The Student Government meeting on Sept. 4 covered a presentation from college dining, the initiation of new members and elections for committee heads.
Resident District Manager of Parkhurst, Tony Williams, General Manager Derrick Brown and Geoff Labe, the assistant vice president of business services, delivered a joint presentation on new changes to the campus dining scene.
Williams discussed the college’s ordering system switch to GrubHub, noting that tap-to-pay options at participating Pard Dollar locations will be phased out after this academic year. The team also discussed “new innovations” added to dining locations, including the soft serve ice cream and Coke Freestyle machines in Upper Farinon and the addition of monthly specials to Cinco’s menu.
Student Government then swore in four new members: Kate Santamaria ‘27, Lorenzo Marsili ‘27, Matthew Epp ‘27 and Maia Merriman ‘26.
Members interested in running for committee chair positions were given two minutes to introduce themselves and their platforms.
William Bennett ‘28 was elected as the chair of the Student Life committee, noting in his election speech that he had motioned to disband the committee in the past, but pulling out a win against Annabel Hooey ‘28 nonetheless. Milan Iezzi ‘28 was elected as the student organization chair, beating Merriman and speaking about her affiliation with the Office of Student Involvement and experience on the DEI committee, interacting with identity-based organizations.
Three elections were uncontested, with Charlie Weinstein ‘27 elected as the sustainability chair, Yuko Tanaka ‘26 elected chair of the academic affairs committee and Selina Zhu ‘27 elected as the dining chair. The election for the diversity, equity and inclusion committee was tabled until a later meeting because an interested member was absent due to illness.
The meeting concluded with Sasha Carter ‘27 giving an update on the delegate system, where members of the body will serve as liaisons to specific student organizations. The program is still in its pilot phase, and Student Government is still trying to get more responses from student organizations, according to Carter.