ASPSU Senate endorses Soto’s OSA proposal
The student senate voted to endorse Student Body President Rudy Soto’s proposal that would alter the structure of the Oregon Student Association on Monday with a unanimous vote and four abstentions.
The senate resolution, sponsored by at-large Sen. Annie Tzoneva, says that the general assembly in Soto’s proposal would implement “checks and balance to ensure that there is less likely a chance of tyranny of the majority.”
Soto’s proposal would create a new board, called the general assembly, in the Oregon Student Association, a lobbyist group dedicated to student issues. The general assembly would be based on proportional representation. Each of the nine OSA schools would get at least one vote on the board, gaining an additional vote for every 2,500 full-time students enrolled at the school.
The general assembly would help recommend what issues OSA advocates for each year, it would decide how much each student pays to help OSA operate, and it would elect the top officials of the OSA board of directors, the board that currently performs these functions for OSA. The board of directors is comprised of two representatives from each of the nine OSA schools.
The senate resolution says that it would be unfortunate if the OSA board of directors picked lobbying issues that do not represent PSU students, who pay for a larger portion of the OSA budget than smaller schools. The resolution purports that a larger, representative board will prevent this from happening.
-David Holley
Sixth annual Wellness Fair Today at FFT Cafe
Campus Recreation is hosting their sixth annual Wellness Fair today, focusing on helping improve members of the PSU community’s mental and physical health.The event, which is co-sponsored by the Food for Thought Cafe and the Student Center for Health and Counseling, will address all areas of health through a process called the Wellness Wheel Model. The model is comprised of emotional, psychical, social, environmental, spiritual and intellectual wellness, which all work together to create a healthy balance in people’s lives, according to a fair press release.
In addition to the focus on the wheel model, students can get free chair massages from therapists at the East West College, talk with chiropractors from Western States Chiropractic College or get a blood pressure screening through SHAC. Bike helmets will be available for $8, courtesy of OHSU’s Think First Program to prevent head and spinal cord injuries. Free food will also be provided.
The event will be held today at Food for Thought Cafe, located in the basement of Smith Memorial Student Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
–Steve Haske