The Associated Student Government President’s Cabinet meeting on Monday, Feb. 11 involved discussion about bringing the Literary Review and Greek Life into Student Life.
The Criterion proposed to give the Literary Review and Greek Life breathing room; pledging money to give both organizations a place to call their own.
“We’re, in my opinion, family when it comes to the printed word,” Editor in Chief Christopher DeLeon said, regarding the Literary Review, “and I think it’s a travesty that they’re relegated to the closet. At the same time, Greek Life feels like they’re not a part of things. I think it’s essential for the function of Student Life that we bring everybody in, that we give them their space and let them feel a part of this.”
The members of the cabinet spent time talking about the logistics of the plan. Someone even suggested blowing out one of the walls of the University Center and building a new office space. In the end, they left resolving to fix the issue by first communicating with their respective organizations at their separate meetings, while tabling it in the meantime. The project was dubbed the “Organization Inclusion Act.”
In other news, Horizon Magazine just got their first drafts of this semester’s issue in, and are thinking about a launch date of Earth Day, Apr. 22. KMSA is planning a casino-style night event sometime in April. As for CMU-TV, they’re getting going on their show Nitty Gritty. MavRides is working on getting AAA, and a new vacuum, since they’ve had some rather unpleasant incidents where cleaning up the cars was a necessary chore.
The Club Advisory Board (CAB) is looking forward to Feb. 21, the date of the Club Fair.
The Literary Review is doing their last batch of edits and finishing up the latest issue, having requested 900 copies, both in soft and hardcover. Greek Life welcomed over a dozen new members. Funding was approved for the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) to go to conference in California for the LGBTQ meeting. They’re also in discussions for a fashion show on Saturday, Mar. 2. The Sustainability Council is busy working on their Earth Week events as well.
Women’s Sports reported that Women’s Swimming has their RMAC championship the week of Feb. 11, as the number nine team in the nation. In wrestling, Sierra Brownton is the first All American for the Maverick program, which started last semester.
Women’s Lacrosse is ranked third in the Coaches Poll, and 19th in the Nike Preseason Poll for Division II. Tennis is ranked second in the RMAC currently, while Christian Kirby is looking to honor her title of Preseason Player of the Year. Women’s Basketball is already in the postseason, though their 17-game win streak was lost to Westminster. It’s now a race for the first seed with Westminster for the playoffs.
