Senate Beat Wishes It Was Still Fall Break

Student Body President Andee Gude ‘26 opened this week’s Senate Public by reporting on their subcommittee (Prevention and Education) of the Presidential Council on Campus Climate, which is “talking about… how to open up the floor to students” to hear their recommendations for future programming. President Gude also announced that they are working with the Bike Co-Op to set up a budget for bike stipends, and that they are working with Associate Dean for Student and Campus Life Claudia Ramirez Islas about finding a new place for the grieving space.

Senator Andrew Sakahara ‘27 maintained remarks (began in prior Senate Publics) about eco-containers in Commons, mentioning that he met with Sustainability Coordinator Rachel Willis about advertising these containers, and announced on behalf of the Legislation Committee that the Office for Student Life is interested in establishing standards and regulations for student posters and flyers on campus. Senator Sakahara also mentioned that in a meeting with Director of Athletics, Fitness, and Outdoor Programs Michael Lombardo where “he drove us off campus, for some reason,” they had discussed the success of the new and improved Sports Center. Sakahara also raised concerns about the fact that Parent and Family Weekend (November 1-2) overlapped with Oktoberfest — which is also this Friday. Senator Sakahara also announced that Spring-Fall will be December 6. 

Student Body Vice President Jefferson Ratliff ‘25 encouraged everyone to vote in the ongoing Senate special election.

Senator Bella Moore ‘26 announced that she is “working on a job request form for people who would like new jobs to be created by Senate,” and encouraged students to apply to work on the Student Committee on Academic Policy and Planning, interviews for which will be held next week. Senator Moore also announced for Harm Reduction that the locker outside Pool Hall will be stocked with fentanyl testing strips and narcan before Halloween.

Senator Catherine Hoyle ‘25 announced that Commons will now have headphones, provided by CARDS, for loud events, and that there will soon be benches for Grill seating. Senator Hoyle additionally announced that Commons has challah made in-house, saying “go eat it.” Senator Hoyle also announced that Community Accessibility Resources and Disability Services (CARDS) is still trying to get the key to the CARDS closet, saying “One day, we will get the key and we will get the resources for the disabled students. It’s been a real quest.”

Senate hired Milahn Williams to the Student Committee on Diversity, and Palloma Araujo ‘26, Hanae Furugaki ‘27 and Gor Hakobyan ‘25 to the Judicial Board.

Assistant Treasurer Maya Gutierrez ‘27, Baby Money Yuri Garcia ‘27, Senator Lina Eid ‘26, and Student Body Head Treasurer Lucy Knight-King ‘26 had nothing to report.

Senate Public occurs weekly on Mondays in the Student Union (SU) at 4:00pm.