2008 Woodie Awards
SGA gets money for info kiosk
By: Jonathan Kleinow
Issue date: 4/21/05 Section: News
The kiosk could finally be a go.
The Informational Kiosk, a long-term Student Government Association (SGA) project, should become a reality, said Anna Plage, senator for the College of Arts and sciences at the general assembly meeting April 19. Plage said Vice President of Enrollment Deborah Dey has found $2,000 to help fund the project. SGA would then fund the remainder.
Plans are currently being reviewed by Webster University President Richard Meyers, Plage said, and she hoped to see a definite proposal before the end of the school year.
"I would hate for this to recede," Plage said. "It's something that I'm definitely going to follow up on if it doesn't get resolved."
At the meeting, SGA recognized two new Webster organizations, the Philosophy Club and the Animal Rights Network.
The Philosophy Club, headed by interim president Matthew Dunn, will host speakers, discussions and film showings. Dunn, a senior philosophy major, said the club will be open to all students. SGA voted unanimously to recognize the club, which will funded by SGA for organization events.
SGA also recognized the Webster University Animal Rights Network as an unfunded special interest group. Benjamin Cohen, freshman psychology and English major, said he wants to form a coalition with other progressive groups on campus.
"I'd like for the group to act as a resource for anyone interested in animal rights," Cohen said.
The student grant fund, an SGA committee, also voted to fund a trip for advertising students to attend the National Student Advertising Competition in Nashville June 5 and 6. The students were given $1,500 for hotel, food and travel costs. Approval of the grant leaves $785 in the student grant fund to last the remainder of the school year, said student grant fund Chairman Trevor Zickgraf.
In other news:
* SGA President Phil Eckelkamp is waiting to hear from Jim Staley, associate vice president for academic affairs, about installing lights in the parking lot of Webster Groves High School. Many of the lights in the school parking lot are out and new lights went missing in March. According to Eckelkamp, Webster University paid for the lights and Webster Groves High School was responsible for installing them.
* Final wording of a proposal for double majors is being finished and may be ready soon. The proposed wording will go to the curriculum committee next.
"We have a philosophical battle ahead of us, but at least we'll have it out in the open," Eckelkamp said.
* Eckelkamp said he would like to establish a new campus tradition: a softball game between SGA and Residential Housing Association (RHA). Details such as where the game would take place and when have not yet been confirmed.
Before the end of the year, Eckelkamp said he hoped to make the double minor and the kiosk a reality, as well as extend the newspaper readership program, which gives free copies of USA Today and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to students.
"I've still got one last meeting, and I'm ready to pass a few things along and get set for next year," Eckelkamp said.
The Informational Kiosk, a long-term Student Government Association (SGA) project, should become a reality, said Anna Plage, senator for the College of Arts and sciences at the general assembly meeting April 19. Plage said Vice President of Enrollment Deborah Dey has found $2,000 to help fund the project. SGA would then fund the remainder.
Plans are currently being reviewed by Webster University President Richard Meyers, Plage said, and she hoped to see a definite proposal before the end of the school year.
"I would hate for this to recede," Plage said. "It's something that I'm definitely going to follow up on if it doesn't get resolved."
At the meeting, SGA recognized two new Webster organizations, the Philosophy Club and the Animal Rights Network.
The Philosophy Club, headed by interim president Matthew Dunn, will host speakers, discussions and film showings. Dunn, a senior philosophy major, said the club will be open to all students. SGA voted unanimously to recognize the club, which will funded by SGA for organization events.
SGA also recognized the Webster University Animal Rights Network as an unfunded special interest group. Benjamin Cohen, freshman psychology and English major, said he wants to form a coalition with other progressive groups on campus.
"I'd like for the group to act as a resource for anyone interested in animal rights," Cohen said.
The student grant fund, an SGA committee, also voted to fund a trip for advertising students to attend the National Student Advertising Competition in Nashville June 5 and 6. The students were given $1,500 for hotel, food and travel costs. Approval of the grant leaves $785 in the student grant fund to last the remainder of the school year, said student grant fund Chairman Trevor Zickgraf.
In other news:
* SGA President Phil Eckelkamp is waiting to hear from Jim Staley, associate vice president for academic affairs, about installing lights in the parking lot of Webster Groves High School. Many of the lights in the school parking lot are out and new lights went missing in March. According to Eckelkamp, Webster University paid for the lights and Webster Groves High School was responsible for installing them.
* Final wording of a proposal for double majors is being finished and may be ready soon. The proposed wording will go to the curriculum committee next.
"We have a philosophical battle ahead of us, but at least we'll have it out in the open," Eckelkamp said.
* Eckelkamp said he would like to establish a new campus tradition: a softball game between SGA and Residential Housing Association (RHA). Details such as where the game would take place and when have not yet been confirmed.
Before the end of the year, Eckelkamp said he hoped to make the double minor and the kiosk a reality, as well as extend the newspaper readership program, which gives free copies of USA Today and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to students.
"I've still got one last meeting, and I'm ready to pass a few things along and get set for next year," Eckelkamp said.