By Sierra Babbie
The Student Association gave Beauty Bar permanent status, approved Juliana Praino for the activities coordination board and spoke about upcoming events during the meeting March 26.
Beauty Bar, a cosmetology club that offers tutorials on hair, makeup and nails, requested to be approved as a permanent club. Beauty Bar had provisional status, which meant they had limited access to SA funding for their events and activities.
With a unanimous vote by the Student Association, Beauty Bar was approved for permanent status.
The club is planning an event in collaboration with SUNY Plattsburgh’s modeling club, House of Divinity. In this event, the two organizations will work together to showcase beauty throughout the decades.
Juliana Praino, a freshman double majoring in marketing and music arts management, expressed her interest in a position on the activities coordination board. Praino said that what she has learned throughout her studies, particularly as a marketing major, could be beneficial for the board. She also spoke about how skills related to marketing, such as effectively promoting events, would be important to the goals of the position.
“Promotion is huge right now because getting attendance up for events, I think, is everyone’s main goal. We really need to amp up promotion, and that’s what marketing is a lot of the time,” Praino said.
Praino was approved to the activities coordination board in a 10-0 vote with one abstention.
The Student Association has been drafting amendments, which will soon be ready to vote on. The student body can make their voices heard through voting, particularly on the referendum for the continuation of the SA fee — this is used to fund activities such as clubs, peer tutoring and the shuttle. The amendments cover other topics, including whether to reduce the number of senators in the Student Association. Both the referendum and the elections for the SA will take place on April 9.
Vice President of the Student Association Dominick Andre spoke about the importance of passing amendments this spring.
“We need to get 10% of the student body involved,” Andre said. “We’re trying to pass constitutional amendments. We need to get the referendum to pass so that we can maintain our budget and funding so that the Student Association can continue to function as is.”
Advisor Tyler Hargraves indicated the significance of upcoming SA events and encouraged students to become involved in the organization.
“Run for an SA position,” Hargraves said. “Yes, you can get paid. Yes, you can learn leadership skills. Yes, you can make a change on this campus. All these things can happen when we get students to run for these key positions.”
