Today the Undergraduate Residential Life Committee (URLC) held its last meeting of the semester. We spent a few minutes setting priorities for the spring, such as finding an alternative to the unpopular Common Area Damage policy. If there's damage to your dorm and nobody owns up to it, then all the residents have to pay up. That's unfair, and the WSA is trying to change it.
But the majority of the meeting was spent discussing the proposal to cut WestCo down to three buildings (from four), which you may have read about on Wesleying. While the committee had some serious issues with some WestCo residents choosing to live there because they see it as an easy way to get on Foss Hill (as opposed to their dedication to community-based living), we ultimately voted against recommending the proposal to the Student Life Committee (a majority-student committee which has the final say in the matter). The vote on the proposal was two in favor, three opposed, and four abstentions, so the discussion isn't over completely. In the spring, the URLC will talk about how WestCo can improve their program's appeal, and is looking forward to seeing their revised mission statement. Nevertheless, I can safely move WestCo off the HITLIST and put it under ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
(A word on the URLC: It's a student-majority committee of RAs, WSA reps, and administrators such as the Directors of Reslife and Physical Plant and the Associate Dean of Student Services. Through the URLC/SLC, students can have the final say in practically any matter relating to Residential Life if they have the right representatives on the committee.)
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In other news, you may have seen an all campus email today from the WSA outlining a free shuttle service that we set up with help from SAFT. In case you missed it:
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) has been working this semester with the Student Advocates for Transportation (SAFT) to provide to students more and better options for getting off campus. We are pleased to announce a new service that will make it easier and cheaper for students to get home via New Haven and Hartford this Winter Break.
On the mornings of Monday, December 17 to Thursday, December 20, a FREE shuttle service will be transporting students to the commuter parking lot on Country Club Road, about 10 minutes away from Wesleyan. From there, DATTCO operates a direct service to New Haven and Hartford for $4.35 one-way.
The shuttle departs from in front of Usdan at 8am, in time to arrive for the 8:15 departure to New Haven and the 8:30 departure to Hartford. No reservations are required.
The usual services to Bradley Airport and the New Haven train station will continue to run as scheduled. Please see http://www.wesleyan.edu/transportation/bradley_shuttle.html and http://www.wesleyan.edu/transportation/newhaven_shuttle.html for details.
We hope this service will be of assistances as you get your travel plans in order. If you have any questions, please call Transportation Services at (860) 685-3788. Otherwise, feel free to email any of us with your comments and suggestions for how to improve Wesleyan's transportation services.
The Wesleyan Student Assembly - New Haven Shuttle Committee
Saul Carlin '09
Cesar Medina '09
Andrea Neustein '08
Melgily Valdez '09
We're also closer than ever to lowering the price of the New Haven Shuttle and expanding its hours. Right now they're kind of ridiculous - who wants to wait until 6pm on Friday to leave campus? Even worse, who wants to get up early on Sunday so they can catch the 2pm shuttle back?
Also, ZipCar is moving forward at a steady pace.
More on transportation later...
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