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November 29, 2010

Senate had a very productive meeting today. Below are some of the topics that were discussed at the Senate meeting this evening. 

1. 

Remember that list of issues I told you the Senate will be working to improve? Well they have. Here is a gist of some of the plans discussed at this evening’s meeting:

The Senate prepared for a meeting with Cheif Sparks (The Chief Police) and Terry Cook (Associate Vice President for Administrative Services)

who will provide the Senate with updates regarding parking. They also discussed how to find out more information regarding parking and how to get more student input regarding parking.  After learning and finding out more students’ thoughts regarding parking, the Senate plans to use those issues in order to attempt to improve parking. The issue of  the lack of visitor spots was also presented by residents. 

Senate plans to get student input regarding what will keep them on campus and then use that input to make the commons more lively on weekends.

Senate plans to get more sanitary napkins in bathrooms.

Senate plans to get more furniture for the Retriever Learning Center (the 24/7 portion of the library.) After getting an estimate they will discuss the issue with Finance Board.

Is in correspondence with other organizations such as Black and Gold Council and Office of Student Life for how to increase and improve UMBCSpirit. Some ideas: a rock for organizations to express their spirit, statues with dogs, jackets, school drink, and a wall to spray paint on. 

2.

Naimoi from Student Organization Support gave an update on the works of the Student Support Organization Support Staff:

The SOS is currently:

• Working on creating  club tutorials (mini youtube videos which outlines basic steps describing to start events and clubs
• Creating constitutions for new clubs
• Are in contact with presidents of clubs to see if they need assistance
• Are planning on doing for dinners for representatives of different clubs
• Creating a Wall of Fame
• Creating a template for clubs wishing to get money
• Creating a Catering Policy

and MORE!

GOOD WORK SENATE! 

If you have any ideas, questions, concerns, or comments regarding any of the above issues or other aspects of community (ex. parking, school spirit, library furniture, school safety, sanitariness..etc.), feel free to comment below.

See you next week.

Stay tuned for more information regarding strives made to improve our campus.....

, Anisha Khandelwal

Could it be possible? Is it really the end (please) for the nutty “birther” movement, whose conspiracy theories rejected President Obama was a natural born US citizen?

Looking good!

On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge from Charles Kerchner Jr., a Pennsylvania man who sought to force the president to produce documents regarding his birth and citizenship. This is not the first time the Court has dismissed this absurd question, but USDemoCrazy hopes it will be the last time.

The details of the case are hilarious:

Mr. Kerchner, a man with no background in law or any qualifications to interpret the Constitution for that matter, describes himself on his website as a “genetic genealogy pioneer.” He argues that Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution which states “natural-born citizen,” actually means “someone born in the U.S. to parents who were both American citizens.”

To refresh your memory, the clause in question states: “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

We will now let you, the reader interpret this Constitutional question.

Wait, no we won’t. (Unless you’re a Supreme Court justice, in which case, we’re flattered that you’re reading our blog.)

We think this case is closed.

Learn about the correct way to use the apostrophe, including in design! It’s an interesting read with lots of helpful visuals, not to mention an intriguing history of its misuse. Let us know what you learned!