Yasmeen Hafeez ’14 sits-in and reports on a Student Council meeting.

Does anyone who is not apart of our Student Council really know what goes on behind closed doors? (Actually, the doors were open in lecture hall 1135.) Well if you were curious, I have the 411 on their February 13^th meeting.

The council’s officers started the meeting by taking attendance; there were 34 members present. Then Andrew Redd ’13, the student council’s president, took over the meeting by discussing the Hoops for Hope event, the blood drive and putting on a convocation.

Then,  the controversial topic of the new dance guidelines came to be the heat of discussion. Brad Krause’14, president of both the Prom Board and the junior class, announced that the winter formal will be a test drive before the administration makes a final decision on the fate of dancing policies at prom. If there is extremely inappropriate dancing and if lines are crossed, then there will be a no “grinding” policy for this year’s prom.

The next topics of discussion were club evaluations and new club policies. Because there has been an overflow of clubs starting spontaneously in the middle of semesters, Mr. Shriner has addressed the need for stricter guidelines for new clubs. His main concerns are that some of the new clubs are too specific/specialized and can easily merge with already existing clubs.

Lastly, the council discussed the parking pass issue. Our student parking lot is extremely small in proportion to the amount of student drivers who attend the school, and the school has sold 30 more passes than there are spots. The council agreed that parking privileges should be prioritized for upperclassmen rather than sophomores and voted on writing a formal proposal to give to the administration.

Overall, the meeting appeared productive and on track.