At its final meeting yesterday in Carson Hall, the Student Assembly passed four pieces of legislation unopposed, including a resolution proposing progressive changes in Dartmouth's "Good Samaritan" policy.
Though only 28 members were in attendance, this number was enough to make quorum because Assembly members who miss three meetings in one term lose their voting privileges until they have attended another three meetings. Of the 63 students who have been members of the Assembly at some point this term, only 47 could have voted Tuesday.
"We've been trimming the list kind of frantically here," Assembly President Julia Hildreth '05 said to one student who left after realizing that her name was no longer on the roll.
Despite the lack of any opposition to last night's legislation, the Assembly actively questioned the sponsors about their proposals.
The resolution regarding changes in the "Good Samaritan" policy passed unopposed, albeit with two amendments that clarified the grammar of the proposed text.
The policy, as proposed by the resolution's sponsors, would give students a choice between judicial college sanctions and participating in a health program.
Another piece of proposed legislation was a statement in support of establishing a seventh sorority at Dartmouth. The statement, which passed without any amendments, urges the administration to make an exception to the moratorium on Greek organizations. It also asserts that the Assembly will work with the Panhellenic Council to encourage membership and otherwise support the new Greek organization's establishment.
Student Assembly also passed two pieces of legislation regarding club sports, a resolution to support additional resources for the teams and a proposal to finance a fund-raiser for them. The fund-raiser would consist of selling shirts with "Club Dartmouth" across the chest.
"Forest green, a very white white. Your typical Dartmouth shirt," Nova Robinson '08 said in response to several probes about the design. Robinson is a member of The Dartmouth staff.
The venture, as Treasurer Steve Koutsavlis '05 pointed out, will only make about $100 in profit, but all of the money from sales, including the initial investment, will be donated to fund club sports teams.
There was about $1,500 left unallocated in the Assembly's account before last night's meeting and the t-shirt fund-raiser will invest $1000 in producing the shirts. The remaining $500 will probably be spent on reimbursements and other end-of-term expenses, Hildreth said, though she does not expect that the expenses will leave the Assembly in debt.
"The past three assemblies that I've seen have all overspent a little bit, but we've been very, very careful this year about overspending, because we felt that was a little bit unfair to us coming into this year," she said.
After the meeting concluded, President-elect Noah Riner '06 led a closed meeting, in which members of next year's Assembly voted for committee chairs for the 2005-2006 academic year.
