The Rocket

Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Steve Reed Co-Op member, Caitlin Sadecky expresses concern at the SGA senate meeting Thursday regarding SGA's decision to change the process of electing APSCUF representatives to the Board of Cooperative Activities. Sadecky presented the senate and executive board with a letter describing why passing the amendment would be a bad decision.

The Student Government Association voted 21-13 Thursday to continue to give APSCUF the power to nominate four representatives and choose two for the Board of Cooperative Activities. Needing a two-thirds vote to pass the amendment to the SGA Constitution meant that those in favor of the motion came up two votes short of the super majority.

SGA President Larry Brink clarified what the new amendment would entail.

"SGA would not be nominating anyone, we would be picking the best two out of four APSCUF members who were already nominated by APSCUF," Brink said.

Brink said he was disappointed by the outcome of the vote.

"I thought what we were doing was in the best interest of the students," Brink said. "We were not trying to change anything. We were just trying to give the students more of a voice."

Senators, students and faculty members shared opposing views on the topic.

Caitlin Sadecky, a nonconsecutive member of the SGA Co-Op Board for the past five years, addressed the matter by writing a letter and passing it out to the senators, advising them not to pass the amendment.

According to Sadecky's letter, students would not have been assured of getting the best faculty representatives because students have less knowledge of the faculty in comparison to APSCUF.

Graduate senator Kim Smith disagreed.

"If APSCUF has to provide us with four names instead of two, they should still be very qualified, and the students should be able to have a voice in the matter," Smith said.

Kraus Hall Senator Alex McNeill spoke out against the amendment.

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