Monday’s Student Government Association meeting came to a sudden halt as students rushed outdoors when a fire alarm sounded in the University Student Commons.
Before the meeting ended, Reuban Rodriguez, associate vice provost and dean of student affairs, presented a draft of the proposed VCU’s Honor Code revisions the senators will vote on Monday, April 3.
“An approved honor committee,” Rodriguez said, “is mandated by the provost to review the Honor Code. This committee is made up of students and faculty and began meeting in the fall semester.”
The Honor Code must be revised every three years, Rodriguez said Wednesday.
“Usually some sorts of revisions are made,” he said. “We like to get feedback and hear their (SGA’s) voice.”
Still, the final decision concerning the proposed revisions on the Honor Code or any University document eventually go to VCU’s Board of Visitors.
The Senate also heard about “Operation Ram the Streets,” a plan to paint the Ram logo at specific places on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus. Sen. Bryan Banning told the Senate he was inspired by similar plans at U.Va. and other colleges. It is part of an attempt to unify the campus and provide a sense of spirit and community for students and others, he said. If passed, the logos would be painted in five to 10 different places around campus in high traffic areas.
Senators questioned Banning about who would design the stencil, where the funding would come from and when the painting would begin.
“Operation Ram the Streets,” Banning said, “is still in the beginning stages of development.”
In further action, Joyvan Malbon, SGA’s vice president, proposed establishing a debate team that would include all branches of the student government. Debates, she said, would address such controversial topics as abortion and homosexuality.