“Part of my role is surveys and polling, and I want more results,” Haws said.
He said online polls about issues that concern students will hopefully get more responses than he can get by passing around papers and tallying them. Haws hopes to increase membership in the group, which will be called “Voice Your Concerns and Initiatives,” and will post surveys on different topics regularly to keep students interested.
“My biggest worry is that it’ll get dry, so I definitely want to keep hot topics on it and cause a lot of talk,” Haws said.
The council also discussed some potential physical additions to campus, such as new trash cans, a food pantry and Redboxes. Administrative Assistant Nate Robinson said the Executive Council will work with USU Housing to get a Redbox near student dormitories and the Living Learning Center or the Taggart Student Center.
Facilities is also working with the council to purchase trash cans for designated spots around campus. Robinson said the Facilities budget allows for two trash cans, and they are waiting to hear back from USU President Stan Albrecht about additional funding to buy up to eight. The trash cans cost about $1,500-2,000 each, because they are “so nice and extremely durable,” Robinson said.
The USU food pantry, in conjunction with the Logan food pantry, will be opening in February to provide some help to students in need, said David Knighton, vice president of service.
Also at the meeting, Diversity Vice President Krista Bustamante explained the problems many clubs have been having logging onto the ASUSU clubs Web site. The site is important, because clubs that are not registered with the university cannot host events or rent rooms, Bustamante said.
She said the problems with the Web site stem from clubs that have been inactive for a period of time, even if they are an official club. She said that using an Aggiemail account, club officers can log onto the ASUSU clubs Web site and fill out a club application and send it to her.
Clubs need to have a constitution, mission statement for this year and current officers, and Bustamante said she can answer any questions clubs have with restoring their active status.
– chelsey.gensel@aggiemail.usu.edu