2008 Woodie Awards
Sports clubs on ASISU agenda
Eryn Lowe
Issue date: 2/2/05 Section: News
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The ASISU senate meeting Monday night was heavy in discussion and debate over issues pertaining mainly to funding of intramural sports, sports clubs and other issues.
In the president's report, Terry Fredrickson and Senator Patterson first announced that the Homecoming theme will be chosen by the students. The program board will choose three ideas which will be voted on by the students during elections and then sent to the alumni board for approval.
Fredrickson also reported on the State Board of Education meeting he and Trevor Jensen, ASISU vice president, attended. The Board struck down the opinions of the student representatives and supported tuition in Idaho. Jensen was noted as saying that it is corrections and welfare spending on the rise. The solution is to keep people off welfare and out of jail by educating them, and implementing tuition is not going to help accomplish this. Fredrickson said the Board still did not hear the voice of the students.
"It was a sad day in Idaho; voices were suppressed," Fredrickson told the senate. "But the battle is not over."
In the chair report, Jensen invited Doug Siblet to come before the senate. The ISU supreme court filed a case against the senate as of January 28. Siblet assured "it is not court v. legislature but just concerns." The cause of the case is due to an incongruence between the constitution and the by-laws dealing with court proceedings. After a recommendation by Jensen, the senate unanimously sent the issue to committee for further study.
Under announcements and correspondents, Val Davids, program board advisor, proposed the reactivation of the Educational Development of Nontraditional Students club which has been inactive for the last 4-5 years. The senate voted unanimously to reactivate this club.
Under new business, the senate was approached by Doug Milder, director of campus recreation and intramurals, Terry Huntley, director of aquatics and sports club, Shelby Williams, assistant director of intramurals, and JT Webb, campus recreation and sports athletic trainer. Milder's first proposal dealt with changing the funding of intramural sports from line-item funding to financing through dedicated fees. Williams gave the advantages this change would provide to the program. She said the transition would streamline the program and give Campus Recreation more control over funds. Williams also stressed the increase in student involvement in the intramural sports. Milder pointed out that many schools follow this type of funding, and it does not increase student fees; it provides flexibility. After a time extension and much debate, the senate approved the proposal.
Milder's second item dealt with changing the funding of the sport clubs to either dedicated fees or line-item. The senate quickly shot down the dedicated fees proposition and discussed in length the line-item option. Milder and his fellow representatives stated this change would make them more of an advisory body instead of just administrative. They stressed the importance this would have in the registration levels each sport club now has to go through to receive funding whereas this proposition would eliminate that middle man status down to one step. Milder also referred to the importance the change would be in their increased control over liability waivers. After more discussion and another 20-minute extension, the proposition was tabled until next Monday.
In the president's report, Terry Fredrickson and Senator Patterson first announced that the Homecoming theme will be chosen by the students. The program board will choose three ideas which will be voted on by the students during elections and then sent to the alumni board for approval.
Fredrickson also reported on the State Board of Education meeting he and Trevor Jensen, ASISU vice president, attended. The Board struck down the opinions of the student representatives and supported tuition in Idaho. Jensen was noted as saying that it is corrections and welfare spending on the rise. The solution is to keep people off welfare and out of jail by educating them, and implementing tuition is not going to help accomplish this. Fredrickson said the Board still did not hear the voice of the students.
"It was a sad day in Idaho; voices were suppressed," Fredrickson told the senate. "But the battle is not over."
In the chair report, Jensen invited Doug Siblet to come before the senate. The ISU supreme court filed a case against the senate as of January 28. Siblet assured "it is not court v. legislature but just concerns." The cause of the case is due to an incongruence between the constitution and the by-laws dealing with court proceedings. After a recommendation by Jensen, the senate unanimously sent the issue to committee for further study.
Under announcements and correspondents, Val Davids, program board advisor, proposed the reactivation of the Educational Development of Nontraditional Students club which has been inactive for the last 4-5 years. The senate voted unanimously to reactivate this club.
Under new business, the senate was approached by Doug Milder, director of campus recreation and intramurals, Terry Huntley, director of aquatics and sports club, Shelby Williams, assistant director of intramurals, and JT Webb, campus recreation and sports athletic trainer. Milder's first proposal dealt with changing the funding of intramural sports from line-item funding to financing through dedicated fees. Williams gave the advantages this change would provide to the program. She said the transition would streamline the program and give Campus Recreation more control over funds. Williams also stressed the increase in student involvement in the intramural sports. Milder pointed out that many schools follow this type of funding, and it does not increase student fees; it provides flexibility. After a time extension and much debate, the senate approved the proposal.
Milder's second item dealt with changing the funding of the sport clubs to either dedicated fees or line-item. The senate quickly shot down the dedicated fees proposition and discussed in length the line-item option. Milder and his fellow representatives stated this change would make them more of an advisory body instead of just administrative. They stressed the importance this would have in the registration levels each sport club now has to go through to receive funding whereas this proposition would eliminate that middle man status down to one step. Milder also referred to the importance the change would be in their increased control over liability waivers. After more discussion and another 20-minute extension, the proposition was tabled until next Monday.