By Erin Shanahan
United Student Government (USG) at Fordham Rose Hill held special elections at their second public meeting of the semester this past Thursday. The two empty USG positions have been filled as a result: Gabelli School of Business Senator for the class of 2017 and Fordham College Rose Hill Senator for the class of 2017.
Joe Moresky, FCRH ’17, ran unopposed for the position of FCRH Senator for the class of 2017. Moresky previously served on USG’s operations committee. In addition, he is a member of Fordham University’s College Republicans and the Fordham University Political Review. As senator, Moresky hoped to focus on streamlining club contact with USG.
“I really want to work with the Operations Committee to help make the club registration process more easy, salient and transparent,” Moresky said. “I’m excited to listen to the unique needs and perspectives of the clubs.”
Lucas Barth GSB ’17 ran unopposed for the position of GSB Senator for the class of 2017. Barth is from Germany and is interested in soccer. He has previously studied abroad in Columbia. As a senator, Barth hopes to focus on Bronx relations and engage with the Bronx community.
The Multicultural Food and Fellowship Club was approved by USG. According to Vice President of Operations, Doug Spring, FCRH ’17, the club’s mission is to explore different cultures through food.
“The new club will work with the Office of Multicultural Affairs in order to ensure that cultures are represented accurately and that participants are getting quality programming.” Spring said.
The senate also votes on two co-programming initiatives. Vice President of Health and Security, Catherine Maccaro presented the Faculty Working Group on Disability. They plan to screen a movie, Life Animated, with the Office of Disability Services. In addition, they also plan to organize other discussion events later in the year. The Senate expressed budget concerns regarding the rights to movie Life Animated. USG’s co-programming efforts for this initiatives will be geared toward advertising. The co-program was approved pending more information regarding the budget details.
Former Senator Kayla Straub, FCRH ’17, proposed a co-sponsorship with the Peace Corps for a tabling event. USG will advertise themselves while assisting with the tabling as well. The co-sponsorship was approved unanimously.
The Senate spent time discussing their visibility on campus. New initiatives were proposed to increase their visibility. Some recommendations included bulletin boards in sophomore housing, short video recaps of minutes after every Thursday night meeting, as well as “Meet Your Senator” events in the dorms.
