SAB General Meeting Minutes for Monday November 1. 2010 Meeting start time 4:02 PM
Ice Breaker
Introductions
Vice Presidents Corner
1. The Diversity Requirement Issue is revisited.
There is an article, “Disequilibrium and Resolution: The nonlinear Effects of Diversity
Courses on Well Being and Orientations toward Diversity” by Nicholas A. Bowman, that
speaks to the diversity issue. Dr. Sheila assures that there is research available to
support the necessity and the effectiveness of such a requirement. Social justice
language is necessary to speak to the faculty in convincing them of the need for a
diversity requirement.
2. ECC Murals
There is above 2% asbestos in the walls here. Preservation presents issues. Expensive
and hazardous. Not an option.($138,000 to salvage the original works). Mural in the
Chicano Room, ‘Viva la Raza’ can be removed (with expense). New murals cannot be
written or painted onto the walls in the new ECC. Commissioning the original artists is
still an option.
Costs: $5-7,000 to digitally capture the images
There is a $50,000 budget to save the murals. All options must work within this budget.
Members expressed concern that images may lose some of the original artistic values.
Digitizing will make the images easy to crop to present the most original presentation.
The cost for reproducing the art on the new windows of the ECC is estimated at $10$20 per square foot.
May bring in models of the proposed window to the next general meeting.
Murals will be preserved in another form or medium.
Need cost estimates for artist commissions.
Where to place the smaller images has yet to be decided.
Suggestions mentioned:
Call for proposals from student artists, club proposals, contest for art in the new ECC
Members should report to respective groups about the possibility.
Break
MSA Prayer Room Issue
Venetia Ponds spoke with Ed Taylor about a room in Kane hall on the mezanine level.
Issue of access. There is no elevator access. There is a 20 person capacity, requires a
key to be issued, and door must be locked by cpm daily.
Ben spoke with the resident halls president. There is a cost to use the residence hall
facilities for students who do not live in the residence halls. Condon has spaces
available. The residence halls have 3 possible options; No charges, rates reduced, and
partial refund.
SAB General Meeting Minutes for Monday November 1. 2010 Meeting start time 4:02 PM
Dr. Sheila spoke to libraries personnel and there is an apparent 20% increase in library
use since the HUB closure. There is no space available in the libraries. However, the
Dean of Arts and Sciences says there may be space in Thompson, Communications,
Pedleford,and Gowan Hall.
Kayla spoke with Gary Olstrom the Dean of SSW. There is a common space that is
small and not conducive to prayer. Somali Student Association Members requested the
space originally.
Community Plans and Concerns
Updates for accessibility maps on campus. Maps need to be readable, and way finding
needs to be made easier. There was discussion about the need for a center or
centralized department specifically for students with disabilities. There is a need for
improved communication between agencies that support students with disabilities. We
need to find out who is responsible for updating accessibility maps as a matter of legal
compliance to ADA standards.
5:19PM Announcements
Chika brought up room name types for the new ECC. Suggestions were, cultural
dances, foods,
Dia Las Muertas ECC 7 PM November 1, 2010
Retro ECT 8PM-10PM
U-pass is now universal. All students have to buy it. New reduced price from $99. Starts
in Winter 2011, $60-$80, cost is not firm.
Student senate sends results to the Board of Regent for their consideration.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Teach for America meeting in the ECC Black Room at
3:30PM. Meeting seeks to bring attention to the achievement gap issue. Free Food.
ECC Lottery meeting Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Wednesday, November 10th, ECC Black Room 6PM
BSU, First Nations, METCHA, Somali and African Student Unions meet to discuss the
persistence of race.
Meeting oCcludes 5:39 PM