Date: 7 March 2007
Time: 5.16-6.15pm
NCSA Cabinet Present:
Anthony Circharo: Co-President; Isaac Duerr: Co-President; Carly Grimm: Executive Vice-President; Kerem Ozkan: Vice President of Student Affairs; Melissa Yael Jacobowitz: Vice President of Academic Affairs; David Banks: Vice President of Public Affairs; Alex English: Representative to the Foundation and Alumnae/ Foundation; Boelang Moleah: Archivist7 March 2007
David: Announces Dirty Tower will be played at the end (some people booo)
- [Crowd encouraged to start out meeting with a short meditation]
- “I’m meeting with Sam Sevin on the 9th to make sure that the Towne Meeting doesn’t interfere with classes”
Room Draw Info (Donita)
- Next week Wednesday a room draw information session will be hald for first years and maybe 2nd years (Wednesday, 5.00 in HCL 2)
- Floor plans for new dorms with furniture received today and will be put up in cafeteria as P.R. for new dorms
- They are similar to B-Dorm. B-dorm with the common spaces and Dortstein with the bedrooms
- A few singles as Viking will go off line next year
- Floor opened for questions [Discussion]
o Matt Felsen: How many RAs will there be?
o Donita: 4 new staff positions, maybe 3, not positive
o Student: By how much will housing increase?
o Donita: Probably 10%, this year was 10% and last year was 7%. New Dorms will be priced like Dorstein
o Student: How many single rooms?
o Donita: 16, Viking has 28. Not many.
o Will the new dorms be finished by fall?
o Donita: Yes. That’s how we’re going, but if there’s a storm or toilets are not delivered, then I can’t speak for that. If you have signed up for a bed and a living space then you will have somewhere to stay. I feel very good that we’ll meet the date that’s on the books.
o Is there a new student point system?
o Donita: No, only difference will be the third year ghost point for those third years that couldn’t get on campus this year.
o How do you know if you have that ghost point?
o Donita: It will be posted on the window of Res Life
o Matt: Is there an update on the painting policy
o Donita: Status Quo remains. As we are constructing there are some not exactly white options. Like the renovated Pei rooms with twilight blue, which is basically white with a slight hint of blue. The days of painted wall are in the past at New College.
- RA selection happens before room draw.
- RA selection info sessions next Tuesday and Wednesday. Between 20-22 RAs needed
o Max Ferreti: Where will first years be housed?
o Donita: Keep first years in Pei. [Applause] They will initially be tripled.
- The floor plans will be posted in cafeteria
- [Applause]
Kimberly from the Four Winds:
- [harmonica]
- This semester tips have been really bad, which sucks for us
- It’s really really bad for us
- Our kitchen’s really small which makes the food come out slow
- It’s being made with love if slow
- Thanks for coming to the Four Winds and we love you
- This Thursday dinner theme is Hawaiian Luau Theme (announce menu will include a lot pf pineapple, coconut, and barbequed tofu)
Kerem Free Expression Banners
- [Discussion]
- Motions to remove free expression banners, more than half are for, a couple of people are apposed
- Spencer: Is there a purpose, like to block debris
- Someone wants a plain free expression wall, rather than green ones
- Motion for new free expression banner that can’t have words, is seconded by Max Ferreti, “the community will make sure no one writes words”
- [Discussion]
- Kerem Motions to limit discussion to 5 mins, seconded
- [More discussion]
- Max: I don’t think aesthetic beauty is necessary for free expression
- Lisa Avron: New College isn’t mature enough
- Wendy: It was really expensive, so PR isn’t funding it again.
- Marissa: We need a big ton of paint, I’ll go to the SAC, put together a community event to paint over the crap with non verbal free expression
- Student yells out from crowd:“F**k words!”
- Word-rule violators will be sent to student court
- Sam Green Span suggests that “no words” won’t be a stipulation
- Motion to remove free expression banners, voted on 33 in favor: Motion fails
- Motion to have the “make them pretty” event
- No motion, Marissa’s just going to do that
Announcements:
Chelsea: Introducing James as the new Equipment TA [applause]
- Announcing Paul no longer being an equipment TA, as he is no longer a student [clapping]
- Get event request forms into Student Affairs
- Updates will be posted
Matt Felsen, SAC
- $1000-Africa Fest
- $4800-on “Valentines Day” PCP
- $600 – Semi-normal
- $600 – FARF
- $1,150 – Thesis concert
- $4000 grad speaker: Amy Good man [applause]
- $1000-Gardening equipment
- $4000-Grad reception
- $3000-Art Fest
- $3000-Free Jazz
- $500-2 Miami bands
- $3000 – Speaker, Inga Muscio
- We meet every Sunday 8.30 on Ham couches, barbeques and parties, movies for FARF… [Explains where to get forms]
Melissa: CAA
- What the CAA is: Council Academic Affairs, every student who sits on any academic committee, is part of us
- We also do allocations
- We also try to be a resource, for questions or complaints (it’s in the constitution)
- Will send out list of CAA reps
- Announcements:
o We have extra money from not having a SAP a couple years ago, so we’ll have a SAP in the fall… [explains it] [encourages people to find SAPs]
o A lot of talk about arts at New College, which really matters
o All our QEPs had to do with creative things
o CAA will be having an event to do with art
o SAPs get $3500, same as adjunct
o QEPs, suggestions will be still accepted for QEPs and academic master plan
Student
- Habitat for humanity this Saturday and all semester
- Alternative Spring break at Myaka
- Rev. Dee: Lecture at 7 pm HCL 3, Islamic
Adam Roca:
- Info shop is going to organized resistance conference, spots open
- Rally for peace, 3.30pm downtown
Robin Bier
- Food services committee, 7 people on it, 5 come regularly
- Jerry Dixon, Al Giligan, Kerem, Chuck, Robin
- Bring ideas to them to improve food on campus
- Worked on this year:
o New products based on student requests (incl. vegan cheese)
o Deb wants more feedback, use the comment cards
o Always possible to get new flavor of existing products, or new brands and products
o Committee going to make suggestions to sudexo to carry groceries, and non-groceries (eg. Tampons, toothpaste)
o Send in suggestions for survey
o Recipe send in week
o Cooking over ISP
o Getting Sudexo to use more vendors for their food
Rebah Solomon:
- FARF will show Science of Sleep in HCL 7, 8.00pm
Jessica from Leadership Sarasota
- Promoting using energy saving light bulbs
- Trying to promote awareness in the community
Student Announces Inga Muscio
Dillon:
- Selling clothes to reduce reliance on cotton industry, support that as a business
April:
- This is Jesus week
- Tonight is Vegi Tales
- Tomorrow is game day: 4 square and tether balls
- Gospel night, for anyone interested send an e-mail
Wendy Bashant:
- Free boxes of stuff in the box from student affairs for Spring Break
- Take those, we’ll have them at all RA events til they run out
- Thank Student Affairs on your way out
Etai:
- Talks about beach balls turning into garbage really quickly
- Cancer causing
- Motions for student allocation committee requiring evidence for sustainable thinking for allocations
- Aaron report: Environmental impact report
- Student yells from crowd: They’re not the World Bank
- Max: Where are we going to draw the line? Are we no longer going to buy disposable cups?
- Marissa Krumm: I know it’s really unpopular to speak against stuff like this, but maybe the last thing with PCP was anomalous, people on SAC know that New College students aren’t interested in pouring oil in the bay. I don’t know if it’s necessary to put further constraints on how we spend our money. Maybe strongly suggested undertone, not a legal constraint
- 45 in favor of motion, 29 opposed. Motion passes
PCP Discussion!!!!!
- David encourages people to talk in future terms
- David limits ind. Discussions to 2 minutes, passes
- Calder: “I wanted to come up here and clear the air… I would like to apologize for how divisive this PCP was, it was not my intention at all, I’m sorry… I’ll explain what my intentions were: I proposed joke theme of flooding Palm Court… and irony got out of hand this time.
- Enacted it to the best of his ability (or student court)
- Researched as many options as possible, Styrofoam blocks, mist machines, jello, packing peanuts, balloons, “Thank god we didn’t so packing peanuts”
- Packing peanuts would have killed birds
- “Thought at the time: Would be easiest to keep track of, cost effective, most flood like”
- Wanted to make PCP anything other than a trippy party
- Wanted it to be a surprise
- We tested golf carts and bikes
- Worked with police, Res Life, SA
- Pushed date back to discourage sketchy Townies, and lowered security, less clean up for maintenance, etc
- None of the beach balls made it into the bay, some made into across and into highway [Later in discussion several students reports sitings of beach balls crossing 41. Calder admits that they did cross 41 and collected by porter potties used y USF]
- None of the beach balls made it into the airport
- The itinerary was a tentative one for the SAC’s eyes only
- Compares cost of food, bands, and speakers to the cost of his PCP
- My point is: I thought PCP was a huge success, the night we filled up the beach balls was spectacular, people taking pictures, listening to cake and eating cake in the balls
- Calder:“Is Faith Lobdell here. I want to give you a hug.”
- Question: Did you buy a sound ordinance?
- Calder: No
- Jordan: Did you blow up all the beach balls?
- No, we’re going to get refunded for some stuff… [gives explanation]
- Lucia: When I asked why they were being destroyed, and I was told that the airport called…
- Calder: 30 mile gusts of wind were going to put more on the highway and in the airport. I had to call the schools and organizations and tell them that they weren’t getting the balls.
- Student: What happened to the Floodlight sphere?
- [Goes through process of ordered things through Student Affairs] which made them cut some things, cause it made ordering impossible
- Christian Pillsbury: Are you single, and if so, what do you look for in a partner? [Not answered]
- I wanted to throw an event unlike anything that has ever been seen on any campus
- “I tried to flood palm court”
PCP Discussion
- Robert Byla: I think the whole surprise deal backfired. I remember some incredible PCPs from my first year. The future should have organizers working hard to create an air of excitement, not confusion. The organizer needs to get students riled up for the parties… I urge organizers to work in advance, not use surprise, create an atmosphere that makes people wanna party.
- Lisa Avron: “I’m disappointed in New College. At least Calder had an idea. Motions: For PCP planner as an NCSA position, they work way way in advance + we vote on PCPs like we vote for SAC, a table in the cafeteria.
o If it’s better organized, PCP can be better and please everyone.
- Bebib Nun: “Centralized theme around this shenanigan, is people wanting to get rid of PCP. But once you give up a freedom, and it is a freedom, it’s very very difficult to get it back. Keep in mind bigger implications of canceling PCPs. In the future I would like to see PCP. I want to motion that however the PCP is being voted for, being very well advertised.
- Student: “I like PCP being that trippy party. Because PCP is the trippy party tradition. The advertising is especially important for people who live off campus.
- Spencer: “I love PCP, I think it’s a wonderful tradition. A lot of you like to trip apparently, that’s the impression I get. Maybe here there are a hundred and fifty people. 35% of students live off campus, I make it a point to come on campus once a week to have fun or whatever. We don’t have a lot of varied interest, one night when people can descend on their school and have a lot of fun. [Tells ppl about terrible first PCP] We’re gonna have a great graduation PCP! [Cheering]
- Sarah Cassidy: I have a suggestion, which I sent to the forum. A lot of the controversy is due to that bad Valentines PCP. Maybe we should have a College Hall Party. We could reserve that space years ahead, remove the danger from the dorms, take it to a space that’s more intimate.
o What about the noise? …
- Kiri: Something that bothered me about this PCP, is the lack of chill out room. For the trippy people.
- Max: I think that there shouldn’t be legislations being made concerning PCP. Maybe we should just make general recommendations concerning large events. Specific legislation (passing a motion with the word PCP) should not be made concerning PCP.
- Barry: I think Calder was onto something with this PCP. It was just incredible enjoying the beach balls. It changed the whole perception of the community. I’m calling for people to ask themselves “what if” in the future. PCP can be whatever you want it to be.
- Konnie: Assigning PCP so far hasn’t been working well. I like the idea of voting for sponsors at the beginning of the year as part of a real election. I think it would help me to work with those people early on. Be careful with all your emotions in voting. Maybe use tonight to make recommendations and continue to have dialogue. Do you have questions? Sarah they’ll never allow alcohol by water. Barry: How’d you describe PCP back in your day?
- Konnie: A PCP should be a wall x 10.
- Sarah: How do you make a positive event?
- Konnie: I don’t know, its hard, you guys are a tough crowd. Having a real committee that’s organized early. It’s all about planning and organization. [Applause]
- Kerem: We want to have a Towne Meeting in two weeks to have people present and vote on their PCPs.
- Lisa: I think a ballot would be more fair.
- Isaac: I think putting this into the government is rash. I motion that we table this. [Seconded]
- James: I think if we vote whether there are two or three PCPs, incoming first years won’t get to choose.
- [Tabling is passed]
- David: Yes Matt?
- Matt: Sorry, I just forgot to put my arm down.
- David: Motion to adjourn….
Meeting Adjourned
Dirty Tower played
