More people were added to the new Residence Halls Association Executive Board on Wednesday.
The General Assembly validated four more positions, leaving three positions to be confirmed next week.
Those accepted Wednesday were Director of Health and Safety Megan Muscia; Director of Recycling Clark Llamzon; Executive Secretary Cory Rose and Director of Special Events Eric Bolf. Rose and Bolf are returning members of the board while Llamzon served last semester as an assembly representative. Muscia is new to RHA.
"I think it'll make it a little bit harder, but I've heard people there are really nice," she said, adding that she already has worked with current program Director Shannon Kilway. "Luckily, I've got some good resources to help me out," Muscia said.
Muscia, a kinesiology junior, is a health advocate for Olin Health Center and is a member of the Women's Advisory Council.
Llamzon, a political science and pre-law junior, has been involved with Akers Hall government. He aided in expanding recycling programs in Akers and Hubbard halls, something he hopes to expand next year.
Currently, most residence halls only recycle newspaper and printer-ink cartridges.
In addition to hiring, the assembly passed one bill which made a slight change to the association's bylaws, which clarifies the end of a session.
RHA also officially supported one recommendation by the Student Tax Committee regarding the number of votes needed to create a new student tax.
After student elections in 2003, the committee was formed to change university policy regarding the minimum number of votes a new tax must solicit in order to go into effect. Current policy states that 50 percent of those affected by the tax must vote on it. The committee is passing two recommendations to the University Committee on Student Affairs. One suggests a threshold of 20 percent, while the other suggests having no threshold.
"I don't think any organization wants to have numerous amounts of people taking their tax back. A threshold is the best way to do this," RHA Williams Hall representative Tom Edwards said.
Attached to the bill was a recommendation that the threshold be higher than 20 percent. RHA President Derek Wallbank said 30 percent would be a good number.
"We feel that when you're looking at attainable thresholds, the higher the better," he said. "We feel that active support is absolutely necessary for a new fee."
