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Happy Weekend UGA,
Spanish will no longer be offered as a minor if a bill which passed through the Curriculum Committee of University Council passes through the Executive Committee and the general body of University Council. Despite heavy student resistance (presented by Student Government Association), several faculty members who spoke against the bill, and Vice President of Instruction Jere Morehead’s disapproval, the Committee voted to deactivate the Spanish Minor… Wow. In response Nicki and I wrote a letter to President Adams expressing our concern and opposition to the measure. You can find our letter and the resolution on www.uga.edu/sga.
If you are opposed to the idea, please let us know ASAP! Send an email to Amrita Veliyath, the Student Government Association representative for students on the committee at veliyath@uga.edu. We have already received notes from current minors, parents of current minors, alumni of the program, and parents of prospective students intending to minor in Spanish, but these were clearly not enough to sway the opinion of the committee.
In happier news, if you would like to apply to be the student on the Athletic Association Board of Directors, please find the application at www.uga.edu/sga. Graduating seniors may also apply to be the commencement speaker by downloading the application at www.uga.edu/sga.
This week we are holding interviews for our committee chair positions, and will soon have more feet on the ground to accomplish our initiatives. Also, keep an eye out for senators from your school attending your club and organizational meetings. Rather than being huddled up in the office, our senators are reaching out to their schools–as they well should!–to make sure they are best serving you. Please use them as a resource to report anything of interest to you and to stay updated on how we are hoping to serve you.
Finally, as a follow up to Ruckus, we wanted to let you know how the “Do It Legally” campaign is serving our school. On Monday and Tuesday the campaign will visit classrooms and sorority chapters to deliver its key talking points. On Tuesday evening (3/25), it will hold its “main event,” Face the Music: A Panel Discussion on Digital Media Downloading (7:30 p.m. in SLC 248). They have panelists from the administration, faculty, student body and the music industry. It’s a blue card event, and they’ll be offering lots of information and some free giveaways. The campaign will be on the Tate Lawn on Wednesday, at Snelling on Thursday and at both the Young Joc (University Union) concert and two other concerts downtown on Friday. You can find them on Facebook or online at www.uga.edu/doitlegally for more information.
Stay classy UGA, and don’t forget to let us know how you feel about deactivating the Spanish Minor.
Best,
Connor and Nicki
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