AAS discusses senate responsibilities

Vice President Noah Isserman ’07 announced that he will check up on senators’ readings of the weekly agenda and BC recommendations by using the online Blackboard system. He said that he was distressed this week because 15 senators had failed to look at these items on Blackboard before 8:16 p.m. Isserman consequently announced that any senator who fails to read the agenda and BC recommendations before 8:30 p.m. next week will receive half an absence. Treasurer Richa Bhala ’07 said that the BC ha

Senate funds PBG's Women's Seminar

Many senators were concerned with poor attendance. The issue of senator attendance is especially pertinent at this time because of the recent elections for AAS executive board. Senator Matt Vanneman ’06 insisted the senate proceed with its weekly meeting despite the low attendance because there were many issues before the senate. “We have to have a meeting,” he said. “There are many requests to be dealt with.” The senate began by asking about possible new business, a change from the way in whic

Senate to fund The Hamster in full

Despite the Budgetary Committee’s (BC) recommendation not to fund any of the $897.00 that The Hamster’s staff requested for a second issue this semester, several senators wanted to allocate money to the publication. Senator Spencer Robins ’08 motioned to amend the BC recommendations in order to fund The Hamster. Robins asserted that how the senate decided this funding issue would have serious implications for “standards in the future.” Senator Will Havemann ’07 wanted to clarify exactly what r

Senators discuss requiring individual senator projects

Rather than the currently required class-council projects, each senator would be required, according to amendment, to complete at least one individual project during the academic year. The Judiciary Committee (JC) would assess whether each senator had successfully completed the assignment. Should the JC find that a senator had failed to complete a project, the senator would not be permitted to run for re-election for the next academic year. Arja got enough signatures on the amendment to bring i