| Show Pride Day Turns Into Pride Week by Ken Jackson ride IDay is no now Pride Week The bill passed by by bythe the Senate last week providing for one day a year as Pride Day has been revised by President Gary Carpenter President Carpenter returned the bill to the senate Monday with this major revision after deciding that one day was not enough He changed the date of the original bill from April 10 to the first week of Spring quarter The author of the bill Ken Jackson argued before the Senate that the purpose of the bill w was was s to set aside one day each year for celebration of school spirit Said Jackson A week is too long because it will be difficult to hold student interest for that long He suggested that the Senate consider an alternative of two or three days- days at most and call them Pride Days After further discussion on the bill the revision made by President Carpenter was was unanimously passed assed and P Pride ide l Week will begin next Spring quarter J In other business a new senator Gary Wilkey was voted in to fill a vacancy after the resignation of Dennis Senator Gary Bronson voiced his concern over the senate vote last week to suspend the rules and vote on a bill without giving the senate a week to j review the bill as is normally the case case t 4 Designed to clarify terminology of the bylaws the bill passed by a two thirds majority with Senator Bronson abstaining Bronson indicated that the rule was i improperly suspended The purpose of the rule is to allow the senate to act quickly when the need arises He objected to the rule being used to get any bill passed and out of the way |
