Last night’s meeting was an interesting foreshadowing of this coming year in student politics.

I just have a few things that I want to clear up, though…there has been a lot of crap going on behind my back regarding me and writing for the Commentator. I’m not trying to piss anyone off (although it seems to happen quite often) and if anyone has a legitimate concern or complaint, I encourage you to bring it up to me. Otherwise…well…I guess you’re entitled to your opinion.

For the record, I intend on covering ASUO as non-partisan as possible, with a slight bias towards the senators that advocate more fiscal responsibility. However, I won’t hesitate to label anyone or call them out.

The most interesting part of yesterday’s meeting revolved around the appointment of Senate President. It’s clear that Sen. Jones has drifted to the middle of the table and possibly even the other side, although she came in with the Campaign for Change. Some of the senators were getting annoyed at the partisan tensions at the table, but Sen. Warnecke brought up a good point: politics is about debating and the battle of ideas.
He took the awards for “Senator with Most Common Sense” and “Doomcloud” of the meeting.

Other awards of the meeting worth mentioning:
Sen. Boye for “Let’s Just Stop Fighting”
Sen. McKenzie for “This Partisanship is Getting Annoying”
Sen. Rajabzadeh for “Quietest Senator”
Sen. Wilsey for “Most Mind-Controlled” (I have an illustration to go along with it, too…) – By popular request, I have added the illustration:

Sen. Brown and Sen. Gulley tying for “Loudest and Most Talkative”.

Senate should not be afraid of engaging in discourse. Frankly, I believe that it takes that pulling and pushing of different interests to make politics work. The dynamic of the table is now more balanced. With about a 5-6 senators from the ‘programs’ side, a similar number advocating fiscal responsibility, and the rest somewhere in between, there is potential for progress.

But deep down inside, we all know that this is just playtime for the student senators, and whatever goes on the inside…no one cares.

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