2008 Woodie Awards
"We are the face of JSU."
Reagan Williams
Issue date: 9/15/05 Section: News
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"This meeting was just to get everyone on the same page," said Vice President of the Student Senate, Justin Lord when Jacksonville State University's Student Government Association met Monday night.
It was their third meeting of the year. The first two meetings were held in April, after the elections for the 2005 - 2006 school year.
Lord, affectionately called J. Lo, is a junior studying finance. His job is to preside over the 35 SGA senators during the Monday night senate meetings.
Kati Richards is Lord's clerk this year. She keeps the minutes of the meeting and performs other secretarial duties.
The Parliamentarian, Rachel McCombs, makes sure that the rules are followed during the meetings.
President of the SGA, Mardracus "Drake" Russell, spoke very fervently about the Jacksonville State University Hurricane Relief Project. During the past two football games, they collected funds for what they are calling the "Quarter 'n' up" program. Together with Dr. William Meehan the SGA has started a committee aimed at helping with the aid of Hurricane Katrina's survivors.
"It [fundraising] isn't going to stop after a week," said Lord.
Russell also spoke of the tailgate party that the SGAs of UAB and JSU will be hosting together at the football game this Saturday. It will begin at 3:00pm at Legion Field. The two associations will work together to raise money to aid the people of New Orleans.
Russell also reminded the Senators to keep their academics up, and he applauded them for their part in welcome week, "the numbers for attendance were dramatic." Lord and Russell, however, cited some members for not fulfilling their duties during welcome week.
In the middle of the meeting the SGA had a photo op in front of Bibb Graves.
When they reconvened, they presented the student bills for the meeting. Old business included SB 14 and SB 27 that remained from last month. Student bills 31 through 38, excluding SB 36, officially inducted new senators. These seven students were appointed over the summer since there were not enough people to fulfill the positions. Bills 39 through 41 inducted new committee heads.
It was their third meeting of the year. The first two meetings were held in April, after the elections for the 2005 - 2006 school year.
Lord, affectionately called J. Lo, is a junior studying finance. His job is to preside over the 35 SGA senators during the Monday night senate meetings.
Kati Richards is Lord's clerk this year. She keeps the minutes of the meeting and performs other secretarial duties.
The Parliamentarian, Rachel McCombs, makes sure that the rules are followed during the meetings.
President of the SGA, Mardracus "Drake" Russell, spoke very fervently about the Jacksonville State University Hurricane Relief Project. During the past two football games, they collected funds for what they are calling the "Quarter 'n' up" program. Together with Dr. William Meehan the SGA has started a committee aimed at helping with the aid of Hurricane Katrina's survivors.
"It [fundraising] isn't going to stop after a week," said Lord.
Russell also spoke of the tailgate party that the SGAs of UAB and JSU will be hosting together at the football game this Saturday. It will begin at 3:00pm at Legion Field. The two associations will work together to raise money to aid the people of New Orleans.
Russell also reminded the Senators to keep their academics up, and he applauded them for their part in welcome week, "the numbers for attendance were dramatic." Lord and Russell, however, cited some members for not fulfilling their duties during welcome week.
In the middle of the meeting the SGA had a photo op in front of Bibb Graves.
When they reconvened, they presented the student bills for the meeting. Old business included SB 14 and SB 27 that remained from last month. Student bills 31 through 38, excluding SB 36, officially inducted new senators. These seven students were appointed over the summer since there were not enough people to fulfill the positions. Bills 39 through 41 inducted new committee heads.