During the Tues., Sept. 29 meeting for the Student Government Association (SGA), the campus master plan was discussed. A video has been released detailing the campus master plan. The video, entitled Vision 2020, laid out all the changes that are planned over the next decade. The video can be accessed at http://www.longwood.edu/physicalplant/MasterPlanMoviePage.html#. The SGA watched the video during the meeting, and discussed the video afterwards. Questions about where all the new buildings will be located were raised. SGA President Cameron Patterson explained that the lot located between the baseball fields and the Communication Studies and Theatre Arts Center (CSTAC)will be renovated. The residential students will be assigned to park in Lancer Park, which has room for about 1,500 more parking spaces.
Longwood also owns lots of property in the neighborhoods around the campus. Although Patterson assured that Longwood would not be forcing out any families, the university will work on purchasing lots as they become vacant. The video gives a lot of information about the expected additions and renovations.
The freshman class had 51 percent vote in the freshman elections. Patterson said this is the biggest turnout he has seen. 18 people ran for the various positions. There is a runoff for the president of the freshman class. Freshmen have until Fri., Oct. 2 to vote for the president on blackboard.
Sarah Clark, Lindsey Winter, Chelsea Garvey, Ben Tyre, Nathan Cook and Ben Mandeville were all sworn in as senators. Neil Stump was sworn in as an auditor. Also the constitutions of the Hockey Club and Circle K were passed.
Four hundred dollars was allocated the swim team they are moving their lines to Willett pool so they can compete. $2,350 was allocated for the equestrian team to compete in a horse show. The Blue Heat dance team was allocated $298.50 for pompoms. $135 was allocated to the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) for a programming competition. Two-thousand eight hundred dollars was allocated to televise the UFC fight in the Student Union, while InterVarsity received $700 for a winter conference and a haunted trail, Scary Woods, they put on in October.
SGA has a new feature to their weekly meetings. They now open up a half-hour before their meeting at 3:45 to allow students an opportunity to sign up to voice their concerns. At the beginning of every meeting, they will allow each student who signed up three to four minutes to voice their opinion on any topic they wish. There is also a gallery at every meeting and all students are welcome to come and sit in on the meetings.
On Tues., Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in the ballroom, the SGA will be hosting an open forum. This is an opportunity for students to voice their opinions on anything they want, including housing, dining and parking. The next meeting will be on Tues., Oct. 6 at 3:45 p.m. in the ABC rooms of the Student Union.
