2008 Woodie Awards
SHU Senate Report
Erin Maurer, Contributing Writer
Issue date: 12/8/05 Section: Perspectives
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The Student Senate had a very lovely meeting with Dean Wielk last week. Many of the questions they had accumulated this year were answered, and still other things, which were not questions were shared by Dean Wielk in hopes to enlighten the student body. As covered in last week's issue, the topics of this meeting were the One-Card System, parking, housing, and programming space. All issues were discussed and with the information that Student Senate received, they will hopefully be able to make better use of their time.
Many new plans were shared about the future of the One-Card System. Additional uses will first include the ability to do laundry loads with the swipe of the Student ID Card. Although nothing is set in stone, the plans are to increase the price of housing for residence halls on campus to be able to offset the cost of laundry being done. The cost of housing would increase approximately fifty dollars and would include seventy-five loads of laundry, wash or dry.
In addition to laundry, this One-Card System will also be adding the convenience of food purchases as well. This advancement will be added in years to come, but when it is put into place, will be able to purchase off-campus items, including McDonald's and Subway. The system which this will all run on is very complex and will require time to set up and get running. Amounts for students on these cards will be based on the amount of money a student would choose to have in his or her Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
When the One-Card system was first being experimented with, it was set up to profit for Universities across the nation. Now, this item, previously a luxury, is now one of the many technological advancements becoming standard for college life.
Because the University is expanding at such an incredible rate, many students question the availability of off-campus housing in the future. The increasing number of freshmen is overflowing into what used to be primarily sophomore housing. Because this is very important to student life on campus, this was also one of the hot topics in this Senate meeting.
One of the possible solutions brought up in the meeting was purchasing one of the off-campus facilities in the future. The option of the University being able to acquire any adjacent property space in the immediate future does not look very promising, so looking into the other options is very important. The town of Bridgeport is very strict with not allowing the University to expand any more into the neighboring property lots.
Although nothing can be set in stone at this point, Senate is working with the administration to keep information available for students. Finding the best solution to meet the needs of students and staff is the goal of the operation! Keep posted next semester for more information.
Many new plans were shared about the future of the One-Card System. Additional uses will first include the ability to do laundry loads with the swipe of the Student ID Card. Although nothing is set in stone, the plans are to increase the price of housing for residence halls on campus to be able to offset the cost of laundry being done. The cost of housing would increase approximately fifty dollars and would include seventy-five loads of laundry, wash or dry.
In addition to laundry, this One-Card System will also be adding the convenience of food purchases as well. This advancement will be added in years to come, but when it is put into place, will be able to purchase off-campus items, including McDonald's and Subway. The system which this will all run on is very complex and will require time to set up and get running. Amounts for students on these cards will be based on the amount of money a student would choose to have in his or her Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
When the One-Card system was first being experimented with, it was set up to profit for Universities across the nation. Now, this item, previously a luxury, is now one of the many technological advancements becoming standard for college life.
Because the University is expanding at such an incredible rate, many students question the availability of off-campus housing in the future. The increasing number of freshmen is overflowing into what used to be primarily sophomore housing. Because this is very important to student life on campus, this was also one of the hot topics in this Senate meeting.
One of the possible solutions brought up in the meeting was purchasing one of the off-campus facilities in the future. The option of the University being able to acquire any adjacent property space in the immediate future does not look very promising, so looking into the other options is very important. The town of Bridgeport is very strict with not allowing the University to expand any more into the neighboring property lots.
Although nothing can be set in stone at this point, Senate is working with the administration to keep information available for students. Finding the best solution to meet the needs of students and staff is the goal of the operation! Keep posted next semester for more information.