BAYLOR UNIVERSITY STUDENT GOVERNMENT
AT-LARGE SENATE APPLICATION for Spring 2007
The method for receiving At-Large admission to Student Senate by application is quite
different than the election process. As outlined in the Constitution, the class officers are
responsible for nominating students to fill any vacant Senate seats representing their class.
This year, the class officers will accept applications for 2 weeks and then interview
candidates to make a final selection.
Please complete the demographic information on this sheet and attach your
answers and bill to the questions below on additional sheets.
Name:_____________________________________________________________________
Current Classification:_____________ E-mail Address:_____________________________
Current/Cumulative GPA:_____/_____ Phone Number: _____________________________
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What do you see as the mission of the Student Senate? How does
that fit within the larger mission of Baylor Student Government??
Please list and explain several issues facing Students at Baylor that
you are passionate about making a difference on.
Explain any leadership, or representative experience that might aid
you if selected for Student Senate.
Please list your time commitments this semester.
1.) Please write a resolution to be placed on the floor of Student Senate upon admission
to Senate. The prompt for this resolution is as follows: “Find an important,
resolvable problem that concerns Baylor students, and write a bill addressing these
concerns.”
a. Examples of realizable goals: Asking the administration for more bike racks,
more cross-walks on streets, or requesting better lighting on campus (these
issues have already been addressed by Senate, so don’t try them).
b. Examples of unrealizable goals: Free parking, two weeks for spring break,
lower tuition. A large part of being a Senate representative is being aware of
Senate’ limitations and working within them.
c. A template and a sample bill are available to help. PLEASE FOLLOW
THE TEMPLATE.
Completed applications (with answers and bills attached) are due by Wednesday, January
31, at 5:00pm in the mail box of your class president in the Student Government office.
Check here:
___ I have attached my answers and bill with a STAPLE.
___ I have STAPLED a GPA slip (or unofficial transcript) to the application
Signature: _____________________________________________
Date: ___ / ___ / ___
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL
TITLE: Resolution to Fix Drainage
AUTHOR(S) Katie Weiss, Joe Barnard, Jeff Leach
Whereas:
Student Senate is elected by the Student Body to represent and voice
the opinions of students; and
Whereas:
Student Senate is a means by which student concerns are addressed;
and
Whereas:
There are areas directly in front of the Student Union Building on 5th
Street, around the old Fountain area between the SUB and Carroll
Science, between Mars McClane and Russell and in front of Collins
Hall on 8th Street that flood quickly when it rains;
Whereas:
These areas are major thoroughfares for students as they walk to and from
class; and
Whereas:
There are not ways to avoid these areas without making substantial detours;
and
Whereas:
Rick Creel, the Assistant Vice President for Operations and Facilities, and the
Facilities Management Department have recognized that these areas are
problems for students and faculty on campus and that they need to be dealt
with; and
Whereas:
Imperative 8 of Baylor 2012 states, “We will give increased attention to the
aesthetic value of the campus”;
Therefore:
Be it resolved by the Baylor University Student Senate assembled that
immediate attention be given to these problem areas and that whatever needs
to be done to fix these areas be done as soon as possible for the benefit of
current students and faculty.
Bill Title
Author: Your Name
Sponsors: Your name, other representatives speaking on bill’s behalf
Whereas: X statement; and
Whereas: Y statement; and
So on…until:
Whereas: Y statement.
Therefore: Be it resolved by the Baylor University Student Senate assembled that: bill’s
ultimate response to issues outlined above