of food at parties, the "be a friend" campaign is in progress, and the RDs are talking about alcohol. We know Spectrum is planning to have a party but it will be slightly different. I had a conversation with one of the societies about the issue in general. Administrators and students have been working on this issue in a variety of ways. I mentioned last time that we have gone back to having parties last from 10-2am. We have to be careful because the number of transports we had last fall is the same as the previous fall. I am trying to look at this positively. In '02-'03 we had 22 transports for the year and the following year we had over 50. I know students asked if the Good Samaritan policy had caused the increase. I can tell you some of the numbers that they gave me. Going back to this fall we had 25 transports and 15 were Good Samaritan. In the spring we had 28 transports and 28 were Good Samaritan. The previous fall 2004 we had 25 transports and 23 were Good Samaritan.
So the thinking is that this increase is not because of Good Samaritan. One reason is that drinking has shifted from drinking beer to drinking shots. The other question was what was Smith doing versus Wellesley and the dean and I have not connected. One of the questions that I was asked is what will it take to have the ban lifted.
1. Have the number of transports decrease on campus.
2. There needs to be a change in student culture around high risk drinking- we'll know there is a change if the numbers have gone down and we have a sense from student leadership that his culture has changed.
3. When we feel we can support having a large scale party on campus.
With dyke, ball they were stretched beyond their capacity. I was asked by the cabinet to write a letter to the general population. We are also working on doing alcohol talk backs. Now I would like to take your questions.
Clara Peterson, Bates: for the reduction in the number of transports would you go for 27.
Dean Kim: it would have to be more than one
Megan: have outside effects and occurrences been put into consideration
Dean Kim: we have the wellness campaign so that has been definitely put into consideration
Mea Lewis, CCBC: I know we have a larger population this year than we did last year. They way you have been dealing it was a campus wide problem I was wondering if you had considered approaching individuals by having mandatory stone sessions or mandatory seminars for students with repeated offenses. I think making people more responsible for themselves might be helpful. Is there any information class wise about who is being transported?
Dean Lepore: if a student goes through the Good Samaritan she gets a follow up from the stone center. This past fall students have also been getting a note from me and I encourage them to go and talk to someone. We track whether the students go and if not they come and talk to me.
Mea Lewis, CCBC: is there an evaluation during the transport whether or not they are intoxicated to that level
Dean Lepore: Yes, some students are under evaluation in the infirmary and if their condition deteriorates they are sent to the hospitals.
Dana Montalto, Tower: One of the things I have noticed is that there are some students who are drinking almost out of spite since they don't see the party ban is in connection with high risk drinking.
Dean Kim: the ban which was going to be temporary so that we didn't have that large of a number at these events. The ban is to give us a space so we can function much better and help us evaluate the situation.
Yael Gafni, Pomoroy: has there been any consideration given to the comment that a lot of the drinking has to do with the fact that we don't have a lot of other social outlets.
Dean Kim: Yes, we have been working with WZLY to support their parties and we also have the Office of Student activities and we will be dropping these parties.
Catherine Lee, Republicans: it was my understanding that prior to the policy each res hall had its own policy, has there been any consideration to go back to that policy.
Dean Lepore: that was awhile ago. Part of the alcohol policy was to give clarity to students about the stance of administration.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Relative numbers versus absolute numbers. How do we know the number of people attending these parties hasn't changed? I want to know relative to the number people that are going to these parties how many transports were their. I want to know why you are talking in absolute numbers.
Dean Kim: One of the things we want to do is to come up with what is the right number that we should be using. This is something that we should discuss.
Dean Lepore: The alcohol committee looked if there was a difference whether there were more events where alcohol was being served and there is not a difference.
Ellie Blume: My concern has to do with they way that the way the party ban and high risk drinking is being discussed. I know we are talking about the transports but I do not think we should criminalize the Good Samaritan policy. I am wondering what else you have in mind for the criminalization for calling for help. We don't want to penalize students. We are asking students to talk to other students to learn how to drink responsibly. I don't' think this is a huge shift. I know you are asking what the dean of students' office is going to do but its more what is the dean of students and the students are going to do together.
Daria Axelrod, Claflin: do you know at what time during this semester that this drinking was occurring?
Dean Lepore: yes sometimes there are students that are highly intoxicated during finals.
Rebecca Kapler: I know we are mostly talking about alcohol in related to parties. I would like to remind the administration that thigh risk drinking is a sign of depression.
Kim: I know we mentioned the screening tool to helps students access themselves. We also in the process of doing a review of the stone center. We ill have more conversations about his.
Lizzie Isaman: I have a question about ht time frame about all this goes. We talk about transports in term of semesters. So should we expect this party ban to be lifted in terms of semesters?
Dean Kim: That is the most logical policy. Unless the number goes down to four we would we like "wow" but yes it would probably be a by semester basis.
Christina: in terms of looking at future policies, what do you think about doing an educations program?
Dean Kim: we want to do something like that but we would have to look at resources.
Lindsey, CGP: I know you said you would like to work with student organizations and groups. Working with these groups directly more would be helpful and especially since planning is really difficult.
Dean Kim: I would really be happy to stay and answer questions
Dean Lepore: We know that there are a lot of students on campus that have a lot good drinking habits.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We do have a party ban in effect which is for large scale parties with over 1000 people in the sports center. We are talking about two main parties: Dyke Ball and Tower court. We have been noticing the number of students with high risk drinking increase. This ban was put into effect last year after Dyke Ball. Last year at Dyke Ball we had 11 official transports and we had a couple that were on the borderline. The police were very concerned because we put a drain on the ambulance and the local hospital services. The police sent out a note saying it was so difficult with the number of transports that they were very concerned that they did not have enough facilities. The goal of the ban is not reduce partying and not to reduce drinking. Any planning for this issue has to be a collaborative effort between students and the administration. I am happy to say that the party planners and the student leaders are working hard. We have increased the amount of food at parties, the "be a friend" campaign is in progress, and the RDs are talking about alcohol. We know Spectrum is planning to have a party but it will be slightly different. I had a conversation with one of the societies about the issue in general. Administrators and students have been working on this issue in a variety of ways. I mentioned last time that we have gone back to having parties last from 10-2am. We have to be careful because the number of transports we had last fall is the same as the previous fall. I am trying to look at this positively. In '02-'03 we had 22 transports for the year and the following year we had over 50. I know students asked if the Good Samaritan policy had caused the increase. I can tell you some of the numbers that they gave me. Going back to this fall we had 25 transports and 15 were Good Samaritan. In the spring we had 28 transports and 28 were Good Samaritan. The previous fall 2004 we had 25 transports and 23 were Good Samaritan.
So the thinking is that this increase is not because of Good Samaritan. One reason is that drinking has shifted from drinking beer to drinking shots. The other question was what was Smith doing versus Wellesley and the dean and I have not connected. One of the questions that I was asked is what will it take to have the ban lifted.
1. Have the number of transports decrease on campus.
2. There needs to be a change in student culture around high risk drinking- we'll know there is a change if the numbers have gone down and we have a sense from student leadership that his culture has changed.
3. When we feel we can support having a large scale party on campus.
With dyke, ball they were stretched beyond their capacity. I was asked by the cabinet to write a letter to the general population. We are also working on doing alcohol talk backs. Now I would like to take your questions.
Clara Peterson, Bates: for the reduction in the number of transports would you go for 27.
Dean Kim: it would have to be more than one
Megan: have outside effects and occurrences been put into consideration
Dean Kim: we have the wellness campaign so that has been definitely put into consideration
Mea Lewis, CCBC: I know we have a larger population this year than we did last year. They way you have been dealing it was a campus wide problem I was wondering if you had considered approaching individuals by having mandatory stone sessions or mandatory seminars for students with repeated offenses. I think making people more responsible for themselves might be helpful. Is there any information class wise about who is being transported?
Dean Lepore: if a student goes through the Good Samaritan she gets a follow up from the stone center. This past fall students have also been getting a note from me and I encourage them to go and talk to someone. We track whether the students go and if not they come and talk to me.
Mea Lewis, CCBC: is there an evaluation during the transport whether or not they are intoxicated to that level
Dean Lepore: Yes, some students are under evaluation in the infirmary and if their condition deteriorates they are sent to the hospitals.
Dana Montalto, Tower: One of the things I have noticed is that there are some students who are drinking almost out of spite since they don't see the party ban is in connection with high risk drinking.
Dean Kim: the ban which was going to be temporary so that we didn't have that large of a number at these events. The ban is to give us a space so we can function much better and help us evaluate the situation.
Yael Gafni, Pomoroy: has there been any consideration given to the comment that a lot of the drinking has to do with the fact that we don't have a lot of other social outlets.
Dean Kim: Yes, we have been working with WZLY to support their parties and we also have the Office of Student activities and we will be dropping these parties.
Catherine Lee, Republicans: it was my understanding that prior to the policy each res hall had its own policy, has there been any consideration to go back to that policy.
Dean Lepore: that was awhile ago. Part of the alcohol policy was to give clarity to students about the stance of administration.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Relative numbers versus absolute numbers. How do we know the number of people attending these parties hasn't changed? I want to know relative to the number people that are going to these parties how many transports were their. I want to know why you are talking in absolute numbers.
Dean Kim: One of the things we want to do is to come up with what is the right number that we should be using. This is something that we should discuss.
Dean Lepore: The alcohol committee looked if there was a difference whether there were more events where alcohol was being served and there is not a difference.
Ellie Blume: My concern has to do with they way that the way the party ban and high risk drinking is being discussed. I know we are talking about the transports but I do not think we should criminalize the Good Samaritan policy. I am wondering what else you have in mind for the criminalization for calling for help. We don't want to penalize students. We are asking students to talk to other students to learn how to drink responsibly. I don't' think this is a huge shift. I know you are asking what the dean of students' office is going to do but its more what is the dean of students and the students are going to do together.
Daria Axelrod, Claflin: do you know at what time during this semester that this drinking was occurring?
Dean Lepore: yes sometimes there are students that are highly intoxicated during finals.
Rebecca Kapler: I know we are mostly talking about alcohol in related to parties. I would like to remind the administration that thigh risk drinking is a sign of depression.
Kim: I know we mentioned the screening tool to helps students access themselves. We also in the process of doing a review of the stone center. We ill have more conversations about his.
Lizzie Isaman: I have a question about ht time frame about all this goes. We talk about transports in term of semesters. So should we expect this party ban to be lifted in terms of semesters?
Dean Kim: That is the most logical policy. Unless the number goes down to four we would we like "wow" but yes it would probably be a by semester basis.
Christina: in terms of looking at future policies, what do you think about doing an educations program?
Dean Kim: we want to do something like that but we would have to look at resources.
Lindsey, CGP: I know you said you would like to work with student organizations and groups. Working with these groups directly more would be helpful and especially since planning is really difficult.
Dean Kim: I would really be happy to stay and answer questions
Dean Lepore: We know that there are a lot of students on campus that have a lot good drinking habits.
C. CG Constitution changes for CG Elections (Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair)
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: The comments that Claire made are a good prelude to what I will be discussing. So we are already into the new cycle of elections. Lindsey and I will be chairing the Elections Committee. Before elections there are some const changes that I would like to propose.
So, in article 9 section three of the current constitution states: (insert handout)
The purposed amendment I would like to make is to remove the "by" before Monday, which allows more flexibility in the planning of the election schedule.
It's pretty much dictated by article 9 what times events need to happen. The second amendment I would like to propose is to remove the clause that dictates to the specificity of the location of the Elections Committee's meeting. This changes the specificity of the Election Committee headquarters in order to allow more flexibility in planning future Election Day events.
This is eliminating the fancy term for where will be counting ballads. There may be a lot of first years here that may not know what the student resource room is. It's the space in Schneider that we used every year but we won't be using that space anymore. Those are the two amendments that I would like to propose.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: So this is not an electronic vote but you need to go through this with your constituency.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: This first constitutional amendment of the year so if you have any questions feel free to contact us.
So, in article 9 section three of the current constitution states: (insert handout)
The purposed amendment I would like to make is to remove the "by" before Monday, which allows more flexibility in the planning of the election schedule.
It's pretty much dictated by article 9 what times events need to happen. The second amendment I would like to propose is to remove the clause that dictates to the specificity of the location of the Elections Committee's meeting. This changes the specificity of the Election Committee headquarters in order to allow more flexibility in planning future Election Day events.
This is eliminating the fancy term for where will be counting ballads. There may be a lot of first years here that may not know what the student resource room is. It's the space in Schneider that we used every year but we won't be using that space anymore. Those are the two amendments that I would like to propose.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: So this is not an electronic vote but you need to go through this with your constituency.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: This first constitutional amendment of the year so if you have any questions feel free to contact us.
D. Elections Committee (Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Now Sophie will be talking about the Elections Committee.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: Section 1 of article 9 covers the Election Committee. There are 2 senator positions. I would open this up as an invitation to all the senators. It's a great opportunity to know what its like to run an election. I hope you will really consider running for this position. We want a one page statement of intent with your picture attached and send that me directly. You will give a brief statement in senate and then the Senators will vote on this. There are also three SOAS appointed positions.
Clara Peterson, Bates: Under responsibilities (on the Constitution handout) it says 75% of the Student activities fee is what you are allowed to spend in your budget.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: The purpose of putting the cap of that is to ensure equality and so that students don't' spend more than their means.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: The 75% of the Student Activity fee is 151.50.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: A lot of the details about the committee will come later in the semester. This is a really great opportunity to learn about how the elections work.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: Section 1 of article 9 covers the Election Committee. There are 2 senator positions. I would open this up as an invitation to all the senators. It's a great opportunity to know what its like to run an election. I hope you will really consider running for this position. We want a one page statement of intent with your picture attached and send that me directly. You will give a brief statement in senate and then the Senators will vote on this. There are also three SOAS appointed positions.
Clara Peterson, Bates: Under responsibilities (on the Constitution handout) it says 75% of the Student activities fee is what you are allowed to spend in your budget.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: The purpose of putting the cap of that is to ensure equality and so that students don't' spend more than their means.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: The 75% of the Student Activity fee is 151.50.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: A lot of the details about the committee will come later in the semester. This is a really great opportunity to learn about how the elections work.
E. Introduction (CGPC)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Moving on to open discussion we have Madame Parliamentarian to discuss parliamentary procedure.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian; the rule of speaking is that you cannot speak twice until everyone else on the speakers list has had the opportunity to speak. You have to wait and get back on the speakers list. The second rule is not to speak just for the sake of hearing yourself talk. The whole point of senate is to represent a whole body or constituency. Listen and don't repeat what other people have said or discussed. Avoid using personal stories. I have heard some of you saying I have heard for my constituency which is great but it should not be too personal. This is not set in stone. We encourage you to use the third person.
In addition, I was thrilled to hear Maryska's redirect. This is great to use when the speaker has not completely understood the question that you are asking.
Please email me with questions.
Write down what you have to say before you say it. You want to come across as eloquent as possible.
With that said I would like to invite CGPC to come up. They helped me put this together.
Samira Vachani, Pomeroy: We are a small percentage of College Government Presidents Council. I want to explain what we do. We are a committee of about 15 members from all different classes. Different types of students who meet once a week for about an hour and a half.
Katie Landise, Severance: We basically do whatever Lindsey wants us to do. We give her a more direct feedback and student consensus. We support her initiatives. We put students with more expertise with tasks requiring more expertise. Shayla and I are going to talk about the projects we did last semester.
We did a tea for Lulu Wang and we made a scrapbook for her with quotes and pictures.
Shalya Adams, ETHOS: We also worked on PASS which was the hurricane Katrina fundraiser. We also did a forum to bring back student activism. We also did the "Be a Friend" campaign. Doing things to help your friends practice safe drinking habits.
Melanie Carter, McAfee: One thing we continue to work on is the party ban. We want to talk with a lot of different types of students to see what we can do to get the parties back. And there is the CGPC campaign which has been Hurricane Katrina Relief.
There is also BIG, which is an intercollegiate government council in Boston.
Marjorie; There are three things that we are working on. One thing is to continue the soap boxes and to get students not to be afraid to have these discussions face to face. Another thing is the Dance Competition which will be similar to PASS. And then we will be doing drink talks at punches. Initiate a dialogue about drinking and education. Finally we are going to be doing movie nights incorporating punches and the hoop and we want to utilize the campus center as much as we can.
Samira Vachani, Pomeroy; If you questions you can email Lindsey.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian; the rule of speaking is that you cannot speak twice until everyone else on the speakers list has had the opportunity to speak. You have to wait and get back on the speakers list. The second rule is not to speak just for the sake of hearing yourself talk. The whole point of senate is to represent a whole body or constituency. Listen and don't repeat what other people have said or discussed. Avoid using personal stories. I have heard some of you saying I have heard for my constituency which is great but it should not be too personal. This is not set in stone. We encourage you to use the third person.
In addition, I was thrilled to hear Maryska's redirect. This is great to use when the speaker has not completely understood the question that you are asking.
Please email me with questions.
Write down what you have to say before you say it. You want to come across as eloquent as possible.
With that said I would like to invite CGPC to come up. They helped me put this together.
Samira Vachani, Pomeroy: We are a small percentage of College Government Presidents Council. I want to explain what we do. We are a committee of about 15 members from all different classes. Different types of students who meet once a week for about an hour and a half.
Katie Landise, Severance: We basically do whatever Lindsey wants us to do. We give her a more direct feedback and student consensus. We support her initiatives. We put students with more expertise with tasks requiring more expertise. Shayla and I are going to talk about the projects we did last semester.
We did a tea for Lulu Wang and we made a scrapbook for her with quotes and pictures.
Shalya Adams, ETHOS: We also worked on PASS which was the hurricane Katrina fundraiser. We also did a forum to bring back student activism. We also did the "Be a Friend" campaign. Doing things to help your friends practice safe drinking habits.
Melanie Carter, McAfee: One thing we continue to work on is the party ban. We want to talk with a lot of different types of students to see what we can do to get the parties back. And there is the CGPC campaign which has been Hurricane Katrina Relief.
There is also BIG, which is an intercollegiate government council in Boston.
Marjorie; There are three things that we are working on. One thing is to continue the soap boxes and to get students not to be afraid to have these discussions face to face. Another thing is the Dance Competition which will be similar to PASS. And then we will be doing drink talks at punches. Initiate a dialogue about drinking and education. Finally we are going to be doing movie nights incorporating punches and the hoop and we want to utilize the campus center as much as we can.
Samira Vachani, Pomeroy; If you questions you can email Lindsey.
F. V-Day Campaign (Ellie Blume, V-Day Campaign Student Rep)
Ellie Blume, V-Day campaign student representative: I am really happy to be here to talk about the V-Day campaign. We are part of the V-Day campaign to bring an end to violence against women. This year Wellesley is putting on a show of the vagina monologues. It's February 23-25 and we will be raising money for BARC. That means that 10% of the fundraising that we do goes to COMFORT women of East Asia. The reason I came here is to let you know that this is an educational campaign and a fundraising campaign. You will be getting some information about this campaign
Shelly Anand, CG Sec/Tres: We are planning to do a volunteer project involving a women's shelter. Is BARC a place we can look into?
Ellie Blume, V-Day campaign student representative: BARC provides rape crisis services so it is a difficult place to drop into for a day. I can put you in touch with people doing similar type projects.
Shelly Anand, CG Sec/Tres: We are planning to do a volunteer project involving a women's shelter. Is BARC a place we can look into?
Ellie Blume, V-Day campaign student representative: BARC provides rape crisis services so it is a difficult place to drop into for a day. I can put you in touch with people doing similar type projects.
V. Dean of Students' Corner
A. Deans Kim Goff-Crews and Michelle Lepore
Dean Kim: So Friday we had the Alumnae Achievement Awards. We had Persis Drell, Pam Melroy and Nora Ephron. They had wonderful speeches and I believe that they will be posted. I remember that one of them said that you have to have some sort of balance in your life. This is a reminder to take time to relax and enjoy the snow.
I also want to give you an update about what the department is working on for this semester. We are doing a counseling service review. We are doing a review of the PLTC and the Davis Scholar Program. We also are going to higher a new director for PERA. I think I talked you last week about the residential space review. We want to review what should be in the residential spaces on campus. We are already doing planning for orientation for next year. Lori Tenser is working on that with Professor Vega. There are students on that committee as well. Whether you have a valentine or not you can be our valentine. We are having high tea in the sage lounge. This time we are featuring a chocolate fountain. There is not agenda so you can just come in.
Dean Lepore: one of the issues that came from student leaders at the beginning of the semester was student parking and the spaces. I want to let you know that one of the books I read was Jane Goodall's book about sustainability for food. We are going to do work for farmers and Phil Harty can come in and talk about that. Sophomores just finished their sophomore survey and I have to say they have a lot of advice for the first year students. I hope that you take time to enjoy some of snow.
Samira, Pomeroy Senator: I have a constituent that sent an email to the Dean's office and she hasn't received a response. So how should she go about setting up a meeting?
Dean Kim: She can contact our assistant Dottie Folino.
Kelsey, Senate Parliamentarian: I was wondering, where do Olin students park? Do they park on the second and third floors? At night time the medium levels are empty so we were wondering.
Dean Kim: That's a good question.
Edlyn, Pomeroy Senator: What constitutes a snow day for Wellesley?
Dean Kim: You know Wellesley does not like to close down and we actually have staff to live here so that school never has to close down.
Dean Lepore: In the five years we have been here there was only one time that the school closed down.
I also want to give you an update about what the department is working on for this semester. We are doing a counseling service review. We are doing a review of the PLTC and the Davis Scholar Program. We also are going to higher a new director for PERA. I think I talked you last week about the residential space review. We want to review what should be in the residential spaces on campus. We are already doing planning for orientation for next year. Lori Tenser is working on that with Professor Vega. There are students on that committee as well. Whether you have a valentine or not you can be our valentine. We are having high tea in the sage lounge. This time we are featuring a chocolate fountain. There is not agenda so you can just come in.
Dean Lepore: one of the issues that came from student leaders at the beginning of the semester was student parking and the spaces. I want to let you know that one of the books I read was Jane Goodall's book about sustainability for food. We are going to do work for farmers and Phil Harty can come in and talk about that. Sophomores just finished their sophomore survey and I have to say they have a lot of advice for the first year students. I hope that you take time to enjoy some of snow.
Samira, Pomeroy Senator: I have a constituent that sent an email to the Dean's office and she hasn't received a response. So how should she go about setting up a meeting?
Dean Kim: She can contact our assistant Dottie Folino.
Kelsey, Senate Parliamentarian: I was wondering, where do Olin students park? Do they park on the second and third floors? At night time the medium levels are empty so we were wondering.
Dean Kim: That's a good question.
Edlyn, Pomeroy Senator: What constitutes a snow day for Wellesley?
Dean Kim: You know Wellesley does not like to close down and we actually have staff to live here so that school never has to close down.
Dean Lepore: In the five years we have been here there was only one time that the school closed down.
VI. Beyond the Bubble (Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair)
A. Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Texas Accident
Vice President Cheney accidentally sprayed a companion with birdshot while hunting quail on a private Texas ranch this weekend, injuring the man in the face, neck and chest. Harry Whittington was treated on the scene by Cheney's traveling medical detail before being taken by helicopter to a Corpus Christi hospital. He was in the intensive care unit at Christus Spohn Health System. A spokeswoman for the hospital, said today that Whittington remained in intensive care this morning but was in stable condition.
B. Congressional Report on Hurricane Katrina to be Released This Week
A congressional report to be released this week criticizes the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. The report is titled "Failure of Initiative," which gives 90 recommendations for changes in the wake of the Katrina disaster. The report is the result of a Republican 11-member House select committee that investigated the response to Katrina at all levels -- local, state and federal.
C. Iraqi Shiites Nominate Jafari for Top Position
Ibrahim Jafari, the Shiite Muslim doctor and Iraq's current interim leader, won his coalition's nomination for the post of prime minister by a single vote Sunday (64-63), putting him on course to head the country's first full-term government since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
D. Presidential Delegation to Attend Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy
President George W. Bush today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Giuliani Partners LLC, and Name Partner of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP will lead the delegation. Members of the Presidential Delegation are: The Honorable Ronald P. Spogli (U.S. Ambassador to Italy), Mr. Mario Andretti (World Champion Race Driver), Dr. A. Kenneth Ciongoli (Chairman and CEO, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)).
E. On this day: February 13
Actress Stockard Channing, who plays First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the "West Wing," is 62 today.
VII. Cabinet Announcements
VIII. Adjourn
