Ad Hoc Committee on Funding

This committee will be founded with the goal of improving how RSOs get funding. The
committee will convene extensively during winter quarter. It will evaluate SGFC and
Annual Allocations as they exist currently as well as new and innovative funding models.
The committee will be charged with coming up with a recommendation on how to improve
the current finance structure
to be presented to Student Government. This committee
will be appointed by the Executive Slate and will begin meeting by January 7th 2008.

If you are interested in serving on this committee please email Hilary Fruitman
(short) answers to the following questions:

1) Your name, year and any RSOs you are currently involved with

2) What are your ideas about the funding committee and what do you hope will be the end result of the committee?

3) Why you want to be on the committee and what do you think you’ll contribute?

Come talk to ORCSA and SG about the Student Activity Fee!

Do you want to talk with ORCSA and Student Government representatives about how you could be better supported? How about better ways to disperse the Student Activity Fee? Please come to our open forums, organized by RSO category, on the following dates:

• Cultural/Ethnic - Wednesday, November 14 - McCormick Tribune Lounge - 6 pm - 7 pm
• Graduate Groups - Wednesday, November 14 - McCormick Tribune Lounge - 7 pm - 8 pm
• Religious/Spiritual, Social, Political, non CAT Academic - Monday, November 19 - Bartlett Lounge - 6 pm - 7 pm
• Media/Publications - Monday, November 19 - Bartlett Lounge - 7 pm - 8 pm

Promote Your Event on the SG Website
SG is now offering RSOs an opporuntiy to promote their event on SG’s website! Nearly 2,000 students a day see this page, why shouldn’t they see your event too? For more information, please e-mail Scott Duncombe several weeks before your event.

Share Your Thoughts: Search for the Next Dean of Rockefeller Chapel

The University is searching for a new Dean of Rockefeller Chapel. They would very much like your opinion on the position and what kind of person we should be looking for to fill this important role.
On November 20 from noon to 1:00 PM, you are inviting you, as students involved in religious/spiritual life on campus, to meet with Patricia Herzog, search consultant to the University for this position, and members of the Search Committee.
The discussion will be held in the IRC Fellowship Room of Rockefeller Chapel (Lower Level 19). A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP

SG’s Free Airport Shuttle
SG Will be operating its Free Airport Shuttle to O’Hare and Midway Airports at the following times:

Thursday December 6th: 9 AM

Friday December 7th: 6 AM, 8 AM, 10 AM, 12 PM, 2 PM (only to Midway)

Saturday December 8th: 7 AM, 9 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM

Sign up and Ride for the Chance to win a free round trip ticket on American Airlines.

FREE Airport Shuttle

Vice-President/Dean of Students to Visit Councils

Kim Goff-Crews will be visiting both College and Graduate Council in the next few weeks to discuss Student Life on Campus. She will be visiting Graduate Council on Ocotber 15th at 7 PM in the GSB Classroom 10 and College Council on October 24th at 6:30 PM. These events will be open to all students.

Class of 2011 Election Results

October 11th, 2007 - Congratulations Angel Pu, Julian Quintanilla, Yeonjean Gahng, and Greg Nance on being elected to College Council. This election featured a record number of candidates, nineteen total, with nearly a third of the Class of 2011 voting. See full election results here.

Special Election Results
Congratulations Devika Persaud on your election to the College Council. Thank you to all nine candidates for coming out and runing for College Council.

WHPK Now Streaming

Listen to your Campus Radio Station, WHPK, streaming online from their website. See their schedule and

Join an SG Committee

August 12th, 2007 - Student Government is always looking for talented and intrested students to serve on one of the many SG Committees. Check out our new Committees page to find a committee thats fits your interests. We’ve divided the committees into four catagories: Advocacy, Service, Support, and Other. Find the one that fits you then e-mail the Executive Committee to sign up.

The Neubauer Family Foundation Gives $25 Million to University

This gift will enable the University to appoint four newly hired junior faculty across the University, chosen for their potential to reshape the academic agenda in their fields. The gift brings the current Chicago Initiative to over $2 Billion in total, marking a landmark in the current campaign.

Hyde Park Landmark Needs Your Help

A Hyde Park Landmark, The Fountain of Time, needs our help to secure a grant from Partners in Preservation, click here to vote. You can vote once a day!

Record Number Run for College Council

October 1st, 2007 - Nineteen people will be placed on the ballot for the first year College Council election, scheduled to occur online October 9th-11th. To read more and see the list of candidates, see SG’s Press Release. Voting will take place on the home page and Candidate Statements will be posted by Monday. SG is also hosting a candidates forum with free food at 6 PM in the McCormick Tribune Lounge on Monday the 8th.

Future of the A-Level

July 17, 2007 - In meetings with both the outgoing and incoming members of the
SG Executive Committee, Library Administrators have agreed to reopen the A-Level as another
All-Night Study Space (ANNS) contingent on the approval by the Board of Trustees of the
Addition to the Regenstein Library. The Board will vote on the matter in December and the
A-Level may be able to open as early as January 8th if the Addition is approved Unfortunately,
a plan to reopen the A-Level as is during the Fall Quarter was rejected by Administrators due
to safety concerns. Read the memo sent to students on the committee here.

University Installs New Outlets in Hutch

July 17, 2007 - Nineteen new power outlets were installed in Hutch Commons as part of
work being done on the Reynolds Club, to better serve students studying in the area with
computers. The installation of these outlets was pushed for primarily by last year’s Campus
Services Committee under its chair, Andrew Stregachis, and the outgoing Executive Slate.

New Electronic Emergency Notification System

June 7, 2007 - The University has unveiled a new system to alert students via phone,
text, and e-mail messages in the event of an emergency. Each student can add up to ten points
of contacts at https://calert.uchicago.edu/ using their CNetID. The information in the
emergency-notification system will be used only to contact you in case of emergency, a University
closing, or some other event that requires rapid, brief, wide-scale notification to the community.

New College Council elected for next year

May 18, 2007 - Congratulations to next year’s CC. The 2nd-year representatives will be
Jay Kim, Ben Esparza, Jarrod Wolf and Ashley Alger. The 3rd-year representatives will be
Jenny Akchin, Jim McAnelly, Greg Gabrellas, and Kati Proctor. The 4th-year representatives
will be Daniel Kimerling, Eve Ewing, Christian Brockman, and Ben Shephard. Thank you all for
voting! 1st-year elections will be held at the beginning of Fall quarter.

Second Airport Shuttle a Success

July 17, 2007 - The second trial run of Student Government’s new Airport Shuttle
was a success, expanding service from every two hours to every hour and a half to better
accommodate students. View results of a recent survey of those who signed up, here.
Last quarter’s Shuttle Survey results can be found here.
Over three hundred students signed up for the shuttle but none were left behind, despite
several wait listed students and many bags from students leaving for the summer. We’d
like to specially thank all the Student Government volunteers who came out and help
make this happen, along with the University’s provided drivers who were incredibly
courteous and helpful to students with heavy bag loads.

SG Redesigns Website

August 12th, 2007 - SG has updated its website. Check out the new Assembly, People, Calendar, and Overview pages and introducing the brand new Committees page. Keep watching the website for more updates. If you have any questions or concerns with the updates (such as something is not working properly) please e-mail the webmaster.

College Receives One Hundred Million Dollar Donation to Undergraduate Aid

I would like to thank the generous anonymous donor on behalf of all of Student Government for
his incredible gift to undergraduate education. It is through this is of gift that we will be
able to see the life of the mind live on and flourish in the years to come. We would also like
to thank the Student Government members and students who have advocated strongly for this type
of aid over the years. Our voice has finally been heard, and we are thankful that future students
will not have to bear the financial burden that has been an unfortunate requirement of the life
of the mind. Finally, we can say with confidence that our University is leading the way in meeting
the needs of undergraduates students.

-Scott Duncombe

Student Government President

BigIdeas = Big Money for You
Student Government is rewarding students with
gift certificates to Chicago stores and restaurants and other prizes in exchange for good ideas to
improve life on campus. Sometimes BigIdeas aren’t really that ‘big’ at all. Examples of BigIdeas
previously implemented include: 1. Set up a camera inside the Reynolds Club to monitor when
busses arrive; 2. Add “Raw Sugar” to the condiments available in the C-Shop; 3. Install a machine
to add money to Graduate Laundry Cards in the basement of the Reynolds Club. Student provide the
ideas, and Student Government will work to make that idea a reality. To find out more, please
click here.

New coffee shop now open in Crerar ’til 1 a.m.

BREW the new coffee shop in Crerar is currently open and ready
for your late night business. The hours are Monday-Thursday
5pm-1am and Sunday 7:30pm-1am. They serve a variety of
foods from the Student Run Coffee Shop Family including
platters from Rajun Cajun, salads from Cedars, and sandwiches
from U-Mart, coffee from Metropolis and a selection of sodas
and water.

SG Hosts Student Lunch with Trustee Michael Klingensmith

June 7, 2007 - The Undergraduate and Graduate Liaisons to the Board of Trustees,
Hollie Russon Gilman and Erica Simmons, hosted Trustee Michael Klingensmith on Friday June 1st
in the South Lounge of the Reynolds Club. Students talked to Michael about a variety of topics,
including the commercial development of Hyde Park, transportation, and the structure and workings
of the Board of Trustees. As Chair of the Student and Campus Life Committee, Michael was hopeful
that there could be an increase in the dialog between the Board and students in the coming year
through his committee.

Decision Coke

May 31, 2007 - The Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) decided with a vote of 4-2 to keep
Coca-Cola products in the University of Chicago Campus Dining locations. The issue of whether or
not to remove Coca-cola products from Campus Dining locations has been debated on campus for the
past 2 years and culminated in town hall meeting on this subject on Tuesday, May 22nd, which was
attended by over 200 students. National representatives from both the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
and Coca-Cola North America spoke at this forum to address questions about alleged human rights
violations and other topics. This issue has been debated within both Student Government (SG) as
well as the Inter-House Council (IHC) and by the end of Spring Quarter 2007 both of these
councils voted to keep Coca-Cola products on campus. Both SG and IHC have 3 representatives on
CDAB, which constitute the 6 voting members of the committee.

SG Sponsored Airport Shuttle at end of Finals Week

May 30, 2007 - Student Government will be offering free shuttle rides to both O’Hare and
Midway Airports at the end of finals week. Last quarter, this service was incredibly popular and
thanks to your feedback we are now offering more shuttle rides, more frequently! Please make your
reservations at the Shuttle Reservation Site.

Decision Coke: Town hall meeting May 22nd

May 10, 2007 � Student Government representatives on the Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) will be
deciding by the end of the quarter whether or not Coca-Cola products should be removed from campus
dining halls. Student Government is hosting a town hall meeting on this subject on Tuesday, May 22nd
to hear from students about the issues. National representatives from the Killer Coke campaign and
Coca-Cola Company will be speaking at this forum to address questions about alleged human rights
violations and other topics. This town hall meeting is open to all university members and will
take place in Kent 107 from 5-7pm on Tuesday, May 22nd. This forum will also give students an
opportunity to voice to their Student Government representatives their opinions about whether or
not Coke should be removed from campus dining hall locations. To find out whom your SG reps are,
please click here.

Meet the new Vice-President / Dean of Students

May 9, 2007 - Student Government will be hosting an afternoon reception for the newly appointed Vice-President/Dean of Students Kim Goff-Crews. The event will be held May 14th from 4:30 - 6:30 in Bartlett Quad (Rain Location: Hutchinson Commons). Come meet the new Vice-President who will be joining the University on July 1st and enjoy deserts courtesy of Campus Dining Services. This event is sponsored by ORCSA, and the Office of the Vice President and Dean of Students in the University.

$270,000 in student activities fees allocated in 5 days

May 7, 2007 - The Annual Allocations Committee met for more than forty hours during sixth week to allocate $270,000 of the student activities fee for next year. The amount of requests increased dramatically, while the student activities fee did not and consequently the committee had to make many difficult decisions. While not all events could be funded in full, there will be many great events next year put on by political, cultural, academic and many other RSOs. Whether its moon festivals, or Bollywood movies, next year’s student activities programming will be fantastic!

Negotiations on late-night study space have begun

May 5, 2007 - Library administrators met with outgoing and incoming members of the
SG Executive Committee to discuss problems with the location of the All-Night Study Space (ANSS).
Since the ANSS was moved from the A-Level of the Reg to Crerar, student attendance has dropped
significantly; this change was made to clear space for books during a massive construction project
planned for the Reg. At the meeting, library admin solicited input from SG regarding why attendance
is down at Crerar and asked what could be done to improve the service until the A-Level of the Reg
can be restored in 2010. SG members will meet with admin again to present a list of suggestions in
8th week. In the coming discussions, SG’s primary goal is to restore the A-Level study space as
soon as possible. To voice your opinion on the matter, please contact David Courchaine at

daveyboy@uchicago.edu.

SG Elections Results

Congratulations to the winners of the recent Student Government Elections! Next year’s executive slate will be Your SG, with President Scott Duncombe, VP for Administration Hilary Fruitman, and VP for Student Affairs Matt Kennedy. The liaisons to the board of trustees will be undergraduate Holly Russon Gilman and graduate Erica Simmons. Thank you for voting!

Security Forum on Thursday

This Thursday, May 3rd, at 5pm in the McCormick Lounge of the Reynolds
Club join the University of Chicago Police Department, Chicago PD,
University Administration and Student Government in a discussion about
Security in and around Campus. A Self Defense Trainer will be there to
teach valuable safety tips. Stop-Tags to secure your laptop will also
be available (the first 4 are FREE.) This discussion and self defense
training is open to all graduates, undergraduates, faculty, and staff
in the University.

Results of the U-Pass vote

April 27, 2007 - During the last student government elections, voters answered a question on whether they would like to see an unlimited ride CTA pass (”U-Pass”) implemented. The results in the College were 52% in favor, 48% against. In the GSB, 60% were in favor. In the SSA, 89% were in favor. In the Harris school, 80% were in favor. The U-Pass only failed (with less than 50% of the vote) in three graduate divisions: Physical Sciences, Divinity (49% to 51%) and Social Sciences (49% to 51%). Student government will be taking these results to the individual divisions for further action.

Students to decide the fate of Coke on campus
Administrators in charge of dining
on campus told six student representatives on the Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) that they can
decide whether or not Coca-Cola products should be removed from campus dining halls. This development
occurred after representatives from the “Killer Coke” campaign presented CDAB with approximately 1100
signatures from students who agree that Coke should be removed. The student representatives reported
that Richard Mason, the lead administrator for CDAB, indicated to them that if the six students on
the Board unanimously agreed to remove Coke, it would be done. CDAB advises the administration
regarding Bartlett, Pierce, BJ, Hutch, C-Shop, Maroon Market, and Capone’s. The six student
representatives include three reps from Student Government and three reps from the Inter-House Council.
CDAB will meet again to decide this question in 6th week. To find out who your SG reps are on CDAB,
please click here.

President Zimmer to continue discussion on aid
President Zimmer will be
talking about financial aid in two separate discussions to be hosted by Student Government. The
first discussion will take place on May 2 and will focus on issues surrounding undergraduate aid.
The second forum will take place on May 8 and will focus on issues surrounding graduate aid. The
discussions are open to all interested students but attendance will be capped in order to maintain
an intimate environment for discussion. Those students interested in attending the undergraduate
aid discussion should contact SG Vice President for Administration Donny Copeland at
mdc07@uchicago.edu with your name and class. Those students interested in attending the graduate
aid discussion should contact Graduate Council chairman Alex Bratsafolis at
alexrose@uchicago.edu with your name and division.