Special Business
Student Assembly President Terra Sloane ’25 provided executive updates on her meeting with Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Public Safety Virginia Ambler ’88, Ph.D. ’06, ongoing updates to the Lemon Project and collaboration with the College’s Fighting for Immigrant Rights and Equity organization, WMFIRE.
Sloane addressed a misunderstanding among the administration that students are apathetic or unaware amidst the federal government’s changes to higher education.
“Have conversations about the way that the changes we’re seeing are affecting higher education,” she said. “Talk to your professors about it, make it clear that we as students are not just going to watch those things happen.”
Sloane also discussed meeting with Class President Devaughn Henry ’28 and assistant professor of history Jody Lynn Allen, director of the Lemon Project, about the Lemon Project walking tour.
Sloane also remarked on collaboration with WMFIRE, as Student Assembly and WMFIRE tabled March 3-5, providing resource cards to undocumented immigration status students and their allies.
New Business
Sen. Peerawut Ruangsawasdi ’26 and Sen. Ryan Silien ’28 introduced the Democratic Integrity Restoration Act. If passed, this bill would amend the constitutional requirements for a bill to pass from a simple majority of a quorum to a simple majority of all senators. Additionally, an Article of Impeachment would require two-thirds of all senators to pass instead of two-thirds of a quorum, and an amendment to the constitution would require three-quarters of all senators instead of three-quarters of a quorum.
Old Business
The chamber did not pass The Strategy Process for Reserves Act, a bill introduced by Sen. Matt Swenson ’26. Many senators cited issues with its additional restrictions on the budgeting process.
The chamber passed The Earth Yay Act Pt. 3, which will provide funding for the event of the same name. The outdoor event will take place in April and will include pot painting and planting, as well as plant-themed bingo with prizes.
The Tribe Field Day Act also passed. This act will sponsor a field day on Sunken Garden Friday, April 4 with sports stations, a dunk tank and food — including popcorn and cotton candy machines.
President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee Cole Harris ’25 also spoke on the importance of the Field Day event.
“I think athletics, especially at a division one school, is a really great way to get people together,” he said. “Especially in a time right now where a lot of things really feel divided in our country, I think it’s a good excuse to have something that we can all connect over and bond over as an entire community.”
