Student Government announced the students who claimed their Senate seats by way of write-in votes and final vote tallies in all races Monday, after initially announcing Finance Director Martin Hursh and Vice President Quinn Margrett won the presidential election alongside all 18 balloted Senate candidates vying for 36 seats. A total of 3,412 students participated.
Speaker of the Senate Alex Cecil, a senior in agronomy, expressed concerns about a decline in decorum and highlighted the importance of focusing on the substance of discussions, setting the stage for debates on a bill addressing attendance issues and the swearing-in of a new senator. Cecil began the meeting with a reminder about decorum..
The Senate elected Off-Campus Senator Alex Cecil, a senior in agronomy, as speaker of the senate after Anna Hackbarth, a senior in electrical engineering, resigned due to her graduation date approaching. Off-campus Senator Trey Wellman, a junior in agricultural and rural policy studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator Asray Gopa, a sophomore in.
Some members of Student Government are set to attend a Big 12 conference, following the Senate’s passing of a bill which provides the necessary funding. The $6,696.99 passed by the Senate will go toward funding for travel, registration and other trip-associated costs according to Senate documents. Vice-Speaker of the Senate Brandon Kamstra, a senior in.
The Senate confirmed Evan Martinez, a sophomore in political science, and Muhammad Azhan, a graduate student in chemistry, as senators for the college of liberal arts. There were also a multitude of confirmations to different committees. “Something that I value a lot is history and throughout history, we see that the voices that often spark.