“The people on the Governance Commission are an incredibly busy group of people,” Dillon said, continuing that in trying to plan the meetings, the group could not find a single time during the week when they were all available. Thus, at the group’s second meeting, they could not conduct business because only five of the nine members were in attendance. “What we called the Commission to do with the Constitution isn’t going to happen,” he admitted.

However, Dillon said that many of the changes that were being debated before the Commission was called have found other solutions that do not involve the drawn-out process of amending the Constitution. The Undergraduate Council, for example, had become a “legacy body” he said, last year only meeting twice and not accomplishing much for the past few years. However, Dillon said that in the Commission meetings, he and other student government officers were able to see that the UC was making significant progress toward re-establishing itself.

“It drifted away and it’s drifting back fast,” Dillon acknowledged, noting that in the past few weeks, the UC has brought the various class councils together and formed committees to work on the various class rings.

The other major area that changes have been proposed to is the judicial system. There have been many complaints of late, Dillon said, about the state of the system have centered on the how the Judicial Board has transformed into an appellate court instead of the “primary court of judgment for cases in which the concept of student rights, responsibilities or conduct is in question,” with the Dean of Students Office serving as the first body. The Constitution, Dillon pointed out, specifically states that “no other board shall assume any portion of this jurisdiction, unless such a board be comprised solely of students,” which is no longer the case.

Such a change, he said, did not have an easy solution through the Union Constitution, but like others, could also be accomplished through other means. “It could be a Joint Board case, or it could be done with constructive discussion with the administration,” he noted. The Joint Board is the judicial body with jurisdiction over cases where the school itself is being charged with breaking rules.

Additionally, there have been complaints about the way the Student Handbook is worded, printed, and revised. There have been many complaints by people from across student government over the wording of many parts of the handbook that are in conflict with other documents, and the treatment of the handbook as the final say on some matters. In addition, student government officials have complained that some of the changes recommended for inclusion in this years’ edition were not included, while others were put in without notice.