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Edinboro’s financially-strappedStudent Government Association(SGA) allotted $8,770.80 to variousorganizations, dropping the generalfunds account from $12,913.47 at thestart of the meeting to $4,142.47 for theremainder of the semester.

“I think we’ve definitely had a lotmore clubs come in and spend largeramounts. A lot of them have been forgood purposes,” said SGA VicePresident Thomas Sovisky.

“I’ve been happy with everythingthat’s been approved but because wedidn’t get the full amount of studentsthat we were supposed to have, that iswhy we don’t have as much left as inprevious years,” he continued.

Sovisky added that campusorganizations are becoming aware that

they may not be able to obtain funding.“It’s a first come first serve basis with

funds and clubs that wait until the endof the year are finding out that theyneed to start requesting funds at thebeginning of the year,” Sovisky said. “Imean, that’s how business works, too.If you request funds at the beginning ofthe year, they’re going to be gone by theend of the year.”

The congress started by listening tothe Exercise Science Club’s request for asecond time after it was tabled at theprevious meeting.

The group requested funds to attendan expo and volunteer at the 117thBoston Marathon.

Exercise Science Club PresidentDustin Thomas stated that the 14students attending have fundraisedand paid a deposit of $30.

According to Thomas, the groupwould not be able to attend the event ifthey were not granted funds.

“To go that far away, we definitelyneed to know that we are going to havesome place to stay,” Thomas stated.

He added the trip would allow thegroup to help in places other than theEdinboro community.

“Dr. Wolman’s whole thing is (to get)students out there and volunteering inthe community and other places … Ithink that’s what our club presents todo: Get off campus and help otherpeople,” Thomas said.

Congress member Matthew Paynebroke down the costs and determinedthat if the group was allotted $2,770.80,they could have hotel costs coveredand partial coverage of gas money andtransportation. Payne added that ifpeople attending each contributed $25,it would bring them to their requestedamount once added to the potentialcontribution from SGA.

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Student clubs andorganizations on campus facethe same problem year afteryear when they lose their topleaders to graduation.

The club or organizationcan struggle from this gap inleadership unless otherstudent members areprepared to take over andlead.

In order to prepareunderclassmen to assumeleadership roles in campusclubs and organizations,Edinboro University will hostthe second annual EmergingStudent LeadershipConference on Saturday,April 6 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30p.m.

The conference issponsored by LeadershipEdinboro, First-YearExperience, and StudentGovernment Association(SGA) with additionaldonations from the CampusBookstore and PNC Bank.

According to MelissaGibson, First-Year Experiencedirector, the conference thisyear has been planned by agroup of undergraduate andgraduate students.

“Last year this conferencewas planned by faculty andstaff but this year theconference has been plannedby students, many of whomattended the conference lastyear,” Gibson said. “This is agreat example of howstudents can develop theirown leadership skills as aresult of challengingthemselves to take on asignificant project like this.”

Corey Roberts-McGrath, amaster’s student studyingcollege counseling, has beenco-chairing the committeewith Theresa Malafronte,Student GovernmentAssociation Public RelationsDirector.

According to Roberts-McGrath, participants canselect a variety of workshopsduring the day, includingsessions on recruiting newclub and organization

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Mariah CorbettContributing Writer

The Pennsylvania StateSystem of Higher Education(PASSHE) Board of StudentGovernment (BSG) AnnualLeadership Conference washosted by EdinboroUniversity’s StudentGovernment Association(SGA) on Friday, March 1through Sunday, March 3.

The conference was held

in an effort to bring thePASSHE schools’ studentgovernment leaders togetherwhile building theirleadership skills.

Edinboro SGA PresidentAndre Roberts explained thatin November all the PASSHESchools received an emailabout potentially hosting theconference. After proposingwhat Edinboro University’s

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After congress’ vote, there was a tiewith 16 individuals approving the vote,16 opposed and six abstentions.

SGA President Andre Roberts wasforced to make the deciding vote. Bydoing so, Roberts also needed to vacatehis seat for the rest of the meeting,leaving Sovisky in charge for theremainder for the meeting.

“According to the rules of theconstitution, I have to vacate my seatand go and basically be a congressmember,” Roberts later explained. “Idon’t really like the rule but you have tofollow it.”

Before joining congress members invoting for the rest of the meeting,Roberts addressed the amount of time ittakes congress to get through onerequest and asked that they be morealert during the meeting.

“I really need you guys to start reallylistening to the request that is beingpresented because a lot of yourquestions have already been answeredin the presentations … Please be awareof what’s going on,” Roberts said tocongress.

The group was granted a total of$2,770.80.

The Highlands Ambassadorsapproached congress to request funds tohold an etiquette dinner similar to theone that they co-sponsored with SGAlast spring.

The group stated that they were ableto pay $687.50 out of the $5,687.50

needed.The organization plans on expanding

this year’s event to serve 125 students.The group was granted the requested

amount of $5,000.

The R.W. Bunsen society requestedfunds to attend the PittsburghConference in Philadelphia.

Eight seniors will be attending theinternational conference. The group’sfood, hotel and conference costs werealready covered, so they requestedmoney for transportation.

Congress allotted the group a total of$1,000 towards the costs of gas.

The International Student Association(ISA) requested funds to attend a trip toNew York during spring break.

The group stated that they wanted totake students on an educational trip

because they had nowhere else to goduring that week seeing that theycannot go home like many otherstudents.

The ISA was denied their requestamount of $9,534.

Professor Corbin Fowler approachedcongress members in hopes to havePotterfest approved as a SGArecognized program.

According to SGA ParliamentarianMary Dodds, if approved, Potterfestwould be the first event in over twoyears to be recognized by SGA.

SGA Finance Director Jeremy Longexplained to congress members thedifference of being a recognizedorganization and a recognized program.

“Clubs don’t get budgets, they don’tfill out a budget packet, but programsdo and they (receive) a budget for theyear,” Long said.

He added that the program would goon probation for a year, which is whythe event cannot obtain funding fromSGA until 2014.

Potterfest was approved to becomean SGA recognized program.

Student Veterans Association becamean SGA recognized organization.

According to Anthony Cazonieri, thegoal of the organization is to help bringveterans on campus together becausemany of them are non-traditionalstudents and commuters.

“It’s a little bit of a different groupthat is harder to get together so we wantto start something to give them a homeon campus,” Cazonieri stated.

I don’t reallylike the rule butyou have tofollow it.

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members, keeping membersengaged, using social media,planning events, buildinggroup cohesion andmanaging meetings.

This year’s planning teamselected nationally-knownmotivational speaker StanPearson to deliver theconference’s keynoteaddress.

“Stan is a phenomenalspeaker,” Roberts-McGrath

said. “He has spoken in morethan 40 states and severalcountries to many audiences.He is engaging, interactiveand funny.”

According to Roberts-McGrath, Pearson delivers avaluable message aboutstudent leadership andpersonal development thatevery student should hear.

Participants will have anopportunity to have aprofessional photo head shottaken that can be used fornetworking and job

portfolios.“This is a great

opportunity for students toadd to their resume,”Roberts-McGrath said.“Every student participantwill also get a certificate ofcompletion for theirportfolios.”

The conference is free to allstudents and breakfast, lunchand snacks will be served. Allactivities will take place inthe Frank G. Pogue StudentCenter.

Interested students can

register online atwww.eventbrite.com and usekeyword search “EdinboroUniversity’s 2nd AnnualStudent LeadershipConference.”

Participants do not need tobe a member of a studentclub or organization to signup for the conference.

Seats are limited to the first100 participants and only 35seats are remaining.

Deadline for registration isMarch 25 or until all seats arefilled.

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Jessica CourterStaff Writer

An academic forum about recentschool and mass shootings was held onWednesday, Feb. 27 to address thesomber occurrences of mass shootingsin schools and public locations.

In order to clarify the topic inquestion, Kevin Courtright, a professorfrom the political science and criminaljustice department defined a massshooting as “the killing of four or morevictims at one location on a singleoccasion.”

Kahan Sablo, vice president ofstudent affairs and moderator of theforum, said that it is imperative to holdthese discussions at an institutionbecause it is an expectation of society.

“There are over 4,000 colleges anduniversities in our country and we havean obligation to try to respond and helpfill the voids of knowledge where wecan do so,” Sablo explained.

The forum was held not to discusspublic policy or safety precautions but

to assess the present state of knowledgeabout mass shootings.

Michael Bucell of the counseling andpsychological services department saidthat the recent shooting and ensuingdeaths at Sandy Hook ElementarySchool in December have triggeredconsiderable apprehension nationwideconcerning violence in our country andhow to defend against future attempts.

“The forum provided EdinboroUniversity students with anopportunity to become familiar withrelevant facts, analysis and perspectivefrom faculty representing academicdisciplines whose research bears on thetopic of violence and mass shootingsspecifically,” Bucell stated.

Several professors were asked tospeak at the forum that was open to thepublic in order to provide insight onthese horrific shootings.

Sablo explained that an analysis bythis assembled “panel of experts” isnecessary as “it’s hard to study thisparticular phenomenon because veryoften the person involved in this type of

action will take their own life.”Along with Bucell and Courtright, the

panel included Irene Fiala, of thesociology department; Gary Levine, ofthe psychology department; andEdward Snyder, of the professionalstudies department.

“How do we make sense out of avery senseless loss of lives?” Sabloasked the panel. “What do we know?”

The professors, each sharingresponses according to their departmentand titles, seemed to stress that there isno specific profile of a person whowould do such things. Rather, theyexamined possible reasons why anindividual would be of a mind toengage is these actions.

“It’s not enough to say that we have amotivated offender but rather thequestion becomes to understand why isthis offender motivated to cause harm,”Fiala said.

A possible factor is the perceivedinfamy they hope acquire due to

Forum addresses concern for gun safety

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Feb. 23, 2013

� University Police made aroutine traffic stop at 2:08 a.m. inthe M lot of Lawrence Towers ona vehicle driving without head-lights. It was determined thatthe driver was under the influ-ence of alcohol. Nicholas C.Turner, 20, was charged withDUI, DUI at high rate, DUIwhile a minor, Minors prohib-ited from operating with alcoholin system, Underage Drinkingand a Lighting violation.

� At approximately 6:13 a.m.Police responded to the report ofunknown actor trying to gainentry into Highland 2 rooms.Upon officer’s arrival, ZacharyD. Kertulis, 20, was found sleep-ing in one of the rooms. It wasdetermined that Kertulis did nothave permission to be in theroom and was under the influ-

ence of alcohol. Being under thelegal age of 21, Kertulis wascited for Underage Drinking, aswell as Public Drunkenness andDisorderly Conduct.

� At approximately 10:04p.m. officers responded to High-lands 8 for the report of a loudparty. Further investigationfound alcohol in the room aswell as underage actors in pos-session of the alcohol. KatherineE. Michael, 20, and Simeon L.Klimasewski, 18, were each citedfor Underage Drinking.

Feb. 26, 2013

� A resident of Highlands 8reported that between Feb. 17and Feb. 26 unknown actor(s)stole approximately $6.oo inquarters from a pouch in herroom.

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