9. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a referendum be included on the 2010 SGA election in April; and, 10. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the referendum reads: MaryPIRG, the Maryland (Student) Public Interest Research Group, is a statewide, student directed, student funded, non-profit, non-partisan organization which does research, education, service, and action on environmental, consumer protection, higher education, and hunger relief issues, started in 1973. MaryPIRG hires a staff of professional organizers and advocates from Student Activities Fees to work with students on issues that concern them as citizens. Do you support the continuation of a Maryland PIRG Campus Coordinator and Statewide Director funded through a portion of the student activities fee?

The Teva Learning Center Climate Change Bus is a school bus with an upside down school bus sitting on top of it. The bus has been converted to run on waste vegetable oil and travels the country providing fun and engaging programs which aim to educate audiences of all ages about the issues of Climate Change and environmental stewardship. Elements of the program include, but are not limited to a school bus upside down on top of another school bus which runs on waste vegetable oil, a bicycle powered generator, and solar ovens.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association recommends Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver for the 2010 First Year Book.

9. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the SGA supports increasing the amount of time between classes on MWF.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Student Government Association approve the recommendations of the Finance Committee.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association co-sponsors the Department of Transportation Services’ Sound Your Horn forums.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Dining Services permanently post nutritional information about all of the current selection of food in print specifically in the dining hall.

As is stands, departments have no financial reserves to support initiatives either independently created or passed down via the legislature. If the departments wish to host events, they presently must pass potentially redundant and stalling legislation allocating money to particular services. This will provide departments with the right to their own reserves, to be used to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities. The structure of Department Reserves is modeled directly after the structure of existing Committee Reserves.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Student Government Association strongly condemns the decision to remove Dr. Cordell Black from his position of Associate Provost of Equity and Diversity and the decision to make the Associate Provost of Equity and Diversity a part-time position.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association demands for a Good Samaritan Policy.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the SGA approve the document titled ‘Election Rules,’ submitted to the Legislature for approval by the Constitution and By-Laws Committee.

As CORE is being changed this is an excellent time to change the requirement for ENGL101 exemption. The Writing portion of the SAT has been ignored by the school, but is designed to test the writing abilities of students, which makes it a better fit for ENGL101 than Reading, which is more about reading comprehension and vocabulary than sentence structure, grammar usage, and argument structure. It would also provide incentive for students to do well on the Writing SAT. This supports changing the policy on exemption, but not the score achieved by the student.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association endorses the implementation of these five recommendations.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Student Government Association strongly urges the University Senate to change X-5.00(A), Section B, Line 2 of the Policies and Procedures to read: “Smoking is prohibited outside of buildings within 25 feet of any entrance, air intake duct, or window and at any greater distance in which smoke can enter a building.” Furthermore, an additional line should be added, reading “Where the needs of smokers and non-smokers conflict, smoke-free air shall have priority."

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Article XIII, Section 1 of the SGA By-Laws be amended to read: 1. The Legislature shall be empowered to bring impeachment proceedings against any elected member or director legislator, executive, or liaison of the organization as specified in Article VI, section 3, Subsection D of the constitution,