ASG Senate Nominates New Chair of Senate, Passes One Bill, Two Resolutions

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The Feb. 28 Associated Student Government Senate meeting included nominating a new chair of Senate, passing one bill and two resolutions without debate.











Sen. Colman Betler was the only senator nominated to be the new chair of Senate. Betler was also the co-author, with Sen. Scott Sims, of ASG Senate Bill No. 7 which was unanimously passed through the senate.








The bill calls to allocate funds for the purchase of clearstream waste disposal receptacles.





The purpose of the bill is to promote recycling efforts on the UA campus. A total of $350 will be allocated from the ASG Senate allocations budget to purchase clearstream waste disposal receptacles, which will be used by ASG for sponsored events and will be open to be used by the Division of Student Affairs for any Registered Student Organizations. Any of the funds that are not used will be returned to the allocations budget.





The Senate also passed ASG Joint Resolution No. 5, which calls to promote awareness of veterans’ educational issues. The authors of the bill were Triston Cross, the ASG director of Veterans Affairs, Sen. Clay Smith and Rep. Garrett Jeter from the Graduate Student Congress.





The resolution included requesting the university to consider waiving application fees for those entering the university as degree-seeking students, granting veterans priority when it comes to registering and enrolling in academic classes and to instate either a full or partial tuition fellowship that would activate if veterans’ academic financial benefits expired before they completed their degree.





Co-authored by Senators Christine Carroll and J.P. Gairhan, the Senate also approved ASG Senate Resolution No. 12. The resolution calls for placing a street light pole in scooter parking Lot 17.





As further legislation commences, a student survey about lighting on campus is planned to be sent out. A copy of the resolution has been sent to Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz and Gary Smith, the director of ...


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