SA Community Life Committee

SA Committee on Residence and Community Life Meeting
Goldwin Smith 162
October 20, 2009

• RHD Resolution
  • Burke appointed student elective before the resolution was passed and disregarded application process
• Program Houses
  • Issues concerning program houses have risen due to continuous occupancy declining
  • Could be due to bad conditions compared to West Campus
  • If maintenance of houses kept up could encourage more people to live there
  • Ask Cornell to renovate

Most of the time it’s the ethnically themed ones that are attacked Not a good idea to force people into program houses; defeats the purpose Programs houses are not advertised accurately

• Should be more open to whole student body
• Promote activities to all students (even those on West Campus)
• West campus initiative has been hurting houses

North Campus is considered far from most campus destinations

• Cornell is looking into bus passes for program houses
• Would rather see funds go to long term improvements (renovations, etc.) instead of bus passes
• Bus passes may not even be that much of a incentive since West Campus is so nice

• Misc.
  • Jon will meet with Burke concerning his disregard for application process for student representative
  • Thank you, Jon for bringing pizza, wings, and drinks!
  • Next meeting: TBA