The Student Government Association met for its last meeting of this session on April 14.

In the session, former SGA president Amanda Denbo, business senior, made two nominations for associate justice in her last hour as president.

There was some controversy about whether or not these judges should be voted in.

On one side of the debate, the SGA is short on judges to help with deciding on issues of constitutionality within the SGA.

However, some members of the SGA were uncomfortable with the idea of voting in judges in the last minutes of the session before the new administration had a chance to nominate their own judges.

“If we are going to bring in new justices, I thought we were going to wait and let the new administration do that,” SGA pro temp Matt Owen, political science sophomore, said. “I just think this is kind of low.”

Daniel Murray, philosophy sophomore, and Tristan Williamson, former SGA vice president and English and religious studies junior, were the nominees.

When the vote was brought to the floor, both Murray and Williamson were approved as associate judges by six votes.

There are two positions left open for associate justices in the upcoming term.

The SGA also passed a bill to give up to $200 worth of $5-lunch vouchers to students who help on Campus Beautification Day.

“This is important because we need to support those who support this campus,” SGA treasurer Jennifer Broadus, education junior, said.

There was some controversy about a few students who wrote their names in on the ballot to be SGA senators. Because there were fewer senators running for office than there were available positions, anyone who wrote their name in was automatically considered for senator.

Some SGA members said they didn’t believe it was fair that the write-ins were being considered for senate and believed they should not be allowed to be senators.

“Everyone else who was on that ballot had to get their 75 signatures,” James Bonsall, business senior, said. “I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Others said they believed since the seats needed to be filled, those write-ins should be allowed to be senators in the next session.

“I think we’ve had such a problem getting people involved in campus activities,” Jennifer Reichert, undecided freshman, said. “Just the fact that they are showing interest should be enough.”

Reichert said if we made students jump through more hoops, they would become discouraged and no longer want to be involved.

By MICHELE HOP

Staff

mhop@ius.edu