Student Senate fills executive board
Riley Machal, chief justice, swore in Liz Rice as senator of E.H.P.C.P.S.W, and new student senate executive board members including Morgan Nelson as president, James Bahensky as vice-president, T.J. Thomson as treasurer, Chrissy Black as secretary, Beth Wroblewski as corresponding secretary, Sammy Shaykett as parliamentarian, and Nisha Durand as chief justice.
“Our goal is to make student senate a friendly place where students can come and find out what’s going on,” said Nelson, and Bahensky added, “Students should expect exciting things.”
Trevor Dietrich, student trustee, said that at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln students pay $200 a semester for a parking pass and are still not guaranteed a parking spot on campus. In addition, Dietrich attended the student trustee scholarship luncheon this past weekend in Lincoln where guest speakers included Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and CSC alumnus Danny Woodhead.
Christine Kambarami, CAB president, said that 230 people attend free movie night on Sunday evening.
Jacob Karmazin, senate president, discussed senate T-shirts and proposed an amendment for the definition of “ballot form(s)” to the student senate constitution. Karmazin also thanked everyone for his or her hard work throughout the year.
Jennifer Weiss, senate vice-president, said that there would be an end-of–the-year senate party 5 p.m., Monday. Weiss also thanked everyone for their hard work throughout the year.
Ashley Maxon, treasurer, requested an allocation of no more than $400 from the student activity fee account for the senate party.
The school of B.E.A.M.S.S. announced that there would be no Bio Chem labs this week.
Dr. Brust and Dr. Schaeffer, sponsors, offered words of encouragement for the members who were sworn in.
Laure Sinn, coordinator of student activities, reminded senate members to enter the drawing to win a 42-inch high-definition TV. Sinn also reminded members to attend the One Step Ahead seminar Wednesday. Sinn announced that there would be a meeting at 10 a.m. Friday to discuss a new campus master plan.
Under new business Nelson asked if any senate members had any suggestions for a homecoming theme and offered a movie theme for next year. Bahensky added that there was a homecoming meeting Friday to start plans for next year and the committee had discussed a kids’ carnival for homecoming week next year.
Skye O’Brien resigned her seat as senator of E.H.P.C.P.S.W.