After losing quorum last week, the Illinois Student Senate will continue discussion of resolutions for action it was not able to discuss last week.
The senate will vote on iSurvey, a bill intended to survey the student body in order to gauge its interests, said Jim Maskeri, senator and senior in LAS.
“We could do a better job actually gauging what our constituents are interested in and how our constituents would like us to vote on particular issues,” Maskeri said.
Maskeri said if the resolution passes, a survey service will be set up on the student senate website. As students answer questions, they will earn one point per question.
After reaching a certain threshold of points that will be decided later, students will be eligible to receive some sort of award from the senate. Specific incentives have not yet been decided, but Maskeri said the senate will offer on-campus incentives such as Krannert tickets or bookstore items.
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If the bill passes, the senate will establish a group of directors who will oversee the program.
The senate will also discuss a resolution urging further disclosure on the Assembly Hall renovation fee, even though the spring election is already underway.
Vice president-external Jenny Baldwin said it is still important for the senate to discuss this resolution in order to get the information out to the students.
“It urges (Assembly Hall administration) to disclose the full information so that students are aware,” she said.
Vice president-internal Shao Guo will also present a resolution concerning the resolution of a possible Service Employees International Union strike. Guo said it’s possible that SEIU workers may strike over spring break.
He said even though the workers have guaranteed that food services will still be offered in the case of a strike, it is essential for students to have a staffed mailroom, especially if a strike were to continue after spring break.
“If the strike goes on after spring break, students might need postal stuff to turn in resumes, turn in job applications, letters of recommendations have to be sent out through the mail,” Guo said. “The situation that the campus is in is that all mail is done by the workers, the service workers, all the distribution and stuff, so if they stop that then we might have a negative cost to the students when the SEIU is striking.”
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