Discuss “Student Senate poorly represents constituents”

Undergraduate Student Senate elections come only once a year, but the repercussions of having an aloof and ineffective representative body plagues students all year long.

Two weeks ago, Senate approved a resolution supporting the proposed amendment of the Students’ Rights Policy by a vote of 9–7, with eight Senators abstaining. By Senate standards, the only reason a Senator should abstain from a vote is if there is a conflict of personal interest. The Senate chair customarily abstains, but there is no excuse for the other seven abstentions. It is extraordinarily unlikely that seven Senators had a direct conflict of interest in the matter, and it is obvious that these Senators either failed to research this controversial issue or they were...