Funding RequestsSMR #7-S03; Rick Recht Concert with Baruch was allocated $520 by the Senate. Their goal is to bring the Brandeis community together for an evening of Jewish and secular rock music. This is an attempt to expose Brandeis students to an "essential aspect of the Jewish culture."

The Senate discussed how this request related to the money request they denied last week to the Junior/Senior semi-formal committee. Senators wanted to make sure that they are consistent with the message they send clubs in terms of allocations. The senate decided that this was not the forum to discuss their funding votes but rather to just concentrate on this request.



Charters/De-charters

The Senate recognized Brandeis Women's Retreat as a "recognized club."

The Senate recognized a club called Rather Be Giraffes.

Louis Magazine was dechartered due to its leadership failing to submit the necessary forms to remain a chartered organization.



Petitions

The Senate heard a petition by Daniel Mauer '06 for Brandeis students to take an official position on war with Iraq. Although he recieved the necessary 15 percent of the student vote to have a student body vote, Union Secretary Ana-Yoselin Bugallo '03 was unavailable prior to the meeting to validate the signitures. As a result, Mauer presented to the Senate out of the traditional constitutional order, which requires the Secretary to validate the signitures before a petition is presented to the senate. His presentation was tabled.



-- Igor Pedan