The action was mostly tame at this week’s Senate meeting.

In Committee Reports, Treasurer Andrew Flack noted that treasurer elections were set for this week, and that he’d deliver the rest of his report during New Business when the Senate discussed next year’s budget.

Policy & Review Chair Kristian Brooks reported that her committee didn’t meet last week, but would meet this week and review several groups’ proposed constitutional changes.

In New Business, the Senate confirmed the four students selected to be the new All-Campus Judicial Council justices: Andrew Cutillo, Kirk Douglas, Nathan Novosel and Giulia Perucchio. The Senate approved all of them.

In New Business, the Senate approved the budget for next year.

Then there was a President’s report, a Deputy Speaker report and a Speaker report, followed by events. Sen. Shubho Bhattacharyya then motioned to adjourn.

And that’s what happened in yesterday’s Senate meeting. Boiled down, generally simplistic, mostly not fun. This is also referred to as “The Minutes” (although the official report has a fair amount of detail). We just want you to appreciate what life is like without CTQ, since we ONLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT. AND THEN WE’RE DONE.

We’ll let that sink in for a second as we start over. Ready? Set? GO!

In Committee Reports, Treasurer Andrew Flack announced he’d be dominating the Senate’s New Business segment during the budget presentation. FLACK TO THE FUTURE!

Policy & Review Chair (of our heart) Kristian Brooks informed the Senate that next week would mean a lot of constitution changes to be approved. CHANGE WE HAVE TO SIT THROUGH.

In New Business, Andrew Cutillo, Kirk Douglas, Nathan Novosel and Giulia Perucchio became the newest confirmed members of All-Campus Judicial Council. Sen. Bradley Halpern asked which of them have read the SA Constitution. In a surprise to no one who’s already accepted a cynical life view, it turns out none of them have read the law. SO MUCH FOR STRICT SCRUTINY — EHHH OHHH!

Approval of a previous week’s minutes and attendance records is rarely interesting, and this week proved only marginally better (Meliora!) when it turns out that Dean of the College Richard Feldman, who spoke to the Senate last week, was given the chance to review his statements, some of which Feldman altered. But it’s OK, says SA President Eric Weissmann, because Feldman is a “scary man who makes me question my existence.” (Italics added for emphasis. Words and quotation marks added for funny.) But actually, the mild breach of ethics resulted with three senators abstaining from approval, and Sen. Harry Brookstein voted against the measure.

The final new business involved the return of compensatory juggernaut FLACK! in SAAC’s effort to get approval of the 2010-11 budget. The only real controversy came when Halpern, also a member of Campus Activities Board, protested that the giant programming body more affectionately known as CAB received $40,000 less than it asked for. Brooks responded in opposition, stating, “We’ve seen them be a little wasteful in the past, and it’s time they get a little creative.” The Senate then approved the budget. HAL-BURNED.

Next week holds the promise of Speaker and Deputy Speaker elections, which predictably means Executive Session, and a long painful death by boredom. But little of that matters, because WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE ENTRIES LEFT. And then the Senate can fade merrily back into oblivion.

Adjourned!