Following the approval of the constitutional amendments in last week’s election, the Associated Student Government passed bylaw changes for the legislative and judicial branches on April 18.
The constitutional changes—which needed 10 percent of the student body to vote yes on them—were approved on April 13. Without these changes passing through the student body, the proposed bylaw changes would be inconsistent.
For example, in the judicial section of the bylaws, the stated grievance process refers to the updated procedures outlined in the constitution.
Similarly, in the legislative section, the senatorial seats reflect a significant change made to the constitution. Senatorial seats are now allocated per academic department. New seats now include a teacher education senator, a music senator and a kinesiology senator.
Most of the changes that occurred during this meeting were small clarification issues, able to be friendly amended by bill sponsors instead of voted upon by the entire body.
After some discussion, the changes passed unanimously.
A complete discussion of all bylaw changes by branch can be found in The Criterion article “Your guide to the changing ASG bylaws.”
In other action:
ASG allocated $1,584.48 from the Regional and National Championship Fund to send 14 students form the club softball team to the Regional Fast-Pitch Tournament. The bill passed unanimously with little discussion.
ASG allocated $1,293 from the Student-Controlled Reserve Fund to send three students from the Sculpture Guild to a conference in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After an endorsement from Senator Lauren Mason, the bill passed unanimously.
ASG tabled two bills regarding the election rules and regulations, which outline standards and rules for candidates and the election committee.
Linzey announced a plan to sign an executive order that would officially change the school color from maroon to “Mavroon,” if administration supports the idea. The change would be symbolic only, as the actual color will stay the same.
John Beezley, the founder of the Laptops for Veterans program, said during public input that his program will have a trial run over the summer.
