A.S. Meeting #21 — Feb. 16, 2005
Public Input
Eleanor Roosevelt College senior Shira Stanton told the council about the benefits of studying abroad in Israel. Despite the cancellation of the Israeli study abroad program due to security risks, Stanton spent her junior year attending Tel Aviv University. In order to study there, Stanton was required to drop her enrollment from UCSD and directly enroll at TAU. She has since re-enrolled.
Reports
President Jenn Pae
Pae reported that she has submitted a request for $1,000 from Mandated Reserves to hire an attorney to review the pending co-op lease agreement.
Pae also reported that the RIMAC Annex Building Advisory Committee and the RIMAC Advisory Board will soon include student representatives in order to comply with the Student Conduct Code. Currently, each student is paying $92 per quarter for RIMAC and Canyonview Pool without a student-run board.
John Muir College Freshman Senator John Polkinghorne
Polkinghorne reported that the freshman senator barbecue will be held Feb. 18 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sun God Lawn. The event is meant to allow students to meet their representatives.
Old Business
Item A
The council passed a resolution supporting study abroad opportunities in Israel. The program was suspended on April 2, 2002 due to increased violence and a travel advisory from the state department. The A.S. Council asked that the university resume the Education Abroad Program in Israel as soon as possible.
The council also urged Chancellor Marye Anne Fox to direct the International Center to draft a legal waiver to allow students to study in Israel under the Opportunities Abroad Office until EAP resumes the program.
Item D
The council approved a symbolic question on the ballot for the spring quarter election. The question will ask students if they support an A.S. Council that would include equal numbers of college-based and campus-based representatives.
In the same meeting, the council indefinitely tabled or rejected four alternate pieces of legislation designed to put the same issue before the students using different wording.
— Compiled by Patrick Allen
Senior Staff Writer
