Advisers suggest senate needs to develop a ‘vision’

After weeks of bylaw revisions, the senate advisers called on senators to end the “rubber stamping” and create a “vision” for what they want to accomplish during the rest of the semester during this week’s meeting. 

“I think that there is a little bit of a stalemate right now,” Markus Jones, English assistant professor, said. “Because we’re not necessarily having a conversation about what our opportunities are, we’re just sorta shutting down about our opportunities.” 

He said that he wanted to see senators find ways to “leave something behind” for future students, whether that is a potential concert or an even larger project, rather than letting the opportunity to do something exciting go to waste. 

“Don’t just change bylaws because I’m bored by it, and I think you are guys too,” he said. 

Adviser Justin Curtis, Social Sciences assistant professors, echoed Jones’ ideas, and asked senators to find a vision that could shape student’s experiences on campus.  

“I know that there are some tremendously bright students in this body who are interested and excited and have ideas that could shape the student experience here at CSC,” he said. “But you need to be thinking about student experience and not just day-to-day things. You need to have a bigger vision.”