Helen-Oriatti Bruns

Contributing Writer

On Sept. 25, Scot Council held their weekly General Assembly meeting. These meetings are held in Lowry 224 and run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Monday. 

Elections for new Scot Council members occurred from Sept. 22 to Sept. 24. Elections for the Class of 2026 Representative will occur from Sept. 27 to Sept. 29. In the most recent election, Mai Fukuhara ’24, Ty Reynolds ’27, Abhinav Randive ’27 and Claire McGuire ’27 were elected as Class Representatives.  

TyLynn Gault ’27 and Allison Osei-Okrah ’27 were elected as Racial and Ethnic Diversity constituents. Karina Sharify ’27 and Ben Rozner ’27 were elected as Accessibility constituents. Pras Subedi ’27 was elected as a Gender and Sexuality Diversity constituent. President of Scot Council Jaylin Hudson ’24 welcomed the new members.

“There’s a lot of freshman representation, so I’m really glad we’re starting them young,” Hudson said.

The chairs of each of the committees and constituencies in Scot Council proceeded to deliver updates for their groups. At this point in the year, committee chairs and constituents were able to discuss their upcoming plans.

The Gender and Sexuality constituency would like to reinstate the Queer Student Union, which is currently inactive. According to constituent Madison Ackley ’25, the constituency will also discuss and develop targets based on current events.

“There are 11 proposed bills in Ohio targeting queer identities in a bunch of different ways, and a lot of them would affect life on campus, [so] we think it would be good to create an action plan for that,” Ackley said.

Meanwhile, the Social Justice and Equity Committee aims to re-evaluate the College’s relationship with some of the desks used in academic buildings. These desks, which have an attached chair, may be inaccessible for some students. The committee will conduct a survey of classrooms which have these desks, and formulate a plan based on those analytics. 

The plans of the Conduct Committee include altering how students are familiarized with the Scot’s Key, a guide which includes conduct regulations for students. This year, the committee hopes to create an online training for the Scot’s Key.

Additionally, the Scot Council Executive Board hopes to increase attendance at Missions and Outcomes meetings, an open space where students can discuss any concerns with the Board of Trustees. Interested students can contact any member of the Scot Council executive board. 

Further, Hudson and other board members encourage all students to get involved with Scot Council. Non-elected students can be members of committees and attend General Assembly meetings.

“For those of you that did not win a place as an elected member, there are still opportunities to join Scot Council,” Hudson said.