Spring Break
Addressing students for the final time, Schwartzbaum looks back on her term
by Claire Moses
News | 4/17/07
Posted online at 10:27 PM EST on 4/16/07
/ Last updated at 6:09 AM EST on 4/16/07
With her presidency nearing its close, Alison Schwarzbaum '08 addressed students and friends in her second State of the Union address. Speaking to an audience of mostly Student Union officials Monday night in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium, the Union president talked about her administration's accomplishments.
A former senator-at-large who ran unopposed for the Union's top office last spring, her speech essentially brought three years of service in elected office to a close.
"Under my leadership, the Union has never rested from pursuing what we believe is in the best interest of our constituents, and after three years of service, I am very proud of all we have accomplished," she said.
Schwartzbaum pointed to the implementation of last year's club funding reforms, the reorganization of the club sports program and lobbying for upgrades of the campus landscape as some of the things the Union had accomplished over the last year.
She also touched on Union efforts to reform the University's policy for serving alcohol at campus events, a policy the Union has long said hinders social life. Following up on her State of the Union address last fall, Schwartzbaum said progress had been made to that end. She announced that at Saturday's Springfest-the annual outdoor music festival-beer will be served without the separation between drinkers and underage students that has defined large campus parties the last few years. [See story, page 1.]
"I hate beer gardens and feel that they separate the community … and this must change," she said.
Schwartzbaum also discussed the criticism she received after forming the Campaign for Peace, a committee meant to provide a contextual framework for Middle East debate on campus, one that will be dissolved after this semester. [See sidebar, page 7.]
"I came under some heavy criticism for this project, with some accusing me of creating a censorship board." she said. "This could not be any further from the truth."
A former senator-at-large who ran unopposed for the Union's top office last spring, her speech essentially brought three years of service in elected office to a close.
"Under my leadership, the Union has never rested from pursuing what we believe is in the best interest of our constituents, and after three years of service, I am very proud of all we have accomplished," she said.
Schwartzbaum pointed to the implementation of last year's club funding reforms, the reorganization of the club sports program and lobbying for upgrades of the campus landscape as some of the things the Union had accomplished over the last year.
She also touched on Union efforts to reform the University's policy for serving alcohol at campus events, a policy the Union has long said hinders social life. Following up on her State of the Union address last fall, Schwartzbaum said progress had been made to that end. She announced that at Saturday's Springfest-the annual outdoor music festival-beer will be served without the separation between drinkers and underage students that has defined large campus parties the last few years. [See story, page 1.]
"I hate beer gardens and feel that they separate the community … and this must change," she said.
Schwartzbaum also discussed the criticism she received after forming the Campaign for Peace, a committee meant to provide a contextual framework for Middle East debate on campus, one that will be dissolved after this semester. [See sidebar, page 7.]
"I came under some heavy criticism for this project, with some accusing me of creating a censorship board." she said. "This could not be any further from the truth."
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