SGA passes tailgating bill
A resolution to allow tailgating before and after home basketball games was passed at the Student Government Association meeting Oct. 21. The resolution will now be sent to the University Senate’s Student Affairs Policy Committee to consider in its revision of GCSU’s current Institutional Standards and Administrative Policies.
Senior Senator Billy Grace proposed the resolution with guidelines similar to that of Georgia Tech’s Student Policy on Alcohol and Illegal Drugs.
“(Tailgating) will provide opportunities for students to socialize and show their school spirit,” Grace said.
SGA’s proposed policy resolution will allow tailgating events no earlier than three hours before the women’s games and no later than three hours after the men’s games. The Departments of Parking and Transportation and Public Safety will make any final logistical decision on the location.
The resolution notes that, according to the Department of Athletics, no NCAA or conference policy prohibits alcohol, disregarding age, outside the Centennial Center.
SGA and SAPC both hope to have the new resolutions in place in time for GCSU’s first home game Nov. 16.
Two appropriations bills were also passed in the Wednesday meeting.
The Collegiate Middle Level Association will receive $900 to cover student attendance fees for a conference next month in Indianapolis.
The Max Noah Singers were also allocated $900 for participation in their 2009 Winter Tour scheduled for Dec. 11-15.
More plans to install a campus recycling program are in the works, junior Senator Robert Aycock reported. The Campus Issues Committee is currently working with an off-campus organization that will provide the transportation of recyclable items from a recycling center on campus, if one is designated.
Committee member and sophomore Senator Evan Karanovich is still working on adding additional emergency call boxes around campus. He aims to create a better maintenance schedule to the boxes.
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on Oct 23 2009. Filed under News.
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