ASUSU Executive Council holds final meeting for 2002, revises charters
Associated Students of Utah State University President Celestial Bybee sat on a throne for the final Executive Council meeting of 2002 on Tuesday night.
As ASUSU’s Aggie of the Week, Bybee sat on the red and gold Santa throne throughout the night as charters were approved and legislation was debated. Aggie of the Week is an internal Executive Council program designed to recognize the student leaders and boost morale.
Before beginning to deal with the administrative parts of the meeting, Bybee said it was important for everyone to attend the public forum about Tier II Tuition that President Kermit L. Hall will be conducting Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom. She said the forum will be the only chance for students to voice their opinions about the proposed increases.
Bybee said $1 million was anonymously donated to the university this week to provide scholarships for sophomores and juniors.
For the second time, Matt and Andrea Ekins presented a proposal to create a Service and Academic Student Scholarship. The minimum grade point average requirement for this scholarship is proposed to be a college career cumulative of 3.2. Andrea said there are few scholarships available for students who serve while in college but maintain a GPA between 3.2 and 3.6. The proposed scholarship would award $1,000 to its winners. Half of the awarded money would be given to the recipient at the beginning of each semester during the school year.
In debating student service achievements, Mike Brockbrader, vice president of Organizations and Traditions, said it is difficult to gauge an act of service against a good GPA.
“Achievement for me is different than achievement for somebody else,” he said.
Natural Resource Senator Dax Mangus proposed a bill that would show ASUSU’s support for using recycled paper in all of the public-access computer labs on campus. Mangus said nearly 500 students have signed a petition showing their support of the action.
Four charters expressing office mission statements were approved by the Executive Council. Extension Vice President Kelly Mendenhall presented a charter for his office and for other extension offices. Science Senator Jeffrey Leek presented a charter for his office. Arts and Lectures Vice President Julie Dethrow presented her office’s charter, as well. All four of the charters had grammatical changes made to them.
–jonryan@cc.usu.edu