While candidates may still register today, Molly Bode '09 and Lee Cooper '09 were the only two students on the ballot for president as of press time. Nafeesa Remtilla '09, Miesha Smith '09 and Taylor Stevenson '10 are currently on the ballot for vice president. Though the race has been held much later in Spring term in previous years, the Elections Planning and Advising Committee decided to move the elections to April 7 and 8 this year.
An Assembly spokesperson declined to comment on the change in the election timetable, deferring to EPAC officials. EPAC could not be reached by press time.
Despite this change, Student Body President Travis Green '08 said in a statement that he would continue working on the initiatives the Assembly began last term. Green said he has been pleased with the Assembly's accomplishments of the past two terms, citing new vending machines that accept DASH on campus, the additional Greenprint stations and the new Student Assembly web site.
The Assembly has also worked on expanding social opportunities, hosting an alternative space dance party at Cutter-Shabbaz, PANGEA events and the Mr. and Mrs. Big Green Competition. PANGEA events aim to bring different organizations together for a common cause.
The Assembly will also work to create an events calendar for the student body, create a shuttle to A-lot and communicate with the administration about housing allocations, the new cable TV boxes and renovating Novack, Green said in the statement.
The Assembly was able to act on several "held-up" proposals last term, spokesperson David Imamura '10 said in an e-mailed statement. Book lists and syllabi for courses were posted online before the beginning of classes and the Assembly course guide was redesigned.
In the spring, Assembly members hope to continue hosting alternative space parties, they said, and legislation was passed Thursday night to include alcoholic beverages at an upcoming party.
The date is currently set for April 12 and the party will be in the basement of one of the residence halls on campus.
"We want to highlight spaces that normally aren't social spaces and make everyone feel welcome," Remtilla said.
Most of the Assembly's debate on serving alcoholic beverages at the party centered on the additional costs and the legal ramifications. Despite one Assembly member's proposal, pong tables were deemed contrary to the purpose of the event.
The Assembly passed additional legislation to fund the Ivy Council's Spring term trip to Cornell University and an Alumni-Employee Appreciation Lunch. The Assembly will provide meals for 100 student attendees. Members said they hope the event will allow students to interact with the 50 alumni-employees that will attend.
Some students questioned whether the cost of lunch at the Hanover Inn was justified by the brief interaction students would have with alumni.
Sam McElhinney '11, who proposed the lunch legislation, said the funding would help foster students' relationships with alumni-employees and the Office of Alumni Relations.
Other students, however, questioned the need for the event.
"We are here to be students, not to get administrators to like us," one Assembly member said.
Following the debate, the legislation eventually passed.
"After two productive terms, SA intends to go out with a bang," Imamura said.
