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Amelia Sever, one of the students running the panel, gestures to one of the question boards after participants had placed their stickers on it
Students gauge community climate concerns BY PHILLIP MAUGHAN Contributor
On Monday, Oct. 27, students of the Mixed Methods in Environmental Planning course, with the support of the regional Climate Smart Communities coordinator Carlie Leary, hosted a community engagement session to help adapt the City of Plattsburgh to the changing climate. The main goal was to gain understanding on the concerns Plattsburgh residents
have for the effects of climate change. At the session people were asked to give responses on poster boards created by the students. Using several creative methods to find participants’ level of concern with general issues, what specific issues they had concern with and why they chose to respond how they did, while also giving some background on the local environment. The first few boards were hosted by Andrew Doud and listed flooding, winter weath-
er, wildfires and droughts. Participants were asked first to place stickers on a scale for how concerned they are about these effects, and then if they felt the city had adequate resources to address and adapt to the changes. The next questions from Amelia Sever sought to find which issues had the interest of the most people. Sever listed several dozen topics, including the growing populations of invasive species and harmful insects and growing seasonal flooding and
ice storms. Each issue had a description and a tally which participants would place a sticker to add at their choosing. Sophomore Taygin Jump handed participants a pad of sticky notes and asked them to briefly explain why they chose the issues that they did. “It’s very important for what they are doing because it allows them to learn about issues in detail about our area in a way that can’t be learned by other ways of gathering information, “ Jump said.
Carlie Leary emphasized the importance of community outreach. Climate Smart Communities defines itself as an inter-agency initiative of New York State which provides certifications that make it easier to receive grant funding from state programs. To achieve this certification, communities must meet certain guidelines for adapting to, and mitigating the impacts of climate change. CLIMATE > 2
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SA approves new clubs, members, Richardson resigns BY GRANT TERWILLIGER News Editor
The Student Association approved several new clubs for provisional status, approved funds to the CEO Club, and voted several SA senate members for higher positions. According to Vice President Jack Sweet, Senator Jesse Richardson resigned last week and the impeachment charges were dropped. The SA senate approved the Pride Club for provisional status on campus. The club’s goal is to create a greater sense of LGBTQ+ community on campus and create a safe space. “Our goal is to create a safe place on campus, because we didn’t have one and a lot of people I think came to Plattsburgh assuming there was one and I wanted to recreate that space, even if it’s not super big it’s a great place for everybody to find a sense of community,” President of Pride Club Remi Lester said.
The SA Senate vote was 11-2 for provisional status and the club was approved. Senator Andre expressed that provisional status is a time for new clubs to find out what works and what doesn’t work to get new members and what works to allow the club to succeed. If provisional status goes well then a club can come back and establish permanent status. The SA senate also approved the Association of Computing Machinery for Provisional Status. The association’s goal is to create a general space for all computer science majors on campus. The club seeks to attract people of all backgrounds and levels of computer science. “We really just wanted to make a place for all the different fields in computer science to kind of come together and host events,” Secretary of ACM Daniel Wade said. “Assuming a majority of them will be going into the field of computing, it is presented as an opportunity to
refine and practice skills.” The SA senate approved the Association of Computing Machinery for provisional status in a unanimous vote. The CEO Club sought $900 in funds for their CEO conference in Tampa, Florida. The conference takes place over five days and is a conference with all of the CEO chapters in the United States. “We are going to Tampa and bringing more ideas to the SUNY PLATTSBURGH club. Some people are thinking of starting their own ideas so this is even an opportunity for some students to scout out their business partner,” President of CEO Club, Lucero Rojo said. The SA senate approved $900 in funding for the CEO Clubs still deliberating on how to go conference in a 9-3 vote. Senator Andre was approved about restructuring for next as the Speaker of the Senate in year. a 12-1 vote. Senator Medina was approved for Campus Safety Email GRANT TERWILLIGER and Health in a 12-1 vote. cp@cardinalpointsonline.com The Student Association is
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