By Kyle Talbot

Hello student body! It’s been a cold and hectic semester so far, but it’s slowly warming up, though the wind won’t seem to let up. I’m Kyle Talbot and as of last Wednesday the 19th I’ve been elected to be the new Secretary of Public Relations of the Student Senate, but as I’ve found while living here most the campus doesn’t know what the senate is or what we do.

I’m here to give everyone as much information as I possibly can about both the senate and the different clubs around campus, so this week I’ll be going through some of what the senate does. Now the Student Senate is an organization made up of elected students that make decisions on many different issues such as: reviewing any new clubs that wish to be started up, funding for club activities and materials, suggestions on policy changes, or creating new policies on campus, and overseeing and funding many of the free events held around campus.

We are the ones you come to if you have some complaint, or an issue you want to have heard about the campus, or if you want to start up a new club on campus, or even if you just want to see what happens with some of the money you spend to come here.

All of our meetings are open to all SMCC students and we encourage people to come and listen as we work. We meet in the Jewett auditorium from 4:30 to approximately 6 every Wednesday so if you want to know more come sit in and talk with us after the meetings!

Also stay tuned into the Beacon as from now on I’ll be giving an article on what the senate and clubs on campus are up to. Keep on reading people!