ASUO Student Senate approves realignment plan, releases money for events
The ASUO Student Senate approved a seat realignment plan, sending it to the ASUO Constitution Court for their approval, and passed four special requests at a one-hour, forty-minute meeting Wednesday night.
The realignment of senate seats, long in the works, aims to shift the seats of academic senators so they represent as equal a number of students as possible. Senators said that is extremely difficult to do, given that seats represent certain majors.
“We’re making it better than it was before,” Sen. Colin Andries said.
The senate also dealt with special requests, releasing $2,075 from the Chinese Student Association’s accounts to pay for the group’s China Night event.
The Multicultural Center also filed a successful request to release $300 from the group’s account to pay for food during a guest speaker event, and the senate released $70 of the Students of the Indian Subcontinent’s funds for food.
The International Student Association received a $117 release for Friday coffee socials during winter term.
There was some debate about whether to give the group $116 or $117.
“I think it’s a waste of time to argue over a dollar or two,” Ombudsman Mike Sherman said. “You will probably never hear me say that again.”

–Chuck Slothower