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Senate Leader Connor Boe resigned from his position Wednesday, citing personal reasons.
“I’ve had some family issues in the last two weeks that have really affected me and affected my work,” Boe said. “Effectively immediately, I’m resigning at Senate Leader. I’m going to remain a senator, and I’m going to take a leave of absence for the remainder of the semester.”
Boe will be greatly missed for his work with ASG, according to Student Trustee Michelle Dusterdick.
“I’m very sad to see him go. He’s grown as a student leader, as a person. He’s done a great job,” Dusterdick said. “I’m very sad to see him go because he did do so good.”
Elections for Senator Boe’s vacated position will be held in the coming week.
“I’m going to make this transition as easy as possible,” he said.
With a 18-0 vote, ASG bill 13-19 was passed unanimously by the senate. The bill allocated $2885 toward to the Women’s Club Cross Country team toward participation in thier national competition in Novemeber in Hersey, Pennsylvania.
Concerning the allocation of $450 from the ASG operating budget toward the purchase of 10 tickets for Student Veterans Association’s All Service Military, First Responders & Law Enforcement Ball, ASG bill 13-17 passed with a 17-1 vote. The tickets were distributed to ASG memebrs who expressed interest in attending the fundraiser.
Also passing with 17-1 vote, ASG bill 13-18 saw a change to the executive branch, specifically that the time and day for the next year’s General Assembly meeting must be established before and announced at first General Assembly of the spring semester.
A recurring theme during Wednesday’s meeting circled the issue of consistency regarding the senate’s approach to granting funds to various bills.
“We’ve had some concerns arise in inconsistency of how we’re voting,” Boe said. “We really need to discuss getting everyone involved writing bills and the FAC process as well as figuring out a way for setting up a criteria on what we’re willing to fund and what we aren’t.”
Senator Charlotte Rowden seconded the need to address the consistency issue.
“Part of our job is to be consistent and stay consistent whether we’re asking questions or [it regards] the standards of what we’re expecting from groups,” she said. According to Rowden, voting no on a bill due to unclear terms is a senseless move that essentially forces the given issue out of the senate’s hands.
ASG members are also preparing for a visit from the Higher Learning Commission on November 18-20, during which the HLC will conduct an evaluation concerning the continued accreditation status of CMU.
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