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Discuss “Bill proposes to pay execs”

Amidst election difficulties and the nearing of a new Senate, the current Student Senate continues to conduct business as usual. At last Thursday’s meeting, it tackled its next proposal — distributing personal salaries of up to $6000 to the student body president, student body vice president, and student body vice president of finance.

The policy was proposed by Student Body President Karl Sjogren, a senior public policy major, and Student Body Vice President Andrea Hamilton, a senior social and decision sciences and art major.

The payments would be distributed in two equal installments, each at the end of a semester. This payment policy is currently against university bylaws, which state that each executive would have to become a university...

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