Quacks: To the Student Senate for petitioning the Constitution Court to remove Senator Rahmat Rahmat, who has not attended any of the six Senate meetings or held office hours. Although any student could petition, the Senate shows merit by working for students instead of protecting one of its own.
Smacks: To the Student Senate for holding executive sessions to discuss the merits of candidates running for Senate treasurer. There is no need for these discussions, which do not center on academic or medical records, to be held behind closed doors this year.
Quacks: To the ASUO Executive for adjusting its Recognition Review Committee’s practices and bylaws in response to student suggestions.
Smacks: To the RRC, a well-intentioned but seemingly useless experiment that has used hours of meetings simply to adjust groups’ missions and goal statements to fit the proper template. Discussion among RRC members has been scarce, with RRC Chairman David Goward doing most of the talking. This process needs to be streamlined.
Quacks: To the Student Senate for addressing “unclassy” fan conduct. Although measures may not be taken this year, addressing this problem now will save headaches, jostles and witnessing bears lit on fire in the future.
Smacks: To student groups for voicing last-minute concerns about the stipend model to the Senate rather than at earlier workshops held by the Executive.