As you all should know, fall of 2013 will mark the start date of the semester system at RIT. If you have any questions or concerns you can go to www.rit.edu/conversion. The school doesn’t have all of the kinks worked out yet, but over time more information will be available to us.

Facilities Management Services recently proposed adding another bus route that would go somewhere students have a hard time getting to.  Student Government voted on making that bus go to the East End of Rochester. We decided on this because so much is available in this area including many restaurants, nightclubs and theaters. For now, it is just a pilot program running from January to May of this school year. The bus will be operational from 9:30pm to 2:30am. Exact schedules are still being developed.

A very hot topic on campus lately is the Henrietta Family Law. The town of Henrietta wants to update a law that prohibits more than three unrelated people from living in the same house. Hundreds of RIT students would be affected by this change. Two weeks ago, Student Government held an open forum discussing the matter. The general consensus was that the law would not help solve the issues present in the neighborhoods, but the family residents don’t know what to do to really solve the problem. A town hall meeting was held last week as well. To see a video explaining everything that has been going on, see the SG Facebook page.

And finally, SG has officially elected the two remaining senator positions.

The Freshman Senator is Shantavia Edwards. Shantavia is a psychology major who wishes to strengthen the bond between the freshmen and upperclassmen. She believes by doing this, people who are unsure of career paths may settle on something without so much difficulty.

The new College of Health Sciences and Technology senator is Jamar Frater. Jamar is a biomedical science major and hopes to help make the transition of students into the new college as smooth as possible.

SG Update December 2nd, 2011 from RIT Student Government on Vimeo.