The Observer Volume VI, Issue 2 "Where the Worl d Comes to Mind' October 27,1999 Children's Day : a great success was a way for the students of NHC By Melissa Cowdrey and Bindu Rai to bring fun into the lives of these children. Twenty-five excite d and The kids enjoyed all of the loud kids stormed into the NHC pub activities, which included bobbing on October 21. Awaiting them was for apples, breaking pinatas and face lots of pizza, pints of ice cream and and pumpkin painting. They also got numerous games. First they stuffe d to design their own T-shirts at a dis- their faces wit h all the pizza they counted price from Henderson As- could eat ; soon afte r the y wer e sociates o f Bedford. One of the ready for the party. highlights of the afternoon wa s the This was the second annual children singing and dancing. The or- Children's Day at NHC. The Hu- ganizers had a surprise in store for man Right s Association (HRA) them, a bag full of candy for every hosted this event, with the help of child. Plenty of photographs wer e ACE, Kapp a Chi and Kappa taken, and HRA ha s promised to Lambda. The kids also received 25 mail them out to the children as me- pints o f free ic e cream fro m mentos. Microbatch, thanks to NHC student Jamie Libby, a member of Ben Pierce. Alley Cat Pizzeria pro- HRA, was the major planner of this vided a discount on 12 large pizzas, event. She was in contact with Mrs. and the pub provided free soda. Kate Messenger, who is a faculty These fourth and fifth grade member at Beech School. Jamie was kids stud y a t Beech Schoo l in responsible for purchasing the deco- Pictured here is Hieu Tieu with one of the children en- Manchester. Thi s is a title one rations and the party supplies. Sh e joying Children's Day hosted by the Human Rights Asso- school, where the children can not said, "It was great to see the kids ciation (Photo by Ben DeGennaro). afford to pay for their school lunches, having a wonderful time. I can't wait so the government funds the lunches. to see them again next year." Over- This is a fine plan, but in or- voting body that would allow for The HRA feels that this is a worthy all, it was a very successful event, der for the concept to become a re- greater facilitation of communication event because not all children are and the children are eagerly await- ality nearly five months of prelimi- was met with enthusiasm. Th e fol- privileged with luxuries in life. This ing their return next year. nary planning went into action be- lowing two hours was the hard part. fore the idea was presented to vari- Those leaders in attendance ous campus leaders . debated back and forth about the NHC House of The idea was to infuse cer- framework by which the House was tain voting powers and legislative to be governed: Who would run the rights into this House of Represen- meetings? Whe n would the meet- Representatives tatives. The House would become ings be? Woul d there be an atten- a separate voting body of the Stu- dance policy? These ideas and many By Ben Sutch dent Government Association, and more were hotly debated and even- each o f the 41 SGA-sponsore d tually voted on and placed into the With over 40 clubs recog- mand. Pouring over piles of consti- clubs and organizations' president s framework of the bylaws that are in nized and financially supported by tutions and bylaws, peering at the would hav e a voting sea t in th e place today. the Student Government in 1999, the workings of other schools and using House. With the close of the meet- communication between these var- some good old-fashioned ingenuity, On Octobe r 2 the firs t ing, the initial bylaws were in place ied and far reaching organizations the Student Governmen t adopte d meeting of all the campus leader s and a subsequent meeting was or- has bee n strappe d t o its bounds. the idea of forming a House of Rep- was held to discuss the idea and if ganized to review what had been The nee d fo r increased an d im- resentatives. agreed upon form the basic bylaws discussed and to ratify the bylaws proved communication remains at In its design the House of that would help govern the organi- and make the House a reality. the heart of many of the problems Representatives was given one driv- zation. The secon d meetin g was these organizations endure. ing vision - facilitate communication Amidst sandwiche s and held on October 20 and once again With this in mind, between the clubs and organizations chips the campus leader s me t for the campus leader s in attendance the Student Government has sought at New Hampshire College and help nearly three hours discussing the poured ove r the bylaws and dis- a solution to this most pressing de- in the exchange of ideas. idea. The initial concept to form a continued on page 6 The Maintenance Department i n conjunction with the New Hampshire College Observer has a customized recycling program. Just deposit your copy of The Observer in recycling bins located in the Student Center. October 27,1999 The Observe r From the Editor's Desk NEW HAMPSHIR E COLLEGE BOX1084 MANCHESTER, NH 03106 Happy Halloween to everyone! I hope everyone is having a good semester so far . 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