By Julia Mericle
Assistant News Editor
The Student Government Association meeting on Sept. 24 held a vote for Chief Justice of the judicial branch, unanimously electing Steven Kibbe, senior political science major, to the position.
“I put a lot of trust in Steven to do what he thinks is best at interpreting what we wrote in our constitution,” Alex Noguerola, SGA President, said.
Noguerola said the role of Chief Justice of the judicial branch is to interpret the SGA constitution as need be.
“I hope to help SGA accomplish its goals,” Kibbe said, “This will be a great experience for me and hopefully I will perform admirably.”
The SGA meeting addressed several service projects taking place on campus, including March of Dimes and Bald for Bucks.
According to Noguerola, the student led team or club that raises the most money for March of Dimes will receive a $500 grant. Women’s lacrosse is currently in the lead, followed by Campus Activities Board.
Three $250 grants will also be given to the highest fundraising academic club, social diversity club, or member of the Big Four (The Bona Venture, WSBU-FM 88.3 The Buzz, CAB, and intramural/club sports). CAB is in the lead.
Noguerola said the March of Dimes has raised $30,000 thus far, with a goal to reach $57,000 in the ten days remaining.
“Hopefully we get our student clubs to step up their fundraising efforts in the next couple of days,” Noguerola said.
“All help is appreciated,” said senior psychology major and SGA secretary Tim Parks, “There is never a surplus of help.”
While the March of Dimes is raising money for healthy babies, Bald for Bucks continues to fundraise for cancer research and cancer patient care.
Sophomore class President JW Cook said on October 18 that anyone can receive a haircut for $10 or go bald for free.
According to Cook, the program has raised $2,100.
Potential improvements to the Hickey Dining Hall were also discussed. Students offered ideas, such as having WSBU-FM 88.3 The Buzz played over the speakers and offering a greater variety of seasonal items, such as apple cider.
Regarding the dialogue on Clare College, students showed the most amount of concern for Clare 302: Inquiry in the Natural World. Points discussed included altering the course to accommodate to each major individually.
Several students expressed fears that the course has become a burden more than a learning experience.
Junior management major Mike Padlo recalls a conversation he recently had with one of the friars on campus about the course.
“It was originally intended to spark an interest in science for non-science students,” Padlo said. “The overall concept in the end was to have students want to pick up the New York Times science section just to see what is going on.”
The meeting concluded with talk of the recent Bona Bus breakdown. The event left students unaware and waiting in Allegheny.
Proposed solutions to the problem include a text service, Twitter page, or student run taxi service.
Sophomore music major Conor Hynes said that a similar student run taxi system was employed in his high school, which was relatively the same size as St. Bonaventure University.
“It worked in my high school,” Hynes said, “We saved a lot of people from doing dumb things.”
