Student Government Sen. Ernest Baudoin, College of Arts and Sciences, reported to the Senate at its Wednesday night meeting he received a threat saying, “Chad Jones would knock him out and slap his mother.”What started out as a prank among fraternity brothers led to Baudoin’s phone number being circulated as Tim Tebow’s phone number. This resulted in Baudoin receiving more than 1,000 calls and texts messages directed toward the Florida quarterback.”I got one today that said, ‘Hey, I hope your brain pops inside your helmet on Saturday,'” Baudoin said.Baudoin said he has received calls and messages from students at Ole Miss and Florida State University as well. Baudoin is considering changing his phone number and is saving the most memorable messages to post on Facebook.The Senate passed resolution 18, which places a referendum on the fall 2009 ballot would institute a $35 increase in graduating student’s graduation fees to fund a “graduate walk.”The graduate walk will be the class gift for the next 20 graduating classes, said Sen. Tiffany Compagno, College of Education. If passed, the $35 fee increase would fund the gradual widening of the sidewalk around the Parade Ground and pay for a brick sidewalk commemorating each graduating student.Compagno said the project would be completed in steps with each graduating class having their bricks added along with landscaping around the sidewalk, benches and a lamp post with the class year engraved at the base.Currently, students pay a one-time graduation fee of $25 on their last fee bill, Compagno said. If passed, the $35 increase would begin for seniors graduating in spring 2010.Two students will have the opportunity to play “Guitar Hero” alongside Tiger Band at halftime of the Auburn game, SG Director of Athletics Melissa Hart announced.SG will sponsor a “Guitar Hero” tournament in the Live Oak Lounge during the week leading up to the game. The two finalists will go on the field and play Guitar Hero alongside Tiger Band, Hart said.The two finalists will have to practice with Tiger Band leading up to the game, Hart said. The logistics aren’t been finalized, and SG is trying to get “Guitar Hero” on the stadium screen accompanied by a text messaging vote or meter to judge applause to determine a winner, Hart said.The Senate also passed SB 5, which revises the SG Election Code to allow graduate students who are not enrolled in graduate school at the time of election a chance to seek a position representing the graduate school that they have received acceptance to.The Senate passed Resolution 17, which will place a referendum on the fall 2009 ballot to limit the SG vice president from holding any job outside the University during his or her term allowing eligibility to become a paid employee. – – – -Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at [email protected]
Senator’s phone number passed off as Tebow’s in prank
October 7, 2009