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Agenda 2 16
V. Consent Calendar
a. SR021004: A Resolution to Support House Bill 317
b. SR021007: A Resolution Thanking Housing, Dining and Guest Services
Consent Calendar approved by unanimous consent.
VI. Student Concerns
Mr. Forrest: Miami Student comic response, email quotes regarding student
senate duties/success forresmj@muohio.edu
Ms.Moore: DVD now partnership, is similar to Redbox, but sell directly to
institutions, working with Shriver currently
Mr.Ciccone: commuter students concerned with Oxford campus not closing due
to snow emergencies
Mr.Cowles: Miami snow plow trucks at yeager during snow fall while streets not
finished
Ms.Keefer: Maple street ignored by snow trucks
Mr.Herbst: during snow emergencies, Miami staff may need to stay overnight so
they need a place to park and Oxford plows cannot plow Miami streets
Mr.Frazier: Health center open until 6:30 but pharmacy only open until 5:30
VII. Reports
a. President of the Student Body
- cartoon in the Miami student
b. Vice President of the Student Body
-P.R. for the elections
c. Vice President of Campus Activities
-conference in Boston
d. Vice President of Student Organizations
-final numbers for funding in
e. Secretary for Off Campus Affairs
- next weekend walkabouts for Census, extreme importance to Oxford
-earmark for Route 27 to be re-done
f. Secretary for On Campus Affairs
-Miami hosting no-frills conference
g. Secretary for Academic Affairs
-meeting regarding Outstanding Professor awards
h. Secretary for Diversity Affairs
- upcoming Monday DAC meeting with Mr.Scott and President Hodge,
Greek game tomorrow against Akron, thank senators who came to
Basketbrawl, BSC article in Odyssey
i. Secretary for Public Relations
- thanks for help with postcard writing campaign, there will be another
even in March
j. Secretary to the Executive Cabinet
-Blood drive next Wednesday
k. Treasurer
-supposed to testify to the state house, delayed
l. Tech Director
m. Advisor
-University birthday tomorrow
SR021004:
A Resolution to Support House Bill 317
Whereas: Credit unions cannot currently hold public funds in the State of Ohio;
Whereas: House Bill 317 would allow credit unions to hold public funds;
Whereas: First Miami Student Credit Union is one of two completely student-run credit
unions in the United States;
Whereas: First Miami Student Credit Union currently holds $1.1 million in assets and
services 1700 accounts for the Miami University community;
Whereas: Associated Student Government distributes over $600,000 to over 350 student
organizations on campus;
Whereas: All student organization accounts are managed by Miami University General
Accounting;
Whereas: First Miami Student Credit Union would be able to better serve student
organizations while improving fiscal accountability.
Further be it Resolved: The passage of this bill would be beneficial to credit unions
across the state of Ohio as well as the First Miami Student Credit Union.
SR021007:
A Resolution Thanking Housing, Dining and Guest Services
Whereas: During this meeting student senators expressed concern about the inability
for students to use meal plans during weekday lunch times in Haines Food
Court in the Shrive Center and;
Whereas: Housing, Dining and Guest Services has adjusted and shortened the time
students cannot use meal plans in Haines Food court to one hour;
Whereas: We would like to see this change made permanent within Haines Food
Court.
Kelly DiTurno
Ben Lockshin
Ben Basara
Chelsea Kiene
Aaron Bly
Anthony McNamara
Thad Boggs
Marissa Sims
Matt Hoffman
Thomas Marzella
Andrew Ferguson
Dr. Brian Danoff
Professor Melanie Marlowe
Paul Struebing
Global Fusion
Diversity Affairs Council
Miami University Spectrum
Miami University College Democrats
Miami University Office of GLBTQ
Services
Stage Left
Sponsors
Whereas: The Miami University family lost a dear and loving friend in Brendan Burke on
Friday, February 5, 2010.
Whereas: Brendan was and will continue to be an inspiration to his family, his friends and
his classmates and will be greatly missed.
Whereas: The dreams that Brendan sought to realize, shall never die and will forever live on
in the hearts, minds and actions of those who his life has touched.
Whereas: The words offered in this resolution cannot capture the great despair felt by those
who loved and continue to love Brendan, they can remind us of the friendship,
love and blessing that he was in our lives.
Whereas: It is fitting that this body offers its condolences and sympathy to those family
members and friends who loved and will forever love Brendan on behalf the
student body as a whole,
Therefore be it resolved: That from this day forward the Miami family be dedicated to the
propositions of equality and love for all, for which Brendan fought,
and that those beliefs and ideals will never die on this campus or
any corner of this world
Further be it resolved: That the Associated Student Government expresses its deepest and
most heartfelt condolences to those who have lost a friend, a son, a
brother, a nephew, or a grandchild on behalf of a student body, a
nation and a world heartbroken that they will never know the
heights that Brendan would have reached or the effect on our lives
that he would continue to have had;
Further be it resolved: That all present shall observe a moment of silence in remembrance
of our great and loving friend Brendan, not for him alone but also
for those who he loved and has been forced to leave behind today;
to remember what he was to us and to pray that which he wished
for others will some day come to pass for all the world.
Whereas: Going door to door is the most effective means of making personal contacts and
building relationships with constituencies and has been effective in building
relationships with many in the community.
Whereas: Off campus senators have very few resources, such as list serves to contact their
constituents.
Whereas: The current walkabout program has been successful in its limited form, it leaves
students without the ability to build relationships, interact with their
representatives, and remain informed on the accomplishments of their
government.
There for be it resolved: The walk about program shall be expanded to three times a year to
ensure a stable relationship with off-campus constituents. With the
set schedule as follows, the weekend before classes begin, and
over a period of two weeks prior to both Thanksgiving and
Spring Break.
Further be it resolved: These auxiliary walk abouts, implemented by the Secretary for
Off Campus Affairs, would provide updated information
concerning safety, break and move-out procedures, and ASG
activities that would not be received in the initial walk about using
an appropriate form of media.
Further be it resolved: That the auxiliary walk abouts would be far less expensive than the
initial walk about because we are providing limited information
and updates that supplements the initial information packet.
SR021008:
A Bill to Support Miami’s signing of the AUPCC
Whereas: As of February 15, 2010 Miami University has not signed the American College &
University Presidents Climate Commitment (AUPCC);
Whereas: the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment is a nationwide
effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize
greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher
education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate; and,;
Whereas: To date 667 institutions of higher education have signed the AUPCC including:
American University, Auburn University, Ball State University, Cornell University, Duke
University, George Washington University, Northeastern University, Ohio University,
Rice University, Syracuse University, The Ohio State University, University of
Cincinnati, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Massachusetts,
University of Missouri System, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of
Toledo, and Western Michigan University;
Whereas: As Miami strives to be a leading national institution we feel significant and public
action must be taken in the arena of environmental sustainability and reducing carbon
emissions;
Whereas: With the passage of SR020902 Associated Student Government (ASG) Student
Senate established a Adhoc Committee on Environmental Sustainability in order to hold
ourselves to a higher level of environmental accountability;
Whereas: We, the representatives of the student body, feel the need to hold our university to a
higher standard of environmental accountability;
Whereas: We strongly agree with the following statement of AUPCC that signing institutions
commit to:
“We believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout
society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and
the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality.”
Further be it Resolved: The passage of this resolution serve as the official petition to President
David C. Hodge to make Miami University a leader in fighting to reduce carbon emissions.