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Six new senators were appointed and 12 members of the senate were confirmed to the cabinet in the latest meeting of the General Student Senate.
The meeting included a report by President Owen McCarthy, which stated that the cabinet voted against an appeal to remove the president of Wilde Stein due to the GPA requirements set forth by the University of Maine Board of Trustees.
As a result of the cabinet meeting and voting against the appeal, McCarthy put forth a resolution to amend the employment policies of Student Government to abolish the appeals process. In the resolution, it states that by doing this, the senate will be in compliance with the UMaine Board of Trustees.
During the meeting, UM System Student Government president Sean Rankin reported a lack of involvement by other schools.
“And by lack of involvement, I mean no involvement,” Rankin said.
He stated that he will seek out the other leaders of the system student government to determine the level of interest in the group.
Currently, Rankin is the lone elected member of the system student government.
“If they don’t send me my representatives, then I am going to derecognize each of the institutions,” Rankin said.
Rankin added that if this occurs, he will put forth a resolution that will completely disband the UM System Student Government.
At the meeting Alexander Ortiz, Christine McGivney, Justin Labonte, Samantha Shulman, Ross Wolland, Abtin Mehdizadegan, Krystal Earle, Tavian MacKinnon, Rebecca Davison, Anthony Feldpausch, Joseph Moran and Emily Fortin. Also, Nicholas DeHaas, Alexander Heathco, Ryan Merchant, Nathan Oakes, Andrew Satalich and David Jones were all sworn in as senators.
Vice President of Financial Affairs Labonte reported the following allocations: $200 to the Panhellenic Council, $166.15 to the Interfraternity Council and $800 to Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
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