The Senate first dealt with Executive Board appointments made by President of the Union Erik Swanson ’08. The first position filled at the meeting was the vice chair of the E-Board, for which Jeffrey Teixeira ’09 was appointed. Teixeira has served on the E-Board since his freshman year, and with the support of Swanson, Teixeira was approved by the Senate for the position.

The next position that was intended to be filled was for the Class of 2010 representative; however, the nominee for this position, Alex Franz, was unable to attend the meeting, and the motion to approve Franz failed.

The Class of 2009 representative nominated for next year’s Executive Board was Richard Mooney, his second appointment to the E-Board. Mooney described his biggest challenge on the E-Board as having to do with WRPI and the immense amount of time spent on this issue. He was approved by the Senate in a 15-0-0 vote.

Tamara Sobers was nominated for the position of Class of 2008 E-Board representative. Though it will be her first time serving on the E-Board, Swanson said that he was very impressed by her involvement in activities on campus and that he believes she will be a great additional opinion to the E-Board.

For the position of club and intercollegiate athletics representatives, the students nominated were Abderrahmane Benghanem ’08, Rob Odell ’09, and John Whalen ’08. Benghanem has served on the E-Board for just under a year now, while Odell and Whalen are both newcomers to the board. Benghanem has been involved in numerous clubs on campus, and has been appointed to various leadership positions as well. Odell has been mostly involved with his fraternity, and has held many leadership positions within that fraternity that he feels adequately prepares him for a role on the Executive Board. Whalen, too, has held several leadership positions within his fraternity, such as treasurer and assistant treasurer, as well as president.

Nominees for the Senate-Executive Board liaison position were also discussed. Amy Moise ’09 was named by Grand Marshal Julia Leusner ’08 to this position, but after a brief recess, the Senate did not approve her appointment to the position.

“It’s unfortunate that the Senate did not see fit to approve all the applicants, because they were all extremely qualified,” said Dan Horvath ’08. “I felt that at times, senators seemed as though they had some status over the Executive Board appointees, which isn’t the case. I hope in time that the Senate, the E-Board, and their respective leaders can come to respect each other despite the occurrences of Tuesday’s meeting.”

The Student Senate is expected to hold another meeting later in the week to reconsider the appointments of Franz and Moise, so that the Executive Board will be able to conduct business prior to the Senate’s first meeting in the fall.

The next matter of business which the Senate dealt with were minor changes to the Senate bylaws, clarifying it and making it more consistent with the Union’s constitution. The Senate bylaws were opened for alteration last week at the Senate’s meeting and were changed this week to fix inconsistencies and clarify issues, such as Senate members and liaisons representing the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils.