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The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) is the student government of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Modeled after the United States federal government, it consists of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The current President of GUSA is Joe Luther (College '16), and the current Vice President of GUSA is Connor Rohan (College '16). The current Constitution of the Student Association was adopted in March 1990, replacing the original GUSA Constitution of 1984 which was deemed inadequate for the needs of the student body. It remained unamended until September 2006 (a previous "amendment" was erroneously certified in the mid-1990s; it was later thrown out by the Constitutional Council as violating the Constitution's voter threshold for amendments), when the legislative body, previously known as the "Assembly" and elected at large, was replaced by the Senate with campus-based representative districts. In 1997, the group supported the addition of crucifixes in university class rooms, and in 2003 supported the use of only fair trade coffee in campus shops. ==Projects== GUSA succeeded in extablishing a College Readership Program that provides students with free copies of ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', and ''USA Today''. GUSA also played a significant role in the creation of the GOCard, or "GeorgetownOne Card," which consolidated the functions of five other cards into one technologically advanced device. In 2006 it also expanded weekend service of the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (GUTS), a popular and student-supported mode of transportation used to bring students from campus to the nearest Metro stop, increasing weekend service fivefold. GUSA also proposed and eventually helped create the popular Grab-n-Go dining option, creating a carry-out option for the main student dining hall. GUSA also funded "Georgetown Forever," a controversial spirit movie made to commemorate many Georgetown traditions. Recently, GUSA made use of financial oversight powers granted to it by the 2006 constitutional amendment, auditing the Student Activities Commission, Media Board, and other advisory groups, and controversially turning up more than $800,000 in unspent funds. Since then many of these groups have come under pressure from GUSA and the student body to spend these funds, and some of the advisory boards have announced plans to expand existing programs or invest in new capital projects to benefit the student body as a whole. In 2011, then GUSA President Mike Meaney organized a group letter to President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner from over 100 different student body presidents in the United States. The letter urged a bipartisan compromise on the debt ceiling debate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georgetown University Student Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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