The new Student Government president and vice president are getting started early on their initiatives by taking on progressive ideas this summer.President J Hudson supplied the Communication Across the Curriculum — or CxC   — lab with $4,000 to purchase software.Hudson said the donation is a part of SG’s push for more service learning opportunities.The Communication Across Curriculum program focuses on four areas — visual, technological, written and spoken — and students who complete the program receive a medal at graduation and recognition on their transcript.Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel are also donating new power strips, clicker batteries and 10 camera tripods to the library. Classes use clickers to take short quizzes electronically. Students will be able to rent a power strip for 12 hours and tripods in conjunction with the camera and camcorder rentals.”The power strips are going to be most beneficial,” Borel said. “Because we really have a problem with students fighting over plugs, especially during midterms and finals.”The library already has an abundant supply of clickers, and the batteries will help students so they won’t have to purchase their own, Borel said.SG also has several new committees organizing this summer.The new library equipment cost $619.99 and came from the SG executive programming budget, according to Borel.The Election Code Committee will review the Election Code and make clerical changes and broader changes. Hudson said the committee will be hitting hard issues that have been problems in the past.”The Election Code is being revamped,” he said. “Changes are going to be about expenditure reports and contribution reports that we had problems with last year.”The Sponsorship Committee is getting ready to start going out to businesses with sponsorship packets to raise money for events like Battle of the Bands and Groovin’ on the Grounds.The list of 30 businesses ranges from Verizon Wireless to Pluckers Wing Bar to All-Star Chevrolet.Hudson also discussed possible changes to the Groovin’ setup next year. He said a new possibility is to have several smallerartists playing from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. without one headlining artist.But Hudson said he’s going to put it to a student vote first.The newest committee is the Rebranding Committee, which aims to focus on better channeling the image and output of SG to coordinate with what students wish to see from the organization, according to Borel.The committee is going to look at three focus groups of non-SG-affiliated students.”We want to be able to sit down with students and hear what they think of about SG and what they associate with SG,” Borel said. “These are questions we’re going to be asking students who are completely unrelated to SG.”Borel said the committee is going to incorporate what the students say into a new logo and new “brand” for SG.
 
 
 
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