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Attendance up at Senate open forum

Preston Goehring

About 20 students attended the open forum last Thursday, and brought up concerns with spending money on movie nights as well as issues around campus to Student Senate President Katrina Hurley.
To show movies on campus that are not for RLA or serve an education purpose require a copyright agreement. The movies “Zootopia” and “Space Jam” would cost $575 to show.
Several students voiced concerns about spending that much money for two movies.
“I honestly think that we can find something better to spend our money on,” one student said.
Hurley did mention that Senate is looking into a company that offers an “umbrella policy” that would cover multiple movies, so a copyright for each movie wouldn’t need to be bought.
For Homecoming, Hurley brought up the idea of bringing in Bongoball and Bubble Soccer to campus for the Tuesday night activity. The event would take place in the NPAC for four hours.
The company, which has been brought to campus before, charges $3,750, plus travel expenses. Hurley thought that it would be around $4,000 total. The idea was well accepted by the students.
Students threw out nominations for the Teacher Excellence award from the Board of Trustees. Joyce Hardy, physical and life sciences professor; Lisette Leesch, justice studies professor; Lorie Hunn, education professor; were among those nominated from the students.
Hurley then clarified the request of the Social Science Club, who asked for $900, not $2,000 for catering services at an informative political session.
After the planned agenda was covered, students brought up issues they felt needed addressed on campus.
A major issues discussed was the lack of parking. Students felt that there is not enough parking for the dormitory buildings, or resident parking passes. One student also brought up that there is a lack of visitor parking.
Other issues included making the campus more handicap accessible and elevator issues in Kent Hall. Hurley thanked the students for sharing their thoughts and said she would relay them to Senate.