Presidents’ Column
Hello Principia community! Your new student government is excited to be serving you for the next three quarters. We’ve been busy these last few weeks.
We are in talks with the administration, the Bookstore, and Out of Bounds management about a potential switch of the locations of the Bookstore and Out of Bounds. Our goal is to convert the Bookstore’s current space into a Student Center, which would be highly visible and central to Prin’s social scene. We hope to move the game tables from Out of Bounds to this Student Center, which will also have TVs and Pub deliveries for students. We also hope to move the student government offices into the Student Center (where the cash registers are currently in the bookstore) so we can convert the current student government office in the back of the Pub into a 24-hour convenience store. We’ll be getting a survey out in the next few weeks to gather your thoughts on all of this.
In addition, we are in the process of revising and producing new standards for free speech on campus. We need to have better conversations and discussions about important student issues, and these guidelines are intended to clarify the principles of free speech – such as balance and tone – that are Principia’s expectations for campus-wide discussions. Presidential Board has considered a student draft of the policy, and has passed a motion of intent to pass these policies after certain revisions are made. Stay tuned for progress!
We are also moving forward with a program for fifteen community bikes that will be painted gold by Campus Democrats and distributed around campus for free public use.
Chelsea has been working with Palmer Aguirre, the Student Body Treasurer, to prepare the Student Activities Funds budget. They will hold meetings over the next few weeks with every club on campus and prepare a budget for approval by Presidential Board and Student Activities Board. If you are a club representative and you have not turned in a budget request, please get it in right away!
Again, our goal is to remain in good communication with you. Never hesitate to call or email us, and please participate in our upcoming surveys and Student Senates.
Yours very warmly,
Will Buchanan and Chelsea Kendrick
Student Body Presidents
