Members of the Student Assembly Executive Committee passed a resolution last night calling for the creation of an administrative position to address gay, lesbian and bisexual concerns and another resolution to form an external committee to examine the Assembly's structure.
The two proposals will be discussed at the general Assembly meeting tomorrow night.
Assembly President Rukmini Sichitiu '95 said the executive committee wants to create the new administrative position to counteract the "hostile environment" on campus against homosexuals and bisexuals.
She cited last week's flier advertising an anti-gay meeting that was found in the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Organization's Hinman Box.
"That incident punctuates and brings to the forefront the hostility present toward members of this community," she said.
The creation of a full time administrative position would provide counseling and support and fulfill advocacy roles, she said.
Sichitiu said the proposal also calls for a full-time health professional at the College Health Service who has the special training to address specific gay, lesbian and bisexual issues.
The external committee resolution said the committee will "examine all aspects of the Student Assembly and provide the general Assembly with a report on its findings and recommendations at the conclusion of its examination."
The committee will be composed of nine people, Sichitiu said. She will choose the committee chair in consultation with Assembly Vice President John Honovich '97.
The chair will then choose three members from the Assembly and three organizational leaders to serve on the committee.
The other two committee members will be Dean of Student Life Holly Sateia, who is also the Assembly's adviser, and a student from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Sichitiu said.
They will both be nonvoting advisers to the committee, Sichitiu said.
Honovich said the chair will be decided if the resolution is passed tomorrow.
The chair would someone who has previously served on the Assembly, but is not a current member, Sichitiu said.
The committee will submit their findings to the Assembly's executive committee by May 14.
