The Tufts Community Union Senate assembled in the Sophia Gordon Multipurpose Room last night for its weekly meeting.
TCU President Joe Thibodeau, a senior, announced that he and three other senate members would attend a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) student government conference at Wesleyan University this coming weekend and consulted the Senate to see if any had NESCAC-specific topics they would want analyzed.
Lia Weintraub, a senior, asked Thibodeau to consult Connecticut College about the school's internship program, given that this could help her internship-related Trustees project.
During the committee reports, representatives announced a number of upcoming events, including Black Solidarity Day, an upcoming art exhibit on the transgender clergy, the Latin American Committee's general interest meeting this week and the beginning of Asian American Month.
Associate Treasurer Solana Davis, a junior, then presented the Allocations Board report.
The Senate voted to grant Tufts Hong Kong Student Association $250 to host a game night on Nov. 15, $781 to J Street U for the 2014 fiscal year and $705 to the Leonard Carmichael Society for a new printer and scanner. The body granted $365 to the Society of Latino Engineers and Scientists and $415.32 to United for Immigrant Justice, as both groups are new and need funding. $140 went to the Senate in order to finance transportation to the NESCAC conference. The four conference attendees, including Thibodeau and TCU Vice President Stephen Ruggerio, a senior, abstained from this final vote.
TCU Historian Bradley Friedman, a junior, announced a student leadership dinner on Nov. 21, designed to generate dialogue among members of the Senate and student organizations. Member of the President's Council on Diversity Darien Headen, a junior, announced Diversity Networking Night, to be held in Dowling Hall 745 on Nov. 19.
Other announcements publicized coming events such as Saturday's annual step-dance competition Break the Stage, tonight's "Oh, Megan!" lecture on sexual pleasure, Tuesday's College Freedom Forum, Friday night's "A Night of Spoken Word with Phil Kaye" and a Veterans' Day ceremony to honor Tufts members who have served in the military and in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
The TCU Senate Services Committee announced that Tufts Dining Services is now accepting applications for the Cause Dinner, a biannual charity event on Nov. 19.
The committee will also circulate an online survey about student preferences during the coming weeks. The survey is meant to influence the administration's decisions in planning events through student-generated data.
