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The Daily OrangeSA | Cut in Haven Dining Hall's hours discourages committee chairman
By Paige Dearing
Posted: 8/28/07, 12:21 AM EST Section: News
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Larry Seivert, who last year showed interest in getting a dining hall on the west side of campus to extend its hours, discovered recently that Haven now serves dinner until 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 6:30 p.m. on weekends.
Last year, Haven and Shaw dining halls - both on the East side of campus - were open until at least 9 p.m. Now only Shaw serves dinner that late.
Seivert wanted to balance the campus, with at least one dining hall open until 9 p.m. on either side of campus.
It gives "convenience, increased safety and as of right now, perhaps new jobs," he said.
The University Affairs committee is still seeing if it's possible to extend the hours of Brockway or Sadler dining halls, which are on the other side of campus, Seivert said after the meeting.
A $15,000 surplus
In other business, SA wants help dealing with $15,000 that wasn't spent last spring.
"We all pay the student fee, the fee goes into the budget, which then gets spent on operation during the semester. Invariably, we won't spend it all," said Comptroller Mike Rizzolo. "All that money that is leftover is what we call roll-over money."
Rizzolo heads the Finance Board, which helps student groups make proposals to use those funds.
The need to recruit
Monday's meeting started about 15 minutes late because the assembly failed to meet quorum - which makes the meeting official - until a 13th member showed.
In order to make quorum, at least 13 of the 24 voting members must be present.
"We need to make sure our membership is comprised of people who also take it seriously and are dedicated," said SA President Ryan Kelly. "SA is starting to come in the limelight in a lot of administrative talk and they take our policies seriously now."
But there was promise for a stronger turnout in the future.
Freshman Lily Mei sat in on the meeting after seeing an advertisement on SA in a brochure. She contacted a member to get more information.
"SA was really a part of the freshman orientation," she said. "I saw Ryan at the orientation at the Carrier Dome. He was making a general announcement about the organization and what they did and how they set up stuff for the freshmen."
"I like to get involved, so I just took it upon myself," Mei said. She hopes to eventually hold a leadership position within SA.
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