2008 Woodie Awards
Extra day for Thanksgiving still in works
Desire for more students' voices for city also on Senate agenda
By: Sun Cha, Managing Editor
Issue date: 2/8/08 Section: News
A fall break may be in store for ASU students as soon as fall '09, according to Student Body President Ryan Mason. He said the Student Government Association has put in a proposal to extend the Thanksgiving holiday by an extra day. Instead of having the traditional Thursday and Friday off during Thanksgiving week, if the proposal is approved, students will have Wednesday through Friday off during that week.
San Angelo native and freshman, Brittiany Angley, would not be affected when it comes to travelling for Thanksgiving, but she thinks implementing a fall break is a good idea.
"It would be a good thing to extend the break," Angley said. "My family lives here in town so I can see them every day, but people who live out of town will have more time to spend with their families."
Mason said he thinks the fall break is a good idea because it would give students an extra day to travel home for Thanksgiving. Though this may be a bonus for students, ASU staff wouldn't be affected by the change.
"It will be a student holiday but not a staff holiday," Mason said. "The staff would still be working."
SGA has also been trying to implement a Student Congress. Students would meet via teleconference with other schools in the Texas Tech University system. The meeting's focus would be to discuss issues that affect all the universities with the main issue dealing with the selection process of the student regent.
"The student regent is a position held by a student on the board of regents," Mason said. "It's a very prestigious position. We are trying to come up with a way where every university has a fair and equal shot at having a student from their university as the student representative."
Another item on the senate's agenda is to implement a city communication board. The board would meet once a month with a prominent city official, such as the mayor or chief of police, as a visiting speaker. The meeting would be open to all students, and they would address problems that affect the students, or suggestions from students as to what they would like to see done in San Angelo.
Freshman Zach Leos said he would attend the monthly meeting of the city communication board.
"I think that communication between us and the city would be beneficial," Leos said. "Getting ideas out is important. We would all benefit from that idea."
According to Mason, the SGA has been working on organizing a city communication board for some time now.
"It's a great opportunity for students, as well as SGA, to represent the students on campus as to what they want," Mason said.
San Angelo native and freshman, Brittiany Angley, would not be affected when it comes to travelling for Thanksgiving, but she thinks implementing a fall break is a good idea.
"It would be a good thing to extend the break," Angley said. "My family lives here in town so I can see them every day, but people who live out of town will have more time to spend with their families."
Mason said he thinks the fall break is a good idea because it would give students an extra day to travel home for Thanksgiving. Though this may be a bonus for students, ASU staff wouldn't be affected by the change.
"It will be a student holiday but not a staff holiday," Mason said. "The staff would still be working."
SGA has also been trying to implement a Student Congress. Students would meet via teleconference with other schools in the Texas Tech University system. The meeting's focus would be to discuss issues that affect all the universities with the main issue dealing with the selection process of the student regent.
"The student regent is a position held by a student on the board of regents," Mason said. "It's a very prestigious position. We are trying to come up with a way where every university has a fair and equal shot at having a student from their university as the student representative."
Another item on the senate's agenda is to implement a city communication board. The board would meet once a month with a prominent city official, such as the mayor or chief of police, as a visiting speaker. The meeting would be open to all students, and they would address problems that affect the students, or suggestions from students as to what they would like to see done in San Angelo.
Freshman Zach Leos said he would attend the monthly meeting of the city communication board.
"I think that communication between us and the city would be beneficial," Leos said. "Getting ideas out is important. We would all benefit from that idea."
According to Mason, the SGA has been working on organizing a city communication board for some time now.
"It's a great opportunity for students, as well as SGA, to represent the students on campus as to what they want," Mason said.
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