The Student Association has plans to create a logo for the Student Readership Program in order to better market it to Syracuse University and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students.

The program allows students free access on weekdays to copies of The New York Times and USA Today by means of dispensers placed around campus.

‘I’m really going to push this program, and we’re going to market the heck out of it,’ SA President Wayne Horton said.

In other SA news, University Affairs Committee Chair Kiana Cornish announced plans to address a problem with students from other universities who choose to go abroad through SU and whose scholarship money is not accepted.

Freshman broadcast journalism major and Daily Orange contributing writer Greg Lessans was confirmed to a position in SA’s Board of Elections and Membership.

Filling spots in the Assembly for The College of Arts and Sciences at Monday night’s meeting were junior international relations major Ke Huang, junior international relations major Meaghan Monfort and freshman political science major Rachel Slone.

Confirmed to a spot on the Assembly from the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science was sophomore information management and technology major Andrew Kieffer.

Pride Union, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student organization, received $725 from the Special Programming Fund to fund its Big Gay Dance. The Finance Board recommended $700 to the Caribbean Student Association for its Pure Vibe party, and these funds were allocated by the Assembly.

Also, Equal Time magazine received $1,705 from the Special Programming Fund for its publication, and the Fashion Association of Design Students got $1,164 for its Fashion for Franklin show.

Published on September 11, 2006 at 12:00 pm