The possibility of combining two Student Government positions was presented Wednesday night during a full Senate meeting.
Senator-At-Large Kara Osborne used senator’s privilege at the end of the meeting to introduce the idea of combining the vice president title from the executive branch and the Senate president position of the legislative branch.
“We just wanted to interview vice presidents from the past to investigate making the vice president (also) chairman of Senate,†she said.
The idea is not yet legislation, but would make the elected position of vice president the president of the Senate as well.
Osborne said she thinks the change would create better collaboration between the two branches.
“I think in the past there hasn’t been open communication between the legislative and executive branches,†Osborne said.
Senators discussed the notion but differed in opinions. Some senators pointed out there was a procedure already in place to foster communication between the two branches.
“I think there are other options to go with before we combine the vice president with Senate president,†said Falon Thacker, College of Arts and Sciences senator.
The Senate also approved $4,000 through a Senate special project for the Solar Car Team.
“We are going to use it to build a new car and hopefully win a race,†said Brent White, a member of the team and presenter of the project.
Senate President John Whitt sponsored the project and is also the College of Engineering senator. He said he sponsored the project because the Solar Car Team represents the entire college.
Whitt also used the opportunity to kick off his initiative of college senators being more loyal to their colleges.
“I wanted to see senators, especially if they’re college senators, using their special privilege to give back to their college,†Whitt said.
At the meeting, the Academic Student Affairs Committee introduced the idea of having a contest between marketing and communication students to create a pamphlet that could be given to event organizers who received iPods to make their events more successful.
The Senate also unanimously passed minor changes in wording in the SG bylaws.
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