A proposal to implement study days at Saint Mary's will not be reviewed by the Faculty Assembly until the fall, when the 2000-2001 school year begins, said Angie Little, former Saint Mary's student body vice president.

Little updated the Saint Mary's Board of Governance on the progress of the proposal at Tuesday's meeting. It was first suggested in 1998, when former student body president, Nancy Midden, was student body vice president. Since then, Midden and Little worked with the rough draft to transform it into a more solid proposal.

After cobbling together the proposal, the pair sent it to the Committee on Student Affairs, which sent it to the Faculty Assembly.

"We've taken the proposal to the Faculty Assembly and they have a meeting on April 19," Little said. "However, professor [Mary Ann] Merryman, who is leading the Faculty Assembly this year, said they are debating an issue that will dominate their discussion and so they will not be able to discuss the study day proposal.

Merryman said the proposal will be placed on the Faculty Assembly's docket for its first meeting in the fall, according to Little. Little also encouraged BOG to continue working on its implementation.

"There has been a lot of hard work put into this proposal," she said. "The ball is rolling and the administration is excited about it. After the Faculty Assembly looks at the proposal, it would go on to the committee on academic standards and finally the committee on academic affairs, chaired by [College president] Dr. Eldred and Dr. Ristau [vice president and dean of faculty].

"Now the proposal is in your hands and I encourage you to continue to push for it."

In other BOG news:

u Residence Hall Association elections will be held Thursday in the Noble Family Dining Hall from 7:30–9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.–1 p.m., and 4:30–6:30 p.m.

u Student Activities Board is sponsoring "Who Wants to Win $100" in the LeMans Hall lobby today at 7 p.m.

u The "Take Back the Night" march will be today beginning at 6:45 p.m. outside LeMans Hall.

u SMC Tostal will be held on April 27.

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