The Student Government Association’s Student Senate held their first Senate and Governmental Relations Committee meeting for the semester to advance their success for the near future.
A total of four bills were presented and only two were passed.
President pro tempore, junior political science major Phillip Robinson from Baton Rouge, presented a bill for all candidates for elected office and nominees to an appointed or vacant office must have a minimum of 2.5 accumulative grade-point average to a 3.0 PGA, which was passed.
The positions that will be effected are SGA President, Vice-President, Chief Justice and Miss Southern.
“We should demand the best out of our leader,” said Robinson, “I don’t think its too much to ask; it benefits the person who actually attempts for the positions.”
Other senators at the meeting were in agreement with the bill.
“I was strongly in agreement with the bill with the four highest SGA positions,” said senator William Burrell, a senior civil engineering major from Dallas, “for the potential candidates, they should have a high standards. I believe that someone with a 3.0 looks better at a conference with other colleges.”
This bill will be enacted and incorporated into law for the Spring 2010 semester if voted in the upcoming senate meeting.
Freshman Senator Demetrius Sumner presented a bill that would require candidates running for office to submit contributor information and contribution amounts.
The bill was not a favorite among the senators and did not pass.
Senators Sumner and Jordan McDuffie presented the third bill of the night, which wanted to establish mandatory deadlines for the nomination of appointees to SGA, deadlines for long-standing vacant offices and establishing procedure for non-compliance, which passed and now faces vote from the full student senate body.
Some of the senators were in favor of the bill, however some thought otherwise.
“I really disagreed with the bill,” said Senator Sabrina Whitney, junior political science major. “It seemed as if there was never an ending to it when there are 7-14 days to fill the position and they should find someone to appoint them and their position.”
Senator Robinson presented another bill that omits the SGA test for all positions and it did not pass.
Senator Burrell was one of the senators who were not in favor for the bill.
“If you’re going to be apart of SGA, you should know what it is about and I feel that it’s necessary to have a test to weed out those who are not serious about the SGA position.”
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Student Senate ups GPAs
February 10, 2009
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