Andy Hogan '11 swore in newly elected Student Union president Daniel Acheampong '11, who subsequently swore in newly elected senators, judiciary members and representatives. Acheampong also proposed and swore in his appointments for the executive board. Ryan Fanning '11 will be the new director of executive affairs, J.V. Souffrant '13 will be the new director of community advocacy, and Andrea Ortega '13 and Zoe Siegel '13 will serve as co-directors of communications. Marla Merchut '12 and Danielle Wolfson '11 will be co-directors of academic affairs. Tamar Schneck '13 will serve as the Director of Student Rights Advocacy, and Linda Li '13 will become the new director of special events.

Shirel Guez '12, newly-elected Vice President, introduced herself to the Senate and said that she is looking forward to working with the senate and expected the senate to be a place for mature discourse.

Brandeis Economics and Finance Review requested to be approved as a club. The purpose of the club would be to produce a student-run publication in economics, finance and business. The leaders said that the new review would be important to have in conjunction with the new Business major. The club was approved.

A representative from a proposed testpreparation organization asked for approval from the Senate. The club would serve to help students prepare for higher tests by networking students preparing for tests like the MCAT and LSAT. The representative from the club said she had been talking with Kaplan and Princeton Review, who would be willing to donate test preparation materials.

Senator for the Class of 2010 Jackie Saffir raised concern as to how the services offered by the proposed club would be different from services currently offered by Hiatt. Abraham Berin '11, senator for the Charles River Apartments, was concerned the club would overlap with services offered by other clubs like the Pre-Health and Pre-Law societies. The representative said that the club would be purely about mentoring for test preparation-a service not currently offered by other organizations. The proposal was passed.

-Alana Abramson