The Senate convened on Sunday to charter and recognize three clubs, de-recognize clubs who failed to file anti-hazing forms and pass a bylaw amendment pertaining to the Allocations Board.

The first order of business was a motion to de-fund twenty-one clubs who have yet to turn in their anti-hazing forms. About the matter, David Herbstritt ’17 said, “We’ve made a lot of effort to reach out and find contact information — unfortunately, in some cases, to no avail.” Lorenzo Finamore ’18 stated that he was pleased with the relatively low number of clubs that failed to turn in the form compared to last year. The board unanimously voted to de-recognize and de-charter the 21 clubs.

Following the vote, Evan Goldstein ’16 and Sam Bernhiem ’18 sought recognition for a Brandeis chapter of the Kinetic Club. The parent chapter of the club began at Williams College two years ago. The Senate voted unanimously to recognize the club. Coalition Against Anti-Semitism in Europe representative Misha Vilenchuk ’16 then sought recognition and charter for his club. Senators voted to recognize and charter the club. The final club proposal came from Alex Mitchell ’17 for the Neuroscience Club. The Senate voted in favor of recognizing and chartering the club.

Student Union President Nyah Macklin ’16 was present at the meeting and gave an executive officer report. Macklin discussed the mandatory meeting that happened on Monday night for all individuals seeking to run for the open A-Board seats and noted that there will be another three-semester A-Board position expiring at the end of the semester.

The Senate then moved into committee chair reports, the highlights of which included updates on the Midnight Buffett organization, the potential development of an environmental course requirement and the possible development of a mural in East Quad’s Airplane Lounge.

Additionally, the Senate voted on Senate Money Requests for gift card incentives for a preferred pronoun survey and for funding for a social justice and diversity event. The Senate voted to fund the former and voted not to fund the latter.

The senators also voted to pass an A-Board bylaws amendment, the highlights of which include rules on how A-Board members can vote, when the A-Board will have its marathon sessions and how club leaders may air grievances with allocations decisions.

—Jaime Kaiser