Page 6 —Thursday, November 6,2003
SGA Minutes
JOCELYN WOLFE
Staff Writer
The Student Government Asso
ciation met on Monday, October 20th
in tJie loft of Union Station. Their tlrst
item of business was to discuss Na
tional Alcohol Awareness Week.
Their contribution to the week is
tlie promotion and mnning of‘'Fatid
Vision”. ITiis was an activity, sponsored
by the Police and Public Safety Depart
ment on Wednesday October 23rd
from 11-1:30 in the Bems Student
Center. Activities allowed students to
go tlirough various stations, obstacle
courses, and field sobriety tests with
goggles equivtilent to having five drinks.
Dean Blanc commented that 3,600
college students will be dead by May
and 25 students are suspended per year
at Methodist College due to the
influence of alcohol.
SGA next had Coach Blake as a
guest speaker to discuss concerns and
issues brought to her attention by
representatives of the student body.
Some concerns included SGA's
reputation among students, detachments
and obvious boundaries between
students and athletes. Some studejits do
not feel their voices am tmly be heard
by SGA. The Student Government
Association would like to note that their
meetings are always held on Monday
evenings at 9:lX) pm in Union Station
and they are open to any member of the
student body to come and voice
opinioas or concerns. They will be
distributing a survey, not only to resi
dential but to commuter and non-
traditional students as well, to hopefully
determine some opinions on how to
make Methodist College a better place.
Elections were next held to
e.stablish internal SGA officers. Tabetha
Foy received the position of President
Pro-Tempore, Parlimentarian is now
Becki Buck, and Christi Noble re
ceived the role of Clerk. These officers
were then sworn in.
They next voted on ideas for
phrases and desigtis for the official
SGA long-sleeved t-shirt. Their slogan
will be -‘Can WE fix it? Yes WE Can”
and they will be known as the Student
Government Maintenance Crew. Tliis
will hopefully tx; something to help raise
awareness of who the members of
SGA are and whom students can come
to if they have problems or ideas.
Danielle Smith was given ideas for
her trip to Wrighlsville Beach to meet
with the Board of Trustees. Suggestions
included upgrading residence halls,
online classes, more lighting on campus,
parking, and having the college provide
a transit system to on-campus students
without vehicles.
Homecoming representatives
were next voted on and Danielle Smith
and Johnathan Sherman will be SGA’s
candidates.
A follow up on the Jesse James
Woodcutting Project noted that 10
truckloads of wood for the winter were
distributed to 10different families.
On October 27, the SGA met in
Union Station at 9 p.m. President
Danielle Smith discussed her trip where
she spoke to the Tmstees. Shauna Bunn
represented the First Year Experience
Program and Becki Buck also at-
policies in the next five months tliat will
be implemented at Methodist Cbllege
for the next five years, so Dean Blanc
stressed the importance of these girls’
visits to WrigliLsville.
The Student Govemment Asso
ciation will be judging the Pumpkin
Carving contest that Professor Truesdeli
is holding for faailty.
The next item of business was the
voting on two new fi'dtemities at
Methodist Col lege. Phi Alpha Theta is a
Histor>' National Honor Scxriety that
was approved to be an accredited
fratemit)'. Phi Alpha Gamma was tabled
until tiirther review of their cxjnstitiition.
There were disagreements with the
stcitement that the fraternity will hold
meetings off campus that have iilrohol
for those over 21. SGA will be typing
;ind revising their own constitution ;is
well.
Cbmmittee Updates: Public
Safety and Security- Keva Wilson
spoke with Lt. Douglas and others on
getting the identifiaition system of
students changed from using their Social
Security numbers to iinother numbering
system. Food and Beverage- A group
continued on page 7
“Flavors of the World” will Return
tended. The Trustees will be making
Kenichi Yokota
Staff Writer
The international club enter
tains you with world's foods on 11/13
at Berns Students Center
At this food event, you can
taste the world dishes in buffet style.
The club prepare foods from more
than 10 countries-including Russia,
Belarus, Bangladesh, Japan, Kenya,
Ghana. Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico.
Variety of foods will line up on the
tables: chicken, beef, pork, rice,
vegitables, and desserts. These food
will taste as .same as they cook at
home.
Sunday Ajayi, member of
international club, .said, “For Ameri
can and international students, this is
the chance to share our cultures
because the ways w'e cook are
different from the way they cook in
America. I encourage everybody to
be there.”
Ajayi will prepare fried rice
and chicken, which is a normal lunch
or dinner meal in Africa. Ajayi said,”It
is a little bit spicy but it tastes really
good.”
When you come to the event,
students dressed up with their tradi
tional clothes will serve you their own
country' food.
There will be a unique music
from various countries. Anatasiya
Zavyalova, member of the interna
tional club, said,”We are planning to
have the band.”
Senior John Arnold attended
“Flavor of the Worid” last fall. Arnold
said, “I think it’s great to have diver
sity at Methodist College. 1 really
enjoyed the ftwd, it was execellent. It
was also fun to hang out with the
professors. You don’t usually get
chance to do that. 1 really enjoyed
myself 1 thought five dollar was really
reasonable. I will definetly go again.”
This year the price is even
cheaper, compared to last fall.
Anastasiya Zavyalova said, “This
year, we are trying to attract more
students.”
The tickets will start selling on
Thursday November 6th, at Berns
Student Center until the event day.
The price is $3 for MC students, and
$6 for others including faculty. Tlic
event starts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday
November 13.
For those who are interested
in the event, you may contact
Anastasiya Zavyalove at 482-5421
for questions about buying a ticket.
StudcHts Need to
fCHOV{f,StiiWereHi7oed
Help the next generation of MC students by telling me
what information you wish you were told before you
arrived here. Nicolette Campos is putting together a
pamphlet to be sent out to new students and she wants
YOUR INPUT!
Bring you idea to the Academic Development Center,
Leave a message at 7033, fax to 7407 or email to
ncampos@methodist.edu
Remember to include your name so credit can be given.