President investigating possibility of a bike-sharing program

According to Student Association President Jared Kirschenbaum, the SA is investigating ways to institute a bike-sharing program at Binghamton University. Kirschenbaum said the program could involve several bike racks across campus and a system in which students can check out bikes by swiping their student ID cards. He said the initiative has received support from Brian Rose, vice president for student affairs, but there still may be a ways to go before the program gets under way.

‘We’re still looking into implementation of the program,’ Kirschenbaum said.

Speaker to explore options for adding on-campus ATMs

Student Assembly speaker Randal Meyer said the SA has taken on an effort to set up ATMs in more areas on campus.

‘We’re going to try to work with the Administration to increase the number of ATMs on campus,’ Meyer said. He said the goal is to install the machines in areas that are further from the current ATM locations so students will not have to walk as far to make a transaction.

SUNew York Student Association to convene at BU

Binghamton University will host a conference of SUNY-wide student governments from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31. Student government representatives from across the SUNY system will meet at the semiannual conference to discuss suggested proposals to better represent graduate students and community college students in the SUNY Student Association.

Applications open for SA Judicial Board

The SA is now accepting applications from students for the SA Judicial Board. The board reviews cases brought before it that pertain to the actions of the members or bodies of the SA. Kirschenbaum said potential applicants should be ‘well-versed in the SA bylaws and constitution and have an interest.’ Application forms can be picked up in the SA office, and they will soon be posted on the SA website at www.binghamtonsa.org.

Walk-throughs with Assembly representatives

Meyer said he plans to organize tours of the BU communities in which Assembly representatives would seek out areas for possible improvements. The representatives from each community will look for needed repairs, areas that may need more tables and benches, issues with accessibility to buildings and other potential issues. The tours, Meyer said, would be a way to have representatives ‘be more directly responsible to the communities.’