It was Presidents’ Day, yet unlike the American government, UR and its student government were still at work. Which is good, because Washington and Lincoln were way overrated anyway. HONEST! (ABE)
Call To Question
Brought to you by renowned satirist Ross Brenneman, "Call To Question" highlights the most thought-provoking, interesting and outrageous moments of the Student Association's weekly senate meetings. It is published weekly on Tuesdays.
Live Fast and Die Young
February 16th, 2010 by Ross Brenneman
Absent Minded
February 9th, 2010 by Ross Brenneman
Let’s get straight to it this week.
Forward Momentum
February 2nd, 2010 by Ross Brenneman
With four Greek senators out due to the last phase of rush, the Senate hovered just above quorum. Nevertheless, the legislature pushed through a significant amount of new business, and each committee seemed knee-deep in work. ON ON!
On the High Wire
January 26th, 2010 by Ross Brenneman
Making good on the promise of last semester’s final piece of new business, the Students’ Association Senate opened the first meeting of 2010 with an amply emotional rendition of “The Genesee.” Singing ran the gamut from heartfelt to non-existent.
The Story So Far
January 19th, 2010 by Ross Brenneman
It was an eventful fall semester for the 2009-10 Students’ Association Senate. So much seems to have happened, and yet we still felt it possible to boil down everything to an ample list of accomplishments.
Fair and Famous
December 8th, 2009 by Ross Brenneman
When last we left the SA government, the assembly had assessed fall break expansion plans, was figuring out winter bike storage and elected freshman senator Rohini Bhatia to the Steering Committee. Now going into their final meeting, the Senate had limited new business but a lot of ground to cover before winter break. AWAY WE …
Before and After
December 1st, 2009 by Ross Brenneman
When last we left our government agents, Thanksgiving loomed over a meeting rife with uncertainty and backtracking, and freshman senator Rohini (RO-HYNN-EE) Bhatia had taken her place at the table. With a vacancy on the Steering Committee, the senate moved to elect a member to the spot, but due to doubt over Steering Committee’s openness, …
Traveling in Steerage
November 24th, 2009 by Ross Brenneman
“Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
—Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”
As the senate convened last night, there was a new face at the table: freshman Rohini Bhatia, who agreed to replace impeached senator Chisoba Umesi. Although we don’t remember her ever being sworn in, she received a warm …
Impeachy
November 17th, 2009 by Ross Brenneman
The Senate came to order last night with a heavy agenda that no one wanted, and if you weren’t already up to speed beforehand, then the idea that Motions C and D of new business involved the IMPEACHMENT OF TWO SENATORS might have been a little surprising.
But hey, that’s why there was a nice half …
Sententia
November 10th, 2009 by Ross Brenneman
Occasionally, it’s the meetings that don’t promise a lot that end up delivering the most. This week served as a paragon of that example. Yes, things are happening here and there, yet the real bulk of this week’s meeting lay in the not-really-new-business part of new business. BUT FIRST:
No senators attended the Bookstore Committee meeting …