The final meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate for the 50th legislative group began at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 3.
Veterans Day Act
This previously discussed act would cancel classes at UNC Charlotte on Veterans Day. Many veteran students highly support the bill. Veteran students often do not attend classes on Veterans Day and are counted absent.
The legislation was approved unanimously.
Public Speaking Resource Center Act
The previously discussed act proposes that a public speaking resource center be created. It would be free for UNC Charlotte students to make appointments at the proposed resource center.
The act was approved unanimously
The Portuguese Minor Act
The previously discussed legislation proposes the creation of a Portuguese minor at UNC Charlotte. There is currently a Portuguese concentration.
The legislation was approved unanimously.
PALS Act
The name was changed from the Student Mentorship Act to the PALS Act. The act was written under the pretense that, “few resources exist to train students in soft skills related to their major.”
The act proposes that a mentorship initiative be formed. A third party organizing committee will be responsible for all administrative functions of program. The legislation was changed to say that the mentorship program would be a voluntary experience for mentors and mentees.
In positive debate, Senator Michael Mendoza said, “This will benefit the university as a whole … especially freshman.”
The legislation was approved unanimously.
The Webmaster Act
This act proposes the creation of a new senate officer position called the Webmaster. The Webmaster would be responsible for keeping the SGA website up to date. The Webmaster would take suggestions online and maintain a web portal for the entire student body to make suggestions.
Suggestions will be available for the entire student body to see. This would be an elected position. They are currently lobbying for this position to be paid.
Greek Village Lighting Act
Senator Chris Cunningham took the floor to discuss the proposed legislation. The act proposes that the university improve lighting provisions on the outside edge of the Greek Village parking lot. It requests that lights be added on the outside edge of the parking lot.
Some senators agreed that this is something that came up when they did the campus safety walk.
A motion was made to fast track the act.
In negative debate of fast tracking the act, Senator Davonte Bell said this needs to be further researched. He pointed out that this comes up every year in the campus safety walk and he believes if this was important to the university they would have already done something about it.
A vote was taken on whether or not to fast track the legislation and it was denied.
