MSU’s conduct and sportsmanship was yet again the topic of discussion by MSU’s undergraduate student government Thursday night.
College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative Abbie Newton discussed the formation of the ASMSU Sportsmanship Task Force at the ASMSU General Assembly meeting.
Newton said both MSU athletics director Mark Hollis and MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo have shown interest in a campaign to increase student attendance at MSU games, as well as improving fan sportsmanship.
Newton said she is hoping to meet with the two soon, and invited other members of ASMSU to join her currently one-woman task force.
“We’re just getting started,” Newton said. “There’s really no motion yet.”
Two bills also were passed at Thursday night’s meeting.The first bill allocated $6,000 more to the ASMSU iClicker rental program, which was depleted of its 400 iClickers by the ASMSU General Assembly’s Sept. 6 meeting.
“We ran out of iClickers after 27 hours,” said Vice Chair for Finance and Operations Kyle Clifton.
He said the money will allow for 160 iClicker2s to be purchased, which will be available for rent next semester.
The depletion was a first for the slow-starting program. The program originally had a budget of $2,400, and the additional money comes from the ASMSU general fund.
The second bill allocated $6,045 to a new cell phone charging station program ASMSU is starting.
The station, which has been discussed by goCharge, which will provide for large LCD screens and opportunities to advertise. He added there will be about 16 charging spots for phones and there will be the ability to securely lock the phones on the station.
He said because of the ability for marketing on the stations, ASMSU will make the money back within a year.
Clifton said if the program is successful, he envisions 10 different stations having a place on campus.
The assembly determined the station should, preferably, be in the Main Library, although Clifton said at previous meetings that the library did not show interest in the program. IM Sports-West is also being considered as a location.
The $6,045 for the cell phone charging station also originated from the group’s general fund.
Martinak said the bills simply make sure the money is available; it does not go straight to the purchase of the items.
In a previous interview, ASMSU President Evan Martinak said
Support student media! Please consider donating to The State News and help fund the future of journalism.
