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Graduate=20
Student Council, December 2004
A quiet end to a =
busy semester, we=20
did not have a guest speaker but met to
evaluate the semester =
and plan=20
for the Sping semester. The GSC is still
looking for a Vice =
President=20
and a treasurer.
Funding=20
requests:
Event =
sponsored by=20
the English Department. The inaugural lecture in the
Kemp =
Malone=20
series, Carl P. Eby will present a lecture on 23 February =
2005=20
entitled "'He Felt the Change So that It Hurt Him All Through':=20
Fetishism, Sodomy, and Transvestic Hallucination in Late=20
Hemingway." The
lecture will be held at 4 PM in Kemp =
Malone=20
Library (Callaway N-301).
Tickets:
The=20
GSC sponsors a visit to the Van Gogh to Mondrian exhibit
on =
the 11th=20
of December. The ticket includes entry to the High museum
for =
the=20
special exhibit as well as a 10% discount at the Museum gift=20
store.
Events=20
2004's very successful =
last mixer=20
was held at Loca Luna in Midtown on December 1st. =
Graduate=20
Student Council, November 2004
Guest=20
Speakers
SGA President, =
Jimin Kim,=20
accompanied by other SGA leaders. They discussed some concerns =
that=20
graduate students have brought and two initiatives, for which they =
seek=20
the support of graduate students.
Initiative 1:
The =
formation of a=20
student committee to advise the university's Board of =
Trustees, much=20
like the already existing faculty committee.
Initiative =
2:
A=20
limited amount of free printing to be provided in the form of a =
quota=20
to each student at the beginning of the academic year. The =
suggested=20
amounts were a 1000 free pages for undergraduates and 3000 for =
graduate
students.
Ticketed=20
events: GSC provides =
tickets for=20
the basketball game on
November 13th.
Other =
concerns raised=20
during the meeting:
Parking -=20
Several attendees raised concerns regarding parking. These =
included=20
complaints against those who double park in the parking decks,=20
occupying two spaces. Also, the suggestion was made that =
weekend=20
parking
spaces should be increased to include many roads and =
spaces=20
that are
closed to students during the week.
Graduate=20
Student Council, October 2004
Robert's=20
Rules suspended for the duration of the October meeting and for =
the=20
academic year 2004-2005 (votes: 1 naye)
Officers'=20
Reports
Social chairs: 2nd=20
Annual Halloween Mixer planned at Manuel's Tavern, 27th October, =
2004 from=20
8pm-11pm. Also opened discussion on the possibility of =
co-sponsoring a=20
mixer/fund-raising event in co-operation with the Graduate Senate. =
Guest=20
Speakers
- Donna =
Troka.
Graduate Student, ILA =
and=20
representative, Georgians Against Discrimination.
Educated us =
on=20
Amendment 1. Remember to vote NO if you are =
against=20
discrimination and support the maintainenance of existing =
domestic=20
partner benefits for LGBT relationships. Georgians Against=20
Discrimination will have events through the November=20
election.=20
- Jennifer=20
Tenley.
Annual Fund.
Spoke to the GSC =
about a=20
"Student Gift Campaign" and suggestions for encouraging graduate =
students to give now and after graduation. Also presented the =
idea for=20
increased alumni-graduate student =
interaction.=20
Funding Requests
Da Cultural Cafe: Friday=20
October 15th, 7-10pm, DUC Winship Ballroom. Request from: BGSA, =
Black=20
Graduate Student Association. Amount $500. Approved.
The Event of=20
War: Multidisciplinary conference to be held from =
November=20
5th-7th. Request from: Jessica Sellountos, conference organizer. =
Amount=20
$1000. Approved.
Announcements
Election for=20
Vice-President, GSC to be held at the following meeting on =
November 4th,=20
2004.
Graduate Student Council, =
September=20
2004
Guest Speaker:
GSC Advisor =
Assistant Dean=20
of GSAS, Hilary=20
Ford.
Main=20
points:
Graduate Student stipends have been increased from a =
base of=20
$13,000 to 15,000.
Committee Openings=20
on university committees for students, also on President's=20
commissions.
Chartering:
Temporary charter=20
approved by a unanimous vote for the Emory chapter of SIAM - Society for =
Industrial and=20
Applied Mathematics. SIAM is chartered under the general interest =
group=20
section of the GSC charter. For more information, please contact =
Emory=20
SIAM President, John =
Schmitt.=20
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