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Senate approves nominees for Judiciary
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Rachel Williams
Issue date: 10/12/07 Section: News
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The nominees were chosen from a pool of applicants and interviewed by the Judiciary Committee before nominations were presented for Senate approval.
Judiciary members this year include three freshmen - Ryan Walters, Michael Beasley and Erica Bar - each of whom expressed enthusiasm for becoming involved with student government early in their undergraduate careers.
ASGJ appointees Claire Wilson, Art Formanek, Catie Bulger and David Gershner each have experience serving on ASGJ.
The final two members of the committee will be Kaylee Cox and Brittany Bizzell.
Senators questioned the nominees on their understanding of the ASG Code and Constitution and each nominee gave an introduction detailing their experience and motivation.
The Judiciary members highlighted a range of experience from studying law to serving in the military in presenting their qualifications.
The nominees were accepted by unanimous consent.
"I'm excited," said ASG President Nate Looney. "I think we have the best of what's available on ASGJ."
The Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution titled The Time is a Terrible Thing to Waste Act, which was introduced two sessions ago by Senator Jonathan Powell, representative of the College of Engineering.
The resolution calls for ASG to work with the university to develop a system for synchronizing the clocks across campus.
"There are several different ways you can go about this," Powell said, citing the University of Michigan where all clocks were retrofitted to be set to an atomic clock.
Such a program, Powell said, would cost $100 to $250 for each clock.
Facilities management officials said the UA has more than 1,200 clocks on campus, Powell reported.
The Senate passed The Elections Expenditures Reduction Act of 2007 2.0 sponsored by Senator Jacob Holloway, representing Bumpers College.
The bill was passed with an amendment, recommended by the Elections Committee, which eliminated the section on limiting campaign spending for executive office.
The bill, as passed, sets a limit of $500 for Senate campaigns and an additional $250 allowance for run-offs. The previous limit was $2,500.
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