Student Union

SU UPDATE:  October 20th 2009

1.Wireless Internet Survey
2.St. Louis Symphony
3.Stay Safe with Emergency Notification information
4.Campus Programming Council Applications

1.Wireless Internet Survey

Please take this survey about your wireless internet experiences on campus: http://studentvoice.com/washstl/studentinternetservices09

2. Pack the Powell

Ever had a chance to hear a world-class symphony?  Now, you do - and for free!  This Thursday, October 22, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform the "A Child of Our Time" for Wash U. students only!  Transportation is available.  For additional information, visit the Center for the Study of Ethics' Web site:http://humanvalues.wustl.edu/index.htm

When: Thursday from 6-9 p.m.
Where: Powell Symphony Hall
Who: You AND 2,688 of your closest WU friends!

Exercise your musical ear; marvel at the concert hall; and represent Wash U. with pride and enthusiasm! Let's Pack the Powell!


3. Emergency Notification System Testing

Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21.

The WUSTLAlerts test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

For the test, WUSTLAlerts will send e-mails to @wustl.edu addresses, text messages to cell phones and voice messages to campus phones. E-mails will come from WUSTLAlerts@wustl.edu; text messages will come from 89361; and campus phone calls will come from 935-9000. Please respond as quickly as possible per the instructions.

4. Campus Programming Applications

Campus Programming Council (CPC) is a large-scale social programming student group responsible for comedy events, weekly Happy Hours, and various other campus-wide programs.  Comedians we have brought in years past include Bob Saget, Mitch Hedberg, Jim Gaffigan, BJ Novak, and Brian Regan.  Weekly Happy Hours are Thursdays in the Gargoyle or Bowles Plaza, and provide food, drinks and programming to all undergrads.  Past special events have included petting zoos, hypnotists, and magicians. 

If you are interested please email Jeremy Carlson, at jcarlson@wustl.edu. for an application.  Applications are due Friday, October 23rd.

The Freshman Class Council Presidential Debate is scheduled for tomorrow night at 6:00pm. It will consist of the five candidates running for FCC President being asked questions by Nate on the background, ideas, and goals of the five candidates and their slates. There will also be 20 minutes at the end where the Vice President of Programming, Nate Ferguson, will ask questions fielded from the audience. The debate will be streamed live, linked through the Election Center at www.su.wustl.edu/elections where students can also find written statements from all the candidates. See you there! 


The event will take place on September 13th in Mudd Multipurpose Room at 6:00 p.m.

In a unanimous decision, Executive Council voted 7-0-0 to grant Team 31 an additional $15,000 for talent towards fall WILD. At last year's General Budget meetings, many students felt that more money should be given towards WILD, since it is one of the most anticipated traditions on our campus each semester, and directly benefits a large portion of the student population. We followed their sentiments and granted Team 31 the additional money, which we hope will help make this coming WILD a very memorable one. For more information about Team 31 and WILD, please visit http://team31.wustl.edu/

Any questions regarding the decision can be posted here, or emailed to me at Finance@su.wustl.edu 

$15,000 remains in the Executive Appeals account. 

The final changes to the Constitution and Statutes that make up Executive Committee Restructuring are attached to this blog post!

These changes have been passed by Senate and Treasury. The constitutional changes will go up for a referendum vote during the March 4th and 5th Student Union elections.

I took over the Executive Committee Restructuring project 10 months ago. I am happy that it has finally been completed. More importantly, I am happy that the final proposal is one that passed almost unanimously in Senate and Treasury and, for the most part, has the support of the groups who were formerly Executive Committees.

This process has taught me a lot. The most interesting thing that I have learned is that there is a huge disconnect between Student Union and student groups/students.