In Voice News today, Crime Prevention Coordinator Joseph Smith revealed the launch date for the long-awaited RAD program, next September. He also mentioned a bike registration program, which launched this past Monday. Below are more details on each.

The optional bike registry program is designed to combat what Smith says is chronic bike theft on campus. Students can tote their bicycles into the DPS office on the ground floor of VWC to register their wheels, but if that’s just too awkward for you, look for DPS at “upcoming campus events” and beginning-of-the-year events in the fall, such as orientation.

And as we reported in February, DPS lacked the $900 necessary for the training suits they would need for the RAD program, which initially held up the program. The money will be enough to buy four $225 training suits. Four instructors will initially support 30 program participants.

The most intriguing part of this week’s meeting might have been what went unsaid.  After GUSA approved 6 of SCUnity’s 8 recommendations, Speaker Reggie Greer made a subtle announcement in the evening’s proceedings: ex-Vice Speaker Brian Wood has resigned from both his position in GUSA and his Senate seat.

Greer mentioned something about “there were a few issues with access to benefits and being a full-time student.” We’ll bring you the story when we’ve got it.

GUSA first set aside $900 for some rad RAD suits. According to Tyler Stone (COL `09), money for RAD equipment was not initially allocated to DPS. The discussion was quick and the decision was unanimous—crime prevention is a pretty easy sell.

Then came the heavy lifting. GUSA debated SCUnity proposals one by one for a full two and a half hours straight. Actually, there was one 90-second recess to discuss what to do after the vote count on the first proposal was short two Senators. The solution was to scrap the usual raise-your-hand vote for a role-call vote, which caused a minor, bylaw-obsession-induced panic.

But my personal highlight reel of last night’s meeting would have to include Tyler Stone’s Ode to Diversity but only in Theory, which he published as an op-ed in The Hoya. Didn’t see it? Don’t worry; he read the whole thing out loud at the start of the debate to “focus our minds.”

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Below is the second edition of Vox Populi’s weekly GUSA round-ups, a sass-meets-C-SPAN summary of Georgetown student government’s goings-on. In sum, we’ll go to GUSA meetings so you won’t have to. We think Tipp O’Neill would be proud.