Tag: Senate Briefs

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Four for You, Glenn Coco III! _x000D_ In the final Senate meeting of the year, Senators were given a chance to give an update on their accomplishments of the year and ongoing projects that will continue into next semester. Some highlights: Commissioner

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ I-Lock, He/She/It-Lock, We Lock, They Lock…What’s missing? _x000D_ In their final meeting before Thanksgiving break, the ASPC Senate turned its attention to a serious issue on campus: bike theft. Campus Safety has been working to fix the situation by raising awareness through

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ ASPC Senate Makes Unprecedented $400,000 from Plant Sale _x000D_ Just kidding. They only made $401.65 from their recent plant sale, but it’s not really a hugely impressive number so I exaggerated the headline to get you to read this. _x000D_ Hide yo’

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Culture not a Costume _x000D_ Before last weekend’s Halloween festivities (and transports) got underway, the ASPC Senate had a conversation about the “Culture not a Costume” movement that aimed to bring awareness of stereotyping in Halloween costumes to the Claremont Colleges. As

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Statements for Justice _x000D_ Given the recent developments in the Workers for Justice (WFJ) situation (FMI: go read every issue of TSL ever) and the administration’s response to the WFJ request from two weeks

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_   _x000D_ _x000D_ LOOK! Democracy! _x000D_ _x000D_             Commissioner of Communications_x000D_ Jesse Pollak PO ’15 reported to the Senate last week that TurboVote, an online_x000D_ voter registration program, had registered around 140 new

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Meet the New Boss, Just as Unknown as the Old Boss _x000D_ Newly elected Senators joined the ASPC Senate meeting last week, marking their monumental first step on a journey to maybe get something done by next year. The new senators include

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Student-Trustee Retreat: Let’s Talk (but not that much) _x000D_ Before this week’s ASPC Senate meeting got into full swing, President Sarah Appelbaum PO ’13 brought up the upcoming annual Student-Trustee Retreat, which will be held Friday, Oct. 4, in Hahn 101 from

Bob Robinson: Redefining “Fashionably Late” since 2011     This week’s Senate meeting set a Guinness World Record (source not found) for shortest ASPC meeting in the last 100 years, largely due to the absence of Director of Campus Services Bob Robinson. ASPC President Nate Brown mentioned at the beginning of

Not All Status Updates Are Created Equal After approving the minutes from last week’s meeting, President Nate Brown ’12 gave the floor to various committee heads to present updates on their progress. Senior Class President Carrie Henderson ’12 misheard Brown and thought he had asked her to update her Facebook