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Senate OKs requests, takes stand on plagiarism allegations
Sean J. Jordan
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: News
The Student Senate plans to keep an eye on Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard and the investigation surrounding the plagiarism accusation in his doctoral dissertation and his master's thesis.
At Friday's Student Senate meeting, the assembly heard Student Government's statement regarding the issue.
The same statement was presented by Student Body President Laurie Estilette Thursday at the SIU Board of Trustees meeting. The statement assured students the student government will be monitoring the situation and will release further statements about the investigation as information becomes available, but asked students not to jump to conclusions about the matter.
The Student Senate unanimously approved a travel request from the Student Art Therapy Association, for $425 to allow a member attend the American Art Therapy Association's 38th Annual Conference in November.
The Senate also approved the constitutions of the Youth for International Socialism and the United Students Against Sweatshops.
Because of the controversial nature of each group, the next hour of the meeting involved debate, but the Senate ultimately approved each constitution on the basis that each organization was entitled to express its views as a student organization under the principles of free speech, provided that each group stayed within the confines of Student Government rules.
Next, the Sexual Orientation Transgender Alliance asked the Senate to allow it to change its name to the Gay-Straight Alliance to help alleviate confusion about the group's purpose. Jon Hendrickson, president of the organization, said that the name change would make the group more visible to freshmen and new students, many of whom were familiar with gay-straight organizations on other campuses.
Student Organization Advisory Board Chair Ankur Patel noted that this is the third name change for the group in the last several years. The Senate approved the change.
At Friday's Student Senate meeting, the assembly heard Student Government's statement regarding the issue.
The same statement was presented by Student Body President Laurie Estilette Thursday at the SIU Board of Trustees meeting. The statement assured students the student government will be monitoring the situation and will release further statements about the investigation as information becomes available, but asked students not to jump to conclusions about the matter.
The Student Senate unanimously approved a travel request from the Student Art Therapy Association, for $425 to allow a member attend the American Art Therapy Association's 38th Annual Conference in November.
The Senate also approved the constitutions of the Youth for International Socialism and the United Students Against Sweatshops.
Because of the controversial nature of each group, the next hour of the meeting involved debate, but the Senate ultimately approved each constitution on the basis that each organization was entitled to express its views as a student organization under the principles of free speech, provided that each group stayed within the confines of Student Government rules.
Next, the Sexual Orientation Transgender Alliance asked the Senate to allow it to change its name to the Gay-Straight Alliance to help alleviate confusion about the group's purpose. Jon Hendrickson, president of the organization, said that the name change would make the group more visible to freshmen and new students, many of whom were familiar with gay-straight organizations on other campuses.
Student Organization Advisory Board Chair Ankur Patel noted that this is the third name change for the group in the last several years. The Senate approved the change.
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