At the Senate's Sunday meeting, members voted to recognize two clubs and charter one. In addition, the Senate passed Senate Money Resolutions to fund the Midnight Buffet.

Philosophically Speaking addressed the Senate requesting a name change to the Brandeis Philosophy Journal. The representatives said that they believe the current name deters students from submitting work, as they are not sure what the journal is about. In addition, the club wants to make the journal more structured and is undergoing a rebrand. The name change was unanimously approved.

Another club, which would be a University affiliate of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, addressed the Senate to request recognition and charter. NARAL, which is a national organization with state affiliates, has currently sought to introduce chapters on college campuses. The representatives introducing the club stated that Boston University and Northeastern University currently have recognized chapters. The club was recognized with two abstentions and no objections.

The club requested charter in order to host events. The representatives said that the funding would solely cover custodial costs and costs to reserve rooms on campus. The club was chartered with two abstentions and no objections.

The Student Language Exchange approached the Senate after adding to its constitution, as suggested by the Senate last week. The club, which seeks to recruit tutors to teach students languages that are not taught at the University, was unanimously recognized.

A $3,700 SMR for the food, drinks and decorations for Midnight Buffet was approved, in addition to a separate SMR for T-Shirts. The food SMR increased funding from last year to include more food, and the T-Shirt SMR includes 50 additional T-Shirts from last year. Both SMRs were approved. Executive Senator Annie Chen '14 announced that she had a T-Shirt design ready to share with the Senate.

Class of 2017 Senator David Heaton delivered the Senate Dining Committee report. He said that there are still several possibilities being explored for the Stein, such as a sports bar or brick oven pizzeria. According to Heaton, the possibility of bringing in another franchise is not off the table. Heaton also mentioned the possibility of bringing another franchise into the Usdan Student Center.

Class of 2015 Senator Anna Bessendorf delivered the Senate Sustainability Committee report. She said that the committee is currently working on its Brandeis Sustainability Fund proposals of getting toilets on campus with dual-flush capabilities, as well as adding a for-profit one acre farm to campus.
Chair of the Social Justice and Diversity Committee Senator-at-Large Naomi DePina '16 said that a poetry slam will take place on Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. The location is yet to be determined.

East Quad Senator Andrew Savage '16 spoke on behalf of the Club Support Committee, and said that a list with several clubs that could potentially be de-chartered has been compiled. He said that many of these clubs are defunct, and that up to eight will be presented by next week to be de-chartered.
Class of 2016 Senator Jon Jacob is currently working on an email notification system for the mailroom. Two proposals are in place: a simple email notification system or a card swipe kiosk with an email notification. According to Chen, the simple email system would require students to remember zone numbers for their packages, whereas the card swipe system would avoid that issue.

Jacob also approached five local businesses on Friday regarding his WhoCash initiative, including Carl's Steak Subs, Tree Top Thai Cusuine, Sabatino's Italian Kitchen, Asia Wok and B'aan Thai. According to Jacob, Carl's Steak Subs, Tree Top and Sabatino's are "on board," but would like to know more about the percentage of commission they would make.
Savage announced that tables for East Quad have been delivered and are currently in East. He also wants to create a proposal to shorten quiet hours on weeknights during vacations when students do not have classes the next day.

Class of 2015 Senator Alison Zheng brought up issues with the BranVan in her report, and said that she would like to fix problems with pick-ups and drop-offs. In addition, senators discussed the possibility of requesting additional pick-up locations and having additional operators, as currently there is only one operator at a time answering phone calls from all University students.


-Marissa Ditkowsky