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April 12, 2005
News Briefs
HIRC elects sophomore as new president
Hamline Inter-Residence Council (HIRC) elected their next president with 10 votes.
Sophomore Morgan Stemberger defeated senior Graham Lampa by three votes. Lampa’s seven votes were all write-ins, current HIRC president senior Jon Guyer said.
Stemberger said she is nervous about the position and is currently unsure of what she will do as president. Guyer and Stemberger both said they were confused about why only one candidate applied for the position. Like last year, Guyer said, there was only one candidate on the ballot.
Stemberger has been involved with HIRC through Manor Hall Council, worked toward creating the current GLBTIA community in Drew Hall, and assisted in a “gender-blind” room assignment possibility.
The voting was held at during the two room-draw sessions during the week of March 27 through April 2.
HUSC votes down student art, does not get to voting amendment
HUSC last Tuesday rejected a capital improvement resolution to purchase three pieces of student art.
The artwork, which CLA students would have selected through a viewing and voting process, was to be put on display in Bush Library. HUSC would have purchased the top three vote-getting pieces for $750, $250 and $250.
The resolution needed a two-thirds majority of voting HUSC roll call members to pass, but failed 18-10 with four abstentions.
In other HUSC news, the assembly failed to get to a new by-law amendment proposal, the Student Representative Accountability Amendment. If passed, the SRAA would give HUSC council members (those on roll-call) one vote, while non-representative CLA students would get zero votes. Currently,
HUSC council members get two votes, and non-representative CLA students get one vote. In addition, the by-law would make voting records available to the public.
It is currently unclear if the assembly will ever vote on the amendment, as Special Orders, the portion of general assembly in which new by-law amendments are brought up, was moved to next-to-last in the agenda.
Economic Affairs Committee chair senior Anne Wetter was responsible for the agenda adjustment, as she proposed the special rule of order (a motion to change a procedure in HUSC), which was passed by a majority of the assembly.
The next HUSC meeting is today at 11:15 in GLC 100E.
-Compiled by staff
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Posted by msveum at April 12, 2005 03:54 PM
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