Students say ‘Women are all Yellow Jackets everyday’
Saying that the University’s Yellow Jackets program is not enough to make campus safe, several area activists want women to wear yellow clothes today and carry fliers reading, “We are all Yellow Jackets everyday.”
The University launched the Yellow Jackets program early May in response to recent attacks against women on campus. The program consists of a team of volunteers who patrol campus at night and serve as the eyes and ears of the Department of Public Safety.
“It’s awesome that the Yellow Jackets is happening and that the University is doing something about campus safety,” said Lezlie Frye, a junior studying history and women’s studies who is helping organize the event.
Frye said she wants to see women actively work to make campus safe.
“We’re all Yellow Jackets — we’re all the eyes and ears on campus,” she said. “Everyone should be on the lookout.”
— Darren Freeman
Student Senate officially ends
its 2001-02 session
Michael Sherman, Brenda Tincher, Mike Linman, Mena Ravassipour, Eric Bailey and Theo Yang were confirmed as new members of the ASUO Student Senate at the final meeting of the 2001-02 school year on Wednesday night in the EMU Board Room.
The Senate also approved Kate Kranzush as Senate president for the summer and Dominique Beaumonte as the Senate vice president for the summer.
In other action, senators transferred funds within the Muslim Student Association to the food account to cover catering for a presentation last week put on by student funds.
They also transferred money within the ASUO Women’s Center based on the group’s accounting miscalculations last year.
Project Saferide shifted funds from gas to office supplies for the purchase of new chairs, a disc drive and office supplies.
In the final transfer of the evening, the Students for Choice transferred money to advertising and office supplies.
— Robin Weber