Organizations on campus discussed how to help students with off-campus living among other topics during the President’s Cabinet Meeting on Nov. 8.
The general manager of KMSA, Mia Shumway Fairbanks, brought up issues of off-campus living for students at Colorado Mesa University (CMU). Fairbanks said there should be a position created to help student tenants fight for real-estate and leasing rights.
“If they feel like they are being taken advantage of by a landlord, they can just talk with someone at the school about the situation,” Fairbanks said. “Obviously students don’t have the funds to pay for lawyers in this situation.”
After Quaid Hamilton, CMU TV’s General Manager, Associated Student Government (ASG) President Beau Flores and Devan DeFreece, the leader of group life, discussed recent rental horror stories, Flores said he would ask John Marshal about the new potential position.
Flores will also meet with the presidents of different colleges in Colorado to discuss issues around campus.
“We’re talking about Proposition CC, the whole diversity. I think every school struggles with it, and I think the bigger ones struggle a little harder when it comes to inclusion. That’s one thing we’re going over,” Flores said.
CMU TV, KMSA Radio and The Criterion all mentioned problems with giving or receiving funds, and Flores said he would work with someone in Foundation to fix this problem. Additionally, all organizations were promised a printed distributions of their funding.
Hamilton asked Flores who decides ASG’s budget. The answer was ASG.
”We’re going to reflect what we want to see in real life,” Flores said.
If students want to see how their funding is distributed, they must ask the director of student life on campus, Shanae Mundee.
In other news, Sustainability Council Vice President, Ian Thomas, brought up adding a new position of “full time sustainability council” to their constitution to compete with other universities. Sustainability Council will have a trivia night at Kopeka Coffee on Nov. 14, the same day as the Horizon Magazine Launch.
Editor in Chief of The Criterion, Chris DeLeon, discussed The Criterion and the Justice League of Hope’s Halloween dance and mentioned the Men in Heels race in April. April is also Sexual Assault Prevention (SAP) month and all proceeds at the event will be given to the victims’ of sexual assault.
April will have several events for CMU students, with Pinon Palooza, the Hawaiian Barbeque on April 4 and the Spring Concert on April 25.
CMU TV reviewed their launch party from October and discussed the new general manager position being filled by Brenna Rhines.
“Even though it was a paid event, we succeeded by tabling the amount of guests. We sold out. And keeping it at a price that is fair to students [made the event successful],” Hamilton said.
Fairbanks discussed a future change to charge for their DJ services.
Faith Wood, the head of Club Advisory Board (CAB), brought up OrgSync and asked the other organization leaders what they would recommend. The general census was to get a new system or an updated version of OrgSync. A revised version of OrgSync will be employed for the 2020 school year.
