Within 13 minutes, Tuesday night’s Student Senate approved funding for two organizations and wrapped up its weekly meeting.
After the chambers were temporarily relocated to HOL 285B, one floor above the usual location in the Chesterfield Smith Classroom in the Levin College of Law, about 75 senators were present.
Senators moved to unanimously approve funding for the Iranian Student Association and PhD Moms, as well as strike the finance code revisions from the agenda.
The revisions, which proposed changes to student organizations’ uses of outside bank accounts, were struck because budget and appropriations chair Sen. Joseph Michaels and Student Body Treasurer Jayce Victor, the bill’s authors, were unable to present the bill.
After the meeting, Michaels said he and Victor wanted to be there for the bill presentation to ensure the revisions were as clear as possible.
The Iranian Student Association was granted $578 in funding, and PhD Moms received $1,163. A few announcements were made, and senators let out a sigh of relief when it was decided to email committee reports.
Sen. Matt Pesek believed many senators were in a mid-semester jam.
“Senators are students, too, so in addition to serving the students, they have to deal with midterms like everyone else,” he said.
A version of this story ran on page 5 on 10/30/2013 under the headline "Senators meet briefly, approve funding"
Sen. Michael Christ moves to unanimously approve two bills granting funding to two student organizations at Tuesday’s 13-minute long Student Senate meeting.
