SGA TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS AT ANNUAL PLENARY MEETING

The Self-Government Association (SGA) of Bryn Mawr College will consider seven resolutions at its annual plenary meeting on Sunday, Feb. 29, beginning at 11 a.m. in Goodhart Hall. Over brunch (which will be served only in Goodhart — all dining halls will be closed for the event), the SGA, whose membership includes all candidates for the A.B., will hammer out agreements on proposals ranging from refinements to the ways committee appointments are made to urging the College to adopt a pass-fail grading system for first-semester freshwomen.

A simple majority of those present is required to pass each plenary resolution; however, a quorum must be reached before a vote can take place. "For plenary purposes, quorum is defined by the SGA constitution as one-third of the undergraduate student body, or 395 people," says SGA President Lindsay Hills. All members of the SGA are entitled to propose resolutions and vote. Resolutions may, among other things, amend the SGA constitution, make recommendations to College administrators, override decisions taken by the SGA Representative Council, or enact campuswide SGA policies.

Resolutions proposed for this year's plenary (not necessarily in the order in which they will be considered):

• Recommend to the College that numerical grades be replaced on the official transcripts of first-semester freshwomen by marks of credit or no credit;
  
• Create an organization consisting of 10-20 leaders of existing groups on campus that would meet biweekly to facilitate communication among those groups and administrators;
  
• Urge the College to open a bar on campus for students, faculty and staff;
  
• Recommend that the College provide on-campus housing to the minor children of its students;
  
• Amend the SGA constitution to preclude any member of the Honor Board aside from the Honor Board head from sitting simultaneously on the SGA Executive Board;
  
• Change the composition of the committee that organizes the plenary meeting and reviews proposed resolutions; and
  
• Urge the College to replace its printed campus directory with an online directory similar to Haverford's.

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