Report on last week's SGA assembly
Monday, March 24, 2008, 23:55 EST
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When Hinkle celebrated its 80th birthday on March 7, its fans were as true and diverse as ever. The crowds, the athletes and even famed speakers and royalty have spent many a game in the fieldhouse on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
In its entire splendor, though, the gray hairs are beginning to show. In the next year, Butler will spend approximately $750,000 on renovations. A controversial reaction is often the initial response to much of our history’s art that later becomes iconic, Michael Kammen said at the Leadership through the Arts Forum at Butler University’s Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall Thursday night. Easter cheer was spread around Butler’s campus last week as children from the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI) came for the classic “egg hunt.” The celebration was held on March 19 from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Delta Gamma house.
The women of Delta Gamma hunted eggs and worked on crafts with 30 of the children from the school and later dined on corn dogs, macaroni and cheese and cupcakes. A small group of students explored their interests and possible careers at the “What Should I Do with My Life” workshop on March 19 in Jordan Hall. The workshop, consisting of students from all grade levels, was led by Butler career exploration adviser Kathy Matthies. P.A.W.S. (Peers Advocating Wellness for Students) hosted “Everything you Didn’t Learn in High School” on March 18. About 30 students gathered together to ask and answer Butler students’ most frequently asked questions about sex education. “Who in this room thinks getting a job is about who you know?” asked Vernon Cheek, the assistant director of public relations for the Indianapolis Colts.
Naturally everyone in the room raised their hands, nodding in agreement. “You’re wrong,” Cheek said. Everyone looked around confused… “It’s about who knows you.”
Cheek, along with four other panelists, gave advice and answered questions for a room full of students at the Learning Resource Center’s “Careers in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations” discussion.
The group, established in 2003 and comprised of 13 male students, plans to sell the new album to students for $10 when it is finished.
The assembly also approved additional grants to benefit Colleges Against Cancer’s Relay for Life and the International Studies Club.
The fifth annual 16-hour Relay for Life benefits the American Cancer Society and will be held April 18-19 in the Health and Recreation Complex. The grant money will go toward food and games for participants throughout the event.
The International Studies Club will use grant money to have an international film festival week sometime next month. The club, comprised of 72 students, plans to show a different film each night of the week from various cultures as well as offer food from that particular film’s geographical area.
The grants committee will be meeting on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Atherton Union Room 201. Vice president of finance Kalin Clifford said students seeking grants for organizations should take advantage of the fundraising binder available in the SGA H.U.B. (Helping Unite Butler) near C-Club. For help with grant eligibility, contact Clifford at kcliffor@butler.edu.
The annual Spring Sports Spectacular is quickly approaching, and will kick off a variety of campus events and Greek philanthropies in the month of April.
The all-night event starting on March 29 benefits the Special Olympics, and on Tuesday students can go to Bazbeaux Pizza in Broad Ripple where a portion of their dining cost will go toward the event.
Also on March 29, the men of Sigma Nu invite all students to buy a T-shirt benefiting their annual SNUper Bowl, formerly called World Vision Bowl. T-shirts will be sold in Starbucks all week, and proceeds go toward Habitat for Humanity.
Comedian Zach Galifianakis is coming to the Reilly Room on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Admission is free for Butler students with an ID.
Also available to Butler students now are tickets for hip-hop artist Common, who will be at Clowes Hall on April 3. Tickets are on sale to the public for $15 or $25.
Though the election for the new SGA president has been put on hold while appeals are investigated, current president Laura Michel encourages students to be thinking about their 2008-09 involvement. Students can access the student government Web site to contact specific co-chairs about the details of their positions. Applications for executive positions will be available after the presidential election.
Students can vote in another ballot in the SGA Presidential elections from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Friday with the voting link on the SGA Web site. Joey Groot, Alex Olympidis and Ryan Waggoner comprise the three candidates. The original election results were nullified due to a violation of the election guidelines by one or more of the candidates.
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