Senate dissatisfied with communication

Student Senate lost its effectiveness when it lost its membership quorum at Monday’s meeting.

Susan Schaeffer, faculty adviser, asked members of student senate if they knew anything else about the new logo designs that had been introduced a few weeks ago, although the topic was not present on the agenda. The majority of senators expressed that they had no idea that a new logo and website were even being designed before it had been reported in The Eagle. The same students also expressed that they were disappointed that students were not being consulted on these topics.

“I’m personally a little offended that we were not even made aware of the change,” President James Bahensky said, after saying that CAB was the group that announced that students could vote on their favorite new design.

Other senators added that they had not known anything about the design change, and that they had not voted because they were not aware of the design change, or that they had not voted because they were upset that students didn’t have a bigger part in making such a big decision.

Since the voting, no one present had heard anything about the new design.

Aaron Prestwich, interim executive director of student life, said that he would be happy to bring these concerns back to an executive board.

During the logo discussion, several senators left the meeting, which prompted its abrupt end.

Because of the loss of quorum, Senate was unable to continue the meeting, including voting on amendments that had been previously brought to the table. After several moments of confusion, T.J. Thomson, vice president, dismissed the group.

In other business, Bahensky discussed the leadership conference that took place at Wayne College on Friday and Saturday. According to Bahensky, there is no wi-fi in the dorm rooms, Wayne does not have key fobs, and several dorm buildings do not have air conditioning. Bahensky said that Wayne does have good entry signs, each building advertises what departments are held in the building and each door also has an entry mat advertising the name of the building.

“In comparison, we’re doing really well for what we do. We should be proud of where we come from,” Bahensky said.