I learned from the recent global email about the housing lottery that there are plans to make Jarvis into the WAR ZONE for next year.

Personally this won’t affect me all that much as I’ll be abroad in the fall anyway, but I do think this is a change that should be considered by the SGA.

There is a great deal of student opposition to this change, including a Facebook group with

rapidly growing membership: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107602262604952&ref=nf

Hopefully the SGA will look into this!

thanks

adam

Hello,

There are  THREE open Vice President positions on the SGA in the Winter Election (which takes place soon after we get back for Spring semester). These positions are an enormous commitment to the SGA:

–Executive Vice President

–Vice President of Multi-Cultural Affairs (MAC)

–Vice President of Finance

Interested in running for a VP spot? Please contact Andrew.Grubin@trincoll.edu as soon as possible.

Join the SGA
Become a Senator At Large
There is an open position!

If you are interested in joining the SGA, please come to the SGA Senate meeting THIS SUNDAY November 8 at 7:15 pm in Hamlin Hall.

Greetings College-Aged Human,

I have decided to send a basic greeting to you from myself, the Elections, Recruitment, and Communications Committee. After all, my purpose is to serve you, Bantam.

If you want to find me, I am in the Cave every Sunday at 6:15 pm. Are you welcome to come? Affirmative.

My current Committee members include:

• Adam Katcher (Chair) – Senator-At-Large
• Dobro Trifonov – Class of 2013 Senator
• Ethiopia Kabtimer -Class of 2013 Senator
• Remy Renault – Class of 2010 Senator
• Lillie Lavado – IDP Senator
• Sarah Thayer – Webmaster

I also have my own page on the Committees tab of this website. Check it out.

Love,

ERC, The “Thing” Itself

SGA Committee

(Philosophically-) Abstract Entity

DOWNLOAD THE ELECTIONS PACKET: SGA Election Packet

Hello everyone,

SGA Elections will be held on Thursday, September 17 through Friday, September 18.  The Fall 2009 election packet is attached to this email.  Election packets and signatures must be turned in to Mather Front Desk by 5:00pm on Monday, September 14.

____________________________________________________________

A note about previously posted versions of the Elections Packet: The lastest version of the election packet has one small change from the previous version; we make it clear that EAC candidates require 50 signatures, whereas before the number of signatures required for that position was not yet listed. Those using one of the election packets posted by me in the past couple days may continue doing so; please just note that EAC candidates require 50 signatures. Sorry for any confusion created by past uploads of the election packet.

DOWNLOAD THE ELECTIONS PACKET: SGA Election Packet

Hello! Here is the updated version* of the Fall 2009 Election Packet.

Give it a try and run for a position on the Student Government Association! Put yourself out there, get involved on campus, and creative positive change on this campus. Join the SGA today!

*(If you’ve already started completing the election packet I uploaded on the website last night, that’s okay. The change added to this updated packet was that the “SGA approval signature” at the top of the signatures page was moved on the packet to avoid possible confusion–this SGA signature is for office use only, as this updated packet makes clear. Thank you to OCL’s Nora Huth for the change).

Here is the Fall 2009 Election Packet.

A message from Campus Safety: 

The CT Department of Public Health has lifted the “boil water advisory” for all affected regions after recent tests have met water quality standards.

In the near future, officials will be conducting the seasonal flushing of the public water supply system.  As a result of these operations, the water may be cloudy or discolored, but this temporary condition does not pose a health hazard.

For more information, visit www.theMDC.com.

Rejoice! I hope this means ice cream in Mather again. 

 –Adam 

An email from campus safety:
“The CT Department of Public Health has issued a “boil water notice” for the City of Hartford and surrounding towns after microorganisms were found in the public water supply.  These microorganisms are not harmful to humans and do not cause any known health effects in drinking water.  However, as a precautionary measure, officials are advising the following until further notice:

For more information, visit the CT Public Health website (http://www.ct.gov/dph) and their FACT SHEET (http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=438906).”

Check your Trinity email for more updates from Campus Safety on this matter.

–Adam

Hey all,

The Tripod covered the SGA Election results on the front page this past Tuesday. Here’s the online version of the Tripod in case you missed the print version:

Grubin Wins Presidency Over Blum

–AK

Hey fellow 2012 ‘ers,

Eat some Coldstone ICE CREAM with our Class on Monday (tomorrow, 4/13).

Come to the Cave Patio at 6:15 pm, and Bring $1 for the 2012 Bantam Fund Class Gift. Also bring the”first-year dollar” invitation you received in your mailbox.

PRESIDENT JONES WILL BE SPEAKING. 

Thanks to Nikki Lustig, our 2012 Class President, and our class officers for putting together this cool event.

See you there tomorrow!

P.S. If you haven’t gotten a first-year shirt you can get one tomorrow.

Hey All,

Krystal’s post about a political science lecture reminded me that Noam Chomsky is coming on Wednesday!

From the Trinity Exchange:

“Noam Chomsky – The Obama Transition; Crises, Challenges, Opportunities
Sponsored by Sociology Department

Date: April 15th, 2009
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Washington Room, Mather Hall

Noam is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is well known in the academic and scientific community as the father of modern linguistics and one of the world’s preeminent political dissident intellectuals. Noam is the author of over a 100 books.

Co-Sponsored by: American Studies, Anthropology, Center for Urban and Global Studies, Dean of Faculty, Educational Studies, History, International Studies, Language and Cultural Studies, Multicultural Affairs, Philosophy, Public Policy and Law and Women, Gender and Sexuality Program.”

^^from Noam Chomsky’s wikipedia page.

Don’t miss out, Chomsky is quite the high-profile guest! To sweeten the deal, I will be there too.

–Adam

Full election results data will be available in The Tripod this Tuesday, and on TrinTV on or after Tuesday night.

Interesting results–check them out on Tuesday!

–Adam

Hey folks fyi there is now an SGA Facebook group you can check out and join, the full title is “My SGA: A Group for Trinity Students.” Thanks to Malcolm Brown (newly elected VP of MAC) for thinking of this idea and bringing it to the ERC Committee.

Most of the info in the My SGA group actually posts links bringing you back here to the SGA Website. The Facebook group doesn’t replace this website, but supports it. While you can get quick info, RSVP to SGA events, and post on the Wall, these sorts of things can also be done on the Website (e.g. Did you know anyone can post on this Blog? It’s easy!) So, join My SGA but don’t forget that the Website is where all the action is!!

Stay connected, everybody.

Hey all,The SGA Debate went really well tonight. The candidates spoke well, our moderators were professional, and the most important technology worked out (Skyping in Bryce–As Professor Cabot stated, this makes it the first intercontinental SGA Debate in our history). I wanted to give some thank you’s to people involved:

• Everyone in ERC and other SGAers involved with planning
• All the candidates
• Brian Castelluccio ‘12
• Christine Guilmartin
• Phil  Duffy & the technology folks
• Toby Chenette, Director of Chartwells
• Our fantastic  moderators: Professor Ned Cabot & James Kukstis editor of The Tripod.
• The student body & everybody who stuck around to watch!

Thank you and don’t forget to VOTE, VOTE, VOTE (check your email for an online ballot).Sincerely,Adam2012 SenatorERC Chair