There was little action during the Senate’s meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting started off with a remark by SGA Vice President Brian McCormack on his and SGA President Ethan Flynn’s concern over how the 606 debate proceeded last week. McCormack said that debate rules would be more strictly enforced from now on.
McCormack also reported that the SGA was to form a joint committee with the academic council to discuss TurnItIn.com, the plagiarism detection system used by some ETSU faculty. The Senate passed a resolution earlier in the month stating its belief that the system should no longer be used.
Flynn also introduced an amendment to the SGA Code of Laws regarding 606 funding. Currently, the committee that makes recommendations on 606 funding is prevented by the Code of Laws from making official recommendations larger than $2,250.
As it is now, when the committee believes that a funding request should receive more than $2,250, it officially recommends a funding level of $2,250 and also approves a statement saying that, if the committee had the authority, it would recommend a particular amount above $2,250.
A change in the code of laws would allow the SGA to raise the maximum recommendation the 606 committee could make.
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the amendment at its Nov. 23 meeting.
The only other major activity during the meeting came when the parking, traffic and safety committee gave its report to the senate.
The committee has recommended that the senate take up the issue of students being ticketed for backing into or pulling through parking spaces.
Currently, students can be issued tickets if the front of their vehicle is not in the closed end of the spot.
However, there was debate about how to go about deciding what to do. At first, it appeared that the senate would pass a unanimous resolution stating its support for a change in policy, but Flynn disagreed.
“I think we should be more cautious,” Flynn said. “Perhaps someone should come in and talk to us about exactly why these regulations are in place before making a decision.”

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