I’m sure we’re all stressed with finals or busy enjoying must deserved rest, but I just want to take this chance to do an online brainstorm for next semester. What would you like to see the SGA work on? Nothing is too big or too small.

For my part, I would like the SGA to become more active in the planning of next year’s First Year Orientation. I feel like there is never enough student involvement in the planning of these events and the SGA could do a better job of offering constructive criticism from the perspective of students that have been through the program over the last few years.

Have a Great Holiday!

Bryce

I just wanted to let everyone know about the goings on of a relatively unknown club here at Trinity. Italian Club meets once a week on Monday nights and welcomes all to join them. If you can’t make a meeting, but still have a penchant for Italian culture (or food) here are some upcoming events:

Screening of “Ricordati di me” at i-House on November 22nd at 8 pm–food will be provided

Dinner with the Italian Department on December 9th–will be delicious

Thanks and hope to see you there,

Alex Powell, Senator 2012

E-mail Laura.Lockwood@trincoll.edu for more information. No credit is available at this time, but it is a free class- WGRAC is covering the cost. There is limited space.

~ Will Yale

Class ‘12 Senator and Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee

So Trinity, get recycling!

1. 2-5 students in a particular class get together for an off-campus dinner with their professor OR a larger group (perhaps the entire class) gets together for an on-campus event involving food, with their professor.
2. Pick up a reimbursement form from Dean Alford’s office, fill it out, and return it with an original receipt.
3. Free meals! (up to $20 off campus and $10 on campus per student, with one dinner per class and three per semester per student; transportation not funded – go local!)

And that’s it. Be bold! With After Office Hours, the entire impetus to hold these dinners and events is on the individual student. The variations in ideas on how to use this money and the program itself can only grow exponentially from here. Particularly with the on-campus component, an infinite number of gatherings are possible – the food is what brings people to the the table.

If you have any questions, please email me at William DOT Yale AT trinity DOT edu. The original resolution that created After Office Hours is attached below, in case you want to look at the original source material. Look out for soon-to-come advertisements!

~ Will Yale

After Office Hours Resolution

I have served as a senator for the Class of 2011 since the first semester of my freshman year. My freshman year, I sat on the Academic Affairs committee and chaired an ad-hoc committee to address issues of sexual assault. This semester, I have sat on the Student Life committee, founded and chaired the new Student Safety and Wellness committee, and co-chaired the faculty/student Safety Advisory Group, along with David Andres, Director of Strategic Projects. Although I have never served on the SGA Budget committee, I do have institutional financial experience, having sat on the faculty Planning and Budget Council for my entire freshman year.  I also helped to establish the new Entertainment Activities Council, which you all will vote on shortly.

For as long as I’ve been on the SGA, I’ve wanted to do more. I want to help this organization grow and I want to leave Trinity better than I found it. I know it sounds cliche, but I really mean it. Outside of the SGA, I’ve been involved with the Anti-War Coalition, Trinity Zen, the African Development Coalition, and most recently, Trinity Students Organized Against Racism (T-SOAR).

All I can ask of you is your trust, and your vote. I’d love to hear from you if you have a questions for me, concerns, general issues that you’d like me to bring to the SGA, pretty much anything. I always respond to email promptly, so please don’t hesistate. Andrea.Wise@trincoll.edu

Thanks so much, and I look forward to the vote in February.