Ah, another wonderful Student Senate meeting. After missing a rousing session last week (where the Senate “nickel and dimed” the MCC by giving them a paltry $6,000 after the group requested over $8,000 which it had originally misspent) I decided that I should personally witness this newfound fiscal conservativism.

Unsurprisingly, I was disappointed.

It really isn’t worth my time or the wear and tear on your eyes to do a detailed writeup, so instead I’ve just included a few clips of the interesting points of the meeting:

• The first is a funny moment near the beginning where Mike Filipelli is describing a correction to the surplus account that had to be made. Dallas Brown compliments him, but when Filipelli attempts to respond Brown cuts him off, reminding him that it’s still his speaking time. (2:01 1.38mb mp3)
• The second is the SETA hearing. This group recently bought a plane ticket (and housing) for an Animal Rights Lawyer to come and speak. This was a bit of a problem since they didn’t actually have this expenditure budgeted. Instead, they had a number of random line items that didn’t actually correspond to any of their planned events. Or at least two of them, “Abolish Vivisection Action” and “Vegan e-Law Conference Speaker Event.” While Dallas Brown points out how irresponsible this is, the Senate approves to move the funds anyway. (On another note: at 4:10, in the middle of discussion on the item, Monica Irvin’s phone goes off– she promptly leaves the room to answer it.) (10:16 7.06mb mp3)
• Last but not least is the latest round in the pissing match between interim DDS Co-Directors Dallas Brown and David Goward. During announcements, Brown asks the Senate if they’ll support him in requesting that the Executive extend the application deadline for next year’s DDS Co-Director positions since there have thus far only been two applicants. President-Elect and Senate Ombudsman Jared Axelrod aptly points out that the positions should have been filled sooner since the Green Tape Notebook stipulates that interim positions may not last longer than three months. Some interesting ASUO political wankery here. (13:08 9.02mb mp3)

I hope I have sufficiently bored you. Good night!

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