Student Government addressed concerns about changes in student meal plans and other issues Monday night.
The first order of business was to elect a committee chair, who will run meetings, run and present the legislation for the upcoming fall semester and fulfill other duties.
SG members elected Lane Pace, speaker pro tempore, to the position.
Members first discussed allocation of Student Government funds to student organizations and college council groups, followed by a much more debated topic – the fate of the student meal plan for the 2012 to 2013 school year.
According to Pace and student body President Taylor Cox, the dining halls will be open on weekends, but students will not be allowed to swipe in friends. Students will have to use or lose 10 meals each week, leaving a balance of zero on their accounts by the end of the semester.
The duo also said the dining halls’ hours will change; on weekdays they will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; on Fridays they will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and on weekends they will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In other business, SG ruminated briefly over how certain funds went from the executive branch to the senate.
T. Graham Howell, deputy chief justice, said there should also be a better way to “enforce communication” between the three branches of SG.
“It always turns into a battle of the branches,” Howell said. As the final line of business, Cox suggested the change of certain items in the SG election code.
He said SG as a whole is “ruling ourselves into the ground,” meaning there are too many rules that make elections confusing and unfriendly to prospective voters.
 
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