The UGBC's plan is to run the shuttle on a temporary basis with the student government's own budget. After gathering statistics during the trial period, they hope to have sufficient evidence to take with them to the administration to prove the need for this service. Because the funding required to pay for the service is too great for the UGBC budget alone, if the administration is convinced of the demand, the UGBC hopes they will take over the costs and make it a permanent service for students.
"The costs for UGBC is expensive, but it is a small cut into the administration's budget, so they would be able to carry it on longer than we can now," Bisanz said.
If BC students are interested in seeing this new shuttle program become a long-term service, getting up and trying it out early is the best means of assuring the grocery shuttle will be here to stay.
"We hope students will take advantage of this service we are providing so it can become a permanent fixture at BC," Bisanz said.
The current plan is for the grocery shuttle to run every Sunday, starting this weekend, for the next four weeks in a row.
Castillo discussed another new initiative that the UGBC has started work on this semester as well. The UGBC, along with Office for the Dean of Student Development and the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, is in the process of creating a Student's Guide Committee to evaluate certain problematic areas in the Student Guide.
Dan Sievers, UGBC vice president and A&S '07, said the purpose of the committee is not to necessarily change policy, though he noted that this "may be an effect the committee has, we don't know yet." The original purpose, he explained, would be to help clarify policy on certain issues that BC students have been particularly concerned with in recent years, most notably speaker and demonstration policy.
Castillo also mentioned a new service the UGBC would be providing to help make these policies more clear and accessible to students through a document called "Know Your Rights." It is essentially a frequently asked questions list for the Student Guide regarding student rights, with questions such as "Are the BCPD allowed to search my bag?"
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