Senate plans street names
Jacob W. Brower

Associate Editor

The wheels are in motion for the naming of the streets on campus, Zack Odem, Student Senate president, announced Oct. 23.

Odem said the Senate will name 13 different streets on campus. He said the project will be funded by either the physical plant or the Senate, or  some combination thereof.  The entire project - street signs and concrete - is expected to cost around $1,000, Odem said.

Andrew McGowan, treasurer, said he hopes the Senate does fund at least a portion of the project.

 We will be doing it (the naming), but it would mean more if we actually put funds behind it,  he said.

The street naming committee will meet Monday, where each member will suggest five street names. The committee will choose its 13 favorite names and bring them before a vote of the Senate.

Students with ideas for street names should bring them to the Student Services office, Billingsly Student Center, Room 211, no later than Nov. 4. Odem said the committee will not consider naming any streets after people for possible future fund-raising purposes.

For the second consecutive week, the Senate did not hear any allocation requests from campus organizations. McGowan said this is probably because most groups are waiting until the spring semester.

However, the Senate will hear a $400 request from the Collegiate Music Educators National Convention. The group will hold a party Oct. 29 for recruitment purposes.

 We ll see about that,  McGowan said.  My motto is  everybody gets less.  

McGowan said there is $11,800 remaining in the treasury this semester. The Senate is on pace for a $6,600 budget surplus going into the spring semester, with five meetings left in the fall.

The College traditionally allocates an extra $8,000 to the Senate treasury for the spring semester.