2008 Woodie Awards
SGA: Kiosk will come to fruition- for real this time
By: Tiffany Kleekamp
Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: News
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Student Government Association President Trevor Zickgraf said a kiosk really will be constructed by the spring semester, if not before. Sound familiar?
Plans for the installation of the kiosk have been up in the air since two years ago. Jesse Irwin, then vice present, thought of the idea for an informational kiosk and then Communications Senator Anne Haffner, took control of the plans and did some research. Because the semester was almost over, plans for the kiosk went on hold until the next school year.
The plans for the kiosk, to be located on the Quad between the Sverdrup Building and Emerson Library, are finalized and construction will begin in the next couple of weeks, Zickgraf said.
The purpose of the kiosk is to bring clubs and organizations together in one central location in hopes of making Webster a more involved campus altogether. Clubs and organizations will be able to post flyers on the kiosk after the University Center front desk approves them. On- and off-campus events are welcomed, but all postings must comply with the school's posting policy, which can be found on the university Web site.
In the past, SGA has said the kiosk would be installed "this semester," or "this year," but nothing resulted. Zickgraf said it will happen this year because SGA has not met any roadblocks like it had in the past. A contractor has been contacted, Zickgraf said.
When Matthias Jackson was president last year, SGA had trouble getting money from the administration and student officers came to the realization they might have to pay for the project out of SGA's budget. To make matters more difficult, SGA ran into other complications like size and location issues.
Haffner became SGA secretary for the 2003-2004 school year and still headed the kiosk committee, but she resigned after eight weeks. The project again went on hold.
"We were close when Anne worked on it, but then she left and it took a while to find a point person to work on it. By that time it was the second part of the semester," Zickgraf said. "We dragged our feet."
One kiosk already exists on campus in front of the Thompson House, located in the Music Quad behind Loretto-Hilton Center, and the new kiosk will look similar.
"Those of us who have been here since the kiosk talk started are pretty excited about it," Zickgraf said. "It's kind of like a quest."
The total cost for the kiosk will be around $6,000 and university administration will set aside $2,000 to help SGA pay for it. At the beginning of the semester, SGA allocated about $4,000 out of its own budget to go toward the kiosk.
Plans for the installation of the kiosk have been up in the air since two years ago. Jesse Irwin, then vice present, thought of the idea for an informational kiosk and then Communications Senator Anne Haffner, took control of the plans and did some research. Because the semester was almost over, plans for the kiosk went on hold until the next school year.
The plans for the kiosk, to be located on the Quad between the Sverdrup Building and Emerson Library, are finalized and construction will begin in the next couple of weeks, Zickgraf said.
The purpose of the kiosk is to bring clubs and organizations together in one central location in hopes of making Webster a more involved campus altogether. Clubs and organizations will be able to post flyers on the kiosk after the University Center front desk approves them. On- and off-campus events are welcomed, but all postings must comply with the school's posting policy, which can be found on the university Web site.
In the past, SGA has said the kiosk would be installed "this semester," or "this year," but nothing resulted. Zickgraf said it will happen this year because SGA has not met any roadblocks like it had in the past. A contractor has been contacted, Zickgraf said.
When Matthias Jackson was president last year, SGA had trouble getting money from the administration and student officers came to the realization they might have to pay for the project out of SGA's budget. To make matters more difficult, SGA ran into other complications like size and location issues.
Haffner became SGA secretary for the 2003-2004 school year and still headed the kiosk committee, but she resigned after eight weeks. The project again went on hold.
"We were close when Anne worked on it, but then she left and it took a while to find a point person to work on it. By that time it was the second part of the semester," Zickgraf said. "We dragged our feet."
One kiosk already exists on campus in front of the Thompson House, located in the Music Quad behind Loretto-Hilton Center, and the new kiosk will look similar.
"Those of us who have been here since the kiosk talk started are pretty excited about it," Zickgraf said. "It's kind of like a quest."
The total cost for the kiosk will be around $6,000 and university administration will set aside $2,000 to help SGA pay for it. At the beginning of the semester, SGA allocated about $4,000 out of its own budget to go toward the kiosk.