By Aleksandra Sidorova
The Student Association Senate membership doubled at its first meeting of the semester Sept. 11.
The SA general election in April yielded seven senators, leaving the remaining seats open. As a result of the SA’s campaign to recruit senators in the first two weeks of the semester, the following nine students joined the table: Elizabeth Alden, Charlotte Feliz, Kritika Ghimire, Hrudayee Jagtap, Janiyah James, Nishan Khadgi, Burke Nagel, Manshikha Neupane and Harmony Sanders.
The students underwent an interview and selection process before the Senate meeting and were sworn in during it.
The newly sworn-in senators abstained from voting on a $52 allocation to the club Mail-a-Hug for a welcome event held Sept. 18. The club, built on the idea of sending letters to children in orphanages and nursing home residents, made s’mores at the campfire in the Angell College Center courtyard.
Usually, allocations less than $300 go through the SA Finance Board. The vote went to the Senate because the board doesn’t have enough voting members yet, SA Liaison Tyler Hargraves said.
The senators elected in April are Charmi Asodariya, John Carguello, Romita Chakraborty, William Donlon, Tasmayee Jagtap, Shahad Monir and Mrudangi Trivedi.
Another vote at the meeting confirmed the senators’ areas of responsibility. Asodariya leads the Legislative Review Board; Carguello’s area is Clubs and Organizations; Chakraborty leads the Arts Acquisition Board; Donlon heads the Activities Coordination Board; Tasmayee Jagtap communicates with the Global Education Office; Monir is responsible for academic affairs; and Trivedi coordinates with Housing and Community Living.
