Student Government
Business and Finance Co.
The Committee on Business and Finance will add to the restricted assets or liquidate these assets as necessary on a yearly basis according to the stipulations of subsection b. of this section. This will be done at the spring budget meetings of the Committee on Business and Finance for the consideration of the yearly allocations. These funds can be allocated only in an emergency situation. If the committee decides an emergency situation exists, and recommends an allocation of these funds be made, Council must approve the allocation by a two-thirds vote of its membership.Campus Senate
The Senate is the principal legislative body of the campus government concerning extracurricular matters. Its functions are 1) to serve as a forum where students, faculty, and administrators communicate and consider matters of general concern to the College; 2) to work with the Student Council to establish as they deem necessary subsidiary bodies to promote student self-government in the areas of social organizations, classes, and living units; 3) to establish regulatory boards for the supervision of campus activities; and 4) to legislate within the jurisdiction of the campus government rules for the regulation of student life and extracurricular activities. The Senate is composed of eleven student representatives, five faculty members, a representative from the provost's office, and three student affairs administrators; one student and a faculty representative serve together as co-chairs. The President of the College, an ex-officio member, must ratify any legislative act of the Senate in order for it to become college policy (see Article II of the constitution for additional information).
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First-Year Council
The First-Year Council is composed of an Executive Board: five building presidents, one of whom is the second representative to Student Council, one class representative to the Senate, and one class representative to Student Council; and five Residence Hall Committees, one representative from each hall/wing in each first-year residence hall. These groups meet on alternate weeks, with the Executive Board serving as the link between the two groups. The two main purposes of the Residence Hall Committees are: 1) to address building-specific issues, and 2) to provide special events for the buildings. First-year students should approach either the president of their building or their specific hall representative with questions, comments, or suggestions.Student Council
The Student Council, the official representative body for student discussion, organization, and action is composed of one representative from the three upper classes and the presidents of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes who are elected in the spring; one first-year representative elected in the fall; and the eight executive officers of the Council: the president, the vice presidents for student life and academic affairs, the chair of the Housing and Grounds Committee, the treasurer, the communications director, and the president of the First-Year Council. The student co-chair of Senate is an ex-officio member of Council. The chair of Student Lectureships, the chair of Social Board, and the chair of the Security and Safety Committee report to Student Council on a regular basis. The functions of the Council are to formulate and express officially student views concerning affairs of the College; to recognize legitimate student activities, enterprises, organizations, and social events and to supervise their operations; and to administer elections, appointments, and removals by impeachment for all student offices in the campus government.
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