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Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: News

Media Credit: SRU Student Government Association

At its Feb. 12 meeting in the Wakehurst Student Center, the Student Government Association discussed the issue of Facebook and MySpace and how candidates use those websites during campaigns.

During the meeting, there was a motion to remove one of the amendments, which
states that "Individual campaign websites [Facebook/myspace] cannot
be used for individual campaigning but only to advertise the election itself."
The decision will most likely be made in two weeks upon further investigation.

Most of the controversy over changing this amendment concerns how to patrol the
slandering of other candidates running for student offices during the campaign.
According to what was addressed at the meeting, it has been proposed because of
the willingness of the government to have different ways of campaigning for
office rather than just using posters. However, some senators sympathize with
security issues and how they would be able to maintain order without other
candidates being slandered.

"I think we should not include it because of a lot of problems and it's hard to
keep up maintenance," said Jessica Pezzone, junior Salve Regina Student
Government Senator.

Another debate was on the issue of the Mr. Salve contest. First, the senators
discussed the issue of how to perform the voting procedures and the structure
of the event. Then the senators debated over having a Ms. Salve contest, but
much of the problem was on the issue of it becoming a beauty pageant. However,
most of the senators agreed that this will bring in more money because of the
female population at Salve.

"I think it could be a good idea and we can possibly raise a lot of money if we
get good campus involvement. I think students need to realize the funds are
going to victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and I encourage their
involvement," said Senator Chris Whynock.

The Student Government also changed three amendments of the Constitution of
Salve, which were based on grammatical errors and moved to change the Tenth
Amendment in the Salve Constitution but did not come to a final conclusion. The
change would allow all Salve clubs and organizations to collaborate together
for future projects. 

Salve Regina's Student Government Association serves as the liaison between
students, faculty, staff and administrators.

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