Penn Undergraduate Assembly - Your Student Government » Alec Webley http://pennua.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Resignation of Alec Webley, Accession of Emerson Brooking http://pennua.org/2010/04/resignation-of-alec-webley-accession-of-emerson-brooking/ http://pennua.org/2010/04/resignation-of-alec-webley-accession-of-emerson-brooking/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:58:55 +0000 Cynthia Ip http://pennua.org/?p=3427 Alec Webley, College junior and former UA Chair, recently announced his resignation from the Undergraduate Assembly. While we certainly view his departure with regret, it is our pleasure to announce that Emerson Brooking, College junior and next highest vote-getter, has accepted a seat on the body. Additionally, College freshmen Jake Shuster, the second-highest vote-getter in the SAS Representative election, will assume Webley’s seat on the University Council that has been vacated.

]]> http://pennua.org/2010/04/resignation-of-alec-webley-accession-of-emerson-brooking/feed/ 0 Omnibus Recycling, ASL at Wharton, Bylaws Amendment http://pennua.org/2010/01/omnibus-recycling-asl-at-wharton-bylaws-amendment/ http://pennua.org/2010/01/omnibus-recycling-asl-at-wharton-bylaws-amendment/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:57 +0000 Mark Pan http://pennua.org/?p=2884 At yesterday’s Sunday General Body Meeting, the UA passed three documents. You can find the full meeting minutes here!

Through the Omnibus Recycling Resolution, the UA:
  • Supports efforts to fortify the student infrastructure for recycling,
  • Supports efforts to standardize recycling systems as well as material regarding on- and off-campus recycling,
  • Encourages University departments and centers to purchase recycled and recyclable plastics and paper,
  • Encourages the University to make use of its scale,
  • Encourages implementation and improved usage of Greek-recycling programs,
  • Encourages the University community to consider the true cost of products in their decision-making process.
  • Directs collaboration with other groups on ongoing recycling efforts.

    • Gavel


    In the ASL resolution, the UA
  • Affirms that American Sign Language is equivalent to spoken languages in complexity, cultural richness and educational value, and
  • Calls on the Wharton Undergraduate division to allow all foreign languages, including American Sign Language, to fulfill the language requirement.


    • Finally, the Bylaws Amendment:
  • shifted the duties of allocating certain seats amongst the NEC, SCUE, and the UA.


    • Check out the meeting minutes here!
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    Bike sharing usually takes the form of a government-administered system akin to car rental where you book a bike to be picked up at one location and dropped off at another. Hence, bike sharing s especially useful for commuters, who take a bike from their home to work and then take another bike from work to home. For Penn students, bike sharing could alleviate the pain of science or math majors who want to get from their 40th street college house to the DRL!

    To urge the City to bring Bike Sharing to Philadelphia faster, the UA passed a Bike Sharing Resolution. Sure enough, the City responded to lobbying from Penn and others and announced in the Greenworks Philadelphia initiative a comprehensive plan for city-wide bike sharing!

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