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Hilltop Views | Wednesday February 10? 2010
Events to highlight week
Goat to be unveiled
Continued from page 1
Caroline Wallace
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ward winning the Topper
asander3@stedwards.edu
"It's a fun way for friends Night at 9 p.m. in the alum-
banners will be hung
Avenue entrance to St. Ed- South Congress Avenue
cwallac2@stedwards.edu
Student Government looks to make big changes
Haleigh Svoboda
hsvobod@stedwards.edu
Student Life until Feb. 10.
More information on other
Students
teams earn
on
to
Cup Trophy just by coming Homecoming events can be
siveness exist such as mem-
bers following the orders of
superiors.
"We can’t write into law
that [SGA members] have
to be nice to each other,” Peal
said. “I can write into law
how [SGA members] relate
to each other because of how
[they] are appointed.”
S.B. 04 would go into ef-
fect in the 2010-2011 school
year unless SGA President
Meghan Kuentz vetoes the
bill and it is not overridden.
fan points to-
can help other game and competitions with
..
celebrations.
"We’re trying to paint the
campus with spirit and cam-
pus pride,” Woolery said.
A fireworks display on
the front lawn of the Main
Building will wrap up the
festivities the night of Feb.
20.
"It’ll be a special edition to
celebrate 125 years,” Wool-
ery said.
Students can register their
teams for Homecoming
.n~
ward’s. The Homecoming announce the Homecoming
found on the St. Edward’s
Web site.
to come together to do silly
stuff,” Woolery said.
Homecoming festivities
start on the morning of Feb.
14, when students can cheer
on the Austin Marathon
runners who will be run-
ning by the South Congress
Kickball Tournament will
also take place on Feb. 14
on the practice soccer field
from 1-4 p.m. Students, fac-
ulty and alumni are invited
out and supporting them.
"Fan points help a lot,” she
said.
The Feb. 19 events at
Homecoming will include
a Pep Rally at 2:30 p.m. in
the RCC as well as Casino
board and the senate.
Executive Sen. Zac Peal,
who proposed the bill, said
this bill would clarify which
candidates are running for
each position.
“This is a maneuver to un-
derstand who you are voting
for in two people instead of
potentially ten,” Peal said, "If
you don't understand what
you are voting for, it is not
legitimate.”
Sophomore Sen. Alex Si-
mons said she believes the
bill would increase cohesive-
ness of the senate.
“We are supposed to make
things better on campus,” Si-
mons said. "We can’t do that
if we cannot work together.”
ni gym.
Woolery said that the goal
of the Homecoming cel-
ebration is to celebrate St.
Edward's. Hoof prints will
be painted on the streets
around campus and large
20 pages that we go under,”
Duke said.
S.B. 05 passed with little
discussion, and S.B. 07 was
moved to the Intergovern-
mental Affairs committee.
S.B. 04: SGA Moderniza-
tion Act of 2009 would es-
tablish the office of the vice
president and would make
the three existing vice presi-
dential slots into chair posi-
tions.
The office of the vice presi-
dent would also be the presi-
dent of the SGA Senate and
would remain as an elected
position. The vice president
would appoint the three
chairs, which would be vot-
ing members of the executive
Vice President of Student
Representation Alexis Kon-
evich urged the Senate to vote
against the bill, saying that if
a representative of one class
is appointed to a chair posi-
tion than that class would be
short one senator.
The candidates appointed
to the chair positions must
be elected members of the
Senate with two consecutive
semesters of experience in
SGA.
The bill would have the
chairs serve 10 office hours
a week compared to the 15
hours served by the current
vice presidents.
Konevich also said that
other ways to increase cohe-
cumulation of different con-
flicts and challenges we have
had in the past three years,”
said Christopher Duke, vice
president of Intergovern-
mental Affairs.
At the beginning of each
academic year, SGA goes
through a constitutional re-
view.. The last time that stu-
dents voted to approve a con-
stitution was in 1999. The
proposed new constitution is
four pages long.
"My hope is that by pass-
ing this new cleaner version
of the constitution, we can
have a very clean bill that stu-
dents can understand for the
first time as opposed to ask-
ing where something is in the
well as enter to win T-shirts
and prizes.
“Even if you’re not com-
peting on a team, it doesn't
mean that you shouldn’t
show up,” Woolery said.
Wep
M“ .
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ing events,” Woolery said, to watch the game and cheer
“We’re hoping that this year on the teams competing for
will be bigger and better the Topper Cup Trophy as
than ever.”
In honor of the universi-
ty's 125th year anniversary,
Student Life will introduce
the 125 Service Challenge
Feb. 15 at the Homecom-
ing Kickoff on Ragsdale
Lawn. The challenge invites
students, alumni and fac-
ulty members to take part in
75,000 community service
hours this year.
The kickoff will allow
students to sign up for the
challenge, vote for Mr. and
Mrs. SEU and participate
in games and raffles.
The Student Government
Association made significant
changes to its constitution
during a Senate meeting Feb.
4.
The changes, which include
Senate Bill 05, Senate Bill
07 and Senate Bill 04, will
change the way the organiza-
tion is run.
S.B. 05 would add a stu-
dents’ bill of rights to the
proposed constitution while
S.B. 07: Constitution Refer-
endum would allow students
to vote to instate the pro-
posed constitution during
this spring’s SGA elections.
"These concepts are an ac-
" We’re trying to incor-
porate the celebration of
125 years into Homecom-
leM ;
A new member of the St.
Edward’s University commu-
nity will be making his debut
at the Homecoming tailgate
party Feb. 20.
Pax, a two-year-old domes-
tic Angora goat will be taking
on the role of Topper.
Pax belongs to University
Police Department Lt. Dan
Beck, who purchased the
goat with the hopes of en- Caroline Wallace
couraging school spirit. Pax, Lt. Dan Beck s goat
Beck and his wife are St.
Edwards alumni, and they "Its just student-oriented,
said the goat is an alumni gift student-driven. Beck said,
to the student body. "It'l depend on what the
But while Pax will be as- students want and what the
suming the role of Topper at administration wants."
campus events, Beck is quick Beck said UPD also plans
to point out that he is not an on using Topper as a crime
official university mascot, prevention animal a la Me-
"I'm not expecting anything Gruff the Crime Dog.
from the university," he said. "People might not want
"I own him, I feed him, and to come over and talk about
I'm responsible for him. He's how to keep their bicyces
not going to be living on cam- from being stolen " he said;
pus, and there's not going to "But, theyl come over and
be goat poop everywhere." listen to us talk while theyre
Beck wants to make Topper playing with Topper."
available to student organiza- Beck hopes that his goat
tions and their events, as well will be an asset for the St
as for many other roles. Edward's community, and
many students are looking
forward to his presence.
“I am so excited,” Fresh-
man Kyle Nigro said. "This
is exactly what the school
needs to bring athletics to a
new level and raise spirit on
campus.”
Sophomore Kadence
Hampton agrees that having
a Topper is a good idea.
"I just want to meet him,”
she said. "I’m really excited
for a living, breathing Top-
per. I think it will increase
school spirit among the stu-
dent body.”
Beck is hopeful that the do-
mestic goat will adapt well to
crowds and be comfortable
visiting campus.
And while Beck’s primary
reason for bringing Topper
to campus is to make college
life more fun for the students
at St. Edward’s, competition
may play a slight role.
"Those people on the oth-
er side of the river, they’ve
got their longhorn,” he said.
"Well by golly, we’ve got us
a Topper if we want to have
him.”
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