archery competition....
In the last few minutes of the Nov. 2 Edinboro University Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, archery club president Tim Case burst in with some last-minute news.
The first-ever United States Collegiate Archery Festival and Expo has been confirmed for the weekend of June 4-6, 2010, and will take place on the grounds of Edinboro University. As Case relayed, they are currently in the process of seeking sponsorship for the event, which will contain the facets of education, competition, seminars and other activities all aimed at the goal of public outreach.
Case also stressed the possibility of a yet-unannounced "celebrity element." "Any one of you could enter in it and shoot with any celebrities we invite," he said. Some of the celebrities mentioned were Ted Nugent and the "Governator," Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But this was not the only news of the evening. In the meeting, other events that were discussed included the Safety Walk, the Super Bowl commercial contest and approving money for the National Council of Teachers of English conference in Philadelphia.
The Super Bowl Commercial Contest is in its second year. The grand prize is a flat-screen TV for the contestant with the winning ad, depicting Edinboro University in a positive 30 seconds during coveted local Super Bowl airtime.
Last year, there were only 10 contestants. This year, SGA hopes there will be more.
While discussing the developments of the past week, Lutz noted that the tickets for the New York City trip, which had gone on sale at noon that day, had already sold out. However, tickets for the Nov. 14 shopping trip to Grove City's Prime Outlets are still on sale.
The long-discussed bus trip tickets to Philadelphia are also on sale, for $130 each. When addressed about the situation, the public relations committee (headed by PR Director Willie West, who was in absentia) said they had handed out 16 fliers to Residence Life officials.
The PR committee also discussed revamping the SGA Web site to make it more user-friendly and expressed a desire for interested graphic design students to help out with it.
Vice President Chris Bost discussed the Safety Walk, which occurred the Wednesday beforehand. The goal of the Safety Walk is to point out areas on campus that need to be improved in the name of the general well-being of students and faculty alike, such as faulty sidewalks or poorly lit areas. He thanked those that participated and commended the fact that it seemed to have "pretty good attendance," despite the rain. The report of what was found in the walk will be out later this week and available for students to view at collegiatelink.
Mike Robel, SGA director of operations, commended the Safety Walk's effectiveness. He spoke of it generating "a lot of talk on campus," simply not between students, but also with police and facilities.
Parliamentarian Ben Krutko urged students in attendance to vote in the local elections the following day, which was the nationwide Election Day.
Races to be decided were Erie county executive and borough council members, among others.
Tickets for the show with "Whose Line Is it Anyway?" members Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood on Nov. 30 are also on sale.
The comedic show looks like it will be a hit, as the improvisational show that also starred Drew Carey was on air for many years.
New business included approving the National Council of Teachers of English travel request to their conference in Philadelphia.
Edinboro had the distinction of being one of only three schools (Shippensburg and James Madison being the other two) presenting at the selective conference.
The money allotted would cover gas and lodging as well as parking.
With the exception of one "nay," the move was almost unanimously approved.
Bost also spoke of a financial advisory meeting.
Soon, as he said, the Web site will replace the old student work-study job-finding system with a classifieds of sort.
The old system was known as "SES."
"Probably next semester, definitely next year," said Bost, of when the system would be implemented.
There was also talk of a presidential decree from Barack Obama stating that all schools in state systems would have to use direct lending for financial aid.
Edinboro, however, already does this.
The issue will now come if a student uses a third party, in which, Bost explained, "there would be a little more paperwork involved."
The financial advisory board is seeking more students to join, as Bost was the only student present at the meeting this time around.
Chartwells, the company that provides the campus food service, was also brought up at the meeting.
This semester, they expanded their hours at the student center to 9 p.m.
Due to the popularity of this move, Chartwells is now considering keeping a food place open 24 hours day, seven days a week, as well as opening the library coffee shop to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
On Nov. 19, they are hosting an Iron Chef-like competition, which will be an invitational offered to nearby schools.
They will compete, and the public will be served the foods of their labor.
Overall, Chartwells is dedicated to becoming more involved this year.
The smoking ban survey, which SGA authorized at the previous meeting, concluded Nov. 2.
Paper ballots cast marked at 300, but these didn't include the online results.
The survey was to take a say of the ways to deal with smokers on campus.
Kahan Sablo was not present due to an emergency campus meeting he had to attend.
The next SGA meeting, Nov. 9, will be attended by Edinboro University president Jeremy Brown.
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
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