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I. Roll Call/Agenda
II. Old Business
A. Emergency Funding Allocations (Cortni Jones, Student Bursar)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Next we have Cortni Jones, Student Bursar.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: You went back to your respective constituencies to vote on the process for Fall Emergency Funding. Since you guys are the point people, how many of you know the tier system for emergency funding?
Clara Peterson, Senator: Tier one is new orgs, tier two don't have a lot, tier three has money and want more.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: This is an example of someone who really knows. If someone has a question you should be answering these questions. You need to make sure you are clear in the presentation. Thank you for all the questions, make sure you get them to ask questions. The process passed but it also brought up some discrepancies in the constitution and we want to reevaluate the constitutions and the deadlines. One thing I really want to make clear is that treasurers want to know ASAP how much money they got in their account so you really have to make sure that you do the online vote. If you delay the voting then they can't plan for the rest of the semester. If anyone has a problem then you can appeal. We will have a similar voting process for Uniquely Compelling.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: You went back to your respective constituencies to vote on the process for Fall Emergency Funding. Since you guys are the point people, how many of you know the tier system for emergency funding?
Clara Peterson, Senator: Tier one is new orgs, tier two don't have a lot, tier three has money and want more.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: This is an example of someone who really knows. If someone has a question you should be answering these questions. You need to make sure you are clear in the presentation. Thank you for all the questions, make sure you get them to ask questions. The process passed but it also brought up some discrepancies in the constitution and we want to reevaluate the constitutions and the deadlines. One thing I really want to make clear is that treasurers want to know ASAP how much money they got in their account so you really have to make sure that you do the online vote. If you delay the voting then they can't plan for the rest of the semester. If anyone has a problem then you can appeal. We will have a similar voting process for Uniquely Compelling.
III. New Business
A. Gen Judic Constitution (Catherine Day, CJ, and Francesca Bartolomey)
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: So Francesca and I are going to give revisions on the General Judiciary Constitution. Two years ago General Judiciary procedures were revised but we also have a constitution. The first major change is the Judicial Case Coordinator: this year it is Jim Wice. He helps alleviate some of the burden on the Chief Justice and the students and faculty.
Francesca Bartolomey, General Judiciary: We added the faculty on buds since he has always been there we wanted to clarify his role. The last one should be a voting member. There is a bit of confusion who can sit on panels. We put "who are voting members". So with any changes in procedure they can vote but they can't vote on hearings. Every position had some changes made to their job description. We changed language and wording as well.
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: Within the description we talk about the role of General Judiciary to the community.
Jerilyn Libby, HPC Liaison: In the part that says: "shall lead discussion in dorms" can we change "dorms" to "Res halls"?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We also did change the notifications of different hearing outcomes; do we want to add that?
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: We will do a different presentation at a different time.
Francesca Bartolomey, General Judiciary: We added the faculty on buds since he has always been there we wanted to clarify his role. The last one should be a voting member. There is a bit of confusion who can sit on panels. We put "who are voting members". So with any changes in procedure they can vote but they can't vote on hearings. Every position had some changes made to their job description. We changed language and wording as well.
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: Within the description we talk about the role of General Judiciary to the community.
Jerilyn Libby, HPC Liaison: In the part that says: "shall lead discussion in dorms" can we change "dorms" to "Res halls"?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews, Dean of Students: We also did change the notifications of different hearing outcomes; do we want to add that?
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: We will do a different presentation at a different time.
B. SOAC Update (Michel Ballard, CGVP)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: We are so excited about the campus center opening! I am not going to tell you about the chocolate fountain or the dim sum station and keep it all a surprise.
Michel Ballard, CGVP: I want to give an update. We are currently doing interviews for the fall positions. Claire is working on that. SOAC is in the process of approving all of the proposals for new orgs; right now we have 14 which is a lot since we already have 114. Next week we will have a final list of the ones that are going to be constituted. Yang is going to talk about how they become constituted.
Yang Qiu, Orgs Coordinator: Every year we have two deadlines for new organizations: one in the fall and one in the spring. Each org has three parts of the application: the constitution, project and timeline. We look to see if the new organization has a purpose and how the new org will use SOFC funding to benefit the larger community. We review the pros and cons of constituting them and we either approve or reject them. Then if they are approved they go through a three-semester trial period. During the first semester they don't enjoy all the benefits, the second semester they start to get some of the benefits. After the third semester, they come and present at Senate and then Senate votes.
Michel Ballard, CGVP: I want to give an update. We are currently doing interviews for the fall positions. Claire is working on that. SOAC is in the process of approving all of the proposals for new orgs; right now we have 14 which is a lot since we already have 114. Next week we will have a final list of the ones that are going to be constituted. Yang is going to talk about how they become constituted.
Yang Qiu, Orgs Coordinator: Every year we have two deadlines for new organizations: one in the fall and one in the spring. Each org has three parts of the application: the constitution, project and timeline. We look to see if the new organization has a purpose and how the new org will use SOFC funding to benefit the larger community. We review the pros and cons of constituting them and we either approve or reject them. Then if they are approved they go through a three-semester trial period. During the first semester they don't enjoy all the benefits, the second semester they start to get some of the benefits. After the third semester, they come and present at Senate and then Senate votes.
C. Uniquely Compelling Allocations (Cortni Jones, Student Bursar)
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: We are going to discuss the uniquely compelling allocations. We will start with a brief outline of uniquely compelling. The total student activity fee for the year: This is only a small part of what we do. We have one deadline a year and it is October 2. We voted on late applications. The numbers are important but the process is more important. So we voted not to allow late applications.
(See "Uniquely Compelling Senate Presentation" attachment)
Melanie Carter, SOFC member: They (student groups and residence halls) can apply this money to get a major capital expenditure. We (SOFC) reviewed our constitution and decided that we would fund an item or something that was constituted in quantity as one item. So sets were included in this. So any organization that applied for several items did not receive funding. We did this with the excel spreadsheet and it was done at random.
Lauren, SOFC member: this is the first time that we did it on computer so everyone could look at each application together. So we want to establish precedent as we always do and we checked ourselves as we went through and we said are we sticking with our decision? We actually looked at every single application that was turned in and we gave out a smoothie maker, a new lamp for the bells, a dvd changer, and electric cockpit, and popup canopy and voice recording microphone a six disc set of Seinfeld, etc, a coffee maker, and a nordic track.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: On the handout you can see the reason why people did not receive funding. We made them plan out storage. We also made sure that they were not a defunct organization. If any treasurers have questions on this they can come to me than or any one of the SOFC members.
Shayla Adams, ETHOS: One of my organizations is not on the list.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Any organization that did not submit on time was not looked at and that was put on all the publicity.
Erin McKenney, Davis Scholar: What do you mean my defunct constitution?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Not SOAC constituted.
Brooke Maurer, Freeman: What will be done with the leftover money?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: We haven't decided but it might go towards debt relief.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: Bates is listed twice is that a running total?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: I can check on that and post to the conference. You have to vote electronically and please respond promptly; again this is on the process not the actual amounts.
(See "Uniquely Compelling Senate Presentation" attachment)
Melanie Carter, SOFC member: They (student groups and residence halls) can apply this money to get a major capital expenditure. We (SOFC) reviewed our constitution and decided that we would fund an item or something that was constituted in quantity as one item. So sets were included in this. So any organization that applied for several items did not receive funding. We did this with the excel spreadsheet and it was done at random.
Lauren, SOFC member: this is the first time that we did it on computer so everyone could look at each application together. So we want to establish precedent as we always do and we checked ourselves as we went through and we said are we sticking with our decision? We actually looked at every single application that was turned in and we gave out a smoothie maker, a new lamp for the bells, a dvd changer, and electric cockpit, and popup canopy and voice recording microphone a six disc set of Seinfeld, etc, a coffee maker, and a nordic track.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: On the handout you can see the reason why people did not receive funding. We made them plan out storage. We also made sure that they were not a defunct organization. If any treasurers have questions on this they can come to me than or any one of the SOFC members.
Shayla Adams, ETHOS: One of my organizations is not on the list.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Any organization that did not submit on time was not looked at and that was put on all the publicity.
Erin McKenney, Davis Scholar: What do you mean my defunct constitution?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: Not SOAC constituted.
Brooke Maurer, Freeman: What will be done with the leftover money?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: We haven't decided but it might go towards debt relief.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: Bates is listed twice is that a running total?
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: I can check on that and post to the conference. You have to vote electronically and please respond promptly; again this is on the process not the actual amounts.
IV. Open Discussion
A. Presentation and Activity (President Diana Chapman Walsh)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Next we are very honored to have President Diana Chapman Walsh present at Senate.
President Diana Chapman Walsh: I am so happy to be here. I want to solicit from information from you about our 2015 commission. There is an approach called "appreciative inquiry and the underlying premise of that is organizations pay attention to they ways that they are strong and build on those while you plan for the future rather than argue on your deficit. This notion of appreciative inquiry is a way to get started on thinking about the long term future. What right now is effective about us and describes Wellesley as we want it to be and collecting those accounts as stories. Think of a story so far at Wellesley that for you represents the college at its best. We have been doing this work around the college in various different ways, we did it with the alums and Resident Directors, and whenever we do it, and somebody says, "What about the problems?" That's why we have the commission, but the idea is some of the time there is an ideal environment and we want to look at the conditions that enable it to happen.
(Fun activity ensued)
Clara Peterson, Bates: I love the little things. If someone takes out your laundry for you they always fold it!
Yang Qiu, Organizations Coordinator: It's all about the people here. All the stories are about the interaction between people and the community as a whole.
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Are there any conditions to explain why this is true?
Caroline Tall, Severance: I came here thinking I was going to take a deferred spot at a larger school and now no school can compare.
Carly Fair, Beebe: a lot of my memories are surrounded by traditions like step singing and going into the lake.
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: Jerilyn (Libby, House President's Liaison) and I were both in D.C. this summer. In a George Washington University dorm room we had a young alum dinner where we had the most open discussion.
Yael Gafni, Pomeroy: Over this summer we were at a summer camp and one of our speakers saw my Wellesley sweatshirt and she came up to me and told me I was about to have the best four years of my life.
President Diana Chapman Walsh: It's ok to be smart here.
Amy Wang, Cazenove: When I decided to come to Wellesley I was worried that I would have trouble adjusting. Then, I was thinking about my friends at the University of Michigan and they don't know their professors and they have these huge classes.
Margaret: in the spring I joined the crew team and sometimes I question my logic. I realized Wellesley was a great place when I was in the boat at 8 in the morning with people who really love you.
Erin McKenney, Davis Scholar: I came here because I wanted to be challenged like I have never been challenged before and in the process of being here I have encountered some problems I have with learning and I went to the PLTC. I'm a really independent person but I feel comfortable asking for help here.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: I went away for two years to another school where I was a vessel of the professor. Here you are given problems to find the answers to. Instead of being the canvas to be painted on, we are the painters.
Maryska Kaczmarek, Shafer: I came back from rugby game and my entire hall was together, and it seemed like a perfect situation. They helped me with my stuff since I was hurt, and I realized I was safe here.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: My dad got me a nice bracelet and I was walking and lost the bracelet. This person forwarded my email to community and I was so happy that someone cared and the next week I got an email saying this girl had found my bracelet in the mud. My parents couldn't believe it; I mean the honor code really works!
President Diana Chapman Walsh: One of the things you can do is look over the institutional priorities and add details. We have been trying to identify those things that high order of priority for the college. We are giving this to the Board of Trustees and using it as a road map for the year. The piece that I am working on the most is the 2015 Commission. On the official announcements, there is a charge that includes the post to the commission, there is a working group focusing on finances and also looking out ten years from now. We hope to engage student voices and ask we go along we want to keep getting more feedback.
Amita Parashar, Freeman: If any of us have more specific questions about the institutional priorities who should we ask?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Kate Salop, my assistant would be a great person to email and ask, she has background on all these.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: What about students who want to participate?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: I would let Lindsey Boylan know since she is actively involved.
Shelly Anand, Secretary/Treasurer: President Walsh what is your story?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Yesterday, my husband and I took our dog around the lake and because it was Sunday we had some more time and walked around alumnae valley and then we saw the donor bench and they are names of everyone who gave a million dollars or more to the campaign. I know all of them because they were the people I first met when I started this job. They all love Wellesley College for the promise and the possibilities that you all represent. I looked at these names and every single name had a connection to this college and looking at that bench it showed such a powerful sense of what this college is...
President Diana Chapman Walsh: I am so happy to be here. I want to solicit from information from you about our 2015 commission. There is an approach called "appreciative inquiry and the underlying premise of that is organizations pay attention to they ways that they are strong and build on those while you plan for the future rather than argue on your deficit. This notion of appreciative inquiry is a way to get started on thinking about the long term future. What right now is effective about us and describes Wellesley as we want it to be and collecting those accounts as stories. Think of a story so far at Wellesley that for you represents the college at its best. We have been doing this work around the college in various different ways, we did it with the alums and Resident Directors, and whenever we do it, and somebody says, "What about the problems?" That's why we have the commission, but the idea is some of the time there is an ideal environment and we want to look at the conditions that enable it to happen.
(Fun activity ensued)
Clara Peterson, Bates: I love the little things. If someone takes out your laundry for you they always fold it!
Yang Qiu, Organizations Coordinator: It's all about the people here. All the stories are about the interaction between people and the community as a whole.
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Are there any conditions to explain why this is true?
Caroline Tall, Severance: I came here thinking I was going to take a deferred spot at a larger school and now no school can compare.
Carly Fair, Beebe: a lot of my memories are surrounded by traditions like step singing and going into the lake.
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: Jerilyn (Libby, House President's Liaison) and I were both in D.C. this summer. In a George Washington University dorm room we had a young alum dinner where we had the most open discussion.
Yael Gafni, Pomeroy: Over this summer we were at a summer camp and one of our speakers saw my Wellesley sweatshirt and she came up to me and told me I was about to have the best four years of my life.
President Diana Chapman Walsh: It's ok to be smart here.
Amy Wang, Cazenove: When I decided to come to Wellesley I was worried that I would have trouble adjusting. Then, I was thinking about my friends at the University of Michigan and they don't know their professors and they have these huge classes.
Margaret: in the spring I joined the crew team and sometimes I question my logic. I realized Wellesley was a great place when I was in the boat at 8 in the morning with people who really love you.
Erin McKenney, Davis Scholar: I came here because I wanted to be challenged like I have never been challenged before and in the process of being here I have encountered some problems I have with learning and I went to the PLTC. I'm a really independent person but I feel comfortable asking for help here.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: I went away for two years to another school where I was a vessel of the professor. Here you are given problems to find the answers to. Instead of being the canvas to be painted on, we are the painters.
Maryska Kaczmarek, Shafer: I came back from rugby game and my entire hall was together, and it seemed like a perfect situation. They helped me with my stuff since I was hurt, and I realized I was safe here.
Kelsey Contreras, Parliamentarian: My dad got me a nice bracelet and I was walking and lost the bracelet. This person forwarded my email to community and I was so happy that someone cared and the next week I got an email saying this girl had found my bracelet in the mud. My parents couldn't believe it; I mean the honor code really works!
President Diana Chapman Walsh: One of the things you can do is look over the institutional priorities and add details. We have been trying to identify those things that high order of priority for the college. We are giving this to the Board of Trustees and using it as a road map for the year. The piece that I am working on the most is the 2015 Commission. On the official announcements, there is a charge that includes the post to the commission, there is a working group focusing on finances and also looking out ten years from now. We hope to engage student voices and ask we go along we want to keep getting more feedback.
Amita Parashar, Freeman: If any of us have more specific questions about the institutional priorities who should we ask?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Kate Salop, my assistant would be a great person to email and ask, she has background on all these.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: What about students who want to participate?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: I would let Lindsey Boylan know since she is actively involved.
Shelly Anand, Secretary/Treasurer: President Walsh what is your story?
President Diana Chapman Walsh: Yesterday, my husband and I took our dog around the lake and because it was Sunday we had some more time and walked around alumnae valley and then we saw the donor bench and they are names of everyone who gave a million dollars or more to the campaign. I know all of them because they were the people I first met when I started this job. They all love Wellesley College for the promise and the possibilities that you all represent. I looked at these names and every single name had a connection to this college and looking at that bench it showed such a powerful sense of what this college is...
B. CLCE Presentation (Rosa Fernandez)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Next, will Rosa Fernandez please come up and give her CLCE presentation.
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: Thank you for inviting me to Senate. I just handed out three sheets. One of them is an application from WASAC as an example of a good application. We will also have a deadline to show to all your Res halls. I want to start about telling what CLCE is and what the mission of the committee is:
The Committee to Lectures and Cultural Events allocates funds to support campus events including lectures, culture events, concert, etc.
The committee reviews proposals for different events and we also review policy issues. Like how many lectures we are funding, where we are allocating those funds. Finally we are in charge of the Wilson lecture. The college community at large nominates the speaker and it's usually a large event.
I sit on this committee and my role is to offer the student point of view to these events and I comment on the proposals. I also have some input on the policy making of the committee. So anything concerning the committee I am happy to answer your questions. A couple weeks ago we sent out a community letter which said anybody could apply for funding. However, if you are an individual and you're planning an event, you MUST have co-sponsorship, but anyone can have ideas for events. You can find the CLCE first class conference; I think it is one of the most important conferences because you can learn so much about upcoming events. You can send questions, comment on things, it's a very open conference. You have a forum to discuss events and to bring up questions. In that conference you will also find application forms and application deadlines. We really want simple applications that are easy to look at and read. I want to speak about the application process. You have a lot of different resources. You can contact the office of student activities and we recommend you do that very early in process to help you plan the event. We really encourage you to go ahead and email the activities. You should also look at the online campus calendar. We don't want to events to overlap and also talk to other organizations and find out what they are doing. Please read the guidelines for the application and read the application in advance. Talk about the purpose, why it is important to the Wellesley community, who is the speaker, give a brief bio and talk about the discussion and how long it will be. We also ask you to confirm or book the location of you event. We are really looking to see if you have any cosponsors. Finally, send your application materials to the CLCE application drop on the conference. Post questions to the conference. You can also email me or Mary Morris.
Yang Qiu, Severance: Can you give us a comparison of the number of applications in the fall and the spring?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: This is my first year, but we receive 10 to 15 applications every month and this increases.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: I just want to clarify that SOFC is completely separate with separate funding and deadlines. In this body do you ever say that this is not as worthy as this one?
Rosa Fernandez: We look at the overall quality of the application and whether or not people actually attended the event. That is where I come in a student, to show what the students want. We really look at the overall application. One of our challenges is to access the event.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: I didn't catch your overall budget?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: I believe it is a little bit over 100,000 dollars. We do have money to spend and allocate
Marielle Dela Cruz, College Democrats: When an organization tries to bring an expensive speaker is that a liability for the org?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: Overall we do look at the honorarium of the speaker and whether or not that amount is reasonable. We are definitely looking into how reasonable it is, again we encourage you to cosponsor and show that there is support. There is one person left on the speakers list.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: I heard that there are no strict deadlines and I also heard that they are encouraged to apply early.
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: This is the difference between SOFC and CLCE. We go by the application, no quotas. Obviously in the spring we will have less money. We can give 10,000 in the first deadline. You can apply for any reasonable amount.
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: Thank you for inviting me to Senate. I just handed out three sheets. One of them is an application from WASAC as an example of a good application. We will also have a deadline to show to all your Res halls. I want to start about telling what CLCE is and what the mission of the committee is:
The Committee to Lectures and Cultural Events allocates funds to support campus events including lectures, culture events, concert, etc.
The committee reviews proposals for different events and we also review policy issues. Like how many lectures we are funding, where we are allocating those funds. Finally we are in charge of the Wilson lecture. The college community at large nominates the speaker and it's usually a large event.
I sit on this committee and my role is to offer the student point of view to these events and I comment on the proposals. I also have some input on the policy making of the committee. So anything concerning the committee I am happy to answer your questions. A couple weeks ago we sent out a community letter which said anybody could apply for funding. However, if you are an individual and you're planning an event, you MUST have co-sponsorship, but anyone can have ideas for events. You can find the CLCE first class conference; I think it is one of the most important conferences because you can learn so much about upcoming events. You can send questions, comment on things, it's a very open conference. You have a forum to discuss events and to bring up questions. In that conference you will also find application forms and application deadlines. We really want simple applications that are easy to look at and read. I want to speak about the application process. You have a lot of different resources. You can contact the office of student activities and we recommend you do that very early in process to help you plan the event. We really encourage you to go ahead and email the activities. You should also look at the online campus calendar. We don't want to events to overlap and also talk to other organizations and find out what they are doing. Please read the guidelines for the application and read the application in advance. Talk about the purpose, why it is important to the Wellesley community, who is the speaker, give a brief bio and talk about the discussion and how long it will be. We also ask you to confirm or book the location of you event. We are really looking to see if you have any cosponsors. Finally, send your application materials to the CLCE application drop on the conference. Post questions to the conference. You can also email me or Mary Morris.
Yang Qiu, Severance: Can you give us a comparison of the number of applications in the fall and the spring?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: This is my first year, but we receive 10 to 15 applications every month and this increases.
Cortni Jones, Student Bursar: I just want to clarify that SOFC is completely separate with separate funding and deadlines. In this body do you ever say that this is not as worthy as this one?
Rosa Fernandez: We look at the overall quality of the application and whether or not people actually attended the event. That is where I come in a student, to show what the students want. We really look at the overall application. One of our challenges is to access the event.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: I didn't catch your overall budget?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: I believe it is a little bit over 100,000 dollars. We do have money to spend and allocate
Marielle Dela Cruz, College Democrats: When an organization tries to bring an expensive speaker is that a liability for the org?
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: Overall we do look at the honorarium of the speaker and whether or not that amount is reasonable. We are definitely looking into how reasonable it is, again we encourage you to cosponsor and show that there is support. There is one person left on the speakers list.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: I heard that there are no strict deadlines and I also heard that they are encouraged to apply early.
Rosa Fernandez, CLCE Rep: This is the difference between SOFC and CLCE. We go by the application, no quotas. Obviously in the spring we will have less money. We can give 10,000 in the first deadline. You can apply for any reasonable amount.
C. Earthquake Relief Presentation (Sabina Khan and Nauf Latef)
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: Next will Sabina and Nauf please come and present on earthquake relief.
Sabina Khan, McAfee: I hope that you all have following the news lately; there was a huge earthquake in South Asia. It was 7.6 and there were 20 after shocks. Many school children have died, a whole generation is gone. As of yesterday the death toll is 54,000 and more than that have been injured. Lots of international aid had come in.
Nauf Latef, Dower: Some campus wide fundraisers include a table at the Wang for an intercollegiate raffle. This weekend we will have a table as well selling samosas and henna. We also have an event on October 22.
We put donation boxes all over campus. There are going to be two boxes, one for money and others for goods such as blankets, canned food, etc. We really urge senators to back to house council to donate House Council money to the relief effort. At night the temp can drop and a cost of a tent can be about 5 dollars.
Sabina Khan, McAfee: What they really need is tents. The Edhi foundation, they offer shrouding and funerals for bodies. They've made a remarkable change since 1947.
Clara Peterson, Bates: what is 6 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit?
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: you should organize a group to purchase tents
Nauf Latef, Dower: We think raising money will be more efficient.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: The organization that you are donating to is only in Pakistan?
Sabina Khan, McAfee: no the org donates to all the effected areas like Kashmir.
Sabina Khan, McAfee: I hope that you all have following the news lately; there was a huge earthquake in South Asia. It was 7.6 and there were 20 after shocks. Many school children have died, a whole generation is gone. As of yesterday the death toll is 54,000 and more than that have been injured. Lots of international aid had come in.
Nauf Latef, Dower: Some campus wide fundraisers include a table at the Wang for an intercollegiate raffle. This weekend we will have a table as well selling samosas and henna. We also have an event on October 22.
We put donation boxes all over campus. There are going to be two boxes, one for money and others for goods such as blankets, canned food, etc. We really urge senators to back to house council to donate House Council money to the relief effort. At night the temp can drop and a cost of a tent can be about 5 dollars.
Sabina Khan, McAfee: What they really need is tents. The Edhi foundation, they offer shrouding and funerals for bodies. They've made a remarkable change since 1947.
Clara Peterson, Bates: what is 6 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit?
Catherine Day, Chief Justice: you should organize a group to purchase tents
Nauf Latef, Dower: We think raising money will be more efficient.
Emily Pighetti, WASAC: The organization that you are donating to is only in Pakistan?
Sabina Khan, McAfee: no the org donates to all the effected areas like Kashmir.
V. Dean of Students' Corner
A. Deans Kim Goff-Crews and Michelle Lepore
Dean Kim Goff-Crews: So the campus center opening is now going to be called the Lulu. Family and friends will be invited to the activities on Friday. I know we will have a distinguished faculty lecture. On Saturday morning you can send family to the Presidents Opening in the Chapel. We also have a date for Health services review - November 3. The team we put together is going to be Polly Wheat, from Columbia University; she has actually worked at other women's colleges. We will have an open forum for students.
Dean Michelle Lepore: Tomorrow there is an open house for faculty at the stone center. I want to thank OMHA for the publicity of all the services. We also have support groups such as one for dealing with National Disasters. In addition there will be two workshops: Procrastination and Asian American Food issues.
This year, the first years came in and took a survey. For any student who said she wanted to continue on the survey, we will continue with that process.
Shayla Adams, Ethos: We should have a support group for the grading policy.
Rebecca Kapler, OMHA: Will students at large be able to be involved with the stone center review and who do they email?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews: we will have a date for student to meet the external team and will post that as soon as we finalize the time.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: next we have Sophie Kim for Beyond the Bubble.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: Here comes another round of Beyond the Bubble!
Dean Michelle Lepore: Tomorrow there is an open house for faculty at the stone center. I want to thank OMHA for the publicity of all the services. We also have support groups such as one for dealing with National Disasters. In addition there will be two workshops: Procrastination and Asian American Food issues.
This year, the first years came in and took a survey. For any student who said she wanted to continue on the survey, we will continue with that process.
Shayla Adams, Ethos: We should have a support group for the grading policy.
Rebecca Kapler, OMHA: Will students at large be able to be involved with the stone center review and who do they email?
Dean Kim Goff-Crews: we will have a date for student to meet the external team and will post that as soon as we finalize the time.
Lindsey Boylan, CGP: next we have Sophie Kim for Beyond the Bubble.
Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair: Here comes another round of Beyond the Bubble!
VI. Beyond the Bubble (Sophie Kim, CPLA Chair)
A. Supreme Court Won't Block Missouri Inmate Abortion
The Supreme Court today rejected the state of Missouri's attempt to stop a prison inmate from obtaining an abortion.
The court acted without dissent or comment as it let stand a U.S. District Court judge's order requiring the state to transport the woman for her abortion. Justice Clarence Thomas had stayed the lower court order last week in response to a plea from Missouri, citing a state law banning public financing of abortions.
The Supreme Court does not issue vote counts when it acts on stays of lower court orders, so it was not possible to determine how Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. voted in the matter. Nor does the court's action constitute an endorsement of the lower court's holding or set any precedent.
The court acted without dissent or comment as it let stand a U.S. District Court judge's order requiring the state to transport the woman for her abortion. Justice Clarence Thomas had stayed the lower court order last week in response to a plea from Missouri, citing a state law banning public financing of abortions.
The Supreme Court does not issue vote counts when it acts on stays of lower court orders, so it was not possible to determine how Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. voted in the matter. Nor does the court's action constitute an endorsement of the lower court's holding or set any precedent.
B. Hurricane Katrina Update
BATON ROUGE, La. -- About 95 percent of about 270,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees were cleared from shelters by the federal government's self-imposed deadline. State and federal officials said 15,875 people remained in shelters, 9,292 of them in Louisiana. An estimated 600,000 of the 1.5 million people displaced by Katrina were being lodged in hotels at a cost projected to reach as much as $425 million by Oct. 24.
C. Early Signs Show Iraqis' Approval of Constitution
Early electoral returns suggested Sunday that Iraq's proposed constitution was headed for victory, with officials in two crucial swing provinces saying a majority of voters there appeared to have approved the document. If the trends continue, the constitution's opponents would be left with only two provinces that are likely to defeat the document - one short of the minimum required under the referendum's rules. If the constitution is approved, it would be an important step in Iraq's transition to full independence and set the stage for a new round of elections for a permanent government on Dec. 15.
Iraqi election officials said today (Oct. 17) that they were investigating what they described as "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution, raising the possibility that the results of Saturday's referendum could be called into question. The statement made no mention of the possibility of fraud, but said the re-examination of the balloting was being done in order to comply with internationally accepted standards. Election officials say that under such standards, voting must be re-examined any time a candidate or a ballot question receives more than 90 percent of the vote.
Text of Iraqi Constitution can be found here.
Iraqi election officials said today (Oct. 17) that they were investigating what they described as "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution, raising the possibility that the results of Saturday's referendum could be called into question. The statement made no mention of the possibility of fraud, but said the re-examination of the balloting was being done in order to comply with internationally accepted standards. Election officials say that under such standards, voting must be re-examined any time a candidate or a ballot question receives more than 90 percent of the vote.
Text of Iraqi Constitution can be found here.
D. F.B.I. Reports Murders Fell in 2004
Murders across the United States fell for the first time in five years, while rapes increased slightly last year, the FBI reported Monday.
There were 16,137 murders in the United States in 2004, the last full year for which statistics are available. That was about 350 fewer than in 2003, according to the FBI data. The number of rapes, however, has increased in three of the past four years, according to the FBI data. In all, rapes increased by .8 percent to 94,635 rapes, or about 750 more than in 2003.
There were 16,137 murders in the United States in 2004, the last full year for which statistics are available. That was about 350 fewer than in 2003, according to the FBI data. The number of rapes, however, has increased in three of the past four years, according to the FBI data. In all, rapes increased by .8 percent to 94,635 rapes, or about 750 more than in 2003.
E. Concern for avian flu virus spreads
Today, Greece became the latest country to confirm cases of the bird flu virus. Ten other countries, including China, Russia, and Turkey, also have recently confirmed cases of the virus. The avian flu's deadliest form, H5N1, has been linked to over 60 deaths in Asia.
F. On this day: October 17
1978: U.S. President Carter signed a bill that restored U.S. citizenship to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
VII. Cabinet Announcements
VIII. Adjourn
Total estimated time: 2 hours
