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By The Gettysburg Forum

This morning the Gettysburg College Student Senate lodge a formal complaint with the Provost’s Office concerning the recent handling of Easter weekend–April 8th through 10th–in the academic and auxiliary spheres of campus. Below you can read the letter written by Student Senate President Andrew Ferreira on behalf of the student population concerning this matter.

Dear Provost Zappe:

I am ...

By Xavier Harding

Xavier: So you were the treasurer of student Senate. What did your job entail?

Molly: Right, I was the treasurer of student senate so I would hear requests from clubs and organizations looking for money and I would hold hearings to decide whether or not they should be granted that money and then I would transfer that into their ...

The Gettysburg Forum

An e-mail was circulated last week to all those registered within the Senate alias, detailing the resignation of Student Senate Treasurer, Molly Yingling. From that point, it was the primary concern of the Executive Council of the Student Senate to designate, presumably with the aid of representatives from each class year, a new treasurer to serve in her ...

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 ...