The Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling on the administration to deny a request from Student Events to receive money directly from the Student Activities Fee. The Senate confirmed Matt Rogers '08 and Fanny Familia '09 as the student representatives to the Firearms Advisory Committee established by University President Jehuda Reinharz.

The Senate confirmed the change of the Outdoors and Mountaineering Club's name to Brandeis Mountain Club to reflect the club's commitment to organizing a variety of activities.

The senate recognized the Gen Ed Now Club, which aims to emulate a speaker series program organized for seniors at Brandeis during the 1950s and 1960s. The club hopes to organize thematic speaker series open to the whole campus speaking on topics such as climate change or political satire.

The Senate recognized the Brandeis IT Entrepreneurship club, which has the goal of providing a forum and networking opportunity for students interested in business opportunities related to information technology.

The Senate recognized the ONE Brandeis chapter. ONE is a national campaign lobbying elected officials to allocate more foreign aid toward alleviating poverty and fighting diseases such as AIDS and malaria.

The senate did not recognize the Choon Woo Ha: Get a Girlfriend club, presented by Yuki Hasegawa '09, senator for the Class of 2009.

The Senate tabled a bylaw amendment that would confirm renaming the Student Union Office for Judicial and Academic Advocacy to Student Union Office for Student Conduct Advisors.?The amendment didn't pass.

The Senate tabled a bylaw amendment to change the name of the Project Brandeis University Spirit Committee to the University Spirit Committee. It shifts focus to encouraging University Spirit in general.

Director of Academic Affairs Kimberlee Bachmann '08 reported the take-your-professor-to-lunch initiative would take place again next semester after a number of successful years.

Senators Tamar Ariel '10 for East Quad, Jenna Brofsky for the Class of 2010 and Rebecca Wilkof '10 for the Castle reported that big-screen plasma TVs would be set up in the Castle Commons, the East Airplane Lounge and the Shapiro Lounge.

Director of Union Affairs Jason Gray '10 said there were processes by which Finance Board funds could be reallocated. Student Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha '08 said that in discussions with Student Events Director Lauren Adler, the F-Board had established that it could provide Student Events with some discretionary funds.



-Miranda Neubauer