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Archive for the ‘Opinion’ CategoryIt’s an interesting perspective to sit on both ends of the financial process. Being both a member of the SBC and an office assistant in the WSA Office, I frequently have the pleasure of helping student group leaders transition from the “requesting” phase to the “getting” phase. Based upon this, I want to [...] A frequent complaint about organizing bodies such as the Wesleyan Student Assembly is how much red tape one must cut through in order to make any real changes within its structure. Indeed, a formal, regimented assembly such as the WSA is full of committees, subcommittees and advisory committees that each have their own set [...] This Sunday at its weekly General Assembly meeting, the WSA will debate and vote on a resolution, co-sponsored by myself and Micah Feiring ‘11, opposing cuts to the University’s financial aid budget. Last Sunday, John Meerts, the Vice President for Finance and Administration, gave a detailed presentation to the WSA about the University’s finances. Many aspects of his presentation included the University’s long-term plans and goals for improving the financial health of our school. It is evident that many good ideas are circulating, but there is one [...] At midnight last night, the results of the first WSA election of the academic year came out. We elected 9 new frosh representatives, 5 new at-large representatives, we approved the chair of the Concert Committee, and we provided input and feedback in our poll. But something was different this time around, and the frosh election [...] You may know that along with each WSA election, we also take a survey. The most recent survey didn’t yield any particularly surprising results, but I’ll discuss a few of the more striking ones here. Also, thanks to Saul for putting together the survey and helping me on this post. I’ve been elected by the Wesleyan student body four times. The first two elections were hotly contested races for class rep – my freshman year there were 15 candidates, and my sophomore year there were 7 candidates – I came in first both times. Last year was a phenomenal and engaging Presidential race, and this [...] News about the vulnerability in Wesleyan’s Gmail came as a shock to many people on campus. It is hard to understand how such a massive and seemingly simple error could happen. As the WSA-ITS Committee Co-Chair, I can guarantee the campus community that ITS is doing its best to learn from this mistake. But I [...] Discussion of the impacts of the increased class size and the steps that have been taken by the WSA in response. |
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November 6, 2009, at 10:59 am 
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