New organization gives free tickets at box office

By Todd Fuller

As the Student Government Association meeting got underway Sept. 12, SGA President Alison Norris spoke about several issues including their Sept. 14 trip to Jefferson City, to discuss Missouri Western’s current budget situation.

Several pieces of legislation were discussed and passed during the meeting including that of a newly recognized student organization, Residence Hall Association, which was presented by Bridget Janssen, president of Residence Hall Association.

The goal of the newly formed organization is to improve the on-campus experience for those living on campus, according to Janssen. Previously, Residence Council was a part of SGA and any money they spent was general budget money and had to benefit the entire student body. This new organization will not have the same restrictions, because they will get their money elsewhere.

“One of my personal goals is to get a bike room for every building, because a lot more students have started riding bikes around campus and we don’t have racks to keep them in,” Janssen said.

Dallas Henry, assistant professor of theatre and cinema, was in attendance requesting funding for “Student Rush,” which provided 25 free tickets to the first students to line up at the box office. This was done last year and Henry said it was extremely successful.

“We have four main-stage productions,” Henry said, “but we would like to top that [free tickets] this year; we want to bring pizza one of those nights. We want to pay for it out our own pockets, to pay for Aramark to bring pizza to the 25 waiting in line on a surprise night.”

Henry said that they are anticipating placing a new 42-inch television above the box office to play movies in the hallway to entertain people while they wait. Henry also assured the members of SGA that if the tickets went unused they would refund the leftover funds.

Henry’s theatrical presentation was well received and SGA allocated the $4,050 requested for purchasing the tickets for every performance. Henry was elated by the support provided by SGA.

“I won the World Series,” Henry said as his proposal passed a Senate vote.

Jacob Scott, SGA vice president, requested non-members to leave as the meeting moved into closed session, as there were three people in the gallery awaiting their opportunity to be added to the Senate.