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By Sebastian DiNatale

The Fall 2009 Student Senate had its final meeting of the semester last Monday. Since there are to be no more monetary transaction for the rest of the semester, The Forum decided it would be helpful to let the students in on where the majority of their Student Activity Fee went in terms of funding.

The Senate starts the ...

By Sebastian DiNatale

President Riggs’ announcement last Tuesday about ESPN coming back to campus has been received with mixed feelings. Some students are delighted to have the 24-hour sports programming back on campus, while others are questioning where an institution which has had to make major budget cutbacks, like a $20 visit fee to health services, is going to find ...

By Kyle Lawson

Officer Reports:

President Alex Bigler – Welcomed students to the first meeting of the semester, gave an opening address complete with quote from Martin Luther King Jr. about having the ability and responsibility to make a positive impact.

Vice President Hugh McStravick – Updates made to senate website and looking to form a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page, as ...

By Kyle Lawson

This week the elections for the executive positions of Student Senate will be held from Wednesday March 28 to Friday March 30. Students can vote in the College Union Building or online. The Gettysburg student has a lot of power to change aspects of the way the school is run. This year election procedures were changed so that ...

By Kim Tenure

On April 10, the newest batch of elected senators and exec members were sworn in and appointed. For those that are ignorant of the workings of the student senate, every year, the newly elected exec has to appoint a clubs liasion and parlamentarian. This year those positions went to Alex Bigler, ‘08 and Hugh McStravick, ‘09 respectively.

In addition ...

By Kim Tenure

The polls closed on March 31st and the results were: President: Steve Ginter Vice President: Eric Williams Treasurer: Owen Carhart Secretary: Jenn Amols

The two remaining positions, parliamentarian and clubs liaison are appointed positions and will be announced within the coming weeks before senate transitions with the new governing board.

Next year’s senate has a lot to live up to and accomplish. The ...

By Kim Tenure

The phrase “Rock the Vote” was enough to inspire thousands of young voters to flood the polls in the 2004 presidential campaigns hoping to inspire change. Now, whether you considered changing your citizenship on that Tuesday in November or thought that the Bush administration would be god’s gift to America, the fact that you went to the polls ...

By Kim Tenure

On Monday, October 3rd, the proposed amendments to the Honor Code went before Student Senate. Senators, club representatives, and other concerned students were there for about two hours debating and discussing the proposal. Despite the overwhelming support from both the Honor Commission and the faculty, Senate voted down the proposal in a 25-4 ...

By Jason Endres

Student Senate met for the first time of the 2005-2006 academic year on Monday, August 29th.

Senate had been busy over the summer working on two major initiatives for this semester: the proposed new Honor Code and a Student Activity Fee.

The proposed Honor Code will be brought to vote at the October 3 rd Senate meeting. The Honor Code ...

By Jason Endres & Lauren Racine

Over the past three weeks, nearly 50% of the positions in Student Senate have been undemocratically filled by special appointments, leaving half of the student body’s representative body hand selected by a small group of members of the Student Senate Executive Board. These appointments, which violate the Senate Constitution by ...