Senate Stuff

R-9-26, Affirming Civil Rights and Liberties in Light of the USA PATRIOT Act, passed.

Olympia Stuff

The state legislature passed a bill that granted tuition-setting authority for all non-resident undergrads and grads to the regents. They also passed a bill that granted resident status to undocumented students provided that they attended high school and lived in the state for three years.

Other Stuff

• The senior advisor to Ariel Sharon will be speaking on May 1 at 7 pm in the HUB auditorium.
• “Shifting Borders, Changing Spaces” conference: May 30-31
• UBS Trustee applications are due May 2 in the ASUW office. Apparently there are lots of perks for being on the board of trustees such as dinner after each board meeting and generous discounts on UBS stuff.
• It’s Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week
• “NOT OK: Rape As a Weapon of War” April 28-May 3

I’m sure you all have heard about the policy where if you have oever 210 credits but haven’t applied for graduation you have to figure out a plan to graduate within two quarters. This and another policy that kicks students out who can’t meet the 2.0 gpa requirement have been on the books since the 80’s. The administration just hasn’t been enforcing them until now due to the over-enrollment problem. As of yet, there is no set process for how to handle students to came here with college credit (AP, Running Start, EEP) or those with multiple majors which is having not-so-great results for people who haven’t been here that long. The argument that has come up is that “the four years here are not actually guaranteed.” In light of this, the ASUW Board of Directors is encouraging everyone to email Dean Bridges to express your concerns about this.

Kat