Senator Darius Somrack brought up a concern about the lack of security cameras in certain areas of campus during Associated Student Government’s (ASG) last meeting on Nov. 18 He said his bike had been vandalised after leaving it parked at a bike rack behind Havinghurst Hall, where other students have also reported issues.
“A lot of people have had incidents happen and they're asking, ‘Why is there no camera that has a view to the only entrance that people go through after 11 p.m.?’”
Secretary Ryan Jeansonne said he would bring it up with the Oxford Police Department. He also said the Parking Advisory Committee recently received a grant to add more security cameras on campus, although an exact timeline for when they might be installed has not yet been determined.
Senator Lynn Setter brought up a concern regarding the lack of sidewalks near the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum on Western Campus.
“Cars come fast around that turn or that corner from Western, and I go to the art museum often for a class, and I definitely almost got hit last week,” Setter said.
Senator Nick McClure introduced a revised proposal requesting the university reconsider its policy on course overload fees. The legislation was revised after its introduction at the previous meeting, when multiple senators expressed concern over a lack of information. McClure said he hopes to communicate with the university to better understand how the overload fees contribute to Miami financially and consider potential ways to reduce the cost for students.
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Senator Nathan Lentz also brought up issues with the way current information about the overload fee is listed on Miami’s webpage.
“The course overload fee has the last date that you can get a refund if you drop a class on the Miami website,” Lentz said. “But for sprint courses, it does not, and for spring courses, [it] just says, and I quote, ‘Sprint courses will have shorter refund periods.’ So I feel like they should put it on there.”
ASG passed the resolution.
Senator Nick Barry proposed a resolution to support placing winter lights on campus. He said the decorations would help spread joy on campus and serve to mitigate how dark certain areas on campus are, particularly on Academic Quad, which is a high-traffic area.
“It's almost December, it's snowing, I'm missing holiday music – but it's [also] completely dark, which you guys have been mentioning a lot,” Barry said. “Greg Crawford does decorate his house, and it always looks great. I just feel like we should extend that to the rest of campus.”
Senator James Li said he worried whether this was a good allocation of university funds, but Senators Luke Jolly and Alex Oliver both voiced their support for the bill, saying they believed the cost was worth it.
The resolution passed and will be sent to President Gregory Crawford, the associate vice president of facilities planning and operations and the director of operations.
This was ASG’s final meeting for the current semester. They will resume meetings starting in the spring.
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