The SGA passed a bill last year allocating $301.73 from legislative reserves to cover the one time equipment cost necessary to stream legislative meetings through WMUC. However, WMUC still has not been reimbursed for this cost. This act will finally reimburse WMUC for the cost of the Barix Exstreamer and Instreamer pair.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the SGA urge the Department of Resident Life to change possession of marijuana from an A level to a B level violation.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association strongly opposes furloughs for employees with salaries under $30,000 and,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Government Association opposes the current plans to develop the Wooded Hillock

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that 2010 Terrapin Pride Day shall be referred to as “Terrapin Day,”

Please see the Google Doc for updated election calendar and updated election rules.

The Designated Suppliers Program is effectively a coalition of universities that use their collective market power (which, with the popularity of university apparel, is very significant) to tell corporations that they may only use university trademark licenses and logos on apparel produced in specific factories designated by the Workers' Rights Consortium to fulfill a certain set of labor standards. It offers a grace period and only asks corporations to slowly increase over time the percentage of the amount of apparel coming from designated factories, to allow time for logistics problems, etc. Again, this won't make university apparel cost significantly more. It's less than fifty cents per clothing item to more than triple their wages and improve their living conditions substantially, and as university apparel's market curve is like – with different prices, the demand is roughly the same, as people buy UMD gear because they want UMD gear, not cheap clothes. So they already markup the clothes quite a bit for profit's sake, way more than what anti-sweatshop measures would influence.

The current contract between Dining Services and its produce provider contains no stipulation that the provider must source their produce locally when available. This contract is ending at the end of the semester and Dining Services is now drafting a new contract. This bill is supporting a stipulation in the new contract that produce must be sourced locally whenever available.

This bill provides funds of $330 to have the remaining legislative meetings broadcasted on WMUC Radio, a student run radio station.

As CORE is being changed this is an excellent time to change the requirement for ENGL101 exemption. The Writing portion of the SAT has been ignored by the school, but is designed to test the writing abilities of students, which makes it a better fit for ENGL101 than Reading, which is more about reading comprehension and vocabulary than sentence structure, grammar usage, and argument structure. It would also provide incentive for students to do well on the Writing SAT. This supports changing the policy on exemption, but not the score achieved by the student.

The University Senate is currently considering changing the final exam policy from a policy which states students can take no more than three exams on a given day to a policy will allow students to take no more than two exams on a given day.

The University Senate is considering changing the policies on the procedures for review of alleged arbitrary and capricious grading. Currently, faculty grading rights are unlimited, and there have been past cases in which this power has been abused. The University Senate is proposing that the grievance committee, that is, the committee that was formed for the case to do the footwork in finding out whether or not the charge of arbitrary and capricious grading holds weight, may, in essence, change the student's grade. It is also proposed that the grievance committee incorporates a faculty member from another department and another student. This resolution supports such changes.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the SGA urge the Department of Resident Life to change possession of marijuana from an A level to a B level violation.

Fund a zero-waste Crab Fest, to take place on October 22 in Cole Field House with $2300 from SGA Legislative Reserves.

“A Resolution Supporting Alternatives to the Wooded Hillock East Campus Redevelopment Project” from last semester only asked the relevant deciders to reconsider alternative sites, and never directly came out against developing the Wooded Hillock. Hence, this bill.