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New MUSG president pro tempore elected

In the second Marquette Student Government meeting of the school year with newly elected senators seated, Curtis Taylor was elected president pro tempore Thursday night.

Taylor, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, will act as a liaison between the executive board and the subcommittees of the senate. He will also fill in for Trent Carlson, the legislative vice president and a junior in the College of Business Administration, if Carlson cannot attend a meeting.

Taylor thanked his fellow senators for their votes after he beat Jilly Gokalghandi, a Mashuda Hall senator and a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, by a margin of 14 to 10.

Ryan Dahm, a McCormick Hall senator and a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, withdrew from the president pro tempore race before Thursday’s meeting after two deadlock votes last week.

Andrew Hassey, an academic senator and a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, spoke in favor of electing Taylor to the position, citing experience as his key reason.

“Senator Taylor is a little more experienced, he has another year on campus and more networks to work with,” Hassey said.

In other news, Executive Vice President Joey Ciccone announced University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild will be holding an open forum for students on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union.

Ciccone said several other administrators are also expected to be present to address student questions and concerns.

Carly Nusser, programs vice president of MUSG and a senior in the College of Communication, announced tickets for Friday’s trip to Six Flags: Great America Fright Fest will be available for $20 in Brooks Lounge until they are sold out.

Nusser said 115 tickets are being sold.

Nusser also announced guest speaker Colin Beavan has been rescheduled to a later date in October from the original date of Sept. 27. Beavan will talk about limiting one’s carbon footprint and how he and his family lived for a year in the middle of New York City, leaving as small an impact as possible.

President Meghan Ladwig, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she and Ciccone met with Carolyn Smith, executive director of Student Health Services, to discuss the program’s future plans.

Ladwig said she was surprised to learn the Schroeder Health Complex area, where Health Services is based, has received no major renovations in its 90-year history.

Ladwig said in an e-mail she and Ciccone are looking into “how the future plans of Student Health Services fit in with the idea of ‘wellness’ that is being explored by the Recreation Facilities Planning Group.”

Ladwig also said she is looking into safety concerns at the intersections of 16th and 17th streets and Kilbourn Avenue, where speeding traffic sometimes makes it difficult or dangerous to cross the road.

Ladwig said the long-term goal would be installing a traffic signal, and short-term plans include the possible extending of the sidewalk.

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