The Journal

Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Audrey Burke Dee Goines, Alexandrea Barney, Gabe Bullard and Bailey Barrett at the Jan. 23 SGA meeting.

Having returned from an internship at "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," President Gabe Bullard conducted the first Student Government Association's meeting of the spring semester.


The meeting began with Bullard swearing in two new officers: Comptroller Mac Ingram, formerly an arts and sciences senator, and Business and Technology Senator Lauren Meyer.


After the new officers assumed their positions, Ted Hoef, dean of students, reported Blimpies will reopen Jan. 31, pending a county inspection. The announcement received a cheer from those in attendance.


Hoef also said the university will begin housing students in Loretto Hall in the fallwhile renovating Maria Hall

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"Our long-term plans are to remodel Maria Hall in the image of West Hall," Hoef said. "During this time, we will temporarily house students in Loretto Hall."


Hoef said after the renovation, Loretto will be used for office space, because its rooms are smaller and closer to already existing offices. He said he was not sure which residents would be allowed to live in Loretto, but eligibility would depend largely on the number of incoming freshmen.


John Ginsburg, director of the University Center and Campus Activities, announced two SGA positions, graduate senator and fine arts senator, are available. He also said it is imperative that students who would like to transfer refund money to their personal bank accounts provide Higher One, the company responsible for issuing refund cards, with their account information.


Following Ginsburg's report, Bullard outlined SGA's goals for the spring semester. He said SGA hopes to enhance Webster's campus by providing lighting on the quad for evening events, adding a campus pub and upgrading the furniture in Webster Hall classrooms. SGA also plans to improve maintenance of the Visual Arts Studio, a building some art students and professors say has fallen into disrepair.


Bullard noted SGA is currently absorbing the costs of Webster's Readership Program, which furnishes students with free copies of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and USA Today. He said SGA plans to seek funding for the program from various departments that use the newspapers in their curriculum.


"As a journalism major, the Readership Program has been beneficial to me," Bullard said. "And I imagine it is also helpful to people majoring in international relations, political science, etc."


Other goals include making Connections more functional for students and faculty, increasing communication with the administration and improving accessibility on campus. Secretary Alexandrea Barney, a representative of the accessibility committee, said the voice signals on the crosswalk at Edgar and Garden will be restored in the spring. Barney said the voice signals were removed because they interfered with the traffic lights.


Before the meeting adjourned, Communications Senator Elizabeth Eisele said Webster has re-launched its radio station. Because another station is using the same call letters, Webster's radio station will no longer be called KGLX and is currently looking for a new name, Eisele said. Students are invited to host their own programs.

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