After appointment as student trustee, chief justice to resign after elections

Student Trustee Mikayla Gallagher announced that Chief Justice Coy Clark has been selected as the new student trustee. His term will begin in May.

Clark will not be able to keep his position as chief justice because the constitution won’t allow him to hold two executive positions at the same time.

Clark said as chief justice per the constitution he does not have the power to file articles of impeachment so he will no longer be filing article of impeachment for attendance problems. Clark said he will be informing Senate when senators have reached the maximum days of absences and he will leave it up to Senate to file the articles of impeachment. When senators miss two meetings, five other senators will have to sign an article of impeachment, or 10 percent of the student body can file an article.

Clark announced that Senator Dusty Runner has missed one meeting and was tardy twice, resulting in a second absence. He also announced Senator Chelsea Holt missed her limit but he needed to check his email to see if her absences were excused.

CAB Vice Chair of Finance Molly O’Connell recommended senators come and sit in on budget hearings because they will be the ones who will eventually allocate money to the clubs at the end of the semester. She also said clubs are asking for a total of $225,000 this year.

Senator Curtis Stevens announced the Constitutional Committee has finished going through the constitution and will begin going through the bylaws next week. They will continue having open forums at 4 p.m. every other Thursday. The next open forum will be March 31.

Senior Director of Student Affairs Pat Beu said he appreciated the attendance and discussion at the general assembly last week and said that maybe next year Senate should bring in someone from the admissions office to talk about the efforts already being done to recruit and retain students.

There will be no meeting next week because of Spring Break.