Spring Break
Union works on outreach
by Alana Abramson
Staff writer
News | 10/7/08
Posted online at 3:11 AM EST on 10/7/08
/ Last updated at 3:21 AM EST on 10/7/08
At last Sunday's meeting, some senators said they still saw the need for the Spirit Committee, and Senator for the Class of 2011 Alex Melman suggested that the Senate could still fund activities to encourage University spirit through the Senate Discretionary Fund.
Ansorge wrote that the connection between students and their Union representatives is not extremely weak right now, but "the Union has sometimes shown a tendency to become internalized in its operations, … [and] outreach is vital in providing an effective and accountable government."
Alterman wrote that "last year was difficult in terms of perception of the Union, and the bylaw will do a lot to improve the connection between the student union and the student body."
Ansorge wrote that the bylaw is expected to "increase the Union's ability to meet student needs, and the Union's accessibility in general … [by] building a culture of direct dialogue and advocacy between students and their Union representatives."
Ansorge wrote that the Union will fulfill these promises through meet- the-officer events every semester, where students will have specific interactions with their representatives, physical outreach projects like maintaining a Union billboard; and consistent dormstorming, which is talking to students in their dorms, to get a sense of students' ideas. He wrote that he wants the committee to "help revive the previously successful 'Stall Street Journal,' which provided Union news and opportunities to students through a bi-monthly publication in student bathrooms."
He wrote that the Union is "discussing alternate ways to support school spirit" and wrote in an e-mail to the Justice yesterday that last Sunday the Union chartered the Students Supporting Athletics club, which may take on some of the roles of the Spirit Committee.
Ansorge wrote that the connection between students and their Union representatives is not extremely weak right now, but "the Union has sometimes shown a tendency to become internalized in its operations, … [and] outreach is vital in providing an effective and accountable government."
Alterman wrote that "last year was difficult in terms of perception of the Union, and the bylaw will do a lot to improve the connection between the student union and the student body."
Ansorge wrote that the bylaw is expected to "increase the Union's ability to meet student needs, and the Union's accessibility in general … [by] building a culture of direct dialogue and advocacy between students and their Union representatives."
Ansorge wrote that the Union will fulfill these promises through meet- the-officer events every semester, where students will have specific interactions with their representatives, physical outreach projects like maintaining a Union billboard; and consistent dormstorming, which is talking to students in their dorms, to get a sense of students' ideas. He wrote that he wants the committee to "help revive the previously successful 'Stall Street Journal,' which provided Union news and opportunities to students through a bi-monthly publication in student bathrooms."
He wrote that the Union is "discussing alternate ways to support school spirit" and wrote in an e-mail to the Justice yesterday that last Sunday the Union chartered the Students Supporting Athletics club, which may take on some of the roles of the Spirit Committee.
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