As construction on the Mell Classroom Building begins, SGA senators discussed features that could potentially be made available in the study spaces, as well as how study room scheduling would function.
Walker Byrd, SGA president, addressed the senators during his executive announcements and asked for suggestions upon the request of people working on the Mell Classroom Building designs.
“She wanted me to get you all’s input on how we envision the schedule system for the study space,” Byrd said. “She threw out a couple of options to consider, like touch screens at each space, mobile access using QR codes and large kiosks.”
The senators discussed the possibilities of how reserving study spaces would occur and what potential penalties could occur if someone failed to show up to their scheduled study space time.
Justin Mathews, SGA vice president, then told the senate about a Green Dot experience he had in the last week and encouraged his peers to try to recognize potentially dangerous situations.
“I had a Green Dot story from last Thursday,” Mathews said. “If you don’t believe Green Dot’s working, it is absolutely working because that is the first thing I thought of when I saw that.”
Mathews said he and his friends helped an intoxicated woman find her way home after she was seemingly bothered by a strange man.
Brad Smith, SGA adviser, said he hopes other senators take the real-world example to heart and push away their natural inclination to stay out of the situation.
“It’s a challenge to all of us to continue looking for those things and refusing to accept what our brains tell us,” Smith said. “That stuff is unfortunately happening every day in Auburn.”
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