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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 ...

By Jason Endres

After three days of voting, current Senate Clubs Liaison, Alex Wilkins defeated Junior Senator, Andrew Douglas to become the next President of Student Senate. Junior Senator, Lauren Merclean became the new Vice President after winning a three person race. Sophomore Senator, Fred Reimer is the new Treasurer, while freshman Senator, Alexandra Bigler is the next secretary. Both Reimer ...

By Jason Endres

Last week , Student Senate publicly discussed the idea of implementing student activity fees at Gettysburg College. Directors and administrators from various departments have appealed to Senate, discussing the reasons why extra funding is necessary and why a student activity fee would be a good idea.

Student Senate handed out a form stating the ...

By Jason Endres

Tsunami Relief: One idea being considered Student Senate is to host a concert and to donate the proceeds to relief for victims of the tsunami that occurred on Christmas in South East Asia. A committee is being formed to further discuss the idea.

Ice Rink: The water has frozen and the ice rink is now ready for use. Skates ...

By Jason Endres

Common Hour- President Woodhead thanked College Republican President Lauren Racine and College Democrat President Eric Williams for doing a great job at last week’s Common Hour.

IFC Community Watch Program- Greg McVicker, President of the Inter Fraternity Council, introduced the Community Watch Program. The program will entail having two teams of two people patrolling areas of campus on Thursday ...