Senate

The primary role of the Senate is to promulgate legislation beneficial to and in the best interest of the undergraduate students, and to work closely with the Executive Council to ensure that legislation is properly implemented. In addition, every Senator must serve on at least one standing committee, attend two office hours a week and submit a monthly report.

There are 22 voting members of the Senate and the seats are allocated according to constituencies:

17 seats College of Arts and Sciences, 2 seats College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1 seat Health Science Center, 1 seat RHA and 1 seat CSA.

The Executive Vice President is the Chair of the Senate and prepares the agenda. The President Pro Tempore is elected from the Senate’s membership and presides in the absence of the Executive Vice President.

A Notice About Senate Reports: These reports only reflect the views and opinions of the individual Senators, and do not reflect the opinion of the USG as a whole. Furthermore, these reports are not screened or edited by the USG, and may be contain false or unreliable information. These reports are intended to create accountability amongst your paid representatives. They are published online as a way for Senators to reach out to their constituents, so that they may gain an inside perspective on the operations of the USG Senate.

Spring 2010 Reporting List: (Fall 2009 Reports)

Senator	Dec/Jan Report Received:	Feb. Report Received:	March Report Received:	April Report Received:
Chairman (only votes to break a tie)
Executive Vice President John Kriscenski
President Pro Tempore ‘
Syed Haq	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Residence Hall Association Representative
Craig McCarthy	1/22/10	3/9/10	4/12/10	5/8/10
Commuter Student Association Representative
Kirin Mahmud	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Health Sciences Center Senator
Tiffany Abrishamian	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Senators
Spenser Cushing	Not Submitted	3/5/10	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Alexander Dimitriyadi	2/22/10	2/23/10	4/14/10	Not Submitted
College of Arts and Sciences Senators (and all other colleges)
Tahir Ahmad	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Ory Baum	Not Submitted	3/4/10	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Aharon Benelyahoo	1/25/10	3/2/10	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Aneta Bose	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Jordan Cushner	2/3/10	3/2/10	4/12/10	Not Submitted
Runyu Fan	1/26/10	2/20/10	4/10/10	Not Submitted
Theresa Geckle	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Daniel Graber (removed)	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	N/A
Jen Hand (Appointed 2/16/10)	N/A	3/1/10	4/5/10	5/2/10
Syed Haq (President Pro Tempore)	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Jonathan Harounian	2/2/10	2/28/10	4/12/10	Not Submitted
Mahyar Kashan	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Aysha Khan	Not Submitted	3/2/10	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Alexandria Lanza (resigned)	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	N/A	N/A
Deborah Machalow	1/18/10	2/25/10	3/30/10	5/2/10
Nicole Mbisike	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted	Not Submitted
Michael Spinelli (Appointed )	N/A	N/A	N/A

All Executive Council members are non-voting members of the Senate with full speaking rights.

All Undergraduate Students are members of the USG, and are encouraged to attend Senate meetings. Gallery members may speak during open agenda at the end of a regular meeting.

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