In November, the end of the semester begins to loom ahead. Students balance their excitement for the coming break with the reality of finishing papers and prepping for finals.

In addition to the standard semester ending activities, members of APSU’s Student Government Association have issues and campus concerns to address and resolve in their weekly meetings as well.

In the Wednesday, Nov. 4, meeting one of the issues of concern discussed by the SGA was the impending e-mail change from APmail to Microsoft Live e-mail.

According to the minutes of the meeting, President Chris Drew explained the reason for the change to the rest of the SGA.

“Right now we have a campus server that supports 10,000 user names. We’re at capacity right now. So we can continue with what we have or we can upgrade service,” Drew said. “The other benefit is that as alumni you get to keep the account for free. So it’s a great opportunity for the Alumni office to stay in contact with us.”

Several senators expressed concerns about the time in which the transition from the old service to the new service will take place.

Senator Matt Ford suggested postponing the change until after finals and the holiday break. Senator Craig Amabile was one of several senators who agreed with Ford’s suggestion of postponement.

However, once a vote was taken, 18 senators agreed to keep the change date at Tuesday, Dec.1. Only three senators voted against the motion.

Later Amabile presented Resolution No. 4.

Which proposes making a gravel sidewalk near the new residence construction area.

Amabile said ultimately the goal is to get a real sidewalk. However, the city owns the street in question and currently isn’t looking to pave the area.

Amabile put forth a motion to call to the previous question ending the discussion and Senator Katherine Worsham submitted a motion to vote.

The resolution was passed unanimously.

Bookstore manager Shonte Maxey addressed SGA at the Wednesday, Nov. 18, meeting. Maxey described the new bookstore debit program. She also said the bookstore will have several sale and satellite locations where students can return their books. Lastly, Maxey said a new bookstore committee is being formed.

“We’re working on having a committee that is dictating us but is more informational,” Maxey said. “We want SGA and faculty there. We’re working with a group to figure out who is going to be on the committee. It’s so we can find out what people expect from us; what the faculty expect from us.”

Next, Trent Gaasch was sworn in as the new Chief Justice. Joe Marler from Knoxville, was sworn in as senator.

Resolution No. 5, 6 and 7 were presented by senators Amabile and Elle Smith.
Drew reminded everyone about the opportunity to change the smoking policy. He said they will decide what changes to submit as a senate and if they want them implemented soon, the changes must be submitted by Tuesday, Dec. 1.

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