2008 Woodie Awards
RHA Voted Into SGA
Jessica Havery
Issue date: 12/9/04 Section: News
Last evening, the Residence Hall Association, once an organization in association with the Office of Residence Life, was voted into the Student Government Association by legislators in a unanimous vote.
RHA, comprised of representatives from each of the residence halls located on campus, works to bring forth ideas as to how the residence program may be improved, said Director of Residence Life Regina Sargent.
As an organization within the SGA, the RHA will be an executive branch of the SGA, similar to Greek Council, and will be governed by their own documents in accordance with rules and regulations of the SGA, as stated in the bill proposing the union of the two organizations.
According to the RHA Funding policy, the RHA may be appropriated in one semester no more than $1,000 for programming of events open to the entire student body. The use of appropriated funds must receive two-thirds approval of the SGA Legislature.
"RHAs exist on many college campuses and, as stated in their constitutions, they work collaboratively with the Residence Life program," Sargent said. "They do not work independently."
When introducing the bill to be voted on at last night's meeting, SGA President Jacob V. Hudnut said that the RHA and SGA would work together with an outside administrator for a source of advisement.
"Residence Life's concern of how RHA will work with the SGA speaks to the true intent of their having an RHA, which is not the same intent of the students," Hudnut said.
RHA President Pierre Johnson said to the members of the legislature that the executive board of RHA went to an RHA national conference in Delaware and met many similar organizations' staffs that worked solely under Residence Life.
At last month's meeting, in which the RHA withdrew from Residence Life, Johnson said that the executive board's lack of control was an issue of difference between RHA and Residence Life.
RHA was not informed of the organization's budget, Johnson said. "We were told that we had enough money to buy one of the cars that Oprah gave to her audience members," he said.
RHA, comprised of representatives from each of the residence halls located on campus, works to bring forth ideas as to how the residence program may be improved, said Director of Residence Life Regina Sargent.
As an organization within the SGA, the RHA will be an executive branch of the SGA, similar to Greek Council, and will be governed by their own documents in accordance with rules and regulations of the SGA, as stated in the bill proposing the union of the two organizations.
According to the RHA Funding policy, the RHA may be appropriated in one semester no more than $1,000 for programming of events open to the entire student body. The use of appropriated funds must receive two-thirds approval of the SGA Legislature.
"RHAs exist on many college campuses and, as stated in their constitutions, they work collaboratively with the Residence Life program," Sargent said. "They do not work independently."
When introducing the bill to be voted on at last night's meeting, SGA President Jacob V. Hudnut said that the RHA and SGA would work together with an outside administrator for a source of advisement.
"Residence Life's concern of how RHA will work with the SGA speaks to the true intent of their having an RHA, which is not the same intent of the students," Hudnut said.
RHA President Pierre Johnson said to the members of the legislature that the executive board of RHA went to an RHA national conference in Delaware and met many similar organizations' staffs that worked solely under Residence Life.
At last month's meeting, in which the RHA withdrew from Residence Life, Johnson said that the executive board's lack of control was an issue of difference between RHA and Residence Life.
RHA was not informed of the organization's budget, Johnson said. "We were told that we had enough money to buy one of the cars that Oprah gave to her audience members," he said.