Ball State Student Government’s Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting April 9. It was the last meeting before the April inauguration, where new executive members will be inaugurated in their positions and awards will be handed out. The meeting started off with two special orders of business.
The first one was proposed changes to the code of student rights and responsibilities for
the 2025-2026 year. They welcomed Director of Student Conduct, Michael Gillilan, who explained the changes that would be made if the motion was approved.
Changes included establishing a clearer definition of harassment as technology has increasingly become a mode of harassment and removing Indiana’s hazing policy for a new interim one for Fall 2025.
The vote was 31-0 and two abstentions
The second special order of business was a budget request from Addy Morey, the on-campus caucus chair.
She requested $470 for the April 18 Earth Day fair from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Brown Family Amphitheater.
The breakdown of the request is $20 for promotional materials, $350 for the compensation for music performers and $100 for miscellaneous.
There were no questions and no discussion. The vote was 31-0 with two abstentions.
Following the vote, SGA went into their executive reports.
President Noah Poole updated the senate about the two final executive reports and how they will be finished over the summer.
“We're continuing the work with facilities regarding the green spaces on campus, as well as working with facilities to get a dedicated channel for reporting the automatic door outages around campus,” Poole said
Vice President Brenna Large’s following report was about the inauguration and award ceremony, which is next week and open to the public.
Following the reports, three unfinished business items were voted on: two amendments and one resolution.
The first one came from the governmental relations committee about the bylaws’ secondary
amendment. This would summarize the expanding of the governmental relations committee’s responsibilities and enhancing the community.
There was no discussion. The vote was 32-0 with two abstentions.
The second order was about adjustments to the survey committee. The amendment would reconfigure the goals and duties of the committee to properly align with their current needs. There was no discussion.
The vote was 33-0 with one abstention.
Following the amendments, there was a resolution to encourage civic engagement at Ball State University. This would allow students to not have class on election day every four years, making them eligible to go home and vote. There was no discussion about this.
The vote was 33-0 with 1 abstention.
The next senate meeting is the inauguration that will be held on April 16 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center at 3:15 p.m.
Contact Shelby Anderson via email at sanderson9@bsu.edu.
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