Sunday, January 21, 2007
ASUC preview
I'm going to try to do a weekly preview of ASUC bills coming before the Senate in future weeks. My information is sort of limited, since I'm not the kind of person who can justify spending hours at ASUC meetings for routine purposes, and the minutes take a long time to get posted, but usually the ASUC posts the bill packets shortly after the meeting they are proposed, which is a week before they can be voted on. If any senators want to help me out a bit by providing me info so I don't have to rely on the ASUC website (which is never timely), feel free to do so.
This week, we have:
A Bill In Support Of Removing Impediments to Students' Education: Sponsored and authored by Senator David Wasserman, this bill seeks to provide $500 to two students through the "ASUC Removing Impediments to Students' Education (RISE) Scholarship." I think it's for students who try and fail to get aid through the FAFSA, but are still sort of poor. Presumably, the program will seek to get more stable funding so that it can grow. Also, the bill has some stuff about writing letters to governing folks asking them to give more money to students. Meh. Giving students money is nice, I guess, though I'm obviously a bit concerned as to just how fair a selection committee of four senators and the AAVP can be, considering the patronage and cronyism that runs rampant in the ASUC.
A Bill in Support of the IEEE Lab: Dwight Asuncion and Vincent Law are sponsoring this bill to get funding from the ASUC to build an EECS lab that is student-run and more accessible than the classroom labs, so folks can play with electronics and stuff.
A Resolution Commemorating Dean A. Richard Newton: For those of you who don't check your e-mail too carefully, Engineering Dean Richard Newton died over winter break.
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