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Discuss “Media policy to go into effect”

Last Thursday, Student Senate passed a campus events media policy — one of the first of its kind in the country. The policy “grants student media unrestricted and open access to all publicly promoted, student-funded campus events.” This access addresses photography and audio recordings.

The policy will not take affect until the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) approves it in January.

“This is a novel idea,” said senator Joe Arasin (SCS), a junior computer science major. “We’re breaking new ground. Other universities don’t have these policies. It would be great if other universities follow.”

Despite continuing work on the policy since last year, only 20 out of 31 senators were present at Thursday’s meeting. A vote on the...

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