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I. Roll Call/Agenda
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Welcome to Senate tonight! We have a full agenda tonight and will hear from Kimberly Chin, Communications Committee Senators, SPEC Senators, student representatives from CERD and CLCE. It’s also time for the State of the Honor Code presentation from our Chief Justice Chailee Mann-Stadt which we have every semester.
II. Old Business
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Are there any questions about the constitutional changes that were brought up last week?
We’ll vote one at a time.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: So basically, I’ll ask if there is a motion on the floor. I’ll ask for a specific position.
For the position of President:
Krystal Walker: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of president.
Motion carries
For the position of Chief Justice:
Ashleigh Georgia: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Chief Justice.
Motion carries
For the position of Student Bursar:
Crystal Jin: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Bursar.
Motion carries
For the position of MAC:
Kahini Ranade: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of the Multicultural Affairs Coordinator.
Motion carries
For the position of HPC Liaison:
Fiona Cousland: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of HPC Liaison.
Motion carries
For the position of Parliamentarian:
Catherine Day: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Parliamentarian.
Motion carries
For the position of SPEC Chair:
Ashleigh Georgia: I move to approve the constitutional eligibility changes for the position of SPEC Chair.
Motion carries
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thanks for voting separately. You are representing your constituencies well.
Will the CPLA chair approach the podium to discuss last week’s eligibility requirement changes?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Any questions?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: We’ll vote on these one at a time also.
Meg Kilzy: I move to approve the eligibility requirements for the Chief Justice.
Motion carries
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Is there a motion on the floor to change the eligibility requirements for the CPLA chair?
Move to approve the eligibility requirements for CPLA Chair.
Motion carries
We’ll vote one at a time.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: So basically, I’ll ask if there is a motion on the floor. I’ll ask for a specific position.
For the position of President:
Krystal Walker: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of president.
Motion carries
For the position of Chief Justice:
Ashleigh Georgia: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Chief Justice.
Motion carries
For the position of Student Bursar:
Crystal Jin: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Bursar.
Motion carries
For the position of MAC:
Kahini Ranade: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of the Multicultural Affairs Coordinator.
Motion carries
For the position of HPC Liaison:
Fiona Cousland: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of HPC Liaison.
Motion carries
For the position of Parliamentarian:
Catherine Day: I move to approve the constitutional changes for the position of Parliamentarian.
Motion carries
For the position of SPEC Chair:
Ashleigh Georgia: I move to approve the constitutional eligibility changes for the position of SPEC Chair.
Motion carries
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thanks for voting separately. You are representing your constituencies well.
Will the CPLA chair approach the podium to discuss last week’s eligibility requirement changes?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Any questions?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: We’ll vote on these one at a time also.
Meg Kilzy: I move to approve the eligibility requirements for the Chief Justice.
Motion carries
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Is there a motion on the floor to change the eligibility requirements for the CPLA chair?
Move to approve the eligibility requirements for CPLA Chair.
Motion carries
III. New Business
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Moving on to New Business.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: I just wanted to give a brief announcement. Emergency funding deadline is Sunday. We have $7500 to give out this time. We’ll be reading the applications for the last emergency funding deadline tonight. The final lectures funding application is due on Sunday, February 20 at 5pm to the Bursar’s office. You can clarify that after the new bursar comes in, there will be a funding deadline for 2005-2006.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will Alex Kim present on SOAC and the WEED senator position.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: The process for getting a new Special Interest Senator is that a senate representative sits as a non-voting member of senate for a semester. Then we conduct an in-senate vote of whether or not to approve the organization’s senate position.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: There are special interest senators and residence hall senators. There is a process the organizations can go through to get a special interest senator.
Jessica Van Houten, WEED: We got 350 signatures and WEED is excited to have a spot in Senate.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: How would having a senator help WEED?
Jessica Van Houten: My constituency asked me to do this because they need to know what is going on on-campus at all times. They think that WEED would like to have a say in everything.
Melanie Carter, Ethos: What is WEED?
Jessica Van Houten: WEED is Wellesley Environmental and Energy Defense. We’re now selling personal recycling bins. We’re working on programming for Earth Day. You’ll see us around.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I observed last semester that WEED really enjoyed last semester talking to Andy Evans and getting his support.
Jun Chu: Why do we have 2 WEED senator positions?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Oh, we don’t. It’s just the numbering on the agenda.
Celine Montenegro: Is this open option available to all organizations?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Yes, but WEED is representing a particular agenda.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: A lot of their decisions will benefit the entire campus.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Here’s the way it goes-- From the CG Constitution, Article IV, Section 3: “The Senate is empowered to create voting representatives designated for particular minority or special interest groups within the student body. If any group wishes to acquire a Special Interest Senator, it must submit a written statement to the College Government President requesting a full-semester Senate Representative. A Senate Representative serves and fulfills the same job duties as Senator for one semester; however her right to vote is withheld. A Senate representative is required to attend Senate in accordance with the attendance policy. After the Senate Representative has completed her semester, the body of Senate must take a vote “approving that the Senate Representative of stated organization has proved that stated organization would be better served in the community by acquiring a Senator in College Government.” This requires a majority vote of the Senate. Once the Senate Representative has completed her term and receives a majority vote of support by the body of Senate, the stated organization must submit a petition with at least 350 student signatures by the second Senate of the following semester. If the body of Senate does not vote in favor of approving the Senate Representative, the Senate Representative may submit a petition with at least 500 student signatures and must recognize on each page that “College Government fails to officially support stated organization’s petitioning for a Senator.” Upon submission of the petition, the College Government President must present the petition under new business and request it be taken back to the respective constituencies for approval. The following Senate, under old business, the body of Senate must approve the petition by two-thirds majority vote. No special interest group may have more than one Senate representative.”
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: There are only a few special in-senate votes. This is one of them. If there is an appeal it will go to your constituency.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In senate we create new senators.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I move to create the WEED senate position.
Second.
Motion carries
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: My next order of business is my SOAC update. There are 2 senators that sit on the CG elections committee. If you want to be a senate rep on the election committee contact the CG President ASAP. There are 3 SOAC appointed CG election representatives. Applications will be due to the SOAC applications conference by the end of the week and interviews will be next week. For the at large position
Olin College wants a Wellesley student liaison who is a science major. Contact Alexkimcgvp if you are interested so I can get you in contact with Professor Ducas.
Chailee Mann-Stadt: I just wanted to say that Olin is fun and the people are nice. You should take advantage of this.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: If you’re interested contact me by the end of the week so I can put you in contact with Michelle Lepore and Prof. Ducas,
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Is this for senators or for everyone?
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: for Senators.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: If you want to present at senate as a student representative contact me or Michel Ballard. Student representatives are required to present at Senate once a year.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will Kim Chin present on election changes to the CG Constitution?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: This is the last time I’m presenting about constitutional changes for CG elections. There are 4 proposed changes to the constitution.
These changes, if approved, will go into effect for this year’s elections. These are all from Article IX of the constitution: The following are proposed changes to the section of the College Government Constitution that govern how College Government Elections are run. These changes will take effect this year in this year’s College Government Elections. Changes to how the Constitution currently reads are in bold followed by the proposed amended clause and a clear description of the change made.
1. Change #1 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“Statements of intent for the Wellesley News shall be due at the News office the Friday, one week before spring break, at the time required by the News;”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“Statements of intent for the Wellesley News shall be due at the News office the Friday, one week before spring break, at the time required by the News. On the week following spring break, the statements of intent shall be published in the Wellesley News;”
Change made:
Added a sentence that specifies when statements of intent will be published in the Wellesley News.
2. Change #2 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“Before campaigning begins, all candidates will be required to sign a contract…”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“On the same day statements of intent are due to the News (the Friday, one week before spring break), all candidates will be required to sign a contract…”
Change made:
Removed “before campaigning” and added a clause to specify exactly when the contract is due.
3. Change #3 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“In the event that two candidates receive the same number of votes there will be a runoff to decide the election.”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“In the event that two candidates receive the same number of votes there will be a runoff to decide the election. The runoff should take place by the following Wednesday.”
Change made:
Added a sentence to specify when a runoff election should take place.
4. Change to Section 6, Election of Officers:
Current Constitution:
“Students who will not be on campus on Election Day may vote by absentee ballot at a specified place on the Tuesday preceding the election;”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“Students who will not be on campus on Election Day may vote by absentee ballot at a specified place by the Tuesday preceding the election;”
Changed made:
Removed “at a specified place” and changed “on” to “by”.
These proposed changes are only to make the CG election process make more sense with timing. It doesn’t make sense to have your statement published in the News if you really can’t even announce your candidacy or campaign yet. This standardizes the timing.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: About the first change, does the Wellesley News know about the change?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Yes, we’re scheduling meetings with the News and this is something we want to work on for the future. It doesn’t make sense to have the statements published before campaigning begins. We are in talks with them about this and other issues as well.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Is that March 18 or the week before that?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: It’s always the Friday before the last week before Spring Break.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Is it still necessary to have the statements due at the same time?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Yes, we want to give the News time to compile everything. Now they would have an extra week. The due date is the same, the publish date is different.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: My assumption is that students on leave who are abroad aren’t allowed to vote?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: The registrar gives us a list of eligible students and the list has included students who are abroad in the list.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: If you aren’t abroad but you’re on leave can you still vote?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I don’t know if this affects the constitution, but we will definitely look into that technicality.
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Vote on these changes individually.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Vote separately with your constituency.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In case we find out about the students on leave. If that is so then we’ll have that discussion and figure out what we should do about that.
Will members of the Communications Committee please present on the NewsFlush.
Krystal Walker: We’re introducing the NewFlush, a condensed version of last semester’s newsletter. We want higher readership. What the Newsflush would be would be a piece of paper up in bathroom stalls. Some people still aren’t aware of what CG is or what it does and this is an outreach the Communications Committee will implement this semester.
Elizabeth Marlow: Floor reps and RAs will help distribute and poster the Residence Halls. The pick up location will be outside the CG office. The House Presidents have all agreed to allow these posters to be put in bathrooms. E-mail “Elizabeth Marlow” with suggestions.
Ariella Huff, Claflin: Just to clarify, when you say that floor reps and RAs will be posting, I assume that you’ve contacted them?
Amita Parashar, HPC Liaison: We discussed having the Floor Reps posting them. If you don’t have a floor rep, RAs could do the job.
Ashleigh Georgia, MAC: I know this has worked with HPs and the poster policies.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: You are only allowed to poster on clearly marked boards in Academic Buildings.
Fiona Cousland: Are we voting on this or just discussing?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Just discussion.
Fiona Cousland: What are they going to have included?
Krystal Walker: We want a short and direct condensed version of what happened in Senate and additional CG information.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I believe in Mini-Minutes. The NewsFlush will have information in addition to mini-minutes.
Elizabeth Marlow: It will only contain information pertinent to the student body at large.
Motion to extend time to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries
Lauren Nelson, Pomeroy: I think this is a great idea. I actually received an e-mail that said no one reads the Senate minutes. I actually heard a suggestion to poster bathrooms.
Nanki Marwah: I think you should look into how often Mini-Minutes are posted to make sure people at least have access to what’s out there now. Is it appropriate to call it a NewsFlush if it will be in Academic Buildings?
Emily Oxford, Chair of the Communications Committee: We can call it the NewsFlash in academic buildings.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: About the poster policy, a lot of dorms don’t allow non-health posters in bathrooms.
Emily Oxford, Chair of the Communications Committee: You’re right. Today Cabinet met with the HPs at Unity and we talked about the News Flush. They were completely supportive of the Newsflush and CG’s goal of increasing awareness of CG on campus. We’re completely cool with the poster policy in dorms.
André Isaak, Faculty Liaison to Senate: Posters aren’t effective for reaching staff and faculty. If you wanted to get in touch with them, an electronic NewFlash should be posted.
Emily Oxford: Great, we can do that!
Clara Peterson, Bates: How much paper will this use? Will it be like the newsletter size from last semester? How big will it be?
Krystal Walker: It will be one side of one sheet of paper every other week.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: This is a good opportunity to say that there was a big concern that students don’t know what CG does. It’s important that the Communications Committee reach out to the student who will never participate in CG. Thanks for the suggestions.
Now we’ll hear from Chailee Mann-Stadt the State of the Honor Code.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: I just wanted to give a brief announcement. Emergency funding deadline is Sunday. We have $7500 to give out this time. We’ll be reading the applications for the last emergency funding deadline tonight. The final lectures funding application is due on Sunday, February 20 at 5pm to the Bursar’s office. You can clarify that after the new bursar comes in, there will be a funding deadline for 2005-2006.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will Alex Kim present on SOAC and the WEED senator position.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: The process for getting a new Special Interest Senator is that a senate representative sits as a non-voting member of senate for a semester. Then we conduct an in-senate vote of whether or not to approve the organization’s senate position.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: There are special interest senators and residence hall senators. There is a process the organizations can go through to get a special interest senator.
Jessica Van Houten, WEED: We got 350 signatures and WEED is excited to have a spot in Senate.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: How would having a senator help WEED?
Jessica Van Houten: My constituency asked me to do this because they need to know what is going on on-campus at all times. They think that WEED would like to have a say in everything.
Melanie Carter, Ethos: What is WEED?
Jessica Van Houten: WEED is Wellesley Environmental and Energy Defense. We’re now selling personal recycling bins. We’re working on programming for Earth Day. You’ll see us around.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I observed last semester that WEED really enjoyed last semester talking to Andy Evans and getting his support.
Jun Chu: Why do we have 2 WEED senator positions?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Oh, we don’t. It’s just the numbering on the agenda.
Celine Montenegro: Is this open option available to all organizations?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Yes, but WEED is representing a particular agenda.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: A lot of their decisions will benefit the entire campus.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Here’s the way it goes-- From the CG Constitution, Article IV, Section 3: “The Senate is empowered to create voting representatives designated for particular minority or special interest groups within the student body. If any group wishes to acquire a Special Interest Senator, it must submit a written statement to the College Government President requesting a full-semester Senate Representative. A Senate Representative serves and fulfills the same job duties as Senator for one semester; however her right to vote is withheld. A Senate representative is required to attend Senate in accordance with the attendance policy. After the Senate Representative has completed her semester, the body of Senate must take a vote “approving that the Senate Representative of stated organization has proved that stated organization would be better served in the community by acquiring a Senator in College Government.” This requires a majority vote of the Senate. Once the Senate Representative has completed her term and receives a majority vote of support by the body of Senate, the stated organization must submit a petition with at least 350 student signatures by the second Senate of the following semester. If the body of Senate does not vote in favor of approving the Senate Representative, the Senate Representative may submit a petition with at least 500 student signatures and must recognize on each page that “College Government fails to officially support stated organization’s petitioning for a Senator.” Upon submission of the petition, the College Government President must present the petition under new business and request it be taken back to the respective constituencies for approval. The following Senate, under old business, the body of Senate must approve the petition by two-thirds majority vote. No special interest group may have more than one Senate representative.”
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: There are only a few special in-senate votes. This is one of them. If there is an appeal it will go to your constituency.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In senate we create new senators.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I move to create the WEED senate position.
Second.
Motion carries
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: My next order of business is my SOAC update. There are 2 senators that sit on the CG elections committee. If you want to be a senate rep on the election committee contact the CG President ASAP. There are 3 SOAC appointed CG election representatives. Applications will be due to the SOAC applications conference by the end of the week and interviews will be next week. For the at large position
Olin College wants a Wellesley student liaison who is a science major. Contact Alexkimcgvp if you are interested so I can get you in contact with Professor Ducas.
Chailee Mann-Stadt: I just wanted to say that Olin is fun and the people are nice. You should take advantage of this.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: If you’re interested contact me by the end of the week so I can put you in contact with Michelle Lepore and Prof. Ducas,
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Is this for senators or for everyone?
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: for Senators.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: If you want to present at senate as a student representative contact me or Michel Ballard. Student representatives are required to present at Senate once a year.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will Kim Chin present on election changes to the CG Constitution?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: This is the last time I’m presenting about constitutional changes for CG elections. There are 4 proposed changes to the constitution.
These changes, if approved, will go into effect for this year’s elections. These are all from Article IX of the constitution: The following are proposed changes to the section of the College Government Constitution that govern how College Government Elections are run. These changes will take effect this year in this year’s College Government Elections. Changes to how the Constitution currently reads are in bold followed by the proposed amended clause and a clear description of the change made.
1. Change #1 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“Statements of intent for the Wellesley News shall be due at the News office the Friday, one week before spring break, at the time required by the News;”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“Statements of intent for the Wellesley News shall be due at the News office the Friday, one week before spring break, at the time required by the News. On the week following spring break, the statements of intent shall be published in the Wellesley News;”
Change made:
Added a sentence that specifies when statements of intent will be published in the Wellesley News.
2. Change #2 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“Before campaigning begins, all candidates will be required to sign a contract…”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“On the same day statements of intent are due to the News (the Friday, one week before spring break), all candidates will be required to sign a contract…”
Change made:
Removed “before campaigning” and added a clause to specify exactly when the contract is due.
3. Change #3 to Section 3, Officer Election Schedule:
Current Constitution:
“In the event that two candidates receive the same number of votes there will be a runoff to decide the election.”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“In the event that two candidates receive the same number of votes there will be a runoff to decide the election. The runoff should take place by the following Wednesday.”
Change made:
Added a sentence to specify when a runoff election should take place.
4. Change to Section 6, Election of Officers:
Current Constitution:
“Students who will not be on campus on Election Day may vote by absentee ballot at a specified place on the Tuesday preceding the election;”
Proposed Amended Clause:
“Students who will not be on campus on Election Day may vote by absentee ballot at a specified place by the Tuesday preceding the election;”
Changed made:
Removed “at a specified place” and changed “on” to “by”.
These proposed changes are only to make the CG election process make more sense with timing. It doesn’t make sense to have your statement published in the News if you really can’t even announce your candidacy or campaign yet. This standardizes the timing.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: About the first change, does the Wellesley News know about the change?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Yes, we’re scheduling meetings with the News and this is something we want to work on for the future. It doesn’t make sense to have the statements published before campaigning begins. We are in talks with them about this and other issues as well.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Is that March 18 or the week before that?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: It’s always the Friday before the last week before Spring Break.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Is it still necessary to have the statements due at the same time?
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Yes, we want to give the News time to compile everything. Now they would have an extra week. The due date is the same, the publish date is different.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: My assumption is that students on leave who are abroad aren’t allowed to vote?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: The registrar gives us a list of eligible students and the list has included students who are abroad in the list.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: If you aren’t abroad but you’re on leave can you still vote?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I don’t know if this affects the constitution, but we will definitely look into that technicality.
Kim Chin, CPLA Chair: Vote on these changes individually.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Vote separately with your constituency.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In case we find out about the students on leave. If that is so then we’ll have that discussion and figure out what we should do about that.
Will members of the Communications Committee please present on the NewsFlush.
Krystal Walker: We’re introducing the NewFlush, a condensed version of last semester’s newsletter. We want higher readership. What the Newsflush would be would be a piece of paper up in bathroom stalls. Some people still aren’t aware of what CG is or what it does and this is an outreach the Communications Committee will implement this semester.
Elizabeth Marlow: Floor reps and RAs will help distribute and poster the Residence Halls. The pick up location will be outside the CG office. The House Presidents have all agreed to allow these posters to be put in bathrooms. E-mail “Elizabeth Marlow” with suggestions.
Ariella Huff, Claflin: Just to clarify, when you say that floor reps and RAs will be posting, I assume that you’ve contacted them?
Amita Parashar, HPC Liaison: We discussed having the Floor Reps posting them. If you don’t have a floor rep, RAs could do the job.
Ashleigh Georgia, MAC: I know this has worked with HPs and the poster policies.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: You are only allowed to poster on clearly marked boards in Academic Buildings.
Fiona Cousland: Are we voting on this or just discussing?
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: Just discussion.
Fiona Cousland: What are they going to have included?
Krystal Walker: We want a short and direct condensed version of what happened in Senate and additional CG information.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: I believe in Mini-Minutes. The NewsFlush will have information in addition to mini-minutes.
Elizabeth Marlow: It will only contain information pertinent to the student body at large.
Motion to extend time to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries
Lauren Nelson, Pomeroy: I think this is a great idea. I actually received an e-mail that said no one reads the Senate minutes. I actually heard a suggestion to poster bathrooms.
Nanki Marwah: I think you should look into how often Mini-Minutes are posted to make sure people at least have access to what’s out there now. Is it appropriate to call it a NewsFlush if it will be in Academic Buildings?
Emily Oxford, Chair of the Communications Committee: We can call it the NewsFlash in academic buildings.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: About the poster policy, a lot of dorms don’t allow non-health posters in bathrooms.
Emily Oxford, Chair of the Communications Committee: You’re right. Today Cabinet met with the HPs at Unity and we talked about the News Flush. They were completely supportive of the Newsflush and CG’s goal of increasing awareness of CG on campus. We’re completely cool with the poster policy in dorms.
André Isaak, Faculty Liaison to Senate: Posters aren’t effective for reaching staff and faculty. If you wanted to get in touch with them, an electronic NewFlash should be posted.
Emily Oxford: Great, we can do that!
Clara Peterson, Bates: How much paper will this use? Will it be like the newsletter size from last semester? How big will it be?
Krystal Walker: It will be one side of one sheet of paper every other week.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: This is a good opportunity to say that there was a big concern that students don’t know what CG does. It’s important that the Communications Committee reach out to the student who will never participate in CG. Thanks for the suggestions.
Now we’ll hear from Chailee Mann-Stadt the State of the Honor Code.
IV. Open Discussion
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: As directed by the College Government constitution, it is my pleasure to come before this body each semester to discuss the state of our Honor Code.
Because it is midyear, the exact composition of the caseload from last semester is unavailable (it is compiled by the clerk at the end of the year) but I can tell you that caseload stayed much the same, with over 3/4 of the cases being academic in nature, and 17 hearings total. If you’ll recall, we are on target for approximately the same caseload as last year (33 hearings).
We are well underway in making progress on our caseload under the new guidelines that were ratified last summer. The new reporting system is working well for professors and students – this is found under the dean of student’s conference under administrative conferences on FirstClass.
The students on the General Judiciary committee have been extremely diligent in working to make the Honor Code a more integral part of the Wellesley atmosphere. November was a particularly big month for the committee, when we worked to publish the Guide to the Honor Code which you all received in your mailboxes, and also worked to staff the 12 Honor Code Talkbacks that happened the week of November 15th.
The information gathered in the Talkbacks was used by the Honor Code Review Committee, in conjunction with Faculty and Staff feedback, to come up with the draft you see before you today. The bulk of the drafting work was done in a retreat the last day of Wintersession, and we have met several times since to finalize the draft.
Preface to draft –
Read Draft
This is a DRAFT, not anything final: “DRAFT
Wellesley College Honor Code Statement
The Wellesley College honor system is central to our mission as a liberal arts college. Honor is the foundation of teaching, learning, and community life at Wellesley, and all students share responsibility for preserving this foundation. We therefore subscribe to the following Honor Code:
As a Wellesley College student, I will act with honesty, integrity, and respect. In making this commitment, I am accountable to the community and dedicate myself to a life of honor.
The Honor Code applies to all aspects of campus life. While the Honor Code allows for a significant degree of individual freedom, it provides a general framework of values. Commitment to the standards of honesty, integrity, respect, and accountability in the Honor Code is understood to encompass:
Every four years students will reexamine and consider changes to the Honor Code.
You are all required to attend the Honor Code convention on March 1. Take this back to your constituents tomorrow and take notes of their reactions. We hope to have a draft ready to be put on the CG Election ballot for April 6.
The Campaign for the Honor Code begins March 28. You can poster for the Code to make up a Senate absence. See Emily about that.
I’d love to hear your initial reactions. This is the first real unveiling.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Read this thoroughly now. I have some questions about the Honor Code review. Can you give a sense of how many students are charged and are found in violation? Is the new system working for you, what benefits have you seen? We’re trying to figure out who is contacted when a student is found in violation…who is told…internships and fellowships?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We haven’t finalized the fellowships yet, but class deans have been notified. I can’t speak to the cases resulting in violations.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We had 15 cases, 9 under the old system. 6 under the new. Most academic cases. Most are found in violation. In the last year with 33 cases, I think only two have resulted not in violation.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: it’s been a help to me not to have to schedule things. I also think the review/appeal process has been helpful. Now the board can make changes as they see fit. It is a big help in wrapping up cases.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: I think we agreed with respect to the internships and fellowships. It was clear in the guidelines whether we could say either academic or not in violation. The conversation now is about what we can or can not say. We are trying to negotiate between saying nothing and saying everything.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: On the election ballot will you have the Honor Code written?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: It will definitely be written.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: What students every 4 years will review the honor code?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I’d imagine that it would be a repeat of the convention format we’re implementing this year. We would like every student to have the opportunity to review this during her time here.
Ariella Huff, Claflin: Will students sign the honor code statement?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We have the new Honor Code book affirming your commitment, but we haven’t said the students have to sign this as a condition of matriculation.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Just to give you some initial feedback…I’m really excited about this and I’d like to encourage senators to really think about this. Thank you and the committee for your work.
Shelly Anand, McAfee: I had the same question as Ariella, but if it’s not being signed what is it’s purpose? If you don’t sign then how to you affirm your commitment?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: That is supposed to be kind of like the Honor Code Talks during orientation. We’re also looking into a pre-matriculation honor code signing. If we have it as a requirement, if someone refused to sign it, it gets tricky.
Shelly Anand, McAfee: I don’t think the signing had an impact this year. At my high school, we were required to sign it in class. If you gave this to HPs maybe that would work. If a student refuses to sign it I don’t know how you would deal with that.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I’m worried about a paper return system. It seems less air-tight after talking with other schools.
André Isaak: There’s a juxtaposition here with the “publically discussing rather than privately violating.” It seems that we’re encouraging dissent over things we have no influence to change. In certain cases I think this is a great idea, but some things are nonnegotiable…the computing use policies for example and state and federal laws.
The second thing is the academic standards. What about a college wide set of standards rather than singling out faculty individually? It seems to suggest that individual faculty can have different standards of integrity. I think we should have some absolute, college wide standards.
Motion to extend time by 10 minutes
Motion carries
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Thanks, I’ll make a note of that and we’ll discuss that in committee.
Jennie Lee, Stone: Are the professors informed of the results of the cases they bring up against students?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes, they see the decision letter. Both parties have equal opportunity to appeal.
Jennie Lee, Stone: Are students who implicated another student allowed to know decision?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes, the person bringing charges and the person implicated get the same decision letter.
Emily Oxford: What is the purpose of signing the book if it’s not required? Don’t we have to sign something when we apply or get in?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We wanted the book to be something static whereas the code may change. You aren’t asked to sign an honor statement during the admissions process.
Krystal Walker: I was also under the understanding that we had to adhere to the Honor Code as a student here. I wish this was something that couldn’t be contested as easily as not signing a code.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: It’s more of a logistical thing. I don’t think many people would refuse to sign. This is a conversation for another day.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: This is the first step. We’ll look at the book and the Honor Code later.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: I guess we should stress the Honor Code is just basic respect. It’s extraordinary and ordinary at the same time.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I absolutely agree and we wanted it to seem like it should be part of your everyday life.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I think the main strength of the Honor Code’s strength is because it’s unwritten, assumed. There are always going to be people who don’t believe in the Honor Code. If someone doesn’t want to follow the Code it won’t matter if they sign a piece of paper or not.
Suilin Yap, Japan Club: Instead of having an Honor Code review more often than every four years. I know it’s very tedious, but I think in the ever-changing world we need to evaluate it every 2 years.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: That’s something to bring up at the convention.
André Isaak: I think Clara captured some of my thoughts. If people are required to sign something, how wholehearted is it? I think it’s worth pointing out that at BYU their Honor Code is very explicit, something required if it’s required for matriculation. We don’t want it to be a legal document, rather a statement of principle.
Elizabeth Marlow: We want this to be basic and fundamental. I know that first years are sent materials to read before arrival. Could the honor code be included?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Definitely.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: If you sign something and break the honor code is it like breaking a contract. Is that a legal contract?
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: You’re bound by college policies, but it’s not a legal contract that would involve police and courts. We wouldn’t do that.
Motion to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries.
Andrea Swartz: I’m really excited about the Honor Code, this is one of the reasons I came to Wellesley. What is going to be discussed at the convention? What about logistics and the visibility. Could you give us more information about the convention?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: The idea is that discussion happens beforehand. This is really where you need to represent your constituency. Take notes and bring them with you. We’ll take the feedback and come up with a format for vote.
Andrea Swartz: Is there a format for feedback to make this more efficient?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Should they bring comments to convention or would you rather have them before. At the convention are we only talking about the wording of the Honor Code?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We’ll be focusing on the wording of the Honor Code. Go ahead and send me things by email to the Chief Justice account.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: At the 2 hours of the convention we’ll discuss the language of the Honor Code. The whole purpose is clarity.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Is the language set?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: No, but we’re focusing on the two-sentence code.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: So we need to clarify with constituents the 2-sentence code.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes. Your attendance is required. Know that your constituents are counting on you to represent them. Special interest senators are also required to attend. If you can’t come, please find a replacement.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thank you. I’ll talk to Chailee and the review committee. I can’t wait to see you all at the Honor Code convention.
Now let’s hear from Kahini Ranade and Meg Kilzy, SPEC Senators, about the poster policy.
Meg Kilzy, SPEC Senator: We’ll give poster policy information and an update of SPEC’s work. Some people don’t know about the poster policy. Take this information to your constituency so we don’t have to remove their posters. We need names and contact information, expiration dates, and the Jim Wice information for disability services. The policy applies to table tents too.
In terms of chalkings, post an e-mail why and for what you are chalking. No archways and only in places where it can be washed off.
This is Wellesley College policy and we encourage off-campus posters to follow our policy.
Kahini Ranade, SPEC Senator: We are now working on a Spam policy for first class. Spam is off-campus stuff, we’re referring to on-campus e-flyers. We are working on how to regulate that. We’ve talked to Kelly O’Connor who does controller training. We’ll be working on that throughout the semester.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Any student can e-mail the SPEC conference when they take down violating posters to prevent charges of hate. In regard to the e-flyer policy, SPEC will bring ideas to Cabinet and then we’ll discuss in Senate.
Motion to extend time by 5 minutes.
Motion carries.
Nawar Najeeb, Tower: Are faculty subject to the same rules?
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Just to clarify, this is CG policy which applied to CG members who are students. So, no. It doesn’t apply to faculty and staff.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Do you have to put disability information on informational posters?
Kahini Ranade: No, only for event posters.
Suilin Yap, Japan Club: What about first names without an e-mail.
Meg Kilzy: I was under the assumption that ?
Alex Kim, CG Vice President:
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: To clarify, the idea of putting your first name is for protection. The extensions are a way to contact you. For off campus posters you aren’t required to put an individual’s name, you can use the orgmail address for protection.
Ashleigh Georgia: Does a position mail like “CG MAC” count as an individual account?
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Yes.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: Every president is informed of policies and the violations should never occur in the first place.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: I would love for the SPEC chair to present the poster policy at Academic Council.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: CERD please proceed to the podium.
Elizabeth Liu: I’m one of 2 reps who sit on CERD, the Committee on Educational Research and Development. The other rep is Gerlande Christophe, she couldn’t make it tonight. I’m here to give you a general idea of what CERD is. It is chaired by Professor Coleman, Chemistry. It is intended to support faculty members. We encourage faculty to apply for 3 types of grants: Quick fix, general, and experimental grants.
Student reps attended one meeting last semester and we reviewed proposals. We discussed within the committee each proposal.
Quick fix grants are small amounts of money for specific projects. One example is the website for a class in the Chinese department.
General grants are to revise an existing course or start a new one or for professors to attend conferences. We approved licenses for molecular modeling software last semester. The class is offered this spring.
The last type is experimental, up to $7500 per course. Courses reflect emerging fields of inquiry or discourse, also could be team-taught by professors from different departments. One example would be the Papyrus to Print to Pixels class last year.
The purpose of the committee is to support the college’s goal of curricular innovation. We encourage students to check out experimental courses each year.
Nawar Najeeb: Where does the money come from?
Elizabeth Liu: I’m not sure, some comes from the Pinanski prize. I was told last year that we give $65000-85000 a year.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: CERD is a subcommittee of Academic Council and CCI, the committee that sets the curriculum and grading policy. It fosters new and innovative ideas among faculty.
Elizabeth Liu: There’s a website if you want more information
Kahini Ranade: Do you publicize the courses that got funding?
Elizabeth Liu: The professors have to present the syllabus and the budget, we then finalize. Then the course is published in the course catalog.
Motion to accommodate speaker and close list.
Motion carries.
Jun Chu: Can a student write a proposal or ask a professor to write one?
Elizabeth Liu: Only instructors can apply.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will the student reps from CLCE now present.
Bani Bedi and Katie Chan, ’05: We are the SOAC appointed representatives on the Committee for Lectures and Cultural events. It is composed of students, faculty, and staff. Kelly O’Connor and some cultural advisors sit on the committee. We fund requests from academic departments, student organizations, etc. We have an online open application. You must submit a public abstract. We meet once a month and look at about 15 proposals each time. The deadlines are on the conference, one a month…3 a semester. We look to see if the budget is tight and you have co-sponsorship. The event should be on-campus or events in collaboration with other colleges. Events must be free for Wellesley students.
Katie Chan: President Walsh has called the Wilson lecture Wellesley’s most important intellectual event of the year. Alums donate money, Carolyn A. Wilson 1910 endowed the Wilson lecture. We have about $10000. This year we have Dr. Paul Farmer, who is the chief and co-founder of the division of social medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and a world-renowned authority on infectious diseases and medical anthropology. Students generally don’t know much about it, but students do have input. We take suggestions from everyone and narrow the field. We send the finalized list of suggestions to President Walsh and she has the final say.
This year it will be on April 4 at 4:30 in Jewett.
Motion to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Could you speak about the amount of money you have each year and how you decide how much to give out at each deadline.
Bani Bedi: We don’t have a set amount. CLCE published an annual report. Usually it’s around $200,000 per year.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: I had heard in the past that you don’t have a specific amount for each deadline. So, you should apply early?
Bani Bedi: Yes, of course we have more money at the beginning of the year and we don’t run out of money.
Crystal Jin, DOOCA: CLCE is aware of the cycles but has no set amount.
Clara Peterson: Is the difference between this and SOFC the origination of the money?
Katie Chan: No, CLCE is more fluid and we look at things more fluidly. This is also for the whole school, faculty, staff, individuals can apply. They don’t have to be SOAC-affiliated.
Clara Peterson, Bates: When’s the next deadline?
Katie Chan: Feb 23.
Clara Peterson: Anyone can apply?
Katie Chan: Yes, but we look at your credibility.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: What is tight budget?
Bani Bedi: The numbers should be accountable and budgeted.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: If you apply and receive funding can you apply for more funding if you realize you need money?
Katie Chan: No, we look at your budget and we look at your co-sponsorship. Apply for your total amount and we’ll look at what SOFC then gives. You can’t apply retroactively.
Nadine Abraham: You mentioned that it’s a fluid process. If an organization applies do you give an objective or subjective decision?
Bani Bedi: We look at the budget and we’ll usually fund what you ask for if you have made an effort to get funding from other sources.
Go to the conference for more information. You can find it by going to Wellesley Conferences > Committees > CLCE.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thank you so much for presenting on that important information.
Now it’s time for the Deans Corner!
Because it is midyear, the exact composition of the caseload from last semester is unavailable (it is compiled by the clerk at the end of the year) but I can tell you that caseload stayed much the same, with over 3/4 of the cases being academic in nature, and 17 hearings total. If you’ll recall, we are on target for approximately the same caseload as last year (33 hearings).
We are well underway in making progress on our caseload under the new guidelines that were ratified last summer. The new reporting system is working well for professors and students – this is found under the dean of student’s conference under administrative conferences on FirstClass.
The students on the General Judiciary committee have been extremely diligent in working to make the Honor Code a more integral part of the Wellesley atmosphere. November was a particularly big month for the committee, when we worked to publish the Guide to the Honor Code which you all received in your mailboxes, and also worked to staff the 12 Honor Code Talkbacks that happened the week of November 15th.
The information gathered in the Talkbacks was used by the Honor Code Review Committee, in conjunction with Faculty and Staff feedback, to come up with the draft you see before you today. The bulk of the drafting work was done in a retreat the last day of Wintersession, and we have met several times since to finalize the draft.
Preface to draft –
- Format was drawn from several committee members—Meri Smith, especially—we knew from the talks and from our own conversations that we wanted a simple statement but felt that that was not enough
Read Draft
- Timeline – Tomorrow, ask your constituents to look over the draft and give you any immediate reactions; you should keep notes and bring them with you on March first. Anyone who wants to may attend by RSVP’ing the Chief Justice e-mail account. Please encourage people to come!
- Calling it a convention. The goal is to endorse a finalized version of the code for the ballot. Will include breakout sessions, followed by formal meeting, then vote. Department chairs will be there.
- Campaign to start March 28th. Will need senator volunteers – if you have absences you may be able to work them out with Emily.
This is a DRAFT, not anything final: “DRAFT
Wellesley College Honor Code Statement
The Wellesley College honor system is central to our mission as a liberal arts college. Honor is the foundation of teaching, learning, and community life at Wellesley, and all students share responsibility for preserving this foundation. We therefore subscribe to the following Honor Code:
As a Wellesley College student, I will act with honesty, integrity, and respect. In making this commitment, I am accountable to the community and dedicate myself to a life of honor.
The Honor Code applies to all aspects of campus life. While the Honor Code allows for a significant degree of individual freedom, it provides a general framework of values. Commitment to the standards of honesty, integrity, respect, and accountability in the Honor Code is understood to encompass:
- making decisions that can be justified, not as excusable or understandable, but as honorable;
- encouraging each other to live up to these standards and supporting each other when we fall short;
- observing the guidelines for academic integrity and collaboration set forth by individual faculty members;
- adhering to all college regulations and policies, and all local, state, and federal laws;
- publicly discussing, rather than privately violating, such regulations, policies, and laws with which we disagree;
- reporting suspected Honor Code violations; and,
- seeking guidance from the chief justice, General Judiciary members, faculty, or student life staff to address questions about the Honor Code.
Every four years students will reexamine and consider changes to the Honor Code.
You are all required to attend the Honor Code convention on March 1. Take this back to your constituents tomorrow and take notes of their reactions. We hope to have a draft ready to be put on the CG Election ballot for April 6.
The Campaign for the Honor Code begins March 28. You can poster for the Code to make up a Senate absence. See Emily about that.
I’d love to hear your initial reactions. This is the first real unveiling.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Read this thoroughly now. I have some questions about the Honor Code review. Can you give a sense of how many students are charged and are found in violation? Is the new system working for you, what benefits have you seen? We’re trying to figure out who is contacted when a student is found in violation…who is told…internships and fellowships?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We haven’t finalized the fellowships yet, but class deans have been notified. I can’t speak to the cases resulting in violations.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We had 15 cases, 9 under the old system. 6 under the new. Most academic cases. Most are found in violation. In the last year with 33 cases, I think only two have resulted not in violation.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: it’s been a help to me not to have to schedule things. I also think the review/appeal process has been helpful. Now the board can make changes as they see fit. It is a big help in wrapping up cases.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: I think we agreed with respect to the internships and fellowships. It was clear in the guidelines whether we could say either academic or not in violation. The conversation now is about what we can or can not say. We are trying to negotiate between saying nothing and saying everything.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: On the election ballot will you have the Honor Code written?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: It will definitely be written.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: What students every 4 years will review the honor code?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I’d imagine that it would be a repeat of the convention format we’re implementing this year. We would like every student to have the opportunity to review this during her time here.
Ariella Huff, Claflin: Will students sign the honor code statement?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We have the new Honor Code book affirming your commitment, but we haven’t said the students have to sign this as a condition of matriculation.
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Just to give you some initial feedback…I’m really excited about this and I’d like to encourage senators to really think about this. Thank you and the committee for your work.
Shelly Anand, McAfee: I had the same question as Ariella, but if it’s not being signed what is it’s purpose? If you don’t sign then how to you affirm your commitment?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: That is supposed to be kind of like the Honor Code Talks during orientation. We’re also looking into a pre-matriculation honor code signing. If we have it as a requirement, if someone refused to sign it, it gets tricky.
Shelly Anand, McAfee: I don’t think the signing had an impact this year. At my high school, we were required to sign it in class. If you gave this to HPs maybe that would work. If a student refuses to sign it I don’t know how you would deal with that.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I’m worried about a paper return system. It seems less air-tight after talking with other schools.
André Isaak: There’s a juxtaposition here with the “publically discussing rather than privately violating.” It seems that we’re encouraging dissent over things we have no influence to change. In certain cases I think this is a great idea, but some things are nonnegotiable…the computing use policies for example and state and federal laws.
The second thing is the academic standards. What about a college wide set of standards rather than singling out faculty individually? It seems to suggest that individual faculty can have different standards of integrity. I think we should have some absolute, college wide standards.
Motion to extend time by 10 minutes
Motion carries
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Thanks, I’ll make a note of that and we’ll discuss that in committee.
Jennie Lee, Stone: Are the professors informed of the results of the cases they bring up against students?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes, they see the decision letter. Both parties have equal opportunity to appeal.
Jennie Lee, Stone: Are students who implicated another student allowed to know decision?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes, the person bringing charges and the person implicated get the same decision letter.
Emily Oxford: What is the purpose of signing the book if it’s not required? Don’t we have to sign something when we apply or get in?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We wanted the book to be something static whereas the code may change. You aren’t asked to sign an honor statement during the admissions process.
Krystal Walker: I was also under the understanding that we had to adhere to the Honor Code as a student here. I wish this was something that couldn’t be contested as easily as not signing a code.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: It’s more of a logistical thing. I don’t think many people would refuse to sign. This is a conversation for another day.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: This is the first step. We’ll look at the book and the Honor Code later.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: I guess we should stress the Honor Code is just basic respect. It’s extraordinary and ordinary at the same time.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: I absolutely agree and we wanted it to seem like it should be part of your everyday life.
Clara Peterson, Bates: I think the main strength of the Honor Code’s strength is because it’s unwritten, assumed. There are always going to be people who don’t believe in the Honor Code. If someone doesn’t want to follow the Code it won’t matter if they sign a piece of paper or not.
Suilin Yap, Japan Club: Instead of having an Honor Code review more often than every four years. I know it’s very tedious, but I think in the ever-changing world we need to evaluate it every 2 years.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: That’s something to bring up at the convention.
André Isaak: I think Clara captured some of my thoughts. If people are required to sign something, how wholehearted is it? I think it’s worth pointing out that at BYU their Honor Code is very explicit, something required if it’s required for matriculation. We don’t want it to be a legal document, rather a statement of principle.
Elizabeth Marlow: We want this to be basic and fundamental. I know that first years are sent materials to read before arrival. Could the honor code be included?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Definitely.
Nanki Marwah, Freeman: If you sign something and break the honor code is it like breaking a contract. Is that a legal contract?
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: You’re bound by college policies, but it’s not a legal contract that would involve police and courts. We wouldn’t do that.
Motion to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries.
Andrea Swartz: I’m really excited about the Honor Code, this is one of the reasons I came to Wellesley. What is going to be discussed at the convention? What about logistics and the visibility. Could you give us more information about the convention?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: The idea is that discussion happens beforehand. This is really where you need to represent your constituency. Take notes and bring them with you. We’ll take the feedback and come up with a format for vote.
Andrea Swartz: Is there a format for feedback to make this more efficient?
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Should they bring comments to convention or would you rather have them before. At the convention are we only talking about the wording of the Honor Code?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: We’ll be focusing on the wording of the Honor Code. Go ahead and send me things by email to the Chief Justice account.
Meri Smith, Parliamentarian: At the 2 hours of the convention we’ll discuss the language of the Honor Code. The whole purpose is clarity.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Is the language set?
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: No, but we’re focusing on the two-sentence code.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: So we need to clarify with constituents the 2-sentence code.
Chailee Mann-Stadt, Chief Justice: Yes. Your attendance is required. Know that your constituents are counting on you to represent them. Special interest senators are also required to attend. If you can’t come, please find a replacement.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thank you. I’ll talk to Chailee and the review committee. I can’t wait to see you all at the Honor Code convention.
Now let’s hear from Kahini Ranade and Meg Kilzy, SPEC Senators, about the poster policy.
Meg Kilzy, SPEC Senator: We’ll give poster policy information and an update of SPEC’s work. Some people don’t know about the poster policy. Take this information to your constituency so we don’t have to remove their posters. We need names and contact information, expiration dates, and the Jim Wice information for disability services. The policy applies to table tents too.
In terms of chalkings, post an e-mail why and for what you are chalking. No archways and only in places where it can be washed off.
This is Wellesley College policy and we encourage off-campus posters to follow our policy.
Kahini Ranade, SPEC Senator: We are now working on a Spam policy for first class. Spam is off-campus stuff, we’re referring to on-campus e-flyers. We are working on how to regulate that. We’ve talked to Kelly O’Connor who does controller training. We’ll be working on that throughout the semester.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Any student can e-mail the SPEC conference when they take down violating posters to prevent charges of hate. In regard to the e-flyer policy, SPEC will bring ideas to Cabinet and then we’ll discuss in Senate.
Motion to extend time by 5 minutes.
Motion carries.
Nawar Najeeb, Tower: Are faculty subject to the same rules?
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Just to clarify, this is CG policy which applied to CG members who are students. So, no. It doesn’t apply to faculty and staff.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Do you have to put disability information on informational posters?
Kahini Ranade: No, only for event posters.
Suilin Yap, Japan Club: What about first names without an e-mail.
Meg Kilzy: I was under the assumption that ?
Alex Kim, CG Vice President:
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: To clarify, the idea of putting your first name is for protection. The extensions are a way to contact you. For off campus posters you aren’t required to put an individual’s name, you can use the orgmail address for protection.
Ashleigh Georgia: Does a position mail like “CG MAC” count as an individual account?
Catherine Day, SPEC Chair: Yes.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: Every president is informed of policies and the violations should never occur in the first place.
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: I would love for the SPEC chair to present the poster policy at Academic Council.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: CERD please proceed to the podium.
Elizabeth Liu: I’m one of 2 reps who sit on CERD, the Committee on Educational Research and Development. The other rep is Gerlande Christophe, she couldn’t make it tonight. I’m here to give you a general idea of what CERD is. It is chaired by Professor Coleman, Chemistry. It is intended to support faculty members. We encourage faculty to apply for 3 types of grants: Quick fix, general, and experimental grants.
Student reps attended one meeting last semester and we reviewed proposals. We discussed within the committee each proposal.
Quick fix grants are small amounts of money for specific projects. One example is the website for a class in the Chinese department.
General grants are to revise an existing course or start a new one or for professors to attend conferences. We approved licenses for molecular modeling software last semester. The class is offered this spring.
The last type is experimental, up to $7500 per course. Courses reflect emerging fields of inquiry or discourse, also could be team-taught by professors from different departments. One example would be the Papyrus to Print to Pixels class last year.
The purpose of the committee is to support the college’s goal of curricular innovation. We encourage students to check out experimental courses each year.
Nawar Najeeb: Where does the money come from?
Elizabeth Liu: I’m not sure, some comes from the Pinanski prize. I was told last year that we give $65000-85000 a year.
Alex Kim, CG Vice President: CERD is a subcommittee of Academic Council and CCI, the committee that sets the curriculum and grading policy. It fosters new and innovative ideas among faculty.
Elizabeth Liu: There’s a website if you want more information
Kahini Ranade: Do you publicize the courses that got funding?
Elizabeth Liu: The professors have to present the syllabus and the budget, we then finalize. Then the course is published in the course catalog.
Motion to accommodate speaker and close list.
Motion carries.
Jun Chu: Can a student write a proposal or ask a professor to write one?
Elizabeth Liu: Only instructors can apply.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Will the student reps from CLCE now present.
Bani Bedi and Katie Chan, ’05: We are the SOAC appointed representatives on the Committee for Lectures and Cultural events. It is composed of students, faculty, and staff. Kelly O’Connor and some cultural advisors sit on the committee. We fund requests from academic departments, student organizations, etc. We have an online open application. You must submit a public abstract. We meet once a month and look at about 15 proposals each time. The deadlines are on the conference, one a month…3 a semester. We look to see if the budget is tight and you have co-sponsorship. The event should be on-campus or events in collaboration with other colleges. Events must be free for Wellesley students.
Katie Chan: President Walsh has called the Wilson lecture Wellesley’s most important intellectual event of the year. Alums donate money, Carolyn A. Wilson 1910 endowed the Wilson lecture. We have about $10000. This year we have Dr. Paul Farmer, who is the chief and co-founder of the division of social medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and a world-renowned authority on infectious diseases and medical anthropology. Students generally don’t know much about it, but students do have input. We take suggestions from everyone and narrow the field. We send the finalized list of suggestions to President Walsh and she has the final say.
This year it will be on April 4 at 4:30 in Jewett.
Motion to accommodate speakers and close list.
Motion carries.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: Could you speak about the amount of money you have each year and how you decide how much to give out at each deadline.
Bani Bedi: We don’t have a set amount. CLCE published an annual report. Usually it’s around $200,000 per year.
Lindsey Boylan, Student Bursar: I had heard in the past that you don’t have a specific amount for each deadline. So, you should apply early?
Bani Bedi: Yes, of course we have more money at the beginning of the year and we don’t run out of money.
Crystal Jin, DOOCA: CLCE is aware of the cycles but has no set amount.
Clara Peterson: Is the difference between this and SOFC the origination of the money?
Katie Chan: No, CLCE is more fluid and we look at things more fluidly. This is also for the whole school, faculty, staff, individuals can apply. They don’t have to be SOAC-affiliated.
Clara Peterson, Bates: When’s the next deadline?
Katie Chan: Feb 23.
Clara Peterson: Anyone can apply?
Katie Chan: Yes, but we look at your credibility.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: What is tight budget?
Bani Bedi: The numbers should be accountable and budgeted.
Natalie Archibald, Tower: If you apply and receive funding can you apply for more funding if you realize you need money?
Katie Chan: No, we look at your budget and we look at your co-sponsorship. Apply for your total amount and we’ll look at what SOFC then gives. You can’t apply retroactively.
Nadine Abraham: You mentioned that it’s a fluid process. If an organization applies do you give an objective or subjective decision?
Bani Bedi: We look at the budget and we’ll usually fund what you ask for if you have made an effort to get funding from other sources.
Go to the conference for more information. You can find it by going to Wellesley Conferences > Committees > CLCE.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: Thank you so much for presenting on that important information.
Now it’s time for the Deans Corner!
V. Dean’s Corner
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: My favorite color has been purple ever since my first Prince concert.
Thank you for getting the word out about Katie Palmer and Helena Hufford-Zaslow. I know that was a hard message to deliver.
We are going to have a series of conversations about depression on campus.
It seems like the semester is going by really, really fast. We’re planning first year orientation. If you have suggestions let me know. Applications for RAs, HPs, FYMs are due soon and some deadlines have already passed.
We’re going to have an all-night party next semester when the Campus Center opens!
Class Dean Office reviews will be next Friday. There will be a time when students leaders—you—can meet to add your input.
The review for Religious and Spiritual life office will be in March.
The PLTC has a reading initiative program where tutors are assigned to classes to help students read effectively. Take advantage of this.
On the 16th there is a lecture broadcasted here by Nan Keohane on the Power of Leadership. She oversaw the building of the Davis Museum and renewed the college’s commitment to athletic and multicultural.
Friday Feb. 25 in the auditorium—the Alumnae Achievement Awards.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: You can get tickets in Schneider on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12-2.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: My favorite color is pink. I was voted most likely to wear pink by my dorm in college.
You’ve hopefully seen the Black History Month banner. Go watch the nuns make the mandala.
The ellipticals are going in on Saturday! The issue now is the size of doorways. Ha!
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In selecting the Campus Center Director- should the DOOCA be on that committee? Could you ask her about that? For orientation, could the MAC help with that? CWDI is running programming involving last year’s orientation this semester.
Seniors are the construction class. How can we be involved to celebrate the new building?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews: We’ll think about that, it’s important.
Kathy Fairhurst-Lown, Davis Scholar: Where is the Nan Keohane speech?
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: In the atrium.
Thank you for getting the word out about Katie Palmer and Helena Hufford-Zaslow. I know that was a hard message to deliver.
We are going to have a series of conversations about depression on campus.
It seems like the semester is going by really, really fast. We’re planning first year orientation. If you have suggestions let me know. Applications for RAs, HPs, FYMs are due soon and some deadlines have already passed.
We’re going to have an all-night party next semester when the Campus Center opens!
Class Dean Office reviews will be next Friday. There will be a time when students leaders—you—can meet to add your input.
The review for Religious and Spiritual life office will be in March.
The PLTC has a reading initiative program where tutors are assigned to classes to help students read effectively. Take advantage of this.
On the 16th there is a lecture broadcasted here by Nan Keohane on the Power of Leadership. She oversaw the building of the Davis Museum and renewed the college’s commitment to athletic and multicultural.
Friday Feb. 25 in the auditorium—the Alumnae Achievement Awards.
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: You can get tickets in Schneider on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 12-2.
Michelle Lepore, Associate Dean of Students: My favorite color is pink. I was voted most likely to wear pink by my dorm in college.
You’ve hopefully seen the Black History Month banner. Go watch the nuns make the mandala.
The ellipticals are going in on Saturday! The issue now is the size of doorways. Ha!
Jamie Bernthal, CG President: In selecting the Campus Center Director- should the DOOCA be on that committee? Could you ask her about that? For orientation, could the MAC help with that? CWDI is running programming involving last year’s orientation this semester.
Seniors are the construction class. How can we be involved to celebrate the new building?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews: We’ll think about that, it’s important.
Kathy Fairhurst-Lown, Davis Scholar: Where is the Nan Keohane speech?
Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: In the atrium.
VI. Announcements/Adjourn
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