With unanimous support, the Student Assembly passed a resolution last night to fund a weekend shuttle to A-lot and with little opposition passed another to create a Culture and Curriculum Task Force.
While Safety and Security will supply the A-lot shuttle vehicle as well as shuttle drivers, the Assembly must fund driver wages and gasoline expenses. Only operating on weekends, the shuttle would cost the Assembly about $80 per weekend of service.
A BlitzMail survey sent to parking permit holders revealed that 96 percent of respondents would use a shuttle to A-lot. On a trial basis, 84 students used the shuttle over the past three weekends, according to Assembly member and resolution sponsor Bill Jaeger '02.
"The Assembly has a chance to provide a tangible service to students. We can put the Assembly in good light with students," Jaeger said of the resolution.
The Culture and Curriculum Task Force would document cultural and academic projects "that have and continue to be proposed to address issues resulting from the diversity of the Dartmouth community," the resolution stated.
The Assembly approved a controversial resolution two weeks ago to revise the world culture requirements in order to heighten student awareness of different races in America through an Identity, Race and Ethnicity distributive requirement.
