The University Park Undergraduate Association will hold a town hall style meeting tonight focusing on students' rights and safety, featuring attorney Andrew Shubin as a guest speaker.
Students from all across Pennsylvania convened in the HUB, as the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments held its third Council weekend of the year this Friday and Saturday. They passed two resolutions and an amendment to an existing one.
Last night, the University Park Undergraduate Association voted 36-0-1 on a resolution presenting the results of an audit of the UPUA's Department of Legal Affairs. It had previously surfaced that Legal Affairs had not been appropriately reporting its expenditures and was perhaps doing some inappropriate spending.
What do we think of when we hear the name of a particular group on campus? This is exactly what Penn State students discussed at last night's Diversity Roundtable convened by the University Park Undergraduate Association's Student Life and Diversity Committee. The roundtable brought students of all races and backgrounds, representing numerous student organizations to the HUB to answer this question in the context of "diversity and campus media."
I'll start with the good news: the University Park Undergraduate Association voted 34-1-1 in favor of a program to produce "Know Your Rights" cards for possible downtown run-ins with the law (gasp!) Also, Jessica Roberson was confirmed as the liaison from the Off-Campus Student Union (OSCU).
However, the most controversial issue last evening was the creation of UPUA Donut [sic] Day
The University Park Undergraduate Association is now taking applications for its Board of Arbitration. The Board serves as the judicial branch of the UPUA. On its website, the UPUA illustrates some of the duties of arbitrators: