Amid continued campaign buzz, Duke Student Government sat down to recognize recent accomplishments and to tackle upcoming challenges at its weekly meeting Wednesday night.
After a long-standing push for technological improvements in the Bryan Center, DSG announced that new computer stations have been installed in the student hub. It also endorsed the placement and mission of the Career Center on the new Central Campus during the meeting, which lasted 20 minutes.
"One of the roles we have as a student group is to present a united student front in order to show administrators how strongly we feel about certain initiatives," DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior, said after the meeting.
Senior Brenda Bautsch, vice president of athletics and campus services, reported that computer stations have now been placed outside the Office of Student Activities and Facilities and Meeting Rooms A and B. A total of six computers and one ePrint station have now been added to the Bryan Center.
"Part of me didn't think it would be done," Bautsch said. "This is hope for us that you can get stuff done if you work for it."
Longoria said the new installments have already been a success. He added that DSG members should encourage other students to use the equipment in order to increase the chance that more computers will be added in the future.
In response to Career Center Executive Director Sheila Curran's January presentation, DSG supported the placement of the new Career Center with the Alumni and Visitor Center on the new Central Campus. The group also approved of the "individual themes" outlined in Curran's proposal statement.
DSG Senator Tina Hoang, a sophomore, said the Career Center's current size inhibits its ability to serve students. Hoang added that endorsing the proposal would grant student backing to the initiative and increase DSG leverage in future Career Center decisions.
"As the year ends for student government, you're tying up a lot of the projects you were working on," Longoria said. "It's just presenting the results of what we have been pursuing all year."
In other business:
Students of the Caribbean received $1,025 for its Caribbana event March 24. In addition, Central Campus Council was budgeted $9,000 for Party Central, which will be held April 15.
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