Campus Life Council members returned from spring break with a light agenda, consisting of a review of old business and an announcement of upcoming plans.

Members will research the election rule that requires student candidates to be in good academic standing.

"We're looking into whether it should be a 2.0 or a 1.8 [for freshmen]," student body president Micah Murphy said.

The University's minimum grade point average for freshmen to be in good academic standing is a 1.8 and a 2.0 for other classes. Although freshmen with good academic standing according to the 1.8 standard can run for office, they would be running for offices that they will receive as sophomores. As sophomores, a higher academic standard would be required.

"I think for freshmen especially it should be higher," Student Union Board manager Ross Kerr said.

The Source, the University's student organization handbook, states that students must have satisfactory academic standing, but does not explicitly define whether the 1.8 standard applies to the freshmen that run for sophomore offices in student government or other organizations.

Likewise, dorms and organizations have varying rules as to what constitutes satisfactory or good academic standing.

Kerr said that because an office will require an increased time commitment, the 2.0 minimum GPA should be the rule across the board.

In Other CLC News:

u Coalition Council representative Michael Fierro announced that 124 high school seniors would attend Spring Visitation Weekend, which is a minority recruitment weekend from March 30 through April 2.

u The Sweatshop Task Force will hold a meeting tomorrow in DeBartolo to discuss joining the Workers' Rights Consortium.

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