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New program helps students
tackle Capstone classes
to vote on whether they want
the constitution to change.
S.B. 15 removes most of the
legislative branch, which is
comprised of senators head-
ed by the vice president. Two
of the bills were approved for
final passage at the March 10
senate meeting, which means
one of them is up for referen-
dum.
The first bill, S.B. 14, is pro-
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Professor Laura Issen instructs an American Dilemmas class. American Dilemmas and
Capstone students can now receive help from the Mission Course Resource Center.
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The St. Edwards Univer-
sity Student Government
Association is beginning a
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eventually reduce the num-
ber of senators and remove
their classifications.
At the same March 10 senate
meeting that inducted three
new senators, Vice President
Noah Corn announced that
SGA is attempting to down-
size the legislative branch
and restructure the executive
branch. The changes, if ap-
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structural overhaul that will body on April 4.
the program to the Reten-
tion Committee, which then
proposed it to Marianne
Hopper, dean of University
Programs, and Todd On-
derdonk, American Dilem-
mas course coordinator. The
program is an attempt to
increase the number of stu-
dents who graduate from St.
Edwards within six years.
“One of the things we’ve
[the Retention Committee]
looked at has been courses
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Anna Whitney
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A new program at St. Ed-
ward’s University provides
free one-on-one tutoring for
Capstone and American Di-
lemmas students.
University Programs cre-
ated the Mission Course
Resource Center in Febru-
ary as a pilot program.
Capstone director Profes-
sor Cory Lock suggested
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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■ ■ restructure ourselves. It’s
for the student body.”
proved by the student body, erendum. Currently, 23 senators com-
will go into effect for the fall Peal has been in charge of prise the legislative branch,
semester. The judicial branch writing the four bills and There are eight senators for
- the Student Court of Ap- explaining them to the IGA the classes, 11 senators for
peals - is remaining as it is. committee and then to the the residence halls and apart-
"It’s not for us that we re- senate. ments, and five senators for
structure ourselves," Corn Three of the four bills alter- the academic schools.
said at the meeting. "It’s for ing SGA’s structure affect the With S.B. 15, anyone can
run for the East Hall sena-
tor position or for any of the
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Intergovernmental Affairs qualifications to run for sena-
committee, said at the March tor. The other bill that affects
6 IGA meeting that mak- the legislative branch, S.B.
ing the changes instantly is 17, removes senator titles
impossible because of the - class, residence hall, and
SGA constitution. Struc- school - so that senators uni-
rural changes require con- versally represent students at
stitutional changes, which large. It will be up for final
students can vote for in the passage at the March 31 sen-
spring elections through ref- ate meeting.
that students find chal-
lenging, and Capstone and
American Dilemmas were
two of these courses," Lock
said. “The primary goal of
the MCRC is to serve these
students who are struggling
with Capstone and Ameri-
can Dilemmas and are at
risk of having to take the
course more than once."
Sr. Donna Jurick, execu-
other positions, as Peal ex-
plained at the IGA meeting.
“You don’t have to live in
East Hall to run for the East
Hall senate seat," Peal said.
“If you know more people
in East Hall than your com-
petition and win, you can be
that senator. It matters more
about who you connect with
than what your qualifications
are."
He said his thinking behind
S.B. 15 was to make the elec-
tions more competitive,
the student body."
Com said the intention be-
hind the changes is to make
SGA, which has received
criticism in the past for its
lack of student outreach,
more efficient and more able
to respond to students.
The structural overhaul will
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photography majors put
take place in a step-by-step cedural. It makes the other
process, with four bills gradu- three bills possible by creat-
ally making the changes over ing a constitutional referen-
the course of three weeks and dum on the spring elections
spring elections introducing ballot. Students will be able
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