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Show STUDENT GOVERNMENT 4 ADMINISTRATION V I ? ; SEAN KENNEDY t STAFF REPORTER I !f i r i i ! i CHEAT ASWC SHEET TO UNDERSTANDING f TERMS TO KNOW: t I s ASWC j ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WESTMINSTER COLLEGE. THE OVERARCHING TER!,! FOR SAC. SGA. AID ICC I t i 1 ;SGA I 4 i STUDENT i GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION. RAS All EXECUTIVE. JUDICIAL. LEGISLATIVE AND BRANCH. 1SAC l STUDENT ACTIVITIES COMMISSION. THIS BRANCH PLANSHQSTS ALL STUDENT EVENTS. CC ! ti COUNCIL. TER-CLU8 INCLUDES ALL CLUBS AND DETERMINES CLUB FUNOISG A1 APPROVAL SGA BY THE NUMBERS EXECUTIVE BRANCH MEMBERS A SENATE MEMBERS -- I JUDICIAL POSITIONS i HOW SG 5 i YOU I I senate meets once a month, normally on the first Monday. If you have an issue that you want to resolve through The 1. 1 t legislation, attend the meeting and bring your idea to the floor. Contact Andrew Hagedorn for dates and times. 1 There are 5 committees that represent specific senate topics. (Finance, Education and Student RelationsLife and Student Initiatives.) The committees meet twice a month and can assist . students in voicing their concerns to the senate. Visit westminsteraswc.com to find the names of committee chairs. ( ! , t t i , , i Senators are elected to represent the voices of the students. They write and pass legislation based on the needs that they head. The list of senators can be found at westminsteraswc.com. Contact your senator to voice your issue. : The Westminster Senate is the out to all students and the mavoice that represents all students jority voted to allow smoking on on campus. Currently, there are 14 campus. If students had voted to ban senators with some positions yet filled. Each senator repre- smoking on campus, the Senate to be sents specific majors or class rank would have written up legislaFor example, business senators tion regarding the survey and about how students wanted to ban represent business majors. These senators will take stu- smoking. Next, members of the dent comments and concerns Senate would have voted on the and bring them to the next meet- legislation. If it had been passed by the ing. Check www.myaswc.com for Senate, it then would have been meeting dates and times. This year, the senate is trying passed on to the appropriate to increase the amount of knowl- members of Westminster adminedge students know about the istrative staff to then take the next Senate. step forward with the ban, said We are trying to vamp up vis- Hagedorn, Speaker of the Senate. "Ibis is an important piece ibility to students, said Andrew where senior some people take issue with sociology major Hagedorn, what the Senate does. In the end, and Speaker of the Senate. As Speaker of the Senate, writing legislation is what we do. This point can be lost when Hagedorn connects the Senate with the student board and repre- students dont see the Senate maksents the social science majors. ing large sweeping changes. Furtheir I bring concerns into the thermore, the Senate is only one Senate, Hagedorn said. We want of many branches in the student to get more senators out there government. Due to the number of differgetting feedback and information from students. ent branches, many students are This is good news for all stu- unsure how it all works. dents at Westminster. I have no clue how many I couldnt tell you who my brandies there are, said David senator is, SSaid Peter Bennett, Tumpowsky, senior environmensophomore. Its cool that we have tal science major. More informapeople who represent each major, tion on how issues are taken from but I dont know what that really students to the student governmeans for me. ment would definitely be nice. Senate acts to represent the Moving forward, the Senate voices of Westminster students will continue to spread informain policy issues, said Doug Getty, tion about the issues they are psychology major and former working on and how students senator. Without Senate, the stu- can get involved. For more infordents wouldnt be able to have a mation, check out www.myaswc. definitive say in many school mat- com. Also, dont forget to attend ters. the monthly senate meeting in Last year, the Senate took room 353 in Dolores Dore Eccles on many issues, one of them be- Health, Wellness and Athletic ing whether smoking should be Center. Stay updated through The banned on campus. After a great Forum tweets for when the next deal of debate, the issue was senate meeting will be held. scrapped after a survey was sent I |