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Union attendance bylaw changed

The Student Union Senate passed the Attendance Improvement Act of 2009 at the Feb. 22 Senate meeting in order to improve current Senate attendance rates, according to Executive Senator and Acting Vice President Andrew Brooks '10.


Equipment to move into new Science Center

Researchers and equipment will be transported into the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center beginning this week, according to Vice President of Capital Projects Dan Feldman; however, science classes will not be moved into the science center until fall semester 2009.However, Feldman wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that "Phase two of the [Science Complex Renewal Project] has been indefinitely postponed."Feldman wrote that Phase one is "nearly complete.


ResLife reduces paper product use to benefit environment and finances

The Department of Residence Life will no longer provide residents of Ziv Quad and Rosenthal Quad with toilet paper starting next year; three weeks ago, ResLife also instituted a trial cutback of paper towels in several communal bathrooms in an effort to increase sustainability and to save money in the face of the financial constraints facing the University, according to interim Co-Director of ResLife Jeremy Leiferman.The University faces operating budget gaps ranging from $4 million in fiscal 2009 to $23 million in fiscal 2012.Leiferman said he is not aware of any plans to make more changes in the vein of the cutbacks in toilet paper and paper towels, although he would not rule out the possibility that other changes may also take place.Leiferman said that the University does not currently supply toilet paper for apartment areas including the Charles River Apartments, Ridgewood Quad and the Foster Mods.


Reviving a legend

Not an especially large man, wearing a neatly pressed sweater and dark slacks, author Murray Greenberg '77 seems just about as far removed from the muddy playing fields and bone-jarring hits of 1920s American football as a person could be.


Senators could be censured or impeached if attendance policy is reinforced

The Student Union Senate is considering an act that would reinforce the current senatorial attendance policy for meetings and possibly institute a maximum number of meetings senators are allowed to miss with or without an excuse before facing punishments such as censure or impeachment, said Executive Senator and Acting Vice President Andrew Brooks '09, who introduced the act.


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