Deyhim’s Apology
Michael Deyhim, former Student Government (SG) presidential candidate,
spoke to the Senate, stating, “Ed Wolf is proposing positive change to the
[SG] bylaws and… this change is a testament to the excellence of RIT.”
Constitutional Reform
Changes have been made to the SG Constitution. SG President Ed Wolf
and many other members of the Senate have revised and updated many
parts of the document and to create new elected positions. “We are very
satisfied with the changes we have made and up until recently, there were
still problems with the document,” Wolf said. Said Representative at Large,
Matt Danna, “What we did was take every component of SG and grouped
them together in logical groups. We’ve also created a new position called
Director of Student Affairs, who will serve as a liaison between SG and the
student body.” Director of Programming Kayla Himelein stated, “I think
reorganization has been needed, and creating correct categories will help
SG as a whole.” Some, such as CAST Senator Daniel Martin, appeared
skeptical that a certain position would be beneficial: “I’m concerned with
the name ‘Director of Recognition.’ I’m not sure the name serves the purpose.”
Noted Reporter representative Jen Loomis, “I would like to see better
communication between SG and Reporter, which has had problems in the
past.” The Senators then critiqued each section.
Sophomore Experience
Mike D’Arcangelo, Director of the Center for Campus Life, gave a presentation
which focused on “The Sophomore Experience.” “I really appreciate
you taking the time to listen to me today but what’s most important is
me taking the time to listen to you,” D’Arcangelo said. “What we want to
do is get your general experiences of your sophomore year through an
interactive exercise.” D’Arcangelo and four associates passed out slips of
paper to the Senate that asked what year they are now and rank what their
best year was at RIT based on the number of years they attended. Through
this method, he hopes to study how RIT has either positively or negatively
affected student experiences. D’Arcangelo noted, “This is a challenging
exercise to promote critical thinking. Our goal is to study what we can do
for sophomore students and focus on individual experiences.”
Four topics were covered during the post-presentation discussion, freshman-
sophomore year class curriculum, connections with friends, satisfaction
with services, and any other issues important to sophomore
experiences. After the Senate had filled out their slips of paper, they split
into four groups to discuss the topics individually. D’Arcangelo noted,
“We’ve being doing research with other departments to find where we can
obtain recommendations.” Dr. Boice-Pardee, SG Advisor stated, “I think
this is a really important prospect as we look forward to the growth and
development of RIT.”
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