SA Senate Swears in Special Election Senators

By Lucienne Burns | October 20, 2025 

The Student Association Senate watched a video training on Roberts Rules of Order during their meeting last Wednesday (10/15). 

           Photo Credit: Lucienne Burns | The ASP

The Student Association (SA) Senate held a brief but productive meeting last Wednesday (10/15), training senators on parliamentary procedure, establishing Ad Hoc committees and additional committee assignments and swearing in new senators. 

Three new senators were sworn in, having to recite the oath of office following special elections held for vacant seats. The special election results are as follows: Craig Brown for Indigenous Quad Senator, Jackson Woolley for Business & Management Senator, and Ben Brussovansky for Senator At-Large. 

The meeting minutes were approved following amendments to correct misspellings. Additionally, Senate Chair Troy Serao encouraged all senators to attend the meetings regularly, highlighting the need for quorum. 

A motion was approved to have all reports written with the option for them to be spoken if they choose that without any objections. making for a relatively short meeting, its duration remaining under two hours. 

The meeting covered several key points in its short duration: clarification on voting procedures, with a preference for consolidating votes if there are no objections.

“So if there’s no objection to it, then we immediately move to that vote,” Serao said, discussing the one-vote procedure for a motion to keep the process short. 

At this meeting, Senators watched a training video on Roberts Rules of Order, a manual on group parliamentary procedure that the SA Senate uses in meetings. 

Serao expressed excitement about legislation for the formation of two Ad Hoc committees, a Parking Ad Hoc Committee and a Campus Safety Ad Hoc Committee, noting an absence of these committees in the SA Senate in recent years. 

“I went and looked back to 2020, there has not existed an Ad Hoc outside of the Dippikill Ad Hoc, which I think we can all agree, was probably a little stressful,” Serao said. 

The Dippkill Ad Hoc Committee held a public forum last year, with alumni in attendance expressing concerns about the wilderness retreat’s status. 

In terms of legislation, four bills were on the agenda, including the establishment of the Parking Ad Hoc and Campus Safety Ad Hoc Committees. Other bills on the legislative agenda included appointing new membership to other existing committees. 

The meeting also included updates on various student activities and events, including Student Association’s participation in a Breast Cancer Walk Sunday (10/19) in Washington Park.