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Jan. 29 ASISU Senate Meeting Review
Steven Glenn
Issue date: 1/31/07 Section: News
After what is being referred to as the 'milestone' Senate meeting of last week, President Sargent vetoed the resolution last week (on Reed Gym), and encouraged the Senate to be consistent on this issue as well as other issues throughout the rest of the year. Sargent said that he hopes the Senate puts the Reed Gym to a referendum, and let those results be binding, to bring finality to this issue. Senator Itami asked Sargent if he visited with President Vailas, and Sargent said that Pres. Vailas was uneasy with the project without a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate or a student vote.
With that, the Senate continued with the meeting, and passing Bill 266 - Special Elections. This bill defined the general rules regarding any special election (like the last referendum) and limited the Senates role in such an election. During an emergency senate meeting, the Senate voted to not certify the results of the referendum. This new bill states that results of the special election are final, and that any protest of the election must be handled by the Student Supreme Court. So, the special election results can only be thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Resolution 451 - Capital Projects was passed with great debate. This resolution asks the State Board of Education to reallocate $5 dollars of student fees, which previously paid off bonds for student facilities, to be put back in the ASISU account under Capital Projects. This would create a fund where ASISU Student Senate could allocate funds for projects benefiting the student body. It is expected that the Senate will entertain ideas for projects from the student body and the rest of campus, and then choose which to put these funds towards. This resolution also includes adding any surplus of ASISU funds to be placed under Capital Projects as well. While the numbers vary, depending on who you talk to, roughly one dollar of student fees equates to between $15,000 and $17,000 a years. So, potentially, if approved by State Board, the fund would generate between $75,000 and $85,000 a year, just off of full-time students.
With that, the Senate continued with the meeting, and passing Bill 266 - Special Elections. This bill defined the general rules regarding any special election (like the last referendum) and limited the Senates role in such an election. During an emergency senate meeting, the Senate voted to not certify the results of the referendum. This new bill states that results of the special election are final, and that any protest of the election must be handled by the Student Supreme Court. So, the special election results can only be thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Resolution 451 - Capital Projects was passed with great debate. This resolution asks the State Board of Education to reallocate $5 dollars of student fees, which previously paid off bonds for student facilities, to be put back in the ASISU account under Capital Projects. This would create a fund where ASISU Student Senate could allocate funds for projects benefiting the student body. It is expected that the Senate will entertain ideas for projects from the student body and the rest of campus, and then choose which to put these funds towards. This resolution also includes adding any surplus of ASISU funds to be placed under Capital Projects as well. While the numbers vary, depending on who you talk to, roughly one dollar of student fees equates to between $15,000 and $17,000 a years. So, potentially, if approved by State Board, the fund would generate between $75,000 and $85,000 a year, just off of full-time students.
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