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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 SGA Ad Hoc Commiftee to Re-invent Homecoming
An ad hoc committee on homecoming was charged with re-inventing the homecoming celebration by Student Government Association President, Bart Newman, at the senate meeting on January 14, 1997.

 The new committee, chaired by Kevin Abernethy, will design an action plan for carrying out future homecoming celebrations.

 SGA created the committee in response to ongoing research conducted by its student life committee since homecoming 1996. Newman hopes to enlist the help of student life committee members, previous All Campus Homecoming Committee members, as well as any other interested students.

 An amendment to the SGA constitution, designed to permanently establish the Freshman Board as part of student government, was written by the internal affairs committee following the senate meeting.

 To become part of the constitution, the amendment must be read twice before the senate, pass a two-thirds vote in the senate, pass by a majority of those participating in the student body vote, and be approved by the President of the University of Georgia. SGA plans to hold the student body vote during the upcoming senatorial elections.

 The present Freshman Board meets for the first time on Thursday, January 16 to elect their president and secretary. The board was created fall quarter to solicit the freshman voice that was missing from SGA following the switch to election of senators by schools and colleges, not grade level.

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