The first Student Senate meeting after Spring Break had a sweet beginning followed by a productive end.
Before the newly elected senators began their meeting, Senate President Dylan Fisher announced that, to help senators understand parliamentary process, they would perform a mock procedure passing a resolution in honor of ice cream sundaes.
After rounds of debate, recording their votes and adopting the resolution, senators put their practice to the test and enjoyed bowls of ice cream.
When the official meeting began, senators got down to business.
While they voted to unanimously approve chairs for the budget, judiciary, rules and ethics, and information and communications committees as a block, Sen. Michael Christ opposed the nomination of Sen. Leah Miller for the allocations chairwoman during public debate.
Christ cited Miller’s lack of experience on the allocations committee vote and her vote for a budget “riddled with waste” as reasons for his opposition.
“I think if we’re going to be looking for the most experienced, qualified leaders, we should look to the committee first,” he said. “I’m under no illusion of what the likely outcome of the vote will be.”
Despite opposition from Christ and rounds of pro-con debate, Miller was voted as the allocations chair.
[A version of this story ran on page 5 on 3/12/2014 under the headline "Allocations chairwoman chosen"]
Sen. Michael Christ speaks during a public debate opposing the nomination of Sen. Leah Miller for the allocations chair.
