Recently, two student representatives resigned from their Union Senate positions. Xiomara Gonzalez '05 resigned as Senator at Large and Sarah Light '05 resigned as student representative to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC). Both officers submitted their resignations to Student Union Secretary Ana Yoselin Bugallo '03. At that point, both Gonzalez and Light were officially removed from their positions.

When asked for a statement on why Gonzalez resigned from her position she replied, "My main reason for resigning was because of the time commitment and conflicting opportunities."

Light said she had similar reasons for resigning from her position. "I am only resigning because of my rigorous course load," she said.

Elections for these positions will be held in the upcoming weeks. Sign-ups were available outside the Union Senate office in the Shapiro Campus Center beginning yesterday and continuing through Thursday. Elections will be held through the online voting system from Sunday, Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m.

In addition to the Senator at Large and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee positions, the positions of Off-Campus Senator and Class of 2004 senator positions remain open. The upcoming election is intended to fill all four vacancies.

With regards to voting, any Brandeis student may vote in the Senator at Large and UCC representative election, while only off-campus residents and members of the Class of 2004 may vote for their respective senators.