Transportation around SLU and transportation around the United States; the theme of the most recent Student Government Association meeting was transit.

After a week of hiatus, SGA gathered as a caucus, some senators arrived in Halloween garb, to discuss seven pieces of business, five of which involved senate action.

The first order of business was a presentation by Ann Gioia, Director of Parking and Card Services.

Gioia’s intentions for presenting to the student leaders were simply to express the work that Parking and Card Services has been doing this year and to describe how SGA can be of assistance to the department.

Gioia explained how it would be beneficial to be able to directly interact with the student population and the best method to do so is via email.

SGA has the authority to grant or decline various departments the ability to e-mail the general student body.

According to Kripa Sreepada, Doisy College of Health Sciences senator, SGA revoked Parking and Card Services e-mail privileges about three or four years ago.

“We researched the archives and couldn’t find the exact reason for taking [the capability] away,” Sreepada said.

Gioia expressed that the power was rescinded due to the belief that students “were being bombarded by junk mail.”

Parking and Card Services was once again granted their e-mailing capability after a unanimous passing of a senate resolution. The department was given this power under the stipulation that emails would be reserved for priority circumstances only.

The other issue of transportation that was discussed pertains to a SLU Ride Board.

The board, which would be housed in the Busch Student Center, would be a common place for students to find rides home; no matter if home be as close as Illinois or as far as California.

The Flats at 374 senator, Dustin Paluch, gave a presentation about the details of the board but the actual senate resolution cannot be voted on until after a week of being tabled.