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New SAID
board
members
elected on
campus
Tasha Naatz
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On October 18, The College of Saint
Rose Campus Action Chapter, Students
Advocating Involvement in Democracy
(SAID) elected two new board mem­bers.
James Christensen, a junior
Computer Information Systems major,
and Courtney Clifford, a senior English
major, are the two newsest members of
the five-person board of the Student
Association funded club.
The organization is not run by a hier­archy;
instead SAID is run by a board
where each member is equal to the oth­ers.
All decisions are made through a
majority rule voting process that
includes votes from undergraduate and
graduate students.
“Each o f the board members are on
the same level and all of the same
power,” board member James
Christensen said. “We are there to gen­erate
ideas, get the ball rolling and to
make sure that the organization gets
things accomplished.”
The goal of SAID is to bring aware­ness
and encourage student participation
in current political, social and economic
issues. The organization does not have a
set agenda, and their goals are outlined
in a combined effort by the interests of
both the community and the board
members.
“We really want to include
Republican, Democratic and
Independent representatives in the meet­ings
to gain a variety of different view­points,”
Clifford said. “We’re working
towards that constantly.”
The election process started when
there were two vacant board member
positions. The positions were open to all
students. Each potential candidate was
required to write a campaign speech
expressing why they deserved the posi­tion
and what they hoped to accomplish
within the organization.
Clifford has been actively involved
with the organization as a member for
two years.
“I ran for the position because I have
been a part of SAID for quite some time
and I definitely believe strongly in the
organization,” Clifford said. “They have
accomplished some truly amazing
things and they always want to find
ways to educate the campus and get stu­dents
involved in the political process. I
really wanted to be a part of that.”
Christensen first became involved
with SAID at the beginning of this
semester, acting as their Student
Association representative and
Blackboard programmer
“I ran for the position in order to
make the group less party-affiliated and
to make it more equal in the footing,”
Christensen said.
One week later, the club had ballots
with three candidates’ names and all of
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C A M P U S N E W S
T rad ition p a s s e d d ow n
On October 31 at 12 a.m. students from The College of Saint Rose decorated a tree in the middle of campus with ^
toilet paper. This act is p a rt of the "MedaiUe tree” tradition which takes place every year on Halloween. This is the
third year that a tree in the campus quad has been used.
C A M P U S N E W S
Forum focuses on poverty
Christina Valentin/7%e Chronicle
The poverty forum was held at the Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary.
P a n d l d i s c u s s i o h i f
c o n c e n t r a t e s o n t h e
e f f e c t s p o v e r t y c a n
h a v e o n a p e r s o n
Christina Vaientin
News E d i t o r
Three women shared their experi­ences
about living in poverty in a panel
discussion that took place in the
Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary at The
College o f Saint Rose Wednesday,
October 26.
Director of Community Service,
Ken Scott started off the discussion
with a few open remarks and said that
poverty has become a major issue that
is being exposed in numerous places
today. He also introduced the women
and said that they were each doing
good things for the community.
“These are ordinary women doing
extraordinary things,” Scott said.
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C I I M P g S H E M IS
Former
President
of Ireland
speaks at
Saint Rose
Dan PEDEvnxANO
A s s t . Copy E d i to r
On October 27, Mary Robinson, foimer
President of Ireland and current advocate
for human rights, gave a talk at The
College of Saint Rose as a part o f The
dldcastle. Inc. Lectureship on Irish
American Affairs.
Most o f Robinson’s speech was on the
topic of the need for nations in the global
economy to respect human rights. .
“Human rights need to be taken seri­ously
by non-governmental organizations
and multinational corporations,”
Robinson said. “All have a responsibility
to respect himian rights.”
Robinson was elected President of
Ireland in 1990, the first woman .ever to
hold that position. She was an incredibly
popular president, at one point earning a
93 percent approval rating with the. Irish
people.
While she was still in office she was
sought out to become the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights.
After stepping down from the presidency
one year early in 1997, Robinson accqpt-ed
that prestigious position, serving ^ e
United Nations in that capacity until
2002.
In 2003, she helped found Realizing
Rights: The Ethical Globalization
Initiative, a group dedicated to making
sure that the current phase o f globaliza­tion
is fair, just and benefits all peopte.
“I want to encourage a way of thinking
about human rights which is not just
global, but starts right here by all o f you
becoming more socially conscious,”
Robinson said. “Human rights must mat­ter
at home first; everyone has duties to
the conmiunity.”
Robinson’s speech mostly stuck to
these themes, advocating a human r i^ ts ;
based approach to globalization. She
highlighted four key issues which she felt
more advanced countries should adhere
to when dealing with poorer nations: can­cellation
of unreasonable debt, fair trade,
which in this context meant lowering
agricultural subsidies which hurt poorer
nations, including health care as a world­wide
right and to adopt better policies in
regards to migration, specifically from
poorer African countries to Europe. Many
in the audience seemed receptive to her
ideas.
“Overall, I thought it was a gre^t
speech,” junior Jeffrey Viele said. “To
actually hear someone that went th i^ g h
all [her] experiences and actually has the
time and means to go and help people, I
think that’s something to strive for.”
After her speech concluded, Robinson
hosted a question and answer period with
the audience, answering any questions
from audience members for well ovct^
hour. She answered questions about vary
topics such as internal Irish politics, her
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