Spring Break
New Student Union members are sworn in
by Harry Shipps
Assistant News Editor
News | 5/19/09
Posted online at 12:34 AM EST on 5/19/09
Hogan swore in Secretary Diana Aronin '11 and incoming members of the Finance Board, Akash Vadalia '12, Julia Cohen '10, Makensley Lordeus '11, Gabriel C. Weingrod Nemzow '12 and Lisa Qi '11. Hogan swore in members of the Union Judiciary Matt Kriegsman '11, Judah Marans '11, Neda Eid '11, Justin Pierre-Louis '10 and Leeyat Slyper '12. Nicole Cordero '11 and Heddy Ben-Atar '11 were sworn in as the junior representative to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and junior representative to the Board of Trustees, respectively. Samuel Fuchs '11 was sworn in as the junior representative to the Alumni Association.
As incoming president, Hogan was charged with nominating students to certain positions on the Executive Board, and the Senate discussed each nominee's confirmation.
Lev Hirschhorn, former senator for the Class of 2011, was nominated to replace Laura Cohen '09 as director of student rights and advocacy. He was approved by a unanimous vote and sworn in. Supreetha Gubbala, former senator for the Class of 2012, was unanimously confirmed as director of academic affairs, and Hogan swore in Sophia Bronshvayg '11 as the director of executive affairs. Danielle Wolfson '11 and Julia Rabkin '11 were nominated to be members of the Executive Task Force; both were confirmed by unanimous votes.
A decision was made to table the confirmation of two Executive Board appointees, Jenna Brofsky '10 and Sydney Reuben '10, who were absent from the meeting. Brofsky and Reuben are the nominees for director of community advocacy and director of communications, respectively.
According to an attendance bylaw that states that any senator who accumulates two unexcused absences will be subject to a resolution calling for censure, Senator for the Class of 2011 Alex Melman and Senator-at-Large Noam Schuster '11 were faced with automatic censure resolutions. The Senate voted in favor of the censures.
At the May 3 meeting, the Senate concluded business left over from the special session on April 29 and nominated and confirmed chairpersons for five of the six Senate committees. Abdelghafar was appointed chair of the Club Support Committee, and Philips Loh '11 will chair the Diversity Committee. Zager and Marwaha will chair the Ways and Means Committee and the Social Justice Committee, respectively. Bhuiyan will chair the Outreach Committee. The Services Committee was left without a chair until the beginning of next year because no candidates ran for the position.
The Senate also considered a bylaw amendment submitted by Rubin, which proposed that Article X, Section 4, Clause 3 of the Union bylaws be amended to say, "No potential candidate running for elected office shall promise appointed positions to individuals in exchange for political gain." The Senate voted down the amendment. The club also recognized OneVoice, a club that is focused on achieving a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
As incoming president, Hogan was charged with nominating students to certain positions on the Executive Board, and the Senate discussed each nominee's confirmation.
Lev Hirschhorn, former senator for the Class of 2011, was nominated to replace Laura Cohen '09 as director of student rights and advocacy. He was approved by a unanimous vote and sworn in. Supreetha Gubbala, former senator for the Class of 2012, was unanimously confirmed as director of academic affairs, and Hogan swore in Sophia Bronshvayg '11 as the director of executive affairs. Danielle Wolfson '11 and Julia Rabkin '11 were nominated to be members of the Executive Task Force; both were confirmed by unanimous votes.
A decision was made to table the confirmation of two Executive Board appointees, Jenna Brofsky '10 and Sydney Reuben '10, who were absent from the meeting. Brofsky and Reuben are the nominees for director of community advocacy and director of communications, respectively.
According to an attendance bylaw that states that any senator who accumulates two unexcused absences will be subject to a resolution calling for censure, Senator for the Class of 2011 Alex Melman and Senator-at-Large Noam Schuster '11 were faced with automatic censure resolutions. The Senate voted in favor of the censures.
At the May 3 meeting, the Senate concluded business left over from the special session on April 29 and nominated and confirmed chairpersons for five of the six Senate committees. Abdelghafar was appointed chair of the Club Support Committee, and Philips Loh '11 will chair the Diversity Committee. Zager and Marwaha will chair the Ways and Means Committee and the Social Justice Committee, respectively. Bhuiyan will chair the Outreach Committee. The Services Committee was left without a chair until the beginning of next year because no candidates ran for the position.
The Senate also considered a bylaw amendment submitted by Rubin, which proposed that Article X, Section 4, Clause 3 of the Union bylaws be amended to say, "No potential candidate running for elected office shall promise appointed positions to individuals in exchange for political gain." The Senate voted down the amendment. The club also recognized OneVoice, a club that is focused on achieving a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Be the first to comment on this story