Senators fail to appoint VP replacement, approve final legislation of spring session
Mark Reagan
Issue date: 4/28/09 Section: News
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Little debate took place regarding President Neal Bonacci's appointment of Sen. Michael Crabb, and the appointment ultimately failed to be confirmed.
Bonacci said he picked Crabb because he went "above and beyond," did a great job and has worked on a lot of different projects.
In a secret ballot vote, senators voted 13-9 to approve Crabb, but a two-thirds majority was needed to confirm the appointment. The senate will not be able to make an appointment until after the organization's summer session because of rules adopted earlier this semester.
In other business, the Student Senate passed a resolution reaffirming student rights, and the organization finished revising the Student Government's constitution, bylaws and election rules.
Several appointments to various positions were confirmed. Senators also passed five letters of statement and three student organization constitutions.
The student rights resolution was written by Speaker Luke Hoffman and described as a "preemptive measure" to let students know that Student Government is there to support them.
Among the rights reaffirmed by the resolution are equal treatment in academic life, the right to safety, the right to peaceful demonstrations, the right to fair and just academic evaluation, the right to free speech, the right to appeal grades, the right to privacy, the right to editorial freedom and the right to assemble and organize clubs.
Two resolutions were passed to increase consistency between Student Government's constitution and bylaws. The biggest change to the bylaws limits the student body president to two terms.
"The whole document is just a reflection of what we do now," said Chief Administrative Officer Matt Nelson, who wrote the resolutions.
Another resolution sought to bring consistency with the bylaws and Student Government's election rules. The biggest change was a prohibition on mass e-mails to ask students to vote for a particular candidate.
Sen. Kyle Schulze wrote an Arbor Day tree planting resolution. It was added to the agenda the night before the meeting because Arbor Day was last Friday. The resolution passed and a spruce was planted near the Weber Fine Arts Building.
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Cassy Loseke
posted 5/01/09 @ 12:03 AM CST
Ummm....doesn't the United States Constitution guarantee much of these rights that Student Government felt the need to "reaffirm"?
What's the point in rewriting things that already exist and are already in play? How about Student Government actually DO something instead of pretend to?
But that would require effort. (Continued…)
UNO
posted 5/02/09 @ 12:25 AM CST
Oh please Cassey just because you quit Student Government doesn't mean that you can try to turn everyone else against it. You might not have done anything while you were involved in it but there are a handful of excellent senators this year that do a lot of work to improve UNO. (Continued…)
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