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Mari Rosen

Contributing Writer

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

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 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

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